Friday, February 7, 2014

List of Rewatchable Movies


What follows is a non-exhaustive list (in no particular order) of movies I’ve watched many times over. I believe they have excellent rewatchability. Many I would not like to view again: satiety has been reached. Note: They are not necessarily the best movies ever made.

Excellent rewatchability with distinction:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Party (1968)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Groundhog Day (1993)

Excellent rewatchability:
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Octopussy (1983)
Excalibur (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indian Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Trek: the Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Superman (1978)
Superman II (1980)
Superman III (1983)
Rat Race (2001)
The Eagle (2011)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Robin Hood (1973)
Supergirl (1984)
Babe (1995)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1979)
The Crow (1994)
Highlander (1986)
“Crocodile” Dundee (1986)
Time Bandits (1981)
Life of Brian (1979)
The Abyss (1989)
Borat (2006)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Addams Family (1991)
The Addams Family: Family Values (1993)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Shrek (2001)
Shrek II (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Patriot (2000)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Life Stinks (1991)
Spaceballs (1987)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gentlemen Broncos (2010)
Waterworld (1995)
The Postman (1997)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Tangled (2010)
The Lion King (1994)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
The Naked Gun 2.5: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Liar Liar (1997)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Mystery Men (1999)
Zoolander (2001)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Annie Hall (1977)
Sleeper (1973)
Independence Day (1996)
Evolution (2001)
Mars Attacks (1996)
The Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story II (1997)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Armageddon (1998)
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Signs (2002)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Starman (1984)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Braveheart (1995)
The Neverending Story (1984)
Logan’s Run (1976) 
Soylent Green (1973)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Aladdin (1992)
The Jungle Book (1967)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Dirty Harry (1971)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
High Plains Drifter (1972)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Pale Rider (1985)
Unforgiven (1992)
Space Cowboys (2000)
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix: Reloaded (2003)
Antz (1998)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Stargate (1994)
Speed (1994)
Forbidden Planet (1951)
Willow (1988)
Grease (1978)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Joe vs. the Volcano (1990)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Dragonheart (1996)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
The Time Machine (1960)
Robocop (1987)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010 (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Mummy (1998)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Hellboy (2004)
300 (2006)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
The Terminator (1984)
Terminator II: Judgment Day (1991)
Predator (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
True Lies (1994)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
War Games (1983)
Godzilla (1998)
Glory (1989)
Ladyhawke (1985)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Look Who’s Talking (1989)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
The Truman Show ((1998)
A Few Good Men (1992)
The Firm (1993)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Incredibles (2004)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Mulan (1998)
The Golden Child (1986)
Holy Man (1998)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Father of the Bride (1991)
Father of the Bride II (1995)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Roxanne (1987)
All of Me (1984)
Housesitter (1992) 
The Three Musketeers (1993) 
Con Air (1997)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Coneheads (1993)
South Pacific (1958)
Spy Hard (1996)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Rob Roy (1995)
Titan A.E. (2000)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Patriot Games (1992)
Airforce One (1997)
Frantic (1988)
The Fugitive (1993)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Witness (1985)
Face/ Off (1997)
The Family Man (2000)
Meet the Parents (2000)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Moonstruck (1987)
National Treasure (2004)
Ed Wood (1994)
U-571 (2000)
Ghost (1990)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
North by Northwest (1959)
Airplane! (1980)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Along came a Spider (2001)
Rocky (1976)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
National Lampoon’s: Vacation (1983)
Bedazzled (2000)
Runaway Jury (2003)
Cocoon (1985)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Phenomenon (1996)
Troy (2004)
Gladiator (2000)
Akira (1988)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Tron (1982)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Scrooged (1988)
Flubber (1997)
King Arthur (2004)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
King Kong (2005)
Barb Wire (1996)
Barbarella (1968)
A Knight’s Tale (2001)
Titanic (1997)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Addicted to Love (1997)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
The ‘Burbs (1989)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Burn after Reading (2008)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Notting Hill (1999)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Primal Fear (1996)
First Knight (1995)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Austin Powers: Goldmember (2002)
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Hook (1991)
Forest Gump (1994)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Evan Almighty (2007)
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
It Could Happen To You (1994)
Three Wishes (1995)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Flatliners (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Ice Age (2002)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Tombstone (1993)
Breakdown (1997)
Soldier (1998)
John Carpenter’s: Escape from L.A. (1996)
The Lake House (2006)
The Net (1995)
Hope Floats (1998)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Time Machine (2002)
Innerspace (1987)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Along Came Polly (2004)
Disney’s The Kid (2000)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Bewitched (2005)
Land of the Lost (2009)
Envy (2004)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Next of Kin (1989)
Kate and Leopold (2001)
Top Gun (1986)
10,000 B.C. (2008)
2012 (2009)
Eight Legged Freaks (2007)
The Santa Clause (1994)
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Zoom (2006)
Sky High (2005)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Tremors (1990)
Donnie Darko (2001)
What Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) 
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Big Fish (2003)
Big (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Goonies (1985)
