I'm sure you fine film fans rewatch your favorite movies on occasion.
Which ones have you seen the most? Mine-
. the GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966) I don't even know how many times. On TV as a kid, on vhs, on dvd, on streaming-I love it.
. the BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1959)- I first saw this as a kid when they cancelled a baseball game.
. BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (1955)- of course.
More later!
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Dracula (1931)
Alien
Aliens
Galaxy Quest
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
There are more but these are my top 5.
Flash Gordon.
Alien.
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The Thing.
^ the THING is another!
As is-
. the SHINING (1980)
. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
. the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
. PSYCHO (1960)
. DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN (1971)- I first saw this on TV in 1971! IIP released this to TV and screens on it's release.
I bought this in 1972. I still have a copy.
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An Eye For An Eye (1981): seen it nearly 800 times since 1981.
If I saw the movie as a kid or teen and I liked it, I will watch it again and again if I have the chance.
Halloween (1978) once a year on Halloween.
WIZARD OF OZ is probably the only movie I've had anywhere close to double-digit viewings of. Many times as a child, and at least three times as an adult.
^ :bouncegiggle: Me too.
Also-
. the ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER (1957)- you gotta understand- I didn't always have cable TV. It was a vhs player or local TV.
. the HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND (1959)
. SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)
. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968)
Most Godzilla movies- my kids loved them. If you got kids, you watch what they watch. Every Saturday it was Movie Night, with popcorn and a Godzilla movie.
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WARCRAFT, at least once a year.
THE KING'S SPEECH, all for that precious payoff.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, for some reason I can't get enough of this garbage. I couldn't care less about the other movies, it's just this one.
SUPER TROOPERS, for when I'm feeling down in the dumps. Best comedy ever.
MST3K episode MONSTER A GO-GO, by far my favorite episode. Can't stop laughing with that one.
And of course, the entire DIE HARD series, for when I just want some good action.
Oh yes! :hot:
RHPS
Godzilla
The Thing
Pulp Fiction
Predator
Saw
The Princess Bride
Star Wars original trilogy
The Shining
Goldfinger
Major League
Happy Gilmore
Alien
Eyes Wide Shut
2001
Inception
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
Skyfall
Shawshank Redemption
Robot Monster
The Big Lebowski
Glen or Glenda
Plan 9 From Outerspace
LA Confidential, and lately Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.
Alien
The River (1951)
Aliens
A Passage to India
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Dr. Zhivago
Jaguar (1979)
Lawrence of Arabia
Wages of Fear
Jaws
Batch '81
The 400 Blows
Apocalypse Now
I don't rewatch movies very often at all.
I have watched Space Warriors 2000 the most (long story) and also Thrashin' (1986) many times, both to the extent that I know a lot of of the dialogue.
USUAL SUSPECTS
my most rewatched film, always get a kick out of it, and nearly always encounter something 'new' that I missed.... yes shame about Spacey's (and Singer's) extra curricular activities but I can't let that diminish my enjoyment of it
also the following get at least one or two re-watches per year:
FARGO
THE BEAST MUST DIE
DAY OF THE ANIMALS
THE MUTILATOR
FRIDAY 13TH PART 8: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN
GRADUATION DAY
PIECES
THE HOWLING PART 7: NEW MOON RISING
then there are films which I used to re-watch all the time, but have notseen now in a few years...
GOODFELLAS, DAZED & CONFUSED, NUTS IN MAY, PEE WEES BIG ADVENTURE
I am fairly sure that I've seen Rock N Roll High School more times than any other movie. I revisit it at least once a year and I can recite pretty much the entire movie along with the actors... yet I never get tired of it.
Beneath the Planet Of the Apes(1970)
Conquest Of the Planet Of the Apes(1972)
Batman(1989)
Full Metal Jacket(1986)
Dirty Harry(1971)
Goodfellas(1989)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man(1943)
The Gorgon(1964)
King Kong vs Godzilla(1962)
Dracula vs Frankenstein(1971)
House Of Wax(1953)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde(1931)
Nosferatu(1922)
Masque Of the Red Death(1964)
The Night Stalker(1972)
The Mummy's Tomb(1942)
Evil Of Frankenstein(1964)
Halloween(1978)
Spider Baby(1964)
Blood Of Dracula's Castle(1967)
Unforgiven(1992)
Tombs Of the Blind Dead(1972)
Forbidden Planet(1956)
I Walked With A Zombie(1943)
Matango(aka Attack Of the Mushroom People)(1963)
Raiders Of the Lost Ark(1981)
Tombstone(1993)
White Zombie(1932)
Ghost Of Frankenstein(1942)
Clerks
Boogie Nights
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Avengers
Mostly childhood favorite here:
Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek films
The Goonies (1985)
The Monster Squad (1987)
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Robin Hood (1973)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
Spaceballs (1987)
Home Alone (1990)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jaws (1975)
Halloween (1978)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Predator (1987)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The three films I've watched most in adulthood are three that were on the syllabus of a college course I taught from 2016 through 2021... sometimes twice a semester, so 2-4 times a year for 5 years: ERASERHEAD, MEMENTO, and POSSESSION (the short domestic version, though, not the uncut). All three were and are among my favorite films - or else I wouldn't have subjected myself to another 10-20 viewings w/ classes! But, to their credit, all three held up...
POSSESSION never fails to freak out even the most apathetic college student. Watching the domestic cut so many times only reinforces my prejudice: that it's the only version of the film anyone really needs! (The director's cut has lots of lovely extra bits, but everything essential is in the short version... plus about 3-4 shots absent from the director's cut.)
I'd watched MEMENTO at least 6 times before I started teaching it. It endures on many repeat viewings, insofar as some of the moments now seem hilariously obvious or transparent to me. The early (sic) diner scene where Natalie tells Leonard they are "both survivors" and then stares at him and nods for a looooooong awkward beat... I've played that moment for students half a dozen times, pause, rewind, play... sometimes they get it.
To paraphrase Betelgeuse, ERASERHEAD keeps getting funnier every single time I see it. Never does get any less existentially bleak and paralyzingly sad, mind you, but the 4 or 5 comedic moments are so masterfully constructed it no longer surprises me that Mel Brooks loved this movie so much he gave David Lynch a job on the spot. The comedy in ERASERHEAD is funnier than anything in any Mel Brooks movie. (Not even a slam on Brooks, mind you!)
In adolescence, it was definitely RHPS (at least 25 times) and SHOCK TREATMENT somewhere short of that. In childhood, the original STAR WARS (also 25+ times). I haven't watched SW in its entirety since 1994 or '95. I feel like I could just about enjoy it again now, maybe.
Otherwise I try to refrain from running my favorite films into the ground. I might revisit the rest of my Top 15 or 20 once every five or so years. I've seen 'em enough to know I favor them, and there's so many other films I still need to see a 1st time.
I've seen ERASERHEAD and BLUE VELVET a bunch of times. Always find something new in them.
Blues Brothers is probably my most watched movie of all time with The Fugitive right behind it. The Princess Bride and Ghostbusters is tied for 3rd atm.
I seen EASY RIDER (1969) countless times. Most of the DIRTY HARRY movies alot. ASTRO ZOMBIES (1968) for some f**king reason. I first saw it on Channel 41 Shock theater out of Kalamazoo in 1972. Even then I knew it sucked.
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Evidently Cars 2 and 3 have joined my list as Ash wants to watch them on endless loop.
Terminator 2
Rocky
I watch these almost any time I come across them on tv or Netflix.
I've wound up randomly seeing A FIELD IN ENGLAND many times (like 4 or 5 times, which is a lot for me).