Fight Club.
It came out at a time in my life when I was struggling to avoid the pull of consumerism and had a strong sense of isolation in the modern world. I used to watch this quite often.
When it came out I was also at a point in my life when I was interested in screenwriting and was watching sometimes as many as eight movies a week, in part to study screenplays and stories. I would sometimes watch this a couple times a month during that time.
The Matrix. One of the big things for me in movies is pacing. And The Matrix does it so perfectly. You have highs. You have lows. You have quiet moments, you have intense moments. You're never bored or overwhelmed while watching this movie, and yet it so smoothly transitions you from scene to scene, and you're always in just the right spot for the next one.
I first watched Pulp Fiction when I was ~13. I had it on DVD and didn't know what to expect. Watched it alone at the farm when I was just bored. I was blown away. For some reason I watched each scene twice in a row, first the scene, then again with the directors commentary. I don't think I ever did that again, but it was one of the most enjoyable movie experiences of my life.
I found that I actually only really like a movie or tv show if it is infinitely (aka a lot; more than 50x without getting bored) rewatchable (for me obviously); not many movies are. Some favorites which fall in that category; Alien, Aliens, The Thing, Das Boot, Cold Lazarus (the Dennis P one), ...
It is very personal as looking through what other people mention ; many of those I couldn't sit through once, but if friends tell me to give it another go, I watch 2-10 times to see if it grows. Rarely it does, but there have been cases. Notably everyone likes Pulp Fiction; I saw it at least 15 times and find it unwatchable.
I have watched The Lord of The Rings trilogy- extended edition many times, something like 7/8 times.
There are two series that I have watched 2/3 times- The Wire and Narcos first two seasons with Wagner Moura.
I have also watched 3 idiots quite a few times. I also remember watching Inception and Inglorious Bastards multiple times. I have also watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Casino Royale and Skyfall multiple times.
Ghost In The Shell (1998)
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
District 9 (2008)
Inception (2010)
Rouge One (2016) Original Star Wars trilogy.
Lord of the Rings
American Psycho
Total Recall (1990)
Blade Runner
Love Actually
The Fifth Element
Unbreakable
Pulp Fiction
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men
X-Men the Last Stand
Groundhog Day, Iâve been watching it every day since it was released.
Themes, respectively: choice, bureaucracy, angst, infiltration, AI, art, negotiation, perimeters, aristocracy, trade, hacking, dogma:
The Adjustment Bureau
Brazil
The Breakfast Club
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
CHAPPiE
Equilibrium
Heat
Inception
The Leopard
Margin Call
Ratatoutille
SmallfootMad Max: Fury Road. Great with a surround system, especially the sandstorm section.
1917. Great cinematography
Tenet. Makes much more sense than the first time. Better on surrounds
The Hateful Eight. The small cast feels very much like Margin Call. Great storytelling
Prey. Very good
World War Z. Pure action.
What a great question! Many interesting movies to check out in these comments!
My own list, I re-watch movies the same way I re-listen to music, often to get in a particular mode of thinking, as they become familiar, I mostly daydream while appreciating some particular concept and whatever new minutiae, or ways of understanding, creeps into my mind.
Hackers - 30+ times, for dreaming about a world that never was and never will be, for reminding myself how cool computers used to seem.
The Crow - 20+ times, for thinking about the world
Koyaanisqatsi - 15+ times, for thinking about my life in the world
Alien - 10+ times, for thinking about the future that passed us by
Terminator 1 and 2 - 10+ times, for examining a time that never was, or passed me by, and because Arnold is awesome!
A Clockwork Orange, 10+ times, to reflect on violence and aesthetic
Event Horizon, 10+ times, mostly for the aesthetic, and who dosen't love spaceships from hell ?
1984 - 5+ times, for thinking about humanity and society
Requiem for a Dream - 5+ times, for thinking about the value of life, and what society is
Once upon a time in the west - 5+ times, for thinking about loss, revenge and justice
Genocyber - 5+ times, to think about what life is for anyway
Stalker - 5+ times, frankly, mostly to look at the pretty pictures.
