# Do you watch movies more than once? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225 "2013-04-20T16:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/41 "2013-04-21T13:54:18Z")
I do, and many are already mentioned. Movies liike “The Sting”, “No Way Out”, or “The Sixth Sense” can be enjoyed twice. The first time when you don’t know the twist, the second when you do. Have only seen “Usual Suspects” once though. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/42 "2013-04-21T13:56:08Z")
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, seen it about 100 times. Never get tired of it. Manos the Hands of Fate: fun to watch with new groups of friends and torture them with it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Nearly drove my mother insane when I was a kid, watching this on VHS over and over and over. Now I have it on DVD and enjoy rewatching it from time to time. Meet The Parents: Dumb, painful comedy but I love it. Billy Madison: Like MtP but even dumber and I love it even more. I can practically quote the entire movie (and got kicked out of photography class one day in HS for it, in fact). There are many more movies I’ve seen more than once and several I’ve watched probably close to a dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/43 "2013-04-21T14:27:10Z")
There are some movies that are like comfort food to me. Mostly old Disney movies. Some of the Pixar movies. A few others: Jurassic Park Stardust Big Fish LOTR Nightmare Before Christmas The first two X-Men movies Sleepy Hollow As a kid, I must have watched the He-Man and She-Ra movie a dozen times. My dad never understood why my brother and I insisted on re-renting that video so often. I found it on Youtube recently and watched it with a friend of mine. As an adult, it is unintentionally hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/44 "2013-04-21T14:50:43Z")
As a general rule I don’t watch even a good movie more than twice. Most aren’t going to provide any new thrills after that first viewing. Some do require a follow-up or two to be sure all the plot details make sense. And a precious few are just too good as movies to be satisfied with the one viewing. But the ones I keep going back to, usually when they pop up in the TV look-ahead for the day or week, would have to include: Bullitt Cool Hand Luke Unforgiven Pale Rider A Streetcar Named Desire Raising Arizona The few DVD’s I own that I’ve watched a second (or more) time include: The Godfather The Godfather Part II Heat Blade Runner Sharky’s Machine We probably have over 200 movies on VHS, and I suspect we’ve only gone back to watch maybe a dozen or so. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/45 "2013-04-21T14:55:16Z")
Very rarely. I watch a couple hundred movies a year an I’d guess that fewer than 10 are a repeat viewing. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/46 "2013-04-25T11:47:21Z")
Pretty much only if I’m drunk/stoned : Willy Wonka Star Wars (the first one) Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Blues Brothers Animal House Caddyshack Jaws Goodfellas Forrest Gump Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/47 "2013-04-25T13:25:01Z")
Movies I watch more than once fall into two categories. Now, sometimes, the first category of movies will be watched in the second manner, especially since all but one are on cable quite a bit. I will purposely re-watch these : \*The Godfather[/I (1 & 2) _Trainspotting_ _Notorious_ - That would be the Hitchcock one not the rap one 😉 _In Bruges_ BBCs Colin Firth in white shirt _Pride & Prejudice_ I will get drawn into these if they are on: _Lonesome Dove_- any of the sequels/prequels too _Star Wars_ (not the prequels though) _Pulp Fiction_ _Kill Bill 1 & 2_ Any Jane Austen flick and I’d include _Bridget Jones_ & _Clueless_ in this Any version of _Jane Eyre_ Any Brat Pack type John Hughes movie ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/48 "2013-04-25T13:41:41Z")
Oh heck yeah, I rewatch stuff all the time and often with the really good ones even though I paid close attention throughout I’ll still notice things or pick up on stuff I misesd before. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Pulp Fiction Jeremiah Johnson Fandango 2001: ASO Heat The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Outlaw Josey Wales Mr Mayestyk Bullitt Predator Blazing Saddles Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Longest Day The Conversation Jaws Cool Hand Luke The Big Lebowski Raiders of the Lost Ark Citizen Kane Scarface Lethal Weapon Body Heat Saving Private Ryan A Man For All Seasons North By Northwest Psycho True Romance The Searchers Reservoir Dogs… it’s all good! ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/49 "2013-04-25T13:52:49Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > I used to fall asleep watching movies a lot, so I’ve seen several dozens of times. MST3K episodes especially. I’ve seen the first 30 minutes of Final Sacrifice probably a hundred times, and I would sit through the whole thing right now if I had the time. > > As far as straight movies, I’ve seen Labyrinth, High Fidelity, Groundhog Day, The Wedding Singer and Glengarry Glen Ross at least a dozen times each, probably more. “Oh, Rowsdower.” “Seven years after the credits?” OMG, loved that MST3K! Wow. Yes, I rewatch movies I like. Not as much as I used to but I do. Sometimes I do other things (email, surf the net) when it’s on but watch a big scene or two. Other times, I can get caught back up in it (Avengers, Matrix, Iron Man, Hulk, Serenity, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, Star Wars, Star Trek, Fifth Element, Sherlock Holmes, etc.) that I sit and watch it. It just varies. And I have also done the watch it twice. I used to rent (VHS) movies as a teenager on Friday night (geek with no Friday night life) and watch them that night and then the next day before I took it back. I would consider movies a hobby, if that’s possible, so have done most of what people said here with my my own favorites. vislor ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/50 "2013-04-25T13:59:04Z")
Frequently. Mostly it is older, B-type movies. The newer, bigger budget stuff I usually view once and most of the time that is enough. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/51 "2013-04-25T14:02:52Z")
Constantly. The theater record is held by _Star Wars_. I saw that one 26 times when it was first released. The all-time leader is probably _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/52 "2013-04-25T20:46:54Z")
Yes, I watch my favorites over and over. Are we counting Rocky Horror\> Because I have seen it well over 100 times; I stopped counting at 100, but it has to be close to 150. In second place: A Knight’s Tale. Distant 3rd: LOTR trilogy. Also rans: Jurassic Park trilogy, original Star Wars trilogy, All of Me, and many more. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/53 "2013-04-26T01:24:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Constantly. The theater record is held by _Star Wars_. I saw that one 26 times when it was first released. The all-time leader is probably _Casablanca_. Yeah, I saw _Star Wars_ 19 times that I counted when it first came out, and I know I see the reworked version once, so that’s at least 20 times. _Casablanca_, no idea but it’s up there somewhere. > [@PapSett](#): > > Yes, I watch my favorites over and over. Are we counting Rocky Horror\> Because I have seen it well over 100 times; I stopped counting at 100, but it has to be close to 150. Ah yes, _Rocky Horror_. I’d estimate I saw that about a gazillion times back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/54 "2013-04-26T18:08:08Z")
Actually this is one of my criteria of a really good movie. “Would I be willing to sit down and watch it again?” For some, movies the answer is “Yes, I would sit down right now and watch it again.” Other movies it’s “Yes, I’d watch it again in a week or two.” You get the idea. So yes, there are quite a few movies I’ve watched multiple times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225.md?page=2)