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League Unlimited's Favourite Movie

Parra

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Really one of the caveats to remind people how to vote fav movies, is how often do you actually watch these movies. I know on my list, it's only stuff that I repeatedly rewatch. It's funny how much you can start seeing through a movie after the 5-6 watch over a 10yr period. Thats why my number 1 movie was such an easy choice.
To be honest I can only think of one movie I’ve watched more than 5x - pulp fiction

don’t get the idea of watching a movie 20-30x


How about movies you watch often when you just come across them channel surfing / on a plane etc?

I watch movies like this, pick them up anywhere through.

Good Will Hunting
The Firm
A Few Good Men
The Big Short
Glengarry Glenross
The Day of the Jackal
Casablanca
Unforgiven
Goodfellas
The Godfather
 

Matua

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How about movies you watch often when you just come across them channel surfing / on a plane etc?

I watch movies like this, pick them up anywhere through.

Good Will Hunting
The Firm
A Few Good Men
The Big Short
Glengarry Glenross
The Day of the Jackal
Casablanca
Unforgiven
Goodfellas
The Godfather
I'm pretty much the same with all those movies, aside from Glengarry Glenross which I think would vie for the overrated film title for me personally. I'd heard how good it was for years and when I eventually got round to watching it I was extremely disappointed, outside of Baldwins speech. I guess it's just not for me.

Other movies I usually always watch are: True Romance, Platoon, The Princess Bride and Moneyball. I used to watch Reality Bites a lot back in the day too.
 

axl rose

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Other movies I usually always watch are: True Romance, Platoon, The Princess Bride and Moneyball. I used to watch Reality Bites a lot back in the day too.

That is in my top 5. And all your lists need more Patrik Swayze. Red Dawn is a good rewatchable one.

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Parra

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I'm pretty much the same with all those movies, aside from Glengarry Glenross which I think would vie for the overrated film title for me personally. I'd heard how good it was for years and when I eventually got round to watching it I was extremely disappointed, outside of Baldwins speech. I guess it's just not for me.

Other movies I usually always watch are: True Romance, Platoon, The Princess Bride and Moneyball. I used to watch Reality Bites a lot back in the day too.


I was looking for True Romance the other day - not on Fox, Netflix or Stan.
 

axl rose

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I was looking for True Romance the other day - not on Fox, Netflix or Stan.
Try * EDITED * it's reasonably priced.

sorry dude, not sure that's a legit site, new release movies for free?

Happy to be proven wrong. - noyd
 
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Parra

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Try * EDITED * it's reasonably priced.

sorry dude, not sure that's a legit site, new release movies for free?

Happy to be proven wrong. - noyd


I checked it out, didn't seem legit. Interesting that True Romance is not available on google either. Weird how some films just get fenced in like this. Glengarry Glenross is the same. Wake in Fright was for decades due to a copyright/ownership dispute.
 

axl rose

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I checked it out, didn't seem legit. Interesting that True Romance is not available on google either. Weird how some films just get fenced in like this. Glengarry Glenross is the same. Wake in Fright was for decades due to a copyright/ownership dispute.
Was looking for some films from the 50s and 60s (Night of the Living Dead). Ended up having some luck with the Internet Archive. Btw these are public domain.
 

Smack

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Drive
Casablanca
Usual Suspects
Tron Legacy
Matrix
Breakfast Club
Friday
Godfather
Wizard of Oz
Braveheart
Hell or High Water
Interstellar
All the bond movies
All arnie movies
 

YoHadrian

Juniors
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Great movie that True Romance.

James Gandolfini & Christopher Walken stole the show in that movie.
 

Misanthrope

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Movies I've rewatched more than five times:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The entire LOTR trilogy
3. Infinity War & Endgame
4. Shrek
5. Super Troopers
6. The Hangover
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. The Green Mile
9. Kingdom of Heaven (extended cut)
10. Spy
11. The Heat
12. Ghostbusters (original)
13. Home Alone
14. Christmas Vacation
15. Shutter Island
16. Interstellar

Shit, I could go on forever. There are so many movies I can enjoy on repeated watches, although very few of these would be ones I would watch more than once or twice in a given year.
 