Lots of other amazing movies, I probably forgot some (time to watch again?)
Bonus:
TV Shows I've watched more than 10 times:
Star Trek TNG
Neon Genesis Evangelion
When I was a kid I apparently watched Ghostbusters every day. It was on a stolen rental that had the 2nd movie on after it, but my mother always stopped the video after the first and then would ask if I wanted to watch number 2 the next day, sometimes I did, but I always watched the first. When I realised how the tape player/tape worked and learned to read the box, I would watch them back to back. I think this was between the ages of 3 and 5 and it slowed down to weekly, fortnightly etc. I've probably seen the first movie over 1000 times, know every line and musical jingle.
I tend not to rewatch things anymore, maybe after 5 or 6 years if I really like something, usually with someone who hasn't seen it so I can share it with them.
Oddly enough I have absolutely no love for any further Ghostbusters sequels or the video games. As I said, I'm overly familiar with the first movie, I don't want to hear the same music I associate specifically with the Sedgewick Hotel playing during some other scene, or hear the same quotes or even see the same actors 50 years older. I want something new of the same quality and flavour of the era, which is pretty much impossible at this point in history. The themes, attitudes and imagery of the movie greatly influenced my interests and development as I grew up, even down to the clothes I wear today.
Office Space, Demolition Man, Fight Club, City of Ghosts (2004), The Big Short, Ghost Dog, Slacker, most Tarantinos, various 60s italo-westerns, BTTF 1 & 2.
But there's a lot more movies coming to mind that deserve a 2nd watching imo, just haven't done so yet. Eg. most Coen Bros ones come to mind.
I have a handful of "regulars" that I watch repeatedly. Most of them are at the point now that I've seen them so many times that they can work as "background noise" when I'm coding or doing something else. IOW, I can turn the volume down fairly low and it serves a purpose, but I'm so familiar with the story already that I'm not likely to get drawn into actually paying attention to the movie (as opposed to whatever I'm working on) unless I'm at a point where I need a break anyway.
Some of the ones that are on that list for me:
The Matrix
The Matrix Resurrections
The Social Network
Inception
Sneakers
Hackers
Antitrust
Rad
Tron: Legacy
Vision Quest
Rocky (really the entire Rocky franchise)
The Karate Kid
Kickboxer
Bloodsport
Hard To Kill
Above The Law
When I was a kid, VHS home recording was a thing... so my sisters and I watched a few movies wayyyyy too many times.
The Blues Brothers
Stripes
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Footloose
Dirty Dancing
Amadeus
The Expanse
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Ministry of Time
Groundhog Day
Dirty Harry
Apocalypse Now
About Time
Time BanditsI rewatch many movies quite often. But the ones that really stand out, in no particular order...
Wargames
Jurassic Park
Evolution
Unstoppable
Lord of the Rings
Die Hard 1, 2 and 3
Alien 1, 2 and 3
Back to the Future
Ghost in the Shell (basically all of it, mostly seasons 1 and 2)
The Martian
Tron 1 and 2
Anything by Miyazaki, but Howl's Moving Castle even more soSo I Married An Axe Murderer - so many good quotes!
Real Genius
The Princess Bride
Ghostbusters 1 & 2
Back to the Future
Shawshank Redemption
The Fifth Element (coming to theaters again soon via Fathom Events, already have tickets for me and my kids!)
Hunt for Red October
The Outpost
Master and Commander
The Martian
All four Matrix movies
The Godfather Trilogy, best in a single sitting (Connieâs arc is awesome, the cinematography of the third epic; the only problem is how much more of the outside world each of the sequels needs).
Greyhound
A Bridge Too Far (which has changed dramatically as I have learned over the last almost fifty years; I now see it as so subtlety tongue in cheek and cynical).
Draft Day. Possibly the best constructed movie.
- Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) Helped during some of the hardest times in my life, it taught me self-forgiveness and empathy.
