# Movies you cannot channel surf past... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895 "2017-09-09T14:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/1 "2017-09-09T14:35:10Z")
I don’t care how many times I’ve seen these movies, but I am constitutionally incapable of channel surfing past them: - Any James Bond flick, especially the most recent with Daniel Craig. - Oceans I, II or III - Gross Point Blank - Snatch - Lock/Stock/Barrel - Rock’n’Rolla - Layer Cake You?.. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/2 "2017-09-09T15:15:54Z")
The ‘Harry Potter’ weekends, on some family channel. I don’t care for the earliest or the very last movies, but I will watch the middle ones for my favorite parts. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, I have watched each one umpteen times. … Used to be ‘The Matrix’, but got a bit worn out. ‘Gladiator’, and ‘300’ are always a treat. … I’m sorry, but I guess I’m one of ‘the people’ in the phrase ‘give the people what they want’. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/3 "2017-09-09T16:00:34Z")
Zombieland is a good one for me. It’s funny, I can get into it from just about any point of the movie and it’s pretty short so I don’t get sucked into a three hour hole of watching some epic on TBS. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/4 "2017-09-09T16:18:49Z")
Pulp Fiction or Goodfellas will always get me to put the remote down, at least for a little while (I mean, at this point I’ve seen them both enough times). ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/5 "2017-09-09T16:58:33Z")
The Poseidon Adventure Bride of Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/6 "2017-09-09T17:35:20Z")
Die Hard ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/7 "2017-09-09T18:02:32Z")
Zardoz Sexy Beast Chinatown/Replusion/Rosemary’s Baby Owning Mahoney Alien Taxi Driver/King of Comedy Walkabout North by Northworst Animal House Seventh Seal Spinal Tap Dr. Strangelove All the President’s Men (seen at least ten times, just to see Robards yelling “_WOOD-STEIN!!!_”) Apocalypse Now/first two Godfathers A Hard Day’s Night possibly 7 trillion more ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/8 "2017-09-09T18:37:27Z")
Murder by Death. OMG, I love that movie. It isn’t the “best” movie ever made – far from it! – but it is absolutely my favorite. I’ve seen it more than forty times. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/9 "2017-09-09T18:43:25Z")
For some reason, I can never resist pausing over _Mac and Me_. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/10 "2017-09-09T19:13:15Z")
Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/11 "2017-09-09T19:17:31Z")
I cannot resist anything in the Southern Gothic genre. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Streetcar Named Desire To Kill a Mockingbird What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Crimes of the Heart is practically home movies of my family ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/12 "2017-09-09T21:17:29Z")
Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/13 "2017-09-10T00:22:16Z")
Mainly the Bonds. They’re on pretty much non stop around Thanksgiving. Even though I have them all on blu ray, if I notice one on tv, I’ll usually watch if it’s a scene I like. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/14 "2017-09-10T00:46:15Z")
5th Element Die Hard Blazing Saddles Young Dr. Frankenstein Reindeer Games ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/15 "2017-09-10T01:20:18Z")
Kelly’s Heroes and, um, Paper Moon. A whole lot of Goodfellas and Casino. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/16 "2017-09-10T01:37:58Z")
Generally any film by Scorsese, Nolen, Besson, Tarantino, Cameron, Kubrick or Ridley or Tony Scott. Bond films. Old tyme WWII films (Patton, A Bridge Too Far, The Great Escape, etc) Any Fast and Furious film Most Die Hard films Any Nicholas Cage film ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/17 "2017-09-10T01:48:35Z")
Heat Goodfellas Wolf of wall street Dark Knight ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/18 "2017-09-10T01:51:31Z")
In Bruges Edge of Tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/19 "2017-09-10T03:20:44Z")
Goodfellas, Commando, Predator and Godfather I/II come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895/20 "2017-09-10T03:33:03Z")
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