# What movies have you seen more than once in theatres? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041 "2014-10-30T18:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/21 "2014-10-30T21:28:15Z")
This is just the highlights-- I will probably come back with other movies I forgot about: The Wizard of Oz Gone with the Wind Star Wars Victor/Victoria Alien Aliens Without a Trace Way Down East Nosferatu (I have seen both versions more than once in a theater) Metropolis Strangers on a Train Vertigo Rear Window Psycho The Philadelphia Story You Can’t Take It with You It’s a Wonderful Life Arsenic and Old Lace Night of the Hunter Fury (the Spencer Tracy movie) My Brilliant Career Housekeeping Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown The 4 Adventures of Reinette & Mirabelle Return of the Secaucus 7 Creature from the Black Lagoon (in 3D) Plan 9 from Outer Space Ed Wood Eleni Lianna Desert Hearts 3 Men and a Cradle (the French movie) The Story of Women Blue Velvet Children of a Lesser god A Room with a View Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Camille Claudel Shirley Valentine Stranger than Paradise Mystery Train Night on Earth Maurice Something Wild Insignificance Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Planet of the Apes Proof Shallow Hal Roger and Me JFK It Happened One Night The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover The Blair Witch Project Queen Kelly Escape to Witch Mountain Snow White (the animated Disney version) Fantasia Raiders of the Lost Ark She’s Gotta Have It Heatwave High Tide Hannah and Her Sisters Radio Days The Purple Rose of Cairo Beyond Rangoon Apollo 13 Dead Man Walking There are so many more, but that’s all for now. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/22 "2014-10-30T22:25:07Z")
I saw _Dances With Wolves_ eight times in the theater. More recent movies I saw twice: [ul] [li]_Open Range_ (I really don’t have a thing for K. Costner; in a small town that had a theater and I had nothing to do but see this movie again – it’s really quite good)[/li][li]_Revenge of the Sith_[/li][li]_Iron Man_[/li][li]_Captain America_[/li][li]_The Avengers_[/li][li]_Cabin in the Woods_[/li][li]Guardians of the Galaxy\*[/li][li]\*Insidious \*(as I’ve mentioned in previous threads, I had to confirm that I saw what I thought I saw)[/li][li]_Need for Speed_ (absolutely mindless but fun, and I found myself in another unfamiliar small town with nothing else to do than go see a movie I’d already seen)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/23 "2014-10-30T22:32:09Z")
This should really be broken down into “pre VCR/DVD” and “post VCR/DVD” I saw “Enter the Dragon” 23 times in a theatre - simply because that was the only way to see it at the time. Had it been available for home viewing, that number would have been far less. Post VCD/DVD there are very few. A big reason is not because the movie became available on tape or DVD, but also once it did, it was never shown in the theatres again. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/24 "2014-10-30T22:37:57Z")
Little Big Man, 3 times in 2 days. Woodstock, many many times when it came out. 200 Motels All the major Marx Brothers movies ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/25 "2014-10-30T22:39:27Z")
Little Big Man, 3 times in 2 days. Woodstock, many many times when it came out. 200 Motels All the major Marx Brothers movies ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/26 "2014-10-30T22:43:01Z")
I saw Gangs of New York, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Guardians of the Galaxy 6-8 times each. For some reason I really liked those. Many other films I’ve seen twice, but those were the strong theater draws for me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/27 "2014-10-30T22:45:30Z")
Too many to count. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/28 "2014-10-30T23:09:33Z")
Not many. I usually wait for video. **Sleuth The French Connection** Both because the girl I was dating had never seen them. **The Stunt Man** – I had to see this twice because the first time I watched it, they played two reels out of order. The movie made no sense until I realized this (Cameron repeated something as a lesson from Eli Cross before Cross told him). I mentally switch the reels in the right order. Later, I went to another theater. There was a short break where the wrong reel should have gone, and then the movie continued the way it was intended to. I think the theater (a small art house) realized the problem and fixed it. If you count things I saw as film series, some are **Stagecoach Jaberwocky Children of Paradise The Gold Rush** ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/29 "2014-10-30T23:15:24Z")
Zero, what is the point, that would be like re-reading a book. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/30 "2014-10-30T23:16:02Z")
