"Pain is temporary, film is forever." That quote has been used ad nauseam to bulldoze home the fact that movie theatre is engrained in permanent ink, and that however difficult or arduous the process of making a particular film, the end consequence is (hopefully) worth it. The truth is non every movie is worth standing the test of time, and some age more gracefully than others. Just moving picture is forever, and that's i of the great things about the artform. Movies are ever there, unchanged (unless George Lucas is involved), to revisit at any time you like. Granted that'southward become more hard in the postal service-Blockbuster era, but everyone has their stable of movies they return to time and time again.

So the Collider staff put their heads together to generate a listing of the nearly rewatchable movies of all fourth dimension. These are films that, for a multifariousness of reasons, hold upwards on repeat viewing after repeat viewing. Maybe they perfectly evoke a universal theme, or maybe they're simply immensely enjoyable. Some were even made to purposely reward echo viewings with in-jokes and nods that are reflected in reveals later in the motion-picture show. Simply all of these, we attest, are worth revisiting many times over.

So without further ado, nosotros nowadays to yous the nigh rewatchable movies ever made.

29 Goodfellas

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When filmmaker Martin Scorsese fabricated Goodfellas , he was coming off the controversial reaction to his 1988 pic The Last Temptation of Christ and before that, the tepid reception to The Color of Money . So you lot could say he had something to testify. Scorsese dug back into his Italian roots to craft i of the best gangster films of all time, with a gimmicky spin. The result is a rollicking, epic, comic, and ultimately tragic tale of life in the mob from street-kid to rat. Scorsese proves his mastery of cinema with a flick that is impeccably paced, filling out the ensemble with unforgettable performances from Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, and of course Joe Pesci. The moving-picture show has not i but multiple pieces of cinema iconography in it, from the legendary Copacabana tracking shot to the frenetic, visceral "coked out cooking day" sequence. Information technology is, obviously, tremendously watchable, and that Scorsese was able to combine such entertainment value with such rich storytelling is a testament to his talent. – Adam Chitwood

28 Ferris Bueller's Solar day Off

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If nosotros were ranking this list in terms of rewatchability, Ferris Bueller'due south Day Off would be towards the top. Past 1986, John Hughes had perfected the "teen film" format in a diversity of ways, from the female-centric young love of Sixteen Candles to the outsider POV of The Breakfast Club . But with Ferris Bueller, Hughes tackled quite perchance his nigh trite bailiwick yet—skipping school—and churned out a classic. As with all of his films, there'southward a hefty amount of heart to be establish in Ferris Bueller, and while the title graphic symbol is a fun-loving dude, it'south Cameron and Sloane who carry the hefty thematic weight. Cameron's struggling with depression and a troubled human relationship with his father, while Sloane worries virtually her time to come. It's to Hughes' credit that he was able to tackle weighty subjects and in the same jiff stage a massive dance sequence in the heart of Chicago, and it's that residue of pure joy and burdensome reality that make Ferris Bueller and so memorable. The film is the anti-party movie party movie, having its cake and eating it too, and it is delicious. – Adam Chitwood

27 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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A film y'all 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 force every bit a team time and time once again, information technology's their showtime characteristic outing, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy , which shines the brightest. It'south a motion-picture show that's unafraid to be totally weird, and unlike Anchorman ii , which is fine but doesn't hold upward on repeat viewings, it knew that a little Brick went a long mode. Anchorman wasn't a huge hitting when it was released in 2004, but information technology establish its audience on habitation video, which isn't surprising. It'due south a film you lot want to own so you tin can watch it again and again. – Matt Goldberg

26 Memento

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Whatever 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 start directorial endeavour, it was his first characteristic-length collaboration with younger blood brother Jonathan Nolan, and a breakthrough film that would open the door for his now-iconic Batman trilogy. Memento set the tone of what a "Nolan moving picture" would be: tense, smart, expertly plotted, charismatically acted, and meticulously edited. Memento could arguably be called Nolan's most clever moving picture to engagement, though information technology'll find stiff contest from fans of Inception and the scientifically researched script behind Interstellar . Simply much like how Leonard's quest to detect his wife'southward killer feels as if it'southward part of an endless, renewing wheel, so does Memento feel worthy of watching over and over. – Dave Trumbore

