Jeremy points out his list of Annuals, those movies that cry out — nay, demand — a ritualized, repeat viewing at least once a year. And as I pointed out in the comments that I pin a good chunk of the blame for at least some of my particular Annuals on his shoulders, I started to think about what those Annuals might be.

In no particular order:

SNEAKERS

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

PRINCE OF DARKNESS

THE THING

EXORCIST III

OVERBOARD

BLAZING SADDLES

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

SUPERMAN

EL DORADO

THE ABYSS

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

EVENT HORIZON

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

I’m sure I’ll think of more later, but those are the most obvious ones, the ones that find their way into my DVD player year after year or get TiVoed whenever they’re on the boob tube (excepting only OVERBOARD, which somehow always finds me and sucks me in. That movie is like gum on your shoe: once on, it follows you around and never comes off…) There are certainly others, tied to holidays (such as A CHRISTMAS STORY), but I decided that only the Halloween flicks merited repeat viewings in their own right, so they’re on while others are off. And I almost put A FEW GOOD MEN on there, over THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, but for some reason I gravitate more towards the beta version of THE WEST WING than I do the legal tomfoolery of Smiling Jack Ross…

You?