Back in the day (early 1970’s), it was Yellow Submarine that I saw about a dozen times. I wouldn’t go that hog-wild for it now, but I did see it again when they released it for one day earlier this year. This one-day release included the player piano (Bulldog) scene that was originally omitted from the American release!
Other than that, I don’t think I’d care to see any movie over and over and over and over. A few I might see twice maybe.
But I did see Inception three times, just to make out what the hell was going on, exactly as Ed Zotti predicted in his review of the movie. (Sorry, it doesn’t appear to be on-line anymore that I can find. It was one of his Paulina Street Journal columns.)
Most of my favorites have already been covered. But I can’t believe I’m the first to include
1975 The Man Who Would be King - directed by John Huston and starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Best fu&*$ng movie ever made! And the only DVD you can purchase is an extremely crappy video and audio mess!
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Birdcage
The Avengers
Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2 (but not 3) Zootopia
The Emperor’s New Groove
The Mummy
Sherlock Holmes (RDJ version) Jurassic Park
About a Boy
Back to the Future
Fright Night (2011 version) Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rose Red (Stephen King TV movie)
Any Billy Wilder film.
Any Hitchcock film.
Anything with either Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.
Lots of musicals, though I usually prefer to listen to the stage recordings.
Many of mine have already been mentioned,although while some people have mentioned the Coen brothers, no-one has mentioned Fargo by name. It’s one of my top films.
Probably my top contender in this category, though, is Lone Star, by John Sayles. Quite a few of Sayles’ other films are also ones that I can return to multiple time. There’s something about his dialog and character development and politics that just make his stuff easy to return to. Particular favorites, apart from Lone Star, include City of Hope, Passion Fish, Limbo, and Sunshine State.
I don’t typically watch movies multiple times, but “Quigley Down Under” draws me in every time. It is a favorite of my husband so he starts it up every once in awhile. The story between the Tom Selleck and Laura San Giacomo characters is funny, sweet, and very touching at times, and Alan Rickman is fabulous as the villain.
I should add The Philadelphia Story to my list - I think I’m the first one to mention that classic. Also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid which others have mentioned.
Well, you shouldn’t believe it, because snowthx beat you to it by 17 minutes.
It is an amazing movie, no question.
But at least for me, it’s a bit too intense to be a movie I can watch over and over again. Same is true for another of my favorites, The Lion in Winter. One watching stays with me for years.
I first saw it when I was nine-years-old and maybe a dozen times since. I still can’t resist watching when I stumble across it. And why not when there’s Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, and amazing cinematography in magnificent Technicolor.
Heh - betcha liked Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, featuring the singular Victor Buono.
Dang. Appy-polly-loggies.
Even now, clicking on the quoted link in your post, it still brings up (for me) my criticker.com ratings of 1141 films.
Baffling why it would work only for me.
It’s been millenia since I last logged in, so I’m not sure if it’s still
user: by Devol
pass: nutsinmay
If that actually gets you there, click on “You” (first one in blue bar) and then on “All your rankings”. (a phrase that I always sing “All My Lovin” to)
I find a movie’s re-watchability is greatly aided when accompanied by someone else who has never seen it.
The General (1927) Kongo (1932) King Kong (1933) Tarzan and his Mate (1934) Strange Cargo (1940) Dumbo (1941) The Face Behind the Mask (1941) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Out of the Past (1948) Kiss the Blood off My Hands (1948) The Third Man (1949) Rancho Notorious (1952) Night of the Hunter (1955) Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Forbidden Planet (1956) Death in the Garden (1956) Touch of Evil (1958) Casino Royale (1967) Danger: Diabolik (1968) The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Latitude Zero (1969) Dirty Harry (1971) Swordsman II (1992)
A League of Their Own
Road Trip
A Few Good Men
Almost Famous
A common thread here is, these are far from the best movies I’ve ever seen, and are squarely in the three star range. The four star movies, like Gandhi, Schindler’s List and Battleship Potemkin, are emotionally exhausting and I never had an urge to sit through them a second time.
