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    • devilsfoxes

      Jul 10th 2012, 6:45

      JAWS!!!! HELLOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

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    • devilsfoxes

      Jul 10th 2012, 6:47

      also I love Inception, but I will watch something like The Departed way way way more times. But that's me.

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    • ASmileSoDevious

      Jul 10th 2012, 6:59

      There are so many that you can add on this list but everyone has different tastes. Personally I would have added Jaws, The Goonies, Big Trouble In Little China, The Rocky Series etc.

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    • CaptainCrazy

      Jul 10th 2012, 7:50

      When you say "rewatchable movies" I rate leave-your-brain-at-the-door movies amongst highly. I can watch Inception once, maybe twice. But like Kubrick's 2001 I find some films on this list too much hard work, maybe a little too clinical. I would sit and watch Charlie's Angels or Van Helsing anytime of the day. Critical disaster? Sure. Enjoyable? Hell yes. (NOTE: I do love your typical 5 star films but sometimes I just want to escape.)

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    • dancarmody

      Jul 10th 2012, 8:33

      Agree with about half of this list, whats missing - Jurassic Park, Dumb & Dumber, Con Air, The Goonies, O Brother Where Art Thou, Dark Knight and Taken.

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    • ChrisWootton

      Jul 10th 2012, 8:39

      Empire Strikes Back, Jaws, any Roger Moore James Bond film, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters, Zombieland..

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    • MikeyRix

      Jul 10th 2012, 8:44

      RE "Inception"'s 'If You Only Rewatch One Scene': Got four words for ya (or three if you're being picky). Anti. Gravity. Fight. Scene. :D

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    • apbgreen

      Jul 10th 2012, 8:44

      Clueless? Really?

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    • Agent69

      Jul 10th 2012, 9:47

      Inception #1 LOL. God do your knees bleed after so much kneeling in front of Nolan? And The Usual Suspect is one of least rewatchable movies ever. It loses so much, basically take away the "twist" ending and you get a forgettable noirish crime triller. Where is Flash Gordon? Lion in Winter?

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    • LukeSween

      Jul 10th 2012, 9:56

      Goonies and Cool Running should definitely be up there. Zombieland is one of the most watchable films ever. Glad Inception is at number one though, it is my number 1 film of all time and is my go to if I want to want to watch a grand scale movie. Jurrasic Park is probably the film I watched most as was my first and only VHS for a long while.

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    • torrente

      Jul 10th 2012, 10:09

      Withnail & I should be on this list

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    • Pearceyy96

      Jul 10th 2012, 10:15

      The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, Chronicle, Harry Potter, Saving Private Ryan

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    • revan1138

      Jul 10th 2012, 10:37

      empire strikes back,jaws and halloween.glad to see no harry potter in the list.harry potter takes 8 films to get the bad guy , scooby doo can do it in 25 minutes.

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    • Vampyre

      Jul 10th 2012, 11:19

      Sorry i must protest. Sixth Sense ??????? m night ballbags career is entirly based around the first watch, after that you never watch them again unless you're a goldfish. the village - poop, the happening - poop. somebody needs to stop him. Of all the things you could have had, totally agree with dark night, jaws, goonies. what about police story, duck soup, full metal jacket.

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    • Chufferstud

      Jul 10th 2012, 11:32

      Home Alone? It may be seasonal, but I can watch it anytime of the year as it's so good. Same for Elf, just because it's a chrimbo film, doesn't mean it has to kept till December! I can also watch Clue and Murder by Death again and again. I think this is a poll which is down to personal taste.

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    • cleanbreak

      Jul 10th 2012, 11:43

      Jaws, Lawrence of Arabia, Withnail and I, The good the bad and the ugly* for me, are the most rewatchable films above all. To miss out Jaws, Lawrence and Withnail in favour of newer efforts (how do we know 'The Avengers' is rewatchable, it's only just came out) is just a little depressing. *Ok you got that one.

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    • BobbyTwoTimes

      Jul 10th 2012, 11:45

      So this is basically just a list of very good films then!? As much as most of these are classics, there's no way things like Casablanca and The Godfather are rewatchable in the sense that you're suggesting. Correctly, films mentioned above like The Goonies, Jaws, Home Alone, both Nolan Batman films, Jurassic Park, Rocky's etc.. are far more 'rewatchable'. Plus why is 'Raiders' the only rewatchable film from the Indy Trilogy? (I prefer to pretend Indy 4 never happened!) I'd happily sit through Doom and Crusade repeated times - same goes for the Star Wars trilogy (I prefer to pretend the Prequels never happened) and the Lethal Weapon films. All just as much fun as each other, so if LOTR can be judged rewatchable as a trilogy then why can't these? Silly list!

