# What movies will you always watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242 "2004-11-11T19:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 11, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/21 "2004-11-11T20:36:18Z")
Citizen Kane Singin’ in the Rain The Princess Bride Monty Python and the Holy Grail A Christmas Story Miracle on 34th Street Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/22 "2004-11-11T21:07:16Z")
Mostly silly movies I remember from childhood: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Great Race ( can’t remember if this is the real name, but always love to see the pie throwing scene) Mary Poppins Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World and several others I’ve never seen all the way from the beginning so I don’t know the title. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/23 "2004-11-11T21:11:50Z")
> [@NotWithoutRage](#): > > I’ve been known to watch Good Will Hunting and As Good As It Gets when they are on TV, even though I have both DVD’s sitting less than 10 feet away. I’ll do the same thing; if a movie I own on DVD appears as I’m channel-surfing, I may stop and watch it. There may be a psychological reason for this, but I don’t know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/24 "2004-11-11T21:14:08Z")
_Apocolypse Now_ I have it on DVD so I can watch it any time I want and that is far too often. But once it is in the player I am pretty much done for the next three plus hours. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/25 "2004-11-11T21:19:47Z")
I saw [Shallow Hal](http://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/ShallowHal.html) 17 times when it was in the theaters, and have lost track of how many times I’ve seen it on DVD. It **is** the greatest movie of this millennium, after all. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/26 "2004-11-11T21:20:49Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I’ll do the same thing; if a movie I own on DVD appears as I’m channel-surfing, I may stop and watch it. There may be a psychological reason for this, but I don’t know what it is. I do this too. I almost prefer movies on TV to DVD’s; it’s a lot easier to channel surf. Plus, I’m usually reading whenever I watch TV and if the movie is a DVD I either pause it for so long the player turns off or feel compelled to go back and rewatch what I wasn’t paying attention to so it’ll take me six hours to watch a two hour movie. (yeah, I know that doesn’t make much sense :dubious: ) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/27 "2004-11-11T21:26:35Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > I saw [Shallow Hal](http://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/ShallowHal.html) 17 times when it was in the theaters, and have lost track of how many times I’ve seen it on DVD. > > It **is** the greatest movie of this millennium, after all. Yuck. I thought it was awful. Except, of course, for: “Bausch and Lomb!” Quite possibly the funniest line in any movie, ever, bar none. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/28 "2004-11-11T21:30:58Z")
Jaws Tremors Quiz Show Better Off Dead Pretty In Pink Some Kind of Wonderful Gentleman’s Agreement The Princess Bride Born Yesterday (the original) ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/29 "2004-11-11T21:44:27Z")
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who re-watches _Overboard_. I know it’s a totally dumb movie, but it’s perfect to have on while cooking and cleaning. I’ll always stop and watch _The Ref_. It’s my favorite Christmas movie. Denis Leary ranting in good form, and Kevin Spacey telling Glynis Johns (the mom from Mary Poppins) to STFU. And yes, I have the movie on tape, but somehow it’s more satisfying to watch it on TV. Others include: _The Abyss Best in Show Compromising Positions_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/30 "2004-11-11T21:51:14Z")
_The Quiet Man Raising Arizona Little Shop of Horrors Fellowship of the Ring The Seven Samurai The Big Lebowski Spaceballs Dracula: Dead and Loving It Any ST:TNG movie_ I know all of the above movies fall into the definition of the OP, because if I try to pause on them while channel surfing, Mr. Pug will always say “Haven’t you seen that movie a million times already?” ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/31 "2004-11-11T22:05:59Z")
Many already mentioned. I have copies of _Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind_ I never tire of _The Godfather_ & sequels. I’m as bad as a Rocky Horror fan. I have to watch it while wearing a pinstripe suit, big wingtip shoes (never know when you’re going to have to kick your brother-in-law’s ass) and pistol with a taped butt. “I believe in America…” _Love Atually_ has become a favorite. Yeah, it’s a mushy, chick-flick date movie. Well \*\*\*\* you! I’m a life member of the NRA so I can have my goddamn feminnine side. 😃 I like Liam Neeson’s line, “we need Kate and Leo and we need them now” before he watches _Titanic_ with his son. Of course with this movie it’s “we need Liam and Hugh and Laura and Emma and Alan and mega-bleeding-etcetera…” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/32 "2004-11-11T22:12:46Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That reminds me – Groundhog Day. It trumps all the rest. After I hit enter on my original post I remembered Groundhog Day. :smack: How can you forget Groundhog Day! One odd thing that I note is that in general I do not enjoy movies by SNL alum, but 3 on my list include Bill Murray. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/33 "2004-11-11T22:15:15Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > _Love Atually_ has become a favorite. Yeah, it’s a mushy, chick-flick date movie. Well \*\*\*\* you! Hey, don’t \*\*\*\* me! I personally think it’s the best movie ever made. The only reason it didn’t make my list is because it’s too new to play on TV. The Wisconsin scene alone is enough to make it a classic. One I forgot: My Cousin Vinny. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/34 "2004-11-11T22:28:51Z")
Helter Skelter Lorenzo’s Oil ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/35 "2004-11-11T22:58:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That reminds me – Groundhog Day. It trumps all the rest. Me too. I’ll just watch that over and over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/36 "2004-11-11T23:17:09Z")
[Any of Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti Westerns…](http://www.clinteastwood.net/welcome.html) … A Fist Full of Dollars For A Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ---
**Author:** ![theoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@theoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoldman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/37 "2004-11-11T23:33:56Z")
Withnail and I The Big Lebowski Mitchell - MST3K version Balls to Monty! ---
**Author:** ![eno801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@eno801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eno801)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/38 "2004-11-11T23:34:38Z")
no one mentioned Back To The Future. ---
**Author:** ![Squire\_Trelane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Squire\_Trelane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squire_Trelane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/39 "2004-11-12T00:08:11Z")
Aliens The Thing (Kurt Russell version… never saw the old one) Jaws (the latter part, with the 3 guys on the boat) Tremors Terminator II Predator Superman The first or third Indiana Jones movies (Hmm… looking at the list, I notice 62 percent of them are “small group of people isolated and under attack from something”) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242/40 "2004-11-12T00:12:12Z")
Airplane! Jacob’s Ladder Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (remake comes out this coming summer, y’all) Young Frankenstein Silence of the Lambs Red Dragon (but not Hannibal. The book was much better. And I for one liked the book’s ending better.) Anarchy TV 200 Motels Clerks Mallrats Chasing Amy Dogma Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (still haven’t seen Jersey Girl) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-will-you-always-watch/274242.md?page=3)