Movies I Saw Too Many Times Growing Up

By Clark Benson | Los Angeles

ranked by how many times i saw them not by quality.

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Modified: 2009-10-27 12:29:24.0

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1

Star Wars

George Lucas,Irvin Kershner,Richard Marquand

"Rating may be artificially high for sentimental reasons. Sue me."

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Gary Kurtz,George Lucas,Rick McCallum

Ben Burtt

9.7
2

Caddyshack

Harold Ramis

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1980-07-25

Chevy Chase,Albert Salmi,Brian Doyle-Murray,Rodney Dangerfield,Michael O'Keefe,Bill Murray,Scott Colomby,Dan Resin,Ted Knight,Cindy Morgan,Sarah Holcomb,Henry Wilcoxon

Brian Doyle-Murray,Douglas Kenney,Harold Ramis

Douglas Kenney

Comedy

William C. Carruth

Stevan Larner

United States

Johnny Mandel

Caddyshack

R (USA)

Caddyshack II

Warner Bros.

Ty Webb,Mr. Noonan,Lou Loomis,Al Czervik,Danny Noonan,Carl Spackler,Tony D'Annunzio,Dr. Beeper,Judge Elihu Smails,Lacey Underall,Maggie O'Hooligan,Bishop Pickering

9.8
3

National Lampoon's Animal House

John Landis

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1978-07-28

John Belushi,Tim Matheson,John Vernon,Tom Hulce,Peter Riegert,Stephen Furst,Kevin Bacon,Douglas Kenney,James Widdoes,Martha Smith,Mary Louise Weller,Karen Allen,Sarah Holcomb,James Daughton,DeWayne Jessie,Cesare Danova,Donald Sutherland,Bruce McGill,Mark Metcalf,Verna Bloom,Stephen Bishop,Robert Cray

Chris Miller,Douglas Kenney,Harold Ramis

Ivan Reitman,Matty Simmons

Comedy,Gross-out film

George Folsey Jr.

Charles Correll

United States

Elmer Bernstein

National Lampoon's Animal House

National Lampoon's Class Reunion

Road trip,Toga party,Loyalty,Revenge,1960s,College fraternities and sororities in North America,College,Chevrolet Corvette

Universal Studios

Chris Miller

John "Bluto" Blutarsky,Eric "Otter" Stratton,Dean Vernon Wormer,Lawrence "Pinto" Kroger,Donald "Boon" Schoenstein,Kent "Flounder" Dorfman,Chip Diller,Dwayne "Stork" Storkman,Robert Hoover,Barbara Sue "Babs" Jansen,Mandy Pepperidge,Katy,Clorette DePasto,Gregory Marmalard,Otis Day,Mayor Carmine DePasto,Professor Dave Jennings,Daniel Simpson "

9.6
4

Fletch

Michael Ritchie

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1985-05-31

Chevy Chase,Joe Don Baker,Dana Wheeler-Nicholson,Tim Matheson,Geena Davis,M. Emmet Walsh,George Wendt,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Andrew Bergman,Gregory Mcdonald

Alan Greisman,Gordon A. Webb,Peter Douglas

Comedy

Harold Faltermeyer

Fletch

PG (USA)

Fletch Lives

Fletch Lives

Universal Studios

Irwin M. Fletcher,Chief Jerry Karlin,Gail Stanwyk,Alan Stanwyck,Larry,Dr. Joseph Dolan,Fat Sam
5

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Irvin Kershner

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1980-05-21

Kenny Baker,Billy Dee Williams,David Prowse,Carrie Fisher,Harrison Ford,Mark Hamill,James Earl Jones,Frank Oz,Ian McDiarmid,Clive Revill,Temuera Morrison,Jason Wingreen,Jeremy Bulloch,Peter Mayhew,John Ratzenberger,Anthony Daniels

