Most rewatchable movies

[jonny5]

dawn of the dead for me too (just watched my favourite dario argento cut the other night )
also

OMEGA MAN
SOYLENT GREEN

i just found a fan edit that clocks in at like 2:30

havent watched it yet....

[charlie chong]

let us know what you reckon! i like the 2 hr 40 version also but the argento has just got the right pace and most of the gore.

[Shocky]

Big Trouble In Little China, now that I can and do watch anytime. If I want to just check one little detail, I end up watching the whole movie because.. there is not a single dead moment there, it's a constant barrage of cool effects, fighting, macho bullshit, funny dialogue, friendship, great music...

Yeah, especially Total Recall and many other Arnie's movies are the same - if I take one glance at them, I'm glued and gotta watch the whole movie. And repeat the dialogue with friends who undestand these finer points in life.

Almost forgot The Warriors. I've seen it on tv, vhs, dvd, blu-ray and cinema, and it's just as great every time. Last year I even went for a little pilgrimage to see the locations from the Bronx to Coney Island. In CI I met this tattoo shop owner, Eddie, who told stories of the olden times, how Coney Island was in the seventies and what the Warriors are up to now . And I bought a super cool The Warriors baseball shirt There's a remake coming, set in L.A. and directed by Tony Scott, but I'm not worried, the original will live forever!

[jonny5]

let us know what you reckon! i like the 2 hr 40 version also but the argento has just got the right pace and most of the gore.

as much as i like the argento cut, i didnt like the way he cut some of the banter and character development bits....

[Skykid]

Skykid wrote;

I don't re-watch movies

I find that odd for a guy who likes movies .

Yeah, I love movies! What I mean is I don't sit down and make a point of re-watching the same thing every weekend or whatever. If someone wants to watch a movie I don't mind recommending something I've seen, like Dr Strangelove or Blade Runner. There are films I've seen countless times over - just not on some kind of weekly ritual.

I'll probably watch the Hurt Locker again soon as I told my old man I'll bring it down to London next time I'm there.

[MX7]

I re-watch a lot of films because I'm a film/media teacher. When it comes to re-watching films for pleasure though, it all depends on whether or not I'm watching with friends.

Depending on the company, Goddard's Week End is great for chin stroking and spectacle alike, Story of Ricky is great for Saturday morning hung-over piss-ups, Irreversible is perfect for very late night drunken gatherings, The Holy Mountain only gets more amazing the drunker you are, Violated Angels is brilliant to show to people who think they like violent films (they change their mind quickly), My Neighbour Totoro is a brilliant hangover film. I've seen all these films many times. I also drink too much.

Edit: Oh yes, Total Recall. Have watched this fairly ritualistically. "Is this the real Quaid? It is!" Ah, Arnie is such an under-rated actor

[RGC]

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[charlie chong]

i heard it now

[fastbilly1]

For me it is comedies. I can (and do) rewatch alot of films, but comedies are always the most rewatched:
Marx Brothers
Three Stooges
Evil Dead Trilogy
The Dish
The Castle
God of Cookery
Harvey
Arsenic and Old Lace

[Rupert H]

dawn of the dead for me too

Me three. Every time I watch it, I see it from a new angle - anti-consumerism, feminist, religous, the list goes on. Of course it's pretty unrelenting on the good old-fashioned violence front too.

I also find Blade Runner, Terminator and Predator to be infinitely rewatchable.

[jonny5]

dawn of the dead for me too

Me three. Every time I watch it, I see it from a new angle - anti-consumerism, feminist, religous, the list goes on. Of course it's pretty unrelenting on the good old-fashioned violence front too.

I also find Blade Runner, Terminator and Predator to be infinitely rewatchable.

