What are some of the most rewatchable films you've seen?

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hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 232d (7 replies)

The Fifth Element

Galaxy Quest

Die Hard

Trading Places

Muppet Christmas Carol

Star Wars

The Mummy (Brendan Fraiser, not Tom Cruise)

Edge of Tomorrow

National Treasure

Hunt for Red October

Goldeneye

Back to the Future

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

The Rock

Fast Five

Fellowship of the Ring

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Heat

The Last Starfighter

The Fugitive

Jurassic Park

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Happy Death Day

Rogue One

Hackers

While You Were Sleeping

Terminator 1 & 2 + Dark Fate

Alien

Aliens

John Wick

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

The Bourne Identity

Ip Man

Army of Darkness

Starship Troopers

They Live

Spaceballs

Wargames

It Happened One Night

Princess Bride

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 231d (4 replies)
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Blackmist@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 231d (3 replies)

They should have put Memento on for you.

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 231d (2 replies)
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toeknee@piefed.social · 4 pts · 231d (1 reply)

it's about someone who can't make long term memories. The scenes are put together in basically backwards order and people tend to leave their first viewing confused

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 231d
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Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 231d

Put Shaun of the Dead on this list, and we have a deal

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d

I just rewatched Goldeneye the other day and oh boy did it NOT hold up. I dunno, in my head it was amazing and seeing it again it's all so ever the top in all the wrong ways that this is one movie I won't see again

0ops@piefed.zip · 26 pts · 231d (3 replies)

The matrix

Snatch

A knight's tale

Kingsman

Scott Pilgrim vs the world

Sahara

The big Lebowski

Die hard

O brother, where art thou?

Cenotaph@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Seconding O brother, where art thou? That movie is good every time

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 231d

IIIIIIII am a maaaaaaaan 🎶

THB@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 231d

Came here to say A Knight's Tale 👍

KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 231d

Hot Fuzz. There are so many easter eggs in the movie that you'll still be finding new ones a dozen watches later.

SarahFromOz@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 232d (2 replies)

Pulp Fiction

Terminator 1 & 2

Alien and Aliens

rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social · 11 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Second Pulp Fiction. I had a red vehicle once that I named Fred, and when folks asked why, I said Fred's red baby.

xcutie@linux.community · 1 pts · 230d

Pulp Fiction +1

Arancello@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 231d

Master and Commander: Far Side of the world.

ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 231d (2 replies)
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AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 231d (1 reply)

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a half a tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 231d

Hit it.

falidorn@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 231d (4 replies)

Hot Fuzz

unknown@piefed.social · 3 pts · 231d (3 replies)

All of the Cornetto extended trilogy imo.

Psythik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 231d (2 replies)

Except World's End.

unknown@piefed.social · 1 pts · 230d (1 reply)

Eh, kinda. The actual story is a bit shit till the aliens, and then it ends just as it could've started to get interesting.

I grew up in the towns and countryside World's End was filmed in though, and was big into goth, so basically every location in the film is a place I recognise and the soundtrack and music references always make me smile.

Also "fuck off you big lamp" makes me laugh every time.

Psythik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d

I feel the same way. Except I hated the aliens too. But like you said, right as the movie starts to get interesting, roll credits.

Can't relate at all to the location, unfortunately, because I'm not from England (nor The UK, for that matter). So the scenery didn't really do anything for me.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are absolute masterpieces, however.

VeganBtw@piefed.social · 13 pts · 231d

Palm Springs , because it's an easy watch, it's funny and there is not much to stress out about.

Any of the "Cornetto trilogy" by Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Frost, my favorite being Hot Fuzz . I'd even add Scott Pilgrim. There are so many details, jokes, references and other easter eggs that I just don't tire of watching them.

Finally, one of my all-time favs is Amelie , it awakened my love for cinema, it is beautiful, it has a heartwarming message and there is no real conflict in it.

rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social · 12 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Princess Bride, and I enjoyed watching Ready Player One a few times. Any Month Python movie. Mr Nobody.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d

Tis a silly place

saltesc@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Team America: World Police

Shit just doesn't age.

shittydwarf@piefed.social · 6 pts · 231d

This is a nice limo.
Yes it is. Now suck my cock

karashta@piefed.social · 9 pts · 231d

The Shawshank Redemption

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 8 pts · 231d (2 replies)

"Marathon Man" It was written by the author of "The Princess Bride" and was designed to need rewatching. A minor character in one scene shows up halfway through the story. A casual conversation gives away an entirely new slant on two characters.

"Big Trouble In Little China." I can't believe I'm the first to mention this one. Completely stupid on every level, yet it works perfectly.

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 231d (1 reply)

........is it safe?

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 231d

Spoiler. ::: spoiler spoiler ___When Roy Schieder arrives in Paris he makes a call and tells "Janey" to hurry up to his place. Later, William Devane tells Hoffman his name is Janeway, but people call him 'Janey." :::

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 231d (7 replies)

I used to watch Tombstone (or at least parts of it) every day after school.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

The Abyss

The Thing

Ben-Hur

Spartacus

Taxi Driver

Godfather I and II

Tarkovsky's Stalker

Terminator 2

Alien and Aliens

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 231d (6 replies)

You've got a lot of alien genre movies in here, what else you got? Those are always awesome.

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 231d (5 replies)

Not aliens per se, but Sunshine is great. Awesome ensemble cast headed up by Cillian Murphy on a journey to the sun.

Annihilation is an excellent sci-fi/ cosmic horror centered around our perception of alien "life", and will it even recognize us as life when we meet it. Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac.

The classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Admittedly more notable for Kubrick's filmmaking than the plot, but still a mind-blowingly cool movie.

Enemy Mine for the other end of the spectrum, about a human and an alien learning to work together / overcome their innate xenophobia.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 231d (4 replies)

Definitely into the whole space genres as well, thanks for the recs

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d (3 replies)

No problem! Hope you like them

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 231d (2 replies)

Likewise. If you haven't seen Bugonia, came out last year or maybe early this year, put it on the top of your list. Based on your taste, I'm willing to put it at a 9/10, I thought it was an easy 10

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d (1 reply)

I just watched it last night! I need to watch it again, but I don't know if I liked it as much as Poor Things. The cast was electrifying on screen together, but the end threw me. I almost think it would have worked better as a standard woman against her captors movie. Still loved it, though. 9/10 even with my nitpicking. I love Yorgos Lanthimos' work.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 231d

Dude I did too! I had the opposite reaction, it was an okay movie until the ending, then it was great.

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 231d

TLOTR trilogy. I could watch those til the end of time.

flabbergast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 231d (2 replies)
AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 231d

Ack ack........ack.....ACKACK!

frostysauce@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d

I just watched it Saturday for the first time! It's great.

flabbergast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 231d
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org · 6 pts · 231d

5th element

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 231d

For me -

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
  • Godzilla (1954 & 1956)
  • Gamera (1965)
  • The Lord of the Rings (all three, extended editions)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

And proof that I'm kinda a film nerd (and I had family in journalism)...

  • Citizen Kane (1941)

Oh, and most Star Trek movies.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Glengarry Glen Ross

It's the only movie where I watched it was was like "shit, I could watch it again right away". And I did. And again it was great. After that I rewatched it many times. The acting is just sooooo good it never gets boring. I think Spacey has the weakest performance there and it says a lot if two Academy Award winning actor looks average compared to his castmates.

bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 231d
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Any Denis Villeneuve film.

Psythik@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 231d

Who?

Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 231d

Pulp fiction. I don't watch movies multiple times normally, but pulp fiction I watch yearly. It's the pinnacle of the art.

Bonus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 232d

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P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 231d

Jurassic Park

Avengers: infinite war

THE suicide squad

Mortal Kombat 21

Kung POW!

Homeward bound

The lion king

Toy story

John wick (all of them)

Playdate

Heads of office

A Christmas story

This is the end

The original TMNT movie.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 231d

I used to rewatch "The man who wasn't there" yearly. I'd often desaturate the TV because out works so well in black and white.

basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 231d
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RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 231d

Event Horizon and Scream

karpintero@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 231d (2 replies)

Some good ones in no particular order:

Back to the Future trilogy

Congo

Goldeneye

Dumb and Dumber

Ace Ventura 2

The Fifth Element

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Zoolander

Tropic Thunder

School of Rock

Spirited Away

Your Name

Paprika

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Ace Ventura 2 over 1 huh? Interesting.

Pulptastic@midwest.social · 2 pts · 231d

Chicaga!

Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 231d (3 replies)

The boondock saints (the sequel is shit, ignore that)

AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d (1 reply)

My friends and I watched it so many times in college that we'd have a party whenever one of us hit our 100th time watching it. I think I probably have every line of that movie memorized.

Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 231d

There was a FIRE FIGHT!!

unknown@piefed.social · 2 pts · 231d

The boondock saints

I've been meaning to watch this since it was referenced in Helsing Ultimate Abridged like 15 years ago, glad to hear someone say it's good!

apotheotic@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 231d (3 replies)

Knives Out (any of them honestly)

Most films from Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz & Scott Pilgrim especially)

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions)

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 6 pts · 231d (2 replies)

If you liked 'Knives Out' watch "The Last of Shelia"

The director says that this movie was the original inspiration; it's got twists you'll never see coming.

apotheotic@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Bookmarked, thanks!

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 231d

Try and get some people and make it a party.

It's that kind of movie.

imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 231d

3 Idiots. Maybe tough to find a good dub, but even with subtitles it is so good to rewatch.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d (2 replies)

Being There

Grandma's Boy

Others have added many of the same that I would also, so I'll keep to just these two. They are two of my favorites. One serious/semi-serious, one comedy. There's something special about Being There for me. Maybe it's that I consider myself a simpleton like Peter Seller's character, I don't know. Grandma's Boy, with its theme of video games and weed smoking, is also right up my alley! Too funny!

waggz@programming.dev · 3 pts · 231d (1 reply)

Being There is so great. Hardly anyone I know when I bring it up has even heard of it.

bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 231d
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Mylemmypt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d

V for Vendetta

unknown@piefed.social · 2 pts · 231d

Braid (dir by Mitzi Peirone)

This is probably my favourite film of the last decade, it's beautifully shot, written and directed, and the three lead actresses are fantastic.

Imo Braid is endlessly rewatchable too as it never fully explains what's actually going on, or what is fully real, and with each rewatch you notice new things and kinda start to piece more of the story together.

TheBat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 231d
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ICastFist@programming.dev · 1 pts · 230d

Lord of the Rings

Die Hard

Terminator 2

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d

I know it's not the best movie and probably not a rewatch for most, but I love to watch "stay" (2005) the entire weird ambiance of it and the way it was directed just makes it a yearly rewatch for me

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 230d

The other guys

The good guys

Driver

Back to the future

Grandma's boy

Snatch

Lock stock and two smoking barrels