NFT: Favorite Rewatchable Movies

Ghostbusters

Groundhog Day

Lord of the Rings (one of those, whenever its on, I watch it sort of things)

All the Rocky movies

Karate Kid

Vanilla Sky

The Matrix

Inception

The Princess Bride

The Notebook (shut up!)

because most of my favorite movies I can't really view more than once or twice, and the ones I watch often usually suck in the grand scheme of things.

Here's a few, some suck, some are great:

Fury Road
The 5th Element
Shawshank Redemption
John Wick
The Rock
Bloodsport

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Killer Clowns From Outer Space

The Warriors

In comment 13171477 UConn4523 said:

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because most of my favorite movies I can't really view more than once or twice, and the ones I watch often usually suck in the grand scheme of things. Here's a few, some suck, some are great: Fury Road The 5th Element Shawshank Redemption John Wick The Rock Bloodsport

Isn't that funny? Some bad movies are like those really bad songs that you don't really like and yet you sing them every time you hear them.

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In comment 13171483 I Love Clams Casino said:

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Was just about say this. I'll add Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan.

You can't handle the truth!!!!!

Clockwork Orange

American Beauty

Fargo (personal fave)

Full Metal Jacket

Dirty Harry

The Godfather

Goodfellas

The Big Lebowski

Let It Ride

Die Hard

Jaws

still holds up to time.

i started flipping channels and watched the last 40 minutes of Pulp Fiction followed by last 30 minutes of Risky Business. Two almost opposite movies - both fit this category

And the soundtrack is just plain awesome.

Another mid-80s one I love is Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

Falling Down!

Because who hasn't felt like Bill Foster at one time or another. Especially when all you want is a ham and cheese whamlet and some whammy fries but they stopped serving breakfast.

One Crazy Summer
Better Off Dead
A Christmas Story
What About Bob
Caddyshack
A Bronx Tale
Bad Santa
Slapshot
Youngblood
Remember the Titans

and many more than have been named and ones I haven't named.

"The customer is always right"?

Yeah, well, that's not our policy.

Hunt for Red October
Usual Suspects

The Searchers. A day at the races, Hombre.

In comment 13171512 Greg from LI said:

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"The customer is always right"? Yeah, well, that's not our policy.

I don't want to be your buddy Rick. I just want some breakfast.

And American Psycho

Pulp Fiction
The Terminator 1, 2
The Lord of the Rings 1, 2, 3
Bourne 1, 2, 3
Casablanca
Tombstone
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Guys and Dolls
The Road Home
Die Hard

You have any idea how much money my country has given your country?

-No, how much?

Well....I don't know, but it must be quite a lot.


I remember when Falling Down came out, a lot of people took it seriously, which always amused it. It's clearly a black comedy.

listed here. But among non-classics/forgotten movies, I just love Jeepers Creepers. Just a really good scary movie with an awesome bad-guy. I always enjoy watching it. Even the sequel is a good rewatch due to the scarecrow scene, although the HS kids get annoying. Pretty sure they're making a part 3.

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Porkys
Police Academy
Caddyshack
Meatballs
Animal House
Pretty in Pink
Spaceballs
Beverly Hills Cop
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Nation Lampoon's Vacation
Easy Money
The Blues Brothers
48 Hours
Mr. Mom
Smokey and the Bandit

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a few personal favorites:

Young Frankenstein
Some Like it Hot
Battleground
Jaws
Blazing Saddles
Silver Streak

which movies I forgot to mention haha, I see Tombstone was posted!

"Why Johnny Ringo. You look like someone just...walked over your grave."

"30's a whole lot more than 8."

" Not if they're wimps."

Great movie

- Christmas Vacation (every Christmas for the last 25 years)
- Tombstone (more than 15 times)
- Red
- Blast from the Past
- Desperado
- Men in Black (the first one)
- Rambo - First Blood
- The Thomas Crowne Affair (the Brosnan/Russo version, not the McQueen/Dunnaway one)
- Return to Me (no. 1 chick flick)
- comedies Hangover, Road Trip, Old School, and Something About Mary

Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Dazed and Confused
Ghostbusters (the original)
Spaceballs
Alladin

Guess I'll have to watch it again.

