# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/61 "2014-01-05T05:31:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Oh yeah, and Groundhog Day. Oh, yeah, and Groundhog Day. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/62 "2014-01-05T07:49:28Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > Oh, yeah, and Groundhog Day. So you like sausage? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/63 "2014-01-05T12:33:12Z")
Agree with many selections already mentioned. Iā€™ll add: _Witness We Are Marshall Gimme Shelter_ And, these bear \* several\* viewings, but not \*many: Being John Malkovich Memento House of Games Fletch\* ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/64 "2014-01-05T13:31:48Z")
A few more: _Paper Moon The Lives of Others The Return of Martin Guerre The Red Balloon_ (short feature) These last three are foreign-language. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/65 "2014-01-08T15:49:23Z")
The Lion In Winter - one of my three Christmas ā€œmustsā€ along with A Christmas Story and Scrooge/A Christmas Carol (the Alistair Sim version). The deliciously dysfunctional Plantagenets celebrating Christmas is probably a lot closer to reality than most Hollywood films, and is a great antidote for anyone forced to watch any of the Hallmark Channel offerings while stuck at a relativeā€™s house for dinner. The Hepburn-Oā€™Toole version only, please. The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby A Night At The Opera Singin In The Rain Local Hero A Hard Dayā€™s Night Pride And Prejudice - the ā€œwet Colinā€ version. Not strictly a movie, but who cares? This Is Spinal Tap Raiders Of The Lost Ark The Adventures of Robin Hood - Flynn version only Grand Prix - dumb story, great racing footage The LOTR trilogy ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/66 "2014-01-15T00:40:09Z")
Just remembered - **Secondhand Lions**. ---
**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 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/67 "2014-01-15T02:51:17Z")
Remembered _Cabaret_ too. And _Pink Floyd The Wall_. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/68 "2014-01-15T03:07:09Z")
Gladiator Apollo 13 9 Reinas (Argentinian) Groundhog Day The Shawshank Redemption Bridge over the River Kwai The Power of One ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/69 "2014-01-15T18:26:23Z")
The Sound of Music The Incredibles Groundhog Day The Green Mile The Shawshank Redemption A Miracle on 34th Street (any version) Young Frankenstein (Put the candle back!) Iā€™ve seen all of these at least 10 times each. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/70 "2014-01-15T18:56:50Z")
Romancing the Stone - There is no limit to how many times I can watch this movie. ---
**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 16, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/71 "2014-01-16T07:27:00Z")
I hope no one will object too strenuously if I offer my personal opinion (itā€™s only my opinion), but I think the Guns of Navarrone has to be heads and shoulders above most other adventure movies (both war time and peace time) including The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Eagle has Landed. I love The Eagle has Landed (especially Donald Pleasanceā€™s portrayal of Himmler) but The Guns of Navarrone just has all the others beat. I think that in large part, that is due to Gregory Peckā€™s performance. Again, itā€™s just my opinion, but I think he is one of the most incredibly talented actors of all time. I just love watching him work. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/72 "2014-01-16T08:24:46Z")
Bringing Up Baby Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Casablanca North by Northwest The 39 Steps Cabaret All That Jazz ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/73 "2014-01-16T08:24:58Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I hope no one will object too strenuously if I offer my personal opinion (itā€™s only my opinion), but I think the Guns of Navarrone has to be heads and shoulders above most other adventure movies (both war time and peace time) including The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Eagle has Landed. The book was even better, as I recall. Been awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/74 "2014-01-16T15:19:40Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I hope no one will object too strenuously if I offer my personal opinion (itā€™s only my opinion), but I think the Guns of Navarrone has to be heads and shoulders above most other adventure movies (both war time and peace time) including The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Eagle has Landed. > > I love The Eagle has Landed (especially Donald Pleasanceā€™s portrayal of Himmler) but The Guns of Navarrone just has all the others beat. I think that in large part, that is due to Gregory Peckā€™s performance. Again, itā€™s just my opinion, but I think he is one of the most incredibly talented actors of all time. I just love watching him work. