Movies worthy of repeat viewing

Cafe Society
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A recent thread about A Few Good Men got me thinking: what movies do you find have a high “replay” value… that is, they are the kind of movie that you can watch over and over again and still enjoy… if you’re channel flipping you’ll stop even if the movie is half over and watch the rest… the kind that are worth owning on DVD or Blue-Ray (rather than just renting or seeing once in the theatre). Some of mine that fall into that category (besides the above mentioned):

Talladega Nights
The Hunt for Red October
Armageddon
Apollo 13
Tommy Boy
The Wizard of Oz
Pitch Perfect
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Grease

If you’re so inclined, feel free to mention movies that, while you find to be very good, do NOT have that “replay” value (just remember to specify for which category you are nominating). No sense in mentioning bad movies that you could barely get through once (although certain bad movies might qualify, like “Rocky Horror Picture Show”)

Bonus points if you can articulate what makes the movie re-watchable/not re-watchable.

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Groundhog Day
Air Force One

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Trains, planes and automobiles. It is crazy funny every time I watch it.

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Off the top of my head…

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Wait until Dark

The Producers (1968)

Blazing Saddles

No Time for Sergeants

Patton

The Train

Casablanca

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Stalag 17

The Great Escape

Captain from Castile

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Sea Hawk

A Shot in the Dark

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Princess Bride

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Hudson Hawk
Indiana Jones trilogy*

[SIZE=“2”]*Yes, trilogy. Crystal Skull can suck it. Temple of Doom was borderline.[/SIZE]

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Auntie Mame

i can never view that enough

also

Apocalypse Now

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**Pulp Fiction

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind**

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Heathers
Blue Velvet
Apocalypse Now
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Blade Runner

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Roadhouse. Especially after I heard this.

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The works of Quentin Tarrantino, Joel Coen and his brother, Clint Eastwood.

ETA: awkwardly written. I know that Joel’s brother is named Ethan, not Clint.

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Grosse Point Blank.

Ocean’s 11, 12 & 13.

Layer Cake

Snatch

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

Rock’n’Rolla

In Bruge

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang

James Bond films starring Daniel Craig.

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**Forbidden Planet
Spartacus
A Man for All Seasons
The Terminator
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Star Wars (A New hope)
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Fantasia
The Guns of Navarone
The Day of the Jackal
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (2005)
The Seventh voyage of Sinbad
The Seven Samurai
The Lord of the Rings (all three Jackson films)
Metropolis (restored version)
The Phantom of the Opera (silent, with color scenes
Young Frankenstein
A Night at the Opera
**

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Jerry Maguire
Snatch
Kill Bill vol. 1
Murder by Death
Tommy Boy
Love Actually
The Addams Family / Values

To me, these movies all either retain some freshness or offer new bits and pieces upon each rewatch.

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Road Warrior
Princess Bride
School of Rock
Count of Monte Cristo
Sin City
Bull Durham

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That is too funny. That scene is going to be a little less sexy for me now, but it’s worth it.

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Mean Girls. Tina Fey is a genius at it.

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Just about every movie I really like is worth watching at least a second time, because I will inevitably miss some details the first time.

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Chinatown (Nicholson)
The Ice Harvest (Cusack, Thornton)
Sling Blade (Thornton)
The Last Detail (Nicholson)
Young Frankenstein (Blucher!)
Unforgiven (Eastwood)
Stand By Me (River Phoenix, Kiefer Sutherland)

Movies I’ve burned out on:
Star Wars series
The Matrix series
LOTR
Good, Bad, Ugly
Dirty Harry series
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

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The only one that comes to mind that I don’t rewatch is Avatar. It made wonderful use of the 3D cinema experience, but it does not translate well to watching it in 2D on a computer screen.