What movie did you rewatch most often?
What movie did you rewatch most often?
For me, it’s either the Matrix or Pulp Fiction. I have seen both a lot of times but certainly not more often than say a dozen times.
Somehow I stopped watching movies a few years ago, which kind of annoys me but we can't find time that much for a long movie. Of course binge watching TV series is another thing...
For me, the three rewatchables were:
- Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon - If you're into cinematography and ultra techy perfection, this is the movie. And the main character is such an asshole.
- Celine Sciamma: Portrait of a Lady on Fire - This beautiful piece hits hard. Celine has an eye for women, and the story how the ladies take care of their own business since the beginning of time is really captivating.
- Pedro Almodóvar: All About My Mother - A queer classic. I really like the old Almodóvar telenovelas on acid, but this mid-career masterpiece has everything: the cinematography, the crazy characters and the melodrama.
Back to the Future. It has been my "watch when I'm sick at home" go-to since I was 12.
Literally Groundhog Day, it's one of my favourites and about 20 years ago I started a tradition of always watching it every Feb 2nd, and so I've watched it 20 times plus maybe half a dozen times before then.
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Interstellar. I watched it like 4 times.
The Fifth Element
I watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on VHS so much, it wore out the tape.
The original Star Wars trilogy on VHS
Clue got me through many a programming project.
Possibly the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Dunno exactly how many times I've watched, but it's close to 10. It's such an iconic movie, with excellent scenarios, acting, and so revolutionary at the time.
I've watched some older Pixar movies (from their golden age imo) a bunch of times, like Monsters Inc and Nemo, as well as the masterpiece Shrek 2 from DreamWorks.Star Wars Episode V: The Empire strikes back
Twister The Thing Clueless Lost In Translation Jurassic Park The Edge You’ve Got Mail The Trip Galaxy Quest Scott Pilgrim The Truman Show 28 Days A Fish Called Wanda True Lies Sphere any Alien movie Practical Magic Amelie Best In Show The Shining Gone Girl Kiki’s Delivery Service The Ninth Gate Sideways Cold Comfort Farm Napoleon Dynamite Starship Troopers Contagion The Mummy Die Hard With A Vengeance Entrapment Midnight In Paris The Fifth Element Zoolander
They’re not all “good” movies, but something keeps me coming back.
The Martin Freeman hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, easily. I watch that every year on my birthday
Home alone and or die hard, We watch them every Christmas.
How to train your dragon and Scott Pilgrim VS the world. The first was a great date movie with incredible score and the second I just love that film so much and wanted to show everyone I knew who hadn't watched it.
Not a movie but Band of Brothers is on top of the annual revisit list for the past 15 years
Closely followed by 5th Element & Starship Troopers
Interstellar
The Thing,
Naked Lunch,
Evil Dead 1 & 2,
The Big Lebowski,
Videodrome,
Alien,
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
For a Few Dollars More,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
Lost Highway & Mulholland Drive,
The Fountain, Pi, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Princess Mononoke, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Big Trouble in Little China, The Wicker Man (the og)
And I probably watched Donnie Darko and Ichi the Killer enough times as a teen that they both reach the top
God I watch a lot of movies still.
e:typo, not Donnie Dario
Mean Girls - this is my absolute comfort movie. Elf is mandatory watch every Christmas and I never get bored of it.
Movies I'll always sit down and watch if I see them on TV that I've not seen mentioned yet:
- Breakfast Club
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Time Bandits
- 12 Monkeys
- Muppet Treasure Island
Howl's Moving Castle. I had an obsession with it at the time.
You know... I've never really thought about it that way, but my three favorites may be the same most watched.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Empire Strikes Back
Miller's CrossingSometimes I'll watch Miller's Crossing with English subtitles/captions, just to take in all that insane and masterful dialogue, it truly is as if William Shakespeare had written a 1920s mob tragicomedy.
You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin'. So take your flunky and dangle!
Just Because I didn't see it mentioned:
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Tombstone
Friday the 13th the new blood, V for vendetta and hackers.
When I was a kid, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Santa Clause. I don't rewatch movies as often as an adult.
Fifth Element, Snatch, Galaxy Quest, Predator, Commando, Hot Fuzz.
