Movies that never get old

[ScottEwen]

My fiancee and I watched Mike Judge's "Extract" today (which was better than Idiocracy but not quite as good as Office Space), and that got me thinking about how Office Space is one of those movies that, no matter how many times I've seen it... if it's on TV I can sit and watch it all the way to the end. Do you have any movies like that?

Other movies that I can watch again and again without getting sick of them:

The first Ghostbusters (and let's face it, I could probably sit and watch the second one too)
The first Matrix
Any of the original Star Wars
Any of the first three Indiana Jones
The first Jurassic Park
Any of the Back to the Futures
Any of the Toy Story movies, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc.

Keep in mind, this is not a list of the movies you think are the "best ever," these are merely the movies you can watch again and again. They don't even have to be that great, they just have to be endlessly entertaining.

[NickRocks]

speed racer

[dfbovey]

Gladiator
First two Godfather movies
The Count of Monte Cristo
Jaws
Fightclub
The Last of the Mohicans
Predator
The Natural

[blamito]

Goodfellas any LoTRs,
and these:


Any of the original Star Wars
Any of the first three Indiana Jones
Any of the Back to the Futures

[hadesillustrations]

All of Scott's Dave's and blamito's lists, plus The Last Boyscout, Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengeance and Lethal Weapon 1 and 3. And Top Gun. And Aliens. And Predator.

OK...I think I'm done.

Oh, and Bladerunner, but then, that's my favorite movie of all time, so it never gets old for me.

[Teratophile]

Many that were Mentioned + Aliens, Pulp fiction and District 9.

[KRAZYRICKY1]

Independence Day
Liar Liar
Kung Fu Panda
and the others mentioned above

[Popninja]

Die Hard, Terminator 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight...

I'm finding that every time I pass The Dark Knight on HBO, I can't turn away from it. I've watched it from wherever I come into it until the end about a dozen times over the last few weeks.

[The_Standard]

I gotta say:

Alien
Jaws
First Blood

if these are on cable I end up watching them even if I own them.

[Macksamillyon]

alot of already mentioned...

goodfellas
casino
donnie brasco
the hangover
iron man

[Bruce Lee]

Big Trouble in Little China
Buckaroo Banzai
Aliens
Evil Dead 2
Ghostbusters
King Kong (1933)
Creature from the Black Lagoon

[JPJ]

A lot of what's been said but I can watch zombie movies any time I see them on. Such as:

Dawn of the Dead (both original and remake)
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland
Planet Terror
28 Days/Weeks later

And to change it up:
The Princess Bride
Fight Club
Saving Private Ryan
Pitch Black

[golgotha]

zombie movies, fifth element, spiderman, back to the future, and...ah... i like josey and the pussycats.

[hadesillustrations]

Wrath Of Khan

[harmonix]

I have a few that I seem to watch over and over as I fall asleep.

The Burbs
Goonies
Rat Race
Bowfinger

I wouldn't say I watch them, just kinda listen to them as I nod off.

[fatmancomics]

Tarzan (yes, the Disney animated one)
Tron
Tombstone
Mulan
Adams Family
Breakfast Club
Revenge of the Nerds
Rocky 1-4
Bicentennial Man
Rescuers Down Under
Born in East L.A.
Mi Familia
Trading Places
Coming to America
Harlem Nights
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
The Circus
The Kid
The Rocketeer
Cousin Bette
A Knight's Tale
Moulin Rouge
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliete
The Prince of Egypt
The Exorcist (I don't really watch this anymore because it scares me more now than when I was a kid but it never loses its effect)
The Karate Kid
Enter the Dragon
Mazinkaiser vs. Dark General
The Patriot (with Mel Gibson)
Maverick
Unforgiven
Akira
Transformers: The Movie (that's right, the animated one)
Flight of the Navigator
Robocop 1 & 2
Terminator 2
Alien and Aliens
The Hudsucker Proxy
A Christmas Story (watch it every Christmas)

Man, I could go on and a lot of the ones you guys have named are on my list also (I HATE Back to the Future 2 though). Basicaly, if it's in my DVD collection it's because I can watch it over and over again.

[Bozzilla]

Braindead
The Goonies
Hook
Oldboy
In Bruges
Finding Neverland
Roman Holiday
Frenzy
Stripes
Snatch
Seven Samurai
The Big Lebowski
Napoleon Dynamite
Home Alone 1+2
How the Grinch stole Christmas and every other good Christmas movie

[Johnny Blaque]

Army of Darkness
Desperado
Grindhouse
Go
Ninja Scroll
The King of Masks
Scrooged
Screwed
Freaked
plus tons of the ones already mentioned.

[Terminator X]

zombie movies, fifth element, spiderman, back to the future, and...ah... i like josey and the pussycats.

I can watch Josie and the Pussycats any day, any time. Love that movie.

Also Mallrats, Fanboys, Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Freddy vs Jason, Jason X. I can watch those any time.

