# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/41 "2023-04-19T12:42:55Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > A Clockwork Orange I was going to say this, but I never run across it on TV. šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/42 "2023-04-19T13:29:07Z")
I have a few. ā€œThe Heatā€ with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy is one I just watched again a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/43 "2023-04-19T14:14:10Z")
The only movie that I can think of that fits (plays often and likely to come up while channel surfing) is National Lampoonā€™s Christmas Vacation. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/44 "2023-04-19T15:11:18Z")
Big Trouble in Little China The Full Monty The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/45 "2023-04-19T15:18:49Z")
Gone With the Wind. Key Largo. any Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie. National Velvet. Galaxy Quest. A little known but mesmerizing 1937 film ā€˜Night Must Fallā€™ - Rosalind Russell becomes attracted to a serial killer in a quiet English village. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/46 "2023-04-19T15:33:48Z")
When Iā€™m in a hotel channel surfing Iā€™m a sucker for monster and alien movies from the 1950s like _Earth vs The Flying Saucers_, _Them!_, _The Black Scorpion_, _This Island Earth_ and of course _The Thing from Another World_ . ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/47 "2023-04-19T15:35:13Z")
I rarely watch a movie more than once. But hereā€™s my list Groundhog Day Air Force One Galaxy Quest My Cousin Vinny ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/48 "2023-04-19T15:41:51Z")
_Rear Window_ and _Stalag 17_\* are such near-perfect movies that I have trouble resisting the temptation to watch at least parts of them when theyā€™re on TV, even though Iā€™ve seen them each at least a dozen times. \*ā€œAch, soooo.ā€ ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/49 "2023-04-19T16:27:45Z")
Just remembered: The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original). Iā€™ll never understand why Patricia Neal didnā€™t just grab the kid (Bud from Father Knows Best) and fly away with Klaatu. ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/50 "2023-04-19T16:42:34Z")
I caught _ **The Fugitive** _ while channel surfing a few nights ago. Phew! I had forgotten how fast-paced it is. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones both did a fantastic job playing the hunted and the hunter. I watched the tail end of _ **Pulp Fiction** _ too. It never grows old. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/51 "2023-04-19T19:52:19Z")
All of the Connery/Moore Bond films, definitely Live and Let Die Ferris Bueller WarGames The Karate Kid Stripes (at least the first half) The Original Star Wars trilogy and the prequels. I donā€™t often run across much prior to the 1980s in channel flipping mode. For Star Trek films, it depends on which one and my mood at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/52 "2023-04-20T00:02:32Z")
The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/53 "2023-04-20T02:01:57Z")
Rain Man Tootsie The Incredible Shrinking Man ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/54 "2023-04-20T02:35:43Z")
The Princess Bride. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/55 "2023-04-20T02:45:44Z")
How can I be the first person to say **The Fifth Element**? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/56 "2023-04-20T02:46:19Z")
Galaxy Quest Multiplicity Joe Vs. The Volcano I like to see guys I think are funny doing their thing, somehow it just plays better than standup a second or third time. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/57 "2023-04-20T03:18:06Z")
Raising Arizona. I lack the ability to deny myself watching this movie spiral into its final amazing action/comedy sequence. If itā€™s on and I know about it, I watches. Plus, this scene is a genius scene: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q67ZyZtKjU) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/58 "2023-04-20T03:32:57Z")
Hehehe, the current embedding bug an my ineptness caused that to not work. Here it is: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CQ67ZyZtKjU/maxresdefault.jpg "Raising Arizona (2/5) Movie CLIP - A Vision From Hell (1987) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ67ZyZtKjU) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/59 "2023-04-20T03:43:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Blazing Saddles > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Bad Santa. Both Unwatchable Edited for TV. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I was going to say this, but I never run across it on TV. Your Glaz-Ball providers Donā€™t Vitty Well, Litā€™l Sister! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879/60 "2023-04-20T03:53:07Z")
_Yojimbo_ paired with _A Fistful of Dollars_ if I have a whole evening to kill. _Blues Brothers_ by itself, ditto. _The Train_ Burt Lancaster, Nazis, and trains. How can I resist. _A Knightā€™s Tale_ just for the sheer absurdity. _Young Frankenstein_ ditto. _Galaxy Quest_ double ditto. _A Funny Thing Happened on my way to the Forum_ Iā€™m sensing a trend here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879.md?page=4)