T.S Quint

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Every movie on my list I have seen numerous times. Some I’ve seen at least 10.
My number one movie I reckon I would have seen at least 100 times in my life, and I can still watch it and enjoy it now.
 
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Movies I've rewatched more than five times:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The entire LOTR trilogy
3. Infinity War & Endgame
4. Shrek
5. Super Troopers
6. The Hangover
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. The Green Mile
9. Kingdom of Heaven (extended cut)
10. Spy
11. The Heat
12. Ghostbusters (original)
13. Home Alone
14. Christmas Vacation
15. Shutter Island
16. Interstellar

Shit, I could go on forever. There are so many movies I can enjoy on repeated watches, although very few of these would be ones I would watch more than once or twice in a given year.


Ahhh .... inspires thought of my “most watched movies list”...

I can easily name my top 10... bearing in mind it covers my whole life from kid to adult and also as an adult watching with kids...(Toy Story....)

Thus not necessary my biggest favourites but they are all favourite in some respect

1 - Grease
2 to 4 - Star Wars (A new hope, empire strikes back, return of the Jedi. Dunno which is most watched of the 3 but they’d be close to even).
5 - Braveheart
6 - Toy Story
7 - Coming to America
8 - Mrs Doubtfire
9 - Planes Trains and Automobiles
10 - Commando

Grease is #1 by the length of the straight because when I was a kid and our family got a vcr (oh yeah it makes me feel old) we got given a tape of Grease. I would have been 7/8 years old and watched that movie relentlessly, wanted to be a T-bird so much. Not kidding I’d suggest I’ve seen it possibly 40-50 times... but probably only 4 or 5 times over the age of 10.

someone suggested movies most watched are like those you’d see on a plane etc.. it’s true for me. They are familiar, easy to watch and will always put a smile on your face. That’s why many of mine are comedies.
 

soc123_au

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Most watched would be an interesting list. There would be a lot of repeats from favourite lists, but I reckon half my most watched wouldn't necessarily rank as favourites.

Toy Story 2
Shrek
Emperors New Groove
would be up there as my 3 most watched due to my kids watching them endlessly when they were little. I do love all 3 too, but I wouldnt go out of my way to watch them, if they happen to be on I'll watch and still enjoy them.

Ben Hur (original, not the putrid remake)
Dirty Dozen
Spartacus
Battle of the Bulge
would be up there as well. They seems to get a pretty good run on tv late at night. I'll often be channel surfing and when I see any of these I can pick them up anywhere & know that I wont be going to sleep until they are finished. Whats worse is when one of them rolls into Ben Hur, lol
 

Misanthrope

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Voting is now closed, folks!

With 326 movies garnering votes, I'll be doing a top fifty countdown over the next few weeks/months. For those curious, the following movies received votes, but missed the cut.

Good Will Hunting
The Usual Suspects
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
The Lion King
The Godfather: Part II
American Beauty

Shaun of the Dead
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Bastards
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A Clockwork Orange
Shutter Island
Avengers: Infinity War
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Platoon
Jackie Brown
Rocky
Battle Royale
Casino
Snatch
Die Hard
Get Out
10 Things I Hate About You
Father's Day
Wake in Fright
Wallstreet
When Harry Met Sally
Mad Max: Fury Road
Aladdin
Braveheart
Oldboy
Thor: Ragnarok
Reservoir Dogs
Beauty & The Beast
The Prestige
Grave of the Fireflies
Scarface
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Sting
Sunshine
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Road House
Superman
Anchorman
Contact
Green Street Hooligans
Raging Bull
The Deer Hunter

Team America: World Police
Gallipoli
Seven Samurai
Unforgiven
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Toy Story
The Exorcist
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Being John Malkovich
Full Metal Jacket
Stand By Me

