# Movies you watch over and over and over again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539 "2009-06-22T01:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/61 "2009-06-23T02:57:54Z")
Miller’s Crossing Collateral Snatch ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/62 "2009-06-23T04:07:53Z")
Blade II. Works well for a background movie, and I love the first two films anyway. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/63 "2009-06-23T09:08:23Z")
D2: The Might Ducks (I saw it so much as a kid, and it just stuck with me) Die Hard: With a Vengeance (I had hbo/cinemax when this would be played all the time and I watched it a lot) Clueless (same as with Die Hard: With a Vengeance) Hackers (Mess with the best, die like the rest) Any Given Sunday (I watched the game scenes once a day for a long stretch when I was in college, but the rest of the movie is great too-- plus the ending is great) Center Stage (Zoe Saldana’s first movie!! Plus it makes me think I actually understand ballet) Josie and the Pussycats (almost a perfect movie) Robin Hood (Disney version) ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/64 "2009-06-23T12:29:04Z")
Sunset Boulevard Seven Year Itch Predator ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/65 "2009-06-23T20:03:02Z")
Casablanca Being There Apocalypse Now It’s a Wonderful Life Groundhog Day Citizen Kane Saving Private Ryan Various Buster Keaton films Various Woody Allen films, but especially Annie Hall, The Front and Mighty Aphrodite ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/66 "2009-06-23T21:31:13Z")
Based merely on rewatching and not on what’s my favorite per se: A big me too on: Stranger Than Fiction Princess Bride Gross Pointe Blank Love Actually The Fifth Element Also: Galaxy Quest is extremely rewatchable Serenity Star Trek First Contact Star Trek (2009) - saw it three times in the theater so I suspect this will be making the list Delicatessen Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Creator Electric Dreams Dude Where’s My Car Fried green Tomatoes Moulin Rouge Surf’s Up Young Einstein Just when I’m in the mood: Beautiful Thing Big Blue Donnie Darko Fight Club Home at the End of the World Color Purple The Cell ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/67 "2009-06-23T23:17:39Z")
Rocky Rocky II Silverado The Untouchables Unforgiven Stripes Field of Dreams Roadhouse Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/68 "2009-06-24T03:10:54Z")
Ok, let’s put a small twist on this thread (and by “small twist” I mean "my actual intention). Name just ONE movie that you watch over and over. As backround noise, cuz it’s your favorite, whatever one you watch the most and never ever get tired of it. Mine is the afore (and aplenty) mentioned “Stranger Than Fiction” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/69 "2009-06-24T04:17:28Z")
I cannot have a movie as background noise, as I find I must devote my fullest attention to it always. We treat watching a movie at home like it was going to the cinema. Lights out, phones off. But if I did have one on much of the time, it would be _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/70 "2009-06-24T04:20:28Z")
**The Road Warrior.** It’s laconic and brutally efficient, and I never tire of it. ---
**Author:** ![jacob\_wrestling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jacob\_wrestling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacob_wrestling)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/71 "2009-06-24T04:53:56Z")
_Zoolander_. Every time a new Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller movie comes out, I think “Is this it? Could this be the one that finally lives up to Zoolander’s eminent quotability, absurdity, and hilariousness?” Sadly, it never is. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/72 "2009-06-24T06:06:11Z")
\*Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory \*- loved it since I was a kid, can practically quote the whole thing now. _Jurassic Park_. Just the first one, though. _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ \*The Manitou \*- cheesy bad horror movie from the 70s, but I love it. _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_ _Dogma_ _Silence of the Lambs_ _The Sixth Sense_ _The Langoliers_ - Stephen King TV movie from the 80s. _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/73 "2009-06-24T07:20:47Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Name just ONE movie that you watch over and over. As backround noise, cuz it’s your favorite, whatever one you watch the most and never ever get tired of it. For background noise I either turn on the sci-fi channel or something random from my tivo, because that’s easier and lazier than popping in a DVD. I probably watch Serenity the most for just pure enjoying it as a favorite and a great film. Galaxy Quest and Star Trek First Contact are my more 'randomly filling up time with movies that aren’t super favorites but are extremely rewatchable" or for watching with friends. As a kid, my most rewatched movies were the typical family films that were ‘events’ on network TV - Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/74 "2009-06-24T14:48:24Z")
I can’t really do movies as background noise either. But the movies I watch over and over again are: **Barton Fink** - I simply cannot get over how awesome the dialog in this movie is. “I’ll show you the life of the mind!!!” **Millers Crossing** **Burn After Reading** - I’ll stop with The Coen Brothers here, seeing as I could list almost all their movies. **Stranger than Fiction** - I’m with **Sir T-Cups** on this one, I thought I was alone in liking this movie as much as I did. Also, I mentioned it to a girl I’m dating and she said she hated it. WTF? And she generally has good taste in movies. **Gross Pointe Blank** **The Dark Knight** ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/75 "2009-06-24T14:57:53Z")
> [@GildedLily](#): > > **Stranger than Fiction** - I’m with **Sir T-Cups** on this one, I thought I was alone in liking this movie as much as I did. Also, I mentioned it to a girl I’m dating and she said she hated it. WTF? And she generally has good taste in movies. It suffers from the same problem **The Truman Show** did: a goofy comedic actor in a sometimes-amusing-but-overall-serious role. Folks expect a certain style from the actor, get thrown off, and get annoyed about it. I really like the suggestions for ‘re-listenable movies’. I need aural stimulation at work to keep my productivity up, and I’ve taken to playing Netflix movies in the background. Their Watch Instantly list gets longer by the day, and they’ve gotten some great movies in there. I’m always looking for new suggestions of movies I’ve seen before (stuff that’s new is too tempting to watch; _listening_ is fine, but _watching_ kills productivity hard). ---
**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:** [June 24, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/76 "2009-06-24T15:13:15Z")
**Session 9**. There’s something about it that’s positively hypnotic to me. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/77 "2009-06-24T15:26:24Z")
I’ll stop what I’m doing and watch the following if I find it channel surfing: Steel Magnolias LotR: Return of the King Fried Green Tomatoes Dirty Dancing Jaws Forrest Gump Mr. Holland’s Opus Flashdance Footloose My Cousn Vinny Se7en and plenty of others… ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/78 "2009-06-24T15:27:15Z")
Shaun of the Dead. (You’ve got red on you…) MeanJoe ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/79 "2009-06-24T16:58:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Casablanca > Being There > Apocalypse Now > It’s a Wonderful Life > Groundhog Day > Citizen Kane > Saving Private Ryan > Various Buster Keaton films > Various Woody Allen films, but especially Annie Hall, The Front and Mighty Aphrodite Add to the above: Being There Fargo Miller’s Crossing ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539/80 "2009-06-24T18:42:09Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > Shaun of the Dead. > > (You’ve got red on you…) > > MeanJoe If I was gonna mention a second movie…it would be “Hot Fuzz” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-over-and-over-and-over-again/500539.md?page=5)