I remember a time when movies got rewatched by me. Movies rented from the video store got watched twice on the day of rental, and then one more time the next morning before they had to be returned. I am not sure what happened. At some point, I got old, became time-poor, filled up my life with things other than movies, and now it seems like it takes something really, really special to make me go out of my way to indulge in multiple viewings.
Sure, there are certain movies where, no matter how late it is, idle channel surfing is stopped when you stumble across it and you watch that movie all the way through to the end. Jaws is that movie for me. But the motivation to actively engage in a rewatch, to set time aside for it? That is rare these days.
Some movies will always be highly rewatchable, though, no matter what life throws at us. But what are the most rewatchable movies of all time? The online… erm… ranking community Ranker.com has asked the masses to decide. Over 4 million votes have been cast globally in an effort to find what the public thinks is the most rewatchable movie of all time.
There are more than 700 movies on the list, but here are the top 20 as voted for by, well, millions worldwide.
Raider Of The Lost Ark
The Shawshank Redemption
Back To The Future
Jurassic Park
Toy Story
Shrek
Men In Black
The Lion King
Home Alone
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Beetlejuice
Monsters Inc.
Ghostbusters
The Goonies
Die Hard
Finding Nemo
The Mummy
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.
Jumanji
So far, so completely normie. You can’t argue with a lot of that but to the trained eyes of an Outposter, you can’t help but think it all feels a bit… pedestrian.
On reading this list, I simply couldn’t shake the belief that our Outposters would have their own list that is probably a damn sight more interesting than this. So have at it, Outposters!
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