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    • Kellend11

      Jul 10th 2012, 11:46

      Oh man, I could watch Airplane! over and over again and it never fails to make me laugh like mad every time. However, joining Toy Story, I think Monsters Inc should be included - a good amount of quotes to shout along to in that film.

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    • jackietilley

      Jul 10th 2012, 12:19

      very good list but old movies lose the rewatchable qualities. Im surprised the dark knight isn't there Donnie Darko should be much higher, oldboy, monsters inc, american psycho, 300, the prestige, HOT FUZZ

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    • kennethsmith

      Jul 10th 2012, 12:26

      Titan AE, Idle Hands (Devon Sawa, Seth Green Version), American History X . . .

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    • Senver

      Jul 10th 2012, 12:43

      @Agent69 - Lol they may as well name the magazine Total Nolan, TF your love of all things CN is getting a tad embarrasing now, almost as bad as your Fincher worship from the 1990's (Fight Club 4th Best film of all time at one point. Really?) Surely just copying and pasting the IMDB top 50 would have sufficed?

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    • georgeWW

      Jul 10th 2012, 12:49

      put alien(1979) on the list, uses an image from avp ... totalfilm you troll

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    • tomasroges

      Jul 10th 2012, 13:43

      It's hilarious to me that Inception is number one. With all it's loose characters and seemingly profound ideals, it may be the one, for me, that gets worse over time. All of the other films no matter how bad they are, and the list appears to be littered with a ton of bad movie, are essentially more re-watchable than Inception.

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    • chupabraga

      Jul 10th 2012, 14:15

      It feels like not too much thought was put into this list. Groundhog Day and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang would be in mine.

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    • FBSSumaric

      Jul 10th 2012, 14:19

      harry potter, xmen 1 and 2 and of course the prequel (fassbender and mc avoy are so good :-)) and inglorious basterds :-) harry and sally, high fidelity, oceans 11 (clooney), gone with the wind (on an rainy afternoon), rebel without a cause.....and some austrian movies nobody in the u.k. knows :-)

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    • marc96

      Jul 10th 2012, 16:00

      i love films like memento & alien but cant rewatch them too often, some i would include are gladiator, kiss kiss bang bang, district 9, true romance, the hangover, just to name a few

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    • JDHarris

      Jul 10th 2012, 16:07

      Easy A, Juno, Paranormal Activity (1st one NOT the sequels!), Inception, The Dark Knight, The Hunger Games, Hot Fuzz, Paul, Toy Story 3, Up, Mean Girls, Final Destintation (all except for the shoddy fourth one) :)

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    • Tryharder

      Jul 10th 2012, 16:15

      This list is really kind of embarrassing, its mainly movies that cannot endure the hype they receive or are just s****y in general, with a few good movies that make every list anyone makes. Should be called '50 movies you have to re-watch because idiots think they are clever/ some 80's action movies/ it's a wonderful life. I hope nobody got paid to write this list. what a waste.

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    • rachymac

      Jul 10th 2012, 16:46

      For me the films I have rewatched most are Cruel Intentions, Big Fish, Love Actually, Donnie Darko, Son of Rambow, Inception, Knocked Up, Inside I'm Dancing, MirrorMask and My Neighbour Totoro. But that's just me.....

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    • gquinn81

      Jul 10th 2012, 16:56

      Surely whether a film is re-watchable or not is completely down to personal choice. If you love a film, you're going to watch it again and again. Just like you would listen to your favourite songs or read your favourite books again and again. I must have seen Pulp Fiction 20 times and can pretty much recite it word for word, for me, it's the most re-watchable film ever made. Having said that however, I've also seen Notting Hill about 20 times just because it's on tele all the f*****g time, I hate it but still end up watching it over and over again.

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    • pdacoakley

      Jul 10th 2012, 17:10

      I love the TotalFilm website and visit it most days I'm at work but.....honestly if you are going to quote The Big Lebowski which I'm quite sure we can all agree is one of the most quotable & well loved films of all time at least find someone who has actually seen it or bothers to check a clip on youtube because the TV dub is probably more accurate i.e "This is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps" Sort it out!