One movie I'll flip to most times it's playing is The Rainmaker.

breakfast club
ferris bueller's day off
vacation, European vacation and Christmas vacation

(new one, not Stallone)

5th Element
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)
Office Space
Strange Brew
Beerfest
Dumb and Dumber
Step Brothers

In comment 13171639 santacruzom said:

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Guess I'll have to watch it again. One movie I'll flip to most times it's playing is The Rainmaker.

Burt Lancaster or Matt Damon?

Mine would look very similar... throw Jaws in there, too.

having my kids watch the classic 80's movies. Mainly because of The Goldberg's, but we've shown them Bill and Ted's, Ferris Bueller, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, and a few others.

We just watched Dodgeball as a family, now my son can't stop quoting Patches O'Houlihan!

In comment 13171680 Mike in Long Beach said:

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Mine would look very similar... throw Jaws in there, too.

See! I don't always watch comic films loll

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In comment 13171549 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:

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listed here. But among non-classics/forgotten movies, I just love Jeepers Creepers. Just a really good scary movie with an awesome bad-guy. I always enjoy watching it. Even the sequel is a good rewatch due to the scarecrow scene, although the HS kids get annoying. Pretty sure they're making a part 3.

Good call -- I especially liked that the closing scene is the poster for the movie, and it only makes sense until you've seen the film.

Almost Famous
Miller's Crossing
Godfather 1,2
Moonstruck...mostly for the last scene
Man Of La Mancha
Casablanca
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Bogie/Philip Marlowe movies
Singin' in the Rain
To Have and Have Not
Old Man and the Sea
Philadelphia Story

I watched the original Magnificent Seven the other night. Every frame is perfect, the Bernstein Score is excellent and the dialog is right on.....
James Coburn "Nobody throws me my guns and says Run. Nobody."

Also, any of the Bourne Trilogy
Any of the Danny Oceans trilogy
any of the Sean Connery Bond movies
any of the Tennessee Williams movies
anything with Paul Newman in it.

I also watch some movies just for the Special Effects --
Gravity
The Martian
The early Star Wars movie, before the CGI took over.

One movie I'll always watch is "Sneakers" an early 90's spy flick with Redford, Poitier, Ackroyd, et al. Just a reminder of a simpler time, when our enemies were easy to identify.

The fugitive
Shawshank
Dazed and confused is a good choice, saw that above
Beverly Hills cop 1 and 2
Jack Reacher
Jon wick is good one
Pulp fiction

So many Marky Mark movies: The Departed, Boogie Nights, The Fighter. Same neighborhood, different actors: Goodwill Hunting. Watched Predator the other night, so ridiculous and so good.

a second time, but I'll watch any Marx Brothers movie that is on even if I've seen it a few times.

when i see them on even though i have seen them a million times

dodgeball
old school
step brothers
spaceballs
goodfellas
forest gump
braveheart
apollo 13
tommy boy
shawshank
grandmas boy
benchwarmers
great outdoors

i also own most on dvd but sit and watch with comercials on tv for some reason i cant explain

Deadpool
Better Off Dead
Tombstone
Stand By Me
Aliens
Godfather 1,2

Jaws
Jaws 2
Star Wars
Empire strikes back
return of the jedi
Dawn of the dead
The Warriors
Class of 1984
Dazed and Confused
American Werewolf in London
Friday the 13th part 4
Halloween
Raiders of the lost ark
Rocky 3

but I felt the wanderers from around that same time, was better.

the duckie boys, the wongs, the del bombers, the Fordham Baldies, Chubby Galasso and his boys the football games, Emilio.

just a great movie and it's never on. but I'd watch it every time it came on if it ever did.

the same thing with the Outsiders. I'd watch that too (though that one is occasionally on)

In comment 13171704 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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having my kids watch the classic 80's movies. Mainly because of The Goldberg's, but we've shown them Bill and Ted's, Ferris Bueller, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, and a few others. We just watched Dodgeball as a family, now my son can't stop quoting Patches O'Houlihan!