25 Shaun of the Dead

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The filmmaking team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost first made waves with their TV series Spaced , just it was the trio's 2004 feature film Shaun of the Expressionless that made them household names. Indeed, their twist on the zombie movie with a so-called "zomromcom" is a spectacular feat of cinema—a moving picture that is equal parts hilarious, creepy, and moving. But what makes Shaun of the Dead (and all of Wright's films for that matter) so rewatchable is that it is impeccably crafted. Every single camera movement is motivated, every line of dialogue perfectly timed, all adding up to a viewing experience that is a feast for the senses. At that place'southward a reason people return to this film time and time over again (especially at Halloween), and Wright and Pegg'southward script rewards repeat viewings with various bits of foreshadowing—including a spoken communication at the pub at the very beginning of the pic that lays out the entire plot of the residual of the film. When so much care is put into crafting such a rich and rewarding viewing experience, information technology's no reason Shaun of the Expressionless has endured as a new-classic. – Adam Chitwood

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First reactions to news of The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin writing a movie almost Facebook were bursts of laughter. And then when David Fincher signed on to direct, that laughter turned to incredulity. What? Why? How? As it turns out, the duo were on to something; The Social Network resulted in possibly the defining film most the early 21st century. Sorkin took the invention of Facebook and infused the story with drama of Greek Epic proportions, crafting a tragedy of sorts about ability and relationships. It's a film about outsiders, nearly feeling undervalued, and almost the attraction of glory and perceived vindication. Information technology's also i of the most entertaining films of the 21st century so far. The odd pairing of Sorkin and Fincher proves to be a friction match made in heaven, as each elevates the other's best qualities while dampening ane some other's worst tendencies. The creative push and pull betwixt Sorkin'southward romanticism and Fincher's pragmatism is almost chemical, and the pure amusement cistron that the two are able to infuse this character-rich story with makes it an endlessly watchable film. – Adam Chitwood

23 Spirited Away

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Like many of Miyazaki films, Spirited Away is a melty, mind-bending riff on a classic fairy tale, but his gorgeous and deliciously eerie accept on Alice in Wonderland marks his nearly compellingly rewatchable. A gorgeous allegory on the dazzler and peril of growing upwardly, you'd be hard pressed to find some other Miyazaki then beguiling in its world-edifice. A movie elegantly designed to work as well for children every bit it does for their developed counterparts, thanks to its trend to puncture the precious with sharp elements of pitch darkness, Spirited Abroad is circuitous, bewitching and just plain gorgeous, merely most of all, infinitely revisitable. —Aubrey Page

22 The Shawshank Redemption

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There's a solid risk you've seen this movie in its entirety, possibly just not in one sitting. Frank Darabont's classic adaptation of one of Stephen Male monarch's most united nations-King-similar short stories has been in regular rotation on cable TV channels for the final twenty years or so. It'due south a solid crime-drama full of fantastic grapheme performances, but the real describe here is the central theme of perseverance in the face of injustice and downright evil. Tim Robbins takes the weight of Andy Dufresne's conviction on his shoulders and makes united states of america experience every hour, twenty-four hour period, and twelvemonth leading upwardly to his hard-won escape, just never gives united states reason to lose hope along the manner. Information technology's a redemptive tale, as the championship promises, and that simply never gets former. – Dave Trumbore

21 Grosse Pointe Blank

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Everybody has that one movie you can sentry a thousand times and never get tired of. For me, that'sGeorge Armitage'southward Grosse Pointe Bare . There is no time I won't watchGrosse Pointe Blank, and if it shows up on Tv set, well, that's what I'thou doing for the next hour and 47 minutes. Information technology's a quirky film, specifically crafted as a vehicle forJohn Cusack'south oddball charm (he co-wrote the screenplay withTom Jankiewicz,D.V. DeVincentis, and long-fourth dimension collaboratorSteve Pink). A romantic comedy/action hybrid with a soundtrack worthy of the squad behind Loftier Fidelity ,Grosse Pointe Bare stars Cusack equally a hitting human being in the midst of a life crisis when a job brings him back to his hometown on the eve of his high school reunion. There, he's reunited with his starting time and only love, Debbie (Minnie Driver), who helps him come to grips with owning up to your misdeeds and respecting the value of life. Cusack and Driver have infrequent on-screen chemical science -- a peculiar mix between that butterflies-in-the-stomach apprehension and lived-in camaraderie -- and their connection carries the film, even in the midst of one excellent action set-piece after the next. Ultimately,Grosse Pointe Blank is a story virtually second chances and making amends. It'southward about dropping your baggage and starting fresh. —Haleigh Foutch

