Now Presenting  —  A Perennial Disquisition

Starring Herman Yersin

A Study in Devotion

The Rewatch Ledger

An exhaustive accounting of viewing habits — which pictures compel a second sitting, a third, a tenth

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2,973Films in Catalogue
3,533Total Viewings
405Films Rewatched
13.6%% of Catalogue Rewatched
1.19Avg. Viewings per Film
6xRecord Rewatches
I. Distribution of Viewings

How many films fall into each viewing-count bracket — from the first-time curiosity to the lifelong companion

86% of the catalogue has been seen exactly once. The remaining 14% have been revisited at least once.

II. The Obsession Index

Films ranked by total viewings — a hierarchy of devotion

III. Rating by Rewatch Count

Mean rating of films seen exactly N times — does love breed rewatching?

Films you have rewatched score an average of 17.5 points higher than those seen once — rewatching correlates with appreciation.

IV. Rewatching by Grade

Average viewings per film, broken down by letter grade

A+
2.04 84 films
A
1.72 72 films
A-
1.58 131 films
B+
1.41 300 films
B
1.24 317 films
B-
1.15 346 films
C+
1.14 293 films
C
1.08 333 films
C-
1.03 262 films
D+
1.04 204 films
D
1.06 165 films
D-
1.01 177 films
F
1.01 289 films

A+-rated films are rewatched most often, averaging 2.04 views per picture.

V. The Full Picture — Rating against Viewings

Every rewatched film plotted by rating and times seen. Each point is one film; hover for its title.

VI. Rewatching Across the Decades

Average viewings per film by the decade of release — which era inspires the most returns?

VII. Genre & Habit

Genres by average viewings per film (min. 10 films)

VIII. Most-Revisited Directors

Directors ranked by total viewings across their films (min. 3 films)

IX. High Praise, Never Revisited

Top-rated films (80+) you have seen only once — prime rewatch candidates

1 No Country for Old Men 2007 · 100
2 Raging Bull 1980 · 100
3 Come and See 1985 · 100
4 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · 100
5 American Beauty 1999 · 99
6 The Master 2012 · 98
7 Blue Is the Warmest Color 2013 · 98
8 The Godfather Part II 1974 · 98
9 Man with a Movie Camera 1929 · 98
10 A Clockwork Orange 1972 · 97
11 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 · 97
12 The Interrupters 2011 · 97
X. Guilty Returns

Films rated below 60 that you have nevertheless seen more than once

1 Spectre 2015 · 3× · 53
2 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 · 2× · 58
3 Road House 1989 · 2× · 50
4 Superman Returns 2006 · 2× · 50
5 30 Minutes or Less 2011 · 2× · 57
6 The Campaign 2012 · 2× · 54
7 The Avengers 2012 · 2× · 53
8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 · 2× · 32
9 Iron Man 3 2013 · 2× · 39
10 Live and Let Die 1973 · 2× · 48
11 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 · 2× · 57
12 Die Another Day 2002 · 2× · 37