I'm starting to build a movie library and am looking for movies with some replay value. I am very open minded about new movies and am wondering what are some movies that have the most replay value for you(even if they are obscure personal favorites).

These the ones I have so far: American Beauty, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowsky, The Bourne Trilogy, Children of Men, Chinatown, City of God, Eternal Sunshine, Fight Club, Hot Fuzz, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Lost in Translation, Memento, Monty Python(all three), Pan’s Labyrinth, Princess Mononoke, Paprika, The Proposition, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, Snatch, Superbad, Spirited Away, Taxi Driver, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the were-rabbit.

I agree with alot of those.

Here are some personal favorites not mentioned:

Psycho.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
L.A. Confidential.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.
Fargo.
Pulp Fiction.
Bride Of Frankenstein (& Frankenstein).
Citizen Kane.
Chicago.
Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, the trilogy).
12 Angry Men.
The Truman Show.
Dr. Strangelove.

I remember watching Little Nicky 10 times in 1 day. For some reason, that movie never gets old to me.

Some more not listed:

Evil Dead Trilogy
Alien
Aliens
Original Star Wars Trilogy
American Movie
Ghostbusters
Adaptation
Kingpin
Goodfellas
12 Monkeys
Blue Velvet

hmmm...I'll think some more and come back

You mentioned Shaun Of The Dead, so how about its superior counterpart Hot Fuzz! I've watched that movie over ten times and I love it every time.

Hot Fuzz is on my list, it has endless replay value. As for some of the other suggestions I forgot and will add are: Fargo, Fear and Loathing, Ghostbusters, Raiders of The Lost Ark (the actress in Temple of Doom vastly diminishes the replay value for me), Star Wars trilogy, and Goodfellas.

And for the movies on my list to watch are : 2001 A Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane, L.A. Confidential, Psycho, Adaptation, Truman Show, and Dr. Strangelove for now.

12 Angry Men is one of those movies i really like but for some reason don't feel like watching more than twice.
I also feel like watching Little Nicky now, I've started it tons of times and never finished because of commercials.

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Originally posted by harrisonOWNSmccartney:
You mentioned Shaun Of The Dead, so how about its superior counterpart Hot Fuzz! I've watched that movie over ten times and I love it every time.

No, no, no. Hot Fuzz is okay, but has little replay value, for me at least, compared to Shaun. Shaun is one of those faithful comedies I can always go back to when I'm with friends and we can't decide what to watch - it is funny throughout the movie whereas I think Hot Fuzz only picks up in the last quarter or so, then relies more on action parody less so than plot to finish it. I see that you added the Star Wars trilogy, which is a good choice. Also, nice to see Children of Men. For some reason I watched that like 5 times last year, whether on an international flight or just because it was on when I walked in the room.

Some of the others mentioned are really only ones I would want to watch once or twice even if they are (rightly) considered to be some of the greatest movies such as Eternal Sunshine, Memento, Fargo, Goodfellas (or any Mafia related movie), and especially '2001'.

Really though I only get significant replay value from Television series, and usually only from comedy ones at that. The Simpsons, the Office, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, King of the Hill...

Funny you bring up tv shows because that is all I had up to now. Mainly Home Movies, The Office, Spaced, The Simpsons, Futurama, and my favorite Arrested Development.
As for the movies I decide what joins the collection once I watch them a second them, because even though I like tons of movies I find myself not wanting to rewatch that many.

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Originally posted by La La Love Pixies:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by harrisonOWNSmccartney:



Some of the others mentioned are really only ones I would want to watch once or twice even if they are (rightly) considered to be some of the greatest movies such as Eternal Sunshine, Memento, Fargo, Goodfellas (or any Mafia related movie), and especially '2001'.


Really though I only get significant replay value from Television series, and usually only from comedy ones at that. The Simpsons, the Office, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, King of the Hill...

I concur. I find sitcoms/TV comedies much more consistently watchable. Meaning that I think I find comedy more enjoyable in 30-minute intervals. Reruns are about the only thing I watch on TV these days (not including LOST and The Office, but that's about it).

I would add I Love Lucy & Everybody Loves Raymond to that list.

Now, back to movies.


I would add:
Casino.
Chinatown.
Alien & Aliens.
Edward Scissorhands.
Young Frankenstein.
The Player.
Jurassic Park (the first only).
Ed Wood.


I can understand anyone who only wants to watch "2001" once or twice, being that it's a bit overwhelming and confusing the first (second, third, heck, even fourth) time around. But there are A few of us who get something new every time we watch a film that's so complex and stimulating.