Batman (1989)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Jaws (1975) 
Always (1989)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Quick Change (1990) 
Splash (1984)
My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
The Man Who Knew too Little (1997)
Tootsie (1982)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Fantasia (1940)
Serenity (2005)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Brazil (1985)
Children of Men (2006)
We're No Angels (1989)
G.I. Jane (1997)
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
The Seventh Sign (1988)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Training Day (2001)
John Q (2002)
Man on Fire (2004)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Ruthless People (1986)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Big Business (1987)
Hello Again (1987)
Matilda (1996)
Twins (1988)
Wise Guys (1986)
Hercules (1997)
Junior (1994)
The Witches (1990)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Blood Work (2002)
Absolute Power (1997)
True Crime (1999)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Ralph Bakshi's Wizards (1977)
Fire and Ice (1983)
Cool World (1992)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Three Amigos (1986)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
To Be or Not to Be  (1983)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Wild at Heart (1990)
City of Angels (1998)
Wilder Napalm (1993)
Wings of Desire (1987)
America's Sweethearts (2001)
Parenthood (1989)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Balls of Fury (2007)
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Casino (1995)
Analyze This (1999)
Kill Bill: Volume I (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume II (2004)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
K-PAX (2001)
Arlington Road (1999)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Stuart Little (1999)
The Secret of My Success (1987)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
The Hard Way (1991)
Life with Mikey (1993)
Wolf (1994)
Dracula (1973)
Cops and Robbersons (1994)
Fletch (1985)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Metropolis (1927)
Betsy’s Wedding (1990)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
High Road to China (1983)
Robocop II (1990)
Robocop III (1993)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
My Blue Heaven (1990)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
The Apartment Complex (TV movie 1999)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Legionnaire (1998)
March or Die (1977)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Hulk (2003)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man II (2004)
Spider-Man III (2007)
Bean (1997)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Thor (2011)
The Pink Panther (1963)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Fly (1986)
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
The Black Hole (1979)
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
Munich (2005)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Unbreakable (2000)
The Blue Iguana (1988)
Dragonslayer (1981)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Legend (1985)
A Simple Wish (1997)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
Patch Adams (1998)
The Fisher King (1991)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Night on Earth (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Cast Away (2000)
King Kong (1933)
The Great Dictator (1940)
City Lights (1931)
The Kid (1921)
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
Leprechaun (1993)
The French Connection (1971)
Private Benjamin (1980)
The Graduate (1967)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
The Sting (1973)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
The Last Castle (2001)
Brubaker (1980)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Timeline (2003)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
On the Waterfront (1954)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Flintstones (1994)
Prizzi's Honor (1985) 
Popeye (1980)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Mercury Rising (1998)
Birthday Girl (2002)
Heart and Souls (1993)
The Trigger Effect (1996)
The New World (2005)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (2004)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Single White Female (1992)
Thunderbirds (2004)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
A Man Called Horse (1970)
The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
Red Sun (1971)
Far and Away (1992)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Magnolia (1999)
Minority Report (2002)
Knight and Day (2010)
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Head Above Water (1996)
Stardust (2007)
Peter Pan (2003)
Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997)
Photographing Fairies (1997) 
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Alexander (2004)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Lost Horizon (1973)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Cleopatra (1963)
Murder by Death (1976)
The Odyssey (1997)
Star Trek (2009)
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Tank Girl (1995)
Batteries Not Included (1987)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
High Noon (1952)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Leap of faith (1992)
Gran Torino (2008)
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
El Cid (1961)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Camelot (1967)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Becket (1964) 
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Lost in Space (1998)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Amadeus (1984)
Multiplicity (1996)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Saturn 3 (1980)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Blast from the Past (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000) 
City Slickers (1991)
Double Jeopardy (1999) 
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Kick-Ass (2010)

Down Periscope (1996)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
The Mask (1994)
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Firefox (1982)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
One Million Years B.C.  (1966)
Watership Down (1978)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie 2000)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (TV movie 1988)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Arabian Nights (TV movie 2000)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Untouchables (1987)
Entrapment (1999)
The Rock (1996)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Dead Calm (1989)
Hitch (2005)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
A Perfect World (1993)
Chain Reaction (1996)
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)
Anaconda (1997)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Beethoven  (1992)
Hard to Kill (1990)
The Contractor (2007)
Blade (1998)
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Click (2006)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Hero (2002)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
Spirited Away (2001)
True Legend (2010) 
Trading Places (1983)
Point Break (1991) 
Caveman (1981)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
 
Note: Looking at the list I see that there are some movies that have merely good rewatch and very good rewatch, not just excellent rewatch. I am loathe to remove anything from the list though.






















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