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“We must admit that cinema has completely exhausted itself. New interesting stories have not appeared for a long time, and the technical level of films has reached its peak. And who would want to watch the same film several times?” You will probably laugh, but this phrase, said by one movie critic, is a little over a hundred years old.
Since then, cinema has reached a point, more than once or twice, from which it seemed there was only one way - down... but invariably entered a new round of popularity. But as for rewatching movies - well, the critic of the early 20th century simply didn't suspect that in the future there would be VHS, discs and streaming services. And that we'd rewatch our favorite films not even several, but dozens of times. And then share our impressions online - like, for example, in this viral thread.
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#3
LOTR part 1,2 and 3 over 30 times combined.
DragonofMordor 6 months ago
I guess being twice on the list makes up for not being at the top. Best movies ever made. Especially the extended versions. So excited that the extended are in the theater next month.
Well, indeed, almost each of us has a couple of films in our hearts that we've watched a dozen times in our lives - and will watch the same number of times in the future. Moreover, these movies do not necessarily have to be Oscar winners or hit the box office. Often it’s even the other way around. For example, The Big Lebowski almost failed at the box office, grossing $17M in the U.S. with a budget of $15M - but the audience's reaction over time made it a cult classic.
#5
The mummy .
WindySwede 6 months ago
I really hoping they mean the 1999 version with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz!
#6
Back to the future.
It is probably symbolic that in the selection that we present to your attention today, only four movies were awarded the Oscar as the best film of the year (although The Lord of the Rings has enough statuettes en masse for nearly half the list, but these are all details...), so popular opinion often doesn't coincide with the viewpoints of the Academy members. The mechanism for the emergence of popular adoration is so unexpected and unpredictable that it's hardly possible to predict the iconic status of any particular movie.
#8
Jurassic Park.
David Martin 6 months ago
I was lucky enough to see a 3D, 30th anniversary rerelease of Jurassic Park last year, it was amazing to see it back on the big screen...it took me right back to 10yr old me watching it that first time. Second best part was the pretentious 20 something behind me trying to impress his date as the credits start rolling, saying "The effects just felt a little bit dated to me, honestly"...I had to fight not to turn and say "Oh? How dated? Like...something from the early 90s?"
"Why do we spend so much time with stories we already know?" Robert N. Kraft, Ph.D., writes in his dedicated article on Psychology Today. "The most obvious explanation for rewatching a movie, a series, or an episode is that we enjoy it. And the same reasons we enjoyed a show the first time are still there when we watch it again."
The researchers Cristel A. Russell and Sidney J. Levy in their study claim that “reconsuming can be an extraordinary experience, filled with the emotional luxury of delight, novel sensations, and intellectual insight.” Or maybe the reason is that most of the films presented in this collection belong precisely to that era when there was not so much varied content around us?
After all, the less content, the more unique it is. Perhaps the best example of this is football, with its seventeen regular season games, where each game is actually something special. Just agree, it’s hard to force yourself to re-watch a movie when there are thousands of films and shows available on Netflix or similar services!
#10
Groundhog Day... again, and again, and again, and again.
Captain McSmoot 6 months ago
May the never ever NEVER try to remake this movie. It is perfection.
#11
Shaun of the Dead.
#12
Aliens.
Be that as it may, many of us from time to time have a situation when we, for the umpteenth time, launch some old movie on TV, desktop, tablet or even phone, and with bated breath we follow the adventures of heroes familiar to us so we know every on-screen step of theirs, repeating lines and catchphrases that we know by heart.
Films that we'll warmly recommend to our kids, and will be incredibly happy if they share our preferences one day. Films that are so great to share with friends - by the way, why not share them here, in the comments to this post?
#14
Iron Man. It’s literally the inspiration and reason why I went to college and got an engineering degree. It’s a very special movie for me. Saw it as a kid opening night with my dad back in 2008, and it left a lasting impression one me that you can build anything you want and help people.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 6 months ago
Yupp. And all three, actually. I am that one person who truly likes the third one!
