What movie/movies do you never get tired of watching. Mine is the Sound of Music. and Mary Poppins, I know the lines,

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can sing the songs. and still get enjoyment from watching.

[QED]

1. Casablanca!

And High Society, Hopscotch, Stormy Weather

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3. Thank you very much, QED

[TommieMommy]

2. Blues Brothers 👍😁💙💙💙

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7. Thank you very much. TommieMommy.

[SheltieLover]

9. Yes!

[LeftInTX]

123. "We're on a mission from God"

One of my favorites.

[SheltieLover]

4. I love The Sound of Music, too, Deb!

🎼🎵🎶 The hills are alive with the sound of music...

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11. Thank you SheltieLover. I really love that opening scene.

[displacedvermoter]

5. Maltese Falcon

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13. Thank you very much displacedvermoter., Great choice.

[brush]

6. Maltese Falcon, The Godfather l and ll, Casablance, The Young Philadelfphians and...

The Shawshank Redemption. Good Fellas.

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14. Excellent choices, brush. Really great.

[SheltieLover]

8. Ladybugs & Caddyshack (Dangerfield), Incredibles, Crazy People,

Good Boy (dog from outer space), As Good as it Gets (Nicholson), Beaches, Meet the Robinsons (Disney), etc., etc., etc.

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

[SheltieLover]

20. I do, but sadly not many new ones get my attn

Loved Wicked, but would I watch it over & over? Nah.

[SheltieLover]

10. All Fred & Ginger movies, esp Top Hat

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

luck so far.

[SheltieLover]

21. I do, too, Deb.

And the relatively innocent themes.

Keep looking! I'm sure you'll find somewhere with them for sale!

[sdfernando]

12. I have quite a few

But the top few are:
Casablanca
Victor/Victoria
Young Frankenstein
Poseidon Adventure (original 1972 version)
JAWS

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29. Thank you sdfernando. Great choices.

[Raven123]

16. The Sting, Witness for the Prosecution, The Heiress, Cincinnati Kid

Moonstruck.

Also love many of those mentioned, especially Casablanca.

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30. Thank you very much Raven123. Great choices there.

[CrispyQ]

18. Hunt for Red October, Chocolat, & Erin Brockovich.

And I always watch While you Were Sleeping during the holidays & Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day.

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31. Thank you very much CrispyQ . A variety of choices there.

[4TheArts]

19. Secondhand Lions

Then Master and Commander.
Sound of Music was my go-to date movie in high school. Sharon, Elaine, Cheryl, Nancy, and other Nancy. You'd think one of them would have fallen in love with me, but no. I can sing those songs also. The simple Edelweiss is still my favorite.

But don't get me started on LOTR.

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26. Thank you very much 4TheArts.

I bought Master and Commander so I can watch whenever.

[bedazzled]

22. Mad mad mad world is my fave

Also groundhog day and Harvey

So many, many more. Mostly old

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25. I like the old films too. Thank you bedazzled.

[LogDog75]

23. I have a couple of favorite movies

The Martian
Tremors
Deep Impact
The Music Man
Start the Revolution Without Me
People Will Talk
Rio Lobo
Big Jake

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24. Thank you very much. LogDog75. Very good selections.

[Walleye]

27. Dr. Strangelove, and Some Like it Hot

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36. Thank you very much Walleye.

[Mike 03]

39. Yay, Dr. Strangelove! That would be on my list too.

I almost wrote something stupid like "Any of Kubrick's post-Lolita movies." Really for me it would be

Dr. Strangelove
2001 A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
The Shining

And a handful of Martin Scorsese and David Fincher movies.

See, this question is so hard, because now I want to include Mulholland Drive by David Lynch, and Melancholia by Lars Von Trier.

[Cartoonist]

28. A Hard Day's Night

I'm sure I've seen this over a hundred times. It's a movie I can listen to without the picture. And George Martin's instrumentals are as good as the lads.

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

[buzzycrumbhunger]

32. Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm...

I can endlessly rewatch Fear and Loathing, The Princess Bride, The Big Lebowski, anything Monty Python, most Star Trek movies, and most MST offerings (Prince of Space and The Cave Dwellers at the top of that list).

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34. Thank you very much buzzycrumbhunger. Your list is terrific.

[LeftInTX]

124. I've seen Goodfellas enough times, that I can play it as background noise

[Haggard Celine]

35. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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37. Oh yes, Excellent film. Thank you Haggard Celine.

[Turbineguy]

38. The Great Race.

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40. Thank you very much Turbineguy.

[applegrove]

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

But only for a scene or two. Loved that movie as a kid till now. It is perfect.

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45. Thank you very much applegrove.

[Phoenix61]

42. Heavy Metal. It always makes me feel hopeful. Nt

Not sure where Taarna is but we sure could use her.