Jurassic Park 11 times, the 3D reboot made it to 12. I also went to Fellowship twice, once with my wife and again with my buddy. Nothing else comes to mind (I’m repressing my memories of Episode 1, which I immediately regretted viewing twice) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/31 "2014-10-30T23:23:47Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > Zero, what is the point, that would be like re-reading a book. I reread books all the time. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/32 "2014-10-30T23:26:39Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I reread books all the time. Just nod your head and slowly back away. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/33 "2014-10-30T23:27:55Z")
**Moulin Rouge** wins, three times. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/34 "2014-10-30T23:31:07Z")
Oh yeah, saw _Jurassic Park_ twice in the theater, _Children of Paradise_, to, and _Cinema Paradiso_, and _Kolya_. There are a lot of movies I know I have seen more than once, and I know I have seen in a theater, but I am not sure whether I have seen them in a theater more than once, like _Cabaret_, and _Repulsion_. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/35 "2014-10-30T23:33:16Z")
WALL-E. I was dating that summer, and for whatever reason, all the guys thought that would be a great movie for me. The f-buddy, the two Indian guys (who chaperoned for each other, apparently…), and the one I ended up marrying. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/36 "2014-10-30T23:33:59Z")
I saw each of the Lord of the Rings movies 8 times in theaters. Titanic (I was a 15 year old girl), The Lion King, the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, all around 5-6 times. there’s a few more but those are the ones I remember seeing the most. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/37 "2014-10-30T23:58:13Z")
I’ve seen every Star Wars in the theater at least 3 times (well, the main 6 anyway, only saw Clone Wars once). Others I remember seeing more than once, Batman (89), Demolition Man, Spider-Man 1 and 2 (Raimi), I’m sure there are some more, these just com to mind. These days I rarely manage to get to the theater enough to see things once, let alone more than that. Not to mention how bad the prices have gotten. Just not worth it to pay that much for a 2nd ticket; if you really like it better to save the money from a 2nd viewing and apply it to the cost of the Bluray that’ll be out before you know it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/38 "2014-10-31T00:06:01Z")
I re-read books too. 😛 You get a lot more out of them, really. Gonna forget a number of movies but here goes my list: Titanic - 6 times, 5 times on first-release, once on the 10-year anniversary. Pulp Fiction - 4 times. Hook - 2 times. Really embarrassed about this one - saw it once because it was SPIELBERG, saw it the second time because the other choices completely sucked and my fiancee and I were in the mood for a movie. And she was a big Julia Roberts fan at the time, and, you know, I like getting laid. ET - 3 times. The Incredibles - 2 times Unforgiven - 2 times The Dark Knight - 2 times Star Wars/ESB/ROTJ - more than once, but how many times… I can’t remember. At least 2 times each. Now going through the top movies via Boxofficemojo to stir my memories… Raiders of the Lost Ark - 2 times. Scarface - 2 times, maybe 3. Gremlins - 2 times. Back to the Future - 3 times. Romancing the Stone - 2 times. Roger Rabbit - 3 times at least. Batman - 2 times. T2 - 2 times. Silence of the Lambs - 2 times. (This makes 3 of the top 6 films of 1991 that I’ve seen multiple times in the theater, along with T2 and Hook.) Forrest Gump - 2 times. Independence Day - 2 times. Twister - 2 times. Saving Private Ryan - 3 times, maybe 4. Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2 - 2 times each. The Polar Express - 2 times (my daughter _loved_ (and still loves) this movie. Watching TPE is a Christmas event at our house.) The Fantastic Four - 2 times (the kid factor, again.) Cloverfield - 2 times, kid factor. Avatar - 2 times. Inglorious Basterds - 2 times. Super 8 - 2 times (again, kid factor) First “Hunger Games” movie - 2 times World War Z - 2 times (this and previous movie were because of, yes, Da Kid.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/39 "2014-10-31T00:14:19Z")
I’ve seen these twice: Contact King Kong (2005) Ghostbusters War of the Worlds (2005) Woodstock Tommy The Kids Are Alright 2001 Close Encounters Moonrise Kingdom A Hard Day’s Night Excalibur Deliverance ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041/40 "2014-10-31T00:28:16Z")
Raiders of the lost ark -8 times Couple twice - Life of Pi, usual suspects, pulp fiction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-seen-more-than-once-in-theatres/703041.md?page=3)