# Movies you can watch over and over and never tire of them. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812 "2019-12-13T15:38:02Z")\ **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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/1 "2019-12-13T15:38:02Z")
In most cases, after watching a film many times, I begin to grow weary of it and often wind up hating it if I see it too often. This would seem to be a common phenomena and seems to apply to several other things - like food and music. There are not many films that I feel I can watch over and over and never grow tired of watching them. But for me, the top of that list is, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” with Walter Huston and Humphrey Bogart. Unlike most of the big studios at the time, I would list Huston above Bogart because IMO, Walter Huston is one of the greatest actors ever. I enjoy most of Bogart’s work. But IMO, Huston is a better actor. If you get to see this movie, try to find the following two scenes. 1. A Mexican bandit calls out, “We don’t need no badges. We don’t got to show you no stinkin’ badges!” 2. When Huston discovers gold, he does an amazing dance for a 70 year old man. Other movies that come close for me include: The Naked City 1948 - [The Naked City (1948) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040636) The Killers 1946 - [The Killers (1946) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038669) The Dark Corner 1946 - [The Dark Corner (1946) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038453/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_47) Blow 2001 - [Blow (2001) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027) Charley Varrick 1973 - [Charley Varrick (1973) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069865) Most of my pics are B&W Film Noir. “The Dark Corner” is not well known and if you ever see it, you may be surprised to learn that Lucille Ball is one of the featured actors. But her performance in this film is nothing like her well known ditzy characters. I strongly recommend this movie to any of you who enjoy Film Noire. “Blow” is the story of how Cocaine exploded on the North American markets in the 1970s. It stars Johnny Depp but I suspect many people may have never seen it. “Charley Varrick” stars Walter Matthau and is a crime movie that for some reason I just can’t stop watching once it starts. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/2 "2019-12-13T15:53:28Z")
2001 Planes, trains and automobiles ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/3 "2019-12-13T16:07:03Z")
Young Frankenstein Airplane! All of Me South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Rat Race Tangled Most of the MCU movies Most James Bond movies The first Star Wars trilogy ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/4 "2019-12-13T16:12:19Z")
There are a number of them for me. My most recent additions: “The Martian” “The Avengers” (Thor, Iron Man, not the Uma Thurman one 😉 Older movies: “The Maltese Falcon” (Bogart) “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” “The Sting” “Jeremiah Johnson” “Chinatown” Lots of Clint Eastwood: “The Outlaw Josey Wales” “Joe Kidd” “The Unforgiven” “Million Dollar Baby” “The Enforcer” Classic epics: “Lawrence of Arabia” (first 2/3 at least) “The Bridge on the River Kwai” “The Guns of Navarrone” 'Ice Station Zebra" “The Godfather”, “The Godfather pt II” There are more that when they come on, I’ll find myself watching. But these are what come to mind. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/5 "2019-12-13T16:18:29Z")
I al ost never watch a movie more than once. Exceptions are Groundhog Day, Air Force One, and Apollo 13. Not sure why, since although they’re good movies, they’re certainly not the greatest. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/6 "2019-12-13T16:24:14Z")
I think I’m probably very mainstream. The first couple of movies I thought of were _The Godfather_ and _The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly_. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/7 "2019-12-13T16:39:41Z")
‘Rear Window’ for me. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/8 "2019-12-13T16:43:07Z")
In my personal ratings system, this quality is what defines a “10” movie. My current 10s are: _The Godfather Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King American Beauty No Country for Old Men Grosse Pointe Blank 'Round Midnight_ \<- my favorite film of all time _The Incredibles Casablanca The Conversation_ \<- my 2nd favorite \*Close Encounters of the Third Kind Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas Silver Streak The Silence of the Lambs Bull Durham Superman Oh, God! Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Hopscotch Being There \* ---
