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119. There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ...

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:47 PM

Jan 12

The time it would take for me to answer you would be prohibitive, because there are lots and lots of movies out there that are just so compulsively watchable. I'm flipping through the channels and there's a scene from one of them and I can't stop watching and end up watching the whole movie for the umpteenth time, no matter how many times I've seen it before. But, there are two recent movies that keep showing up over and over on the movie channels I get on cable, and when they're on, I just can't not watch them. Those are The Martian and Sisu. I read the Andy Weir novel The Martian a couple years before the movie came out. It's a great novel and a great movie. Sisu is kind of preposterous in terms of the kinds of traumas the main character survives; NOBODY could survive being hanged, burned alive, drowned, shot up, or a nose-dive plane crash. But I love movies about bad-ass women and there are a half-dozen of them in Sisu, and they are realistic and believable. Real women in the real world who have those kinds of experiences would very likely react in the same way the women in Sisu do.

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What movie/movies do you never get tired of watching. Mine is the Sound of Music. and Mary Poppins, I know the lines, [View all] debm55 Jan 11 OP

Casablanca! QED Jan 11 #1

Thank you very much, QED debm55 Jan 11 #3

Blues Brothers 👍😁💙💙💙 TommieMommy Jan 11 #2

Thank you very much. TommieMommy. debm55 Jan 11 #7

Yes! SheltieLover Jan 11 #9

"We're on a mission from God" LeftInTX Jan 12 #123

I love The Sound of Music, too, Deb! SheltieLover Jan 11 #4

Thank you SheltieLover. I really love that opening scene. debm55 Jan 11 #11

Maltese Falcon displacedvermoter Jan 11 #5

Thank you very much displacedvermoter., Great choice. debm55 Jan 11 #13

Maltese Falcon, The Godfather l and ll, Casablance, The Young Philadelfphians and... brush Jan 11 #6

Excellent choices, brush. Really great. debm55 Jan 11 #14

Ladybugs & Caddyshack (Dangerfield), Incredibles, Crazy People, SheltieLover Jan 11 #8

Oh you, I take it you love movies. Thank you very much for your excellent choices. debm55 Jan 11 #15

I do, but sadly not many new ones get my attn SheltieLover Jan 11 #20

All Fred & Ginger movies, esp Top Hat SheltieLover Jan 11 #10

Thank you SheltieLover. Love their dancing. I am looking for a place were I can find very old movies--even silents. No debm55 Jan 11 #17

I do, too, Deb. SheltieLover Jan 11 #21

I have quite a few sdfernando Jan 11 #12

Thank you sdfernando. Great choices. debm55 Jan 11 #29

The Sting, Witness for the Prosecution, The Heiress, Cincinnati Kid Raven123 Jan 11 #16

Thank you very much Raven123. Great choices there. debm55 Jan 11 #30

Hunt for Red October, Chocolat, & Erin Brockovich. CrispyQ Jan 11 #18

Thank you very much CrispyQ . A variety of choices there. debm55 Jan 11 #31

Secondhand Lions 4TheArts Jan 11 #19

Thank you very much 4TheArts. debm55 Jan 11 #26

Mad mad mad world is my fave bedazzled Jan 11 #22

I like the old films too. Thank you bedazzled. debm55 Jan 11 #25

I have a couple of favorite movies LogDog75 Jan 11 #23

Thank you very much. LogDog75. Very good selections. debm55 Jan 11 #24

Dr. Strangelove, and Some Like it Hot Walleye Jan 11 #27

Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Jan 11 #36

Yay, Dr. Strangelove! That would be on my list too. Mike 03 Jan 11 #39

A Hard Day's Night Cartoonist Jan 11 #28

Thank you Cartoonist. I agree. Some movies you just can't get enough of. debm55 Jan 11 #33

Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm... buzzycrumbhunger Jan 11 #32

Thank you very much buzzycrumbhunger. Your list is terrific. debm55 Jan 11 #34

I've seen Goodfellas enough times, that I can play it as background noise LeftInTX Jan 12 #124