The Counterfeit Tailor
The Day of the Jackal
The Editor
Vertigo
Arrival
Big Trouble in Little China
Moon
Poultreygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Total Recall
Big Daddy
Boogie Nights
Grumpy Old Men
Guardians of the Galaxy
King of Comedy
Mad Max
The Blues Brothers
The Holy Mountain
There Will Be Blood
Blood Diamond
Breakdance
Cop Land
Ed Wood
Flying High
Goldfinger
Gone in 60 Seconds
Leon: The Professional
Schindler's List
American Sniper
Bloodsport
Charlie's Country
Crash
Glengarry Glen Ross
Planet of the Apes
The Man from Earth
The Wickerman
Citizen Kane
End of Watch
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Lost in Translation
Rocky 3
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
The Hurt Locker
United 93
Commando
Dog Day Afternoon
Donny Brasco
Kingpin
National Lampoon's Vacation
Rocky 4
Samson & Delilah
Santa Sangre
The Rock
Barfly
Blue Velvet
First Blood
Sweeney Todd
The Thin Red Line
Trainspotting
American History X
District 9
Ghostbusters
Ichi the Killer
Moulin Rouge
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Silver Linings Playbook
The Castle
Whiplash
Adaptation
Coming to America
Edward Scissorhands
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Irishman
The Karate Kid
The Shining
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Cube
Grandma's Boy
Mean Girls
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Royal Tenenbaums
Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Alien 3
Amour
He's Just Not That Into You
Magnolia
The Big Short
The Time Machine
Avatar
22 Jump Street
Rear Window
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Railwayman
The Truman Show
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Donnie Dark
Ex Machina
LA Confidential

Robocop
Sicario
Step Brothers
Cruel Intentions
Dances With Wolves
Gran Torino
Happy Gilmore
Singing in the Rain
The Grey
The Wolf of Wall Street
A Place Beyond the Pines
Apocalyptico
Evil Dead II
Heat
Her
Infernal Affairs
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Signs
The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies
The Little Mermaid
Armageddon
Cloud Atlas
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Gangs of New York
John Wick
New Jack City
Parasite
Point Break
Red Dragon
Boyz n the Hood
City Lights
Knives Out
Primer
The Dance of Reality
Us
Beerfest
I Am a Fugitive in a Chain Gang
Lantana
Psycho
Saw
The Ten Commandments
Toy Story 3
Your Name
Battleship Potemkin
Best Days of our Lives
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Draft Day
Tears of the Sun
The Elephant Man
A Beautiful Mind
Circle
Days of Wine & Roses
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Groundhog Day
High Fidelity
Borat
Bring It On
Clerks
Les Miserables
Porco Rosso
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Chasing Amy
Kelly's Heroes
Modern Times
Napolean Dynamite
Serenity
The Hunt for the Red October
The Muppet Movie
Total Recall (Remake)
When a Stranger Calls
Crocodile Dundee
Gone With the Wind
Grease
Mallrats
Never Ending Story
Sexy Beast
The Sandlot
Underworld
Coherence
Grease 2
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth
The Magnificent Seven
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Young Frankenstein
A Night at the Roxbury
Evil Roy
Fury
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 2
It
Shrek
Ten Canoes
The Goonies
The Mechanic (Original)
Tombstone
Uncle Buck
Birdman
Downfall
Gattaca
Kingdom of Heaven
No Country for Old Men
The Intern
The Mechanic (Remake)
50 First Dates
Dumb & Dumber
In Bruges
Iron Man
Last of the Mohicans
Love, Actually
Samsara
The Martian
Wild Things
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
Dirty Harry
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pale Rider
Revenge of the Sith
 

myrrh ken

First Grade
Messages
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Voting is now closed, folks!

With 326 movies garnering votes, I'll be doing a top fifty countdown over the next few weeks/months. For those curious, the following movies received votes, but missed the cut.

