A List of My Favorite Movies That Never Gets Old

I’ve noticed that I watch a lot of the same movies over and over and over, and they never seem to get old. Even when they are really old.

Shrek

An ogre, in order to regain his swamp, travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring a princess to a scheming lord, wishing himself King.

Shrek 2

Princess Fiona‘s parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Shrek the Third

When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d’etat by the jilted Prince Charming.

Finding Nemo

A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then travel to Sydney, and search Sydney Harbour find Nemo.

Spider-Man

When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.

Spider-Man 2

Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius, who becomes Doctor Octopus (aka Doc Ock), after an accident causes him to bond psychically with mechanical tentacles that do his bidding.

Spider-Man 3

A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.

Mulan

To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroes in the process.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan’s most celebrated geisha.

House of Flying Daggers

A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful member of a rebel army out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

The Mask

Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask.

The Dark Knight

Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits.

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune’s stolen crown.

Fearless

This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910). Huo Yuanjia was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

August Rush

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.

Cars

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.

Stephen King’s Christine

A nerdish boy buys a strange car with a evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.

Stephen King’s The Shining

A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds

A wealthy San Francisco playgirl pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

The Man in the Iron Mask

The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?

Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

Titanic

Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the ‘unsinkable’ ship.

The Terminator

A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor; Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.

The Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenager son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced cyborg.

Independence Day

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man’s best weapon is the will to survive.

Men in Black

Two men who keep an eye on aliens in New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it up.

Men in Black 2

Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory so they can save the world again from aliens.

Mary Poppins

A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker’s unhappy family.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all.

Edward Scissorhands

An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

ChristmasJack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept.

James and the Giant Peach

An orphan with terrible aunts for guardians, befriends human like bugs who live inside a giant peach, who take the boy on a journey to New York City.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world’s most unusual candy maker.

Tim Burton’s: The Corpse Bride

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.