Movies I watch every time they are on

I just watched " Bringing Up Baby "  for the 212th time, more or less.  I will watch it again the next time I see it listed. 
 
I don't know why, but it's like listening to a favorite song I guess- I just like it.
 
And there are others in that same category----seen 'em, love 'em, can't wait to see 'em again----Am I nuts ?
 
For Instance-----
 
---Anatomy of a Murder--Jimmy Stewart, Arthur O'Connell and what's his name Scott who played Patton
---Mr Robert's----what's this crud about no movie tonight ?
---The Train ---Burt lancaster against Paul Scofield
---The Mission-----DeNiro and jeremy Irons down South America Way
---Casablanca---- Play it again Bogey and Ingrid
---Notorious-------Ingrid again but with Cary Grant of "Bringing Up Baby" fame.
---A Bridge Too Far-----got so/so reviews, but I love it
---Midway-------Love to see the USA win
---Singing in the Rain------Joyful, I'm dancing and singing in the living room.
---Cap't Blood/Dawn Patrol & Robin Hood-----Errol Flynn fighting his way into my heart.
---The Thin Man----I like that high class Park Ave. stuff---Mix me a Martini Nicky
---Out of the Past----made me a Mitchum fan for life
---Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House------and it is still there in Greenwich Ct
---The Great Escape-----one mo'time
---The Clock----Just has great memories for me---Judy and Robert Walker and grand Central
---The Pirate---Gene Kelly at his best, with Judy-----no clock and no Walker though
---She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/The Quiet Man & Red River------John Wayne and the Usual Suspects
 
I have missed others, but if you have gotten this far you're one tough Hombre there Pilgrim !!!!!
 
 
 

I always end up watching;

Bridges of Madison County
Steel Magnolias
The Wedding Singer
Dumb and Dumber
Smokey and the Bandit
Cannonball Run

And I always end up watching all the Christmas movies every year no matter how many times I have seen them.

My other half also always has to watch Duel and The Hitcher everytime they are on.

Some movies you just can't get sick of no matter how hard you try.

Mine are (in no particular order)
 
Planet of the Apes (original)
The Wild Bunch (even the edited TV version is great)
The Sting
Dirty Harry and The Enforcer
Sounder (not shown enough)
Any of the 3 Bill Cosby-Sidney Poitier films, (Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action)
Watermelon Man
First three James Bond with Sean,(Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger)
Shaft (original)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Anatomy of a Murder
Spike Lee's Malcolm X and She's Gotta Have it
Emperor Jones
Claudia  (another under aired flick)
Manchurian Candidate (original)
Ocean's 11 (original)
Godfather 1 and II
Robin & the Seven Hoods (the Tv version is butchered)
Casablanca
Who Killed Roger Rabbit
Fail Safe
Dr Strangeglove
Carmen Jones
 
 
 

One I never miss is
  THE FINAL COUNTDOWN a Time-warp Military thing with Kirk Douglas and David Jansen. The book has a chapter that carries on beyond the end of the movie and explains a lot of the behaviors seen but not explained in the film.

Others I watch over and over
  Midway
 The Wild One
 In Harm's Way
 Vacation
 The Jerk
 L A Story
 Grease
 G I Blues
 not many others get repeat viewing from me.

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World!
Star Wars (First one, before CGI)
All 3x Lord of the Rings
Band of Brothers (all 10x)
Saving Pvt Ryan
Heavy Metal
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 Space Odessy
Alien (first one only)

And though not a movie:
Iron Chef  (Japanese or American)

The ones I watch over & over are a mixed crew:
    Producers (original one only) 
    Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (Real valor)
    The Final Countdown (love the dog)
    Bullet (or anything with Steve McQueen)
    Fearless Vampire Killers (I see something new every time
    Madam X (love a good cry)

Many more, but that's a sample.

Uncle Buck
Red Dawn
Roadhouse
Unleashed (a new addition--it was on Sunday morning)
An Affair to Remember
North by Northwest
Vacation and Christmas Vacation
will think of more, of course

Knew it.  The Shawshank Redemption.

The Blues Brothers

Spartacus
The Informer
It's a Wonderful Life
Goodfellas
Gladiator
The first King Kong
Mr. Lucky
Dirty Rotten Scounderels
Saving Private Ryan
To Hell and Back
Jerimah Johnson
The Bank Dick
The Jerk
Most all Sean Connery movies, same John Wayne, Erroll Flynn, Carey Grant, Edward G Robinson, Gary Cooper, James Cagney...did these guys ever make a bad film?
All Laurel and Hardy
All Our Gang
Many more, my finger is tired of pecking!

My cousin Vinny

Pixar Cars. I have a 4 year old grandson.

My fav. movie is the western The Searchers (1956).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shCxDHRIoSE

Ending scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_lt1YdSu8 

Thank you, Mr. John Ford!

Michael

I see a lot of my favorites here - must add

American Graffiti
Animal House
Mash
Catch 22

When it comes to Sci-Fi, it is definite 2001 (1968), directed by Mr. Stanley Kubrick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...A_Space_Odyssey_(film)

I watched 2001 in the year 1968, for the very first time, as a 12 years young boy, and I was deeply impressed, this movie changed my personal life.

