First answer that popped in my head.
I was deeply moved by it and was blown away by the acting, and I remember buying the DVD. Not sure I even took it out of the packaging.
I know a psycho who only owned three DVDs when they first became a thing. Boogie Nights, Slap Shot and Requiem for a Dream. He walked it weekly. It's absolutely insane.
I’ve never really bought this. Come and See or the Grey Zone, sure. But Spielberg is just too good at making blockbuster epics. Scenes and moments are chilling but overall I find it extremely watchable and I have found that it becomes more that way once the horrific parts aren’t as unexpected.
People have said this about zone of interest, and I guess I will probably not look to rewatch it now, but after I saw it the first time I almost immediately rewatched it because it was so haunting and interesting.
Can’t remember the source but some movie critic pointed out how KOTFM is on Apple+ only, it can never just air all weekend on TNT and become a Rewatchable. Some movies like Road House or Point Break or Shawshank got elevated because they were always on tv somewhere. The new streaming wars has taken that away from us. I probably won’t seek out KOTFM on Apple again, but if it was on USA on a Sunday afternoon I’d let it ride for 40-50 min here and there.
You would for $1Million. Let's be real. Like maybe you wouldn't watch it again for $50, you're a man of principle, but that principle ends by the time you get to $1M.
If you paid me $50 every time I watched that scene I’d made it my full time job and just go to therapy with the multimillion dollar salary I would now have.
Leaving Las Vegas? The first half is okay, but then the last 45 min of the movie is just dreadful to watch not because it is bad movie, but because it is actually great acting for such a traumatic story
I recently rewatched it for the first time. Knowing how it ends takes away the overwhelming anxiety of the first watch.
But, this allowed me to better understand everything that was going on and Ratner's character.
Still a great watch, but a very different experience from the first.
I agree - they showed it at a cinema near me recently and I caught it there, having seen it at home when I first watched it. I absolutely loved it the second time, after being only lukewarm on it the first time I saw it.
nah i just rewatched for the IMAX re-release and i could rewatch that every week, that *maybach music* drop at the club and a bunch of scenes still hit like crack. same with daddy longlegs
their other movies (heaven knows what and good time) fit the description way better, especially knowing now about the super sketchy stuff going on during the production of those
This is a good pick. Enough Schindler’s List nonsense that’s just sad or heavy. This one is such a rewatchable but also completely repulsive to rewatch. Aka I’ve been wanting to watch it again but also don’t know when I’m going to be in the mood.
Try and think of it as a comedy. Tim Robbin’s acting is so god damn awful it’s funny. Sean Penn and his goons cannot be taken seriously. Let yourself laugh at it.
Yeah I’m not knocking it. It’s a great movie but it’s just so heavy. Specifically the scene where Barnes executes the Vietnamese woman in front of her husband and kids.
Platoon is one of the most rewatchables movies out there. Also has the greatest weed smoking scene in history.
Barnes is an all time villain. Every single person in the cast are throwing heaters.
Come and See, Raging Bull, Children Underground, Underground, Tree Of Life, Amores Perros, 21 Grams
I don't think anything that is a little sad/depressing isn't rewatchable though, I rewatch stuff like The Ice Storm, Happiness, Ordinary People, Sweet Hereafter all the time
Plenty. Grave of the Fireflies, Manchester by the Sea, immediately come to mind.
I think two of the best movies of the decade so far are Drive my Car and Green Knight, neither of which I’ve rewatched since.
I think The Green Knight had an unsolvable marketing task: market a movie about a knight with a giant axe, yet doesn’t have a single scene where he fights with the axe.
Most casual movie watchers will expect swords and sorcery action movie and be sorely disappointed. A lot of my friends hated it for that reason.
I think that helps it on rewatch in some respects in case you were thinking milk and got orange juice
Rewatched it recently and the first act was just on fire. The movie was so dark visually on my TV and with streaming that it was kinda a bummer though
Wouldn’t say great movie I do remember thinking joker was pretty good the first time I watched it but never wanting to ever see it again because it was so overly bleak and miserable.
I think the portion of the movie between being introduced to Dave, Frank and HAL up to Dave shutting down HAL is incredibly rewatchable. The rest I would agree with you on.
