# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/61 "2019-12-15T21:37:49Z")
I adore the [Zero Effect.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSH8Y3h5j-g) 1998 Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller It’s a movie with no good guys or bad guys. They’re just a bunch of … guys … who are trying their best to cope with a very strange situation. It also contains the best possible advice on avoiding getting caught following someone. You get caught following someone when that person looks back & sees you following. Avoid this by getting to the destination first. This advice can be seen as a joke or as a metaphor for serious life advice. That’s why its brilliant. The whole plot has been carefully constructed or balanced on the edge of social norms. Speaking of carefully constructed worlds, another of my favorite films is [Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q). What an incredible voyage of discovery! I like films that have consistent internal logic. I love characters that follow a logical path. I love journeys in which a compelling story unfolds. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/62 "2019-12-15T21:43:21Z")
_Stalag 17_, _Casablanca_, _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, _The Usual Suspects_, and _The Hudsucker Proxy_ ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/63 "2019-12-15T23:17:19Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Clerks …And ‘Clerks’ too. Forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/64 "2019-12-15T23:55:20Z")
BBC “Pride & Predjudice” from 1980 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Young Frankstein Blazing Saddles Original version of “Miracle on 34th Street” “Robin Hood” with Errol Flynn Best in Show That’s a good start. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/65 "2019-12-16T00:04:37Z")
I’m one of those folks who can watch movies over and over again. I’ve got like 800 DVDs on my shelf, and many of them have had multiple rewatches. MANY have been mentioned in this thread. For example, I probably watch **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly** ; **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon** ; **Kill Bill** ; **A Moment to Remember** ; and \*\*Goodfellas \*\*at least once a year. However, the ONE movie that has infinite rewatch value for me, due to me finding fresh nuances every time I watch it is: **Mulholland Dr.** ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/66 "2019-12-16T01:38:32Z")
Franchises: Most of the MCU films The original Star Wars trilogy Back to the Future trilogy The Matrix trilogy All of Terminator films except for Salvation Single Films: No Country for Old Men Superman II Logan Aliens Galaxy Quest From childhood: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the one with Gene Wilder) The Beastmaster Wizard of Oz Clash of the Titans (the 1983 one with Harry Hamlin) I watched the Monty Python films repeatedly as a teenager and young adult but I got sick of them as I got older. ---
**Author:** ![sps49sd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@sps49sd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sps49sd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/67 "2019-12-16T19:30:41Z")
> [@Periwinkle](#): > > …and Alan Rickman is fabulous as the villain. When was he not? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/68 "2019-12-16T19:49:09Z")
The Third Man Chinatown Red River Rebecca MASH ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/69 "2019-12-16T20:10:09Z")
How could I forget??? Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies!!! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/70 "2019-12-16T21:08:43Z")
Dune (David Lynch) Blade Runner 42nd Street (Busby Berkeley version) The Thing From Another World (1950’s) The Lord of the Rings trilogy Bride of Frankenstein The Invisible Man Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) Island of Lost Souls I Walked With a Zombie Animal House Caddyshack Van Wilder It, the Terror From Beyond Space ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/71 "2019-12-16T22:40:01Z")
So many of these, but what surprises me is how many I tried watching and gave up on. I adore Second Hand Lions, I never pass that one up. And Charley Varrick, I remember liking that, whatever happened to it?? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/72 "2019-12-16T23:45:17Z")
THelma and Louise Master and Commander 4 weddings and a Funeral Princess Bride It Happened One Night Wizard of Oz SOund of Music The Song Remains the Same Rocky Horror Picture Show …more I can’t remember atm ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/73 "2019-12-17T04:19:46Z")
\*\*A Man for All Seasons The Seven Samurai 2001: A Space Odyssey Forbidden Planet Metropolis A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Fantasia Fantasia 2000 Casablanca The Maltese Falcon Star Wars (the original trilogy) Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Wizard of Oz The Rocketeer Spartacus The Incredibles The Terminator Terminator 2 Aliens Star Trek II Star Trek IV The Day the Earth Stood Still King Kong (1933) King Kong (2005) The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson trilogy) 1776 Dr. Strangelove The Last Starfighter The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Jason and the Argonauts \*\* and probably a lot of others. ---
