What movie have you watched the most times?

[FunBobbyMucha]

I can ALWAYS stop channel surfing when I see the first two Godfathers on cable. I just pick it up at wherever it's at and keep watching til it's over.

Also, I've probably watched Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, and Hudsucker Proxy 10 times each. At least.

Point Break. I'm not proud of this, but I start the summer off every May with a viewing of this, just to get me psyched for working out.

Fight Club is approaching the 10 viewings mark, as well.

Movies I retired secondary to over-watching are Mad Max 1 and 2, Blue Velvet, and Wings of Desire. I will pick them up again someday, but they became simply too familiar, like a top 40 single the radios still play six months later.

[grannylib]

1. Very first Star Wars; 150 plus. On Golden Pond, Lion in Winter, Guess

Who's Coming to Dinner, Rebecca, A River Runs Through It...all worth multiple viewings.

[terrya]

2. At least 20 times seeing "The Lion in Winter"

Superb film. My very favorite. I could see another 20 times.

Terry

[grannylib]

18. It rocks; Timothy Dalton and Anthony Hopkins both in their first movie

roles, and of course Hepburn is stellar. Love it! She was such a beauty even in her elderly years.

[terrya]

25. Hepburn was lovely in that film.

She was simply magnificent in "The Lion in Winter". I've thought it was the best performance of her career.

Both Timothy Dalton and Anthony Hopkins made very auspicious debuts in "Lion".

Hepburn and Peter O'Toole had such great chemistry together. I think they inspired each other to give great performances.

Another reason to love this film...John Barry's great score. The music fits the film perfectly.

[noonwitch]

52. My favorite film, too, but I've probably seen "The Wizard of Oz" the most

Every year as a kid on tv, now it's on TCM on a regular basis.

"The Lion in Winter" is my absolutely favorite film. Everyone in it is perfect in their role. It's on TCM tonight at 10:00, if anyone who hasn't seen it wants to.

[Richardo]

3. Always stop channel surfing for...

Godfathers i and ii
Apocalypse Now
Office Space
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
Any "Thin Man" movie
Throw Momma from the Train


In theater or rental:
2001 (> 20 times)
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Blood Simple

[Rowdyboy]

23. Glad you liked "O'Brother"

I was an extra and much of the movie was filmed at sites only a few blocks from my house. Met George Clooney and he is ESPECIALLY nice.

[Richardo]

57. 'O Brother' instantly became on of my top 5 favorite films EVER...

Love at first viewing... :D :thumbsup:

[DerekG]

4. Jaws, Jaws, Jaws.....

I've actually lost respect for those who didn't care for it, regardless of any other virtue(s) they possessed.

Runners-up:

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Airplane
The Big Lebowski
The Indy Trilogy
The Godfathers I and II
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

[wryter2000]

5. Scrooge

The 1950 English rendition of A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim. I watch it every Christmas season at least once, and sometimes I watch it at other parts of the year for the amazing performances, the music, the glorious black-and-white, the cinematography. It's a masterpiece.

Also Harvey.

[mac56]

6. "A Hard Day's Night"

At least 100 times.

[bobthedrummer]

16. Not as many but one of my most-watched too

also "Help".

[Papa]

7. Tootsie, Oceans 11, Goodfellas,

I can not stop watching one of these movies if I happen upon it. I may have seen Tootsie over 150 times so far.

[Rainbowreflect]

8. The Shawshank Redemption.

Love that movie.

[LynneSin]

19. well, if you have TBS then we've all seen it 20000 times

Since TBS plays it almost non-stop

[populistmom]

66. Me too!

One of my all time favorites!

[GOPisEvil]

9. The Blues Brothers

Amazing that I don't own the video or DVD. :shrug:

[Tracer]

10. 5 or 6 times is my max for the following:

Godfather(s)
On The Waterfront
Bridge on the River Kwai
Witness
Zulu

and, of course,

A Christmas Story

[bubblesby2002]

67. I loooove every one of those movies

nt

[buddhamama]

11. "The Color Purple"

"Grease" "Bowling for Columbine" "Once Upon A Time In America"
"Gods and Monsters"

[Streetdoc270]

12. The American President

I love the 'And I AM the President" part

[Lindsey]

15. Office Space,

Best in Show, It's a Wonderful Life. It hysterical how my co-workers and I continually cite lines out of Office Space.

[ewagner]

13. Animal House

probably followed by my nearly worn-out copy of Blowup, a '60s movie that always makes me a little nuts.

[Loonman]

14. Big Lebowski

Animal House
American Graffiti
I Accuse My Parents(MST3K)
Reefer Madness
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
LOTR: FOTR Extended
Boogie Nights
The Last Days of Disco
Office Space

[Rowdyboy]

17. Three: "Stripes" , "Sister Act" and "The Money Pit"

When I run across them while channel surfing, I'm almost compelled to watch...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

20. I always stop surfing...

when I see "Casablanca", the Hitchcock classics, the MGM classic musicals, GWTW, anything with Barbara Stanwyck...

