Movies that require multiple viewings

[Bonzi]

What movies require multiple viewings in order to completely appreciate them? I don't mean the movies which grow on you, but rather when multiple viewings allow you to notice things which are almost impossible to notice on the initial viewing.

[Mahatma]

One that comes to mind is Amalie.Oh,and Fight club demands multiple viewings as does Apocalypse now.

Most Kubrick movies does too,come to think of it.

[chris_sc77]

Brazil
Once Upon a time in America
Oldboy
Synecdoche New York
Adaptation
Cloud Atlas
Donnie Dario
El topo
The holy mountain
2001
O lucky man
Citizen Kane

[Lionclaw]

Memento
Minority Report
Lucky Number Slevin

[octagon]

Any decent comedy should have you laughing too hard to catch every little thing the first time through.

[aiman04]

The Lego Movie

[krazeyeyez]

Donnie darko
Cloud atlas
Existenz

[yeslek]

not exactly a movie that NEEDS multiple viewings, but certainly you see more/differing things on second viewing once you know how it all ends - American Hustle

there are little faces, and lines that land differently once you know the end.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Two films which get better and become a more rich viewing experience from the second viewing onwards are Hitchcock's Vertigo and last years Upstream Color.

Vertigo's thriller elements are actually fairly flimsy and they are only the foundation for what is a deeply troubling and complex film about identity, misogyny and obsession.

Upstream Color only starts making sense once you've ingested the cinematic vocabulary the film gives you. Then you can start solving its many mysteries from the second viewing onwards and it turns out that the film actually has an internal logic to it which is not clear on a first viewing.

Vertigo I must have watched 30 over my lifetime and I've watched Upstream Color five times in one year. Both films strike me as infinitely rewarding.

Other favourite films I revisit because I want to inhabit their world over and over and/or there are favourite scenes I look forward to

[Monterey Jack]

All of Edgar Wright's movies are jam-packed with little Easter Eggs and throwaway asides that you only notice after multiple viewings (or if you cheat and listen to the commentaries ).

[s2mikey]

I tell ya what - Im almost to the point now where I need to watch any film twice in order to establish an official opinion on it. The first time through it seems the spectacle can divert your attention from the subtleties of the film and/or you misss a few key plot points.

I suppose a simple drama can be watched once but anything with multiple characters or an "open" theme - like 2001, Darko, etc films like that absolutely need a few viewings to make heads or tails of it.

So, my vote is EVERY film needs two viewings

[L.J.]

Apocalypse Now and Shutter Island come to mind.

[Uncanny]

The Prestige by Christopher Nolan.

[tob]

Memento

[Trigger89]

Zodiac

[DreamVillain]

Anything David Lynch

[qb2333]

Citizen Kane
Mulholland Drive
The Godfather Part II

[KingRad]

For some reason, There Will Be Blood stands out. It's not that I didn't understand the film, and I enjoyed it after my first viewing; however, it wasn't until I viewed the film the second time that I truly realized how extraordinary the film really was.

Fight Club and The Sixth Sense also come to mind.

[animefan77]

The ones that I can think of right now.

The ones where movie and point of view will change from first time you watch and the second time

Fight Club
Shutter Island
Sixth Sense
Vertigo
Village


The ones that are just too confusing to take it all in with just one viewing.

Cloud Atlas
Memento
Mullholand Drive

[BladeRunner2007]

John Carpenter's The Thing