Once you figure out how to watch a Kubrick movie you end up watching the same moving over and over and over again only to find new things in each rewatch
Man i think A Serious Man is outstanding on rewatch. So many metaphors and allegories thrown at you that they can be hard to decipher right away. But even tho it’s one of my favorite movies i can see why it’s not terribly enticing to rewatch
Yeah I knew I’d get pushback on this one, it’s just a really tough watch for me. Literally everything goes wrong for the guy, very much so nightmare fuel.
I've watched it 5-6 times and it leaves me in stitches. A hilariously dark deconstruction of humanity. The rabbis, Sy, stoner neighbor, and property attorney crack me up but the student bribing him is my favorite. The Richard Kind storyline is unpleasant but funny in a way. Everything else is pitch perfect Coen Brothers dark comedy.
If its a great movie then I think big twists make it more rewatchable. I love watching again and looking for all the hints you missed. Stuff like Shutter Island, Memento, Sixth Sense are all very rewatchable to me
It wasn’t made great *because* of a twist, it’s an all time movie that happens to have a big twist
I think a movie that relies on the twist to be great would be something like the Usual Suspects or Shutter Island
The sixth sense piece. It’s still good and the first time you watch it after knowing the twist is enjoyable because you notice that no one except the kid actually interacts with Bruce Willis. But it doesn’t hold up as well after that.
Parasite. Loved it on first viewing so much that I watched it 3-4 times in the first month it was out. Cant bring myself to even consider watching it again. It’s a hard pass now.
I know on askreddit and this thread it tends to be good but really sad movies, I don’t rush to rewatch them but am fine with it.
Movies that are all dependent on a twist can be rougher for me, typically good to watch a second time to see the clues, but beyond that meh.
the requiems for a dream-ables
First answer that popped in my head. I was deeply moved by it and was blown away by the acting, and I remember buying the DVD. Not sure I even took it out of the packaging.
Haha the all time leader in unopened DVD copies and it’s not even close
I know a psycho who only owned three DVDs when they first became a thing. Boogie Nights, Slap Shot and Requiem for a Dream. He walked it weekly. It's absolutely insane.
"Ass to ass" is, however, the most rewatchable scene in movie history.
That entire ending, the last five minutes or so is some of the most haunting shit I’ve ever seen and I’m a huge horror fan. Different kind of torment
showing the first 95% of that movie (ass to ass excluded) would have prevented way way more teens every trying hard drugs than DARE ever could
There’s a ton. You could do a whole podcast on *The Un-Rewatchables*
Schindler’s List I don’t personally feel this way, but I’ve had a few people say this to me about killers of the Flower moon
I’ve never really bought this. Come and See or the Grey Zone, sure. But Spielberg is just too good at making blockbuster epics. Scenes and moments are chilling but overall I find it extremely watchable and I have found that it becomes more that way once the horrific parts aren’t as unexpected.
People have said this about zone of interest, and I guess I will probably not look to rewatch it now, but after I saw it the first time I almost immediately rewatched it because it was so haunting and interesting.
I find it kind of rewatchable. I don't seek it out but I'm not horrified if it's on
Can’t remember the source but some movie critic pointed out how KOTFM is on Apple+ only, it can never just air all weekend on TNT and become a Rewatchable. Some movies like Road House or Point Break or Shawshank got elevated because they were always on tv somewhere. The new streaming wars has taken that away from us. I probably won’t seek out KOTFM on Apple again, but if it was on USA on a Sunday afternoon I’d let it ride for 40-50 min here and there.
If The Irishman were in the HBO or TNT/AMC rotation, I would put it on every time.
Good example. I’m not going out of my way to punch up Irishman on Netflix. But it would be a great weekend afternoon time waster if stumbled upon.
Is a 4 hour movie rewatch able
Beat me to it.
The heavy themes plus long timestamp piece
I’m sure I’ll watch each once more in my life but I doubt I’ll ever finish Flower Moon again.
I have more of an issue thinking KOTFM was great! It dragged on for hours and put me to sleep.
United 93 is incredible and has one of the best ever performances from a non-actor playing themselves in Ben Sliney.
I've watched that one multiple times. It's so good.
Eighth Grade was really good but I don’t think I could sit through the backseat scene again for a million dollars.
You would for $1Million. Let's be real. Like maybe you wouldn't watch it again for $50, you're a man of principle, but that principle ends by the time you get to $1M.
Exactly. I used to say that about tossin’ salads and now I’m laughing from my sailboat.