The Shawshank Redemption
I Love You Man, my comfort movie and one I never get sick of or fails to pick me up
While you were sleeping, I was so much in love with Sandra Bullock! 😀
John Carpenter's The Thing Must've seen it a dosen times by now. Secondly I think I could watch no country for old men on repeat without being bored of it
Ghostbusters - have no idea how many times I've watched it, but it never disappoints.
"The thing" is always a great watch and worth coming back to.
Jurassic Park. The practical effects still hold up well and even the CGI is still passable.
Plus it's my favorite movie of all time.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mad Max: Fury Road, A Knight's Tale, Tokyo Godfathers, Life Aquatic.
I've seen them all at least 5-10 times fully and probably more times partially. It's definitely a wide spectrum, and one of them is not what you would call a "good" movie compared to the others. I'll let you decide which, but I'm hella not ashamed.
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact
The Martian and Clerks!!
Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2. Dozens of times, multiple formats. Never gets old!
The original Independence Day, The Big Short, Jaws, Halloween, and Pacific Rim are all comfort movies that are on rotation whenever my husband or I are gone for work and I get lonely 😂
Back to the future is my jam. 1 2 or 3.
SWAT. Only because we didn't have cable and we couldn't get it unstuck from the VCR.
I have not thought about this before but thinking back I guess the movie I have re-watched the most is Contact. I don't know why I just like it. I really don't re-watch movies that much. I do re-watch TV series quite often (HACF is the most re-watched).
Shrek. I saw it every day for like 25 straight days.
Harry Potter!
Chasing Amy
First time I rented it out on VHS (yeah!) I watched it three times in a row and sill rewatch it every few years.
Hilarious and deep, I learned a lot from wat hing that movie.
School of Rock, it kinda became a Christmas movie with my family, we watch it every year. Jingle All The Way with Arnold Schwarzenegger is the other one.
Then there's my personal favorite, Pacific Rim. I absolutely adore that movie, giant robots fighting kaijus. Too bad there was never a sequel.I watched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie so many times as a kid I can still lip sync most of the film to this day.
I've also watched Space Balls and Monty Python and the Holy Grail more times than I can count.
Moonstruck. It’s like watching a home movie of our family reunion.
I’ll say no more…
Oh man, I'm going to get made fun of for this, but... The Barbie movies. Especially The 12 Dancing Princresses. My sister and I watched it so many times as kids that we could quote the entire thing (we often did so while watching it lmao). Honestly just off the top of my head now I probably could quote a good 80-90 percent of it. We must have watched it more than a hundred times, not even exaggerating.
Predator. Every Christmas and New Year's.
I gotta go with Primer because it pretty much is necessary to re-watch it multiple times to understand what is going on.
A few I’ve not seen mentioned -
Clue Remo unarmed and dangerous Dead men don’t wear plaid Taken Tremors 1 & 2, not the rest North by northwest Stardust
Tropic thunder
Hot Tub Time MachineIn no particular order besides alphabetical (all movies rewatched over a dozen times):
- Atomic Blonde
- Bad Boys 1 and 2
- Bourne Trilogy
- Back To The Future trilogy
- Deja Vu
- Eraser
- LOTR trilogy
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of Black Pearl
- Swat
- Terminator trilogy
- True Lies
- Transformers (the original ones with Shia LaBeouf)
There are many more, but I'm not gonna sit here and try to remember them all.
So there's several high caliber films I've seen a bunch, like Pulp Fiction, Memento, etc.. but I think the actual movie I've seen the most times is The Room.
For the uninitiated, The Room is the worst movie of all time. Tommy Wiseau wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this disasterpiece. It's so bad, they made a movie about the book about the making of The Room. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion for 90 minutes.
I've been responsible for many people's first viewings, which means I've seen it far, far more than I should. I almost got to meet Tommy and Greg (plays Tommy's best friend in film) at a screening but icy ass rain made the trek too dangerous.
I'd say it's a must see for anyone who enjoys film. Every other movie will feel better after comparing it to this flaming bag of garbage. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll say "wtf" at least 7 times.
I have 2 answers.
By choice: Growing up, I watched Strange Brew with my friends uncountable times.
Not by choice: for 10 years I worked slinging tvs in a hifi store. I watched the following movies so many times.
