What movies do you consider worth owning?

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The recent thread about Apocolypse Now brought to mind that I bought the Redux version because I figured it to be somewhat of a classic of its time. Meaning that I would watch it more than once or twice, therefore making having the movie reasonably worth it. There are others that I bought, knowing that had I not gotten them, I'd probably watch them anyway if they came on TV. Other reasons I bought some are that I like to see movies with all the stuff that cable or networks remove in order to save time for commercials or to make it more family friendly. Still another reason is that, with the advent of DVD, I can zip to parts of the flik that I like while ignoring scenes I don't like.

Are there any movies you might figure is worth owning, ones you would watch more than once or maybe take out and watch when people come over the house?
 
The crouching tiger one.

Toystory ;)

Aladin! I watched that last year, in social stuides. Damn, it had some crip ass songs. :D
 
"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy - but get the Special Extended versions. They're far superior to the theatrical release versions.
 
There are some movies worth owning IMO. I own and watch 'Ben Hur' over and over again. Love that chariot race, but the whole movie is great. Also, like 'Godzilla 1998.' That movie is absolutely hilarious most of the time and the monster is pretty good FX. Looks big and very bad. A couple of Gene Kelley movies, 'American in Paris' and 'Singin' in the Rain' just to see Kelley do his stuff. He's impeccable. Dirty Harry (Looks like you're sh** outta luck) in the 'Dead Pool.' These several just off the top of my head.
 
The note book..

second hand lions

navy seals

XXX II state of the union was pretty good

all of the 007 movies
 
Citizen Kane
Lord of the Rings (extended)
the Road Warrior
Mystery Men
Gone in 60 Seconds
the Royal Tannenbaums
Groundhog Day
the 13th Warrior
Watership Down (animated)
Whale Rider
Ghost in the Shell (anime)
Excalibur
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)

Frank
 
jefff said:
XXX II state of the union was pretty good
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That movie was TERRIBLE!!!!

I would say fight club, and braveheart...some comidies. I have the royal tennanbaums and super troopers.
 
Geez what a list to create.
I own a lot and some of the ones I own I ask myself why I own it... :rolleyes:

Too many to name but
Saving private ryan
LOTR - all
Gladiator
Patriot
Braveheart
anything zombie related that is not Italian (no offense to any Italians here :))
Goodfellas (best Mob film ever IMHO)
Fight club (yea it is good and odd)
Boiler room
Night at roxbury
Trading places
first 2 ghostbusters
Bumfights 1-2
Terminator 1-2
Aliens
ID4
13th warrior
Starship troopers
Fast times at ridgemont high
The fugitive
U-571
Indiana jones - all
first blood

I cant go on , too much typing but I those are my faves... Did I cover zombie films ?? lol :D
 
The Passion of the Christ
Braveheart
Armageddon
MIB
Any Godfather
Any Rocky
Mystery Alaska "What's said in the locker room, stays in the locker room." :D
HEAT
Gladiator
Terms of Endearment and The Evening Star "You went to Woodstock. I went to Woodstock." "I thought you looked familiar." :D
The Joy Luck Club
Independence Day
Awakenings
A Walk to Remember

I almost forgot...
McClintock
Finding Forrester
Dangerous Beauty
Scent of a Woman

BTW, Secondhand Lions was wonderful. "Bury me in the garden next to the stupid lion." (or something like that)
 
Fight club
Last man standing
LOTR trilogy
Way of the gun
the last samurai
Tombstone
Pitchblack
couple of others too, cant really remember.
 
With so many new films, and old ones I've never seen, it's hard to justify watching any particular movie over-and-over again. And with rental prices at $1.00 - $1.50, you'd have to watch a movie five to fifteen times to come out even.

There are almost no hollywood-crap movies I'd watch ten times, or even twice.

That being said, I own a few Godzilla movies (they were cheap), the trio of Clint Eastwood speghetti westerns, Once Upon A Time In The West, and some bargain-bin collections (ten mysteries for ten dollars, that sort of thing).

-Bob
 
Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
Outlaw Josey Wales
Goodfellas
Bronx Tale
Stripes
What About Bob...

...maybe 5-6 other ones.
 
The Man Who Wasn’t There
2 Days In The Valley
15 Minutes
Bladerunner
Man On Fire
Scarface
 
In no particular order (and building on what's already been mentioned):

The Searchers
The Godfather (I & II)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Training Day
Basic
The Last of the Mohicans
Lethal Weapon (I & II)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
True Grit
Silverado
Midway
The Thin Man (all of them)
Mr. Roberts
The Caine Mutiny
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Philadelphia Story
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Arsenic and Old Lace
 
Lots of good ones, but some less well-known ones:

The Edge
Scent of a Woman
The Ghosts and the Darkness
Fallen
 
Lot of good ones so far. How about:
Boondock Saints
Collateral(Fox and Cruise)
Kingdom of Heaven
BlackHawk Down
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Oceans Eleven(the sequel sucked)
Vanishing Point
 
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