I haven’t known what movies to watch lately. Does everyone have their own treasure movies that they’ve seen many times? 😀
Three Days of the Condor
Second Hand Lions
The Night House
Primer, mostly to figure out the timelines.
Galaxy Quest
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
The Fifth Element comes to my mind immediately. It was my happy place.
Also, The Lord of the Rings, It’s what I watch when I felt lost.
The Crow, it has a great atmosphere. Not the greatest plot, but it feels like home. I watch it when I feel nostalgia.
Also, Nostalgia, another film I rewatch when I feel that way.
Fifth Element is my happy place too!
Waynes World… its my guilty pleasure
Far too many to name, so here’s the first 10 that come to mind:
- Ghostbusters
- Star Wars
- Goodfellas
- Aliens
- Clue
- Back to the Future
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
- Akira
- His Girl Friday
- Escape to Victory
Dumb and Dumber
I can’t believe I didn’t see anyone else post it. Mostly I’ve rewatched it because it was replayed on cable so much but I certainly love it.
Most of the big names in scifi/fantasy/action/comedy, so here’s the less common personal favs:
Lake Placid, Hellraiser III, Beastmaster 1 & 2, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards, SLC Punk, Disney’s Robin Hood, Dead Alive, Night of the Lepus, MST3K the Movie, Aquateen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theaters, The Ewok Adventures
For some reason as a teenager I watched Fantastic Mr Fox about 17 times over several years. It is a good movie, but I can’t say I recommend anyone else watch it that much. Once is enough.
I’ve watched a lot of movies more than 3 times.
12 monkeys is the movie I’ve seen most, though, coming in at multiple dozens of watches over the years. It’s easily my favorite. It kicked off a new way of thinking for me when I was an impressionable young teen, and has largely held up in terms of watchability.
I watch Groundhog Day at least twice a year.
Lots of good ones posted already. Trying to add to the list:
The Princess Bride, La Femme Nikita, My Own Private Idaho, Ong Bak, Ichi the Killer, Kung Fu Hustle, The Matrix, Dai Nipponjin (Big Man Japan)
Particularly if you’re old enough to remember the 80’s, “Hot Tub Time Machine” is the greatest comedy of the past 30 years.