20 Ring of Outsiders

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While many of Godard'south French New Wave works are then anti-establishment as to be frankly assaulting to scout (run into: Masculin Feminin, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her), Ring of Outsiders is Godard at his virtually sentimental. With an aura of Breathless , his energetic debut, but with emotion rarely seen in his oeuvre, Ring of Outsiders is distinct in its rare amore and exuberance. Often heart-wrenching but always liltingly low-cal, the pic is rife with the kind of meta-motion picture love the director does and then well, but the presence of relatively complex characters and a comprehensible plot make this the easy become-to for a cheerful French New Wave gear up. The fact that the lovely Anna Karina stars is merely a welcome bonus. —Aubrey Page

nineteen Jurassic Park

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Information technology's Jurassic Park , what is there to say? One ofSteven Spielberg'southward all-time and one of the best blockbuster movies of all time, Jurassic Park is %100, unadulterated cinematic magic. It transports you to a world of wonders and terrors where dinosaurs roam, and it fulfills that promise in every possible way with groundbreaking special effects, expertly conceived set pieces (Spielberg is a main of adventure, later all), and a cast of loveable characters who felt grounded in reality. Somehow, that magic never wears thin. Those characters never grow old. And in an age of constantly improving, spectacular visual furnishings, Jurassic Park is immune to the ravages of time, selling the splendor just as much as the day information technology was released. —Haleigh Foutch

18 Elf

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Elf is no masterpiece—information technology's dizzy!—but a picture show need not be perfect to qualify as rewatchable. Indeed, what director Jon Favreau pulled off with Elf is in some ways just as difficult, every bit he and star Volition Ferrell concluded up crafting a Christmas classic; a film that is on heavy rotation every Dec, and that pretty much every family member can concur on as a bully moving-picture show-nighttime pick. I demand only look at the cloying Broadway musical accommodation to sympathise the finely tuned alchemy that Favreau and Ferrell capture in this moving-picture show, as it'southward not easy to replicate. The story is outlandish but Favreau sells it with throwback stop-motion blitheness effects and an empathy for every character, while Ferrell delivers a character that is outlandishly nutty only not as well over the top. Information technology's a tightrope walk of sorts, and Elf performs it beautifully. Then yep, Goodfellas this is not, simply rewatchable? Y'all betcha. – Adam Chitwood

17 A Few Good Men

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If this is ever on TNT (and it normally is), I commonly just let it play to the end. Aaron Sorkin's work is incredibly rewatchable, but sometimes you lot're not in the mood to marathon West Wing episodes or encompass the nastiness present in The Social Network and Steve Jobs . Sometimes you need the comfort of a court drama mixed with Sorkin's soaring dialogue, and that's where A Few Skillful Men comes in. Yeah, we all know the Jessup speech, only the film is packed with wall-to-wall great moments packaged in the warm blanket that is the court drama. Information technology'due south not Sorkin'due south deepest work or his most challenging, but it's one I'm always happy to watch. – Matt Goldberg

16 Hot Fuzz

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It was hard non to include every Edgar Wright motion picture on this list, just in narrowing it down to two, Hot Fuzz certainly makes the cut. Just as with Shaun of the Dead , this twist on the buddy action film genre is lovingly realized and impeccably crafted, with attention paid to every single cut, every song choice, and every joke. The moving picture plays out equally a whodunit of sorts earlier that tremendous Wicker Homo -esque twist, and Wright and co-writer Simon Pegg string the audience along past leaving staff of life crumbs to the true killer that, while they do pay off, don't necessarily lead in the management 1 might presume. And that's all the ameliorate—you lot may "figure it out", and yous're non wrong but yous're not 100% correct either. Plus, the moving picture is a downright please, with Pegg and Nick Frost once again proving to be a formidable comedic duo with a stiff dose of heart, while Wright fills out the ensemble with impeccable British performers giving surprising turns. The greater good indeed. – Adam Chitwood

fifteen Back to the Future

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Merely like with A Few Good Men, if Back to the Future is always on Television receiver, I just let it play. It's the perfectly paced run a risk movie. It's a dispensary on economic storytelling (just think nigh how much information yous get about the earth and the characters before the opening credits are even finished), and while it certainly romanticizes elements of the 1950s while also flirting with Oedipal subtext, it's still a ridiculously fun and enjoyable movie. In that location's a reason Back to the Future is considered a archetype, and while the sequels are enjoyable (Part II more so than Function III), the original is the one I keep coming back to. – Matt Goldberg