[pigeonmilk]

The Incredibles
Dazed Confused
Hot Fuzz
Shawn of the Dead
Night of the living dead
Dawn of the dead Orignal
DogHouse
Dog Soliders
Fright night
LOTR
Matrix

I'll update as I think of more

[Juggertha]

From the 80s

Conan
Terminator
Rambo
The Outsiders
Back to the Future
Stand by me

[Pep]

aww, you beat me to it.
My list reads:

Conan
Back to the Future trilogy
Night at the Opera
Go West
Victor Victoria
Pink Panther (as well as Shot in the Dark and Return of the Pink Panther)
Some Like it Hot
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Silverado
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Seven Samurai
Howl's Moving Castle
Ghostbusters (I)
Indiana Jones TRIlogy

[W.Blankenship]

Since most people have listed off most that could be listed, and since I'm partial to documentaries sometimes when I'm working, here are a few I've watched several times.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Mesmerizing)
The Corporation
A complete history of my sexual failures.
The Fog of War (Beautiful)
The Century of Self
The Power of nightmares
Before the Music Dies.
It might get loud
loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies

[alfred183]

The Professional
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle

[NickRocks]

porn567890

[Bozzilla]

porn567890

including gay porn???

a few more on my list:
night of the creeps
monster squad
weird Al Yankovic's UHF (especially the Conan the Librarian segment)

[eyedrawthings]

Cause I'm in a mood and it's an old ass movie and it's still amazing:

The Crowd - 1928

Google it. For reals.

[eyedrawthings]

And what the hell....

The Bicycle Thief - 1948

Dont google it, just rent it. Best ending ever.


Anyone else notice that most of the movies mentioned here haven't even had time to get old?

[turnbolt]

I could go on all day and probably list at least two hundred films by the end of my list... but if I had to pick five for a desert island...

The Departed
Goodfellas
Tombstone
Fifth Element
Gelngarry Glen Ross

Again there about a hundred more... but these would fall very high on the list.

Oh Hell let's make it ten...

True Romance
Reservoir Dogs
Swingers
Very Bad Things
Badder Santa (the uncut version of Bad Santa)

[slyaguilar]

" yippy ka yay mutha f*cka!"
"never cross the streams"
"come wit me if you want t' live"
"hakuna ma ta- ta..."
"dead or alive, you are coming with me"
"funny how?, do I amuse you?"
"I must break you"
"c'mon you bitch!"
"TETSSUUUUUOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
"are you goin' to bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"

......just a couple of my favs.

[alfred183]

"are you goin' to bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"


I had to google that one. Clearly, I must watch Reservoir Dogs again ASAP.

[Popninja]

Howl's Moving Castle

Nice to see Miyazaki get a nod here. In truth, ALL of his films are in heavy rotation in our house. My youngest son's favorite is Nausicaa, and my oldest's is Monoke Hime. My favorite will always be Totoro, with Spirited Away in a very close second.

[Bozzilla]

Nice to see Miyazaki get a nod here. In truth, ALL of his films are in heavy rotation in our house. My youngest son's favorite is Nausicaa, and my oldest's is Monoke Hime. My favorite will always be Totoro, with Spirited Away in a very close second.

wow, how old is your youngest son?
I think Nausicaa is pretty hard to understand for a kid but still a beautiful movie!!
My favorites are Mononoke and Totoro. I always wanted to see his short-movies which you can only see in the studio ghibli museum in tokyo :( :(

[Ugga Bugga]

This is Spinal Tap
Best of the Best
Highlander
Spaceballs
Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Star Wars (original trilogy)
Princess Bride
Swingers
Lion King

[jaketerlecki]

Enter the Dragon
Austin Powers
Dumb and Dumber
Rounders
Spaceballs

[NickRocks]

"TETSSUUUUUOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

**** i love that movie

[JPJ]

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

**** i love that movie

This is a classic that I have not seen yet. I really need to get on it.

[WillTurner]

Casablanca
Robocop
This Is Spinal Tap
Back To The Future Trilogy
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Step Brothers
Amelie
The Blues Brothers
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
The Third Man
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
A Mighty Wind

[Pep]

Nice to see Miyazaki get a nod here. In truth, ALL of his films are in heavy rotation in our house. My youngest son's favorite is Nausicaa, and my oldest's is Monoke Hime. My favorite will always be Totoro, with Spirited Away in a very close second.


How in the world could I forget Totoro????

[UnsungGuru]

Sorta surprised no one's mentioned Shawshank Redemption yet, so I'll add it, along with Kung-Fu Hustle, JAWS and The Goonies.

[MC Fumunda]

iron giant

[hadesillustrations]

A few that haven't been mentioned:
Hackers (I will always sit and watch this movie if it's on - I'm weird that way)
Sneakers (Redford, Kingsley, Poitier, Akroyd, Phoenix, and the guy that plays "Mother" - all fantastic in that film and always watchable).
And a pair of presidential movies:
Dave
The American President

[Beastie]

Groundhog Day
ET
Home Alone
Jaws

They're the ones that pop straight into my head (without reading through what everyone else wrote....)

After reading through the previous entries - I am shocked that I forgot the Shawshank Redemption. That film will NEVER die. I love it.

And, just to add one more - my favourite superhero related film in the entire world ---- SPECIAL. Ugh. Its so awesome that even the thought of it makes me want to leave my office, go home and watch it immediately.

[celes]

I've seen Princess Bride more times over the years than could possibly be healthy. (And again, this past Wednesday even) :[ Heh, at least I'm not the only one apparently.

I think I've seen Nightmare Before Christmas far too many times as well.

[JPJ]

I've seen Princess Bride more times over the years than could possibly be healthy. (And again, this past Wednesday even) :[ Heh, at least I'm not the only one apparently.


My obsession with the Princess Bride is crazy unhealthy. I own 6 copies of that flick. An old VHS that my mom taped off of HBO at a friend's house when I was 4 (we were dirt poor then), some VHS copy my mom bought me when I was 8 or 9 when the taped copy was thought to be lost. An anniversary VHS copy. Both the Buttercup and the Dread Pirate Roberts editions of the DVD (which have NO differences in bonus materials save the box art) and just recently I bought the flick on Blue Ray. Just the other day I was in a Games by James and saw they came out with a board game recently of the Princess Bride. OF COURSE I bought it on the spot.


So yeah....Princess Bride....great flick.