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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Just cause these haven't been called out by the top comments-

True Lies

The Hunt for Red October

The Departed

Godfather 1 & 2

Rogue One

The Fifth Element

Dune 1 & 2

The Princess Bride

Star Wars 1-6

Anchorman

Big Fish

Most of mine have already been mentioned, but the biggie that hasn't is: the Back to the Future trilogy.

Not only are there lots of little details you probably don't catch on the first viewing, I'm surprised they don't make more millennial-and-older users' lists just from them being often the best thing on TV, in the ancient times before streaming.

Top secret, Back to the future, Star Wars (IV,V and VI), Godfather (all three), LOTR (all three), Goodfellas,

Midnight Run - it's just a perfect movie, not one frame is superfluous in this movie

The Thing - yearly re-watch

Spirited Away - yearly re-watch (always accompanied by other Miyazaki movies)

Smiley Face - one of the few movies that make me smile, Anna Faris is the cutest thing ever

Alien - I watched it secretly as a kid while everybody was asleep at home, and watched it who knows how many times since. It didn't scare me, it kindled my love for sci-fi.

My go to comfort movies are:
Sneakers
Hackers
The Italian Job (2003)
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)\

Note: I didn’t say “Best” or “Favorite” but these are infinitely rewatchable for me with any level of attention paid to them.

Lucky Number Slevin is likely my most watched movie.

Kung Fu Hustle I’ve seen countless times.

Big Trouble in Little China. Its my comfort-film.

I watch Groundhog Day at least twice a year.

Dredd (2012). Excellent film, stellar performances from Karl Urban and Lena Headey. Alex Garland writing goodness before he started directing.

On the topic of Alex Garland, I've also researched Civil War (2024) three times. I love how both movies are so tight, not a scene or moment wasted.

Baby driver ! Love it.

Mulan, many times, same with toy story, all the pooh movies, up, over the hedge, soo many like that

Almost heroes is a must watch. About hurt myself laughing at it. Same with both ace Ventura's.

Evil Dead 2

Dr Strangelove

I watched Blade Runner many times, and I still think its crap. Although I like what it is trying to say.

Monty Python movies. All of them.

Spinal Tap

Fritz the Cat

Return of the Living Dead

So many more if I think about it.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Glen Close and John Malcovich. I used to be able to quote the entire script by heart.

• The Goonies
• Romancing the Stone
• Star Wars
• Bloodsport
• Idiocracy
• Moving
• The Money Pit
• Forest Gump

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.

Wow my list would be equally as large as some of the other people which have replied so I’m just going to list the ones I have seen the most -

1. Blade Runner
2. The Duelists
3. Alien

…..and many many more :)

• Office space
• Fight club
• Robocop
• Blues brothers
• Home alone
• Elf
• A Christmas Story
• Die Hard
• Willow
• Star wars (all of them)
• Star Trek (most of them)
• Tremors
• Terminator 2
• John Wick
• Predator
• The equalizer
• Cable Guy

Honorable mention: the countless movies with Paul rudd that played on Saturdays on comedy central

• Outlander (2008)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Escape from New York (1981)

These and a few other similar 'epic' movies were my go to lullaby movies for decades.

I'd put them on late and fall asleep to them, but I'd also watch them through sometimes too. And I still throw them on sometimes, just for kicks.

District b13, the transporter, fast and the furious 1, 2, and Tokyo drift, nation Lampoon's Christmas vacation, the big Lebowski, 28 days later, resident evil, probably others.

Too many to count, and more than I even remember.

I went without internet in an area not friendly to children being outside, so I watched movies in no particular order over and over. Just "yeah I haven't watched this in a few weeks" and re-watch.

Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Monty Python (all), Princess Bride, MIB, Evolution, Terminator 1&2, Starship Trooper... Honestly most popular Sci fi movies from the 90s... The sound of music, fiddler on the roof, a bunch of musicals..

