So..... What Movies Do You Curl Up With?

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  1. Val1

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    Spejic's post got me wondering.... What do movies do you like, just like, perhaps inexplicably, and know that you'll see several more times in your life? Not necessarily your Top 10 Movies, or movies that you can list when you're trying to make a point. But you know, the movies you'll happily play when you're just looking to kill and hour or two....

    My tried and true:
    A League of their Own
    Music and Lyrics
    About a Boy
    (wow, two Hugh Grant Movies... I think I need to bathe)
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Groundhog Day
    Renaissance Man
    Love, Actually
    (Oh god, not a third one....)
    Die Hard
    Princess Bride
    The Full Monty
     
  2. spejic

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    I guess I have a responsibility to post my own list.

    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Down Periscope
    Trading Places
    Groundhog Day
    Constantine
    And, yes, Legally Blonde.

    The first two far more than the others.
     
  3. usscouse

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    Just a couple off the top of my head.

    The man who would be King
    Heaven can Wait
    Butch Cassidy and TSK. ("Just how fast are you Kid?")
    Enchanted April
    Stalag 17

    Hmm I'd have to sit down with pen and paper and turn the memory part of the brain.
     
  4. Walter3000

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    The Great Escape
    Road Warrior
    Stand By Me
    The Warriors
    Young Guns
    Breaking Away
    Bloodsport
    Major League
    Miracle
    Either of the PRefontaine movies
    Lebowski
     
  5. Felixx219

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    When I was younger I use to watch the same movies over and over again but now I usually never watch a movie if I have already seen it. I remember when I got my first DVD player in 1999 and I only had three DVDs and I would watch them over and over again. Now, my DVDs collect dust and I have yet to own a Blu Ray despite having a player for a couple of years. But, I cant really watch a movie I have already seen unless it has been years since I have seen it and dont really remember it. I think Dark Knight is the newest movie I have and it is only because it was a Christmas present. It's weird because good movies I dont really re-watch but light movies like comedies are the things that I stop and watch when they are on TV.

    Shawshank Redemption - probably the only movie I could watch back-to-back days if it were on. But, it is also my favorite movie of all-time.

    Definitely, Maybe - the rom-com with Ryan Reynolds a few years back. Probably the only rom-com that I have actually ever liked because it was unique and the three women in it are stunning. Plus, as much as I hate to admit it, I like Ryan Reynolds. He might play the same character over and over again but he does it well.

    Fried Green Tomatoes - very underrated movie
    Road Trip - one of my all-time favorite comedies
    American Pie
    Boondock Saints
    Boiler Room - not sure why but I have seen this movie like 20 times
    Office Space
    Major League

    I really like the mention of A League of Their Own. I did watch that for the first time in years awhile back.
     
  6. Caesar

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    Casablanca is my go-to curl-up movie. It's just very easy to watch, and I love the dialogue and humour.

    As It Is In Heaven is the other one. Just a great feel-good film.
     
  7. Belgian guy

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    This is an interesting list.

    Raiders of the lost Ark
    Where Eagles dare
    Kelly's Heroes
    Die Hard
    Total Recall
    Pretty much any Spaghetti western

    The most recent inclusion to this list would be Inglorious Basterds.
     
  8. Walter3000

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    You could definitely put any of these on my list just with switching out Recall or Conan.
     
  9. bungadiri

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    Some movies that I'll stick with whenever I happen to run across them, for reasons I haven't bothered to analyze (much), in no particular order:

    Open Range
    Mr. Wonderful
    Beautiful Girls
    Tombstone
    Things We Lost in the Fire
    1941
    Prince of Persia (Why? This one really baffles me (and my wife))
    Stranger Than Fiction
    French Kiss
    A bunch of WW II movies

    Westerns, war and rom coms. If I were to analyze it, I might start with the idea that these are like the movies I watched with my folks on weekend afternoons.
     
  10. Belgian guy

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    I'd include those two in my list as well. The thing with these movies is, I have seen them enough that I can pretty much start watching them at any point of the story without too much trouble.
     
  11. Cool Hand Luke

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    Of course there are plenty, but The Third Man is one I come back to all the time. It succeeds on all facets and is a total joy to watch.
     
  12. Crimen y Castigo

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    Heat
    Ronin


    I can't really turn either of those off if I run across them on cable.
     
  13. spejic

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    I think this thread reveals more about poster's personalities than any other in this forum.
     
  14. Boogie_Down

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    For whatever reason only one film popped into my head and that is Beautiful Girls. I love that movie and can watch it on a loop.
     
  15. Belgian guy

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    Two more for my list:

    Aliens
    Pleasantville
     
  16. riverplate

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    Movies I can & will watch again and again: (in alphabetical order)

    --Aliens (1986)
    --Arabian Nights (1974)
    --Dr. Strangelove (1964)
    --Independence Day (1996)
    --King Kong (1933)
    --Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    --Predator (1987)
    --The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957)
    --The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
    --The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
    --The NeverEnding Story (1984)
    --The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
    --The Thing from Another World (1951)

    And any number of James Bond films.
     
  17. spejic

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    Oh, how could I forget Drumline? Definitely Drumline.
     
  18. Val1

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    Yeah, I noticed almost immediately after the time allowed to edit a post elapsed that I had left off The Apartment and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
     
  19. Belgian guy

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    Oh and any of the early Funès Gendarmes movies. I'd say up until "Le Gendarme en balade." Partly youth sentiment, but they still work, somehow.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvgZUVRh4Bo"]Musique Les Gendarmes de Saint-Tropez - YouTube[/ame]

    And throw in "La folie des grandeurs" and "La Grande Vadrouille" as well.
     
  20. SirManchester

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    Before Sunset/Sunrise
    Inland Empire
    Lost Highway
     
  21. Transparent_Human

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    Movies I can/will watch again?

    Titanic
    Casablanca
    Pirates of the Caribbean
    The Fellowship of the Ring
    Star Wars-A new Hope
    The Boys from County Clare
    Independence Day :D
    Clerks
    The Last Samurai
    Seven Samurai
     
  22. malby

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    What is this? I never heard of it.
     
  23. HouseHead78

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    Movies that when they happen to be on cable, I'm pretty much stuck watching them to the end...

    Rounders
    The Devil Wears Prada (??)
    The Breakfast Club
    Sixteen Candles
    Legally Blonde
    Charlie Wilson's War
    Office Space
    War of The Worlds
    28 Days Later
    Jackie Brown
    Clue
    Pulp Fiction
    Best in Show
    And this is really embarrassing....Half Baked
     
  24. bungadiri

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    Best in Show. That one does it for me too.
     
  25. HouseHead78

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    Christopher Guest humor + dogs = infallible combination...
     

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