Stop! Rewind < The films that you can watch time and time again

by Adam D Fri 22 Feb 2013, 6:59 pm

So lets hear about those films that you never grow bored of.

You know the ones.

You are doing something much more important and flick through the channels and suddenly discover a fave film thats 20 minutes in. Suddenly you realise that you have stayed on the channel till the end.

They don't have to be great films but are like old friends. You never tire of them and will watch them till the credits even though you have seen the a million times already.

I have about 5 films that I would lump into this category:

A Knights Tale - a family film starring Heath Ledger in the lead role of a knights sire who poses as his recently deceased master to become a jouster. Cracking yarn

The Princess Bride - every scene and cameo in this family movie has the power to capture your attention. Amazing dialogue that is just so quotable. Inconceivable that someone wouldnt love this film.

Galaxy Quest - yet another family film with a brilliant cast. A bit of a urine take on Star Trek but done in a loving way. The whole cast is fantastic in this.

ET - still the only film that makes me well up when I watch it (and so much better than Napolean Dynamite). Spielbergs finest.

Moulin Rouge - a real marmite film but still mesmerising to me. The visuals are just stunning and the songs aint bad too!

A few others I could most probably add too (Jaws and Megamind to name two)

by **Galted** Fri 22 Feb 2013, 7:06 pm

Not sure if it's quite on topic but a film for me that I have to watch if I'm flicking through the channels and find it's already started is Jurassic Park - I would never watch it from the start, don't own it and don't rank it as a favourite of mine but can't stop watching once it's started. It's a bit like a hug but with dinosaurs involved.

by **hampo17** Fri 22 Feb 2013, 7:08 pm

Rocky 1, Jurassic Park, Galaxy Quest and any of the latest marvel films.

by azania Fri 22 Feb 2013, 10:17 pm

Star Wars
Godfather 1&2
Deep Throat Shocked

Debbie does Dallas 1,2,3,4,5,6 Whistle

by Mr Bounce Fri 22 Feb 2013, 10:34 pm

The Italian Job
The Terminator
Gumball Rally
Aliens

by **Kenny** Fri 22 Feb 2013, 11:30 pm

Star Wars New Hope
Major League
The Longest Yard ( Burt Reynolds )
The Magnificent Seven
Get Carter
Jaws
The Shawshank Redemption
The Wild Bunch
Weekend at Bernies

by **superflyweight** Fri 22 Feb 2013, 11:34 pm

Assault on precinct 13
Jaws
Duel
Miller's Crossing
Manhunter
Ben Hur
The Searchers
The Magnificent 7

by TRUSSMAN66 Sat 23 Feb 2013, 10:51 am

I've reached the age where i can't watch films all the way through.....Generally prefer to ff to scenes which interest me....

Basic Instinct.............Blame it on Rio...........Are two that I like............

Blame it on Rio is good fun and escapism.......especially If i'm being pestered at home for some reason.........

by westisbest Sat 23 Feb 2013, 10:56 am

Club Paradise
Blood Diamond
Porky's
Predator
Hangover 1 & 2 (usually when I have a hangover) Wink

by TRUSSMAN66 Sat 23 Feb 2013, 11:01 am

The Emerald forest is a film that moves me everytime I see it..As a Father with two Sons the thought of having a Son kidnapped, spending your life trying to find him (which you would) and then when you do.. realising that he's been raised in a totally different culture and he no longer has any real bond with you and despite all your paternal feelings you have to let him go because he belongs in a different place...

It's deeply moving........plus it brings a good environmental message...

Beautifully made......

by westisbest Sat 23 Feb 2013, 11:06 am

Ah yes, The Magnificent 7

by ONETWOFOREVER Sat 23 Feb 2013, 12:08 pm

Goodfellas
The good the bad and the ugly
Preditor 1
Scarface

by Adam D Sat 23 Feb 2013, 12:57 pm

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I've reached the age where i can't watch films all the way through.....Generally prefer to ff to scenes which interest me....

Basic Instinct.............Blame it on Rio...........Are two that I like............

Blame it on Rio is good fun and escapism.......especially If i'm being pestered at home for some reason.........

Friends of Truss beware if he wants to go on holiday with you and your daughter!

Megamind is the most recent film that does it for me. I can literally be walking past a TV and if its on, stop, stare and then by the time I have realised, the credits are rolling!

by azania Sat 23 Feb 2013, 9:44 pm

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:The Emerald forest is a film that moves me everytime I see it..As a Father with two Sons the thought of having a Son kidnapped, spending your life trying to find him (which you would) and then when you do.. realising that he's been raised in a totally different culture and he no longer has any real bond with you and despite all your paternal feelings you have to let him go because he belongs in a different place...

