Is it just me, or do other people have a reliable selection of films they can watch again and again when they just want to veg out in the evening?

Something that allows them to put their brain into neutral, but still provides an hour or two of guaranteed entertainment?

The films I find myself watching when I just want to relax in front of the telly and ensure there are no nasty surprises, include:

Where Eagles Dare
Sneakers
Ocean's Eleven (George Clooney version)
From Dusk till Dawn (comfy? - maybe not! :D )
Die Hard 1 and 2
Lethal Weapon 2 and 3
The 39 Steps (Robert Powell version)

Any other suggestions?

StarSparkle

Yeah - most of the films I've got watched loads and for some reason don't get bored..depends on my mood (sad, happy, hysterical etc..) but will chose from

-three colours blue (so sad)
-romeo and juliet (so sad AND romantic)..yes the baz lurhmann (sp?) version which most people think is crap but I think is great.
-clerks (so funny and full of great one liners-makes me laugh without fail)

Could go on but would get boring for others very quickly...

Ooohhhh.....where to start!

Where Eagles Dare - Touring Bavaria with machineguns....:)
Star Trek : First Contact
The Ipcress File
El Dorado - John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan.
North By Northwest

And oodles more!

Pulp Fiction is definately one of those kinda films- or maybe I've just seen it too many times lol

A night at the roxbury
Forrest gump
Event horizon
Fight club
Lost boys

Lost Boys is awesome.

I also had a phase where i could watch any of the Naked Guns or Hot Shots, but i just cant watch anything over and over unless its a comedy.

Bar Lost Boys and Reservoir Dogs

The Back to the Future trilogy is an obvious one. I also like The Lion King (yes I know I'm a 23 year old male, so shoot me). Se7en is also a good one if you fancy something quite gory and have seen it a few times before so know exactly what's going on.

I watch these films again and again to pass the time whilst I do the family mountain of ironing and never get sick of them...just the ironing.

the wedding singer
lost in translation
shallow hal
stand by me
forrest gump
american history x, although its hard to watch.
eddie izzard live
ricky gervais live

Shawshank Redemption is a great film that you can watch again and again.

The women (1939 with Joan Crawford)

its a wonderful life

The big blue

True Romance

the wizard of oz


fist full of dollars


are just a few of my favourites

School of rock is my current hangover film.

Airplane
Airplane 2

It just does not matter how many times I see those two films they always make me laugh!!

OK. Here's my top 10 in reverse order.

10. Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World.

9. Airplane.

8. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

7. Close Encounters.

6. 50 First Dates. (So funny it hurts)

5. Grease. (I'm still singing it 25 years later!)

4. Xanadu. (A hidden gem.)

3. Joe Versus The Volcano.

2. Sleepless In Seattle.

1. When Harry Met Sally. (Say nothing. Just keep eating!)

Mine have to be .......

Grease
Rocky Horror
One of our dinosaurs is missing (old b/w peter sellars kids film)
Drop Dead Fred (another kids film starring Rick Mayall ... totally hillarious)

Bridget Jones
Shawshank Redemption
Love Actually ( a new addition to my comfy list)
Dirty Dancing
Billy Connolly Live
Top Gun
Bad Boys

a movie for most moods :)

Originally posted by ianmitchell
Pulp Fiction is definately one of those kinda films- or maybe I've just seen it too many times lol

Pulp Fiction :clap:
Shawshank Redemption
Alien ( all 4 )
Braveheart
The Godfather trilogy
Indiana Jones trilogy
Robin Hood prince of theives
Desperado
Terminator 1 & 2
Speed

Originally posted by alchresearch
Shawshank Redemption is a great film that you can watch again and again.
Amen to that one.... always good to pick you back up and dust off the bad day crud

Big is one of mine, and another one is The Princess Bride.... is it just me, or isn't that an amazing film... quite heavily ripped off by the last shrek film. Some of it was filmed around here too. It seems such a great and timeless film, and very popular in America... i find it hard to understand why it isn't as well known here. Watch it, it's great, especially for kids of all ages.

Ocean's Eleven is quite good

Deffinately agree with Shawshank Redemption. Also:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dazed and Confused
Koyaanisqatsi

The Burbs with Tom Hanks always puts a smile back on my face-

Also:

The Lost Boys
Forrest Gump
Shaun Of The Dead
Shawshank Redemption

& The best movie of all time--
Willy Wonka & The Choc Factory (roll on the remake!!!)