The original Taking of Pelham123. I grew up in NYC. I rode the subway to high school (Brooklyn Tech) every day. The movie is technically accurate and pretty close to the technically accurate book.
BTW - a friend 'in the system' explains the twisting action necessary in today's subway cars would make "The Gimmick" worthless.
'The City of the Lost Children' and 'Dark City' were movies that made a deep impression on me when they came out, and so I watch them regularly still to this day.
- LoTR, at least annually. Never seen the extended edition.
- Anything by Michael Mann, Miami Vice being one of my favorites (simply noted as it's typically not on many folks favored list).
- John Ford Cavalry trilogy.
- I've seen "13 Hours" several times. Not your typical Michael Bay movie.
- Bowfinger. So funny.
- The two best Star Trek Movies: Star Trek 2, and Galaxy Quest.
"Groundhog day" of course
most of Schwarzenegger movies because he is cool
Back to the future trilogy
Fight club
Some of the best soviet ones (Kin-dza-dza, Garage, Mimino, Irony of fate etc.)
Rocky
Forrest gump
- Hair (and listened soundtrack hundreds of times)
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Before Sunrise (and to less extent - Before Sunset)
- Pulp Fiction
- Clerks, Chasing Amy
- Leon Professional
- Motorcycle Diaries
These are not as interesting since I assume they're on everyone's list, but I must admit I'm rewatching all movies in the series, even those which are considered weak:
- Lotr, Godfather, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Matrix
I basically never rewatch movies, but I've seen Dune (2021) at least 8 times. Will probably do the same when part two comes to streaming services. Something about Villeneuve's version really captures the awe of Herbert's universe for me.
One more - The Princess Bride.
I rarely re-watch movies, and will fall asleep if I try, but I can always watch The Fifth Element.
Kikiâs Delivery Service is a parable about creative work and burnout. I often put it on in the background during difficult periods at work.
Tenet to understand wtf they were saying
Jerry Maguire. Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy and sequel (Smiley's People). an obscure film called Cabin of Errors.
For me, anything based mostly on story or suspense is out, because I know what's going to happen. Even if they are some of my favorites. So usually it's for the visuals, music, or action.
Hardcore Henry I've probably watched the most. Such an absolutely wild action movie.
For visuals, I've watched What Dreams May Come(despite it being pretty heavy) and Tarsem Singh's "The Fall" probably five times each. The latter is hard to find, but definitely worth a watch if you come across it.
I can't believe I'm not seeing any Guy Ritchie anywhere. Particularly Snatch, but Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels too.
And almost anything with Brad Pitt. Lots of votes for Fight Club, but what about Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, 12 Monkeys, or Cool World?
And now that I'm thinking about it, Dances With Wolves. Lonesome Dove TV miniseries. Braveheart. The Departed. Lots more, I'm sure.
This is Spinal Tap is burned into my brain, to the point where the jokes stop being jokes and start being basic parts of my cognition.
Some that havenât been mentioned yet: Matinee, The First Great Train Robbery, Dave, Ghibli movies (Laputa, Mononoke, Totoro, Kiki, âŠ), Mad Max 2, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edge of Tomorrow, Tremors, Godzilla Minus One, Watchmen, The Fly, Dark City, Passengers, Predestination, Strange Days, WarGames, Tron, Timecrimes, Sneakers, The Frighteners.
The Mask. It was one of the few movies my grandmother had on VHS, and my sister loved it enough to watch it multiple times, on repeat every time we'd visit.
I binge certain directors from time to time, but I've really got a thing for reading scripts, especially for films that never got made like the Pee-Wee Herman Story or Ghostbusters 3.
The American Alien(s) 1,2 and 3 Limitless The Bourne movies Heat Leon
It's not about the movies themselves but for example with Bourne or the American, it's certain scenes that get me in a mood. A single professional or group doing his / its thing, it's kind of calming.
Feel free to suggest movies in a similar vain.