I'm sure I watched the classic disney movies many times.

I know people who buy watch a movie and then don't feel like watching any of them ever again.

• Judge Dred (the new one)
• Blade Runner 2049
• Ready Player One
• LOTR

I watch these films multiple times a year

Die hard. It's not a "treasure movie", but a "christmas tradition"

Bad Santa is my christmas movie. I regret watching Bad Santa 2 once.

Most definitely Big Fish. Every time I swear I won't cry; every time I end up sobbing. With snot.
It just hits too close to home. I even had to trigger-warn my 55-year-old dad, to whose home it hits even closer.

Ronin. Back when TV was a thing, if that shit came on, we did not change the channel until it was done. GOD what a fantastic film that is.

My go to movies when I need to throw something on:

• The Martian
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Aliens

3 Idiots for sure

I am very old. Not sure if this will help or not. I will try to skip the obvious stuff.

Phantom of the Paradise 

Devine (warning very weird and sexual)

Time Bandits

Weird Science

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

the three lotr, its a wonderful life, miracle on 34th street all versions, the orginal star wars trilogy, star trek one and two and four, ladyhawke, up, princess bride, close encounters of the third kind, alien, aliens, forbidden planet, raiders of the lost ark, rocky horror picture show, charlie brown specials, grinch who stole chrismass cartoons, frosty cartoons, the blues brothers, original dune movie, all the monty pythons I know of (grail, brian, yellowbeard, meaning of life), time bandits, spaceballs, terminator 1 and 2, yellow submarine, airplane1+2, top secret. Maybe it should be limited to post 2000. Thing is when you go back there are things broadcast every year or when they were broadcast you made it a point to catch it then in the age of video cassetes if you did not find anything you felt like that week for the weekend you maybe picked up something you liked or you had a friend who had not seen it or something. Not as much came out every year and in addition as more comes out the total pool is way larger. so it is harder to rewatch things. Like I think I have only watch the harry potters twice but drop them into the 90's and im sure they would have been a regular pickup or i would have owned them. That being said there are some older movies that are just classics to and there is a reason you went out of your way to catch it broadcast.

Catch Me If You Can

Being There (1979)

True Stories (1986)

Waking Life (2001)

I'm old, so tons of them... mainly SF, fantasy, etc. all the LOTR (extended), Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, BTTF, etc. Dances With Wolves (the extended version)

a good trilogy too: Once upon a time in the West, Duck, You Sucker!, Once upon a time in America.

Seriously tons of movies from 2000 and less. Also dozens and dozens of French movies (native language) I have watched multiple times.

I never watched a MCU movie for instance. Since LOTR trilogy I basically stopped watching new movies, nothing beats them.

There was a time I’d watch V for Vendetta every November 5th, but that’s fallen off in recent years. Still a great movie; it’s one of those few films I think is better than the source material. I have also probably seen Billy Madison 500 times. There are a ton more I could list but those are jumping out in my head

Three times that's it? There's so many I couldn't even begin to list them all.

There’s plenty of movies that I like to rewatch, and most have been mentioned here already.

But the first movie I remember rewatching over and over again when I was little, was Labyrinth.
Funny enough I haven’t seen it in more than thirty years. It’s mostly nostalgia vibes by now, but I remember being in love with that movie back then.

Tremors 1, 2 or 3. Don't bother with 4+ its all straight to DVD nonsense.

Redline (2009) probably the best animated movie of all time (studio ghibli people i will fite u)

Idiocracy is very funny in a not very funny kind of way

Elemental was a fantastic Pixar IP that looks like its going to get some fascinating world building in a sequel

The Matrix

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

Waynes World.. its my guilty pleasure

Fifth Element Serenity (Firefly) Goonies Dune Cabin in the Woods Megamind Tropical Thunder Super Troopers Transformers the Movie (1986) A Christmas Story

• Whiplash
• The Princess Bride
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Rogue One
• Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions) <— annual tradition for me