Movies you never get tired of…

[Fyrefox]

There are probably many movies that you could return to time and time again, but being rooted in the science fiction, action, and horror genres one film Ithat’s a guilty pleasure for me is John Carpenter’s Escape From New York. Kurt Russell’s Snake Plisskin character is just so iconic as a durable anti-hero, and as a former dweller in the suburbs of NYC I love the premise of the movie of New York being converted to a prison colony. A great supporting cast, too! Just ironic that they short-sightedly chose the then-distant year of 1997 as the time frame of the movie…

What are some movies that you enjoy seeing repeatedly, even while well-familiar with them? They can be like old friends, really…

 

[officerripley]

Contact, 1997, Jodie Foster, 2 hr. 30 min.

 

[officerripley]

The Castle, 1997, Michael Caton 1 hr.25min.:



(Ah, to have grown up in a family like that, what a dream.)

 

[Hackney]

Duel (1971) 1' 35" starring Dennis Weaver

 

[Bob4now]

 

[Gary O']

The Edge

Having lived in bear country most my life
I found it entertaining



Went to pop it in this weekend, then remembered we lent the DVD to a friend

 

[Rosie56]

 

[CallMeKate]

I never get tired of It's a Wonderful Life... oh, and the original version of A Lion in Winter with O'Toole and Hepburn.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Sound of Music... (Almost) any of the Jane Austen adaptations.... Jane Eyre... Miracle (about the 1980 US hockey team olympic win)... Singing in the Rain

 

[Lara]

Midnight in Paris
It was interesting to see so many famous artists
and writers very well portrayed by actors.

• Djuna Barnes
• Luis Buñuel
• Salvador Dalí
• Edgar Degas
• T. S. Eliot
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Zelda Fitzgerald
• Paul Gaugin
• Ernest Hemingway
• Henri Matisse
• Pablo Picasso
• Cole Porter
• Man Ray
• Gertrude Stein

Also Toulouse La Trec and maybe more

Commentary on the movie and Paris in general, with some scenes from the movie.
The narrator keeps mispronouncing "Gil" who is the main character in the movie. It's not Jill, it's Gil (like girl).

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[Murrmurr]

The Green Mile
Hell in the Pacific
Just about anything by Akira Kurosawa (i.e., Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Yojimbo....)
and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Della]

Now Voyager
Double Indemnity
Mildred Pierce
The Shop Around the Corner
Stella Dallas

 

[Pink Biz]

Now Voyager
Double Indemnity
Mildred Pierce
The Shop Around the Corner
Stella Dallas

Love them all!

 

[Pepper]

Used to be able to watch Gone With the Wind and West Side Story and JCSuperstar over and over and over again.

 

[Wayne]

#1 would be the original German Version of Das Boot the 4 hr one...

 

[davey]

has anyone mentioned "Once upon a time in America": yet - always enjoy always confused and always get a different explanation in my head!! and never realized there was a Beatles song in it also!!

 

[Gary O']

has anyone mentioned "Once upon a time in America

Good one
Watched it several times

 

[Rossana]

Forrest Gump
Field of dreams
Dances With Wolves
The Godfather

 

[Trade]

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[Grampa Don]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles

I really go for the serious stuff.

 

[Gary O']

Papillon and Second Hand Lions

 

[Feelslikefar]

Have so many I rewatch, a short list.

Lawrence of Arabia
Amadeus
Network
2001:A Space Odyssey
Dial M for Murder

Left out most the B&W movies I watch on a regular basis; they're the usual suspects.

 

[Pink Biz]

Most Hitchcock films and musicals

 

[RadishRose]

The Godfather
Like Water For Chocolate
Tortilla Soup
What's Cookin'
The Red Violin
To Rome With Love