Even when I am not sick, but want to watch something comforting and familiar I turn to these movies:
At the top of my list is "The Princess Bride". It has been my favorite movie since childhood. Romance, action, comedy - what more do you need?
Since it's the holidays, my favorite is "Miracle on 34th Street
" - in B&W, not Technicolor. I also love "Arsenic & Old Lace
".
When I want a great action flick, I turn to Captain Tightpants and "Serenity
".
If I need a good cry I watch "What Dreams May Come ".
What are some of the movies you watch over and over?
Always a tough question, but "go to" movies to watch again and again...
ReplyDeleteHoliday films: Die Hard (It takes place at Christmas...)
Action films: The Craig Bonds (both of them), Aliens, the original Raiders of the Lost Ark
Solid Dramas: Heat, The Trip (a drama with a jaded sense of humor), Richard III (with Ian McKellen)
Family Friendly: The Harry Potter films (We're re-watching them as Sonic Boom finishes the books.)
You know, all of your movies I would consider as action flicks :) . My daughter recently got into the Spiderwick Chronicles after watching the movie. Anything past HP II she still considers too scary.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree with your Bond choices. I could (and do) watch Daniel Craig a few times a year.
I've never seen Richard III with Ian McKellan. I did watch "Looking For Richard" -- documentary with Al Pacino. I'll have to find the Ian McKellan one.
Hope you have a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Christmas Carol - 1984 George C Scot
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Die Hard
A Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Sherlock Holmes - Basil Rathbone & Nigel Brice
Gladiator
Scrooged
Bond - Post Roger Moore
Rio Bravo
Pelican Brief
The Mummy - Brandon Fraiser
Armageddon
Dante's Peak
Independence Day
Definitely not on the list:
Princess Bride
Pretty Woman
Citizen Cane
Big Lebowski
Leaving Los Vegas
Stanley Kubrick
Twilight
Oh good god. There are a LOT of movies I'd watch over and over. Princess Bride is now our new post-Thanksgiving meal feature film. Christmas movie is Love, Actually. But films I'd stop and watch whenever it's on TV are any Harry Potter films, any Pixar films (except for Cars), just about any Disney animations, Serenity, The Shining (on AMC more often than you think), Silence of the Lamb, and Shawshank Redemption.
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