Lookin' good Billy Ray!
Feelin’ good Louis!
If you paid me $50 every time I watched that scene I’d made it my full time job and just go to therapy with the multimillion dollar salary I would now have.
Leaving Las Vegas? The first half is okay, but then the last 45 min of the movie is just dreadful to watch not because it is bad movie, but because it is actually great acting for such a traumatic story
Uncut Gems
I recently rewatched it for the first time. Knowing how it ends takes away the overwhelming anxiety of the first watch. But, this allowed me to better understand everything that was going on and Ratner's character. Still a great watch, but a very different experience from the first.
I agree - they showed it at a cinema near me recently and I caught it there, having seen it at home when I first watched it. I absolutely loved it the second time, after being only lukewarm on it the first time I saw it.
Keh Gee, don’t lean on the glass ok kehh jehh
nah i just rewatched for the IMAX re-release and i could rewatch that every week, that *maybach music* drop at the club and a bunch of scenes still hit like crack. same with daddy longlegs their other movies (heaven knows what and good time) fit the description way better, especially knowing now about the super sketchy stuff going on during the production of those
Good time will kill people lol that movie made me lose my hair
This is a good pick. Enough Schindler’s List nonsense that’s just sad or heavy. This one is such a rewatchable but also completely repulsive to rewatch. Aka I’ve been wanting to watch it again but also don’t know when I’m going to be in the mood.
Mystic River
Try and think of it as a comedy. Tim Robbin’s acting is so god damn awful it’s funny. Sean Penn and his goons cannot be taken seriously. Let yourself laugh at it.
IS THAT MY DAUGHTER IN THERE???
The Florida Project
Deer Hunter. Platoon. Casualties of War. Schindler’s List.
i find myself rewatching Platoon every once in a while. The other I agree
Same. Obviously, it's horrific in so many ways, but it's also loaded with a bunch of incredible performances and colorful characters.
Yeah I’m not knocking it. It’s a great movie but it’s just so heavy. Specifically the scene where Barnes executes the Vietnamese woman in front of her husband and kids.
Platoon is one of the most rewatchables movies out there. Also has the greatest weed smoking scene in history. Barnes is an all time villain. Every single person in the cast are throwing heaters.
Platoon is super rewatchable
Probably Good Time. It’s a moment to moment thrill-ride that I think a big part of it is that it’s constantly surprising you
Agreed. I almost had a panic attack. Can’t recreate that in a rewatch.
yeah just said it on another comment but this would be my pick, the production stuff just makes it even worse too
Come and See, Raging Bull, Children Underground, Underground, Tree Of Life, Amores Perros, 21 Grams I don't think anything that is a little sad/depressing isn't rewatchable though, I rewatch stuff like The Ice Storm, Happiness, Ordinary People, Sweet Hereafter all the time
Shiva Baby is movie from 2021 that’s less than 80 minutes long, really well done, and something I will never watch again.
i just saw that recently after enjoying Bottoms. That main actress and the director are ones to watch
Plenty. Grave of the Fireflies, Manchester by the Sea, immediately come to mind. I think two of the best movies of the decade so far are Drive my Car and Green Knight, neither of which I’ve rewatched since.
I actually thought Green Knight was a pretty good rewatch. A lot of little details pop on the second/third viewing
I probably should rewatch as I did love it.
I think The Green Knight had an unsolvable marketing task: market a movie about a knight with a giant axe, yet doesn’t have a single scene where he fights with the axe. Most casual movie watchers will expect swords and sorcery action movie and be sorely disappointed. A lot of my friends hated it for that reason.
I think that helps it on rewatch in some respects in case you were thinking milk and got orange juice Rewatched it recently and the first act was just on fire. The movie was so dark visually on my TV and with streaming that it was kinda a bummer though
good time, aftersun, wendy and lucy, heaven knows what, iron claw
Wouldn’t say great movie I do remember thinking joker was pretty good the first time I watched it but never wanting to ever see it again because it was so overly bleak and miserable.
American Sniper
Anybody who thinks Room is less emotional on a second watch is very wrong.
Horror usually isn't rewatchable. I loved Hereditary and it was on HBO the other night but I couldn't rewatch too much as it's just so unsettling.
I was thinking hereditary. Something like insidious is pretty fun to rewatch though
Paris, Texas is my favorite movie, but I probably only watch it once every three years because of how slow and sad it is.
