# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/81 "2010-07-28T13:16:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My choice based on what I actually do would have to be “Forrest Gump” - I know there are many criticisms of the movie, but I just find it so damned entertaining. Damn. That’s exactly what I came here to post. The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission! So, instead I’ll say **Apollo 13.** ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/82 "2010-07-28T13:21:49Z")
I’ve not checked the other responses yet, but I’m going to go with **Batteries Not Included**. I could probably watch that film a thousand times and not get bored with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_White](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Sue\_White](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_White)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/83 "2010-07-28T13:40:05Z")
A Knight’s Tale. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/84 "2010-07-28T13:43:07Z")
> [@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. This is what I came to say. Sam Elliot’s character is great in this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/85 "2010-07-28T14:04:20Z")
_Adventures in Babysitting._ ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/86 "2010-07-28T14:41:18Z")
the Great escape. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![cdsilv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cdsilv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdsilv)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/87 "2010-07-28T14:41:35Z")
Oh Brother Where Art Thou? - clean enough to not need editing, can pick up at any point, great music and Coen Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/88 "2010-07-28T15:05:04Z")
A Knight’s Tale. My perfect movie. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/89 "2010-07-28T15:05:52Z")
[The Time Machine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054387/) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/90 "2010-07-28T15:09:12Z")
Demolition Man. If I’m surfing, I’m looking for “comfort food.” This is entertaining, relaxing, funny, mildly thought-provoking but not challenging. . . it’s as good as a nap! ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/91 "2010-07-28T15:11:46Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > There are a handful for me, but if they were all on at once, I’d choose Blazing Saddles over the rest… Makes me laugh every time I watch! That’s mine too. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/92 "2010-07-28T15:23:46Z")
**Mulholland Drive**. It’s such a pastiche of great scenes that I stop to watch, knowing that whatever I’m on will only take maybe 5-6 minutes. Then I get sucked into the next scene, and the next… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/93 "2010-07-28T15:30:21Z")
O Brother Where Art Thou. But I agree with most of the other movies people have mentioned. Glad I don’t have cable or satellite any more, gives me more free time. But there’s still Netflix streaming video. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/94 "2010-07-28T15:34:44Z")
The Matrix. Though I’ve seen it one zillion times, I stop to watch the shootout. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/95 "2010-07-28T15:38:06Z")
Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/96 "2010-07-28T16:27:51Z")
> [@Kkrose](#): > > [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Fried-Green-Tomatoes-Extended-Anniversary/dp/B000EF5NAS/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1280295597&sr=1-1) has it starting at $6.98. It is on of my all time favorite movies. \ Dammit, why didn’t I think of that?!? I just put in an order with them, too! I’ll have to put it on my list for my next order. > [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > There are a handful for me, but if they were all on at once, I’d choose Blazing Saddles over the rest… Makes me laugh every time I watch! Doesn’t it disappoint you when it’s edited within an inch of its life? I can take some editing for tv, but taking all the funny out… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/97 "2010-07-28T16:38:29Z")
Tommy Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/98 "2010-07-28T16:52:06Z")
Ferris Beuller’s Day Off. Sorry, nope. As much as I love Ferris Beuller, I’d watch The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension over that. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/99 "2010-07-28T16:58:46Z")
_Casablanca_. Not likely to pop up on TV over here, though. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-that-will-always-make-you-stop-channel-surfing/548235/100 "2010-07-28T17:01:02Z")
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