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46. Thank you very much for your choice. Phoenix61,

[Squeaky41]

43. Favorite Flicks

Young Frankenstein
Casablanca
Wizard of Oz
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles
It's a Mad Mad World
To Be or Not To Be (Jack Benny)

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

[DBoon]

44. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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50. Thank you very much DBoon

[Tarzanrock]

47. Here's a few:

The Lion in Winter;
Behold a Pale Horse;
All about Eve;
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre;
Citizen Kane;
A Man for all Seasons;
Hamlet with Olivier;
Richard III with Olivier;
The Entertainer;
The Nun's Story;
Grand Prix;
Orson Welles movies;
Willie Wellman movies;
John Huston movies;
Fred Zinnemann movies;
John Frankenheimer movies.

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

my choice too, Thank you very much.

[FalloutShelter]

51. Galaxy Quest

Never give up. Never surrender.

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53. Thank you very FalloutShelter.

[Dave Bowman]

52. Groundhog Day. Watched it many many times. :)

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54. HAHHAHAHAHA Thank you Dave Bowman.

[electric_blue68]

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

[FuzzyRabbit]

55. Local Hero, A League of Their Own, Cat Ballou, Down Periscope, Animal House

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66. Thank you FuzzyRabbit.Very good choices.

[catbyte]

56. PeeWee's Big Adventure

Don't judge me.

I also love:
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
All About Eve
Grosse Pointe Blank (Yeah, Detroit, lol)
To Have and Have Not
and
Double Indemnity when I'm feeling dark

[Shambala]

64. No kidding

It's my all time favorite movie! Rest in peace Paul Reubens.

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68. Thank you Shambala.He was very talented

Paul

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67. Thank you very much, catbyte. I really like your other choices too.

[surfered]

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

Peter Sellers and Jack Lemon are hysterical.
My wife would pick Casablanca.

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69. Thank you surfered, Three great choices you have there.

[TommieMommy]

129. Love the Pink Panther movies. Just rewatched them recently 😁

[CanonRay]

58. Jeremiah Johnson

among others

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70. Jeremiah Johnson was a great film. Robert Redford was wonderful in it.

[woodsprite]

59. The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music

Music Man and Oklahoma. My mom bought me the scores and I would sing through them when I was a kid drying dishes for her.

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71. Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films.

[keithbvadu2]

60. Shaka Zulu, Godfather, Shogun... great for a rainy Sunday.

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72. Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2.

[Shambala]

61. Midnight In Paris

I've watched at least 40 times. And not only that but it got me down a wonderdul rabbit hole of reading and learning about all the characters in the movie Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, the Fitzgeralds, TS Eliot, Cocteau, Man Ray, Bunuel, Gaugin, Toulouse Latrec, and more.

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

[KitFox]

62. Dead Poet's Society

is one I have watched so many times. I also love and have watched Sound of Music and Many Poppins many times, and like you love singing along. My daughters and I have watched Beauty and the Beast (animated version) many times and sing along. Others on my list are Big , The Great Escape, Blazing Saddles and two already mentioned here-Casablanca and Second Hand Lions. My list could be pages long. I love watching movies!😊

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74. 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

what makes us want to see them again and again.

[madamesilverspurs]

63. Murder By Death

Fantastic cast, sharp and witty dialogue evocative of old Hollywood movies.


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

[Easterncedar]

126. I love that one, too!

Such great performances

[Eugene]

65. Star Wars original trilogy, Sean Connery James Bond films

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan and Star Trek IV: The Whale Movie.

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

[SWBTATTReg]

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

take care!

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

Close my eyes for that scene. Wonderful movie. It is on my tablet.

[SWBTATTReg]

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

wicked witch comes into the scene, orders them to capture Dorothy and the others. A true classic!

Take care!

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118. ---------

[Delarage]

77. Wizard of Oz

Battlestar Galactica
The Sound of Music
Sling Blade
The Shining
Halloween (the original)

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

[Lunabell]

78. The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The original. I've seen it and participated in all the fun over 3 dozen times at several different theaters. I love this movie!!

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

fun.

[electric_blue68]

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

theater in the West Village (NYC) for a midnight showing of Rocky Horror.
A lot of contact highs, too. When pot smelled sweet!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

131. One of my best movie memories!

We used to go to the midnight showings down in Iowa City (the theatre was like a big concrete swimming pool on its side and I assume that made it easy to hose out afterward) and one Halloween, they had a really horrible punk band play before the movie. I mean, they were maybe the worst band we’d ever seen… I finally got tired of waiting for the movie to start and reached into my bag of props and pulled out my newspaper and held it up in front of me to block out the band.

Immediately, the crowd started howling. I turned around (we were in the third row), and it looked like EVERYONE in the theatre had done the same! The lead singer quickly got pissed and tried insulting us for having no taste, and the band grabbed their equipment and left, to the cheers of all.

Such a satisfying experience—and it was probably the most enthusiastic RHPS crowd ever. We had a blast!

[Mark.b2]

81. Blazing Saddles

The Godfather is up there, too.

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

[LoisB]

85. To Kill a Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men (original)

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

[LoisB]

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

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

[LoisB]

112. I think it was Schindler's List which was a great movie.

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114. Schindler's List would have been a hard one to go against.

[LoisB]

138. That's for sure.

[ailsagirl]

86. Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious...