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    • Kelleto9790

      Jul 10th 2012, 17:18

      Goodfellas---totally legit. But in regard to Scorsese, The Departed should have also made the cut. ANYTHING by Wes Anderson as well as P.T. Anderson could have very well been included too, particularly Rushmore and Boogie Nights.

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    • Hadouken76

      Jul 10th 2012, 17:39

      pdaoakley ...50 best TV dubs would be a better list. "I'll stab you in the neck with a BROKEN pencil!" from Midnight Run (absent from this list).

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    • zachariahgray

      Jul 10th 2012, 17:56

      What in my opinion, I think the Dark Knight should've been the No.1 re-watchable film out of the the 50's, coz I watch the film sooooooo many times and I'm quite half-pleased that it didn't made it to the top 50's, but another film by Christopher Nolan Inception is the No.1 rewatchable coz it's hard to follow as u really have to keep up with the plot or you'll get lost

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    • thomasparg

      Jul 10th 2012, 19:52

      Walter Sobchak did not say "This is how it feels when a stranger f**ks you in the a*s." he said " This is what happens when you f**k a stranger in the a*s! " big difference. The Big Lebowski is definitely my all time favourite comedy!

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    • Hadouken76

      Jul 10th 2012, 23:17

      I suspect KOC wrote a list, but you have to upgrade your computer to read it.

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    • Hauraki

      Jul 11th 2012, 2:04

      I want to go home and watch so many of these (and those in the comments) now! One more, my most watched film, Grosse Pointe Blank!

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    • pdacoakley

      Jul 11th 2012, 9:51

      Hadouken what about the classic of classic TV dubs...."Yippee-ki-yay kemo-sabe"

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    • chrishuggett

      Jul 11th 2012, 20:57

      Casablanca???? I don't know anyone who's watched it once, let alone again and again?

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    • SixStepSamurai

      Jul 11th 2012, 21:21

      Where is Predator, Midnight Run, Enter the dragon plus numerous others I can't think of right now? God, I must have seen those films millions of times on TV alone! @pdacoakley, loved the TV dubbing of Diehard, it's a classic lol! But the best one has to be Robocop. Dubs like; "I once called him... Airhead..." "You're gonna be one bad mothercrusher!" "WHY ME, WHY ME, WHY ME!!" 8-D

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    • SixStepSamurai

      Jul 11th 2012, 21:25

      Total Film should do a 50 guilty pleasures list next, with turds like Street Fighter and troll 2.

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    • MoodyMonkey

      Jul 12th 2012, 14:50

      'How'd you get that scar tough guy? eating pineapple?'

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    • MrScary

      Jul 12th 2012, 17:52

      Not a bad list, but how can you not include some of the best thrillers/mysteries of the last 20 years? Se7en? Zodiac? The Game? Primal Fear? Also, in no particular order, Halloween (the original), Jaws, The Breakfast Club, Bull Durham, Dumb & Dumber, 40 year Old Virgin, Old School, Animal House, Caddy Shack, Unbreakable, American Beauty, Silence of The Lambs, Red Dragon. Those just poppe into my head in a few seconds. Certainly any of these over Singing in The Rain. How many time does you really have to see Fred dance around the lamp post???

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    • FBFWaltz

      Jul 13th 2012, 13:43

      I agree with devilsfoxes. Where's JAWS? I could watch that movie everyday.

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    • Nickey09

      Jul 13th 2012, 19:39

      This is really such a very personal thing for everyone involved here. However, the "Hulk Vs. Loki" scene in the "Avengers"... I could watch that over and over until it made me vomit with laughter. :P

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    • stephhkofler

      Jul 14th 2012, 0:22

      Sixth Sense and Donnie Darko I've rewatched more than it should be allowed. Don't agree on inception though. Breakfast club and the goonies should be added. :)

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    • ronancox

      Jul 15th 2012, 0:01

      You forgot Leon and Heat!

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    • dbuchanan

      Jul 18th 2012, 19:32

      ummm what about Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles?!

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    • irinanistorescu

      Aug 4th 2012, 5:09

      What about Pirates of the Caribbean???

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    • marcshoemaker

      Aug 15th 2012, 19:04

      Harvey (the original Donnie Darko?). The Prestige (contrary to what some have said, you can never have too much Nolan.) No Country for Old Men. Time Bandits.

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    • Pricey

      Sep 27th 2012, 14:03

      Austin Powers. The scene where he gets the buggy stuck in the corridor. Enough said.

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