#15
My family watched The Matrix so many times, we burned out three separate DVDs.
#16
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
R.A. Haley 6 months ago (edited)
Saw it several times as the Midnight Movie at my local theater. Through a thick cloud of pot smoke, I might add.
#18
Home Alone. Watch it every Christmas.
#19
I'm not original - Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings.
detective miller's hat 6 months ago
Love the LotR films. My brothers and I used to do weekend long marathons with the extended editions.
TheGoodBoi 6 months ago (edited)
Had a best friend growing up who's parents owned a massive house with a media room. A couple of us would lock ourselves in there for days it seemed. Finish the marathons and creep out of the room not knowing what century it was lol.
Load More Replies... DragonofMordor 6 months ago
LOTR should be higher on the list. BUt I'm biased. Total Tolkien nerd. My favorite books, my favorite movies.
PrettyJoyBird 6 months ago
Have watched all the Harry Potters again and again and again and again!!!
#23
Spirited Away.
#25
Moana. I always get goosebumps, idk why.
MrsFettesVette 6 months ago
When her grandmother appears and tells her, "there's nowhere you could go that I won't be with you"- I sob every time. I feel that love and grief. Moana is such a great, relatively underrated (relative to the kind of praise/promotion things like Frozen and Tangled get) film.
#26
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Every time around christmas over the last 20 years.
Ban-One 6 months ago
And I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-a*s, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey s**t he is! Hallelujah! Holy s**t! Where's the Tylenol?
#30
Snatch.
#32
Frozen. Finding Nemo. Toy Story.
Not necessarily because I wanted to. Parents will understand.
Upstaged75 6 months ago
Unfortunately if you have a toddler or young child you end up watching those movies hundreds of times. :)
#33
Idiocracy. I like money.
ScootyPuffJr 6 months ago
I can't watch it anymore. I feel like we're currently living this movie. Right down to people wearing Crocs.
#36
Pride and prejudice 🥲.
#39
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. At first its about people taking d***s, than you slowly get the details and the depths of the story about excess, disillusionment, and the American Dream. And then d***s again.
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
Hunter S. Thompson was pretty wild man. Even rode with the Hells Angels just to write a story about them. This is the guy where modern gonzo writing came from.
What do you think ?
Arrikos 6 months ago
Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Starship Troopers, and Super Troopers
MrsFettesVette 6 months ago
What a great movie, and she is incredible in it
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Josh David Whitmore 6 months ago
"My Cousin Vinny"......brilliant acting, fabulous script, and it holds up really well. For my money, it was Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei at their peak. OH....and also, the great Fred Gwynn's last movie.
Michael P. 6 months ago
"The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, I've seen that movie over fifty times and I still don't get tired of watching it. That is a must see film if you haven't seen it.
Carl Smith 6 months ago
The Crow. Lethal Weapon 1 & 2. The Thing. Big Trouble in Little China.
Seonag Udell 6 months ago
Honey I shrunk the kids, clue, L.A. Confidential, little shop of horrors, lady in the water and I watch the Muppet Christmas Carol every Christmas eve.
Mark Buxbaum 6 months ago
Every Mel Brooks movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Airplane. The Princess Bride. All the Star Treks and the first three Star Wars. Police Story series with Leslie Nielsen. A League of Their Own.
Thenatural 6 months ago
5 times?? F*****g amateurs...I've got a list of about 30 films that I've seen 20 times or more
Annik Perrot 6 months ago
Phantom of Paradise. Love, Actually (every Christmas). "Les Enfants du Paradis" (à true masterpiece). And quite à few others. I like to re-read books, and to re-watch movies.
Claudio Toshio 6 months ago
For me, The Day After Tomorrow. Watched so many times that my son is like "Again!?".
