How often do you rewatch movies that you actually liked?

[CyberCubed]

I notice a lot of people tend to not rewatch movies, even if they own them on blu-ray or consider them their favorites often.

For me, movies I've seen countless times like the original 90's TMNT films (all 3 of them), the original Star Wars trilogy, stuff like Back to the Future, Jurassic Park 1, Batman '89/Returns and the Nolan trilogy, the Spiderman films, etc. But I don't rewatch other movies too often.

Like maybe once a decade or so, or some I haven't seen since the early 2000's. For some reason I don't really feel the need to rewatch movies too often, so I let them sit idle for a long time before revisiting them.

[Powder]

If I really like something, I might go back once every year or so. Stuff like the original turtles flicks, Gremlins, Goodfellas get a lot of revisiting from me. Same for many of the Godzilla movies. I watch all kinds of stuff but what hooks me the most will get played into the ground. Same for music. There are some albums I've consistently blasted for over 20 years.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

There are movies that I watch a couple of times per year like Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, or Terminator 2. Then there are movies that I watch once every couple of years like Jaws or Star Wars.

[Coola Yagami]

Actually.... very rarely unless it just so happens to be on TV or I'm at a friend's house and it happens to be on at the time.

The other time is whenever I make a new friend or whatever and during conversation the whole 'wait a minute, you HAVEN'T seen (insert movie here)??' comes up, so grab a copy and watch it.

Recently I got to see Commando, since I never had, but I imagine Jups has already seen it several times and this would be just one more time for her.

[Sumac]

Very rarely.
Even though I can do it whenever I want. But it robs from it being something special.

This days, I am rewatching stuff usually on New Year.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Very rarely. It happened more often when I was younger, in pre-digital days when access to home entertainment was more limited.

[FrederikWolferson]

Maybe once every 2-3 years. There is a few Christmas ones that I rewatch every year around the holidays.

[Dpooly84]

There's certain movies I'll watch once a year, others every couple years. But if I like a new movie, that I purchase I'll rewatch multiple times within the first 2 weeks. If I'm having trouble sleeping, I'll put on a movie I've seen a million times to pass out to.

[MrPliggins]

I’ve watched less than 10 movies so far this year, so rewatching isn’t even a thought. However, as a kid it was normal for me to watch the same movie multiple times a week.

[Warhorse]

All the time. It's a tradition for me to watch such Holiday classics like A Christmas Story, Home Alone, While You Were Sleeping, Elf as well as Independence Day, The Ref, Die Hard, Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice to name a few. I always find myself putting on The Goonies, or doing a Harry Potter, LOTR or MCU (at least the first 3 phases) marathons once or twice a year.

[ssjup81]

At one point, whether it was a television show or a movie, and it was something I really liked, I'd put aside the time and rewatch it at least once a year. Unfortunately, with so much real-life stuff getting in the way, that time has dwindled to maybe every so many years. It can be random when I put stuff aside, and just watch whatever said movie or show is. Now as a kid with movies, man...who knows! I always made time to rewatch movies I really really liked.

Now as for things that are shown annually anyway, I just watch them. That's mostly those holiday classics that come on television (or used to). I still prefer watching the Peanuts holiday specials on TV, for example.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Recently I got to see Commando, since I never had, but I imagine Jups has already seen it several times and this would be just one more time for her.

Yeah, I grew up watching that goofy guilty pleasure movie. We should make it a tradition…watching this movie every year together. You’re now a part of the Jupi clan so you have no choice! Mwahaha!

[Wildcat]

Probably once a year or little longer. Whatever I feel like. Not that I watch a list every time.

Here’s a funny thing. They have been showing JW Fallen Kingdom on the FX channel a lot. A ridiculous amount. It’s like every one or two weeks for the past year or so. I don’t know what’s going on.

I don’t have the JP collection. I really want it though. The newest one with the Raptor figures.

So anyway it’s become “a thing” for me now. Every time they air it I put it on. Not the entire year just the past few months. I don’t watch it from start to finish. I have it on and watch between whatever I’m doing.

I do it because it’s funny how much they show it but I’m NOT doing it ironically or sarcastically either. I genuinely liked the movie and I’ve grown to like it even more on repeated viewings. It was on today and yesterday again. I saw a bit today and watched most of it last night.

I guess a lot of people think it’s stupid or whatever but it’s one of my favorites. I need to watch Dominion as many times. I’ve only seen it once.

[Andrew NDB]

Usually it's a shared re-experience. Like, historically I'll get into a new relationship and then I'll rewatch a lot of movies and TV shows I've enjoyed with them (and vice versa). Also with my daughter, of course. It's really fun to watch her take such a liking to stuff like the Rocky movies, and the Rambo movies, and even all Star Trek stuff. I won't generally rewatch anything by myself but there are exceptions, like if I honestly don't remember large parts of a movie.

[Zulithe]

I like a lot of movies. I generally watch most films once, and then if I ever decide to watch them again, it might be several years later if not a decade or more. I retain most of the information well so I don't feel like I need to rewatch stuff a lot.

There are exceptions. If a movie I really really liked comes out, I might see it in the theater more than once to get that big screen experience and burn it into my brain. There's also things like Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy or the SW OT and Prequel trilogy where I've seen each film quite a few times. But for MOST things... I just watch them once, and then either never again, or perhaps revisit them after many years/a decade, like I said at first.

I actually find rewatching things too much to a bit annoying and a waste of time. I had a roommate once who rewatched Galaxy Quest over and over and over. It's fine and all but seriously, how many times do you need to watch it? Imagine watching that film almost every day for a week.

[IMJ]

When I do this, it's usually under one of the following circumstances...

-Background noise. Playing while I'm doing something but maybe not sitting through it beginning to end
-Released in an improved format. This is often a good excuse to watch it again and see how the format helped the movie too
-Catch-up for a new release. i.e., I'll watch the new Dune again here at home before going to see the new one later this year
-Just authentically would like to see a movie again. It's been a while since I watched Blade Runner 2049 for example, so I'd like to sit through that again soon.

Ironically, these four reasons sound like a lot of re-watching. But the truth is that the "background noise" reason is the one I go-to the most, but when I do that it's actually normally animation or episodic T.V. like TNG.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Haha wow I tend to rewatch movies a lot, specially when they air on free tv and especially if it’s a franchise and all the movies air back to back

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

-Released in an improved format. This is often a good excuse to watch it again and see how the format helped the movie too

Oh yeah, that too. Definitely that. DVD => Blu-Ray => 4K.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Here’s a follow up question, how many of y’all own multiple versions of the same movie that ya rewatch lol

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Here’s a follow up question, how many of y’all own multiple versions of the same movie that ya rewatch lol

Almost none. I have a couple different versions of the original Dawn of the Dead laying around. Brazil, too. That's about it.