ENDLESSLY WATCHABLE FILMS?

[asimpson2006]

Here are my endlessly watchable films.

1 Scarface
2 Airplane
3 The Godfather
4 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5 Revenge of the Nerds
6 Christmas Story (I could watch this all year around and still enjoy it)
7 American Ninja (As corny as it is, I can watch it forever and not get bored with it)
8 The Terminator
9 Die Hard
10 The Last Dragon
11 UHF

[Scott]

Hear are some that I'd like to add that I find myself stopping a watching when I find them on TV:

The Magnificient Seven
West Side Story
Return Of The Living Dead
The Blues Brothers
Emperor Of The North
Pork Chop Hill
Patton
Battle Of The Bulge

Hey Scott, PATTON was the first film in this entire thread... 
I have to agree with RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, having sat thru the whole thing just the other night for the umpteenth time...

Oooppps. Your right and you have another good one that I like to watch when ever it's on THE THREE MUSKETEERS.

[Patient7]

I forgot about
Lord of the Rings
Terminator
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

still more to come.

[peter johnson]

Because I already agree with a lot of/most of the choices here, I'll try to confine myself to ones I don't see listed --

It's a Wonderful Life -- I own it, but if I'm flipping channels, I'll still watch it at least up to the first block of commercials.

The Seventh Seal -- I just showed it to someone for their first time, and still found myself wrapped up in its exposition.

Fires on The Plain -- Again, something I own.  Not shown that often, but I take it down every now and then and still find it as riveting as the first time I saw it.

Slaughterhouse Five -- The film is definitely more involving than the somewhat spare Vonnegut novel that it's drawn from.

The Good The Bad and The Ugly -- Did nobody else mention this one?  Really?

Frankenstein -- The James Whale 1931 version.  Even after watching it my whole life, if you have this running on a hand-held minature DVD player, you can hypnotize me with it and steal my wallet on a crowded street.

Horror of Dracula -- Peter & Chris/Chris & Peter.  Lurid red colour.  Me like pretty colours . . . me must watch again, and again and . . .

peter johnson/denny crane

[hellbilly]

Boogie Nights (1997)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Purple Rain (1984)
The Last Dragon (1985)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Poltergeist (1982)
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980)

I never get tired of watching those. I actually make it a point to watch Poltergeist at least once a year. Usually around July/August. Still one of the best summer-horror movies ever made in my humble opinion.

[Allhallowsday]

Boogie Nights (1997)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Purple Rain (1984)
The Last Dragon (1985)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Poltergeist (1982)
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980)

I never get tired of watching those. I actually make it a point to watch Poltergeist at least once a year. Usually around July/August. Still one of the best summer-horror movies ever made in my humble opinion.

I always enjoy POLTERGEIST... I like TOBE HOOPER's movies... SILENCE OF THE LAMBS I've looked at many times... OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE ??  Haven't seen that since it was new to VHS... really loved it back then!  

[Oldskool138]

The Wizard of Oz
Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness
Shoot 'Em Up
The Black Hole
The Bride of Frankenstein
Creature from the Black Lagoon

[Mr. DS]

A few off the top of my head...

Jaws
A Christmas Story
Robocop
Forest Gump
Boogie Nights
Harry Potter films
Return Of The Living Dead
Dawn Of The Dead
Total Recall
UHF
Commando
Scarface
Friday The 13th
Fright Night
Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3

and so on...

[Rev. Powell]

The Good The Bad and The Ugly -- Did nobody else mention this one?  Really?

I almost feel like I should surrender my testicles at the nearest Salvation Army donation bin for overlooking the greatest "guy" movie ever made.

[JaseSF]

OK not in order but definite rewatchable faves:

The Maltese Falcon
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Casablanca
A Christmas Carol (1951)
It's A Wonderful Life
Colossus: the Forbin Project
The Wizard of Oz
The Thing From Another World
Jason and the Argonauts
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Honourable Mentions:

A Christmas Story
On the Waterfront
Blade Runner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Halloween
The Shooting (1967)
Nightmare Alley
Rear Window  (1954)
The Odd Couple
Duck Soup

[peter johnson]

Duck Soup!!  Duck Soup!!
Time was, this would pop up on late-night network or Sunday daytime TV all the time & yes, I'd always watch it.
Cable & satellite & the plethora of DVDs have killed some of life's little surprises . . .
peter johnson/denny crane

[Raffine]

IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD

Anytime, anyplace! 

And, naturally, just about any of the 30's-40's Universal horror films.

And the RKO 40's Val Lewton films (CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, etc.).

And any Ray Harryhausen film.

[Allhallowsday]

IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD Anytime, anyplace! 

I need to look at that faithfully; I just watched part of it again just a few weeks ago, but haven't sat all the way thru it in... well, a long time. 

And, naturally, just about any of the 30's-40's Universal horror films.
And the RKO 40's Val Lewton films (CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, etc.).

Some of my favorite films are Universal Horrors, particularly BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SON OF, when they start to get hokey, I love them, but don't find them endlessly watchable...    CAT PEOPLE gets to me after awhile, I should add it to my WHO FREAKS YOU OUT? thread.  On the other hand, CURSE is a charmingly gentle ghost story, not quite sad, but haunting... I always look at that when it's on (TCM, frequently).

And any Ray Harryhausen film.

Call me Iron Eyes Cody, 'cause HARRYHAUSEN is a magnet!! 

[AndyC]

My list would include, in no particular order:

The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Blazing Saddles
Strange Brew
It's a Wonderful Life
Smokey and the Bandit
The Longest Yard
The Running Man
The Terminator
The Star Wars Trilogy (original)
The Shining
Unforgiven
Raiders of the Lost Ark

[kganymede]

OK.  Hem.  This is tough.

1.  The Color Purple
2.  Schindler's List
3.  Baraka
4.  The Bad Seed
5.  Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
6.  The Sound of Music
7.  Short Bus
8.  Beaches
9.  The Long Ships
10.  Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang

Bear in mind, these are NOT the ten best movies imho.  I just think they're then ten that I'd stop to watch and call the office and say I'd be two hours late, if it came on the telly.