Casey Payne 6 months ago
LoTR, Alien, Terminator, The Thing, Halloween, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, W***y Wonka, Princess Bride, Airplane!, Galaxy Quest, Top Secret. The holiday movies: Lion in Winter (Christmas), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Thanksgiving), Incredibles 1&2, Coco, Dead pool 1&2, Harold&Maude, IT (new one), John Wick, Mad Max Fury Road, Star Wars Rogue One, Scott Pilgrim, The Worlds End, Wreck It Ralph. Marvel movies are on hold.
Alexandra Nara 6 months ago
Dogma, Four lions,butterfly effect ,bladerunner, idiocracy,Life of Brian
devotedtodreams 6 months ago
Mine would be "The Last Unicorn", "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" and "Mars Attacks" ♥
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
I am really surprised The Godfather didn't make this list ! 52 years later and still extremely watchable.
The Original Bruno 6 months ago (edited)
I'm not saying they're the greatest, but there's just something about these movies that makes me enjoy them: Twister, Jurassic Park, 2010. Probably NOT a coincidence that they're all sci-fi. Like I can stumble into any part of them, and watch. "Oh, I just want to see this scene" ... and then fourty minutes later... "Oo! Sorry! One second!" I probably have seen Star Wars 20 times, and only 1/10th as much as anyone else I went to school with.
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 6 months ago
I just rewatched Bound (1996) again, it's still absolutely perfect. Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly have probably the most on-screen chemistry I have ever seen
Der Kommissar 6 months ago
Clockwork Orange. Aguirre, Wrath of God. Fitzcarraldo. Clerks. Touch Of Evil. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Payback. Die Hard. City of Ghosts. The Lives of Others. Talk To Me.
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
Clockwork Orange was beyond surreal. During filming, Malcolm McDowell was told to make something up during the R a p e scene. So he did, he started singing and dancing like Gene Kelly "Singin in the Rain".... that was creepy. But Kubrick liked it so much, he kept it in the film because it was so unexpected. You can say that again.
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Kris 6 months ago
The Evil Dead is my Number 1 - I lost count after around 1200 times. When i was a kid i was obsessed with it and watched it everyday without fail for 2 years (parents loved me) and since then iv watched at it on average once/twice a week for the last 27 years. Am i sad? oh yes! do i care? nope! haha Then number 2 is Back to the Future Trilogy (mainly the 2nd one because flying Delorean!!) probably around 400-500 times
Deanna Crichley 6 months ago
Welcome to the Dollhouse, All that Jazz, Short Cuts, Magnolia, The Big Chill, Midnight Express, The Nines, so many others, I can't name them all.
Noltha 6 months ago
Amelie, Chocolate, Inside Out, Volver, Asterix&Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and many others. And series: Keeping Up Appearances, Allo Allo, Detectorists, Pat & Mat...
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
I love Hyacinth ! Hilarious! But Daisy, Violet and Onslow really balance out the show ! And of course, Are You Being Served ?
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Optimyst 6 months ago (edited)
For me; Ella Enchanted, Pixar's Cars/Planes, The Kingsman movies, How to train your dragon (shows/movies). Guardians of the Galaxy and basically anything else that has an awesome soundtrack. Also movies with actors like Queen Latifah, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lopez etc. Oooh Divergent is always good for a rewatch too
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
How about the classic, Lonesome Dove... perfect with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall.
Guess Undheit 6 months ago (edited)
Chariots of Fire (1982). M (1931). Blade Runner (1982). Tremors (1990). Dragonslayer (1980). Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension (1984). Repo Man (1984). Night Of The Living Dead (1968). Solaris (1972). Disorganized Crime (1989).
Alexandra Nara 6 months ago
love to find someone who likes the original solaris too
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Persephone 6 months ago
True Romance. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Black Stallion ( by F.F. Coppola).
Michael Largey 6 months ago
There's room on the list for a Chevy Chase movie, but not 2001? "I'm afraid you can't do that, Bored Panda."
ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago
Maybe not a movie to watch 5 times, one time will do ya, "Turtles can fly".
talliloo 6 months ago
for the most part the movies on this list are 'mainstream' films. there are so many films that didn't get any notice that were pretty good. they may not have been academy worthy but they were worth the time. some of them has some big names that were relevant at the time those films were made but for some reason were overlooked.
Inés Olabarria Smith 6 months ago
Gone with the wind, Singing in the rain, all Harry Potter, Star Wars, LOTR, … and of course, Pretty Woman every time is on.
Cammy Mack 6 months ago
I can't get enough of Gentleman Broncos. The "spiritual" sequel to Napoleon Dynamite, it is so, so delightfully awkward and brings deep, satisfied joy to my heart everytime I watch it.
Limey Cheesehead 6 months ago
I've seen the majority of all these films more than once. "Grandma's Boy" and "BASEketball" are two films I can watch over and over again. Don't judge me, monkey.
Jeremy James 6 months ago
I'd have to add the "Higher and Higher" Statue of Liberty scene from, "Ghostbusters." Also, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and, "August Osage County."
MrsFettesVette 6 months ago
The Monster Squad, Phantasm II, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Abyss, Clue, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies
Arrikos 6 months ago
Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Starship Troopers, and Super Troopers
MrsFettesVette 6 months ago
What a great movie, and she is incredible in it
Load More Replies... Josh David Whitmore 6 months ago
"My Cousin Vinny"......brilliant acting, fabulous script, and it holds up really well. For my money, it was Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei at their peak. OH....and also, the great Fred Gwynn's last movie.
Michael P. 6 months ago
"The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, I've seen that movie over fifty times and I still don't get tired of watching it. That is a must see film if you haven't seen it.
Carl Smith 6 months ago
The Crow. Lethal Weapon 1 & 2. The Thing. Big Trouble in Little China.
Seonag Udell 6 months ago
Honey I shrunk the kids, clue, L.A. Confidential, little shop of horrors, lady in the water and I watch the Muppet Christmas Carol every Christmas eve.
Mark Buxbaum 6 months ago
Every Mel Brooks movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Airplane. The Princess Bride. All the Star Treks and the first three Star Wars. Police Story series with Leslie Nielsen. A League of Their Own.
Thenatural 6 months ago
5 times?? F*****g amateurs...I've got a list of about 30 films that I've seen 20 times or more
Annik Perrot 6 months ago
Phantom of Paradise. Love, Actually (every Christmas). "Les Enfants du Paradis" (à true masterpiece). And quite à few others. I like to re-read books, and to re-watch movies.
Claudio Toshio 6 months ago
For me, The Day After Tomorrow. Watched so many times that my son is like "Again!?".
Casey Payne 6 months ago
LoTR, Alien, Terminator, The Thing, Halloween, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, W***y Wonka, Princess Bride, Airplane!, Galaxy Quest, Top Secret. The holiday movies: Lion in Winter (Christmas), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Thanksgiving), Incredibles 1&2, Coco, Dead pool 1&2, Harold&Maude, IT (new one), John Wick, Mad Max Fury Road, Star Wars Rogue One, Scott Pilgrim, The Worlds End, Wreck It Ralph. Marvel movies are on hold.
Alexandra Nara 6 months ago
Dogma, Four lions,butterfly effect ,bladerunner, idiocracy,Life of Brian
devotedtodreams 6 months ago
Mine would be "The Last Unicorn", "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" and "Mars Attacks" ♥
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
I am really surprised The Godfather didn't make this list ! 52 years later and still extremely watchable.
The Original Bruno 6 months ago (edited)
I'm not saying they're the greatest, but there's just something about these movies that makes me enjoy them: Twister, Jurassic Park, 2010. Probably NOT a coincidence that they're all sci-fi. Like I can stumble into any part of them, and watch. "Oh, I just want to see this scene" ... and then fourty minutes later... "Oo! Sorry! One second!" I probably have seen Star Wars 20 times, and only 1/10th as much as anyone else I went to school with.