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Haggard Celine Jan 11 #35

Oh yes, Excellent film. Thank you Haggard Celine. debm55 Jan 11 #37

The Great Race. Turbineguy Jan 11 #38

Thank you very much Turbineguy. debm55 Jan 11 #40

I'll stop and watch tsom if I come across it on the tv. applegrove Jan 11 #41

Thank you very much applegrove. debm55 Jan 11 #45

Heavy Metal. It always makes me feel hopeful. Nt Phoenix61 Jan 11 #42

Thank you very much for your choice. Phoenix61, debm55 Jan 11 #46

Favorite Flicks Squeaky41 Jan 11 #43

Thank you very much Squeaky41, Great selections. I have to admit Everyime Blazing Saddles is on I watch. debm55 Jan 11 #48

Monty Python and the Holy Grail DBoon Jan 11 #44

Thank you very much DBoon debm55 Jan 11 #50

Here's a few: Tarzanrock Jan 11 #47

Wonderful selection of classics. All about Eve I have seen numerous times and Citizen Kane would be in debm55 Jan 11 #49

Galaxy Quest FalloutShelter Jan 11 #51

Thank you very FalloutShelter. debm55 Jan 11 #53

Groundhog Day. Watched it many many times. :) Dave Bowman Jan 11 #52

HAHHAHAHAHA Thank you Dave Bowman. debm55 Jan 11 #54

Haven't seen it in a while, but's it's a real good one. electric_blue68 Jan 12 #92

Local Hero, A League of Their Own, Cat Ballou, Down Periscope, Animal House FuzzyRabbit Jan 11 #55

Thank you FuzzyRabbit.Very good choices. debm55 Jan 11 #66

PeeWee's Big Adventure catbyte Jan 11 #56

No kidding Shambala Jan 11 #64

Thank you Shambala.He was very talented debm55 Jan 11 #68

Thank you very much, catbyte. I really like your other choices too. debm55 Jan 11 #67

The Pink Panther and The Great Race. They are still funny after all these years surfered Jan 11 #57

Thank you surfered, Three great choices you have there. debm55 Jan 11 #69

Love the Pink Panther movies. Just rewatched them recently 😁 TommieMommy Jan 12 #129

Jeremiah Johnson CanonRay Jan 11 #58

Jeremiah Johnson was a great film. Robert Redford was wonderful in it. debm55 Jan 11 #70

The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music woodsprite Jan 11 #59

Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films. debm55 Jan 11 #71

Shaka Zulu, Godfather, Shogun... great for a rainy Sunday. keithbvadu2 Jan 11 #60

Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2. debm55 Jan 11 #72

Midnight In Paris Shambala Jan 11 #61

Thank you Shambala. Midnight in Paris is a great film. I'm happy it opened you up to some great writters and artists. debm55 Jan 11 #73

Dead Poet's Society KitFox Jan 11 #62

Same here. I don't like horror or gross movies. I like your list very much. But they are all well made movies. That is debm55 Jan 11 #74

Murder By Death madamesilverspurs Jan 11 #63

Thank you and I agree. You don't see very many "new" movies on this list. I agree with you for the reasons why. debm55 Jan 11 #75

I love that one, too! Easterncedar Jan 12 #126

Star Wars original trilogy, Sean Connery James Bond films Eugene Jan 11 #65

Thank you Eugene. Wonder films. I can see why you would watch more then once. debm55 Jan 11 #79

So many very nice responses, I am sure that some have mentioned the Wizard of Oz, but just in case... SWBTATTReg Jan 11 #76

Thank you SWBTATTReg It is one of my favorites too. Except for the flying monkeys. Here I am at 69 years and I still debm55 Jan 11 #84

Ha ha heh! It's one of my favorite scenes, always loved the flying monkeys, and of course the scene when the SWBTATTReg Jan 12 #117

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Wizard of Oz Delarage Jan 11 #77

Thank you very much Delarge. Great list--but for Halloween. I have never seen it. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 11 #80

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lunabell Jan 11 #78

I went to a Rocky Horror Picture show where you dress as the characters and throw things at the screen, It was so much debm55 Jan 11 #82

We never dressed up, but occasionally my sis, I, sometimes her then boyfriend, and another friend would go to a movie electric_blue68 Jan 12 #93

