The 1980s is officially the Nation’s favourite decade for movies with cult 80s films Dirty Dancing, Back to the Future and E.T. amongst the most watched. The 1990s followed closely in second place with memorable classics like Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas and Titanic.
The recent poll, commissioned by subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat, also revealed that the typical adult has seen their favourite movie a dozen times. Leading the most re-watched – or ‘Deja-viewed’ – list for women was Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman, while The Great Escape and Star Wars cemented their positions respectively as the films men would choose to re-watch.
The Shawshank Redemption also featured as one of the top films that Brits feel they have to watch when it’s on TV, even if they’ve watched it many times before, with one in six of us unable to turn it off.
The survey also highlighted what many of us feel at some point; that one in eight of us is so overwhelmed with choice, we’ve ended up not watching a film at all. Additionally, one in ten of us have spent so long deciding which film to watch, we’ve ended up running out of time to watch the whole thing.
Paul Gilshan, Freesat‘s Marketing Director, said: “The results highlight that we’re a nation passionate about film. It’s great to see that so many of the fantastic films highlighted in the poll are regularly available, completely free of charge, to Freesat viewers across our 200 free-to-air channels.”
“The poll also revealed that movie lovers are often overwhelmed by choice. That’s why features that help viewers to discover new films, like our Showcase recommendation service, are so important.”
The opinion poll for Freesat was carried out by Opinion Matters.
