# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/41 "2014-01-03T04:39:13Z")
The Wizard of Oz Inherit the Wind Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Dark Victory All About Eve Wings Rain Mildred Pierce Now, Voyager Some Like It Hot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes The Corn is Green 12 Angry Men Meet Me in St. Louis My Fair Lady Oklahoma! Any silents with Chaplin, Keaton or Lillian Gish The Incredibles What’s Opera, Doc? One Froggy Evening ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/42 "2014-01-03T05:17:24Z")
Trinopus, I definitely agree about Murder By Death. Love the ensemble cast. My kind of humor. Also… Muriel’s Wedding Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Uncle Buck O’ Brother Where Art Thou One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Seven Faces of Dr. Lao Bad New Bear’s (original) Runaway Train Taking of Pelham 123 (original) Billy Elliott Spinal Tap Sid & Nancy Cinema Paradiso Ode to Billy Joe and many many more ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/43 "2014-01-03T15:27:28Z")
Other ones I thought of are Being There and almost anything by the Coen Brothers but particularly The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Miller’s Crossing, Blood simple and Barton Fink. ---
**Author:** ![Donegal\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Donegal\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donegal_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/44 "2014-01-03T15:41:52Z")
Blade Runner Ronin Silverado all three Bourne movies Outlaw Josie Wales The Professional The American and of course Despicable Me !! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/45 "2014-01-03T15:48:24Z")
Casablanca Harvey His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell Cary Grant version) Singin’ in the Rain Groundhog Day Maybes: Labyrinth The Matrix Truly, Madly, Deeply Dangerosa, I’ll bring another bottle of wine and some chocolates and join you on the couch for Darcy Day. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/46 "2014-01-03T16:05:04Z")
After 45 posts I’m astounded not to see “The Third Man” on this list. I know I’ve watched it at least 25 times, and never tire of it! ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/47 "2014-01-03T16:08:31Z")
I forgot to ask, but we’re not talking porn here, right? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/48 "2014-01-03T16:16:02Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I forgot to ask, but we’re not talking porn here, right? I didn’t see where it was excluded. Have at! ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/49 "2014-01-03T16:58:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I forgot to ask, but we’re not talking porn here, right? _listens_ Anyway, until we hear back … Mean Girls Wall-E ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/50 "2014-01-03T17:03:04Z")
My 10-star movies from IMDb, which I personally define as “infinitely re-watchable”: Casablanca (1942) The Godfather (1972) The Conversation (1974) Silver Streak (1976) Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Star Wars (1977) Being There (1979) Hopscotch (1980) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 'Round Midnight (1986) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) American Beauty (1999) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) No Country for Old Men (2007) ---
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I’ll add Armageddon to the list. I suspect Pacific Rim may go there, but it’s too early to say. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/52 "2014-01-03T20:04:00Z")
Speed Racer. The Wachowskis set out to make a live-action cartoon, and they succeeded beyond all expectations. ---
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> [@Labdad](#): > > After 45 posts I’m astounded not to see “The Third Man” on this list. I know I’ve watched it at least 25 times, and never tire of it! I was just gonna post it. The Third Man Back to the Future Coraline The Descendants That’s about it. ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/54 "2014-01-03T21:08:18Z")
Judging from your list, I would like to recommend to you a movie starring Walter Matthau - Charley Varrick (1973). It is a crime caper movie but it is one of those very rare cases where every actor, the director and everyone else working on that movie were just running at full speed and the result was a very watchable and re-watchable movie. If you’ve never seen it, I hope you will enjoy it. It is more than 40 years old. But it still holds up today as a most excellent movie. I hope you will excuse me for saying this. But “Charley Varrick” is a much better movie than is Hopscotch. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > My 10-star movies from IMDb, which I personally define as “infinitely re-watchable”: > > Casablanca (1942) > The Godfather (1972) > The Conversation (1974) > Silver Streak (1976) > Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) > Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) > Star Wars (1977) > Being There (1979) > Hopscotch (1980) > Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) > Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) > 'Round Midnight (1986) > The Silence of the Lambs (1991) > Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) > American Beauty (1999) > The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) > The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) > The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) > No Country for Old Men (2007) ---