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The book was even better, as I recall. Been awhile. Saw the movie but have yet to read the book. I agree with Lazlo. Peck (and the music) make it the thriller it is. I liked Irene Papas, too. James Darren was a little hard to take, though. šŸ™‚ ---
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Most of my re-watch favorites have been mentioned, but hereā€™s my list of movies Iā€™ve happily watched a bazillion times: The Abyss Beetlejuice Groundhog Day Last of the Mohicans Little Shop of Horrors O Brother Where Art Thou? Overboard (sue me!) The Princess Bride The Fifth Element Pulp Fiction The Wizard of Oz There are a bunch of kidsā€™ movies that Iā€™ve watched innumerable times because of being a mommy and all, but I find these particularly enjoyable: Aladdin Cars The Emperorā€™s New Groove Hercules Mulan Toy Story II ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/76 "2014-01-23T19:08:51Z")
1. Any of the Clint Eastwood Man-with-No-Name series Fist Full of Dollars A Few Dollars More The Good, the Bad, The Ugly High Plains Drifter Pale Rider [Unforgiven is a pretty awesome Western, as well] 2. Any of the Dirty Harry movies Dirty Harry Magnum Force The Enforcer Sudden Impact Dead Pool [Tightrope and The Gauntlet are pretty cool, too, but theyā€™re not Harry.] 3. Any Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark Temple of Doom Last Crusade Crystal Skull (yeah, even that one) 4. Almost any Jack Ryan movie [Sum of all Fearsā€¦not so compelling] Hunt for Red October Patriot Games Clear and Present Danger 5. Any of the Lone Wolf & Cub movies Baby Cart to Hades Sword of Vengeance Baby Cart at the Rivy Styx White Heaven in Hell Baby Cart in the Land of Demons Babby Cart in Peril 6. Lethal Weapon 1 through 4 7. Bruce Lee ā€“ Any of his movies or the 1960ā€™s Green Hornet 8. Jackie Chan Battle Creek Brawl Rumble in the Bronx SuperCop 9. Jet Li Fearless Danny the Dog Kiss of the Dragon 10. Any of the Bourne Trilogy 11. Great movies about education/smarts Good Will Hunting Dead Poets Society Finding Forrester Stand and Deliver 12. Chow, Yun-Fat The Killer Hard Boiled Replacement Killers The Corruptor Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon Zorro, the Black Fox (Alain DeLon) Blade Runner Princess Bride Highlander (Directors Cut, please) Three Musketeers & Four Musketeers (Richard Lester directing) Cyrano de Bergerac (Jose Ferrer version) Young Guns I & II Quigley, Down Under Tombstone True Lies Total Recall Terminator I & II Predator Anchors Aweigh Big Trouble in Little China Mr. & Mrs. Smith Spy Game Streets of Fire Serenity (Firefly) Amistad Glory Gandhi There are several James Bond movies Iā€™d watch any time, but I donā€™t tend to remember the names until Iā€™m seeing a scene. ---
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Love Jaws, Tremors, Galaxy Quest. Add ā€œThe In-Lawsā€ (serpentine!) and ā€œBlues Brothersā€. ---
**Author:** ![SirGalahad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@SirGalahad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirGalahad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/78 "2014-01-23T21:28:22Z")
> [@SirGalahad](#): > > Love Jaws, Tremors, Galaxy Quest. > > Add ā€œThe In-Lawsā€ (serpentine!) and ā€œBlues Brothersā€. Oops, almost forgot ā€œWalk Hardā€. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/79 "2014-01-23T22:50:20Z")
I need to add **The 13th Warrior!** It was on this weekend and I watched the crap out of it! I could watch it every day. ---
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The Godfather I & II Groundhog Day Goodfellas Ghost World Airplane! About A Boy The Big Lebowski Millerā€™s Crossing Out of the Past Play Time Withnail & I Brazil Mystery Train Repo Man Better Off Dead Caddyshack [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=3) [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=5)