# Movies you can't not watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517 "2013-01-17T15:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/61 "2013-01-18T05:21:44Z")
Groundhog Day Jaws Moonstruck My Cousin Vinny On Golden Pond Miracle on 34th Street (orig, B&W) True Stories ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/62 "2013-01-18T06:42:31Z")
A few years back, one of the premiums was running _the Green Mile_ almost every day it seemed like. I kept landing in the middle, never any earlier than when they first got John Coffey onto the mile, never any later than when they were discussing the warden’s wife over a picnic. I must have seen the middle of that movie 25 times. When I finally got a chance to put in a DVD, sheesh, there was a whole nother movie there. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/63 "2013-01-18T07:50:32Z")
Dr. Strangelove ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/64 "2013-01-18T09:10:41Z")
Groundhog Day. but only once per year. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/65 "2013-01-18T12:42:24Z")
_The Breakfast Club Grease Pride & Prejudice (BBC/A&E) Big Four Weddings and a Funeral Gone with the Wind_ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/66 "2013-01-18T13:31:33Z")
Apollo 13 Moonstruck Groundhog Day ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/67 "2013-01-18T14:02:32Z")
_Demolition Man Dumb and Dumber Point Break Roadhouse_ _The Fifth Element_ (“Give me the stones!”) _Enter The Dragon Tommy Boy The Santa Clause Shrek_ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/68 "2013-01-18T14:52:01Z")
Shawshank Redemption Fried Green Tomatoes Forrest, Forrest Gump Jaws The Color Purple My Cousin Vinnie I’m sure there are more, but these make me hear my husband in my head saying, “Oh, God! Not that _again_!” But he likes My Cousin Vinnie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/69 "2013-01-18T19:25:52Z")
Desperado. Antonio and Salma are the most beautiful couple in movies EVER! Little Nemo. Ellen DeGeneres (voice work) is hilarious, and I like the look of it. Mr. Salinqmind likes Puss In Boots, so we watch that a lot. I like the look of this one, too (though I find it a bit tiresome after a while), and I love the ending, with Lady Gaga’s song, that is brilliant! The Matrix, LotR trilogy, and Harry Potter…there’s a reason they show these movies over and over and over. I can do something else with these on in the background and watch for my favorite parts. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/70 "2013-01-18T19:39:31Z")
\*Dirty Dancing Green Mile Princess Bride Kill Bill \* ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/71 "2013-01-18T19:51:58Z")
\*Dark Victory The Day the Earth Stood Still The Fountainhead Grease Inherit the Wind Meet Me in St. Louis Moonstruck Some Like It Hot South Pacific Them! Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? \* ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/72 "2013-01-18T19:52:53Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > off-topic Hey Calwdio - did you hear a new Big Year record this year? I did not know. That is the other funny thing about my affinity for this movie: that I don’t really know anything about birding, but I would like to learn about it now! ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/73 "2013-01-18T21:26:33Z")
> [@catnoe](#): > > I’m in good company with several of these movies… I think. > > Princess Bride > Serenity > LotR Trilogy > Gladiator > The Last Samurai > Iron Man and Iron Man 2 > Once Upon a Time in the West > Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Looking through more posts had to add a few more I forgot… The Fifth Element Blade Runner Band of Brothers Finding Nemo Desperado (Yeah, Banderas and Hayek are insanely hot. Speaking of that…) Any movie with Antonio Banderas in it. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/74 "2013-01-18T21:49:33Z")
Most of the movies I’ve seen so far, yeah, I’ll watch parts of them that I stumble into on TV if there’s nothing else going on. But The Princess Bride? I’m usually in bed by 11, but last night it was on. I watched it until it ended at 11:30, knowing I would still have to shower, shave, and get ready for bed afterwards. This, in spite of the fact that I actually have TPB on Blu-Ray and can watch it in its entirety any time I want. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/75 "2013-01-18T21:50:54Z")
My Cousin Vinny Blade Runner Raiders Of The Lost Ark Star Wars (Episode 4) Jaws Galaxy Quest Godfather I and II 12 Angry Men Men In Black The Matrix Toy Story 2 Alladin ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/76 "2013-01-19T02:09:54Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Desperado. Antonio and Salma are the most beautiful couple in movies EVER! > > Mr. Salinqmind likes Puss In Boots, so we watch that a lot. I like the look of this one, too (though I find it a bit tiresome after a while), and I love the ending, with Lady Gaga’s song, that is brilliant! > > The Matrix, LotR trilogy, and Harry Potter…there’s a reason they show these movies over and over and over. I can do something else with these on in the background and watch for my favorite parts. Finding Nemo. Hilarious! And beautiful to look at, as tropical fish are. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/77 "2013-01-19T02:19:59Z")
Jaws Tremors Galaxy Quest Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/78 "2013-01-19T06:24:10Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > Independence Day > > I _know_… > > 😃 Og forgive me, me too! I’ve thought long and hard about why I have become obsessed with such a terrible movie, and I decided that I’m simply insane. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/79 "2013-01-19T22:20:04Z")
> [@For You](#): > > A few years back, one of the premiums was running _the Green Mile_ almost every day it seemed like. I kept landing in the middle, never any earlier than when they first got John Coffey onto the mile, never any later than when they were discussing the warden’s wife over a picnic. I must have seen the middle of that movie 25 times. When I finally got a chance to put in a DVD, sheesh, there was a whole nother movie there. This happened to me but close to the beginning of **The Never Ending Story**. It became one of my favorites, but I always seemed to catch the movie right when the RockBeater made his first appearance. The “twist” that the adventure was happening inside the world of a book and the characters became aware that a human reader was “out there” was a neat touch I thought. Imagine the slight letdown when I found out that the beginning showed what now seemed to be lots of unnecessary background that “spoiled” the surprise. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517/80 "2013-01-19T22:21:12Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Og forgive me, me too! I’ve thought long and hard about why I have become obsessed with such a terrible movie, and I decided that I’m simply insane. Same here. Og save us! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cant-not-watch/647517.md?page=5)