Well, I guess I’ll put Stranger Than Fiction in the queue.
I always end up watching at least part of Beetlejuice, The Princess Bride, Swingers, Office Space, Stand By Me and Clueless when they’re on TV. Or at least every fourth or fifth time. So every month or so.
I was elated to discover just yesterday that it recently became available on Blu-Ray; upgrading to HDTV shortly, and this will be one of a very very few movies I will buy on Blu-Ray.
I feel the same about Rounders…I’m not entirely sure why I have to watch it whenever it’s on. I mean, I’m not really into poker and while the acting is great, it’s not something that would draw me in time after time.
The Man Who Would Be King is the big standout. I watch it easily 5-6 times a year. My son insists on watching The Spongebob Squarepants Movie at least once a month.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen The Third Man, but it’s several dozen. I’ve seen it more than any other movie, and continue to watch it 2 or 3 times a year.
Trainspotting*- about 5 times a year since it first came out on VHS Lonesome Dove- at least twice a year Rounders- whenever it’s on TV Office Space- Ditto
Most of the Jane Austen type flicks- especially:
Sense & Sensibility (Emma Thompson version)
*Persuasion *(BBC version with Amanda Root). Pride & Prejudice (BBC version with hot Colin Firth scene)
Any of the Monty Python movies This Is Spinal Tap The Blues Brothers Office Space Airplane! (best watched with my brother and his friend, who can recite every line) Trainspotting Ferris Beuler’s Day Off
Something I just not realized in this thread…
There are a crapload of people who simply adore Stranger Than Fiction. I seriously thought I was the only one who liked this movie as much as I do. I know others who have seen it, but I never knew so many people liked the thing as much as I.
*It’s a Wonderful Life *- Is that one so obvious that nobody felt the need to list it?
The Princess Bride. - The second most perfect example.
Stranger Than Fiction. I really don’t know why because I could do without Will Ferrell. That movie just works somehow.
Aliens
Zulu
So many more, a lot of them list by others. There are a lot of movies I never think aobut until I walk into the room and they are on TV. I can sit down in the middle and just go from there.