Good movies you're pretty sure you've seen only once

Sundry Chitchat
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I’ll start with Barry Lyndon (1975)
Rear Window (1954)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Downfall (2004) [not counting seeing the Hitler meme 2000 times]

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Some standard replies…but

Schindler’s List
United 93
Requiem for a Dream
Sophie’s Choice

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I rewatch Schindler’s List whenever it’s on, I know “if it’s on” isn’t really a thing anymore with streaming but old habits die hard

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The Pianist

Just like Schindler’s List which I have seen three times the movie is just such an emotional gut punch. I always think about rewatching it but just can’t bring myself to do it.

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The Pianist is great, three or four watches for me although not recently. I don’t remember it being more gutting than Schindler’s List, after he escapes the ghetto it becomes essentially a survival story and the emotional notes are lonelier and subtler

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A ton. First one that comes to mind is 12 Angry Men, which I only just saw this summer.

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Dear Zachary

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I watch this at least once a year. Its a cinematic masterpiece.

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The Last Emperor
Ghandi
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
The Great Dictator
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Sunshine Boys
The Shape of Water
Straight Outta Compton
Vertigo

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Definitely a one timer

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Trainspotting and 127 Hours. Actually a lot of Boyle’s stuff I can only handle once.

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Primer. Always meant to re-watch it, but never got around. One of the canonical Actually Good time travel movies.

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12 Angry Men
Schindler’s List
Once Were Warriors
Mississippi Burning
The Accused
No Country for Old Men
The Silence of the Lambs
Monster

A slight theme happening here.