Movies that get better with repeated viewing?

[pokerfan]

Groundhog Day
Stand By Me
Planes Trains & Automobiles
Christmas Vacation

[Lucian]

1. Definitely for the last one.

I'd like to add A Christmas Story to that list.

[pokerfan]

2. Yeah...

That's a good one and we watch it every year. I would also add A River Runs Through It.

[tblue]

3. Galaxy Questi

Freaking brilliant!0

[pokerfan]

8. I will have to watch it again

Only saw it once.

[mwb970]

4. THX1138, Annie Hall, Romancing the Stone. /nt

[HopeHoops]

5. "Debbie Does Dallas"

[Lars39]

6. Raising Arizona

:)

[eShirl]

7. Buckaroo Banzai

Princess Bride
Big Trouble in Little China
any musical

[Denninmi]

9. The first Austin Powers movie.

You catch little things you didn't notice the first time around.

Now, #2 and especially #3, not a lot can necessarily help them.

[polly7]

10. Monty Python & The Holy Grail,

Life of Brian,
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Airplane

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Watchmen, Napoleon Dynamite, Big Lebowski.

[pokerfan]

12. Lebowski, yeah

can't believe I forgot that one...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Took me 3 tries before I started to get it.

Now I think I get it but damned if I can explain it.

[gratuitous]

13. Fargo for sure

There are some movies where I had a fundamental misunderstanding of something at the beginning, but once I cleared it up by the end, the story made a lot more sense. So, on a second viewing, the movie worked a lot better, but I don't think that quite counts.

Others:

The Big Sleep, particularly if you see the original 1945 version after the 1946 theatrical release version
The Usual Suspects
Volunteers
The Third Man

[RushIsRot]

15. This is Spinal Tap

[grntuscarora]

16. The Life of Brian

for my family, anyway.

[pokerfan]

17. Romanes eunt domus!

[XemaSab]

18. Office Space

Yeah.

[siligut]

19. Ronin, L. A. Confidential

You've Got Mail, but that is a chick-flick, so it might not count. I still get teary at the end after all these years.

[Ilsa]

20. Ghostbusters. Hubby missed all the sly stuff even on his 3rd viewing. nt

[pokerfan]

23. That movie was dripping with sarcasm

Ray: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
Peter: You're right, no human being would stack books like this. :sarcasm:

[Ilsa]

24. Lots of ad libbing, too. nt

[proud patriot]

21. I'm such a nerd , okay here's mine

All Star Trek Movies
All Lord of the Rings Movies
5th Element
Fried Green Tomatoes
Alice in Wonderland (new one)

[timtom]

22. Peewee's Big Adventure.

[oneshooter]

25. "The Sand Pebbles" and "Second Hand Lions" n/t