Here are some not-too-mainstream I'd really liked:
Second hand lions (2003)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Donnie Darko (2001)
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
Les Ă©motifs anonymes (2010)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
The Lunchbox (2013)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Angel-A (2005)
Warrior (2011)
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
Tigerland (2000)
October Sky (1999)
Arlen Faber (2009)
Joueuse (2009)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Down Periscope (1996)
Spy Game (2001)
Drive (2011)
The Guard (2011)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Into the Wild (2007)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Megamind (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Up (2009)
WALL·E (2008)
Ratatouille (2007)
- Nolan: Tenet, the Prestige, Memento, Interstellar
- MCU/Marvel: Iron Man 1-3, Cap Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 1-2
- Scifi: Coherence, Volition, Primer, Predestination
- Mystery/Thriller: Shutter Island, Triangle
- Action: Commuter (+anything Liam Neeson), Wanted, Salt
- Comedy: Shaolin Soccer, Wolf of Wall St
- Horror: The Conjuring (+universe)
I donât usually rewatch movies on my own, so this is mostly a list of movies I thought were special enough to show other people.
Eighth grade
Mother!
The Thing
Rosemaryâs Baby
Hereditary
Dead Ringers
Happiness
Synecdoche, New York
The Triplets of Bellville
Prometheus. It's way better as a film than people think. It's a perfect greek tragedy.
The Ninth Gate (Roman Polanski), which I have seen perhaps 5 times. I think it is the hidden meaning in old books which draws me to this movie. Videodrome (David Cronenberg) and recently Midsommar (Ari Aster) plus many of the already mentioned.
Oh heck, some time back, I sat down and made a list for myself - the films I can watch, and re-watch again and again (WIP) https://brajeshwar.com/film/
Here's what I term my "flypaper" movies. If I happen to glance at the satellite TV guide and notice one of these coming up, there's a good change I'll be watching it.
Lawrence of Arabia
The Maltese Falcon
Most Hitchcock films
Blade Runner
The Man From Snowy River
The Martian
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
The Princess Bride
Serenity
The Thin Man series
The Thing
Tombstone
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Clerks and most Kevin Smith movies
Baby Drive and most Edgar Wright movies
Fanboys
Spinal Tap
Kung Fu Hustle
Apollo 13i have rewatched the original star wars trilogy and then the prequels with my kids when they were old enough. mostly to make sure that they would see the original trilogy first before watching anything else star wars related as that might spoil some of the surprise moments for them.
generally i only rewatch something if i want to share it with my family or friends. did that with avatar, and will probably do it with lord of the rings, star trek and some other classics. ghostbusters for example. since a new one just came out recently, i am not letting my kids watch that until they have at least seen the original.
Best measure is to check out which movies have not disappeared from the hard disk. And that is both Solaris'es and couple of Kurosawas. And Leningrad Cowboys. Mostly because infinite source of funny snippets and memes.
I am most definitely not a rewatcher of movies, at least not regularly. There are precisely two though I have seen many, many times:
* The Emperorâs New Groove. I have no idea why I find this movie so funny. It feels just so perfectly timed, quotable and something that I relate to. I still laugh at pretty much every joke. * Defending Your Life. Very similar to the above. Albert Brooksâ dry humor is just so perfect. This one gets funnier the more times you watch it. Underrated, IMO.
The Crow
The Machine (if you like Ex Machina, try it)
Alien
Prometheus
Fight Club
Secretary
Casablanca
Kill Bill
The Emperor's New Groove
Star Wars Episode IV - The original goodness, not the CGI horror-show.
Star Wars: Rogue One
American Beauty
Dredd.
Hellboy (directors).
Blade Runner (theatrical).
Chocolat.
Noise (Australian film, 2007. Love that one).
I try not to watch films too many times in quick succession. The repetition dulls the experience for me.
A couple "Groundhog Day" responses, so I'll add "Day After Tomorrow" for the action version of the time-loop device.
Terminator 2 is also a nearly perfect movie.
Groundhog Day
- The Sting - The quintessential con movie.
