# What movie have you watched the most times? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606 "2005-10-30T18:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/61 "2005-11-07T14:21:29Z")
The Fifth Element There are lots of other movies that I’ve seen plenty (like Leon, Lethal Weapon, Jet Li’s Fist of Legend) but there’s something about the Fifth Element, I don’t know, it’s a bit like a 90 minute video of a music song you like, it has a lot of intensity and there’s so much to watch and listen to. And there’s a lot of warmth in there, also. Luc Besson got a really interesting group of people together to make this film. I recently saw Hero, which is also such a visual treat. Face Off also has such elements, like the scene near the end with a big firefight, where Nicholas Cage’s (character’s) son gets his walkman on and you see a slow-motion of people getting shot while listening to “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. Of course, there are plenty of awesome movies out there many of whom I’ve seen a lot of times. I think though that since I got surround sound 12 years ago and a few years ago a nice (nothing special, just your average 82cm 100hz) widescreen TV made it’s entrance, I’m a sucker for audio-visual treats. A brilliant story line doesn’t last in the same way. But great acting (like in Heat, or As Good as it Gets, and so many others) and beautiful audio-visuals somehow keeps my interest longer … A movie like Speed captures me through great atmospheric sound effects and brilliant camera work. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/62 "2005-11-07T14:43:43Z")
**want2know** : Yiou grew up in the metropolitan NYC area, too, huh"? > [@](#): > > And, Cal , remember “Million Dollar Movie” on channel 9 and how they used to show the same movie every night for a week? There are three I watched every night: The Giant Behemoth, Not of this Earth and the Francis Lederer Dracula film where he played “Cousin Belac”–Return of Dracula ? My recollection is a little different - I remember them playing the same movie twice in a row, literally right after itself. For years I was confused about exactly where **King Kong** started… Million Dollar Movie used to open with a big production clapboard rising over the skyline of manhattan, accompanied by the theme from **Gone with the Wind** , a film I didn’t see until years later. To this day I associate the music more with grade Z monster films rather than with Tara. Another institution that shaped my childhood was **Chiller Theater** on WPIX 11. I think they must have owned their library, because they showed them over and over again: **The Cyclops The Ape Man Attack of the 50 foot Woman Voodoo Island The Black Sleep The Cape Canaveral Monsters Plan Nine from Outer Space She Demons** ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/63 "2005-11-07T16:13:46Z")
In terms of sheer number of times watched, for some strange reason i think its **The Wiz**. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/64 "2005-11-07T16:18:21Z")
Man, I’m in some weird minority here. I’ve never seen a movie more than three times, and I’m hard put to list what movies I have even seen twice. The original **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory** would be on the list for for sure, but with a 20-year interval between viewings. I can’t conceive of watching a movie 100 times. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/65 "2005-11-07T16:51:50Z")
I’m intentionally not reading yet so as not to worry about repetition: **Gone With the Wind** - I know, I know, it’s racist and dated yadda yadda, but it is also a masterpiece of film mythology making. **The Godfather 1 & 2** I’m going to finally figure out who did what to whom in GF 2 if it kills me. **The Lion in Winter** (original version)- La Belle Hepburn’s scenery chewing never gets old **Chicago** - Catherine Zeta Jones is the best argument for heterosexuality yet envisioned. **1776** - Sue me, I love musicals and I love colonial history. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/66 "2005-11-07T18:32:57Z")
so good to see **Planes, Trains and Automobiles** on so many lists… I worked at a pizza shop in grad school and we watched it every night after work over beers… one could be expected to complete a line of dialog or answer a trivia-based question at any time of the day… Owen was a cult hero… > [@August West](#): > > …and probably Shawshank because I believe it is now a federal law that Shawshank must be on at least one channel at any given time. so true… a running gag in my house while scrolling through the menu of channels… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/67 "2005-11-07T18:45:53Z")
_Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ _High Fidelity_ _Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back_ ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/68 "2005-11-07T23:18:56Z")
Tombstone (Greatest movie of all time. Often gets put on in the background.) Underworld; Not Another Teen Movie (I just like these 2 movies) Starship Troopers (My roommate and I moved into a new apartment, and we each had a VCR, but it was about a month before we got cable hooked up. We rented it, and watched it about every day for a month.) ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/69 "2005-11-07T23:22:29Z")
(Since nobody else is, I’m guessing I don’t need to mention my one good porno.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/70 "2005-11-08T02:37:34Z")
This is just guesstimating, since I haven’t tried to keep any kind of actual count: _a good 20+ viewings, even 30+:_ Animal House Jaws Star Wars (IV, but considering both versions together) Withnail & I Monty Python & the Holy Grail The Wicker Man _around 20 or so:_ The Sound of Music The Empire Strikes Back Miracle\*\*\*\*\* Annie Hall _15-20-ish?_ The Ninth Gate Midway Spartacus While You Were Sleeping _in that same general league, at least a dozen viewings:_ a couple of Tom Clancys/most of the James Bonds/many Hitchcocks/Mel Brooks’ 1974 output/Alien & Aliens/Independance Day/several Woody Allens/The Princess Bride/Spinal Tap/the remaining Monty Pythons/Airplane!/Naked Guns/Trading Places/Caddyshack/Love at First Bite/The Jerk… \*\*\*\*\*_Miracle_ is really riding a bullet on my chart, since I’ve owned the DVD for less than two years. Dammit if the Soviets don’t lose that game every time, though… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/71 "2005-11-08T13:22:01Z")
Lost in Translation & Secret Window watched at least once a week, going on for over a year now theyre just _so_ good ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/72 "2005-11-09T11:30:10Z")
**Stop Making Sense** , about 40 times; it never gets old. The days of my being able to run in place with the band during _Life During Wartime_ are drawing to a close, however. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/73 "2005-11-09T12:30:52Z")
Star Wars (the original trilogy) probably 40+ times each. ---
**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/74 "2005-11-14T04:40:01Z")
The Goodfellas, Training Day, Fargo, Eve’s Bayou . Watched them all over 10 times each. ---
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_Witness_ _Pulp Fiction_ _Apocalypse Now_ _Fletch_ _Jaws_ _Gimme Shelter_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/76 "2005-11-14T18:07:40Z")
**Before Kids** Can’t remember **After Kids** Just about Every Spongebob DVD (willingly. I luffs me some Spongebob) Incredibles Monster Inc ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/77 "2005-11-14T18:08:04Z")
Trainspotting Clueless Chasing Amy Shrek Disney’s Beauty and The Beast ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Citizen\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/78 "2005-11-14T19:17:18Z")
Ok, I’m a nut. (1) Star Wars (Original - New Hope - Ep IV): I’ve seen Star Wars more than 187 times. I lost count at 167 (It’s a BeetleJuice thing - “And it keeps gettin’ funnier, every time I see it”). Yes I can probably finish any single line from the movie. Reciting from scratch I can do if I try really hard. (2) Wizard of Oz: Just under 100 times, but only 2 times per year for the last 4 years. I’m getting rusty – time to watch it again. (3) Back to the Future: 60+ times. I can recite half or so, if prompted. IT’s a horrible waste of time. My recommendation is, don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/79 "2005-11-14T21:37:39Z")
Pete’s Dragon Beauty and the Beast (Disney) Lion King Princess Bride Wizard of Oz A Muppet Christmas Carol A Christmas Story Jaws Goonies Rocky Horror Picture Show Grease A Goofy Movie ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606/80 "2005-11-14T21:40:51Z")
Star Wars (later “Episode IV: A New Hope”) came out when I was 13. A friend of mine got the VHS tape when it was first released some time afterwards. At the time, I counted having seen it 77 times. I am so ashamed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-watched-the-most-times/328606.md?page=3)