# The ONE movie that will always make you stop channel surfing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235 "2010-07-27T21:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/41 "2010-07-28T01:07:10Z")
Jaws. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/42 "2010-07-28T01:07:45Z")
_Now, Voyager_ . . . especially before the “transformation.” ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/43 "2010-07-28T01:10:22Z")
“My big fat Greek wedding” ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/44 "2010-07-28T01:10:57Z")
It’s _Repo Man_, Melon farmer. ---
**Author:** ![Staver808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Staver808](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staver808)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/45 "2010-07-28T01:49:22Z")
Wow, some good one listed, Godfather, 5th Element, Christmas Sotry, etc… But if I’d have to choose only one, it’d have to be “The Princess Bride”. Love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/46 "2010-07-28T01:56:39Z")
Alright then, _The Godfather II_. > [@My Dad](#): > > That’s Marlon Brando back when he was Robert DeNiro. ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/47 "2010-07-28T02:01:11Z")
Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/48 "2010-07-28T02:08:50Z")
_Bridge on the River Kwai_ The character interactions are endlessly fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/49 "2010-07-28T02:13:35Z")
Some great choices listed. Keep them coming! One quick question for those of you that picked movies that are heavy on the vulgarity… does the edited version not bother you at all? \*\*Petek \*\*listed _Pulp Fiction_, one of my favorite movies, but the edited version is hard for me to watch. The vulgarity is an integral part of the movie. To either cut a scene completely or dub in other words spoil the movie for 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:** [July 28, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/50 "2010-07-28T02:18:21Z")
Fried Green Tomatoes Kathy Bates rocks, as does Jessica Tandy. And Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker. I love all of it! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/51 "2010-07-28T02:23:07Z")
There are many, but if I had to pick one, it’d be **Singin’ in the Rain**. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/52 "2010-07-28T02:27:47Z")
A League Of Their Own. It’s not even that great a movie, but it was on cable all the time when I was a kid, and it was basically the one thing that my sisters and I could always agree to watch when we were ‘sharing’ the TV. At this point I guess it’s just habit. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/53 "2010-07-28T02:30:32Z")
To go with the OP I guess it’s got to be something that’s on pretty frequently, which rules out a lot of my ‘favorites.’ It’s also got to be something that never gets old or boring no matter how many times you’ve seen it. Plus it would have to be something you can come into mid movie and still be enthralled. Therefore, I give you **H.E.A.T.** ---
**Author:** ![Staver808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Staver808](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staver808)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/54 "2010-07-28T02:42:11Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Alright then, _The Godfather II_. > > > [@My Dad](#): > > > > That’s Marlon Brando back when he was Robert DeNiro. Bah!, I move that the Godfather be considered one movie in three installments for film lists like this where you can only pick one film. It’s not fair to have to pick Godfather I or II or even III to be left out. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/55 "2010-07-28T02:48:06Z")
So many good ones here. I think I’d stop for 2/3rd’s of these, but the one that will make me stop every time - Road House. It’s not a great movie, but it’s a great Guy’s Movie. Sam Elliott, “Pain Don’t Hurt”, throat-rippin’, ass-kickin’, and Jeff Healey settin’ it all to music. I’d be ashamed by this choice, but testosterone won’t be denied. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/56 "2010-07-28T02:50:23Z")
Any Clint Eastwood movie, but I’ll pick **In the Line of Fire**. I don’t own the DVD since I’m waiting for a blu ray release. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/57 "2010-07-28T02:55:08Z")
My Cousin Vinnie. Of course, I could have named about half the films listed so far…but hey, I didn’t! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/58 "2010-07-28T02:56:22Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > _National Treasure_ :o Me too. 🙂 I have it on DVD, but it doesn’t matter. If I wander across it on cable, I’ll still watch it, no matter how much has already been shown. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/59 "2010-07-28T02:57:50Z")
A second vote for The Dirty Dozen. Other flicks come and go, but that one is always a surf-stopper. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/60 "2010-07-28T03:04:15Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > So many good ones here. I think I’d stop for 2/3rd’s of these, but the one that will make me stop every time - Road House. It’s not a great movie, but it’s a great Guy’s Movie. Sam Elliott, “Pain Don’t Hurt”, throat-rippin’, ass-kickin’, and Jeff Healey settin’ it all to music. I’d be ashamed by this choice, but testosterone won’t be denied. Love this! I’m a girl - but I love the fight scenes. Patrick Swayze \*and \* Sam Eliot - mmm… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235.md?page=4)