I haven’t known what movies to watch lately. Does everyone have their own treasure movies that they’ve seen many times? 😀
I think in general comedies are just way easier to rewatch for what ever reason.
Also I think just because I rewatch a movie a lot does not mean it is the best movie. I think some movies just give a certain vibe that is enjoyable.
- Airplane
- Naked Gun
- Scary movie
- Simpsons movie
- Spirited Away
- Se7en
- The Prestige
- Inception
- Weathering with you
I probably also watched some Christmas movies a ton of times just because they played on TV a lot when I was a kid like Home Alone.
Big Trouble in Little China
Princess Bride
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Tank Girl
Romancing the Stone
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Where the Buffalo Roam
Everything by Monty Python
Edit: everything by Mel Brooks
Had to wait to see ‘Big Trouble’
It’s my very favorite of all time.
I think I was on my five millionth rewatch when I noticed that David Lo Pan appears briefly before they drive down the alley and meet the funeral procession.
Also, Margo is actually the duaghter of Richard Burton.
Yay for Tank Girl!
The Lord of the Rings - watched these many times now, and a couple of those have been back to back marathons. And yes, extended editions every time.
The Little Mermaid - The original Disney animated version. It’s possibly my favourite of what is known as the renaissance era.
The Muppet Christmas Carol - I watch this every year on Christmas Eve. I think I’m up to about 15 or more years now. It’s without a doubt the best version of A Christmas Carol ever.
Top three off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s more but the won’t match the number of times I’ve watched these.
I don’t re-watch movies very often, and more than three times is rare as hens’ teeth. Sometimes it’s because it’s an absolute classic, or sometimes it’s because I’m weirdly fascinated by it. Let’s see if I can remember those rare exceptions.
- Starship Troopers (good movie, and something about it charmed my socks off)
- Les Triplettes de Belleville (absolutely must-see, smashing masterpiece, no need to know French) (free to watch here!)
- Big Lebowski (words cannot describe)
- The Life of Brian (Monty Python’s finest movie IMO, and a fascinating commentary on religion)
- Fire and Ice (good movie, and I found the rotoscoping utterly entrancing) (free to watch here and here!)
Just cause these haven’t been called out by the top comments-
True Lies
The Hunt for Red October
Great adds
Die hard. It’s not a “treasure movie”, but a “christmas tradition”
“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.”
I watched my VHS copy of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon so much in just 1 year, that the following year my parents got me a copy on DVD because the tape in the cassette was worn out and warped.
Terminator, for the nostalgia.
Dredd
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Serenity
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Star Wars Trilogy (unedited originals)
Pulp Fiction
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Kick-Heart
Le Maison en Petit Cubes (The House of Small Cubes)
Shaun of the Dead
Blade Runner
Cowboy Bepop: Knocking on Heavens Door
Neo Tokyo
The original non-Gameshopified Astartes series by Syama Pedersen, though technically like five episodes, I always watch all of them in one go. :3 The Emperor Protects :3
Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Glen Close and John Malcovich. I used to be able to quote the entire script by heart.
- Holy grail
- The only two terminator movies that have been made
- Akira
- Black cat white cat
- Underground
- Casablanca
- Cabaret
- Lotr
- Wall-e
- Totoro (and a bunch of other ghibli movies)
- Pulp fiction
- Life aquatic (because I always forget the story and whether I like it or not)
- Napoleon Dynamite (will never not recommend this to anyone, regardless of cultural snobery)
Probably a bunch more
I’m so glad they stopped at T2 and didn’t ruin it by making a bunch of increasingly ridiculous sequels and TV shows.
Hot Shots! Both, btw
All LOTR and Harry Potter movies
- Month Python and the Holy Grail
- Young Frankenstein
- Seven Samurai
- LOTR Trilogy
I see a lot of LOTR fans here. Good crowd.
I had a holy grail vhs which i watched more or less every day after school. I used to be able to recite it from start to finish.
Also had both terminator movies on a double vhs so I’ve seen my fair share of them as well.
In steam of consciousness order:
- Young Frankenstein
- Princess Bride
- Double Indemnity
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Breakfast Club
- The Fifth Element
- 12 Monkeys
- The Terminator
- Star Wars (first trilogy)
- Harvey
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Men In Black
- The Incredibles
- Inception
- E.T.
- The Sting
- Grease
- Ghostbusters
- West Side Story
Probably a number of others
Every kid had that movie on tape or dvd that watched over and over. Mine was Young Frankenstein on beta.
Mine was Ghostbusters. Watched it until the tape broke rewinding it one day.
It’s so great. Like Princess Bride, very quotable, too.
First time I’ve seen ‘Harvey’ mentioned here.
I wish I could give more upvotes.
When I was a kid, I got into watching old movies, and that one became my favorite. I loved that movie.
As he got older, Stewart did it on Broadway and a couple of times for television.
“If I ever go broke, I can always take ‘Harvey’ on tour and get back on my feet.”
I second most of these, especially The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
I would add most Kubrick films including Dr. Strangelove and 2001.
Also, Being John Malkovich, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Dawn of the Dead remake 2004
The most recent film I can’t stop watching is Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Theives.
Dr Strange love, 2001, and Being John Malkovich are all movies I’ve seen more than three times.
The Fifth Element is the quintessential sci-fi movie. Literally, the word quintessence means “fifth element”.
It’s so completely enjoyable.