+1 on blade runner

[dingsbums]

Movies that I could watch over and over:

Fight Club

+1

Scarface
Lost Highway
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Bullet in the Head
Fist of the North Star (1986)
Caveman
Spaceballs
Brother
Once upon a Time in China
Casino
Commando
Batman - The Movie (1966)
Cyborg
Ed Wood

and dozens of others

[Acid King]

Ichi the Killer
Catch .22
Better off Dead
Princess Mononoke
Dead Alive
Orgazmo

[BIL]

Edit: Oh yes, Total Recall. Have watched this fairly ritualistically. "Is this the real Quaid? It is!" Ah, Arnie is such an under-rated actor

Indeed, he's a riot in that one!

(recounting being ambushed by his co-workers) "Dey tried to kill me! But den... I killed dem!!"

The staredown with that pudgy company lackey is pure gold too.

Arnie: *stare*
Lackey: *stare*
Arnie: *STARE*
Lackey: *sweatdrop*

*HEADSHOT*

[saucykobold]

Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Oldboy

No discussion of Total Recall is complete without the two weeks lady:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17duGlHEYY

[Davey]

Fight Club - whenever I saw other people watching it at our school, I couldn't help but to sit there until the movie was over.

That's how I was with Shawshank Redemption.

[emphatic]

The ONE movie I've rewatched the most times I think is "The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew". I was very happy when I found the DVD release years after I'd lost my VHS copy. Close runners up are Undercover Brother, A Night At The Roxbury and Spies Like Us. I would love to see Chungking Express more often though, as it is an awesome little film, and a great rewatch at that. Not a big fan of watching horror films, but for Psycho 2 I'd be willing to make an exception.

Edit: Arnold is so much fun in Commando it hurt my face from laughing so hard. Just try to sit through all the cutesy stuff with his daughter in the beginning (getting Ice Cream in his face) without laughing out loud. I dare ya!

[Skykid]

Predator to be infinitely rewatchable.

Yep!

"What are you gonna use next, cheese?!"

[Rob]

Grosse Pointe Blank
Welcome to the Dollhouse

[icbluscrn]

Starship troopers , Equilibrium watch often and The hangover to some extent

[Never_Scurred]

My Most Rewatchable Flicks

1. Dawn of the Dead (original)

2. Tron

3. Aliens

4. Alien

5. Hard-Boiled

6. Primer

7. Dune

8. Nowhere

9. Scarface

10. Cube

Generally, one major aspect that affects a film's rewatchability factor is the ending. Movies with shock/surprise ending don't tend to get many repeat viewings from me since much of my initial experience was trying to figure out who/what was behind whats going on (Cube being an exception, I love the atmosphere of the film and the dialogue).

[Ed Oscuro]

TOTAL RECALL

Did you hear about the Jeremy Vine email prank yesterday?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r8ctd#p006tnbl

Listen to the chapter on lifts and go to around 0:49:06.

Lol, how did you find that?

SEE YOU AT DA PAHTEE JEREMY

[dmauro]

Edit: Sorry, Total Recall I almost forgot you.

Actually you can add pretty much all of Paul Verhoeven's movies to my list.

[Never_Scurred]

Actually you can add pretty much all of Paul Verhoeven's movies to my list.

Even Showgirls?

[spadgy]

For me I can watch Goonies any time. I could probably just start again as soon as it finishes.

The same is true for Labyrinth, Clerks and Vanishing Point.

[BrianC]

Young Frankenstein
Iron Giant
Castle of Cagliostro
Naked Gun
Pink Panther (the original)
Star Trek II
Star Trek IV
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

I want to add Blake Edwards' The Great Race to the list since it has me wanting to watch it again, but I have only watched it once.

[geotrig]

Agreed on dawn of the dead original ! have watched this a ridiculous amount of time's !
quite like the remake as well though
other great films to watch over ...
The Omega Man
old school !
super troopers !
alien, aliens , predator

[RGC]

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[jonny5]

kinda surprised to see so much dawn of the dead love....awesome!!

totally forgot aliens....thats another i watch quite frequently

nightmare before xmas as well....i love the songs and the atmosphere of the music

[geotrig]

yeah forgot nightmare before christmas !! and i always watch the vincent small video really is awesome !