The Movie You Always Stop & Watch

lifesizehobbit

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 23, 2015

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386

• Apr 11, 2016

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So we all have them, films that regardless of how many times we've seen them, we just have to sit down and watch when channel surfing reveals them on TV/Cable.
My "can't pass up" films are:
-The Quiet Man - John Wayne

-The Princess Bride

-My Cousin Vinny
I'm sure I have a few more, I just can't think of them at the moment.
What are some of yours?

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,104

11,066

Southwest Louisiana

• Apr 11, 2016

• #2

Shane, Guarding Tess, Jermiah Johnson, Quiet Man,The Christmas Story( you're gonna put your eye out with that BB gun).

 

cosmicfolklore

Lifer

Aug 9, 2013

34,000

75,783

Between the Heart of Alabama and Hot Springs NC

• Apr 11, 2016

• #3

-The Quiet Man - John Wayne

-Waking Ned Divine

-Tank Girl

 

warren

Lifer

Sep 13, 2013

11,733

16,332

Foothills of the Chugach Range, AK

• Apr 11, 2016

• #4

To Hell and Back Too infrequently shown.

The Legend Bagger Vance

The Third Man

Open Range
I have DVDs of most of my favorites, so can watch as I want. For some reason I've never gotten around to buying the above. The Quiet Man gets watched every Saint Patrick's Day. The "cavalry trilogy" every couple of years. And, Donovan's Reef each Christmas. I do love the Duke.

 

pipefish

Can't Leave

Aug 25, 2013

341

8

• Apr 11, 2016

• #5

North by Northwest

Goodfellas

Rounders

Clueless (yeah, you read that right); it comes on the TV sporadically...

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

4,248

14

Moody, AL

• Apr 11, 2016

• #6

Dances With Wolves

The Godfather

Iron Man

Se7en & Fight Club

The Sound Of Music (head held in shame)
Most of us, I assume, have our favorites on DVD or Digital, but for some reason I stop to watch these when flipping channels, commercials and all. It's so weird since the commercials could be gone if watched on DVD.

 

mcitinner1

Lifer

Apr 5, 2014

4,043

24

Missouri

• Apr 11, 2016

• #7

The Quiet Man - Gone With the Wind - It's a Wonderful Life - Funny Girl - Fried Green Tomatoes - Big Jake - The Shootist - The Cowboys - Where the Heart Is - Roman Holiday - Sabrina - My Fair Lady - The Sons of Katie Elder - Dances With Wolves - Robin Hood Prince of Thieves - Bull Durham - Open Range - Tin Cup - McLintock - Chisum - Hell Fighter's - Rooster Cogburn - Donovan's Reef - Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation - The Cheyenne Social Club - MASH - It Happened One Night - On Golden Pond - Yours, Mine and Ours - Cheaper by the Dozen - Life With Father - The Thin Man

 

huntertrw

Lifer

Jul 23, 2014

5,286

5,554

The Lower Forty of Hill Country

• Apr 11, 2016

• #8

In Harm's Way starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.

The Flight of the Phoenix starring Jimmy Stewart.

Dances With Wolves, The Untouchables, Open Range, and the Hatfields and McCoys starring Kevin Costner.

2001: A Space Odyssey starring no one you've ever heard of, but a sterling film none the less.

Rear Window starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly.

 

grue

Starting to Get Obsessed

Feb 9, 2016

199

0

• Apr 11, 2016

• #9

Too many to list but I will just mention my -probably- most watched one: The Labyrinth. I must have watched it more than 50 times since my first back in 1989.
I don't have channels in my TV, it's just for DVDs and gaming but there are upwards of 30 movies that I watch every year. :-P

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

4,248

14

Moody, AL

• Apr 11, 2016

• #10

Grue, GREAT MOVIE!! David Bowie is awesome and that soundtrack is brilliant! Good call!

 

grue

Starting to Get Obsessed

Feb 9, 2016

199

0

• Apr 11, 2016

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Grue, GREAT MOVIE!! David Bowie is awesome and that soundtrack is brilliant! Good call!

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Thank you sir! Now go buy that bulldog! :twisted: :mrgreen:
I was between The Labyrinth and The Usual Suspects but my choice was made based on the PG rating. :P

 

ericusrex

Lifer

Feb 27, 2015

1,175

3

• Apr 11, 2016

• #12

The Naked Gun movies. Love em!

 

texmexpipe

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 20, 2014

998

246

• Apr 11, 2016

• #13

Forrest Gump

Brave Heart

Breakfast Club

Tommy Boy

Band of Brothees

 

huntertrw

Lifer

Jul 23, 2014

5,286

5,554

The Lower Forty of Hill Country

• Apr 11, 2016

• #14

"The Naked Gun movies. Love em!"
The Best of Frank Drebin

 

johnbarleycorn

Lifer

Dec 28, 2015

2,337

1,003

• Apr 11, 2016

• #15

The Godfather

Big Fish

Blazing Saddles

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

 

prairiedruid

Lifer

Jun 30, 2015

2,005

1,137

• Apr 11, 2016

• #16

Dances with Wolves

The Last Samurai

Support Your Local Sheriff

The Great Escape

The Hustler

 

huntertrw

Lifer

Jul 23, 2014

5,286

5,554

The Lower Forty of Hill Country

• Apr 11, 2016

• #17

"Support Your Local Sheriff"
I had forgotten this classic spoof. Here's a link to one of my favorite scenes therefrom:
Support Your Local Sherrif

 

indianafrank

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 15, 2014

950

5

• Apr 11, 2016

• #18

The Godfather

Goodfellas

Casino

My Cousin Vinny

Platoon

We Were Soldiers Once;And Young

Band of Brothers

The Patriot

Shawshank Redemption

Lethal Weapon -all of them!

To Hell and Back

The Last Escape

Magnificent Seven

Last of the Mohicans

 

prairiedruid

Lifer

Jun 30, 2015

2,005

1,137

• Apr 11, 2016

• #19

Yep, Support Your Local Sheriff is just a great guilty pleasure movie with quite a few well known actors/actresses; always makes me chuckle when I watch it.

 

philobeddoe

Lifer

Oct 31, 2011

7,439

11,744

East Indiana

• Apr 11, 2016

• #20

The Dirty Dozen, my favorite film. Also, The Bridge On The River Kwai, any Dirty Harry film or Eastwood/Leone film, the Right Stuff, 13th Warrior, Lifeforce, Blade Runner, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, M*A*S*H, Full Metal Jacket, the Magnificent Seven, and on and on and on.....