# 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:** 7
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/121 "2014-04-15T05:38:42Z")
I just flashed on one of my very favorite movies that seems to have been overlooked. What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993) I just love this movie and can watch it any time. I can’t say enough good things about it and if you have never seen it, I recommend it to you most strongly. I predict that you will love it just as much as do I. Angela Basset did a knockout performance. Wow! What a great actress! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/122 "2014-04-15T08:21:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ll try not to duplicate any of the wonderful films listed above; if mine are there, I missed them in my cursory scan. > > _**It Happened One Night > Manhattan Melodrama > \ > Objective: Burma > Run Silent, Run Deep > True Grit**_ Judging by your list, I would like to recommend the following film to you: The Enemy Below (1957) is a WW2 submarine movie staring Robert Mitchum & Curt Jurgens. It’s just my opinion, but I believe you may enjoy this movie more than Run Silent, Run Deep. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/123 "2014-04-15T08:28:51Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Is it too late to add a blatant plug for “Hustle”, a Burt Reynolds film from 1975? I always liked it and its music when they ever showed it on TV (which was almost Never). > > (Also, if the name shows up here, maybe someone on a network will crack open a CD and play it on TV someday…) I am happy to grant you a special dispensation based on the excellent movies you have posted to this thread. Please feel free to post any movies that you would like to post and thank you for all pf the fine movies that you have posted so far. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/124 "2014-04-15T09:15:39Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Agree with many selections already mentioned. I’ll add: > > _Witness > We Are Marshall > Gimme Shelter_ > > And, these bear \* several\* viewings, but not \*many: > > Being John Malkovich > Memento > House of Games > Fletch\* For those people who posted “We Are Marshall”, I would like to recommend, “Remember the Titans”. IMO, they are both excellent movies. But, Remember the Titans is just a lot more fun. I could do without the little girl. But, the rest of the movie is great - mostly because it is set against the backdrop of the civil rights struggle in the 1970s USA. If you have never seen it, I’m sure you will really like it. Denzel Washington is just terrific as he usually is in any film in which he acts. Denzel is just an extra special talent. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/125 "2014-04-15T11:35:42Z")
I’ve lately been viewing and reviewing “Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story.” Vastly underrated film. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/126 "2014-04-15T14:01:37Z")
The bad bad movie I watch again and again: _Independence Day_ Good movies I watch again and again: _The Shootist Rocky LA Confidential Groundhog Day Empire of the Sun The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo_ trilogy _American Beauty Three Kings Saving Private Ryan_ ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/127 "2014-04-15T14:28:47Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I saw Run Silent Run Deep listed at least twice and I saw someone else say they loved WW2 movies. > > I’d like to suggest a Robert Mitchum movie called “The Enemy Below”. > > It is one of my most favorite WW2 movies. I think it’s a much better submarine movie than Run Silent Run Deep - although many people would disagree. > > I’m not exactly sure why it’s one of my favorites. It has a kind of sappy ending. But it just makes me wish I was there. If I had to serve in WW2, I would like to have served on that ship captained by Mitchum. > > He was a great example of an officer who knew what he was doing and I find that very appealing. I concur with this assessment (including the sometimes overly sentimental aspects, which may lie at the heart of its charm). The fan of this movie may also be familiar with the tribute paid to it by its “remake” in Star Trek TOS. The 1966 episode “Balance of Terror” is closely based on this film, with the USS Enterprise cast as the destroyer and the Romulan vessel, using a cloaking device, as the U-boat. Captain James T. Kirk: “He did exactly what I would have done. I won’t underestimate him again.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/128 "2014-04-15T14:48:57Z")
Well, I put in my own list, and then looked through the thread and was reminded of how many great movies it’s bee way too long since I’ve last seen. So if any of these show up on my TV screen or a local theater, I’ll watch them again like no watched film has ever been watched! _12 Angry Men 2001 Space Odyssey A Few Good Men A Simple Plan About A Boy Airplane Apocalypse Now Being There Blade Runner Blade Runner Breaker Morant Caddyshack Casablanca Casino Cinema Paradiso Close Encounters of the Third Kind Cool Hand Luke Die Hard Fargo Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Finding Forrester Full Metal Jacket Galaxy Quest Gallipoli Goodfella Grosse Pointe Blank Heat High Noon Jaws Kelly’s Heroes Last of the Mohicans Local Hero Master and Commander My Cousin Vinny Pale Rider Predator Pulp Fiction Quigley, Down Under Rear Window Replacement Killers Robin Hood Roman Holiday Romancing the Stone Ronin Ronin School of Rock Serenity Shane Terminator 2 The African Queen The Best Years of Our Lives The Big Country The Big Lebowski The Blues Brothers The Caine Mutiny The Enemy Below The Fifth Element The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Last Samurai The Magnificent Seven The Outlaw Josey Wales The Princess Bride The Road Warrior The Terminator The Wild Bunch Tombstone Tootsie Tremors True Grit True Lies Twelve Monkeys Uncle Buck Unforgiven Wild Things Witness_ Ok, _Wild Things_ isn’t a great movie in the traditional sense but nearly naked Denise Richards and Neve Campbell make it worth watching again and again. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/129 "2014-04-16T05:09:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, I put in my own list, and then looked through the thread and was reminded of how many great movies it’s bee way too long since I’ve last seen. So if any of these show up on my TV screen or a local theater, I’ll watch them again like no watched film has ever been watched! > > _12 Angry Men > \ > Witness_ > > Ok, _Wild Things_ isn’t a great movie in the traditional sense but nearly naked Denise Richards and Neve Campbell make it worth watching again and again. Excellent list. I don’t see any problem when people post titles that duplicate titles other people have posted. IMO, it just confirms those films are worth seeing. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/130 "2014-04-16T05:29:31Z")