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Most everything from the "Master of Suspense"
And "Being There" (marvelous!!)

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96. Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director.

[Permanut]

87. Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios..

Radar Men From the Moon, The Crimson Ghost, The Purple Monster Strikes, and Zombies From the Stratosphere (with Leonard Nimoy as an alien!).

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97. Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy.

[marble falls]

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

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

Force pilot was in one. Also like The Great Escape.

[TexasBushwhacker]

89. Moonstruck

Wonderful screenplay and all the actors were at the top of their game.

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99. I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker.

[dai13sy]

90. "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

my Husband, my blanket and my munchies and fruit juice. Perfect evening.

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100. I agree. Thank you very much, dai13sy. Love it.

[Figarosmom]

91. Lost Boys

I think. Casting, music and direction, everything was just perfect.

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

[electric_blue68]

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

These above also have their serious parts

Drama, action, touches of comedy:
•Shawkshank Redemption (w some of the best original score, and good song picks!)
•ST: The Voyage Home,
•The Undiscovered Country
•ST:NG: First Contact
•Close Encounters
•LOTR: The Return of The King - Extended Cut DVD (I did have all 3 extended Vids, maybe all DVDs and wonderful music!)
•Cloud Atlas

Not as recently but for decades:
•SW: Empire Strikes Back
•Return of the Jedi
#1, #3
#8, #9
(I forgot the full titles! It's very late here! 😄 )
•Rouge One

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101. Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68

[OLDMDDEM]

103. Chicago and Phantom of the Opera

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104. Thank you OLDMDDEM. Two classics. Enjoy.

[The Wizard]

105. The Producers (1968)

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107. Thank you ,The Wizard. Great movie. Enjoy.

[ificandream]

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

I've watched the train scene in AHDN so many times .... love the way the boys take down that old guy .... and this George Harrison scene is brilliant.

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

[global1]

111. The Original West Side Story And National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation......nt

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115. Thank you very much. Great choices. Enjoy.

[lastlib]

113. Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey

I have to watch Apollo 13 every time it's on, to see if the heat shield on the capsule is going to hold this time. It's held every time so far--but it only has to fail once........


And 2001: ASO is simply the most profound and brilliant movie ever made.

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116. Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much.

[Borogove]

135. 2001: A Space Odyssey is at the top of my list too.

If you haven’t already read it, I would highly recommend “Space Odyssey; Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clark, and the Making of a Masterpiece” by Michael Benson. I thought it was a great read, full of fascinating insights.

[electric_blue68]

136. We had one of those big screen movie theaters a few blocks away...

2001 was the last film that played on their big screen!

[Jeebo]

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

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.

— Ron

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

Wanting to see them.

[LeftInTX]

121. Grease is a fun one

I like watching the Selena movie

I've watched Goodfellas a bunch of times. (I know most of the lines)

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122. Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites.

[Easterncedar]

125. The Great Escape

War and Peace with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda

A Lion in Winter (watched it twice this Christmas,)

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127. Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices.

[Easterncedar]

139. This inspired me to watch War and Peace today

It holds up beautifully. Thanks!

[Different Drummer]

128. I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles."

So many great scenes/lines in it!

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130. Thank you Different Drummer. Me either.

[yellowdogintexas]

132. Victor, Victoria, The Big Race, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather,

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Hobbit, Lord of the RIngs. Harry Potter

Jeez I think I just created my viewing list for Inaugural Weekend. We own most of them and they are loaded on a database so we can pull them in on our Roku.

Oh Bother! Now I have to add a few after reading everyone else's

The Producers
Some Like It Hot
Auntie Mame
Chicago
In the Heat of the Night
We're No Angels (Bogart version)
The Sting
Moonstruck
The Princess Bride

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142. Thank you very much for your wounder list, yellowdogintexas

[LogDog75]

133. A lot of posters have jogged my memory of more movies

I like Zombie movies:
Night of the Living Dead, both the '68 and '90 films
28 Days
Dawn of the Dead

Les Miserables with Hugh Jackman
Night Shift
The Canterville Ghost
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
They Live
Drums Along the Mohawk
Northwest Passage
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Robin Hood (1938)

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143. Excellent list, thank you LogDog75

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

134. There are so many.

Three Days of the Condor from 1975 gave me a real appreciation for Max von Sydow and John Houseman.
Interesting twist near the end.

A film almost 30 years newer that also has a twist is Taking Lives starring Anjelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke and Kiefer Sutherland.

There are so many but it's soon time to watch Groundhog Day.

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144. Thank you discntnt_irny_srcsm.

[electric_blue68]

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

Bc once I had streaming I might watch it 2x's at the Holiday week. 👍

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141. Thank you electric_blue68

[subterranean]

140. Groundhog Day, Jaws, Terminator 2...the list goes on.

I've also watched many Hitchcock films repeatedly -- particularly Marnie and North by Northwest.

I used to never get tired of watching Caddyshack, but eventually I did.

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145. Thank you subterranean. I very much enjoy Hitchcock films too