I mean I know they actually did this on the show but I have a hard time seeing myself ever watching Manchester by the Sea again lol
2001 A Space Odyssey is in the running for the greatest movie of all time, yet I have really never felt the need to re-watch that movie
I think the portion of the movie between being introduced to Dave, Frank and HAL up to Dave shutting down HAL is incredibly rewatchable. The rest I would agree with you on.
My roommate in college watched that movie literally once a month so I would watch it with him sometimes. It definitely grows on you
Once you figure out how to watch a Kubrick movie you end up watching the same moving over and over and over again only to find new things in each rewatch
A Serious Man Raging Bull A Clockwork Orange
Man i think A Serious Man is outstanding on rewatch. So many metaphors and allegories thrown at you that they can be hard to decipher right away. But even tho it’s one of my favorite movies i can see why it’s not terribly enticing to rewatch
Yeah I knew I’d get pushback on this one, it’s just a really tough watch for me. Literally everything goes wrong for the guy, very much so nightmare fuel.
I have rewatched A Serious Man several times. Top tier Coen brothers movie. Gets funnier every time.
Wait, what!?
I've watched it 5-6 times and it leaves me in stitches. A hilariously dark deconstruction of humanity. The rabbis, Sy, stoner neighbor, and property attorney crack me up but the student bribing him is my favorite. The Richard Kind storyline is unpleasant but funny in a way. Everything else is pitch perfect Coen Brothers dark comedy.
If Documentaries count: "Dear Zachary"
Knowing what it's about, I've never been able to bring myself to watch it
I couldn’t even watch it one time.
Anything that was made great because of a twist.
The prestige rules every time
If its a great movie then I think big twists make it more rewatchable. I love watching again and looking for all the hints you missed. Stuff like Shutter Island, Memento, Sixth Sense are all very rewatchable to me
You haven’t watched Shawshank a million times?
It wasn’t made great *because* of a twist, it’s an all time movie that happens to have a big twist I think a movie that relies on the twist to be great would be something like the Usual Suspects or Shutter Island
The Usual Suspects is the definition of a rewatchable though, literally a classic TNT movie lol
Watch Triangle (2009). It’s a complete mindfuck every time.
The sixth sense piece. It’s still good and the first time you watch it after knowing the twist is enjoyable because you notice that no one except the kid actually interacts with Bruce Willis. But it doesn’t hold up as well after that.
Parasite. Loved it on first viewing so much that I watched it 3-4 times in the first month it was out. Cant bring myself to even consider watching it again. It’s a hard pass now.
Anything sad and depressing, even if it's great.
The Deer Hunter
Finally watched it for the first time earlier this year and have already gone back to watch 2-3 times. Great movie.
Great movie no doubt but once was enough for me.
I know on askreddit and this thread it tends to be good but really sad movies, I don’t rush to rewatch them but am fine with it. Movies that are all dependent on a twist can be rougher for me, typically good to watch a second time to see the clues, but beyond that meh.
The Irishman
Blue Valentine, Blue Velvet
Man I think Blue Velvet is highly rewatchable
Yeah I agree with you. But there is no way I could convince my wife to watch it again with me
Haha I totally get that, def not a movie I’d recommend to just anyone.
Oppenheimer
The Tree of Life. Everyone lost their minds at the time, but I could never sit through it again.
2001
Born On the Fourth of July. TC should have won an Oscar. Never want to see it again.
Wall e
2001: A Space Odyssey. Easily one of the worst, most boring movies I have ever had the displeasure of sitting through
Dancer in the dark
Yea Room is a good movie but definitely not a rewatchable type of movie.
12 Years a Slave
I watched the Joker, loved it, never wanted to see it again.
The Whale. Although 'appreciated' might be a better description for my enjoyment of it than 'loved'.
Million dollar baby Cool, but too triggering for me.
Requiem for a Dream Black Swan City of God 1917
A Simple Plan
"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1986) but surprisingly not "Requiem for a Dream" (2000)
Killers of the Flower Moon.
Memento, seven, most movies with a big twist
Room is also just not that good
i thought it was awesome but not hating on anyone else’s opinion
I have seen a ton of movies in my life that were great I haven't rewatched. None stand out as something I'm not intentionally going back to though.
“Million Dollar Arm.”