At any given time while browsing through my DirecTV guide if I see certain movies come across, regardless of at what point in play they are, I will automatically start watching it - even if it's for only ten minutes.
I came to this realization recently while paging through the guide and I came across Home Alone. I didn't care that it's currently not the holiday season, nor that it was already an hour into it - I watched it and it was awesome.
And then, because I have soooooooooooooooo much time on my hands, decided to make a top ten list via the notes app on my iPhone while happily watching Home Alone.
Naturally I'm going to share this list with you, I'm a giver.
Top Ten Movies (in no particular order) that I will always turn on when I randomly come across them on TV.
1. Home Alone
2. Love Actually
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Parenthood
4. Big
5. The Sandlot
6. Cocktail
7. A League of their Own
8. Groundhog Day
9. Legally Blonde
10. Goonies
Honorable mentions: Literally any sports themed movie (hell, I'll watch The Cutting Edge), When Harry Met Sally (WHMS while being one of my favorite movies is an honorable mention only because sometimes is just too emotional, you guys) and Gladiator (probably my favorite movie of all time, but again, sometimes is just too emotional and draining).
So, what's on your list?
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ReplyDeleteI don't think I have 10, and from your list, Love Actually, I've only seen once so would watch it if I surfed and found it on.
ReplyDeleteAll About Eve
West Side Story
Sleepless in Seattle
Love Actually
Steel Magnolias
Lawrence of Arabia (also long!)
Gentleman's Agreement
12 Angry Men
Center Stage. It's so bad but so good at the same time. :)
ReplyDeletePretty much all of those- plus "A Perfect Storm"- don't ask me why. It's emotionally draining, long and induces seasickness in some cases but there's just something about it. Every. single. time.
ReplyDeleteSandlot!!!
ReplyDeleteShawshank Redemption
Newsies (which is NEVER on tv!)
League of their own
Titanic
Some like it hot
Finding Nemo
Almost Famous
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Doubtfire
Major League (1 or 2)
ReplyDeleteTalladega Nights
Walk The Line
Rocky (1-4 or Rocky Balboa)
Shawshank
Goodfellas (Even funnier when the change the naughty words)
Top Gun
great list! i'm with heather on center state--such an awesomely bad movie. also, hocus pocus!
ReplyDeleteMost of those would be on my list, including When Harry Met Sally. I'd say the one major one that isn't on your list is Top Gun though.
ReplyDeleteDirty Dancing
ReplyDeleteThe Holiday
Back to the Future
I have a love/hate relationship with seeing these movies on tv. I almost never pop in the dvd, but if they're televised I feel compelled to watch!
Mr smith goes to washington
ReplyDeletegoodfellas
the original rocky
true identity
full metal jacket
thelma and louise
stomper romper
the score
the sandlot is definitely on that list too! I actually just purchased a VHS copy of the Goonies from the Salvation Army the other day...best 99 cents I've ever spent!
ReplyDeleteWeirdly enough, A League of Their Own was on tv last week and I watched it for the first time in ages. Forgot how good it was. I will always watch Home Alone (or Home Alone 2) when it's on as well . . . even though I own it on dvd anyway.
ReplyDeleteSteel Magnolias is my #1 must watch movie.
ReplyDelete"M'Lynn you just missed a chance of a lifetime. Half of Chinquapin Parish would give their eye teeth to take a whack at Ouiser!"
Other include Fried Green Tomatoes, Apocalypse Now, Waiting for Guffman, Goonies, Shawshank, Full Metal Jacket, Caddyshack and any part of Band of Brothers.
Can you believe I've never seen Love Actually or all of The Sandlot?
toe pick!
ReplyDeleteHome Alone tops my list. See also: Independence Day, any Harry Potter movie, Men in Black...
ReplyDeleteoh I love this.
ReplyDeletemy list has: Twister, A League of Their Own, Remember the Titans, Love Actually, Easy A, Sleepless in Seattle and Newsies.
There's probably more I just can't think of but I'm glad I'm not alone in my constant rewatching.
love actually is a great movie...
ReplyDeletethe two that first come to mind: top gun & dirty dancing. always have loved both. very sentimental. good memories of watching w my sis when we were younger.
goodfellas for sure, a bronx tale- I have secret mob wife ambitions and blow- best soundtrack plus i'm a real sucker for any movie with "words at then end".
ReplyDeletewhat is it about Love Actually! Love that movie.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home Alabama
Goonies for sure
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone & The Adventures in Babysitting.
ReplyDeleteI would have to add "Mystic Pizza" and "While You Were Sleeping".
ReplyDeleteI can't believe no one mentioned "Jaws"! Always stop and watch it for a bit....along with many of the above mentioned too. But hardly any much "older" movies got a mention like..Gone With the Wind, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby...I could go on and on...ha.
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ReplyDeleteterms of endearment
mystic pizza
The Notebook
Bring it on
Friday
The Silence of the Lambs
I cant think of any more cus my addiction to tivo has spoiled me into hardly ever having to find something to watch in a pinch!
The Sandlot for sure!!! I can't believe you and several others had this on your list. It's my favorite movie. I'm a 32 year old chica and when I tell people that's my fave movie they usually give me a look. Glad I'm not alone in my appreciation of it!
ReplyDeletemy list would include Clueless and Goodfellas! :P
ReplyDeletearmageddon and avatar are the two movies that I watch over and over and over again. I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteI luuuuurrrrvvee Love Actually. And I will watch Anchorman every time it's on TV!! stay classy, San Diego.
ReplyDeleteAlmost Famous
ReplyDeleteLove Actually
Walk the Line
Legally Blonde
Home Alone
My Girl
Pulp Fiction (I've actually never seen this from beginning to end, everytime I've seen it on I've put it on randomly)
Wizard of Oz
Jurassic Park
Titanic
Great list! I would have to add Casino and Mean Girls. I cannot get enough of that stuff
ReplyDeleteGroundhog day!
ReplyDeletegoonies
scrooged
karate kid
goodfellas
the big lebowski
Fight Club
Jaws
Star wars IV V or VI
O Brother Where Art Thou
I'll just stop now. lol
Hmmm... Love Actually, Dazed & Confused, Empire Records (although, I've never seen the last two on TV), and a few others I can't think of at the moment!
ReplyDeleteMoonstruck, Dirty Dancing, Legends of the Fall, Parent Trap (both), Freaky Friday (new only....sad b/c Natasha is dead now), Pretty Woman, Wedding Crashers, Parenthood, Overboard, As Good as it Gets, Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill, The Firm, Troy, .....I can't stop....this was a fun post!....oh and what about My Cousin Vinnie? and Married to the Mob!!
ReplyDeletei totally forgot about the entire mob genre!!
ReplyDeletei need to add casino and goodfellas to my list, stat.
oh man.. what a fun one!
ReplyDeletePrincess Bride
Elf
Anchorman
Legally Blonde
Clueless
Bring It On
Dirty Dancing
Any of the Bourne Identity trilogy
Casino Royale
A League of their Own...
Love Actually and Goonies for sure!
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