It's impossible to say which film I have watched the most, because I grew up watching movies with the family, mostly classics that we would watch over and over. By the time I was ten I had probably watched "Casablanca" 20 times!

[NightTrain]

21. Rocky Horror Picture Show

Between 1983 and '94, I attended 548 midnight screenings. Of course, you need a rather broad definition of "watched" to consider what I did in those theaters "watching the film!" :evilgrin:

[elfwitch]

22. The Princess Bride AND When Harry Met Sally

Both are about in a dead tie for most watched.

[proud patriot]

24. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World

The Russians are coming the Russians are coming

Fried Green Tomatoes

The 5th Element

Grease

and
while a teenager
Fast times at Rigmont High

Star Wars all of them

Star Trek all of them

Indiana Jones all of them

The animated Hobbit Trilogy
followed by the new Movies

[OneBlueSky]

26. "Trading Places" . . . I'm embarassed to say . . .

don't know what it is about that movie, but every time I run across it channel surfing, I end up watching it . . . maybe the idea of turning the tables on the rich guys appeals to my sense of justice or something . . . :shrug:

[waterman]

27. I'm a sucker for the "African Queen" - just loved the premise and also

the scenery. One of the first films shot totally on location (foreign) I'm told. And because my parents met while working at the theater where it first played in Miami. He was the usher, she was the ticket girl.

[XNASA]

28. Godfather I & II, without a doubt.

Apocolypse Now!, Dr. Strangelove and The In-Laws round out my Top 5.

[RebelOne]

29. The originial "The Thing From Outer Space" from the 1950s.

[skypilot]

30. Brian DePalma's "Carrie"...

...which everyone is familiar with, followed by Brad Anderson's "Happy Accidents" which is not so well known. Every now and then I come to the lounge and try to steer people towards the latter film. "Carrie", as I think most people agree, ROCKS.

[arwalden]

31. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "The Women"

[skypilot]

33. You are SO gay.

:)

[arwalden]

36. Ya think?

Others include:

All About Eve
Mame / Auntie Mame
Some Like It Hot
Seven Year Itch
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
All of "The Thin Man" movies
Liabled Lady
My Man Godfrey
Double Wedding
I Love You Again
Mommie Dearest
Mildred Pierce
Sound of Music
Summer Stock
Singin' In The Rain
A Star Is Born (JG)
Meet Me In St. Louis
Harvey Girls
Seven Brides...
South Pacific ("Stewpot" grrwoof!)
Funny Girl
Funny Lady
What's Up Doc
Beaches
Ruthless People
Lion In Winter
Pillow Talk
I Was A Male War Bride
Arsenic And Old Lace
Steel Magnolias
Moonstruck
Pajama Game


Oh my... you're right... I am SO gay!

-- Allen

[jimbo fett]

53. You're missing some gay classics like Hairspray and Terms of Endearment

Not to mention Priscilla Queen of the Desert. ;-)

[terrya]

35. What??? No "All About Eve" on that list???

Honey..."Eve" is a MUST "repeat viewing" movie!

:-)

Terry

[arwalden]

37. See Above List Of Additions...

-- Allen

[skypilot]

38. And where are...

..."Funny Girl" and "Funny Lady" on that list, hmmmm??

[terrya]

40. I also noticed an omission of any of Ms. Midler's films...

I re-read Allen's list and darn, if I didn't see "Beaches" on that list...

:-)

Terry

[arwalden]

43. Skypilot And Terrya ... Please See The "New & Improved" Revised List

Thanks for the reminders.

-- Allen

Also forgot:

The Letter
Dark Victory
Ghost & Mrs Muir
Woman On The Beach

[terrya]

45. Ok....

One MORE you could put on the list...

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"...with Bette AND Joan (a gay man's film fantasy)

Just my .02, Allen. :-)

Terry

[arwalden]

49. Yep... That's A DVD I Also Own... I Enjoy It... But It's Not One

that I watch frequently.

-- Allen

Also Add:

Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe

[skypilot]

47. You're getting there.

:)

[hyphenate]

32. Well, I would say

Lethal Weapon 2 and 4
Blazing Saddles
Court Jester (a wonderful old Danny Kaye movie)
Paint Your Wagon
The Birds
Double Jeopardy
Sixth Sense
Stir of Echoes

I know--
I have weird tastes in movies.

[CBHagman]

34. A weird list.

Thanks to childhood viewing in NJ, "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" and "The Wizard of Oz," both annual events.

