# That movie you can't resist watching again and again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 19, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879 "2023-04-19T00:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/21 "2023-04-19T02:59:59Z")
_The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) _Bride of Frankenstein_ _Aliens_ ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/22 "2023-04-19T03:07:10Z")
The Maltese Falcon To Have and Have Not The Big Sleep (if nothing else, to try to understand the plot) (Bogart-Bacall version) Murder, My Sweet The Lady in the Lake (Robert Montgomery version) Dark Passage ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/23 "2023-04-19T03:14:00Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The Big Sleep (if nothing else, to try to understand the plot) (Bogart-Bacall version) I almost included that, but it’s not one that I have to watch to the end. It’s one of those movies where the first half is better than the second. I gave up trying to understand the plot. I don’t care whodunit; it’s worth watching just for the characters and dialog. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/24 "2023-04-19T03:28:28Z")
_King Kong_ (1933) _The Black Cat_ (1934) _Tarzan and his Mate_ (1934) _Strange Cargo_ (1940) _Out of the Past_ (1948) _D.O.A._ (1949) _The Third Man_ (1949) _Rancho Notorious_ (1952) _Beat the Devil_ (1954) _Kiss Me Deadly_ (1955) _Sweet Smell of Success_ (1957) _Forbidden Planet_ (1958) _The Fabulous Baron Munchausen_ (1962) – and any other Mystimation film by Karel Zeman _Casino Royale_ (1967) _Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1969) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/25 "2023-04-19T04:16:24Z")
In the last couple of months: _ **Casablanca** _ _ **Some Like It Hot** _ _ **Destination Tokyo** _ _ **Thirty Seconds over Tokyo** _ _ **Objective: Burma!** _ _ **My Cousin Vinny** _ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/26 "2023-04-19T04:32:46Z")
_Lost Horizon_ (original 1937 version) _Casablanca_ _The Dam Busters_ _Marty_ _The Great Escape_ _The Sterile Cuckoo_ _The Man Who Would Be King_ _Phantom of the Paradise_ There are others, of course, but those come to mind first. Regarding _The Dam Busters_–thanks for reminding me, @glee. Fun fact: that’s the film that Pink watches on TV in _Pink Floyd The Wall_. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/27 "2023-04-19T04:47:41Z")
_Rat Race._ ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/28 "2023-04-19T06:09:16Z")
_Five Easy Pieces_ ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/29 "2023-04-19T06:35:37Z")
the original star wars trilogy ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/30 "2023-04-19T07:24:29Z")
Repo Man The 7 Faces Of Dr Lao Pink Flamingos The Outlaw Josey Wales A Clockwork Orange Caveman Wild At Heart Santa Sangre ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/31 "2023-04-19T09:07:38Z")
**The Odyssey** , a miniseries made between 1992 and 1997 that’s sometimes broadcast on TV in its entirety. Although I’ve only seen the last half once and the whole thing once afterward, I thought it was very well made and had a blast watching it. Excellent cast and possibly the greatest road movie of all time. > **[The Odyssey (TV Mini Series 1992–1997) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118414/)** > > The Odyssey: With Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters. Follows Odysseus on his wanderings back to Ithaca following the Trojan War. **The Ninth Gate** and **Frantic** , both directed by Roman Polanski. Not great works of art, but I’ve gotten inordinate amounts of pleasure the many times I’ve watched them. Some people don’t like either film, and I wonder if they fail to consider the director’s perspective, as both films portray European culture through the eyes of an outsider, which is squarely in Polansk’s wheelhouse, IMO. In any event, I’ve seen both many times and will probably pass the next time they’re on, so I guess they don’t qualify for the thread. **Point Break** , directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Another that’s not a great work of art but is just too much fun to miss whenever it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/32 "2023-04-19T09:09:16Z")
that was one of the last great mini-series… ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/33 "2023-04-19T10:38:13Z")
> [@alovem](#): > > **The Ninth Gate** and **Frantic** …and… **Point Break** These three, but also THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and, of course, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, both of which were virtually ubiquitous on an almost daily basis on some channels. I’ll often tell myself “Well, just for a few minutes…” and end up wasting an hour or more. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/34 "2023-04-19T11:45:51Z")
Every year I reread Elmore Leonard’s **Rum Punch** on the beach in St Martin. After returning home I rewatch **Jackie Brown**. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/35 "2023-04-19T12:02:01Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Beat the Devil_ (1954) I came in to mention that one. Bogart, Peter Lorre, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley. “You have forgotten your hot water bottle!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/36 "2023-04-19T12:08:29Z")
Great responses. Y’all have reminded me of some favorites, Casablanca, The Hunt for Red October, to name a couple. Wow, The Dam Busters-- I remember seeing that as a kid, and I even read the book, too. * * * * * * > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > …not one that I have to watch to the end… This, too. Sometimes I just want to see the best part and don’t need to see the ending again. ---
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“Join the peasants in their revels, go to church, write your memoirs.” I don’t have a streaming service, and I’ve never been able to get a decent DVD copy of the movie, so I’ve yet to watch it all the way through. But it was a favorite of my mom’s, and she quoted lines from it frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/38 "2023-04-19T12:21:14Z")
Rear Window All the President’s Men The Godfather Saving Private Ryan mmm ---
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Three Vietnam movies that I used to watch fairly often, but haven’t for a long time: Hamburger Hill Full Metal Jacket Apocalypse Now ---
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