Revealed: The White House movie viewing habits of Bill Clinton... and do they shed new light on his affair with Monica Lewinsky?

A list of all the movies Bill Clinton watched in the White House has been revealed.

The list was compiled by Gizmodo, but is based on heavily-redacted documents provided from the Clinton Presidential Library and National Archives through a Freedom of Information request.

Clinton, who once declared that having a private movie theater was the ‘best perk’ of being president, watched 171 movies during his two terms in office between 1993 until 2001. 

And the list – which as Gizmodo notes, shows some ‘curious gaps’ in the record – could shed some light on Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky.

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A list of all the movies Bill Clinton watched in the White House has been revealed - but it shows that he apparently very few films during the course of his affair with Monica Lewinsky 

Clinton (pictured in the White House movie theater in 1993) watched 171 movies between 1993 and 2001 

‘The best perk of the White House is not Air Force One or Camp David or anything else,’ Clinton told legendary film critic Roger Ebert in December 1999. ‘It’s the wonderful movie theater I get here.’ 

Despite Clinton’s self-confessed fondness of movies, he apparently only watched three films in 1996 and seven in 1997. But the following year, he managed to fit in 37. In 1995, he watched 17.

And considering that Lewinsky stated her nine sexual encounters with Clinton when she was a White House intern spanned from November 1995 to March 1997 – it is indeed curious that so few movies are listed in that time frame.

According to Gizmodo, most of the names of other attendees in the theater alongside Clinton were redacted, so it is not known if Lewinsky ever watched a movie alongside the former president.

Clinton (pictured second from left, watching the Super Bowl in 1994) once described the theater as the 'best perk' of the White House 

Hillary Clinton (left) and director Ron Howard (right) can be seen at a screening with former president Bill Clinton in the White House's movie theater

But in the days after the scandal broke in the Washington Post on January 21, 1998, Clinton watched a number of movies – including Titanic, Fallen and Hard Rain.

During a screening of The Apostle on January 24, guests were reportedly keeping a close watch on the interactions between Clinton and his wife Hillary.

On February 7, Clinton watched Temptress Moon – reportedly mislabeled Tempest Moon in the documents. 

It is described on Amazon as the ‘captivating story of a beautiful young woman, her seductive love, and their struggle for power, passion and revenge.’

However, the vast majority of movies Clinton watched appear to form a generic list of the biggest films from the 1990s – from romantic comedies such as Jerry Maguire, You’ve Got Mail to blockbusters like Independence Day and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Clinton mentions his favorite movie is western High Noon and also discusses L.A. Confidential (1997) in an interview with the late Roger Ebert, but neither feature on the list

The list largey appears to be a generic list of the most popular movies of the 1990s, including Jerry Maguire (1996), starring Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger 

Almost everything he watched in office were new movies. But presidents often entertained guests, including world leaders and celebrities, at movie screenings, so the chosen flick may not have been the Clinton’s choice.

Newly released blockbusters are often shown in special White House screenings. Most recently, President Barack Obama signed off his year-end press conference by announcing that he needed to get to a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens along with Gold Star families.  

But he did watching films that he featured in – incluing The Siege and Crimson Tide, which both used clips of him.

Interestingly, in the interview with the Ebert, Clinton stated a love for classic films. He mentioned that his favorite movie is western High Noon – and claims to have seen it more than 20 times.

But, High Noon – along with other favorites mentioned in that interview, including and Casablanca, don’t make the list at all – another suggestion that the list may not be complete.

Clinton also discusses L.A. Confidential, which came out in 1997, in detail in his 1999 interview with Ebert - but it doesn't appear on the list at all.  

Further evidence that the list may not be comprehensive? Clinton’s grand total of 171 movies in eight years pale in comparison to Jimmy Carter’s grand total of more than 400 movies – in one term.