> [@Evin](#): > > I concur with this assessment (including the sometimes overly sentimental aspects, which may lie at the heart of its charm). The fan of this movie may also be familiar with the tribute paid to it by its “remake” in Star Trek TOS. The 1966 episode “Balance of Terror” is closely based on this film, with the USS Enterprise cast as the destroyer and the Romulan vessel, using a cloaking device, as the U-boat. > > Captain James T. Kirk: “He did exactly what I would have done. I won’t underestimate him again.” Kirk actually saluted the Romulan Commander before he blew up his ship, just the way Mitchum saluted Jurgens in the WWII flick, but it was cut from the episode. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/131 "2014-04-16T05:32:00Z")
With respect to _ **True Lies** _, I suggest you view the earlier film _ **Who Was That Lady?** _ with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and tell me if it doesn’t remind you of something. 😉 The same is true of _ **Bedtime Story** _ with David Niven, Marlon Brando, and Shirley Jones. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/132 "2014-04-16T13:26:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, I put in my own list, and then looked through the thread and was reminded of how many great movies it’s bee way too long since I’ve last seen. So if any of these show up on my TV screen or a local theater, I’ll watch them again like no watched film has ever been watched! > > _12 Angry Men > 2001 Space Odyssey > A Few Good Men > A Simple Plan > About A Boy > Airplane > Apocalypse Now > Being There > Blade Runner > Blade Runner > Breaker Morant > Caddyshack > Casablanca > Casino > Cinema Paradiso > Close Encounters of the Third Kind > Cool Hand Luke > Die Hard > Fargo > Ferris Bueller’s Day Off > Finding Forrester > Full Metal Jacket > Galaxy Quest > Gallipoli > Goodfella > Grosse Pointe Blank > Heat > High Noon > Jaws > Kelly’s Heroes > Last of the Mohicans > Local Hero > Master and Commander > My Cousin Vinny > Pale Rider > Predator > Pulp Fiction > Quigley, Down Under > Rear Window > Replacement Killers > Robin Hood > Roman Holiday > Romancing the Stone > Ronin > Ronin > School of Rock > Serenity > Shane > Terminator 2 > The African Queen > The Best Years of Our Lives > The Big Country > The Big Lebowski > The Blues Brothers > The Caine Mutiny > The Enemy Below > The Fifth Element > The Godfather > The Godfather Part II > The Last Samurai > The Magnificent Seven > The Outlaw Josey Wales > The Princess Bride > The Road Warrior > The Terminator > The Wild Bunch > Tombstone > Tootsie > Tremors > True Grit > True Lies > Twelve Monkeys > Uncle Buck > Unforgiven > Wild Things > Witness_ > > Ok, _Wild Things_ isn’t a great movie in the traditional sense but nearly naked Denise Richards and Neve Campbell make it worth watching again and again. How do you find the time to watch anything new? ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/133 "2014-04-16T15:21:08Z")
Just off the top of my head… A Matter of Life and Death A Canterbury Tale The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Robin and Marian Master and Commander the Far Side of the World Some Like It Hot Knightriders The Maggie Local Hero Restless Natives The Man Who Would Be King Zulu A Night to Remember Quatermass and the Pit The Wicker Man I Know Where I’m Going The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes The Cruel Sea Probably loads more if i really think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/134 "2014-04-16T15:22:31Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > How do you find the time to watch anything new? I live in a cave and never leave. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/135 "2014-04-17T09:57:15Z")
Several of the movies in my top 10 or 20 of [my Flickchart list](http://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?user=SlackerInc), I have watched several times just because they have been favourites for years: _Network Heart in Winter (Un Coeur en Hiver) Double Indemnity Naked Brazil Slacker Blue Velvet Baraka_ But if you look at my list, nearly half of my top 10 is not listed above–I’ve seen them once, hold them in extremely high esteem, but don’t feel the pull to see them again. There is one movie that isn’t even in my top 50 (though it’s close, at 53) that I have seen a ton of times and enjoy seeing over and over, appropriately enough: _Groundhog Day._ Then there’s Rocky Horror, but that’s a special case. ---
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Weirdly, because I don’t even think it’s that great a movie, I find it impossible to click away from _A Few Good Men_ if it’s on. I’ve never once gone out of my way to see it, but if I watch it for a minute, I’m hooked until the end. And because it’s played so often on cable, I’m in a weird situation where I’ve seen the end of the movie literally 40 or 50 times, but only seen the beginning once. 😛 ---
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> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > Judging by your list, I would like to recommend the following film to you: > > The Enemy Below (1957) is a WW2 submarine movie staring Robert Mitchum & Curt Jurgens. It’s just my opinion, but I believe you may enjoy this movie more than Run Silent, Run Deep. Destination Tokyo is better. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/138 "2014-04-17T16:45:04Z")
The original **Dawn of the Dead** (1979?) ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/139 "2014-04-17T17:16:05Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > The Enemy Below (1957) is a WW2 submarine movie staring Robert Mitchum & Curt Jurgens. It’s just my opinion, but I believe you may enjoy this movie more than Run Silent, Run Deep. Wasn’t that remade as a Star Trek episode? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/677690/140 "2014-04-17T21:18:12Z")
> [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](#): > > Wasn’t that remade as a Star Trek episode? “Balance of Terror,” Season 1, Episode 8: > **[Balance of Terror (episode)](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Balance_of_Terror_(episode))** > > The Enterprise battles a Romulan ship suspected of destroying outposts near the Neutral Zone. Captain James T. Kirk is officiating at a wedding between two crew members, Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson, in the Enterprise's chapel, with the... [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=6) [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=8)