# Movies worthy of repeat viewing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890 "2013-11-27T03:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/1 "2013-11-27T03:49:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/2 "2013-11-27T03:51:45Z")
Groundhog Day Air Force One ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/3 "2013-11-27T03:57:12Z")
_Trains, planes and automobiles_. It is crazy funny every time I watch it. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/4 "2013-11-27T03:58:48Z")
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** _ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/5 "2013-11-27T03:58:55Z")
Princess Bride ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/6 "2013-11-27T04:13:40Z")
_Hudson Hawk Indiana Jones_ trilogy\* [SIZE=“2”]\*Yes, trilogy. _Crystal Skul_l can suck it. _Temple of Doom_ was borderline.[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/7 "2013-11-27T04:49:56Z")
Auntie Mame i can never view that enough also Apocalypse Now ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/8 "2013-11-27T06:00:23Z")
\*\*Pulp Fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/9 "2013-11-27T06:12:07Z")
**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** ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/10 "2013-11-27T12:22:28Z")
Roadhouse. Especially after I heard [this](http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/59908/bill-murray-likes-to-call-kelly-lynchs-husband-every-time-he-sees-patrick-swayze-having-sex-with-her-in-road-house). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/11 "2013-11-27T12:43:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/12 "2013-11-27T12:53:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/13 "2013-11-27T12:56:25Z")
\*\*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 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/14 "2013-11-27T13:07:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fluke\_Starbucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Fluke\_Starbucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke_Starbucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/15 "2013-11-27T13:25:44Z")
Road Warrior Princess Bride School of Rock Count of Monte Cristo Sin City Bull Durham ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/16 "2013-11-27T13:34:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Roadhouse. Especially after I heard [this](http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/59908/bill-murray-likes-to-call-kelly-lynchs-husband-every-time-he-sees-patrick-swayze-having-sex-with-her-in-road-house). That is too funny. That scene is going to be a little less sexy for me now, but it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/17 "2013-11-27T13:46:53Z")
Mean Girls. Tina Fey is a genius at 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:** [November 27, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/18 "2013-11-27T13:46:59Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/19 "2013-11-27T13:56:20Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890/20 "2013-11-27T13:59:23Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-worthy-of-repeat-viewing/674890.md?page=2)