# Which movie(s) have you seen the most times? And why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980 "2005-07-18T15:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/41 "2005-07-18T23:53:33Z")
**Star Wars** and the other films of the original trilogy are far and away the leaders, for me. They just never get boring to me; I can watch them again and again and never get tired of them. I remember when the Sci-Fi Channel ran the trilogy all weekend; I sat through the whole thing twice, enjoying every minute, just because it was there. In the theater, the movie I’ve seen most was Tim Burton’s **Batman** , with 5 times. A close second is **Jurassic Park** , with 4 times. **The Usual Suspects** is the only movie I’ve seen in a theater on two consecutive days; we were so awestruck by it the first night that my friend and I dragged more friends to see it the very next day. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/42 "2005-07-19T00:08:21Z")
Here are a few that come to mind. I’ve seen all of these many, many times. Some because they’re good, some because they’re so bad/campy I can’t get enough. Some because they’re on TV all the time. “Mommies Dearest” (1981). Funny and campy. Dozens of hysterical quotes. Anyone who watches it with me at home knows I’m going to speak the dialog line by line. And you haven’t lived until you’ve seen it with an all-gay audience in a packed theater. A wonderful piece of fiction. Likewise, “Valley of the Dolls” (1967) and “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” (1962). “Boys in the Band” (1970) Epitomizes the cliché, “like a bad auto crash, you can’t look at it, and you can’t look away” “Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects” (1989). Bronson at his best or worst depending on how you look at it. Macho camp of the highest order. They meant to make a good movie. But it’s laughable (in the best way possible). Highly entertaining. Another one I know line for line. “Marty” (1955) Heart and soul to the 10th power. A delight. No gimmicks. Just a simple slice of life, that always makes me feel good after I see it. “House of Games”. (1987). One of the finest films ever made. Reminds me of “The.Gambler” (1974). One of the most overlooked movies in history. James Caan’s best performance ever. “Casino” (1995) Decent movie, and USA shows it 112 times a year. “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986) More macho camp. Is it supposed to be a comedy? A drama? Homage to an old John Wayne movie? Who knows? It just works. “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” (1955) Susan Hayward playing Lillian Roth playing Susan Hayward. Great film about addiction and all that goes with it. ‘Midnight Cowboy” (1969) A little dated, but one of the great films of all time. “Varsity Blues” (1999) Friday night football in Texas. Artwork. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/43 "2005-07-19T00:34:54Z")
**Muppet Family Christmas** because I watched it almost every day when I was little, regardless of proximity to the holiday season. \*\* Ghostbusters\*\* probably comes close, though. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/44 "2005-07-19T05:09:16Z")
> [@Millit the Frail](#): > > I’ve probably seen **Back to the Future** near 100 times. If not more. Well, you beat me. I would’ve seen it maybe 30 times because my sister loved Michael J Fox and she always got home from school first and would put it on. **Mo’ Better Blues** - 15 or 20 times. The music is tops and its funny. Wesley Snipes and Denzel Washington are very, very cool in this. **The Sound Of Music** - at least 12 times. I can’t explain why I keep fronting up for it. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/45 "2005-07-19T05:24:59Z")
I’m really surprised that nobody has mentioned **The Great Escape**. I saw it in the show when I was a kid and, probably, 50 or 60 times since (I _have_ to watch it if I stumble upon it on the tube). ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/46 "2005-07-19T05:51:48Z")
**Star Wars** (the original, in the theatre) 7 or 8 times. Would have been more, but I was only 15 and lived 15 miles from the theatre. I think I have seen it once since then. \*\* Groundhog Day Quigley Down Under Ferris Bueller’s Day Off The Princess Bride The Mask Spiderman\*\* (The new one) **Pretty Woman LOTR Trilogy The Indiana Jones Movies** (All 3 of them) **Ghostbusters The Shawshank Redemption** Couldn’t begin to tell you why I like seeing these movies over and over. But I keep watching them when I see them on TV and I own DVDs (and VHS) of almost all of them that I will put in and watch. Except for Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/47 "2005-07-19T14:52:47Z")
Over life. . . \*\*Star Wars The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Pulp Fiction The Princess Bride The Wall The Song Remains the Same Goodfellas Ferris Bueller \*\* Recent stuff that is working it’s way up the list. . . \*\*Kill Bill Gangs of New York Almost Famous The Big Lebowski \*\* About half of these, I think you can watch as art. . .just take in the composition of each individual scene. ---
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**Jurassic Park** : The year this came out I went to see it every weekend for several weeks, just 'cause I loved it so much. After the DVD came out I pull it out every once in awhile, and if I catch it on TV I always watch it. **Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory** : I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen this one. I love it. It’s my favorite movie. I can recite large chunks of the dialog, complete with proper inflection, from memory. I fully expect that the new version will join this list as well, when the DVD comes out (I’ve already seen it twice). **Rocky Horror Picture Show** : Probably 5-10 times. I didn’t get to see it in the theater in high school, so I made up for lost time later. **Rose Red** : The TV miniseries. For some reason the spouse seems to have an uncanny knack for finding this playing on TV, and we also own the DVD. I never pass up a chance to stare at Julian Sands. 🙂 **Silence of the Lambs** : Great movie. Seen it probably 5 or 6 times. **The Manitou** : So-bad-it’s-good horror movie from the '70s, with Tony Curtis as a charlatan mystic fighting real Native American elder gods. My guilty-pleasure favorite movie. **Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone** : 5 or 6 times. **The Langoliers** : Another Stephen King miniseries I’m quite fond of. Mostly because of Mark Lindsay Chapman, but it’s a good story that suffered a bit in the implementation. ---
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The movies I’ve watched over 3 times are… (I’m sure I’m forgetting some) [ul] [li]Animal House[/li][li]Princess Bride[/li][li]Kill Bill 1 & II[/li][li]Major League[/li][li]Raiders of the Lost Ark[/li][li]Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom[/li][li]The Last Seduction[/li][li]The Godfather[/li][li]Shawshank Redemption[/li][li]Unforgiven[/li][li]Heartbreak Ridge (I know, I don’t get this one either, but I really like it)[/li][li]Ferris Bueller’s Day Off[/li][li]Adventures is Babysitting[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/50 "2005-07-20T02:54:50Z")
I’ll go with all the Sean Connery James Bond movies. They’ve been a fixture on tv so often and I’ve seen the first generation dvds several times as well. I’m not sure when the tradition began of showing Bond movies at Christmas began, but I’m sure I’ve been watching them for at least ten years. On that note, I’ll say that \*National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation \* must be the movie I’ve seen the most. I’m sure I’ve seen the movie at least 100 times. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980/51 "2005-07-20T05:23:48Z")
The Gospel According to George: The 1st three Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies, along with Willow and American Graffiti. I used to watch these over and over as a youngling, and still pop them in when I need a fix, or I meet a heathen who hasn’t seen them. Lost count long ago, but easily 100 times each High Fidelity: 30ish times, generally in bursts. This is also the only film I love that I cannot watch on TV. They butcher it. A Knights Tale: 28 times. It might be the English Major in me, but I love any movie with Chaucer in it. Chasing Amy, Return to Me, Back to the Future, Pulp Fiction are all around 25 times While they aren’t movies, I’ve seen the entire run of Sports Night 15 times, and Firefly 12 times. Now I’m beginning to count up hours of my life wasted and…damn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-s-have-you-seen-the-most-times-and-why/312980.md?page=2)