- Amadeus - "Too many notes, Mozart!" A heavily romanticized retelling of the somewhat apocryphal rivalry between Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Disney's Robin Hood - Get the dope on your horoscope~
- The NeverEnding Story - Because who didn't want to soar through the air on a luck dragon?
- Iron Monkey (ć°ćčŽé»éŁéŽ»äčé”銏隟) - A retelling of the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung, with classic wire-fu and excellent fight choreography.
Terminator 1 & 2, Predator, Ghostbusters, Office Space, Step Brothers, Idiocracy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (I find comedies the most re-watchable)
Of the ~700 movies I've watched (not bragging, just context - actual movie buffs watch thousands by the time they're my age), those I happily rewatch are:
The Thing (1982)
Silence of the Lambs
Alien
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Young Frankenstein
Rocky Horror
Raising Arizona
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Men in Black
Primer
But even those I've only seen a handful of times each. It takes a lot for me to want to watch/read/play something multiple times, as I'm the kind of person who always thinks, "but I could be trying something new, or getting something done".
Mostly, I will watch a movie a second or third time if I am tired and it's on TV and cannot sleep. So there is only a small intersection of films that I have watched multiple times and would admit to watching even once.
So excluding those, from most to least (probably).
- elf
- the Bourne identity
- groundhog day
- ronin
- Willie Wonka (the original)
- the fifth element
- ghost dog (any Jim Jarmusch)
- the blues brothers
- singin' in the rain
- crouching tiger, hidden dragon
- my friend totoro
I am probably leaving out quite a few, but all these films I have seen enough times to reconstruct in my head, scene by scene.
While there are only a few movies that I have seen in their entirety several times (5+); there are several scenes from certain movies that I have probably seen more than a dozen times.
1) Court scene from 'My Cousin Vinny' 2) Court scene from 'A Few Good Men' 3) Last 20 minutes from 'The Shining' 4) Escape sequence from 'Shawshank Redemption'
Star Wars: over 10 times
Contact: over 10 times
The Quiet Earth: over 10 times
I'm not much of a film buff, there's nothing I've watched over 20 times. Except Butt Babes in Bondage.
Birdman (2014)
Michael Keaton at his best. Edward Norton's great too. Good visual style too - it's presented as one continuous shot.
LOTR The Matrix Gladiator No Country for Old Men QT: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs PT Anderson: Boogie nights, Magnolia, There will be Blood Fight Club Nolan: Memento, Batman Galaxy Quest Dumb and dumber Jurassic Park Terminator 2 Princess Bride Star Wars OT Indiana Jones 1 & 3 Office Space
Every year: Mar 17: The Quiet Man Mothers Day: I Remember Momma May 4: Star Wars May 20: My Fair Lady Jun 4: Midway Jun 6: The Longest Day Fathers Day: Life With Father Jun 21: Midsummerâs Night Dream Sep 15: Battle of Britain Oct 24: LotR Fellowship Oct 31: Arsenic and Old Lace
The Princess Bride. Some parts make me tear up, and I don't think I'm a softie.
+1 for Office Space that others mentioned.
Spirited Away, High Fidelity, Kung Fu Panda, blade Runner (the Final Cut), guardians of the galaxy, stalker, Amelie, 99f
Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Casablanca
The first Sean Connery James Bond films, Casino Royale with Daniel Craig
The Matrix
Django Unchained
The Wolf of Wall street
I always find it interesting in these threads that people donât really love movies made after 2015 or so.
Bruce Willis Die Hard. It always astounds me that he becomes more badass as he gets balder and balder.
And all of Nolan's films.
- Interstellar (I cry like a baby watching Cooper and his daughterâŠ)
- Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3
- Oblivion (Tom Cruise)
- Mission Impossible (all)
- The Hobbit (all)
- The Lord of the Rings (all)
As Above, So Below.
I've always been interested in occultism, philosophy and history; this movie combined all three, and was just so good, in my opinion. I initially watched it twice by myself, and then watched it with a friend, and again with another friend.
