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AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts) Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:13 PM Oct 2014

Movies you could watch again and again

There are movies that I could watch over and over again. If I find them on a lazy Saturday or Sunday, I'm hooked. Here is a list of my most recent obsessions:

Cold Mountain
Master and Commander
Coco Before Chanel
Amelie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Fargo
An Education
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
Braveheart
The Pianist
The King's Speech
The Color Purple
The Young Victoria
Atonement

I would list The Shawshank Redemption, but I think I have worn myself out on that one. Replace it with pretty much any other Coen Brothers movie.

There is no rhyme or reason to the list, just what I find myself watching, and watching, and watching.

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Movies you could watch again and again (Original Post) AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 OP

Surprisingly, not many Scootaloo Oct 2014 #1

Oh, Bill and Ted! AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #2

Excalibur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (double feature) eShirl Oct 2014 #3

I can dig your double feature! scarletwoman Oct 2014 #7

Here's my list: scarletwoman Oct 2014 #4

I need to put some of those in my queue AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #5

It's a wonderful story and visually gorgeous! scarletwoman Oct 2014 #6

Have you seen "House of Flying Daggers"? Ino Oct 2014 #9

Yes, I have watched it repeatedly Midnight Writer Oct 2014 #11

There's only two Cartoonist Oct 2014 #8

OMG...have you seen Across the Universe? It is Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2014 #17

I liked it Cartoonist Oct 2014 #19

Yes..."I Want to Hold your Hand" was great. I loved "Because" Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2014 #21

I've watched Master and Commander more than a dozen times. JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #10

where do i start?? unionthug777 Oct 2014 #12

Ahh, Fast Times AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #14

mr. hand unionthug777 Oct 2014 #15

He was probably the actor in that movie with the most experience at that time AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #16

Moulin Rouge mainstreetonce Oct 2014 #13

Very interesting - can't imagine watching O Brother, Where Art Thou Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2014 #18

No disses here AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #20

So many... here's a sampling Number9Dream Oct 2014 #22

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

1. Surprisingly, not many

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:21 PM

Oct 2014

Labyrinth
Tank Girl (I'm sure this one has a limit, you can only see Ice T as a kangaroo so often)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Interstella 5555 (it totally counts!)
Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps 2; Unleashed (Ginger Snaps Back can die in a fire, though)
Big Trouble in Little China
The Good, The Bad, and the Weird
Willow (there's just something about an uncomplicated, fun fantasy movie)
Snatch
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

2. Oh, Bill and Ted!

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:36 PM

Oct 2014

Does that take me back!

Good list!

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

3. Excalibur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (double feature)

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:39 PM

Oct 2014

The Princess Bride
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Blues Brothers
RoboCop (original)
Ghostbusters

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

7. I can dig your double feature!

Reply to eShirl (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:44 PM

Oct 2014

I love both those movies, and have watched both many times - although never in the same sitting as a "double feature". But it's an interesting thought...

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

4. Here's my list:

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:13 PM

Oct 2014

(off the top of my head, in no particular order)
Apocalypse Now
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Excalibur
Zardoz
The Secret of Roan Inish
JFK
Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zefirelli)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola)
The Big Lebowski
Rob Roy
The Princess Bride
Waking Ned Devine
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Brother From Another Planet
The Egyptian

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

5. I need to put some of those in my queue

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:22 PM

Oct 2014

I've read lots of good things about The Secret of Roan Inish

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

6. It's a wonderful story and visually gorgeous!

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:33 PM

Oct 2014

"The Secret of Roan Inish" is definitely one of my all time favorite movies. All I can say is, DO see it!

Ino

(3,366 posts)

9. Have you seen "House of Flying Daggers"?

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:19 AM

Oct 2014

Good story, and the most visually stunning, beautiful movie ever made, IMO!