HA! That's awesome.

Necessary?! Is it necessary that I drink my own urine?
Probably not.
Well, I do it anyway because its sterile and I like the taste.

Is in a class by itself when it comes to rewatchable movies.

Pulp Fiction
Grammas Boy
Office Space

he likes this one:

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You're about as useful as a poopie flavored lollipop

In comment 13171907 pjcas18 said:
[quote] but I felt the wanderers from around that same time, was better.

the duckie boys, the wongs, the del bombers, the Fordham Baldies, Chubby Galasso and his boys the football games, Emilio.

just a great movie and it's never on. but I'd watch it every time it came on if it ever did.Agree on The Wanderers and I should have had that on my list as I try to watch it at least once a year and it still needs a proper blu ray release ,A few movies I should have had on there and iam surprised I left off are Easy Money ,Dc Cab ,Caddyshack ,better off dead and Revenge of the nerds

That's a good one.

How about...If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

You had me at blood and semen.

Commando

In comment 13172060 santacruzom said:

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Commando

It was just on last night!

and it's always awesome.

I like you, that's why I'm going to kill you last.

Classic Arnold.

don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired.

In comment 13171929 jnoble said:

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Pulp Fiction Grammas Boy Office Space

Hey Dante, my girlfriend & I caught you on the news yesterday.

Really? By girlfriend do you mean that piece of rabbit fur you rub on your dick every night?

In comment 13171542 Greg from LI said:

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You have any idea how much money my country has given your country? -No, how much? Well....I don't know, but it must be quite a lot. I remember when Falling Down came out, a lot of people took it seriously, which always amused it. It's clearly a black comedy.

I'm just trying to get home for my daughter's birthday...

Also...
Rushmore
Fantastic Mr. Fox
SLC Punk
Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy
The Good Sheppard
Wonder Boys
Almost Famous
In Bruges
Road to Perdition

Was awesome to see a legend like Paul Newman in such a good late in life role. I'm not sure I find it all that rewatchable though.

Films that would qualify have strong individual scenes, perhaps not necessarily as a key part of the overall arc, but present to underscore thematic import. Scorsese & Tarantino. Shawshank as mentioned. Many tremendous films have relative lulls in the narrative in order the develop the wider story. Not all that rewatchable.

My picks would be 12 Angry Men which I've seen dozens of times, Pulp Fiction (obviously), Back to the Future, more recently Edge of Tomorrow, and Jenna Jameson's early work before she developed that inner city "I'll lick your taint for a quarter" crackwhore look. You know what I'm talking about...

In comment 13172168 Overseer said:

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Was awesome to see a legend like Paul Newman in such a good late in life role. I'm not sure I find it all that rewatchable though. Films that would qualify have strong individual scenes, perhaps not necessarily as a key part of the overall arc, but present to underscore thematic import. Scorsese & Tarantino. Shawshank as mentioned. Many tremendous films have relative lulls in the narrative in order the develop the wider story. Not all that rewatchable. My picks would be 12 Angry Men which I've seen dozens of times, Pulp Fiction (obviously), Back to the Future, more recently Edge of Tomorrow, and Jenna Jameson's early work before she developed that inner city "I'll lick your taint for a quarter" crackwhore look. You know what I'm talking about...

I never would have thought of 12 Angry Men if you hadn't posted it. I loved that film. I watched it in HS (30 years ago) after reading the play and can sit and watch it whenever I come across it since. Another film from that era (I think, without looking it up) that I was also exposed to in HS and equally loved was Inherit the Wind.