Inception (2010), Matrix (1999 was the best), John Wick series, Fast Furious 1, 2, Tokyo Drift.
Back to the Future 1 and 2, but I don't think I've ever successfully seen all of 3.
Movies I think I truly great I usually only watch once, sometimes twice. If a movie ends and I just sit there thinking to myself⊠âwowâ⊠I will probably never watch it again.
Movies I watch over and over again are movies that I relate to in some way or find comforting. These are ones Iâve watched at least 5 times, and some Iâd bet more than 30 times.
- Back to the Future
- Home Alone
- What About Bob?
- It Could Happen to You
- Matilda
- As Good as It Gets
- Office Space
- Cruel Intentions
- Boiler Room
- Finding Forrester
- Training Day
- Super Troopers
- 8 Mile
- The Transporter
- Elf
- Bad Santa
- Mean Girls
- Saved!
- Garden State
- V for Vendetta
- Thank You for Smoking
- Stick It
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Idiocracy
- Hot Rod
- Run Fatboy Run
- The Other Guys
- Wreck-It Ralph
To name a few.
Studio Ghibli's movies. They are basically the confort movies for my kids and wife too.
Schindlerâs List. Many times. Anchorman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Donnie Darko
Interstellar, Inception, Dr. Strangelove, Goodfellas, Godfather, Full Metal Jacket
Movies I rewatch like once a year: Trainspotting (1996), Donnie Darko (2001), La Haine (1995)
Movies I've watched quite a few times and wouldn't mind watching again right now: The Matrix (1999), Akira, Breakfast Club
The Long Goodbye (R. Altman) Akira (Otomo) Cinema Paradiso (G. Tornatore) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai) Tron (S. Lisberger) Stop Making Sense (J. Demme)
I am surprised to admit that I have watched zero dark thirty at least 5-6 times. Actually not sure why. It is good, but good enough for beyond two views?
For me, there's so many I watch over and over, but I think if I had to choose by the number of times I watched them, the top 5 would be:
Fight Club
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Raging Bull
Apocalypse Now
Cocaine Bear
Home alone Ferris Buhler Blues Brothers Field of dreams
* Laurel Canyon (Christian Bale/Kate Beckinsale)
* World War Z
* The Proposal
* The Dark Knight
* Assassination Nation
* Live Die Repeat
* Real Genius
* Back to the Future
* Top Secret!
* Alien Nation
* Star Wars (the first 2 made)
* American Ultra
* Deja Vue (Denzel)
* Mumford
* Groundhog Day
* State and Main
* Star Trek (Chris Pine)
Batman. Any Batman movie but specially the cartons.
Alien and Aliens. Those two movies are the perfect blend of timeless action, scifi, and horror.
Iâm feeling really hopeful for Alien: Romulus.
in no particular order; HEAT, Aladdin, Lost Highway, Waking Life, Sonatine, Apocolypse Now, Punch Drunk Love.. lots more
The Blues Brothers. The Milagro Beanfield War. Caddy Shack. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.
All of Stephen Chow's movies.
Hunt for Red October and The Abyss. I like the low light feel of them. Dark mode movies!
God Father, Jason Bourne, Terminator,
All of âem, all âem sequels - a dozen times.
2001, Office Space, King of Hearts, They might be giants, Godfather trilogy
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Bladerunner
- Alien 3 (also Alien, Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus)
- Pretty in Pink
- Breakfast Club
- The Exorcist
- Silence of the Lambs
- Inception
- Akira
- Ghost in the Shell
- Buckaroo Banzai
- Ghostbusters
- The Lives of Others
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Firefly series and Serenity - watching them at least once a year.
Sideways
Back To The Future
Cinema Paradiso
Spaceballs
Up In Smoke (Cheech & Chong)
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones 1-3
Indiana Jones: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Rifftrax only)
Falling Down
Office Space
Man Bites Dog
Nothing To Lose
Idiocracy
Space Mutiny (MST3k)
Goodfellas
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Groundhog Day
Barbie
Full Metal Jacket
Mallrats
Flight Of The Navigator
The Founder
One Hour Photo
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I'm pretty certain I've rewatched Sideways more than any other film.
