# What movie have you seen more times than any other human, living or dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669 "2019-05-08T17:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/1 "2019-05-08T17:05:56Z")
OK, let’s be honest. It’s not going to be Godfather or Raging Bull. I get it. Those are great movies, and you’ve seen them many times. But, there is no way on Earth that you’ve seen them more times than anyone else. I thought about this, and I think there are two movies that I’ve seen more than anyone else, and they both fall into the same category: terrible movies that I loved as a child for no apparent reason. Only a child can watch a terrible movie over and over and over! First. I’m reasonably certain that I saw [Solarbabies](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/solarbabies) more than any other person on Earth. It is, literally, at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, as you can see. It has a surprisingly decent cast. Now, it’s true that I have not seen this movie in at least 30 years, but I’m fairly sure that I watched this scifi lacrosse movie well over 100 times, and I can’t imagine even it’s stars, Jason Patric or Jami Gertz could stomach watching it that many times. I loved this goddamn movie as a kid, and I can never watch it again because I assume that it would be absolutely terrible now that I’m an adult. Second. Maybe less confident that I saw[Ice Pirates](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ice_pirates)more than any other person living (or dead). A scifi/comedy sort of Spaceballs but without any of the humor or charm, it comes in at a whopping 9% on Rotten Tomatoes. I can maybe imagine this having obtained some degree of campy cult status, but I’ve never heard anyone ever mention this movie that I watched daily for months when I was ten. Similar to above, I have not seen it since I was a kid, and I would prefer to keep it in my memory rather than watch it again and ruin that. I genuinely believe that I have seen these movies more than any other person. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/2 "2019-05-08T17:14:02Z")
The Hobbit from 1977. I had it on betamax and watched it pretty much every night when going to sleep. Wore the tape out and got a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/3 "2019-05-08T17:17:57Z")
I’ve seen \*The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T \* at least four times. Granted, it’s a cult favorite, but it’s simply not on very often, and I don’t know if it’s on DVD or even videotape. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/4 "2019-05-08T17:20:23Z")
Hard to beat Howard Hughes: “Another time, he became obsessed with the 1968 film Ice Station Zebra, and had it run on a continuous loop in his home. According to his aides, he watched it 150 times.[107][108] Feeling guilty about the commercial, critical, and literal toxicity of his film The Conqueror, he bought every copy of the film for $12 million, watching the film on repeat. Paramount Pictures acquired the rights of the film in 1979, 3 years after his death.[109]” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard\_Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes) ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/5 "2019-05-08T17:43:11Z")
When I graduated from college and got my own apartment and some disposable income, I tuned my TV to HBO and left it there as the default channel. For reasons I no longer recall, I must have watched _Inside Moves_ a couple of dozen times. It was an obscure 1980 film about basketball, with David Morse and John Savage. I really don’t recall the plot at all, but it was somehow entertaining at the time. I’m sure the vast majority of viewers never saw fit to watch it more than once. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/6 "2019-05-08T17:50:00Z")
I’ve seen _Fantasia_ at least seven times. I’m pretty sure I saw _Running Man_ at least a dozen times. I saw _Fantastic Planet_ at least three times. I saw _Suburban Commando_ once.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/7 "2019-05-08T18:11:50Z")
Sad to say, it’s probably _Roller Boogie_. I’ve seen Fantasia maybe 30 times, but so have a lot of people. Madame Pepperwinkle LOVED the movie when we were newlywed, and we must have seen it at least 10 times. It was on TV last year and I made her sit through it again. She found it as awful as I did the other 10 times. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/8 "2019-05-08T18:31:57Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I’ve seen \*The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T \* at least four times. Granted, it’s a cult favorite, but it’s simply not on very often, and I don’t know if it’s on DVD or even videotape. **Basement dungeon!** Ev… ery… bo… dy… out…! It _is_ available on DVD, and I have it. Good film. Weird, of course, but good. Myself, I’m a huge fan of _Who Framed Roger Rabbit._ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/9 "2019-05-08T18:33:31Z")
I had a video cassette of _Smoky and the Bandit_ and I watched it almost daily when I was in my mid-teens. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/10 "2019-05-08T18:57:38Z")