George Lucas,Lawrence Kasdan,Leigh Brackett

Gary Kurtz,George Lucas,Rick McCallum

Fantasy,Science fiction

Marcia Lucas,George Lucas,Paul Hirsch,T.M. Christopher

Peter Suschitzky

United States

John Williams

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

PG (USA)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Jedi

20th Century Fox,Lucasfilm

R2-D2,Lando Calrissian,Darth Vader,Leia Organa,Han Solo,Luke Skywalker,Yoda

9.4
6

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Amy Heckerling

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1982-08-13

Sean Penn,Jennifer Jason Leigh,Judge Reinhold,Phoebe Cates,Robert Romanus,Brian Backer,Ray Walston,Scott Thomson,Vincent Schiavelli,Amanda Wyss,D. W. Brown,Forest Whitaker,Kelli Maroney,Tom Nolan,Blair Tefkin,Eric Stoltz,Stanley Davis Jr.,James Russo,James Bolt,Nicolas Cage,Reginald Farmer,Anthony Edwards,Lana Clarkson

Cameron Crowe

Art Linson,Irving Azoff

Comedy,Coming of age,Screwball comedy,Stoner film,Teen

Eric Jenkins

Matthew F. Leonetti

United States

Danny Elfman

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

R (USA)

Cannabis

Universal Studios

Jeff Spicoli,Stacy Hamilton,Brad Hamilton,Linda Barrett,Mike Damone,Mark 'Rat' Ratner,Mr. Hand,Arnold,Mr. Vargas,Lisa,Ron Johnson,Charles Jefferson,Cindy,Dennis Taylor,Pat Bernardo,Stoner Buddy,Jefferson's Brother,Robber,Greg,Brad's Bud,Vice Principal

9.4
7

The Blues Brothers

John Landis

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1980-06-20

John Belushi,Dan Aykroyd,Carrie Fisher,John Candy,Charles Napier,Henry Gibson,Steven Spielberg

Dan Aykroyd,John Landis

Bernie Brillstein,David Sosna,George Folsey Jr.,Robert K. Weiss

Comedy

United States

Elmer Bernstein

The Blues Brothers

Blues Brothers 2000

The Blues Brothers

Universal Studios

9.3
8

The Warriors

Walter Hill

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1979-02-09

Michael Beck,James Remar,David Patrick Kelly,Deborah Van Valkenburgh,Dorsey Wright

David Shaber,Sol Yurick,Walter Hill

Frank Marshall,Joel Silver,Lawrence Gordon

Drama,Thriller,Action

United States

Joe Walsh

Paramount Pictures

Luther

9.9
9

Stripes

Ivan Reitman

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1981-06-26

Bill Murray,Harold Ramis,Sean Young,John Larroquette,Judge Reinhold,John Candy,Bill Paxton,Timothy Busfield,Warren Oates

Daniel Goldberg,Harold Ramis,Len Blum

Ivan Reitman

Comedy

United States

Elmer Bernstein

Stripes

Columbia Pictures
10

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

John Hughes

"partially filmed at my high school during my senior year"

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1986-06-11

Matthew Broderick,Alan Ruck,Mia Sara,Jeffrey Jones,Jennifer Grey,Lara Flynn Boyle,Edie McClurg,Ben Stein,Cindy Pickett,Lyman Ward,Charlie Sheen

John Hughes

Arnon Milchan,John Hughes

Comedy,Coming of age

Paul Hirsch

Tak Fujimoto

United States

Arthur Baker,Ira Newborn,John Robie

PG-13 (USA)

Paramount Pictures

Super 35 mm film

Ferris Bueller,Jeanie Bueller,Garth Volbeck-Boy in Police Station

8.1
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The Breakfast Club

John Hughes

"RIP, John Hughes. You went to my high school (Glenbrook North) and made movies about your experiences there, and your best work all came out in the 4 years I was in high school. So yeah, big part of the life of all of us in GBN's Class of 86. the North Shore will miss you. "

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1985-02-15

Emilio Estevez,Paul Gleason,Anthony Michael Hall,Judd Nelson,Molly Ringwald,Ally Sheedy,Brat Pack,John Kapelos

