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I've watched most of these 100+ times and the rest no less than 25 times. However, I'm rather an old lady and have many decades in which to have accomplished that:
Sean Connery's James Bond films, as well as a number of other Bond films
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ~ Fifties and Seventies versions
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Pirates of the Caribbean tetralogy
An American Werewolf in London
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Thing from Another World
Dracula: prince of Darkness
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Big Trouble in Little China
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lord of the Rings trilogy
20 Million Miles to Earth
Bell, Book and Candle
The Valley of Gwangi
Edward Scissorhands
An American in Paris
The Haunting (1963)
Gone with the Wind
North by Northwest
Butterflies Are Free
Jungle Book (1942)
Singin' in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz
Bonnie and Clyde
Halloween (1978)
King Kong (1933)
Rosemary's Baby
West Side Story
True Grit (1969)
Donovan's Brain
The Innocents
Psycho (1960)
The Outsiders
Dragonslayer
Rear Window
My Fair Lady
Paper Moon
Casablanca
Ladyhawke
Pillow Talk
La Strada
The Birds
Tank Girl
Excalibur
Legend
Vertigo
Jaws
Krull
Diva
Gigi
Lili
Val Lewton's productions:
The Curse of the Cat People
I Walked with a Zombie
The Seventh Victim
The Body Snatcher
The Leopard Man
Isle of the Dead
Cat People
Bedlam
Wow! There are just so many! I have favorites in nearly every genre. I guess I started the multi-viewing habit as a child in the Fifties. In TV's early days, they used old movies as fillers between programs, and my sister and I would watch the movies every time they were shown. When I was in my teens, I started going multiple times to films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), and "Half a Sixpence". When I loved a film, I went back as often as I could afford because, unless they showed up on TV, I'd never see them again. Who knew?!
Although VCRs showed up in the Seventies, they were monstrously expensive. So, I had to wait till I was in my late 20s to buy one. I doubt most ever thought movies would become available unless you were wealthy enough to purchase copies. Anyway... I simply am in the habit of watching again and again and again. It's amazing how many of these remain so entertaining. Sometimes I notice something after having seen the film dozens of times.
Francois Truffaut said, "Film lovers are sick people." I guess he's suggesting that we're addicted to them. I've never figured out what makes for a film buff/movie lover. Please don't cure me!
I've watched most of these 100+ times and the rest no less than 25 times. However, I'm rather an old lady and have many decades in which to have accomplished that:
Sean Connery's James Bond films, as well as a number of other Bond films
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ~ Fifties and Seventies versions
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Pirates of the Caribbean tetralogy
An American Werewolf in London
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Thing from Another World
Dracula: prince of Darkness
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Big Trouble in Little China
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lord of the Rings trilogy
20 Million Miles to Earth
Bell, Book and Candle
The Valley of Gwangi
Edward Scissorhands
An American in Paris
The Haunting (1963)
Gone with the Wind
North by Northwest
Butterflies Are Free
Jungle Book (1942)
Singin' in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz
Bonnie and Clyde
Halloween (1978)
King Kong (1933)
Rosemary's Baby
West Side Story
True Grit (1969)
Donovan's Brain
The Innocents
Psycho (1960)
The Outsiders
Dragonslayer
Rear Window
My Fair Lady
Paper Moon
Casablanca
Ladyhawke
Pillow Talk
La Strada
The Birds
Tank Girl
Excalibur
Legend
Vertigo
Jaws
Krull
Diva
Gigi
Lili
Val Lewton's productions:
The Curse of the Cat People
I Walked with a Zombie
The Seventh Victim
The Body Snatcher
The Leopard Man
Isle of the Dead
Cat People
Bedlam
Wow! There are just so many! I have favorites in nearly every genre. I guess I started the multi-viewing habit as a child in the Fifties. In TV's early days, they used old movies as fillers between programs, and my sister and I would watch the movies every time they were shown. When I was in my teens, I started going multiple times to films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), and "Half a Sixpence". When I loved a film, I went back as often as I could afford because, unless they showed up on TV, I'd never see them again. Who knew?!
Although VCRs showed up in the Seventies, they were monstrously expensive. So, I had to wait till I was in my late 20s to buy one. I doubt most ever thought movies would become available unless you were wealthy enough to purchase copies. Anyway... I simply am in the habit of watching again and again and again. It's amazing how many of these remain so entertaining. Sometimes I notice something after having seen the film dozens of times.
Francois Truffaut said, "Film lovers are sick people." I guess he's suggesting that we're addicted to them. I've never figured out what makes for a film buff/movie lover. Please don't cure me!
I'm less amazed at how you've seen all those movies so many times, and more amazed at the fact that you took the time to put them in order of the length of the title, just to make the list look like that!
There's a reason I do that when I make lists: I have problems with short-/long-term memory due to several chronic conditions. This is the only way that I can make sure that I don't repeat titles. Otherwise, I have to reread my list to see what titles are there already. It's not really an OCD thing as some have teased me about; it's necessary so that i don't repeat myself.
That's only the proverbial tip of the proverbial iceberg! There are many more I could have listed. I'm not sure why I want to revisit some films so often, but it's something I've done since we were the second family in town to get a TV set; my maternal grandparents bought the first TV in town. Also, my father was a film buff, having learned from his mother, also a true buff. She died before my parents were married, but my dad passed on so much knowledge about movies, actors, directors and more to me.
To stay OC (not OCD *giggle*), I'll list a few more that I've seen mega-times:
Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Terminator and T2: Judgment Day
A Star Is Born ~ first and second
The Man Who Would Be King
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Outlaw Josey Wales
My Little Chickadee
Ghostbusters 1 & 2
A Christmas Story
The White Buffalo
Play Misty for Me
Forbidden Planet
Fantastic Planet
Watership Down
The Blob (1958)
On Golden Pond
Alien tetralogy
American Pop
Dark Passage
Beetlejuice
Key Largo
Old Yeller
Predator
Die Hard
Them!
Troll
Ferris Bueller
Anchorman
Hustle and Flow
Harold and Kumar 1
Take Me Home Tonight
Goodfellas
Blow
Rocky 1-4
Back to the Future 1-3
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Gremlins
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
War of the Worlds(Original)
Saw 1
Mission Impossible 1&3
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Memento
Rosemary's Baby
Pretty in Pink
Sid and Nancy
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
Anchorman
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Performance
The only movie I have watched more that 3 times is John Wayne's "The Searchers", a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian Wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adoptive nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).
I will watch this whenever it is available on TV.
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