Most Rewatchable Movies Ever Made

17 Oct,2023

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When filmmaker Martin Scorsese made Goodfellas, he was coming off the controversial reaction to his 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ and before that, the tepid reception to The Color of Money. 

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Goodfellas (1990)

If we were ranking this list in terms of rewatchability, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off would be towards the top. By 1986, John Hughes had perfected the “teen movie” format in a variety of ways, from the female-centric young love of Sixteen Candles to the outsider POV of The Breakfast Club.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

A film you can quote from end-to-end is a pretty good sign that you’re willing to watch the film endlessly. While Will Ferrell and Adam McKay have shown their strength as a team time and time again.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Any self-professed fan of Christopher Nolan who hasn’t seen Memento at least three times should have their Nolan card revoked. Though it wasn’t his first directorial effort, it was his first feature-length collaboration with younger brother Jonathan Nolan, and a breakthrough film that would open the door for his now-iconic Batman trilogy.

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Memento (2000)

The filmmaking team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost first made waves with their TV series Spaced, but it was the trio's 2004 feature film Shaun of the Dead that made them household names. 

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Shaun of the Dead (2004)

First reactions to news of The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin writing a movie about Facebook were bursts of laughter. And then when David Fincher signed on to direct, that laughter turned to incredulity

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The Social Network (2010)

Like many of Miyazaki films, Spirited Away is a melty, mind-bending riff on a classic fairy tale, but his gorgeous and deliciously eerie take on Alice in Wonderland marks his most compellingly rewatchable. 

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Spirited Away (2001)

There’s a solid chance you’ve seen this movie in its entirety, maybe just not in one sitting. Frank Darabont’s classic adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most un-King-like short stories has been in regular rotation on cable TV channels for the last 20 years or so. 

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Everybody has that one movie you can watch a thousand times and never get tired of. For me, that's George Armitage's Grosse Pointe Blank. There is no time I won't watch Grosse Pointe Blank, and if it shows up on TV, well, that's what I'm doing for the next hour and 47 minutes.

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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

While many of Godard’s French New Wave works are so anti-establishment as to be frankly assaulting to watch (see: Masculin Feminin, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her), Band of Outsiders is Godard at his most sentimental.

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Band of Outsiders (1964)