It's deeply moving........plus it brings a good environmental message...

Beautifully made......

Great film.

by **JuliusHMarx** Sat 23 Feb 2013, 10:12 pm

A Few Good Men
Die Hard 2
The Hunt for Red October

Not my all-time fave films, but those are the ones I end up watching when I come across them whilst channel-hopping.

by Guest Sat 23 Feb 2013, 11:09 pm

Ghostbusters - my favourite movie of all time, love avert thing about it from the actors to the script to the theme song

Die hard 1 and 3 - Ido like the others but have to be in the mood to watch them

The Warriors - again a personal favourite

The mighty ducks trilogy - mixes my love of movies and ice hockey

by alfie Sun 24 Feb 2013, 8:08 am

Zulu.
Aliens.
Casablanca
Lawrence of Arabia

by **superflyweight** Sun 24 Feb 2013, 8:13 am

I was three sheets to the wind when I posted my response above and miased a few.

Rio Bravo and its remake, Eldorado.
The Princess Bride
Kelly's Heros
The Dirty Dozen
The Big Lebowski

by Diggers Sun 24 Feb 2013, 10:30 am

Withnail and I
Four Weddings and a Funeral..it's my guilty pleasure.

by **ShahenshahG** Sun 24 Feb 2013, 10:51 am

Starship troopers

by CFCNick Sun 24 Feb 2013, 11:05 am

Star Wars A New Hope, Empire, Jedi, and Revenge of the Sith
Indiana Jones first three
Goldeneye
All the Daniel Craig Bond's.
Any Batman film except the Clooney one.
Anchorman
Blades of Glory

by **Hero** Sun 24 Feb 2013, 2:27 pm

Airplane
Gremlins
Goonies
Dodgeball
Fight Club
Trainspotting
Kung Fu Hustle
Aliens
Star Wars (original trilogy)
Transformers (the original cartoon movie)
Die Hard
Pulp Fiction
From Dusk Till Dawn
Predator
Westworld

by guildfordbat Sun 24 Feb 2013, 6:15 pm

Has to be The Great Escape.

Favourite line.
German officer to escaping British officer Gordon Jackson at railway station: 'Good luck.'
Gordon Jackson: 'Thanks.'

by asdral225 Sun 24 Feb 2013, 7:57 pm

12 Angry Men
Hot Fuzz
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Aliens
Starship Troopers
Dam Busters
Some Like it Hot
Gone in 60 seconds Nicholas Cage

by Stella Mon 25 Feb 2013, 9:21 am

Not now but in that past:

Star Wars IV-VII
Last Boy Scout
Die Hard
Goodfellas
Raiders Of The Lost Arc
City Slickers
Rocky - Rocky IV

by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 25 Feb 2013, 11:48 am

Gremlins
Star Wars (all of them)
Die Hard 1
Man on Fire
Casino Royale
Batman - The Dark Knight

by Guest Mon 25 Feb 2013, 2:04 pm

Shawshank Redemption
Last Boy Scout
The Avengers
Terminator 2
Point Break
Rise of the Footsoldier
Trainspotting
The Fugitive
The Dark Knight
Casino
Fast and The Furious
Alien
Jaws

by Stella Mon 25 Feb 2013, 2:26 pm

Jaws and T2.........forgot those. Must have seen them 15-20 times.

by kingraf Tue 26 Feb 2013, 12:06 pm

The Departed. We watched Hamlet for a English assignment at school two years ago. Scorcese did some heavy sampling.

by ChequeredJersey Wed 27 Feb 2013, 9:03 pm

How to Train Your Dragon
Hunchback
Moulin Rouge
Fast 5
Stardust
The Fighter

by Colan (niner) Thu 28 Feb 2013, 11:35 pm

1. My Cousin Vinny

This may have come out a few years before I was born but I still find it hilarious, a yout?' Haha

2. Stepbrothers

Yes it is immature but I like it

3. Dodgeball

See above. I remember this film because it was the first time my parents allowed me to go to the cinema myself. Me and my friends went 3 times.