When my oldest grandson was a preschooler, I think we watched “Monsters Inc.” every day for about two years straight. With the current pre-K aged grandson, I’ve seen “WALL-E” and both Incredibles movies more times than I care to count. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/11 "2019-05-08T19:05:02Z")
I’ve seen Bob & Doug McKenzie’s _Strange Brew_ well over 300 times. Ditto for _Heavy Metal_ and _Spinal Tap_. I’ve seen Mel Brooks’ _History of the World, Part 1_ well over 500 times. Heck, I’ve watched _Fury Road_ over 60 times already. I’ve seen _The Twonky_ 7 times, for obscure films. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/12 "2019-05-08T19:44:54Z")
I used to watch _The Flamingo Kid_ (1984) at the beginning of every summer (I had a VHS copy and now I have a DVD); while I don’t do that anymore, I’ll probably watch it again soon. I’ve probably seen it 12-15 times. I’ve probably seen \*Boogie Nights \*(1997) at least a dozen times, but it’s not hard to imagine that other people have seen it more than that. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/13 "2019-05-08T19:53:18Z")
i watched the scifi comedy evolution 2 to 3 times a day for _ **5 years** _ due to my disabled nephew love of the movie my aunt could watch the entire jurassic park series all day every day if id let her… ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/14 "2019-05-08T20:20:27Z")
_Kiss the Blood Off My Hands_ (1948) and _Rancho Notorious_ (1952) the better part of ten times each. _Strange Cargo_ (1940) at least a dozen times. _Casino Royale_ (1967) more than 20 times. All are among my 17 all-time favorite movies. I saw _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ (1979) three times in one day when it first came on cable, after having already seen it in theaters. I am sure that’s not a record, but if it is, it’s not one I’d be proud of today. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/15 "2019-05-08T20:27:08Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Second. Maybe less confident that I saw[Ice Pirates](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ice_pirates)more than any other person living (or dead). A scifi/comedy sort of Spaceballs but without any of the humor or charm, it comes in at a whopping 9% on Rotten Tomatoes. I can maybe imagine this having obtained some degree of campy cult status, but I’ve never heard anyone ever mention this movie that I watched daily for months when I was ten. Similar to above, I have not seen it since I was a kid, and I would prefer to keep it in my memory rather than watch it again and ruin that. I don’t know. I think I might have seen this movie more than you. Why did the guy make the robot black? ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/16 "2019-05-08T20:30:11Z")
I’ve got to be in the running for '80s “classic” Overboard. Not out of any sort of affection, but because my dad wired up an old portable TV and a VHS player in the back of our minivan when I was a kid, but, for some reason, the only tapes we ever had in there were Overboard and a recording of the episode of The Simpsons where Bart tries to jump over Springfield Gorge on his skateboard. Dang near any car trip longer than a half hour was accompanied by a chunk of Overboard for at least a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/17 "2019-05-08T21:35:34Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I don’t know. I think I might have seen this movie more than you. > > Why did the guy make the robot black? So he’d be perfect. ---
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[_The Cheyenne Social Club._](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065542) Fonda and Stewart cowboy buddy movie with some of the best actresses around playing the ladies of said social club. Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon and Elaine Devry together in one movie. Throw in Dabs Greer and you’ve got a classic. Directed by Gene Kelly. Yes, that Gene Kelly. I always record it when it comes on TCM or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/19 "2019-05-08T22:13:54Z")
I’ve seen\* Fellowship of the Rings \*more than 100 times. When the extended edition came out on DVD, I used to watch it every Saturday afternoon while folding the laundry–so often that I still associate the Last Alliance of Men and Elves with sorting and matching socks. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/20 "2019-05-08T22:26:34Z")
Over thirty times for the pre-code horror film **Island of Lost Souls** (1932), starring Charles Laughton, simply because it is so delicious. “WHAT IS THE LAW?”…”Not to SCHPILL BLOOT, dot is the Law!” “The natives are _very_ restless tonight.” “…da HOUSE uff PAIN!!!” Delicious. > **[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Lost_Souls_(1932_film))** > > Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American science fiction horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton. Based on H. G. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau and produced by Paramount Productions, the film stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen and Kathleen Burke. The film is about the sailor Edward Parker (Arlen), who finds himself stranded on the island occupied by the scientist Dr. Moreau (Laughton). Parker agrees to stay until the next boat arrives, while Laughton introduces him to Lota (Burke... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669.md?page=2)