- Spartacus
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DI_C-xXcOQ&t=8s - The Ten Commandmentshttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3CANELyPo0
- Ben-Hurhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoyywKt1_0
- Pattonhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPiH-LBna5I
- Young Mr. Lincolnhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QogD4d54qTE
- Abe Lincoln in Illinoishttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkFDkViA_-g&t=114s
- The Agony and the Ecstasyhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKFOwE1k-84
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washingtonhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbH4Amzn-Rk
- On the Waterfronthttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feghcaj7Aj8
- The Searchershttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZpeepxXh7I
- Twelve O’Clock Highhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIn_Ba3T2Ok
12Â Henry V
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRj01LShXN8&t=61s
13. Dune
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7hELvCSi4E
14. Robin Hoodhttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKg3MmwoOeg
15. Casablancahttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeFhSzoTuc
16. A Man for all Seasons
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3-ZcJVN_k&t=259s
17. Beckethttp://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCN38rwQk7s&t=8s
18. Lawrence of Arabia
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucVoc3yOV1Q
19. Sergeant York
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY5bFGCDK-o
20. The African Queen
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYI6j4GiEd4
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- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
No Wizard if Oz? Or Maltese Falcon? Or the Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Raiders of the Lost Ark?
I couldn’t put down all the movies due to time constraints. Particularly movies from the thirties and the forties which I watched endlessly as a kid back in the Sixties on Early shows and Late shows on local tv stations.
I’m trying to think of movies I haven’t seen more than seven times. If I haven’t seen a movie that often, it’s probably that I didn’t like it or only recently watched it for the first time. Most I like I’ve seen at least seven times. Most I’ve seen dozens of times over the years. Almost all of the above would be on my list. Those I haven’t seen that often are movie’s I’ve only recently watched. I expect Seven Samurai will be added to the list in years to come.
I’m not sure I’ve seen any film seven times. One possible exception would be The Wizard of Oz. I once saw a stand up routine where the comic discussed seeing The Wizard of Oz as a youngster and how your disposition toward the film changes the number of times you see it and how you’re eventually rooting for the flying monkeys. He spoke for me.
I think if a film is multilayered enough you benefit from multiple viewings to unpack it. That aside, too many screenings damages the entertainment derived from seeing it.
My father admitted to me as he was nearing 50 that he’d seen Star Wars nine times. I recall visiting my sister in the hospital about a dozen years ago and one of the Godfather franchise was on the television. She had seen it so many times she was mouthing the dialogue silently. My first degree relatives, and I haven’t a clue as to what made them tick in this respect. My mother was partial to Turner Classic Movies, had it on almost daily in her invalid years, but I don’t recall her attached to any one film.
Most of the films I’ve seen more than seven times, it’s because I was a kid and we had a tape. 😀 I can usually only stand to sit there and focus for the first time through– I remember enough that even when I liked it, I’m better off tidying or otherwise keeping my hands busy while we watch.
Princess Bride is probably the only one I’ve sat down and watched at least seven times, maybe a couple of Mel Brooks movies, and Singing in the Rain.
Seven times? Seriously, no offense, but y’all need other hobbies. The Wizard of Oz is the only one I’ve seen that often, and that’s because my parents put it on every single year when I was growing up.
I’ve read books seven times over – Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy and Robot Services, Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love and other works, etc. But I do not recall having seen a movie seven times over.
Roboto series! Argh! Autocorrect error!
I imagine most of us have seen the old reliable Christmas movies— Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, etc. —countless times. The social part of the season would be lessened for me without them.
And as hard as it can be to watch at times, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is one of the few films I own; and I usually rewatch it as Holy Week approaches.
It is brutal but brilliant.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance is a good example of the reaction of various groups of people and individuals to unsatisfactory situations. It demonstrates that when patience comes to an end after trying every approach with reason and civility, other means must be reluctantly used. The closing observation that sometimes legend becomes fact tells us that the right can triumph though not without effort.
I imagine most of us have seen the old reliable Christmas movies— Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, etc. —countless times.
I’m having a hard time digesting it that a picture which appeared when I was of an age to be filing tax returns qualifies as ‘an old reliable’. (I had no idea A Christmas Story was ever a feature film and I never heard of it or saw any part of it until 2010). It’s a Wonderful Life did not attain the status it has until 40 years after it was released, and then due in part to an anomaly which allowed it to be shown without paying royalties. A Charlie Brown Christmas never gets old; Peanuts is rare in that way; however, it was a television production, not a feature film. Schulz did animated cinema as well, though not many.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
I have probably seen that film a dozen times and I see something new in it each time.
I used to have insomnia. I’d put a movie into the VCR and watch it maybe 3-4 times while trying to fall asleep. There are movies I’ve seen a hundred times, some of them maybe a hundred times in a month.
Inconceivable!