# Are there any movies you can watch over and over and never tire of them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690 "2014-01-02T07:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/1 "2014-01-02T07:42:48Z")
No matter how often I watch these, I never tire of them. Spartacus 1960 The Sting 1973 The Eagle Has Landed 1976 Coming Home 1978 Tootsie 1982 Ghost Busters 1984 (the funniest opening scene ever!) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 One False Move 1992 What’s Love Got To Do With It 1993 Rising Sun 1993 Groundhog Day 1993 To Die For 1995 There’s Something About Mary 1998 Here are some others that can be classed as “Film Noir”. They are older (from the 40s and 50s) and usually black and white. But I truly do love them. Robin Hood 1939 The Little Foxes 1941 Lady In The Lake 1947 The Naked City 1948 Impact 1949 The Big Steal 1949 Mystery Street 1950 Farewell My Lovely 1975 If you’ve never seen Rising Sun, I recommend it to you most sincerely. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/2 "2014-01-02T07:47:45Z")
I have seen “Murder By Death” nearly fifty times. I never get tired of it. It’s so witty, so saucy, and the actors are all obviously having so much fun. A great cast, too. I’ve seen Silverado around ten times, and would (and will!) happily watch it again. Lots of others, but those are the ones I’ve seen most often. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/3 "2014-01-02T08:01:44Z")
P.S. I know there are some very old threads in this forum that have similar topics. For example, One of them is titled, “Not-the-greatest movies you watch over and over” My brain must be asleep. But can anyone tell me how I can access those threads? The search tool allows me to find individual posts in the thread. But how can I see the entire list? I have a forboding feeling of fear that the answer will translate - at least in part - to “you must be pretty stupid”. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/4 "2014-01-02T08:28:47Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > There’s Something About Mary 1998 Something kind of odd about that movie for me. The first time I saw it, I loved it, laughed my ass off, but I could never sit through it again in it’s entirety. Lost interest, didn’t laugh. This is odd because I AM a person who watches movies over and over if I like them. I have discovered I can get tired of movies I love, but it takes dozens of viewings, so I’ll consider those as, “movies I never get tired of”, rather than take the title literally. The Avengers - witty, funny, fun, cool action scenes. Star Trek reboot - thought the casting was great. Local Hero - classic movie Big Trouble in Little China - just a hoot. Silverado - good to great casting, great looking movie, great characters. Hmm, I’ll have to watch this again. Better Off Dead - a movie about a put-upon paper boy who just wants his $2, and the antics of his cheapskate customers as they avoid paying him what he’s due. [Get Crazy - Time’s a trip, man.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zrIRmMNi800#t=17) I’m sure I’m forgetting like a dozen movies. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/5 "2014-01-02T14:58:18Z")
The Shining (Kubrick’s) Groundhog Day Airplane (1 and 2) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/6 "2014-01-02T15:04:08Z")
Jaws Tremors Galaxy Quest The Avengers Groundhog Day ---
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Jaws National Treasure The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Goodfellas The Usual Suspects Tombstone (I’m yer huckleberry) Chariots of Fire There’s dozens I’m forgetting, but these are the ones that make me stop channel surfing. No matter where I come in on the move, I’m in til the end. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/8 "2014-01-02T15:11:40Z")
As many times as I’ve watched _ **The Wizard of Oz** _ in my life, it must count. Let’s see… _ **The Good, the Bad and the Ugly** _ and _ **Fistful of Dollars** _ both fit, as does _ **Fistful** _’s inspiration, _ **Yojimbo** _. I’m not sure if seasonal movies count–_ **A Christmas Story** _ and _ **The Hudsucker Proxy** _ are both December standbys for me, but that’s the only time I’ll be watching them. Also: How in the world is Errol Flynn’s _ **The Adventures of Robin Hood** _ film noir? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/9 "2014-01-02T15:23:04Z")
_To Have and Have Not_ _The Maltese Falcon_ _North by Northwest_ _The Train_ _Kelly’s Heroes_ _Chinatown_ _The Driver_ _The Terminator_ _The Road Warrior_ _Aliens_ _Miller’s Crossing_ _My Cousin Vinny_ _Ronin_ _Galaxy Quest_ ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/10 "2014-01-02T15:30:23Z")
