What movie(s) have you watched multiple times and would keep watching again and again?

THParent said:
The mail has come today and a friend writes this to me. "The Masai have reported to the district commissioner at Ngong, that many times, at sunrise and sunset, they have seen lions on Finch-Hatton's grave. A lion and a lioness have come there, and stood or lain on the grave for a long time. After you went away, the ground round the grave was leveled out into a sort of terrace. I suppose that the level place makes a good site for the lions. From there, they have a view over the plain, and the cattle and the game on it."... Denys will like that. I must remember to tell him.
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If you enjoyed “Out of Africa” read “West With the Night”, the autobiography of Beryl Markham. Beryl was friends with Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke, and is represented in “Out of Africa” by the character Felicity played by Suzanne Hamilton. Her flight instructor was Denys Finch Hatton, played by Robert Redford. They were also lovers after Hatton and Karen broke up.
Beryl was suppose to go on Denys’ fatal flight but changed her mind at the last minute.
“West With the Night” is the only book Markham wrote and even Ernest Hemingway, someone who was loath to give praise to other authors, wrote that he enjoyed the book.
 
THParent said:
The mail has come today and a friend writes this to me. "The Masai have reported to the district commissioner at Ngong, that many times, at sunrise and sunset, they have seen lions on Finch-Hatton's grave. A lion and a lioness have come there, and stood or lain on the grave for a long time. After you went away, the ground round the grave was leveled out into a sort of terrace. I suppose that the level place makes a good site for the lions. From there, they have a view over the plain, and the cattle and the game on it."... Denys will like that. I must remember to tell him.
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Love that movie. Especially the musical score. Gorgeous.
 
Any of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy
Saving Private Ryan
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Miracle (the one about the 1980 USA Mens Hockey victory vs the CCCP Hockey team)
Les Choristes
Hacksaw Ridge
 
Capt MJ said:
Taking Chance. A good cry every time.
Capt MJ said:
Oh yes. With popcorn.
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Capt MJ said:
Oh yes. With popcorn.
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This is supposed to be about movies you'd watch over and over. I don't know anyone who would watch this more than once who has lost someone whether a relative or a comrade in arms. "Taking Chance" is a nightmare for those of us who have been there. How unspeakably awful having a KIA, knowing their families, the wife, the kids, will get that knock on the door at 6am.
 
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JohnMcLane said:
This is supposed to be about movies you'd watch over and over. I don't know anyone who would watch this more than once who has lost someone whether a relative or a comrade in arms.
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I have watched it several times. I have lost shipmates and relatives over the years to accidents during military operations or training evolutions or through enemy action. I have been a CACO several times, and I still think of and grieve for those families I was assigned to. I have been a member of funeral parties for people I knew. I find the movie to be well done, but not something I watch for entertainment. The deliberate, intentional, respectful pace of it, is somehow cathartic, reassuring and a recognition of the ultimate sacrifice that can be exacted, going in harm’s way. I find myself thinking of those I personally knew or cared for over the years, and I am glad to let the tears fall anew. I have not forgotten them. For some reason, this movie allows me to pause and reflect in a way that is both sad and healthy. I wouldn’t expect everyone to process it the same way, which is neither good nor bad. Just different.

I apologize if I created a post outside the bounds of what you were looking for.
 
cb7893 said:
I'd also watch For a Few Dollars More.

These were known as "spaghetti westerns". Italian Director, Italian Soundtrack composer, filmed in Spain.
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Yup... seen "For a Few Dollars More" but wasn't as happy with it as the others. Old enough to have seen them all on the silver screen when they were first released. I was 13 when I saw "For a Fistful of Dollars" in a very small theater, not much bigger than my Great Room. Near the end when a remaining dastardly bad guy attempts to shoot Eastwood in the back, my younger brother stood up and shouted "Look out behind you". 🙂 That memory is indelibly etched in my brain.
 
I will always remember the line in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly when Tuco (Eli Wallach) says, “If you're gonna shoot, shoot! Don't talk!”
 
Shawshank Redemption
Heaven Can Wait - the 70s version for the pure absurdity of what is and what is critically important to people and is irrelevant to others.
Ok, not a movie but Band of Brothers pulls me in every time.
 
I have never seen Once Upon a Time in the West, but thanks to this discussion it is going to the top of my old movie queue. Almost identical writers, director, production crew, music and film location as the other movies, but with an all star lineup of American Actors.

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Once Upon a Time in the West

There's a single piece of land around Flagstone with water on it, and rail baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) aims to have it, knowing the new railroad will have to stop there. He sends his henchman Frank (Henry Fonda) to scare the land's owner, McBain (Frank Wolff), but Frank kills him instead...
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Capt MJ said:
I have watched it several times. I have lost shipmates and relatives over the years to accidents during military operations or training evolutions or through enemy action. I have been a CACO several times, and I still think of and grieve for those families I was assigned to. I have been a member of funeral parties for people I knew. I find the movie to be well done, but not something I watch for entertainment. The deliberate, intentional, respectful pace of it, is somehow cathartic, reassuring and a recognition of the ultimate sacrifice that can be exacted, going in harm’s way. I find myself thinking of those I personally knew or cared for over the years, and I am glad to let the tears fall anew. I have not forgotten them. For some reason, this movie allows me to pause and reflect in a way that is both sad and healthy. I wouldn’t expect everyone to process it the same way, which is neither good nor bad. Just different.

I apologize if I created a post outside the bounds of what you were looking for.
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No apology is necessary. It is a very powerful movie. I honestly had not considered others' perspectives that it could be cathartic because to me seeing it again would be purely traumatic. It's difficult to even contemplate. Thank you for what you do on this forum; you are priceless [sincerely].
 
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www.netflix.com

Watch Fauda | Netflix Official Site

A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian fighter he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
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This.

It has none of the bright lines between good and evil. In fact, I think Fauda means chaos in Hebrew.

You need to watch at least the first season for context.
 
Slapshot, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Guns of Navarone, In Harms Way, Idiocracy

Honorable mention: Tropic Thunder. Did you know Robert Downey Jr got an Academy award nomination? "I'm the dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude"
 
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cb7893 said:
www.netflix.com

Watch Fauda | Netflix Official Site

A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian fighter he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
www.netflix.com www.netflix.com

This.

It has none of the bright lines between good and evil. In fact, I think Fauda means chaos in Hebrew.

You need to watch at least the first season for context.
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I just finished up the most recent season of Fauda, this past week. Someone recommended Echo 3 over on Apple +, will give it a watch and see if it keeps my interest.
 
nature boy said:
I just finished up the most recent season of Fauda, this past week. Someone recommended Echo 3 over on Apple +, will give it a watch and see if it keeps my interest.
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I really like the way the series spends a lot of time in the "gray area", without trying to justify it. I was hooked after the first 5 minutes of Season 1, Episode 1. I haven't started Season 4.

I was less enamored of Season three with the introduction of dubbing. It was impossible to tell when they were speaking Hebrew or Arabic. That would seem critical since the unit is made up of Jewish Israelis who speak fluent Arabic. It's the reason for the unit's existence.
 
Some very memorable movies have been listed here. So many great films that I had kind of forgotten about. I thank everyone for the thought they put into their respective lists.

Special kudos to TCartens for leading off with Slapshot - a true classic, and maybe the most quotable movie of all time.

I didn't see Hoosiers mentioned yet. That's one I could watch time and time again, and still feel the same exuberance as I did the first time I saw it.
 
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