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For me, it’s either the Matrix or Pulp Fiction. I have seen both a lot of times but certainly not more often than say a dozen times.

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[–] Trd@lemmy.wtf 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just endlessly quotable, on top of being an absolute delight to watch! I still sneak in a few phrases from the movie in daily life, such as "negative, I am a meat popsicle" and "Aziz, light!"

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Supergreen.

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can’t not rewatch Hot Fuzz whenever it’s on telly

[–] fearout@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 8 points 1 year ago

Hot Fuzz is my answer too, but never on the telly. I saw it several times in the theater and bought the dvd immediately upon release.

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[–] HolyHell@lemmy.fmhy.ml 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] vita_man@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"You've got red on you."

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[–] itspcp@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You're all wrong. It's Groundhog Day.

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[–] Chozo@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Princess Bride is definitely up there for me. I don't usually rewatch movies, but this is one that I'll always be glad to sit through again and again.

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[–] Screak42@infosec.pub 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Without a doubt "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

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[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Somehow I stopped watching movies a few years ago, which kind of annoys me but we can't find time that much for a long movie. Of course binge watching TV series is another thing...

For me, the three rewatchables were:

  • Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon - If you're into cinematography and ultra techy perfection, this is the movie. And the main character is such an asshole.
  • Celine Sciamma: Portrait of a Lady on Fire - This beautiful piece hits hard. Celine has an eye for women, and the story how the ladies take care of their own business since the beginning of time is really captivating.
  • Pedro AlmodΓ³var: All About My Mother - A queer classic. I really like the old AlmodΓ³var telenovelas on acid, but this mid-career masterpiece has everything: the cinematography, the crazy characters and the melodrama.
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Back to the Future. It has been my "watch when I'm sick at home" go-to since I was 12.

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peter Jackson's lord of the rings trilogy extended edition. I bought a 4k tv and bluray player just for the 4k release last summer I think it was. (not the shitty hobbit)

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[–] nilaus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago

Literally Groundhog Day, it's one of my favourites and about 20 years ago I started a tradition of always watching it every Feb 2nd, and so I've watched it 20 times plus maybe half a dozen times before then.

[–] AES@lemmy.ronsmans.eu 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Matrix and Terminator 1 and 2

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[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Interstellar. I watched it like 4 times.

[–] pootedesu@latte.isnot.coffee 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hackers and Grosse Pointe Blank. Watched it almost every night to go to bed for years on VHS.

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[–] mikazuki@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The original Star Wars trilogy on VHS

[–] makuus@pawb.social 11 points 1 year ago

Clue got me through many a programming project.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 1 year ago

I watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on VHS so much, it wore out the tape.

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 10 points 1 year ago

Possibly the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Dunno exactly how many times I've watched, but it's close to 10. It's such an iconic movie, with excellent scenarios, acting, and so revolutionary at the time.
I've watched some older Pixar movies (from their golden age imo) a bunch of times, like Monsters Inc and Nemo, as well as the masterpiece Shrek 2 from DreamWorks.

[–] Lolors17@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Interstellar

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

On Facebook I collect posts like this as a demonstration of how seemingly harmless questions are the answers to security questions. This one is basically code for "What is your favorite movie."

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Over my entire life, Spaceballs.

It's my comfort movie. I saw it when it came out on VHS back in the day, and it just killed me. Still does, particularly Candy's bits. I fucking miss that guy.

As an adult, as lame as it may seem, it's a tie between the first Avengers movie and Fight Club.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SweetSitty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's amazing, I have the same combination for my luggage!

[–] Splosion@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Twister The Thing Clueless Lost In Translation Jurassic Park The Edge You’ve Got Mail The Trip Galaxy Quest Scott Pilgrim The Truman Show 28 Days A Fish Called Wanda True Lies Sphere any Alien movie Practical Magic Amelie Best In Show The Shining Gone Girl Kiki’s Delivery Service The Ninth Gate Sideways Cold Comfort Farm Napoleon Dynamite Starship Troopers Contagion The Mummy Die Hard With A Vengeance Entrapment Midnight In Paris The Fifth Element Zoolander

They’re not all β€œgood” movies, but something keeps me coming back.

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[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

The Martin Freeman hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, easily. I watch that every year on my birthday

[–] meathorse@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Not a movie but Band of Brothers is on top of the annual revisit list for the past 15 years

Closely followed by 5th Element & Starship Troopers

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The Thing,

Naked Lunch,

Evil Dead 1 & 2,

The Big Lebowski,

Videodrome,

Alien,

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,

For a Few Dollars More,

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,

Lost Highway & Mulholland Drive,

The Fountain, Pi, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Princess Mononoke, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Big Trouble in Little China, The Wicker Man (the og)

And I probably watched Donnie Darko and Ichi the Killer enough times as a teen that they both reach the top

God I watch a lot of movies still.

e:typo, not Donnie Dario

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[–] Emu@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I don't rewatch movies often, but in order of most rewatched: Gattaca, Sicario, Drive, Pulp fiction, Hamilton, Les Mis, China Town, 21/22 jump street, other guys, step brothers, the nice guy, the princess bride..

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Home alone and or die hard, We watch them every Christmas.

How to train your dragon and Scott Pilgrim VS the world. The first was a great date movie with incredible score and the second I just love that film so much and wanted to show everyone I knew who hadn't watched it.

[–] zdrvr@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hot Rod. I have seen it at least 25 times....Cool Beans

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[–] UdeRecife@lemmy.sdfeu.org 7 points 1 year ago

Howl's Moving Castle. I had an obsession with it at the time.

[–] Lorela@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Mean Girls - this is my absolute comfort movie. Elf is mandatory watch every Christmas and I never get bored of it.

Movies I'll always sit down and watch if I see them on TV that I've not seen mentioned yet:

  • Breakfast Club
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Time Bandits
  • 12 Monkeys
  • Muppet Treasure Island
[–] niktemadur@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You know... I've never really thought about it that way, but my three favorites may be the same most watched.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Empire Strikes Back
Miller's Crossing

Sometimes I'll watch Miller's Crossing with English subtitles/captions, just to take in all that insane and masterful dialogue, it truly is as if William Shakespeare had written a 1920s mob tragicomedy.

You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin'. So take your flunky and dangle!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Just Because I didn't see it mentioned:

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Tombstone

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By my own accord? Probably Back to the Future 2/3, or Serenity. But my partner and step-son spent 6 months last year watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy over and over again, so those are the ones I've probably actually seen the most number of times.

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[–] 0xd4n@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Friday the 13th the new blood, V for vendetta and hackers.

[–] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Boondock Saints or The Matrix for me, both way over a dozen times.

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[–] obi_one@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The Shawshank Redemption

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