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 6 months ago
I just rewatched Bound (1996) again, it's still absolutely perfect. Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly have probably the most on-screen chemistry I have ever seen
Der Kommissar 6 months ago
Clockwork Orange. Aguirre, Wrath of God. Fitzcarraldo. Clerks. Touch Of Evil. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Payback. Die Hard. City of Ghosts. The Lives of Others. Talk To Me.
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
Clockwork Orange was beyond surreal. During filming, Malcolm McDowell was told to make something up during the R a p e scene. So he did, he started singing and dancing like Gene Kelly "Singin in the Rain".... that was creepy. But Kubrick liked it so much, he kept it in the film because it was so unexpected. You can say that again.
Load More Replies... Kris 6 months ago
The Evil Dead is my Number 1 - I lost count after around 1200 times. When i was a kid i was obsessed with it and watched it everyday without fail for 2 years (parents loved me) and since then iv watched at it on average once/twice a week for the last 27 years. Am i sad? oh yes! do i care? nope! haha Then number 2 is Back to the Future Trilogy (mainly the 2nd one because flying Delorean!!) probably around 400-500 times
Deanna Crichley 6 months ago
Welcome to the Dollhouse, All that Jazz, Short Cuts, Magnolia, The Big Chill, Midnight Express, The Nines, so many others, I can't name them all.
Noltha 6 months ago
Amelie, Chocolate, Inside Out, Volver, Asterix&Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and many others. And series: Keeping Up Appearances, Allo Allo, Detectorists, Pat & Mat...
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
I love Hyacinth ! Hilarious! But Daisy, Violet and Onslow really balance out the show ! And of course, Are You Being Served ?
Load More Replies... Optimyst 6 months ago (edited)
For me; Ella Enchanted, Pixar's Cars/Planes, The Kingsman movies, How to train your dragon (shows/movies). Guardians of the Galaxy and basically anything else that has an awesome soundtrack. Also movies with actors like Queen Latifah, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lopez etc. Oooh Divergent is always good for a rewatch too
Marie Dahme 6 months ago
How about the classic, Lonesome Dove... perfect with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall.
Guess Undheit 6 months ago (edited)
Chariots of Fire (1982). M (1931). Blade Runner (1982). Tremors (1990). Dragonslayer (1980). Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension (1984). Repo Man (1984). Night Of The Living Dead (1968). Solaris (1972). Disorganized Crime (1989).
Alexandra Nara 6 months ago
love to find someone who likes the original solaris too
Load More Replies... Persephone 6 months ago
True Romance. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Black Stallion ( by F.F. Coppola).
Michael Largey 6 months ago
There's room on the list for a Chevy Chase movie, but not 2001? "I'm afraid you can't do that, Bored Panda."
ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago
Maybe not a movie to watch 5 times, one time will do ya, "Turtles can fly".
talliloo 6 months ago
for the most part the movies on this list are 'mainstream' films. there are so many films that didn't get any notice that were pretty good. they may not have been academy worthy but they were worth the time. some of them has some big names that were relevant at the time those films were made but for some reason were overlooked.
Inés Olabarria Smith 6 months ago
Gone with the wind, Singing in the rain, all Harry Potter, Star Wars, LOTR, … and of course, Pretty Woman every time is on.
Cammy Mack 6 months ago
I can't get enough of Gentleman Broncos. The "spiritual" sequel to Napoleon Dynamite, it is so, so delightfully awkward and brings deep, satisfied joy to my heart everytime I watch it.
Limey Cheesehead 6 months ago
I've seen the majority of all these films more than once. "Grandma's Boy" and "BASEketball" are two films I can watch over and over again. Don't judge me, monkey.
Jeremy James 6 months ago
I'd have to add the "Higher and Higher" Statue of Liberty scene from, "Ghostbusters." Also, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and, "August Osage County."
MrsFettesVette 6 months ago
The Monster Squad, Phantasm II, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Abyss, Clue, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies
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