# Movies you can't help to see again and again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493 "2008-10-04T23:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/1 "2008-10-04T23:49:01Z")
We all have movies we particularly love. Some of these movies are SO special we watch then over and over again. I’d name “Pulp Fiction” and “The Departed”, the two movies I’v seen most. I’ve seen Pulp Fiction 8 times. I’ve seen the Departed around 10 times. Which are movies you watch over and over again? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/2 "2008-10-04T23:58:30Z")
_The Fifth Element_ and _Fight Club_. No matter how many times I see them, they just don’t get old. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/3 "2008-10-05T00:01:07Z")
I’ve seen The Breakfast Club well over 100 times. Others I’ve watched often Shakespeare In Love,Amadeus,Catch Me If You Can and many,many musicals. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/4 "2008-10-05T00:10:05Z")
Aw, jeez, I’ve got tons! Jaws Forrest Gump Trading Places Fried Green Tomatoes Dirty Dancing Roadhouse I’ve seen these in the last few days for the unpteenth time. I love movies I can quote! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/5 "2008-10-05T00:13:26Z")
The Princess Bride Blazing Saddles The Fifth Element The incredibles ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/6 "2008-10-05T00:20:45Z")
Lately, _In Bruges_,\* Dark Knight\*, and _Iron Man_. Old standbys are _Meet Me in St. Louis, American Movie, American Psycho, Ruggles of Red Gap, Night of the Hunter, The Searchers, Rio Bravo_ . . . man, this list will just get longer and longer. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/7 "2008-10-05T00:26:15Z")
Until my early 20s, and going back as far as I can remember, whenever I liked a movie I would watch it over and over and over. I’ve seen the original Star Wars trilogy dozens of times each. Ditto: The Villain (old Kirk Douglas comedy/western) Friday Snatch Spaceballs South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Orgazmo Cannibal! The Musical Vacation The Matrix Jaws The Princess Bride Hot Shots! The Nightmare Before Christmas Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls (strangely, I didn’t really care for the first one) Don’t be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood The Stoned Age (I’ve seen this over 200 times. I think I could quote pretty much the entire movie) Aladdin Disney’s Robin Hood Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Office Space The Phantom Tollbooth Mallrats Clerks Chasing Amy Pulp Fiction Predator Y Tu Mama Tambien That is by no means an exhaustive list. I could go on and on. Somehow I lost this magic. Even if I love a movie now I can rarely watch it again, and never more than twice anymore. Kind of wish I could. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/8 "2008-10-05T00:27:42Z")
Fight Club Conan the Barbarian Idiocracy Office Space the first 4 James Bond movies ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/9 "2008-10-05T00:31:07Z")
Good Will Hunting. About 20 - 25 times. It’s not even that i set myself to watch it, or that I would even call it my all-time favorite. It sort of just happens. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/10 "2008-10-05T00:32:16Z")
Vacation Caddyshack Spies Like Us Groundhog Day Trading Places Coming To America Twister Armageddon Jaws The Godfather The Godfather: Part II The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Silence of the Lambs Leon: The Professional Full Metal Jacket Magnolia Boogie Nights Goodfellas Aliens Theres a lot more, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. I watch them probably 4-6 times per year. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/11 "2008-10-05T00:38:46Z")
Any time I run across any of the following on TV, I have to stop and watch all the way through: _Airplane! Spaceballs The Princess Bride Overboard Sleepless in Seattle Forrest Gump Father of the Bride X-Files: Fight the Future_ When I was in college, I would play the same three movies over and over on the TV, day and night: _Beauty and the Beast_, _Aladdin,_ and _Overboard_. I loooove that scene on the boat with Sad Goldie in the Red Dress. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/12 "2008-10-05T04:31:17Z")
I’ve been watching Whit Stillman’s _Metropolitan_ every Christmastime since about 1990. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/13 "2008-10-05T05:04:08Z")
Bad Santa. Twice a year, once in December and once in July-August. Love it. Night at The Roxbury Dr. Detroit Bruce Almighty Legally Blonde ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/14 "2008-10-05T05:17:13Z")
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I practically have it memorized) Jurassic Park Dogma Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone The Manitou (obscure bad horror movie) I don’t watch a lot of movies, but I’ve seen those at least 10 times each (many more for Willy Wonka) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/15 "2008-10-05T05:17:44Z")
I am always delighted to see, and will happily drop everything to watch again even if it’s already started, these: _Trading Places Casablanca The Incredibles The Iron Giant Toy Story Toy Story 2 The Abyss Breaker Morant True Lies Pirates of the Caribbean Star Wars The Big Lebowski Animal House Glory Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Aliens Pride & Prejudice_ (2005 version) …and probably a dozen more that I can’t remember off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/16 "2008-10-05T05:20:14Z")
Snatch Clueless Trainspotting Chasing Amy Overboard Beauty and the Beast The Goonies What a Girl Wants Coming to America The Color Purple Shrek Pretty Woman Legally Blond The Matrix Trilogy The Big Chill The Iron Giant Babe Real Genius Tombstone Men In Black Monsters Inc. Father Goose True Lies Sleepless in Seattle Scarface (both versions) - this says more about the guys I date than anything else. There are more, but I’ll stop now. I’m sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/17 "2008-10-05T06:30:05Z")
Bull Durham (yearly) The Princess Bride The Matrix series (so much beautiful Keanu) I have only watched it twice now, but I have a feeling I’ll be watching “Brokeback Mountain” over and over and over (maybe hoping for it to turn out happy one of these days). I don’t mean to watch “The Breakfast Club” over and over, but it hooks me every time I see it on tv (as does “Forrest Gump”). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/18 "2008-10-05T06:35:03Z")
For me, Fight Club WAS, but not anymore. Dirty Dancing for sure, though. Jurassic Park, The Lost World, JP III–not great, but good fun. Ghost World…these characters just really resonate with me. Agree with Clueless, the Godfather, Scarface, Goodfellas. So far only saw In Bruges once, in theatres, but I feel like it’s the kind of movie you can see multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/19 "2008-10-05T06:50:31Z")
The Killing Fields Fight Club Trainspotting Barbarella Shrek South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut The Simpsons Movie Wag the Dog Oh, yeah, and ETA: Every damn Harry Potter, even the ones I don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-help-to-see-again-and-again/466493/20 "2008-10-05T07:59:51Z")
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