xiv The Matrix

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In that location's naught like watching The Matrix for the first time. The closest thing to that feel is watching it again and again after the fact in order to effigy out just what the heck is going on in this movie. It's a rare picture that completely changes the way you watch it and the things you await for once you sympathise the mechanism that drives it; The Matrix is one such motion picture cheers to its nested realities, technopunk artful, and incredible action sequences. Beyond that, information technology also delivers a solid anti-disciplinarian message, one that's accessible across fourth dimension, infinite, and demographic boundaries. And fifty-fifty if you sympathize what'southward going on in The Matrix well before Neo does, it'south fun to watch him endeavour to puzzle it all out over and over once again. – Dave Trumbore

13 Groundhog Day

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It wouldn't be a rewatchable movies list without Groundhog Day , as the time-loop film'southward unabridged conceit involves watching the same events play out over and over once again. This is another case of 2 differing sensibilities clashing to upshot in a perfect balance, as director Harold Ramis' emphasis on one-act makes the film hilarious while Bill Murray's insistence on delving into the philosophical implications of Phil Collins' situation brings in the thematic weight. This is a picture that could have turned repetitive actually fast, but Ramis finds a way to keep the story fresh in each scene, while Murray delivers one of the best performances of his entire career. The picture is delightfully charming and, thanks to Murray, dryly funny, merely it'due south besides surprisingly nighttime, and information technology's that willingness to go to uncomfortable places that I call up has made the film suffer and so long. – Adam Chitwood

12 Magic Mike XXL

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Watching  Magic Mike XXL  is like getting invited to the best road trip party of all time. There'due south zippo about it that's not fun -- well, actually,Bister Heard'southward mopey, cooler-than-you hangabout is a major drag, but literally every other partMagic Mike XXL is a giddy treat. From the moment Channing Tatum starts Pony-ing around his construction workshop in the movie'southward opening scenes, XXL goes full tilt on only living large and having a expert time. There is a whiff of a dramatic subplot wherein Mike finds that once he cleaned upward his human activity, got the daughter, and started the business of his dreams, everything brutal apart, simply XXL largely dispenses with its predecessor's introspection in favor of a not-stop party. Everything aboutJoe Manganiello's Large Dick Richie (but especially his gas station trip the light fantastic toe break) is gleeful and joyous, every bit isJada Pinkett Smith'south commanding and surprising turn as Mike'southward onetime flame/boss/ladypimp, Rome, and her mansion of gyrating wonders. And XXL is a rarity in that it'southward got infinite entreatment to both men and women. I retrieve park of why it never hit at the box part is because they marketed information technology purely to the ladies when XXL is really one of the well-nigh bro films near dude bonding ever made. Magic Mike XXL is sexy and cheeky (just wait at that championship) and it's always fun equally hell. —Haleigh Foutch

11 Harold & Maude

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Though certainly one of the more than polarizing of the '70s cult classics, the romantic charmer (and clear Wes Anderson influencer) flips the weepy on its head with a May/Dec romance betwixt a immature, decease-obsessed misfit (Bud Cort) and a vivacious octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). A controversial premise, to be sure – simply the film'due south soft center, which oozes with of-the-moment rebellion and features life-affirming and tear-jerking moments in spades – couldn't be more universal. Buoyant and fiercely unique, Harold & Maude hands gets better with every rewatch. (Fifty-fifty though y'all'll yet cry every time.) Bonus points for that wildly catchy Cat Stevens soundtrack. —Aubrey Folio

10 The Fifth Element

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One signifier of a film's rewatchability (technical term, that) is just how quotable it is. The 5th Element , arguably Luc Besson'southward best directorial try to engagement earns solid rewatchability points based on that metric alone. Even if you go to the point where you lot can recite every quote-worthy bit of dialogue in sync with the actors or sing along with Diva Plavalaguna, at that place'due south still so much to savor on subsequent watches. It'southward set far enough into a (hopefully) fictional hereafter that the film's sci-fi elements don't feel archaic or even familiar, the characters are refreshingly bizarre each and every time they appear on screen, and the scene-chewing simply never gets old. It helps that the movie's furnishings and costumes rely heavily on the practical side of things rather than quickly outdated computer-generated gimmicks. Perhaps best of all, there'south no bad time of day (or year) to watch this thing, fifty-fifty if you've seen it dozens of times already; you don't even demand a multi-pass! – Dave Trumbore

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