- antz
- a bugs life
- toy story
- dragonheart
- Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone
- Star Wars ep 1
- the matrix
- titan AE
- Armageddon
- wall-e
- shrek
Both Grumpy Old Men movies are watched every single year at least once.
Mononoke Home / Princess Mononoke
A Silent Voice, really beautiful movie about bullying and redemption. I watched it a few years ago when I was in a really bad place, and it helped me a lot.
Gangs of Wasseypur. It's a 5-hour movie, split into two parts. But really, it's just one epic story. I've watched it countless number of times. While in college, me and my mates would get high and watch this movie. I've probably watched it with most of my friends at least once.
Two other movies that come close are Pulp Fiction and Bhooter Bhobishyot.
It's a Wonderful Life. Every year on Christmas, and every year I can relate with George just a little bit more. I've even seen a stage version of it love!
"Hot Rod", "Accepted", or "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Superbad
Freddy got fingered, to the point a friend and me could retell the whole movie word for word.
Probably A Goofy Movie. I had it on VHS and watched it over and over, the themes in it were just exactly what I needed to hear as a tween. It probably fell behind in the count for a while, but now I have Disney plus and rewatch it pretty regularly. And yes, I've seen the Atlanta episode, I had no idea, and it's hilarious.
I’m not sure why but I will find myself rewatching Catch me if you can every couple of years on a whim. Something about it compels me
Drive Thru. It's a B rate slasher horror flick. Highly entertaining and always a recommendation.
There are few of them for me, but maybe Warrior (2011) is the favourite go to movie for me. If I'm overwhelmed by anything, it helps me reset myself and put things in perspective and get me in the mindset to fight back and stay strong.
Grumpy Old Men:)
Definitely the Avatar movie, I mean the blue ones not TLA. I watched it when it came out, watched it several times with my family and friends. Lastly I watched it at IMAX, was a fantastic experience. Sadly second movie did not live up to my expectations.
Maybe Thor Ragnarok
Definitely Bio Dome!
Lord of The Rings. and I can’t count how many times it was. as a kid I had a weekly routine to watch at least one of the movies. oh dear how I love this trilogy
Alien, Aliens and Predator. The Big Lebowski and the John Wick films are gaining traction more recently.
For me it Lord of the Rings and/or Harry Potter. Can't count how often I watched these masterpieces.
Eurotrip
Both LOTR and Harry Potter, marathon once in a while.
Ice Station Zebra
Practical Magic. It might be tied with Nightmare Before Christmas.
It was comfortable for me to watch them both often when I scored a VCR in my room.
Star Trek: First Contact or Insurrection
I used to fall asleep watching Twister on VHS. Something about the substandard quality and tracking sound really sealed the deal when I needed to catch some Zzz's.
I watched it so many times that I wore out the tape.
For me it's Casino. Easily my favorite movie.
I love rewatching "monster" movies. Like The Mummy, Deep Blue Sea, and Lake Placid.
Hateful Eight. The acting, pacing, dialogue all 10/10 IMO. It just feels cozy watching it.
As a kid, Tremors, Aliens, and Police Academy 4. Those were films we had on VHS (recorded from the TV). The first two were on the same 4h cassette, recorded in glorious long play mode and the write protection tab broken out for safety.
More than a dozen watches for each of those.
As an adult, there's a few had multiple watches. No idea what's the "most" but the ones that stick out are: Charlie's Angels - the mid 2000's one with Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Lu. Blade 2 The fast and the Furious The terminator Kill Bill
Airplane!
Surely you can't be serious.
I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
As a kid I spent probably a week sitting under a table in my room, rewatching A New Hope on a portable dvd player over and over and over. I thought that I should watch it until I had every line memorized, and then move onto ESB (which I never did for obvious reasons)
So probably ANH, followed by any other SW movie, then Mad Max Fury Road and Sicario
American History X, Pulp Fiction, Heat.. I could go on and on
The Last Dragon or Ghostbusters, probably. I still watch those both at least once a year. So probably 50+ times for both of those.
For me American Pie (was the first movie I've watched in English, when I was finding out you could switch languages on dvd), followed by the Matrix.
