# All time favourite movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302 "2003-06-03T03:39:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/21 "2003-06-03T14:46:36Z")

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That’s easy, _The Usual Suspects_.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/22 "2003-06-03T15:11:42Z")

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**Dances With Wolves** , the four-hour Diurector’s Cut version.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/23 "2003-06-03T16:22:19Z")

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I really like the Legend of 1900. With Tim Roth. I could never pick a favorite, but this should not be missed. It has such a sadness to it…

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**Author:** ![Reckless\_Humor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Reckless\_Humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reckless_Humor)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/24 "2003-06-03T16:28:22Z")

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Wow, **Opithut**! I didn’t know anyone else had even **seen** The Omega Man. Cool Flick. But not on my top five list.  
In no particular order:  
**Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels  
Aliens  
Rob Roy  
Four Weddings and a Funeral  
Heat**

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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/25 "2003-06-03T16:39:21Z")

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Hamlet (Branuagh’s version)  
The Paths of Glory  
Platoon

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/26 "2003-06-03T16:59:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \*  
> \*\*That’s easy, _The Usual Suspects_. \*\*

**Juanita** , still mad at me for giving it \*\*\*1/2? 😉

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/27 "2003-06-03T17:08:53Z")

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**Rear Window  
Casablanca  
Anatomy of a Murder**

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**Author:** ![Howard\_Juneau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Howard\_Juneau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Howard_Juneau)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/28 "2003-06-03T17:25:43Z")

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**The Man Who Would Be King**  
**Cool Hand Luke**  
**Chinatown**

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**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/29 "2003-06-03T18:25:41Z")

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Casablanca  
Braveheart  
The Usual Suspects  
American Beauty  
Groundhog Day  
Pulp Fiction  
The Negotiator  
Monty Python - Holy Grail  
Moulin Rouge  
French Kiss

Hmm… 3 movies star Kevin Spacey. I pretty much like every film that this man has been in. Morgan Freeman is another one that makes every movie he is in so much better.

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**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/30 "2003-06-03T19:34:25Z")

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Cannot name just one.

In no particular order:

Star Wars (the original trilogy)  
The Wizard of Oz  
The Sound of Music  
American Beauty  
Moulin Rouge  
Beauty and the Beast (the Disney version)  
LOTR

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**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/31 "2003-06-03T19:45:50Z")

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Some good movies up there… some I wouldnt agree with… I _hated_ American Beauty! Thats just me though.

Hey **sirtonyh** whats _Ichi The Killer_ like? Ive a magazine here with some really sick pictures from that movie…

And has anyone seen **The Last House on the Left** or **Dark Water**? and are they any good?

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**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/32 "2003-06-03T19:49:56Z")

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**_The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_  
 _The Legend of Boggy Creek_  
 _The Searchers_  
 _Leaving Las Vegas_**

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/33 "2003-06-03T20:12:17Z")

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**Princess Bride**  
**Auntie Mama**  
**The Shawshank Redemption**  
**When Harry met Sally**  
**Singin’ In The Rain**

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/34 "2003-06-03T20:14:24Z")

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Crap - That’s what I get for talking to my Mom while I make a list…

**Auntie Mame**

Sheesh.

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/35 "2003-06-03T22:00:52Z")

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My all time favorites:

_Bambi_

_Lady and the Tramp_

_Star Wars_ (the first one, anyway)

_The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover_

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**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/36 "2003-06-03T22:45:21Z")

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**Pulp Fiction  
High Fidelity  
All the President’s Men**

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**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/37 "2003-06-03T22:47:04Z")

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Mine is Branagh’s _Henry V._ Runners-up are _Fellowship of the Ring_ and _Chimes at Midnight._

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**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/38 "2003-06-03T22:49:52Z")

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Sorry, I can’t narrow it to just one, five is the best I can do.  
Boondock Saints (Pulp Fiction fans-check it out)  
The Princess Bride(who hasn’t seen this one;))  
Sabrina (Original version-not the remake)  
My Favorite Year(Peter O’Toole,what more needs to be said?)  
In The Mouth of Madness(flawed but still good)

Yeah, I’ve been told that movie night at my house is unique experience 😃

Peace-DESK

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**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/39 "2003-06-03T23:05:35Z")

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**Jaws**

Saw it when I was six in the theatre and no cinematic experience has come close since.

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**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favourite-movie/179302/40 "2003-06-03T23:46:10Z")

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Lord of the Rings  
Empire Records  
Any decent Jackie Chan film (ok that’s either none or loads depending on your taste:))  
I’m sure there’s more but that’s all i can think of right now

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