Saved for the movie recommendations in the comments.
Bedazzled and Cloud Atlas, more than hmmmmm 50 times?
24 Hour Party People
Dogtown and Z Boys (Documentary)
Godzilla
Rollerball
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Star Wars
The Hunger
Caddy Shack
Fear of a Black Hat
Straight Out of Compton
The Message (1976)
Revenge of the Ninja
All the Chuck Norris movies
All the Schwarzenegger movies
Goonies
Flight of the Navigator
Revenge of the Nerds
Hannibal (2001), Godfather 1 & 2.
Alien, Jurassic Park, The Harry Potter films
Dr Strangelove
hackers, office space, grandmaâs boy, indiana jones are movies Iâll watch forever.
A Good Year
Robin Hood (2010)
Gattaca
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Wimbledon (2004)
Supernova (2000)
London Boulevard
Diehard
Speed
Jurrassic Park
To kill a mocking bird
Hear
Terminator - Judgement day
Independance day
Powder
A Beautiful Mind
My most (deliberately) rewatched movies include:
* Breakfast Club
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
* Penn and Teller Get Killed
* Chungking Express
* Pink Floyd PULSE
* Black People Hate Me and They Hate My Glasses
* Pulp Fiction
* Fringe (not a movie)
You can probably identity my real identity from this list alone. YOLO.
Alien, Aliens
Terminator 2
The Matrix
Heat
Die Hard 1 & 2
Lord of the Rings
Usual Suspects
Star Wars Trilogy (originals only)
Unforgiven
The Predator
X-Men (2000)
Jurassic Park
Total Recall
Bourne Identity
Casablanca
Trading Places
Coming to America
Home Alone
Back to the Future
Gladiator
Snatch
Donnie Darko
Halloween (1979)
Anything by Tarantino
Blue Velvet
Scream
- Office Space
- Idiocracy
ET. I have no idea why.
All Tarantino movies.
Young Frankenstein
Master and Commander
Redline (2009)
Ocean's Eleven
Interstellar
Sneakers (1992)
The Killer (Chow Yun-Fat by John Woo) There was a box in the Blockbuster that said, "This movie used more bullets than any in history!" There are multiple stories pulling in different directions, not just action.
Children of Men
For convenience, I asked ChatGPT to create this table, which summarizes how many times each movie has been mentioned in this conversation so far. It got a few counts wrong (as usual), but it still gives a good sense of the frequency. I hope it can be useful to someone:
| Movie | Number of Mentions | |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| | The Matrix | 9 | | Lord of the Rings Trilogy | 8 | | Pulp Fiction | 8 | | Alien | 7 | | Fight Club | 7 | | Ghostbusters | 6 | | Die Hard | 5 | | Back to the Future | 5 | | Inception | 5 | | Star Wars Trilogy (original) | 5 | | Groundhog Day | 5 | | Terminator 1 & 2 | 5 | | Jurassic Park | 4 | | The Thing | 4 | | The Fifth Element | 4 | | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 4 | | Ghost in the Shell | 4 | | Interstellar | 4 | | Casablanca | 3 | | Office Space | 3 | | Shawshank Redemption | 3 | | The Godfather Trilogy | 3 | | The Blues Brothers | 3 | | Blade Runner | 3 | | Mad Max: Fury Road | 3 | | Unforgiven | 3 | | Total Recall (1990) | 3 | | The Crow | 3 | | The Princess Bride | 3 | | Akira | 3 | | The Big Lebowski | 3 | | Guardians of the Galaxy | 3 | | American Psycho | 3 | | Indiana Jones Trilogy | 3 | | Kikiâs Delivery Service | 2 | | Ratatouille | 2 | | A Clockwork Orange | 2 | | Mission Impossible (various) | 2 | | Casino Royale | 2 | | Skyfall | 2 | | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 2 | | Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan | 2 | | Apocalypse Now | 2 | | The Shining | 2 | | Groundhog Day | 2 | | Donnie Darko | 2 | | Dune (2021) | 2 | | Gladiator | 2 | | Predator | 2 | | Seven/Se7en | 2 | | The Dark Knight | 2 | | Snatch | 2 | | Prometheus | 2 | | Schindlerâs List | 2 | | The Wolf of Wall Street | 2 | | Dr. Strangelove | 2 | | Silence of the Lambs | 2 | | Kill Bill | 2 | | Real Genius | 2 | | Top Secret! | 2 | | Tenet | 2 | | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 2 | | The Adjustment Bureau | 2 | | The Expanse | 2 | | Pulp Fiction | 2 |