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I just watched 2001 and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead today. 2001 will join the collection for sure and even though I really enjoyed Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (hot props to Marisa Tomei ) I don't think I will buy it.
I definitely recommend both so check them out if you can.

I can never see Shawshank Redemption enough times. Also a lot of comedies. Dumb and Dumber never gets old.

Annie Hall demands repeat viewings.

Here's a few from me:
Back to the future (trilogy)
Pleasantville
The Matrix (trilogy)
Groundhog's Day
Brokeback Mountain
Contact
Spiderman / X-men (both 1 and 2, NOT 3)
Lord of the Rings (extended triology)
Almost Famous
Man on the Moon

Lets see for me:

The Matrix (1st one only please)
Brick
Chinatown
Hero
ConAir
Face/Off
Seven Samurai
Dead Man

Silence of the Lambs is one that I can never get enough of.

Another you should check out is Primer. This demands repeated viewings simply because it's so difficult to understand. By comparison, Memento seems about as easy to follow as Bambi. Don't be put off, though; it's still really cool.

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Originally posted by Briznow:
Silence of the Lambs is one that I can never get enough of.

Another you should check out is Primer. This demands repeated viewings simply because it's so difficult to understand. By comparison, Memento seems about as easy to follow as Bambi. Don't be put off, though; it's still really cool.

Primer is an excellent movie made on an extremely limited budget...I've watched it 3 or 4 times and I'm still not exactly sure how what happened. Great movie for nerds.

And I love that Rushmore quote.

My most replayed movies-

Dark City
City of Lost Children
Happy Accidents
Milagro-Beanfield War
The Hidden
Twin Peaks-Fire Walk with Me
Donnie Darko
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Unbelievable Truth
To Catch a Thief
No Such Thing
North By Northwest
and all the '30s-'40s Universal monster series films (Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein).

Geez, it's kinda hard for me to come up with a number below 700 because I don't buy a movie unless I'm positive I'm gonna watch it more than once, but I guess I could narrow it down to the ones I watch THE MOST throughout the year :

Beverly Hills Cop
The Big Hit (1998)
The Chase (1994)
Kung Fu Hustle
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Leon the Professional
Batman Begins
Blade
Blade II
Sin City
Menace II Society
Big Trouble in Little China
300
Die Hard Series
Shoot 'Em Up
Back to the Future Trilogy
Jurassic Park
King Kong (2005)
The Princess Bride
The Goonies
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
Aladdin
Finding Nemo
The Fox & the Hound
The Incredibles
The Iron Giant
The Jungle Book (1967)
Lady & the Tramp
The Lion King
Tarzan
Austin Powers Trilogy
Beetlejuice
Better Off Dead
The Big Lebowski
The 'Burbs
Dutch
Four Rooms
Get Shorty
Ghostbusters
The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 & 2
The Golden Child
Happy Gilmore
The Hudsucker Proxy
Napoleon Dynamite
Office Space
Raising Arizona
Super Troopers
Vacation
Out of Sight
Weird Science
What About Bob?
Shaolin Soccer
American Splendor
Men in Black
Innerspace
Mom & Dad Save the World
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Crooklyn
Magnolia
Zero Effect
Jackie Brown
Pulp Fiction
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Brick
Fargo
Lord of War
A Simple Plan
Training Day
A Bronx Tale
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Stand By Me
Pearl Harbor (The attack sequence has lotsa replay value, but that's it.)
Hellboy
Star Wars Saga (gotta have the WHOLE story)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pan's Labyrinth
Spider-Man 2
Grindhouse
The Blob (1988)
Pitch Black
Tremors
An American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
In the Mouth of Madness
Jaws
Shaun of the Dead
Sleepy Hollow
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
The Matrix Trilogy (gotta have the WHOLE story)
Battlefield Earth (It's cavemen flying harrier jets! What's NOT rewatchable about that?!)
Dark City
The Fifth Element
Minority Report
Soldier
Titan A.E.
Independence Day
Payback (1999)
Dolores Claiborne
Fallen
Identity
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
The Usual Suspects
Wolf
Tombstone
Unforgiven

The triologies first. The GodFather, The Matric, Jason Bourne, Rocky and Rambo, Terminator minus the third part.Also in the list are Face-off, Broken Arrow,City of Angels,There is something about Mary,The Mask, Ace-ventura,The Ring and off-course my favorite Scary Movie series.

Holy Crap I was out for a few days (traveling for 4th of july) and now I have more recommendations than I know what to do with. Thank you very much for the suggestions as I assure you they have been noted.

Movies I'm ashamed I forgot: Groundhog Day, Chinatown, When Harry Met Sally, My Cousin Vinny.

Movies added to the very long "to see" list: Damn, just about everything although Primer did get pushed up on the list.