# What movie have you seen the most times? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878 "2018-06-11T14:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/21 "2018-06-11T16:12:05Z")
Probably The Blues Brothers at about a dozen times, if that. I’m not really a movie rewatcher, though. I almost never see a movie more than twice. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/22 "2018-06-11T16:12:32Z")
My (probable) top five (I’ve never counted the number of viewings): _To Have and Have Not_ (1944) _War of the Worlds_ (1953) _Rio Bravo_ (1959) _Kelly’s Heroes_ (1970) _Miller’s Crossing_ (1990) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/23 "2018-06-11T16:12:55Z")
I have a three-way tie for first place. _Pulp Fiction_ _A Simple Plan_ _Jackie Brown_ ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/24 "2018-06-11T16:15:06Z")
Probably the original Terminator Trilogy, as a conglomerate. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/25 "2018-06-11T16:15:57Z")
**Dirty Dancing** - at least the last dance. For a while, it was being aired almost daily on some channel and we always seemed to turn it on just as Baby was brought out of the corner. 😃 **The Big Chill** - saw it on the first date with my husband and I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it in the last 35 years. **El Dorado/Rio Bravo** - c’mon - they’re essentially the same movie. I can’t count how many times I’ve sat thru them thanks to my spousal unit. I was on a \*\*Chicago \*\*kick for a while there - watched it lots and lots. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/26 "2018-06-11T16:17:33Z")
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, that great parable of life. Close seconds: To Have And Have Not, Beat The Devil (yes there is a common thread here). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/27 "2018-06-11T16:19:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have a three-way tie for first place. > > _Pulp Fiction_ > _A Simple Plan_ > _Jackie Brown_ Wow, I screwed that up. _A Simple Plan_ is an OK movie, but I meant _Blood Simple_ for the list. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/28 "2018-06-11T16:21:35Z")
Alll the Star Trek movies. Many times each. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/29 "2018-06-11T16:25:06Z")
The movie I’ve seen the most times in an actual theater where I had to pay admission and everything - _Star Wars_ The tape/DVD that I bought and watched the most times - _Airplane!_ The movie I’ve seen on TV the most, even to the point I’ll actively look for it, but never actually paid money to see - tossup between _Citizen Kane_ and _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/30 "2018-06-11T16:28:57Z")
oh, yeah, I have to add the _kaiju_ contingent, especially since I watched the (original, un-dubbed, Japanese version of) **Rodan** over the weekend. \*\*Godzilla/Gojira Rodan King Kong vs. Godzilla Mothra \*\* Not to mention the Cheap Monster Movies. I think that Chiller Theater on WPIX in New York must’ve simply owned several of them, but I also watched of Creature Feature, Supernatural Theater, Milion Dollar Movie, and The Big Show/4:30 Movie: \*\*The Cyclops The Cape Canaveral Monsters Curse of the Faceless Man Monster on the Campus World Without End The Monster that Challenged the World The Giant Behemoth The Killer Shrews \*\* It’s not as if I watch these al the time as an adult, but I watched them a LOT as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/31 "2018-06-11T16:37:02Z")
As a kid who loved comic books, I had a VHS tape of the Keaton-and-Nicholson _Batman_ movie. I also had a VHS player. I also had no other VHS tapes. You can see where this is going, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/32 "2018-06-11T16:41:04Z")
Only one vote for Rocky Horror Picture Show? in rough descending order of frequency: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings, and some fewer times for each of its successors (Mrs. Charming and Rested watches them regularly but we don’t usually make it through the whole trilogy). The original Star Wars, with fewer times for each of its successors. (I still haven’t seen all the prequel films.) Shaun of the Dead The Princess Bride Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Last Crusade follows closely behind; Temple of Doom is way behind). Up When Harry Met Sally (Another favorite of Mrs. Charming and Rested) Groundhog Day (or did I already say that?) The Wizard of Oz (inescapable as a child. I’ve never loved it that much). Gone with the Wind Mulan (at my wife’s encouragement. If I counted the times she has just listened to the songs from the DVD, this probably goes to No. 1). Rocky (my sister loved this movie) Hocus Pocus (the Mrs. again, although I’ve learned to like it) Shawshank Redemption and Titanic (always on back when I had cable) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/33 "2018-06-11T16:43:32Z")
Off the top of my head, going back to my childhood: \*\*\*The Dam Busters The Great Escape The Guns of Navarone The Great Race 101 Dalmatians Mary Poppins It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The Wizard of Oz The Producers Star Wars Casablanca Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Sea Hawk The Adventures of Robin Hood Objective: Burma Captain from Castille Double Indemnity Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown From Russia, with Love On Her Majesty’s Secret Service The Dirty Dozen\*\*\* ---
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Gotta get in some Westerns here, too: \*\*\*The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly For a Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More Blazing Saddles\*\*\* ---
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, by a mile. (It’s also the book that I always return to.) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/36 "2018-06-11T17:06:04Z")
As a child of 80s, they used to replay The Beastmaster and The Clash of the Titans(the original one with Harry Hamlin) repeatedly. Some people joking referred to TBS as The Beastmaster Station. So overall, I probably seen those two movies those two movies the most. Other films I watched repeatedly as child include Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(the one with Gene Wider) and The Wizard of Oz. As an adult, I’ve probably watched the Star Wars films the most followed by the Terminator films and first Matrix film. Other films I’ve seen repeatedly include No Country for Old Men, Logan, Superman, Superman II, and The Dark Knight. As for TV shows, I probably watched The Simpsons, Futurama, and Law & Order the most followed by Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. I have seen every episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, but frankly I have a hard time re-watching it do to the cheesy special effects and acting. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/37 "2018-06-11T17:08:43Z")
A lot of these movies I have seen many times. Star Wars, Fellowship of the Ring, Casablanca, Shawshank Redemption, Spinal Tap… But in the late 80s during one of my summers home from college I managed a store for a small mom & pop video rental chain (remember those?). We had a TV at the front that we would play movies on all day, usually recent releases. All summer, six days a week, I put _Better Off Dead_ with John Cusack in the rotation. So I saw that movie at _least_ 40 or 45 times that summer (and a couple of times since then). So that is the winner, hands down. “I’ve been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I’m no dummy.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878/38 "2018-06-11T17:10:31Z")
The original _King Kong_. When it was the featured movie of the week on _Million Dollar Movie_ when I was a kid it would be on every night during the week and three times a day on the weekend. I would try to watch every showing. I’m sure I’ve watched it far more than any other movie. (I would watch other monster movies over and over too, but not as religiously as that one.) ---
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The Wizard of Oz - every year when growing up Twister! - at the start of tornado season Groundhog Day - at least I think I’ve seen this before Meet Me in St. Louis - during Christmas, and A Christmas Story - ditto Star Wars - of course, but just the original one most of the Marx Brothers movies ---
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I don’t know. It’s probably _Blazing Saddles_. I’ve watched that several times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-the-most-times/815878.md?page=3)