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_The Fifth Element Field of Dreams_ And a second to _The Martian_ ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/10 "2019-12-13T17:18:01Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > There are a number of them for me. > > My most recent additions: > “The Martian” > “The Avengers” (Thor, Iron Man, not the Uma Thurman one 😉 > > Older movies: > “The Maltese Falcon” (Bogart) > “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” > “The Sting” > “Jeremiah Johnson” > “Chinatown” > Lots of Clint Eastwood: > “The Outlaw Josey Wales” > “Joe Kidd” > “The Unforgiven” > “Million Dollar Baby” > “The Enforcer” > > Classic epics: > “Lawrence of Arabia” (first 2/3 at least) > “The Bridge on the River Kwai” > “The Guns of Navarrone” > 'Ice Station Zebra" > “The Godfather”, “The Godfather pt II” > > There are more that when they come on, I’ll find myself watching. But these are what come to mind. FWIIW “The Unforgiven” is a 1960 movie with Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn, “Unforgiven” is the Clint Eastwood movie and one of my all time favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/11 "2019-12-13T17:39:05Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I almost never watch a movie more than once. Exceptions are Groundhog Day… Somehow I knew that would be an exception. You can’t watch Groundhog Day only once. Ned, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/12 "2019-12-13T18:16:23Z")
Contact Star Trek I The Final Frontier (I know, I’m weird) Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan Stargate ---
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As pointed out upthread, this is what great films are made of, and, as the rest of the thread shows, some lesser films are continually entertaining, too. Either way, it’s going to be subjective (not everyone likes Bergman, etc.) Among the latter films, one that I like is Cop Land. The dialogue is believable, the story comes together well, and the acting and camera work are really good. There are a couple of disappointing things about the middle part, so I get the not-quite-four-stars rating, but the rest is excellent, IMO. Another one is Point Break (1991). Always fun, despite the silliness ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/14 "2019-12-13T18:42:44Z")
The Blues Brothers Jaws Any Star Wars movie The Matrix Any Cohen Bros’ movie Armageddon Raiders of the Lost Ark & Temple of Doom ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/15 "2019-12-13T19:09:02Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Young Frankenstein > Airplane! > All of Me > South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut > Rat Race > Tangled > Most of the MCU movies > Most James Bond movies > The first Star Wars trilogy That’s so similar to some of the films I can repeatedly watch that maybe I should actually watch All of Me (I’ve never got into animated movies despite liking some of them and appreciating them as a medium). Rat Race is hilarious. As well as the ones you listed, I’ll add: Groundhog Day The Truman Show Terminator 1 Terminator 2 Eagle Eye Deep Impact Four Weddings and a Funeral Empire of the Sun Probably some more too. I kinda like rewatching movies, in the background of something else I’m doing at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/16 "2019-12-13T20:18:38Z")
I would agree with cormac262; I even make the same mistaken about (The) Unforgiven. I would add Robert Taylor’s _Ivanhoe_ , Bogart’s _The Big Sleep_ and _The Forbidden Planet._ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/17 "2019-12-13T20:21:15Z")
SciFiSam: > [@](#): > > All of Me (I’ve never got into animated movies despite liking some of them and appreciating them as a medium) All of Me is not animated, it’s a live-action film starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, and it’s absolutely hilarious. ---
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**Charlie Wayne** , as I live and breathe! Where you been the last three years? ---
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The Life Of Brian This Is Spinal Tap 2001 Some Like It Hot The Apartment One, Two, Three (and almost everything else by Billy Wilder) Almost everything by Hitchcock Schtonk I Hired A Contract Killer Night On Earth and many more I can’t think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/20 "2019-12-13T22:35:03Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > In most cases, after watching a film many times, I begin to grow weary of it and often wind up hating it if I see it too often. This would seem to be a common phenomena and seems to apply to several other things - like food and music. > > Most of my pics are B&W Film Noir. “The Dark Corner” is not well known and if you ever see it, you may be surprised to learn that Lucille Ball is one of the featured actors. But her performance in this film is nothing like her well known ditzy characters. I strongly recommend this movie to any of you who enjoy Film Noire. ‘The Dark Corner’ is positively shocking! Quite grim, surprisingly for Lucille Ball… I do love a much more lighthearted one, ‘The Long Long Trailer’ with her and Desi Arnez, just delightful! ‘White Heat’ with James Cagney, what a psycho - and his mother!!! It features early versions of a car phone and a car tracker, very suspenseful. ‘The King and I’ - Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr - just ‘something wonderful’. I only wish the Shall We Dance number went on for longer. ‘Bridge On the River Kwai’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ - I watch both whenever they happen to be on. and finally, most of ‘Seven Faces of Dr. Lao’ with Tony Randall - both chilling and hilarious moments. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812.md?page=2)