Unforgiven
Moonstruck
Sense and Sensibility
Enemy At The Gates
Das Boot
Sink The Bismark
The Cruel Sea
Moana
Frozen
Lego movie
Mulan
101 Dalmatians
Super Mario Bros
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Sicario
Fight Club
The Matrix
Seven/Se7en
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TL;DR: Rewatching this trilogy is a cultural inception.
Krzysztof KieĆlowski's Three Colours trilogy (French: Trois couleurs, Polish: Trzy kolory)
- Three Colours: Blue (1993)
- Three Colours: White (1994)
- Three Colours: Red (1994)
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Rewatching the Three Colours trilogy rewards with an ever deeper appreciation â KieĆlowski's nuanced storytelling, interconnected narratives, and recurring symbols become more apparent and meaningful, with each viewing revealing new layers of meaning in the films' themes of liberty, equality, and fraternity, explored through irony and ambiguity.
Rewatching allows for a greater appreciation of how music, color, and composition work together to evoke specific emotions and convey complex ideas, enabling a richer understanding of their cultural context and how KieĆlowski subtly critiques and plays with the political ideals of the French Republic.
KieĆlowski's work is rich with subtle connections between characters and storylines across the trilogy. For instance, the brief appearances of characters from other films, like Karol's courtroom scene in Blue, create a cohesive narrative universe that rewards attentive viewers. These cross-film connections highlight the director's meticulous planning and the philosophical underpinnings that run through the trilogy.
Each filmâs unique perspective on its respective theme â Blue as an anti-tragedy, White as an anti-comedy, and Red as an anti-romance â allows for various interpretations, making the trilogy an ideal subject for repeated viewings. Several rewatchings let viewers see beyond the surface narrative and explore the deeper existential questions KieĆlowski poses about human connections, fate, and the meaning of freedom, equality, and fraternity.
In my experience, few film series reward multiple viewings as richly as KieĆlowski's Three Colours trilogy. It's so layered that every rewatch feels like a new conversation with a brilliant, nuanced filmmaker -- a cultural inception.
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If you enjoy the director, see also La double vie de VĂ©ronique (English: The Double Life of Veronique, Polish: PodwĂłjne ĆŒycie Weroniki) exploring themes of identity, love, and human intuition, through the lives of a Polish singer and French music teacher who are "doubles".
Of course, the connection KieĆlowski explores is not just about the modern relationship between these countries, steeped in centuries of shared history and cultural exchange, but even more how European nations, despite their "alternate timelines" through history, share common human experiences and values today.
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I believe you're correct but using the adverb 'deliberately' watched multiple times would be a slightly more accurate measure.
Just sit and watch, while not doing anything else? Die Hard. At least once a year since it came out in 1988. Die Hard and pizza have been a Christmas Day tradition since it came out on VHS in 1989. (I saw it in the theater in 1988.)
Otherwise, if I am watching a movie more than once, it's wile I am doing something else. Working from home, I often have old science fiction B-movies -- both the MST3K versions and unriffed versions -- running in the background. Others I'll "watch" while doing something else are Animal House, Blues Brothers, the Lethal Weapon films, Patton, James Bond, and some others.