4. The Godfather

Might be long but is a classic and have seen it plenty of times

5. Any Given Sunday

6. Uncle Buck

by Luke Fri 01 Mar 2013, 1:58 am

Memento,
Crash (the Mat Dillon one),
Hot Shots,
10 things I hate about you,
The incredibles,
The Crow,
Apocalypse now,
Terminator 1&2,
Zulu,
Bridge over the river kwai,
The man with no name trilogy,
Die Hard 3&4.

by RinoGattuso Fri 01 Mar 2013, 6:49 am

Training Day

by **88Chris05** Fri 01 Mar 2013, 10:17 am

Kes
Terminator I or II
Any of the Rocky films
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
The SHawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Shining
When We Were Kings
A Hard Day's Night
Zoolander
Meet The Parents
Goodfellas
True Romance

by TRUSSMAN66 Fri 01 Mar 2013, 10:42 am

Debbie does Didsbury.

by westisbest Fri 01 Mar 2013, 10:57 am

The American Ninja films.
Blade Trinity
Uncle Buck/PT&A/The Great Outdoors(huge John Candy fan).
Fletch

by alfie Tue 05 Mar 2013, 11:18 am

Just realized I forgot the Obvious One ...and so did everyone else :

Groundhog Day

by Stella Tue 05 Mar 2013, 11:34 am

Ha, yeah.

No, great film.

by dummy_half Tue 05 Mar 2013, 12:24 pm

Good question - for me there's a difference between favourite films and those that yI can happily watch any number of times, mainly because the latter tend to be a bit more 'brain-off' entertainment movies:

Airplane
Life of Brian (both still make me laugh even though I know every gag)
Total Recall
The Running Man
Terminator 2 (not so much the original though)
Star Wars / Empire / Jedi
Under Seige
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (mainly for Rickman's merciless hamming)

by WhiteCamry Tue 05 Mar 2013, 7:43 pm

Stateside we have Turner Classic Movies, a cable channel dedicated to running old movies great and otherwise. I love it but seeing Casablanca or The Maltese Falcon twice a month for five years kinda takes the patina off the word "classic."

by harris.margaret9 Thu 07 Mar 2013, 12:30 pm

Groundhog Day is all time favorite for me.

by Hulking_up Thu 07 Mar 2013, 2:39 pm

Within the last couple of years (mainly thanks to Sky) it's been Bandslam. Morning Glory, Independence Day and Project X.

by **Kenny** Thu 07 Mar 2013, 3:56 pm

Hulking_up wrote:Within the last couple of years (mainly thanks to Sky) it's been Bandslam. Morning Glory, Independence Day and Project X.

My teenage daughter loves this film and ........ehm makes watch it over and over again with her

a couple more that i can just sit a watch anytime Field of Dreams , Tin Cup , Birdy

by hornbloweroafc Thu 07 Mar 2013, 4:56 pm

The Goonies
The Wedding Singer
The Terminator
Predator
Home Alone

by Mind the windows Tino. Fri 08 Mar 2013, 9:08 am

In no particular order.

Alien
Aliens
Shawshank Redemption
LOTR Trilogy (Two Towers being the best)
Usual Suspects
Last of the Mohicans
To Kill a Mockingbird (possibly my favourite film ever)
Trainspotting
Pulp Fiction
The Goonies
Stand by Me
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Godfather I & II
Life of Brian
Scum

by TRUSSMAN66 Fri 08 Mar 2013, 10:03 am

Call me sad but i like to watch AWOL/LIONHEART with Van damme in.....

Like the way he leaves the legion hops on a boat and then prize fights his way around New york to get to his sister-in-laws house.....

Also like the "bad lady" in it..

Aaaarh when life was simple.

by hornbloweroafc Fri 08 Mar 2013, 10:05 am

Speaking of Van Damme, I can watch Bloodsport over and over again.

Fantastic film and love the different fighters and their styles.

by Stella Fri 08 Mar 2013, 10:09 am

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Call me sad but i like to watch AWOL/LIONHEART with Van damme in.....

Like the way he leaves the legion hops on a boat and then prize fights his way around New york to get to his sister-in-laws house.....

Also like the "bad lady" in it..

Aaaarh when life was simple.

Me to. Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Death Warrant were good as well. Loved his earlier stuff.

by Mind the windows Tino. Fri 08 Mar 2013, 10:13 am

Stella wrote:
Bloodsport.

Now there is a blast from the past! I remember waiting till my parents were out and watching it on a dodgy VHS recording when I was about 13. Great stuff.

Made me sad when the big fat dude with a beard got killed.

by Stella Fri 08 Mar 2013, 10:25 am

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Stella wrote:
Bloodsport.

Now there is a blast from the past! I remember waiting till my parents were out and watching it on a dodgy VHS recording when I was about 13. Great stuff.

Made me sad when the big fat dude with a beard got killed.

Was that his mate? I don't think he was killed, but nearly. It was on telly the other day, and the acting of the of the young kids, when Frank was reminiscing was terrible, but who cares Very Happy

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