Good Will Hunting
The Usual Suspects
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
The Lion King
The Godfather: Part II
American Beauty

Shaun of the Dead
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Bastards
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A Clockwork Orange
Shutter Island
Avengers: Infinity War
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Platoon
Jackie Brown
Rocky
Battle Royale
Casino
Snatch
Die Hard
Get Out
10 Things I Hate About You
Father's Day
Wake in Fright
Wallstreet
When Harry Met Sally
Mad Max: Fury Road
Aladdin
Braveheart
Oldboy
Thor: Ragnarok
Reservoir Dogs
Beauty & The Beast
The Prestige
Grave of the Fireflies
Scarface
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Sting
Sunshine
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Road House
Superman
Anchorman
Contact
Green Street Hooligans
Raging Bull
The Deer Hunter

Team America: World Police
Gallipoli
Seven Samurai
Unforgiven
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Toy Story
The Exorcist
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Being John Malkovich
Full Metal Jacket
Stand By Me

The Counterfeit Tailor
The Day of the Jackal
The Editor
Vertigo
Arrival
Big Trouble in Little China
Moon
Poultreygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Total Recall
Big Daddy
Boogie Nights
Grumpy Old Men
Guardians of the Galaxy
King of Comedy
Mad Max
The Blues Brothers
The Holy Mountain
There Will Be Blood
Blood Diamond
Breakdance
Cop Land
Ed Wood
Flying High
Goldfinger
Gone in 60 Seconds
Leon: The Professional
Schindler's List
American Sniper
Bloodsport
Charlie's Country
Crash
Glengarry Glen Ross
Planet of the Apes
The Man from Earth
The Wickerman
Citizen Kane
End of Watch
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Lost in Translation
Rocky 3
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
The Hurt Locker
United 93
Commando
Dog Day Afternoon
Donny Brasco
Kingpin
National Lampoon's Vacation
Rocky 4
Samson & Delilah
Santa Sangre
The Rock
Barfly
Blue Velvet
First Blood
Sweeney Todd
The Thin Red Line
Trainspotting
American History X
District 9
Ghostbusters
Ichi the Killer
Moulin Rouge
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Silver Linings Playbook
The Castle
Whiplash
Adaptation
Coming to America
Edward Scissorhands
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Irishman
The Karate Kid
The Shining
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Cube
Grandma's Boy
Mean Girls
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Royal Tenenbaums
Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Alien 3
Amour
He's Just Not That Into You
Magnolia
The Big Short
The Time Machine
Avatar
22 Jump Street
Rear Window
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Railwayman
The Truman Show
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Donnie Dark
Ex Machina
LA Confidential

Robocop
Sicario
Step Brothers
Cruel Intentions
Dances With Wolves
Gran Torino
Happy Gilmore
Singing in the Rain
The Grey
The Wolf of Wall Street
A Place Beyond the Pines
Apocalyptico
Evil Dead II
Heat
Her
Infernal Affairs
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Signs
The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies
The Little Mermaid
Armageddon
Cloud Atlas
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Gangs of New York
John Wick
New Jack City
Parasite
Point Break
Red Dragon
Boyz n the Hood
City Lights
Knives Out
Primer
The Dance of Reality
Us
Beerfest
I Am a Fugitive in a Chain Gang
Lantana
Psycho
Saw
The Ten Commandments
Toy Story 3
Your Name
Battleship Potemkin
Best Days of our Lives
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Draft Day
Tears of the Sun
The Elephant Man
A Beautiful Mind
Circle
Days of Wine & Roses
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Groundhog Day
High Fidelity
Borat
Bring It On
Clerks
Les Miserables
Porco Rosso
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Chasing Amy
Kelly's Heroes
Modern Times
Napolean Dynamite
Serenity
The Hunt for the Red October
The Muppet Movie
Total Recall (Remake)
When a Stranger Calls
Crocodile Dundee
Gone With the Wind
Grease
Mallrats
Never Ending Story
Sexy Beast
The Sandlot
Underworld
Coherence
Grease 2
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth
The Magnificent Seven
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Young Frankenstein
A Night at the Roxbury
Evil Roy
Fury
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 2
It
Shrek
Ten Canoes
The Goonies
The Mechanic (Original)
Tombstone
Uncle Buck
Birdman
Downfall
Gattaca
Kingdom of Heaven
No Country for Old Men
The Intern
The Mechanic (Remake)
50 First Dates
Dumb & Dumber
In Bruges
Iron Man
Last of the Mohicans
Love, Actually
Samsara
The Martian
Wild Things
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
Dirty Harry
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pale Rider
Revenge of the Sith

Well done misanthrope.

I've got peculiar tastes, but Total Recall (Remake) and Grease 2???
 
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