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_Raiders of the Lost Ark_ (1981) _Local Hero_ (1983) _Goodfellas_ (1990) _The Commitments_ (1991) \*Fargo \*(1996) _Boogie Nights_ (1997) All of these movies are, in my mind, as close to perfect as a movie can be: they have engaging plots, interesting characters, terrific story development, great cinematography and (importantly) they stick the landing – the ending resonates as much as any other point of the movie. For instance, I absolutely love a bunch of the Coen brothers’ movies, but \*Fargo \*is the only one that I can watch at any given time without fast-forwarding through some scenes that don’t quite work for me. ---
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> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > Judging from your list, I would like to recommend to you a movie starring Walter Matthau - Charley Varrick (1973). > > It is a crime caper movie but it is one of those very rare cases where every actor, the director and everyone else working on that movie were just running at full speed and the result was a very watchable and re-watchable movie. > > If you’ve never seen it, I hope you will enjoy it. It is more than 40 years old. But it still holds up today as a most excellent movie. > > I hope you will excuse me for saying this. But “Charley Varrick” is a much better movie than is Hopscotch. I’ll put it on my watch list. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/57 "2014-01-04T05:26:29Z")
Dr. No Live and Let Die Men in Black The Hunt for Red October Rope Batman (1966) Batman (1989) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off In The Line of Fire The Ten Commandments El Cid Dracula (1931) Wall Street ---
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The one I’ve watched the most times is probably _Primer_. It’s an interesting case, because it’s not simply re-watchable, it’s actually entirely incomprehensible on the first viewing and only makes sense if you watch it multiple times. The first thing you do after watching \*Primer \*for the first time is to immediately watch it again, at least twice. Then you go away and make some Excel diagrams. Then you come back and watch it a few more times. ---
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Just two: **Planes, Trains and Automobiles** **2001 A Space Odyssey** ---
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I have prepared a more complete list so that anyone who is interested could come here to look for some good films to watch. Many other people have also listed excellent films and I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread. 28 Days 2000 Aliens 1986 American Hustle 2013 Bandolero 1968 Blow 2001 Boogie Nights 1997 Broadway Danny Rose 1984 Charlie Varrick 1973 Christmas in Conneticut 1945 Coming Home 1978 Crash 2004 Crossing Over 2009 Dances With Wolves Das Boot 1981 Dawn of the Dead 2004 Deja Vu 2001 Despicable Me 2010 Despicable Me II 2013 Deterrence 1999 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 Django Unchained 2012 Donny Brasco 1997 Double Jeopardy 1999 Due Date 2010 Dumb & Dumber 1994 Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Felon 2008 Flight 2012 Full Metal Jacket 1987 George Harrison Living in the Material World 2011 Ghostbusters 1984 () Good Will Hunting 1997 Goodfellas 1990 Groundhog Day 1993 Heat 1995 Heist 2001 In the Line of Fire 1993 Match Point 1989 Menace II Society 1993 One False Move 1992 Out of Sight 1998 Out of Time 2003 Remember the Titans 2000 Rio Bravo 1959 Rising Sun 1993 Robin Hood 1938 Sabrina 1954 Small Time Crooks 2000 Shanghai Triad 1995 Spartacus 1960 Stalag 17 1953 Straight Time 1978 Support Your Local Sheriff 1969 The Apartment 1960 The Big Steal 1949 The Boys From Brazil 1978 The Devil’s Advocate 1997 The Eagle Has Landed 1976 The Enemy Below 1957 The Family Stone 2005 The Fifth Element 1997 The Godfather 1972 The Godfather II 1974 The Guns of Navarone 1961 The Hangover 2009 The Hangover II 2011 The Killing 1956 The Last Samurai 2003 The Little Foxes 1941 The Major & the Minor 1942 The Patriot 2000 The Producers 2005 The Professional 1994 The Rainmaker 1997 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 The Sting 1973 The Ten Commandments 1956 The Treasure Of Sierra Madre 1948 The Usual Suspects 1995 There’s Something About Mary 1998 Thursday 1998 To Die For 1995 Tootsie 1982 Tremors 1990 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Under Siege 1996 Unstoppable 2010 What Doesn’t Kill You 2008 What’s Love Got to do With It 1993 Wild Things 1998 Young Frankenstein 1974 Zombieland 2009 NOIR 5 Fingers 1952 Ace in the Hole 1951 Across the Pacific 1942 Caged 1950 Double Indemnity 1944 Farewell My Lovely 1975 Impact 1949 Kansas City Confidential 1952 LA Confidential 1997 Lady in the Lake 1947 Murder My Sweet 1944 Mystery Street 1950 Psycho 1960 Saboteur 1942 The Maltese Falcon 1941 The Naked City 1948 The Unsuspected 1947 White Heat 1949 [Previous 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) [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=4)