John Hughes

John Hughes,Ned Tanen

Coming of age,Drama,Teen

Dede Allen

Thomas Del Ruth

United States

Keith Forsey

The Breakfast Club

R (USA)

Universal Studios

8.0
12

Meatballs

Ivan Reitman

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1979-06-29

Bill Murray,Harvey Atkin,Kate Lynch,Russ Banham,Kristine DeBell,Chris Makepeace

Daniel Goldberg,Harold Ramis,Janis Allen,Len Blum

Daniel Goldberg,John Dunning,Lawrence Nesis,André Link

Comedy

Canada

Elmer Bernstein

Meatballs

Meatballs 2

Paramount Pictures

8.3
13

Sixteen Candles

John Hughes

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1984-05-04

Molly Ringwald,Paul Dooley,Justin Henry,Anthony Michael Hall,Jami Gertz,Michael Schoeffling,John Kapelos,Carole Cook,Gedde Watanabe,Darren Harris,Joan Cusack,Haviland Morris,Max Showalter,Blanche Baker

John Hughes

Hilton A. Green

Comedy,Coming of age

Bobby Byrne

United States

Ira Newborn

Universal Studios

Long Doc Dong

7.8
14

Scanners

David Cronenberg

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1981-01-14

Michael Ironside,Jennifer O'Neill,Stephen Lack,Patrick McGoohan,Robert A. Silverman

David Cronenberg

Claude Héroux

Horror,Indie,Science fiction

Canada

Howard Shore

Scanners II: The New Order
15

1941

Steven Spielberg

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1979-12-14,1979

John Belushi,Ned Beatty,Dan Aykroyd,Lorraine Gary,Murray Hamilton,Treat Williams,Tim Matheson,Warren Oates,John Candy,Christopher Lee,Robert Stack,Eddie Deezen,Nancy Allen,Bobby Di Cicco,Toshiro Mifune,Slim Pickens

Bob Gale,Robert Zemeckis

Buzz Feitshans

Airplanes and airports,Comedy

Michael Kahn

William A. Fraker

John Williams

1941

World War II

Columbia Pictures,Universal Studios

2.2
16

Vacation

Harold Ramis

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1983-07-29

Chevy Chase,Beverly D'Angelo,Imogene Coca,Dana Barron,Randy Quaid,Anthony Michael Hall,Miriam Flynn,Jane Krakowski

John Hughes

Matty Simmons,Robert Grand

Comedy

Pembroke J. Herring

Victor J. Kemper

United States

Lindsey Buckingham,Ralph Burns

National Lampoon's European Vacation

National Lampoon's Class Reunion

Road trip
17

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks

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1974-12-15

Gene Wilder,Teri Garr,Cloris Leachman,Marty Feldman,Peter Boyle,Madeline Kahn,Kenneth Mars,Gene Hackman,Danny Goldman

Gene Wilder,Mel Brooks

Michael Gruskoff

Black-and-white,Comedy,Horror,Parody,Science fiction

United States

John Morris

Young Frankenstein

20th Century Fox

Frau Blücher

8.4
18

Altered States

Ken Russell

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1980

William Hurt,Blair Brown,Bob Balaban,Dori Brenner,Miguel Godreau,Drew Barrymore,Charles Haid,Thaao Penghlis

Paddy Chayefsky

Science fiction

Jordan Cronenweth

United States

John Corigliano

Altered States

R (USA)

Warner Bros.

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4 Comments

by jacque at July 24, 2009 20:41

Clearly you're a dude, as Grease would be on any girls list. Oh Danny...!!!!

by Clark Benson at July 28, 2009 12:27

Ha, my wife would agree, though I've never even been able to sit thru it all the way.

by anonymous at June 19, 2009 01:17

The breakfast club was so boooooring. So is Molly Ringwald . i wonder why people had to watch it several times. They have a good soundtrack though.

by arwen456 at June 19, 2009 01:10

i love sixteen candles

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