One of my best movie memories! buzzycrumbhunger Jan 12 #131

Blazing Saddles Mark.b2 Jan 11 #81

Thank you Mark,b2. There will never be another like it. Watch everytime it is on. debm55 Jan 11 #83

To Kill a Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men (original) LoisB Jan 11 #85

Thank you very much LoisB, I also have them many times. They are classics. debm55 Jan 12 #95

I never understood how Shawshank did not win the Academy Award for best picture that year. LoisB Jan 12 #109

Do you remember who one? I can watch that many times and each time I catch something different. debm55 Jan 12 #110

I think it was Schindler's List which was a great movie. LoisB Jan 12 #112

Schindler's List would have been a hard one to go against. debm55 Jan 12 #114

That's for sure. LoisB Jan 12 #138

Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious... ailsagirl Jan 11 #86

Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director. debm55 Jan 12 #96

Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios.. Permanut Jan 11 #87

Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #97

Mary Poppins is my favorite movie, but followed by Casablanca, Third Man, Salag 17, Sunset Blvd, Holiday ......... marble falls Jan 11 #88

Thank you very much marble falls. You have some excellent choices there. I always watch Salag17 as my late uncle, an Air debm55 Jan 12 #98

Moonstruck TexasBushwhacker Jan 11 #89

I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 Jan 12 #99

"It's a Wonderful Life" - I watch it every year. I never want to miss it and it has to be watched on TV with dai13sy Jan 12 #90

I agree. Thank you very much, dai13sy. Love it. debm55 Jan 12 #100

Lost Boys Figarosmom Jan 12 #91

Agree. Thank you Figarosmom. Casting, direction and music makes a good movie into a great movie. debm55 Jan 12 #102

First: Comedies; Mrs Doubtfire, Dave, and Abbot & Costello; The Time of Their Lives.... electric_blue68 Jan 12 #94

Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68 debm55 Jan 12 #101

Chicago and Phantom of the Opera OLDMDDEM Jan 12 #103

Thank you OLDMDDEM. Two classics. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #104

The Producers (1968) The Wizard Jan 12 #105

Thank you ,The Wizard. Great movie. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #107

Casablanca, A Hard Day's Night, It's a Mad Mad Mad World to name three ... ificandream Jan 12 #106

Thank you very much, Ificandream. George had a dry sense of humor. I miss him. He was my favorite, debm55 Jan 12 #108

The Original West Side Story And National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation......nt global1 Jan 12 #111

Thank you very much. Great choices. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #115

Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Jan 12 #113

Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much. debm55 Jan 12 #116

2001: A Space Odyssey is at the top of my list too. Borogove Jan 12 #135

We had one of those big screen movie theaters a few blocks away... electric_blue68 Jan 12 #136

There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ... Jeebo Jan 12 #119

Thank you Jeebo for your two favorites.Your descriptions are great. I have not seen either but your post ties me in to debm55 Jan 12 #120

Grease is a fun one LeftInTX Jan 12 #121

Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites. debm55 Jan 12 #122

The Great Escape Easterncedar Jan 12 #125

Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices. debm55 Jan 12 #127

This inspired me to watch War and Peace today Easterncedar Jan 12 #139

I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles." Different Drummer Jan 12 #128

Thank you Different Drummer. Me either. debm55 Jan 12 #130

Victor, Victoria, The Big Race, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather, yellowdogintexas Jan 12 #132

Thank you very much for your wounder list, yellowdogintexas debm55 Jan 13 #142

A lot of posters have jogged my memory of more movies LogDog75 Jan 12 #133

Excellent list, thank you LogDog75 debm55 Jan 13 #143

There are so many. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 12 #134

Thank you discntnt_irny_srcsm. debm55 Jan 13 #144

I forgot Alistar Sim's Scrooge, considering over the decades I've watched ?60+ times! 😀 electric_blue68 Jan 12 #137

Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Jan 13 #141

Groundhog Day, Jaws, Terminator 2...the list goes on. subterranean Jan 13 #140

Thank you subterranean. I very much enjoy Hitchcock films too debm55 Jan 13 #145