In no particular order, the others are:

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pride and Prejudice (the MGM version from the '40s)
The Lion in Winter (a true DU favorite, it seems)
Persuasion (1995 version)
Sense and Sensibility (1995 version)
Enchanted April
Peter's Friends
The Ref
Much Ado about Nothing


On edit: I think that's "March of the Wooden Soldiers," also known as "Babes in Toyland" (the one with Laurel and Hardy)

[Bertha Venation]

39. many: Tootsie, Working Girl, Amadeus, Steel Magnolias....

The Long Kiss Goodnight.... hmm.... many, many more.

[ronnykmarshall]

41. Moonstruck

I know it word for word.

[WorldBuilder]

42. Over 100 views at least for each of...

The Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, the original Star Wars Trilogy, and the first 2 Godfather films.

Damn fine films!

Chris

[Zero Gravitas]

44. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

...and there was much rejoicing. Yaaay.

[arwalden]

50. AND.... Life Of Brian

Blessed are the CHEESE-makers!

[bif]

46. 2001, Spinal Tap and Wayne's World

Probably a three-way tie

[trotsky]

48. "The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen"

Love that flick.

[hrd2imagin]

51. "Friday" and "Dazed and Confused"

[supernova]

54. Pirates of the Carribean

at probably close to 20 times. :D Saw it 6 times in the theatre and have watched it myriad times at home.

Followed closely by Sleepy Hollow, and Raiders of the Lost Ark (8 trips to the theatre way back when),

Next comes MP and the Holy Grail. Would have more counts but I only recently acquired the tape. :D

Is anyone else more into movie watching than regular TV? I find that but for a few shows, I prefer to watch a movie uninterrupted. Really getting to despise commercials. x( Oh well.

[On the Road]

55. Due to a Strange Combination of Circumstances (Don't Ask)

I saw "Heaven Can Wait" seven times in a theater. Actually not a bad movie.

[nini]

56. Car Wash, Spencers Mountain and Young Frankenstein

does anyone else remember Spencer's Mountain.. I thought Clay Boy was hot - :-)

[Habibi]

58. Tossup between Thelma and Louise, and Aliens

59. Wings of Desire

the Wild Bunch
Once Upon a Time in the West

I have weird contrasting taste.

[CO Liberal]

60. "Young Frankenstein"

:-)

[shanti]

61. raising arizona, pulp fiction and the matrix

three way tie

[RobinA]

62. Saturday Night Fever

I saw it at least five times in the theater. I rearely even see a movie twice in the theater. I didn't see it for years after that and then came across it on cable about threee years ago. I watched it just to see how badly it held up and was amazed to see th at it was still GREAT. I've watched it several times since and it hasn't gotten old.

[Westegg]

63. You have GREAT taste...

Miller's Crossing is right up there for me. So are The Godfathers (I prefer Godfather II). I'll add to this Apocalypse Now, Gimme Shelter, Local Hero, Casablanca and The Stunt Man.

Miller's Crossing was CRIMINALLY ignored by audiences (and most critics) when it came out, and made about three dollars at the box office. It's finally out on DVD. I say it's the Coen Brothers' best. DU'ers, do yourself a favor and check it out.

[WindRavenX]

64. "A.I" "The South Park Movie" "The Royal Tennenbaums"

A.I- so underrated it's scary
South Park Movie- No matter HOW MANY TIMES I see this movie, I ALWAYS end up on the floor nearly having peed in my pants
The Royal Tennenbaums- this movie is my family.

[Mobius]

65. Thats a tough one for me:

How about a watched more than 25 times list?
Alien, Aliens
Star Trek (all except #5 which sucked)
Star Wars (the real ones)
Queen of the Dammed
Interview with the Vampire
Big Labowski
Boogie Nights
Highlander 1,2 and 4
The Cell
Don Juan De Marco
Edward Scissorhands
Girl Interrupted
ID4
*goes to lookin DVD cabinet*
The Shining
Jaws
*ok back with list*
Abyss
American Beauty
Angel Heart
Bad Boys (the good one from the 80s with Sean Penn)
Benny & Joon
Bound
The Color Purple
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Bran Stokers Dracula
Dune
Contact
Gladiator
Everafter
Excalibur
From Hell
Indiana Jones( really 1 and 3 but 2 was ok)
A Knight's Tale
Lord of the Rings 1 &2
Man in the Iron Mask( Leo DiCaprio I know I know, but I liked it leave me alone )
Midnight Express
Mists of Avalon
The Mummy and 'Returns (newer ones)
Sleepers
Stargate
Stigmata
Terminator 1 & 2
2001 and 2010
XXX (not porn, vin diesel)

Have I actually watched all of the 25 times? Yes, some alot more. I refuse to pay time wiener money for cable tv, and I hate commercials. Sometimes when I sleep, Ill play them in French, it's kinda cool.

[bubblesby2002]

68. Star Wars Episode IV

At least 50 times. still love it.
But also Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, and (hate to say this but) Predator, it reminds me of my husband.

[trackfan]

69. Annie Hall n/t