**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 17, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/74 "2019-12-17T08:46:23Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > So many of these, but what surprises me is how many I tried watching and gave up on. > > I adore Second Hand Lions, I never pass that one up. And Charley Varrick, I remember liking that, whatever happened to it?? Do you mean whatever happened in the plot? It is one of the extremely rare movies in which the guilty get away clean and free. Or do you mean what happened to it at the box office? I have no idea how much money it made or whether it was considered a commercial success. But it is one of my most favorite films of all time. It’s not a great film. But it just keeps me glued to the screen for the whole movie. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/75 "2019-12-17T12:39:30Z")
\*\*The Man Who Would be King The Guns of Navarone The Great Escape North by Northwest Monty Python and the Holy Grail Rear Window Thunderball For Your Eyes Only Goldfinger \*\* ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/76 "2019-12-17T13:28:50Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > The scenes where Steve Martin portrays someone who is being controlled by a lady on one side of his body and a man on the other side is one of the most incredible acting triumphs that I have ever seen. Next time that you see those scenes, I would recommend you try to consider just what would be involved in mastering such an incredible acting job. > > I have always been perplexed by Steve Martin because when I consider just how brilliant he must have been to pull that off and then think about his movie, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, my brain just kind of shifts into overdrive and then shuts down. I just don’t get it. One may well be the most genius thing I’ve ever seen and the other seems so completely stupid and ridiculous, my brain just cannot handle the clash. > > IMO, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid may well be one of the most stupid movies ever made. “Stupid” may not be a reasonable adjective. It may be more reasonable to call it a “waste of time and energy”. I often wonder how the same person could have been responsible for both the acting in “All of Me” as well as the creation of “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”. I just do not understand whatever prompted him to create “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”. > > I hope that I just do not understand what the appeal is to “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”. It seems so obvious to me that it is just way off the scale when it comes to the most ridiculous or stupid projects ever created. > > If anyone can ever explain to me the appeal behind that film, I would love to understand it because on the one hand, Steve Martin has displayed some terrific - even incredible - talent. But on the other hand … “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”? > > What in the world? Just Steve Martin’s personal tribute to all the great noir detective movies from the 40’s & 50’s - and a very unique take on it, IMHO, with splicing in all the great scenes/actors from previous films. Woody Allen did it in “Zelig” and critics called it brilliant. DMDWP actually came out a year prior to Zelig. I personally find the film very funny and think it was a brilliant idea between Steve Martin and Carl Reiner. Now, if you want to discuss lousy Steve Martin films, let’s start with “The Man With Two Brains” ---
**Author:** ![PitJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@PitJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PitJ)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/77 "2019-12-17T13:36:29Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Harold and Maude > > The Big Lebowski > > Jesus Christ Superstar > > The Doors > > Pulp Fiction > > Clerks Thank you! Finally someone mentioned Pulp Fiction. Even though I have watched it so often that I am now co-voicing a lot of the vocals, I never get tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/78 "2019-12-17T13:36:53Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > But only the first one. > > The second one is watchable … barely. But the rest? Big nope. Bert is still hilarious in the second one. “I feel I was denied critical, need to know, information.” “I handled the first wave with a combination of small arms fire and hand to hand techniques” But without Bacon and Ward chemistry it’s just not the same. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/79 "2019-12-17T14:55:30Z")
In no particular order: Sixteen Candles Trading Places A Few Good Men Austin Powers (either of the first two) The Ring Shawshank Redemption Black Swan Meet the Parents Love Actually Shrek Vertigo China Town ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812/80 "2019-12-17T15:02:33Z")
Slap Shot The Blues Brothers Naked Gun Watership Down Field of Dreams Lord of The Rings. I actually rewatch the extended version, and then often one of the four audio commentary tracks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over-and-never-tire-of-them/844812.md?page=5)