Man of Steel
There's a good set of movies I rewatch a lot so I can't say which is most often, but I'll pick a couple.
The first Matrix movie is up there for me. I think it's the best one and I've rewatched it the most. I've rewatched the following two, but not as much. I thought the fourth one was weird and produced too late so not going to watch that one again.
There's an obscure movie called Hunter Prey (2010) that I've rewatched a lot. It's a low budget sci-fi, but it's almost like a play with limited settings, just a handful of actors, and limited special effects. I really like the story, actors, and setting plus the music is good. Probably most people would think it's shit, but sometimes a low budget film can really nail it for me.
The Cabin in the Woods.
The fast and the furious 1,2,3
Strangely enough, the Underworld series. Ah and yes all the Back to the Future movies, I would rewatch them a thousand times more.
Strictly Ballroom
Aliens Forrest Gump Incredibles Shrek Shawshank Redemption 5th Element Ice Age
It's a toss up between Karate Kid, The Lost Boys, and Black Rain.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
It is somehow my goto "comfort"-movie
I watch The Thing and The Mummy at least once a year.
The Batman. Dune
Warrior with Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. Bawl my eyes out at the end every time I watch it.
As a kid, my top ones:
- The Sandlot
- The Mighty Ducks
- Rookie of the Year
- Hook
As an adult:
- Superbad
- I Love You, Man
- Pineapple Express
- Almost Famous
The judge.
Leaves everything behind to become this great lawyer but when the unfortunate happens he has to go back and come to terms with what he thought was once lost.
Not sure why I keep watching it but I do enjoy how it develops.
Just one, Interstellar. I don't watch a lot of movies but that one just hits different, I've watched it 7 times, could watch it again.
I saw Matrix 2-3 times when I was a kid, but no more than that.
draft - Steve Jobs (2015 Fassbender version)
I’ve seen The Fellowship of the Ring more times med than I can count. I love the whole trilogy, but Fellowship is my favorite.
2012, Wolf of Wall Street and the back to the future trilogy
Ghostbusters. Saw it hundreds of times as a kid. Still watch it every few years.
Redline is my guilty pleasure movie. I watch it at least 3x a year to marvel at the animation.
There's a few for me but I'm going to go with A Knight's Tale and The Other Guys. Can't get enough of those 2
Back to the future.
Your Name (Kimi no Na wa). I've seen it at least a dozen times; it's always incredibly emotionally impactful every time. Really beautiful movie.
In the theater? Boogie Nights.
My friend and I didn't know a goddamn thing about Paul Thomas Anderson when we went to the premiere. All we knew was that Heather Graham got naked in this movie about porn stars. We'd both had massive crushes on Heather ever since License to Drive... A crush which was only strengthened by her appearance in Swingers.
It turned out that the great nudity was only a bonus to what ended up being an amazing film with brilliant performances from everyone... INCLUDING Marky Mark. My friend and I ended up going to see Boogie Nights on the big screen close to 20 times. It helped that I had just gotten a job as an usher at a theater when the movie got it's second run, so we could see it for free. It also became a point of local pride since PTA was North East Ohio television royalty, and my friend and I wanted to follow in his footsteps
Shaun Of The Dead
The original Matrix movie
Not me, but my partner watched the Jim Carrey Grinch movie every single day for a few months.
The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight
Jurassic park!
Pee Wee's Big Adventure as a child and too many Michael Bay Transformers sequels as an adult due to their frequency on FX and now Pluto TV. I think Dark of the Moon is aired most often.
Lone Wolf McQuade. Taped it on VHS and watched it with my friends all the time 😂
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Lost Horizon (Frank Capra) and Freaks (Tod Browning)
Anytime they pop up we watch Casino Royale, Groundhog Day, Family Stone. We were late picking friends up at the airport yesterday because we were sitting in a hotel watching Grease. I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but it's exhausting to watch so i sometimes skip it.
- The Blob (1988)
- Night of The Comet
- Night of The Creeps
At least once a year this one is a must.
I only usually rewatch films whenever I feel like I'd need a pick-me-up. Something light-hearted, so I'd usually go for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
But during my recent movie marathon, I discovered more films which are actually good contenders for a rewatch such as The Fundamentals of Caring (highly recommended) and The Land of Steady Habits.