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[–] Canopyflyer 2 points 1 day ago

All of these movies my family sits down and watches at least once a year:

Harry Potter series.. All of them.

LoTR/ Hobbit.. All of them.

Paul

Strictly Ballroom

Princess Bride

Music Man 1962 version

Court Jester 1955 with Danny Kaye

[–] HelluvaKick 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have seen Kung Pow: Enter the Fist over a hundred times easily

[–] Timishue 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] BeMoreCareful 16 points 6 days ago

Monty Python and the Holy Grail or The Fifth Element.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Matrix. No other movie is even close

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[–] irotsoma 15 points 6 days ago

Monty Python's The Holy Grail

[–] tankplanker 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I have a few that will be very close as I decided a bit over a decade ago to limit myself to one rewatch a year of each to stop myself sucking all the joy out of them:

  • Alien - my favorite survival horror

  • Aliens - my favorite Nam movie

  • Jaws - my favorite version of Moby Dick, although I really like Godzilla Minus One take on Jaws

  • Jurassic Park - best big stompy monster film for me

  • Lord of the Rings - this is always over Christmas. Its not faithful enough for me to the books but it still manages to be an outstanding Trilogy.

  • Emperors New Groove - favorite body swap film

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Kung Fury. It's a short film, so maybe that's cheating. Regardless, I love the writing. It's the perfect blend of absurdity and over the top action. It's a Swedish made film that's a satire of 80's cop and Kung fu movies. Free to watch on YouTube.

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[–] zer0bitz 8 points 6 days ago

I think Lotr movies.

[–] eightpix 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

As a child: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

As a university student: Heat, Léon, 2001

As an adult, before kids: Sicario, Brick

As an adult, after kids: Cars

What I wish my answer was: Koyaanisqatsi

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter 12 points 6 days ago

It's been a while... but the most I have watched is The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Still know all the songs by heart :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Spirited away... Something about the first opening notes of the piano when that movie starts always moves me and fills me with such warm feelings.

Honestly most studio Ghibli movies I've watched a lot... But man... Spirited away does something to me.

[–] billwashere 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Strangely enough Shawshank Redemption

[–] rsuri 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TNT used to be a non-stop Shawshank Redemption loop.

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[–] jpreston2005 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  • Princess Bride
  • Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Lord of the Rings
  • The Beauty and the Beast
  • The Sword in the Stone
  • Dumb and Dumber
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Nightmare Before Christmas
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

The Shawshank Redemption.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 6 points 6 days ago

The Life Aquatic. I just absolutely adore the sad, disappointed and fragile characters. Fuckin hilarious!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

The Star Wars OT. Probably ROTJ specifically. That was like an every weekend thing when I was a kid.

[–] Acamon 3 points 5 days ago

For a while, it was weirdly "Long Kiss Goodnight". It was getting heavy rotation on TV during my high-school exams, and improbaly watched it 15 times over the few weeks I was meant to be studying.

But now, probably LOTR extended edition, which I've seen every year since it came out, at my friend's annual birthday celebrations.

[–] CaptainBlagbird 1 points 4 days ago

The LotR Extended trilogy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Contact or Big Trouble In Little China. Love those movies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago
[–] HurlingDurling 7 points 6 days ago
  • grammas boy
  • back to the future (all of them)
  • Ace ventura
  • the mask
  • good will hunting
  • Beetlejuice
  • hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Joe Versus The Volcano (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/) is my all time re-watch movie. So many themes, great cinematography, and very mythic.

If you've never seen it, your in for a treat!

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[–] hactar42 3 points 5 days ago

Same. Growing up anytime I saw it on TV (which was often on TBS in the 90s) I watched it. I got my first DVD player in 2000 and that was one of the first DVDs I bought. I've watched it at least twice a year since then. So chances are I've seen it close to 100 times.

[–] Allonzee 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] lepinkainen 2 points 5 days ago

And the Lobby scene 10 times more than the movie 😅

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[–] vaxhax 5 points 6 days ago

FIRE WALK WITH ME

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

D0gma

Pump up the Volume

Groundhogs Day

Weird

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Interesting you got the title of Groundhog Day wrong if you watched it so much.

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[–] pdxfed 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  • Liar, Liar
  • Office Space
  • Happy Gilmore
  • The Fifth Element
  • Ace Ventura 2
  • Nat. Lampoons Christmas Vacation
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  • The Big Lebowski
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Seven/ Se7en I know most of it's dialogue by heart. Went to see it at the theater when it premiered and stayed to watch it three more times, it blew my mind! I had never seen anything like it. It is my favorite movie of all time.

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[–] RBWells 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Not sure but these are on repeat at my house:

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Hot Fuzz

Into the Spiderverse

Pride and Prejudice, the one with Keira Knightly

So one of them but not sure which.

[–] didntbuyasquirrel 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  • Shawshank
  • The Great Escape
  • Beyond the Clouds
  • Groundhog Day
[–] Snapz 5 points 6 days ago

That thing you do and Empire records

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's probably Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead or Wayne's World those were on replay for much of my childhood into my teens.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

has to be old bud spencer and terrence hill movies, pretty popular in germany. I know there is a couple of them, but they are all pretty much the same anyway. ;-)

[–] MattTheProgrammer 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Jurassic Park and it isn't even close

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[–] InverseParallax 2 points 5 days ago

Is it though?

[–] steeznson 1 points 4 days ago

There's a dumb Italian Horror movie called Del Amore d'ella Muerte (Cemetary Man in English speaking territories) that I absolutely love. It was made in the 90s and stars Rupert Everrit as a graveyard keeper who fights a zombie invasion with his mute assistant.

Hard to explain but the universe they create is very comfy where he's drinking red wine and shooting zombies.

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