Just ones that come to mind: Godfather I & II, Shawshank, The Fugitive, Jurassic Park, Air Force One, The Big Chill, Four Weddings & a Funeral, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny, Catch Me if You Can, Sideways, Big, Eight Men Out, Friday Night Lights, Rocky IV ('THE RUSSIAN'S CUT!), Hoosiers, The Departed, Good Will Hunting, Independence Day, Stripes, The American President, Caddyshack, Cocktail, Stand By Me, The Perfect Storm, Trading Places, It's a Wonderful Life, Casablanca, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dumb & Dumber, There's Something About Mary...
I will watch 'Silverado' every time it's on TV. The first hour is fast-paced storytelling at it's best. John Cleese is perfect as the Town's Sheriff. Kline, Costner, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover make up a great ensemble cast.
Speaking of Director Lawrence Kasden....The Big Chill never gets old for me. Filmed right down here in Beaufort SC.
John Ford/Duke Wayne westerns are well done too. I just wish he could have filmed some of the early ones in Technicolor.
There are other movies I can watch multiple times, but those two come to mind right away.
Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Star Wars, Zulu, The Game, Falling Down, The Fugitive, The 300 Spartans, The Vikings, West World, Jaws, The Longest Day, Where Wagles Dare, The Wild Geese, The Untouchables, Predator, The Running Man, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Star Wars, Zulu, The Game, Falling Down, The Fugitive, The 300 Spartans, The Vikings, West World, Jaws, The Longest Day, Where Wagles Dare, The Wild Geese, The Untouchables, Predator, The Running Man, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Speaking strictly for myself, Mad Mad Mad World is too long at 3 hours. I would cut out every scene with Ethel Merman in it and not miss a single laugh.
Also too long is Michael Cimino's Heavens Gate at 3 1/2 hours. I would shoot that long preamble at Harvard using old still photos narrated by Krisofferson or Walken. That would bring the movie in at 2:20 and about $50 million under budget.
I don't mind long movies -- Coppola's Apocalypse Redux is a favorite of mine. And the Godfather Saga tells the tale chronologically.....a better story.
Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Star Wars, Zulu, The Game, Falling Down, The Fugitive, The 300 Spartans, The Vikings, West World, Jaws, The Longest Day, Where Wagles Dare, The Wild Geese, The Untouchables, Predator, The Running Man, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
but a more recent movie that I have watched a bunch of times, not an overly serious one but a feel-good one - Chef with Jon Favreau. Great cast, simple but well done. There's also a few Christmas ones that I have to watch every year and I never get tired from, but I think that's true of a lot of people.
The 400 Blows
The Longest Day
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
The Man Who Would Be King
Foreign Correspondent
A Christmas Carol (Alstair Sim)
Marathon Man
The French Connection
I hated Gump when first seeing it and still think it shouldn’t have won Best Picture over Shawshank, Quiz Show, & Four Weddings & a Funeral. I was never a fan of Pulp Fiction.
If you are into the whole rewatchable movie idea, I would recommend the Rewatchables podcast on the Ringer Network, with Bill Simmons. The Rewatchables - ( New Window )
Star Wars (I will continue to call the original Star Wars because that is what it was called when it came out and how I have always known it)
Rocky - Rocky IV
Major League
In addition to some of the ones already mentioned I like
Old School
What about Bob?
Wedding Crashers
40 year old virgin
I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton too.
My top two would probably be Tommy Boy and Miracle. Ghostbusters is up there too.
Gladiator
Chances Are
Escape from Alcatraz
Speaking of Director Lawrence Kasden....The Big Chill never gets old for me. Filmed right down here in Beaufort SC.
John Ford/Duke Wayne westerns are well done too. I just wish he could have filmed some of the early ones in Technicolor.
There are other movies I can watch multiple times, but those two come to mind right away.
What's a Wagle? Is it anything like a Henweigh?
Also too long is Michael Cimino's Heavens Gate at 3 1/2 hours. I would shoot that long preamble at Harvard using old still photos narrated by Krisofferson or Walken. That would bring the movie in at 2:20 and about $50 million under budget.
I don't mind long movies -- Coppola's Apocalypse Redux is a favorite of mine. And the Godfather Saga tells the tale chronologically.....a better story.
You're a Navy Man aren't you Hazlet ??
BTW -- All good movies there.
Gladiator
The Godfather
In harms way is my absolute favorite war movie
Fonda. Wayne. Meredith. Tryon. Douglass. Carroll O’Connor. Etc. all Star cast
Zodiac - 2007
The Matrix - 1999
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989
All the President's Men - 1976
Barry Lyndon - 1975
Bull Durham - 1988
Zombie - 1979
Re-Animator - 1985
Citizen X - 1995
Moneyball - 2011
Safe - 1995
The Social Network - 2010
American Movie - 1999
Return of the Living Dead - 1985
if you haven't heard, Netflix has confirmed the part II is in production now
‘IT’S ARHUR LEIGHT ALLEN!!’
Once Upon a Time in the West
12 Angry Men
On the Waterfront
Fargo
Get Shorty
A Clockwork Orange
Dazed and Confused
‘IT’S ARHUR LEIGHT ALLEN!!’
Dark, mysterious, brilliant.
Once Upon a Time in the West
12 Angry Men
On the Waterfront
Fargo
Get Shorty
A Clockwork Orange
Dazed and Confused
Love Fargo and Dazed as rewatch candidates.
King Soliman's Mine
The Quiet Man
Quote:
Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Star Wars, Zulu, The Game, Falling Down, The Fugitive, The 300 Spartans, The Vikings, West World, Jaws, The Longest Day, Where Wagles Dare, The Wild Geese, The Untouchables, Predator, The Running Man, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
What's a Wagle? Is it anything like a Henweigh?
'Tell him it's a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in in the harsh fade of stardom (laugh). He'll wet himself.'
Sink the Bismarck
The Longest Day
Outlaw Josey Wales
Casablanca
The Longest Day
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
The Man Who Would Be King
Foreign Correspondent
A Christmas Carol (Alstair Sim)
Marathon Man
The French Connection
Devil Wears Prada
I hated Gump when first seeing it and still think it shouldn’t have won Best Picture over Shawshank, Quiz Show, & Four Weddings & a Funeral. I was never a fan of Pulp Fiction.
That said, Gump has grown on me over the years.
Apollo 13 was better
Interchangeable, both great
Saving Private Ryan
Goodfellows
Jaws
Them fifties sci-fi about giant ants
Invasion of the Body Snatchers-the original
The Rewatchables - ( New Window )
I think ‘JFK’ is weirdly entertaining, though it is absurd AF.
Rocky - Rocky IV
Major League
Devil Wears Prada
Gangs of New York
The Quick and the Dead