# What movies can you watch every time they're on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788 "2011-08-23T15:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/21 "2011-08-23T18:51:05Z")
Lots of good suggestions so far (esp. Goodfellas and Die Hard). Not mentioned yet: **Commando** and **Predator**. If there was a Commando+Predator channel, I doubt I’d be able to turn it off. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/22 "2011-08-23T18:53:52Z")
Goodfellas Princess Bride Jaws Friday Scarface ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/23 "2011-08-23T18:55:07Z")
Fight Club The Big Lebowski ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/24 "2011-08-23T18:56:21Z")
Spinal Tap T2 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/25 "2011-08-23T19:25:44Z")
Gone With the Wind Raiders of the Lost Ark The Fifth Element Jaws Henry V Master and Commander The Ninth Gate Blazing Saddles Weekend at Bernie’s Notting Hill Die Hard Sometimes, it’s amazing filmmaking perfection; other times, it’s just nailed-to-my-seat entertainment. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/26 "2011-08-23T19:39:38Z")
The Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas The Hunt for Red October Apollo 13 The Ninth Gate ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/27 "2011-08-23T19:56:37Z")
Remember the Titans That Thing You Do ---
**Author:** ![drbhoneydew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@drbhoneydew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbhoneydew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/28 "2011-08-23T21:05:25Z")
Bad Day At Black Rock My Cousin Vinny The Replacements Leon Carlito’s Way And I could watch the car chase though the tunnel from Ronin on repeat until judgement day. The only thing that makes it not my perfect car chase is that I long for a crash between two car transporters full of cars that then flip up and hit each other. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/29 "2011-08-23T21:10:50Z")
Oh, I forgot **The Matrix** (at least parts of it). ---
**Author:** ![norvalnormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@norvalnormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norvalnormal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/30 "2011-08-23T21:16:34Z")
The Station Agent Miracle of Morgan’s Creek Tootsie Radio Days The Third Man Seven Chances (and _so_ many more …) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/31 "2011-08-23T21:22:04Z")
Stephen King miniseries: IT, Rose Red, The Langoliers, The Green Mile Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the old one) Jurassic Park The Mummy and its sequels The Birdcage Any Harry Potter movie Rocky Horror Titanic Raiders of the Lost Ark Back to the Future Most of the Pixar movies ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/32 "2011-08-23T21:26:58Z")
Dirty Dancing Office Space The Green Mile The Italian Job any of The Transporter movies ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/33 "2011-08-23T22:26:57Z")
Rocky Horror Singin’ In The Rain The Philadelphia Story Desk Set Dangerous Liasons The Fast and the Furious (yeah, I know, but Vin Diesel!) Ronin ---
**Author:** ![Melysnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Melysnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melysnl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/34 "2011-08-23T22:42:12Z")
Face Off The Adams Family Values National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Thelma and Louise Fight Club The Best Man Drumline Goodfellas Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/35 "2011-08-23T22:43:53Z")
Pee Wee’s big adventure Speed Groundhog Day The Incredibles I’m certain there are more. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/36 "2011-08-23T22:47:33Z")
The Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas Casino The Hunt for Red October Apollo 13 Remembering the Titans Missisippi Burning Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/37 "2011-08-23T22:50:27Z")
Airplane The Wizard of Oz Tommy ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/38 "2011-08-23T23:35:56Z")
[ul] [li]Desk Set[/li][li]You Can’t Take it With You[/li][li]People Will Talk[/li][li]O Brother, Where Art Thou?[/li][li]Arsenic and Old Lace[/li][li]Life With Father[/li][li]The Ruling Class[/li][/ul] I love old black and white movies and the Coen brothers. ---
**Author:** ![zombiebacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@zombiebacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiebacon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/39 "2011-08-24T00:24:57Z")
i saw alot mentioned already but one i can watch over and over is Grumpy Old Men ---
**Author:** ![zombiebacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@zombiebacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiebacon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-can-you-watch-every-time-theyre-on/593788/40 "2011-08-24T00:26:45Z")
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