Point Break

5th element
Snatch
Lock Stock, & 2 smoking barrels
First 3 Jason Bourne movies
Blade movies

Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Clueless
Misery
Miss Congeniality
Aliens
The Notebook
When Harry Met Sally
Silence of the Lambs
Witches of Eastwick
Always
Dune
Mystic Pizza
The Turning Point

I would add the young gun movies
History of the world pt 1
Harry potter series
And one of the worst movies I've seen a billion times
Caveman

On the Waterfront
Cool Hand Luke
The Hustler
12 Angry Men
A River Runs Through It
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Groundhog Day
Rocky 1 & 2
Jaws
The Shining
Shawshank Redemption
Godfather 1 & 2
Bourne 1, 2, 3
Casablanca
Animal House
Young Frankenstein
Hombre
Office Space
Shane
Any Clint Eastwood western or Dirty Harry film plus a few that he has directed.

the princess bride

Very often, but it's rewatchable as fuck.

I agree with, and so many I wouldn't rewatch at gunpoint. And some listed by the same posters.

Two that are listed very often that I just don't get are The Big Lebowski and Dazed and Confused. I know how much people love those movies, but I just don't care about either one. Not sure why, but I've seen both a couple of times and they just don't do it for me.

Accidental Tourist. Love the mood of the movie, some of the weird characters such as the emotionally dead William Hurt and his family. For some reason, seem to have.an affinity for movies and shows in Baltimore. Saying that I would also put Avalon on my list.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy starring Alec Guinness? IMO, it's better than the movie.

most Marvel studios and Pixar flicks

Dazed and Confused
Hollywood Knights
Animal House
Airplane
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstien

War:
We were Soldiers
Blackhawk Down
Zulu
The Alamo (both 1960 + 2014 versions)
Glory
The Green Berets

Other:
Shawshank Redemption
Wizard of OZ
March of the Wooden Soldiers
The Quiet Man
Miracle on 34th street
Harvey

Eve's Bayou. How can you not like a movie that begins with the line:

"Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain. The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old. "?

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Big Jake
Tombstone
Chronicles of Riddick

All of them....

The Big Lebowski....

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Office Space
Just Friends
Full Metal Jacket

Many orthers named on this thread

In comment 13173018 TD said:

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Office Space Just Friends Full Metal Jacket Many orthers named on this thread

Just Friends is a good pick. I was cursing under my breathe a few years back when my wife wanted to watch it and I ended up liking it a lot.

"Whose ham did you slap?"

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To the list since I have seen it on HBO a few times and can not seem to change the channel. Maybe its just Ryan.

Escape From New York

Die Hard With a Vengence

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Happy Gilmore, Gone with The Wind, Shawshank, Mississippi Burning, any Christopher Nolan Batman movie, Casablanca, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and, the movie I practically can quote, It's a Wonderful Life.

My wife also tells me I love 'The Help' whenever it's on.

was on last night.

Groundhog Day

A Few Good Men
Cinderella Man
Fallen

In comment 13171704 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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having my kids watch the classic 80's movies. Mainly because of The Goldberg's, but we've shown them Bill and Ted's, Ferris Bueller, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, and a few others. We just watched Dodgeball as a family, now my son can't stop quoting Patches O'Houlihan!

Its been a battle to get my 12 year old to watch them, but fun when we win.

a few personal favorites...

The Natural
Bull Durham
Wedding Crashers
The Godfather
Wall Street
Jaws

African Queen
Casablanca
Gunga Din
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Last Waltz
Any Godfather
Goodfellas
Deep Throat

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bwahaha ass

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Jack & Jill
At Long Last Love

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Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Any Clint Eastwood movie

Caddyshack
Doc Hollywood
Arthur

- Bronx Tale
- Any of Pink Panther movies
- History of the World
- Spaceballs
- Clockwork Orange
- Goodfellas
- Breakfast Club
- Bringing up Baby

Road Warrior

Sink the Bismark
Men in Black
Pulp Fiction
El Dorado
The Man Who Killed Liberty Valance
Open Range
Field of Dreams
Any Star Trek movie
Right Stuff