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)

11. Yes, I have watched it repeatedly

Reply to Ino (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 03:24 AM

Oct 2014

Visually striking. Worth it just for the scene settings (The Peony Pavillion, The Field of Flowers, The Bamboo Forest, The Woods, even The Dungeon), not to mention Zhang Zi-Yi. Also beautiful music and costumes.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

8. There's only two

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 12:02 AM

Oct 2014

I lkie lots of movies, including many of those listed, but there are only two that I have watched many many times.
A Hard Day's Night
The Benny Goodman Story

I only like the musical numbers from the other Beatles movies.
I also like, but could only see about fifty times, is The Dorsey Brothers.
I've only seen it once, but I could probably see it multiple times, The Gene Krupa Story.
Before you ask, once was enough for The Glen Miller Story.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

17. OMG...have you seen Across the Universe? It is

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 10:06 PM

Oct 2014

a wonderful take on the Beatles music -- completely new and fresh renditions
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445922/

It is super

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

19. I liked it

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #17)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 10:21 PM

Oct 2014

I thought the best one was the rendition of I Want To Hold Your Hand

Another movie is I Am Sam. I haven't seen it, but I like the soundtrack.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

21. Yes..."I Want to Hold your Hand" was great. I loved "Because"

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #19)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 10:43 PM

Oct 2014

Have you seen/heard Once ?? Great, to me, anyway.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

10. I've watched Master and Commander more than a dozen times.

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:46 AM

Oct 2014

Mercury Rising
An American President

unionthug777

(740 posts)

12. where do i start??

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:38 AM

Oct 2014

heartbreak ridge
Armageddon
monty python and the holy grail
uncle buck
lord of the rings.....all of them
star trek- the wrath of khan
alien
aliens
the bear
thunderheart
tombstone
fast times at ridgemont high

movies

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

14. Ahh, Fast Times

Reply to unionthug777 (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 10:24 AM

Oct 2014

Great movie full of then unknown actors who became huge stars! I don't know of another movie that did that.

unionthug777

(740 posts)

15. mr. hand

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 12:05 PM

Oct 2014

I...don't...know......

mr. hand

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

16. He was probably the actor in that movie with the most experience at that time

Reply to unionthug777 (Reply #15)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 12:09 PM

Oct 2014

He was hilarious!

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)

13. Moulin Rouge

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:53 AM

Oct 2014

One of the only movies I have watched over and over.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

18. Very interesting - can't imagine watching O Brother, Where Art Thou

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 10:14 PM

Oct 2014

or The Pianist or The King's Speech more than once. That would be akin to torture. To each his own. :&gt

Yes to Braveheart and Fargo.

My guilty favorites to watch over and over....girly picks...."Mystic Pizza,
Sound of Music, Goodbye Girl, Sleeping with the Enemy, and Urban Cowboy"

You can diss all them if you want to. :&gt

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

20. No disses here

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 10:21 PM

Oct 2014

Oh, Mystic Pizza! That is a good one!

Number9Dream

(1,562 posts)

22. So many... here's a sampling

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 11:30 AM

Oct 2014

General: Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Godfather; Inherit the Wind (1960); Casablanca; The African Queen; Mutiny On the Bounty (1935); Witness; Striking Distance; The Italian Job (2003); The Illusionist; Rear Window; Rebel Without a Cause; A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim); A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); A Christmas Story;

Swashbucklers: Captain Blood; The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Sea Hawk; The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Horatio Hornblower;

Horror / Sci-Fi: Jaws; The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); Them; The Fog (1980); Frogs; Predator; The Thing (1951); The Thing (1982); Tremors; Return of the Jedi; Forbidden Planet; WALL-E; Brainstorm.

Comedy: Take the Money and Run; Play It Again Sam; Small Time Crooks; Annie Hall; The Bank Dick; You Can't Cheat An Honest Man; It's a Gift; Revenge of the Pink Panther; Return of the Pink Panther; A Hard Days Night; almost any Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode.

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