# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/81 "2019-05-13T16:44:17Z")
> [@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. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > **Basement dungeon!** Ev… ery… bo… dy… out…! > > It _is_ available on DVD, and I have it. Good film. Weird, of course, but good. Oh definitely. I’ve seen it more than four times in full, and sometimes I just watch the ballet scene from the orchestra dungeon. Because it’s awesome. I will say, though, that it’s one of the few musicals that would be improved by taking out most of the songs (the actual songs, not the dance numbers). Some of them really drag. I’ll also add - although I doubt I’m even close to a world record here - _Singin’ in the Rain_. If it’s on television I must watch it, and I have the DVD too. “A Rose is a rose! A Nose is a nose! A Toese is a toese! Hupidubidu!” ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/82 "2019-05-13T16:48:04Z")
ETA: wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/83 "2019-05-13T16:49:23Z")
I’m pretty sure that’s not how _Singin’ in the Rain_ ends. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/84 "2019-05-13T17:29:53Z")
One of my housemates in college had a VHS of _The Godfather_ and we watched it over and over. I don’t get the record because he watched it more than I did. Weird thing, there are still parts of the story I don’t understand. But it’s a great film anyway. ---
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My sig line should be the only hint you need. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/86 "2019-05-13T21:22:08Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > ETA: wrong thread. Winner! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/87 "2019-05-13T21:29:18Z")
I’ve seen the Wes Craven _Swamp Thing_ movie twice. That’s got to be some kind of record. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/88 "2019-05-14T15:45:24Z")
I worked in a daycare that had two movies to watch during nap time, Cinderella and Ernest Goes to Camp. I’m sure there are plenty of people who have seen Cinderella more but I’m probably close to the top of the list for Ernest Goes to Camp. One of my kids loved Inspector Gadget 2 as a kid, as a result I have watched it so many times. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/89 "2019-05-14T15:47:20Z")
Not for myself – I pretty much don’t “do” films – but, a submission on behalf of a one-time friend of mine (we lost touch with each other many years ago). I knew this guy via a shared interest of ours – in railways; but he was, also, probably the most all-consumingly dedicated film / movie buff, with whom I’ve ever been acquainted. At times for him, the two passions coincided. There’s a rather charming British film, first shown 1953: one of the Ealing comedies, directed by Charles Crichton – _The Titfield Thunderbolt_. It concerns an English rural branch railway line, condemned by a heartless nationalised bureaucracy, to be closed down, because it is losing money; and the local inhabitants taking the alternative initiative of running the line themselves, and the sundry capers which ensue. It’s a delightful thing: I’ve seen it probably five or six times – but quite frankly, if I never see it again in my life, that won’t greatly bother me. However; Bob, my friend-as-was: when I knew him, we were in our mid-forties – I remember him saying that as at then, he had seen _The Titfield Thuderbolt_ 32 times; and hoped to do so many times further. Trying to do the maths, with much guessing – with him, like myself, now being aged approx. seventy: I see him having by now (if he’s still with us) seen the classic film about the “Thunderbolt” and attendant carryings-on, at least 60 times – and hoping to do so a fair few more times, before he shuffles off this mortal coil. As for the after-life: for sure, any such which did not involve an unlimited supply of films throughout eternity (including all those cinematic wonders which might have been made on this Earth, but for whatever reason weren’t) – would, for Bob, be not worth having. ---
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> [@zimaane](#): > > One of my housemates in college had a VHS of _The Godfather_ and we watched it over and over. I don’t get the record because he watched it more than I did. > > Weird thing, there are still parts of the story I don’t understand. But it’s a great film anyway. Start a thread! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/91 "2019-05-14T20:42:55Z")
I’ve probably seen each of these movies about 4-6 times 5,000 fingers of Dr. T Fantastic Planet Dark star Allegro non Troppo and probably 8-9 times for the Muppet movie. But most of those are standard cult classics. For obscurity I would have to go with “The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird” Which the missus got at on DVD at a dollar store shortly after we got married. The nice combination of good animation, and sweet romance made it our theme movie. I’ve probably watched it 5-6 times over the years. Alas her hearing isn’t so good these days and there is no closed captioning on the DVD so its been a while. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/92 "2019-05-16T23:41:44Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I’ve seen the Wes Craven _Swamp Thing_ movie twice. That’s got to be some kind of record. > > 😉 Nah, I saw that several times back when it started running on HBO or a similar station in the 80’s, and also the TV edit a few times. > [@Tangent](#): > > As a young teen in the 80s, I had a HUGE crush on Lea Thompson. I know I’m not the only one, and while I’ve watched the _Back to the Future_ movies dozens of times, I know others have seen them more. Likewise _Red Dawn_, _All the Right Moves_, _Some Kind of Wonderful_, etc. > > But _ **SpaceCamp** _… I might be in the running for that one. It helped that not only was I in love with Lea Thompson, but I was also really interested in astronauts and the space program. I saw _SpaceCamp_ in the theater at least three times, then when it started showing on HBO multiple times a week I would watch it every chance I got. Eventually recorded it on VHS and proceeded to wear out the tape. Bought the DVD years ago and have watched it dozens of times. I know it’s not a very good movie, but it’s ‘comfort food.’ Takes me right back to those more carefree days. How about Howard the Duck? I’ve seen that Lea Thompson movie 4-5 times at least. Of course the movies I’ve seen most I have no chance believing some nerd out there hasn’t seen them more. Maybe I watched Star Wars so much one summer that I could practically recite the entire thing word for word, but you know there’s someone who’s seen it more. Ditto Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And to lesser extents Terminator 2 and Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (which I watch at least every Halloween ever since getting the DVD set). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/93 "2019-05-17T02:11:13Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > How about Howard the Duck? I’ve seen that Lea Thompson movie 4-5 times at least. I’ve only watched that one all the way through twice. But I did rewind the scene with Lea in her undies… several times. ---
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My favourite movie, Mike Leigh’s “Nuts In May”, I’ve seen 25-30 times. I know all of Keith’s lines, _and_ how he says them. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669/95 "2019-05-17T11:39:08Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’ve probably seen each of these movies about 4-6 times > > 5,000 fingers of Dr. T > Fantastic Planet > Dark star > Allegro non Troppo. Aw, man, I _love_ “Allegro non Troppo”. I’m not sure I could watch “Fantastic Planet” more than a few times without a lot of alcohol or other mind-altering substances though. ---
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I doubt if I’ve watched these movies more than anybody, butb I’ve probably seen them more often than most on this Board: I think WPIX’s _Chiller Theater_ must have owned these awful low-budget films, because they showed them so often. Several were shown in the original opening montage (that preceded the six-fingered animated hand opening): _The Cape Canaveral Monsters The Curse of the Faceless Man Voodoo Island_ (with Boris Karloff!) _The Ape Man_ (with Bela Lugosi!) _Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman The Cyclops The Neanderthal Man The Monster of Piedras Blancas Plan Nine from Outer Space Bride of the Monster the Black Sleep_ (the last three with Lugosi, again) On other NY Indie stations I watched, over and over: _The Monster that Challenged the World Carnival of Souls The Manster The Giant Behemoth Giant from the Unknown Terror from the Year 5000 Beyond the Time Barrier World Without End Queen of Outer Space The Amazing Transparent Man Monster on the Campus Invasion of the Saucer Men_ ---
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I was one of those kids who would obsessively watch a small rotation of favorite movies over and over again ad nauseam. I’m fairly certain that I pretty much spent the 80s curled up in front of the Betamax as even when I was an older child I had scant memories of my first few years in terms of my actual life but always had tons of vivid memories of the entirety, or near entirety, of the movies that I obsessively watched in those early years. I’m a pretty good contender for Most Obsessive Viewer of _D.A.R.Y.L._ (1985) and _Flight of the Navigator_ (1986) but for something more obscure, I’d say no one else would ever have watched _C.H.O.M.P.S._ (1979) or _Sammy’s Super T-Shirt_ (1978) more than me. As I grew up, I actually forgot the title of these two but still had vivid memories of most of the films, which I was able to confirm when I finally tracked them down on DVD or Youtube and even though it had been more than 30 years since I’d seen them, they were just as I remembered them. I figure it takes a _lot_ of repeat viewings to remember most of a film unaided for over 30 years. ---
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I’ve seen Cutter’s Way about 30 times. Have a photo from the set with jeff Bridges and John Heard, signed by Bridges to Mike (but not me personally, it was a Christmas present). > **[Cutter's Way (1981) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082220/)** > > Cutter's Way: Directed by Ivan Passer. With Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry. Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. ---
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_Witness_, maybe 22 times, 8 or 9 in the cinema during its original run, including twice in French _Gimme Shelter_, maybe 17 times, all on VHS or DVD, except once in a cinema revival ---
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_Ice Pirates_-about 25 times _Brain Donors_-about 40 times _Brainsmasher-A Love Story_-about 30 times [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669.md?page=4)