I have seen it for sure more than 300 times, still fascinated, it is a masterpiece, perhaps the best movie ever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0

R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick

Michael

P.S. If you have the chance, to watch 2001 in a cinema, on a wide cinema screen, do it!, you will be speechless...

Rocky Horror Picture Show !

Yes, I know, I'm more than a tad left of center.......but it's hilarious

These aren't the only ones, some of those listed also make my list.

Grosse Point Blank
Unforgiven
Tombstone
The Commitments
That Thing You Do
Groundhog Day (IMO possibly the best film of its era)

There are more, that's all for now.

Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Hot Shots
Naked Gun (all of them)
Caddy Shack
Animal House

....and people call me sophomoric and shallow....

Tumbleweed365


Rocky Horror Picture Show !

Yes, I know, I'm more than a tad left of center.......but it's hilarious

A succulent sin is drifting to forbidden territory.

Upon occasion I watch FOX.

Every morning I turn on the trusty computer and look up TCM---if any of my favorites are on it is a happy day---and Y'all have reminded me of a few good ones I had skipped---

JonJax ---The Sting---great "gotcha" movie how about McQueen as Thomas Crown another "gotcha" great---  and then you added 2 that no one remembers but us------Emperor Jones and Carman Jones (no relation) and then from the sublime to the ridiculous--Robin and his 7 hoods---Put some ice on it-------

War Toad---Spencer, a great comedy actor, and a cast of thousands in Mad Mad World

MBrooks----How could I forget The Producers and Springtime and all those old ladies ??   Hey, are you Mel Brooks ????????? 

Nancy ---I cried with you during An Affair to Remember and

Mine Herr Michael, I slept through 2001 (I woke up in November in time for the 
                             holidays)

MJ Sneddon ---my dear fellow, you won first prize for the most intellectual list

Mosca---I keep seeing Groundhog Day over and over again.  Do you get that same feeling ????????

And Last by far from least-----Chewin'----you found a winner in Mr Lucky--how do you know about that ??? What was the name of the ship ???? Briny marlin, or something -- and always carry a roll of dimes---they might come in handy---
Loved Jeremy Johnson--Redford was great 
and then you went and threw in WC Fields---how could you do that---I have taped everything he ever did including my all time favorite the "Tooth Pulling" episode-------thank you. 
Laurel and Hardy, never heard of them !!!! Are they that new piano delivery team? 

You know what makes 'An Affair to Remember' really great?  Deborah Kerr.  Because I tried the Warren Beatty/Annette Bening remake and it just falls flat.  But between her falling in love with Cary Grant even though you know she knows better and that whole speech at the end--'I was looking up, it was the nearest thing to heaven'--that whole movie is on her tiny back.  She's so good in it you almost forget it's Cary Grant on the other side, and that is not easy to do.

My five year old nephew discovered 'Laurel & Hardy' at his grandparents' this summer and can be heard giggling in his living room at the DVDs.  His mom calls us and holds up the phone so we can listen to him giggle.

Empire Strikes Back
Shawshank Redemption
Maximum Overdrive
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Toxic Avenger
Spaceballs
Aliens
Hellraiser III
Dead Alive

Random Harvest

Singing in the Rain

It Happened One Night

Damned Yankies

Yanikee Doodle Dandy

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Music Man

Nancy----I loved that little Lady who played his mother or grandmother back home in the "old country" she was a love.  And the shawl ----but you are right Deborah was great, but then she always was----from a "hot babe" on an island beach with Burt Lancaster, to a lovely Nun on an island beach with Robert Mitchum---from a English Queen to an Australian Sundowner------

but she never once appeared in a Laurel and Hardy extravaganza--see what a fine mess you've got me in now.

Joe Dirt, Big and the Wedding Singer. I don't even like the Wedding Singer but it sucks me in every time. Might have something to do with the co-star.

Ancient One, Briney Marlin, That's my Darlin, I suppose, that's my nose!
 

I need to add Steven Seagal movies, mindless, but always great azz kicking!

GNeedles
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is also a favorite of mine.  Have you (or anybody) ever seen Legend of Boggy Creek, part two? Hysterical, although I don't think they meant to be..

In my case, there are hundreds of movies that fall into this category. I've seen some of them as many as 25 or 30 times. I'll just list my favorite film in each genre...
 
Crime film: White Heat ( "Top of the world, Ma!!" ) 
Western: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Comedy: Blazing Saddles
Drama: Coal Miner's Daughter
Musical: White Christmas ( the ONLY musical that I care about )
Holiday: Miracle on 34th Street ( the original, of course )
Animated: Sleeping Beauty
Horror: Bride of Frankenstein
American science-fiction: The Day the Earth Stood Still ( again, the original )
Japanese science-fiction: Godzilla, King of the Monsters ( the very first and the very best )
 
I have all of these in my DVD library, along with several hundred others, so I don't have to depend on AMC and the other networks in order to see my favorites.    
 

A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but a couple haven't...
 
Inherit the Wind...Spence as Darrow in the Scopes Monkey Trial
 
A Hard Day's Night...Although it is of a time, it has aged nicely.