What movie have you seen the most?

[Amlux]

For me, I think it's gotta be Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, which we watched on CyTube not too long ago. It just never gets old and is a blast to show any friend group. I've probably seen it upwards of a dozen times!



I've probably seen Gummo a similar number of times. It's just one of those movies where if you catch it at any scene, you're going to sit through to the end no matter what. Not much else that ranks up with those. I watched Eraserhead a lot around the age of 14 when it was my all-time favorite film.

[drummyfish]

I would say Pulp Fiction and Les Visiteurs They are probably my top favorite movies but it's also the fact that they're a classic with my family and we like to rewatch them often. I have probably seen Pelíšky too many times as well as they air it each year on Christmas and/or new year and yeah, it is deservedly so because it's a good movie by all means.

[Lopadsa]

Sans Soleil is the one I watch the most overall because the images are very striking to me I could watch it over and over again. If I'm being honest though, It's probably a tie between O Brother Where Art Thou cause my family loves watching that movie or Christmas Vacation due to the holidays.

[kshmr]

I am no cinephile but some films i watched multiple times are:
Your Name. (2016)

5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Hera Pheri (2000)

[adikarmika]

What makes a film rewatchable? Usually, not the plot (Memento, which requires rewatching in order to follow the plot, would be an exception). When we watch a film repeatedly, it's often because we admire the way the director created certain scenes.

I haven't seen Riki-Oh, apart from the trailer, but I get the idea of why it's rewatchable. It reminds me of Machine Girl. Both films share a particular quality: the director asks, “Wouldn't it be amazing/outrageous/fantastic if we did this?” — and then going ahead and actually doing it.

I used to be a big fan of the 'pinky violence' genre (Terrifying Girls High School, Girl Boss) and watched a few of them more than once. I used to cover them in a university course that I taught on Asian pop culture, in which there was a specific module on the various manifestations of the Japanese schoolgirl icon.

But my real passion lay in another part of the course: Bollywood.

I think a lot of Western viewers don't quite know what to make of Bollywood. They see the over-acting, unrealistic scenes, and slapstick, but can overlook the sheer creativity of these films.

Let me explain by way of an example: one of my most rewatched classics, Om Shanti Om (2007). For those who don't know it, this is director Farah Khan's tribute to the golden age of Bollywood. Think Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but in an Indian context.

Watch the beautiful way this song imaginatively weaves together reality, dreams, classic movie tropes, and a hint of Singin' in the Rain in this sequence from Om Shanti Om:


Absolutely stunning! IMO.

And in this song:

the director parodies famous sequences from past classics: Amrapali (1966), Sachaa Jhutha (1970), Humjoli (1970), and Jai-Vijay (1977). I especially love the colour and creativity of the badminton scene.

It's not high-brow. It doesn't try to preach or educate. It's nothing but entertainment in its purest form.

Which is precisely why I can watch it -- and other films of this kind -- several times over.