Like many women of my era, there is the occasional BBC Pride and Prejudice day where you curl up on the couch with some tea (or wine) and a warm blanket and watch. I’m not sure I’d NEVER get tired of it, and it may be at this point more about the indulgence of a day on the couch with five hours of Regency England and Wet Darcy than the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/11 "2014-01-02T16:04:33Z")
Aliens (skip to the Sulaco) Mystery Men (skip to the tryouts) Wall-E The Incredibles Nashville The various Wallace and Gromit films, though I may just have seen enough times by now. After a little rest maybe. Got sucked into re-watching Monsters vs Aliens for the umpteenth time when it turned up a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/12 "2014-01-02T16:08:45Z")
The 1980 **Flash Gordon** movie. Not a bit of it is meant to be taken seriously and the sound track is great. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/13 "2014-01-02T16:24:00Z")
I’m a middle-aged man, so… **The Godfather** **The Godfather Part II** **Goodfellas** but particularly **Casino** , for some reason. I refer to it as _MY_ **Wizard of Oz.** I own the damn movie, but whenever it’s on AMC or Bravo, I watch it then, even with the edits. I’ve seen it so many times, if they ever did a stage-play, I could under-study every single role, step in at a moment’s notice and not flub a single line. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/14 "2014-01-02T16:28:33Z")
Brazil Plan 9 From Outer Space Maniac (1934) The Brain That Wouldn’t Die Cannibal the Musical Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Killer Clowns From Outer Space ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/15 "2014-01-02T16:51:58Z")
There are also thread topics that I never tire of and inevitably draw me in . . . So, will I be alone in listing [The Great Escape](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/combined)? Doubt it. Ditto for [Zulu](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/combined) (1964). [Where Eagles Dare](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065207/combined) doesn’t seem to be shown as much as it used to be . . . but when it is, I’m hooked. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/16 "2014-01-02T16:53:13Z")
Anything by Woody Allen but especially Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Mighty Aphrodite. Casablanca Citizen Kane The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Die Hard Lethal Weapon It’s a Wonderful Life Apocalypse Now ---
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Jurassic Park Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The Birdcage The Harry Potter series The Avengers Iron Man Toy Story (all three of them) Fellowship of the Ring (though I do kind of skim that one) I’m sure I’ll think of others once I hit Submit, but those are the biggies. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/18 "2014-01-02T16:59:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Anything by Woody Allen but especially Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Mighty Aphrodite. > Casablanca > Citizen Kane > The Good, the Bad and the Ugly > Die Hard > Lethal Weapon > It’s a Wonderful Life > Apocalypse Now Plus anything silent by Buster Keaton. (His few forays into talkies were rather pathetic.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/19 "2014-01-02T17:14:54Z")
Some great favorites of mine have already been spoken for, but I didn’t see _Raising Arizona_ yet, so here’s a mention of it. Others I never tire of (may have been mentioned already): Shane Pale Rider The Outlaw Josey Wales Cool Hand Luke The Getaway (McQueen version) The Wild Bunch Blade Runner Sharky’s Machine The Natural A Streetcar Named Desire Bullitt I’ll stop, but there must be 50 others… ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/20 "2014-01-02T17:16:26Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > There are also thread topics that I never tire of and inevitably draw me in . . . > > So, will I be alone in listing [The Great Escape](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/combined)? Doubt it. > > Ditto for [Zulu](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/combined) (1964). > > [Where Eagles Dare](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065207/combined) doesn’t seem to be shown as much as it used to be . . . but when it is, I’m hooked. Again. When I was in college, 40 years ago, **The Great Escape** was one of those male-bonding movies that we all had to watch, no matter how many times we’d seen them. **Zulu** was also on the list, along with **The Magnificent Seven** and **Cool Hand Luke**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690.md?page=2)