What Movie Have You Watched Most in Your Life

Over the holidays, I watched Emmet Otter;s Jug Band Christmas again. I;ve probably seen it at least once a year for maybe 35 years now, and as a kid I surely watched it more than once each season. The viewing made me wonder if, because of tradition, we;re more likely to have seen a favorite Christmas movie more than any other movie over the course of our lives. Maybe it;s not necessarily a Christmas movie, though. It could be anything we rewatch customarily whenever we;re with family. There was a period when anytime I was home for any reason, I;d end up watching Good Will Hunting with my mother. It was just our thing. The older I get, the less I tend to watch movies again and again. In fact I rarely watch movies I;ve seen before if I can help it, because I;m getting to an age where I feel I;m going to run out of time to see all the world;s classics. I;m unlike many cinephiles in that regard, but I;m sure I still share something with most: the movies we;ve seen more than others tend to be those we saw a lot as kids. Comfort-food titles, the lot of them. Beloved family films, comedies that still make us laugh out loud, fantasy adventure stories that never get old. Stuff that;s fairly light and easy. Namely, for me, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Time Bandits, The Goonies, Ferris Bueller;s Day Off, Duck Soup, North by Northwest. Some other movies I have to include on the list of those I;ve seen a whole lot are titles I wroteabout in school. When you;re doing a film-studies project, you typically have to see your topic titles over and over and over. I;ve probably watched Dancer in the Dark more than is healthy, especially since I replayed the ending even more than I rewatched the whole film. I also saw Frank Capra;s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Jose Padilha;s Bus 174 and Edgar Wright;s Shaun of the Dead enough to become an expert on each, for major assignments. I can;t say with any certainty given that I;ve never kept tabs (I;m sure some of you have, at least from a certain age), but I;m going to say the champion as far as the movie I;ve consciously rewatched the most is Heathers (which kinda turns 25 this month). And the majority of that was during my teen years. It;s the one I;ve read the most, as in I have a copy of the original script, too. Which movie have you seen the most times in your life? Here are some responses received so far via Twitter: @thefilmcynic Jaws — MargeGunderson (@SongWarmonger) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic JAWS. — Alan Cerny (@NordlingAICN) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic JURASSIC PARK, no question. Possibly STARSHIP TROOPERS in second place. This says a lot about me, I;m sure. — Peter S. Hall (@PeterSHall) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic DUNE (David Lynch, 1984) -- obsessed over it as a kid. — Jacob Powell (@Jacobunny) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Kill Bill. — Ieda Marcondes (@iedamarcondes) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Daisies, Hannah and Her Sisters, and maybe Party Monster — Daniel Walber (@DSWalber) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Rushmore — Steven Peterson (@Mimekiller) January 6, 2014 FARGO. RT @thefilmcynic: POLL: Which movie have you watched more times in your life than any other? — Jason Whyte (@jasonwhyte) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic either STAR WARS or THE PRINCESS BRIDE — Larry Wright (@refocusedmedia) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Return of the Jedi — justin robinson (@TheJSRobinson) January 6, 2014 THIS IS SPINAL TAP RT @thefilmcynic: POLL: Which movie have you watched more times in your life than any other? — Eric Melin (@SceneStealrEric) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Nothing To Lose/Hoosiers — Luke B (@RadioLuke) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Dawn of the Dead. — Jamie (@filmnerdjamie) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic National Lampoon;s Vacation. It was a staple when I was a kid. — John LaRue (@tdylf) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Lord of the Rings. Possibly Iron Man or Hitch. Transformers too. — John Andrews (@Jandies1) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic The Little Mermaid. Saw the movie like crazy when I was a kid(Easily over 50 times) and have it memorized. — August Macias (@August_Macias) January 6, 2014 Friday. @thefilmcynic: POLL: Which movie have you watched more times in your life than any other? — Shaun Carroll (@shauncarroll) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Probably ;Amadeus.; — Samuel W. (@TheatrOfTheMind) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic When Harry Met Sally... — Jennifer Campbell (@jbdcampbell) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Heathers followed by Dune. — Matty Mcboy (@RealMattyMcBoy) January 6, 2014 @thefilmcynic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie — Boro Y Boi (@ayobobun) January 6, 2014 Join in the next discussion: and