# best film without an A in the name... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319 "2009-04-16T19:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/21 "2009-04-17T02:23:41Z")
Hrold and Mude. What? Okay, how about: Good Will Hunting One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Sting Gun Shy (I know, everyone hates it, but I’m not everyone. Come on, “narco-sleepy”?). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/22 "2009-04-17T02:32:24Z")
**There Will Be Blood** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/23 "2009-04-17T02:52:56Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Here’s the non-A movies from my collection: > > \ > > Bedknobs and Broomsticks That “and” disqualifies this flick, though I guess such a title as _Cecil & Ed_ would pass muster. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/24 "2009-04-17T03:05:07Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > That “and” disqualifies this flick, though I guess such a title as _Cecil & Ed_ would pass muster. Totally forgot about the and, even when I typed it. For some reason I thought the DVD cover had it with an ampersand- it doesn’t- but I didn’t bother to type it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/25 "2009-04-17T04:48:06Z")
Touch of Evil Gone With The Wind Unforgiven Network Boogie Nights From Here to Eternity Jungle Book The Big Sleep ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/26 "2009-04-17T05:42:49Z")
Two choices: THX1138. Robert Duvall in (one of) George Lucas’ first big efforts. 1. Orwell’s choice to be remade in 1984 in London with John Hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/27 "2009-04-17T06:18:15Z")
The Producers (The original, with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks’s working title for the film was “Springtime for Hitler,” which is also free of the letter “a.”) There Will Be Blood No Country for Old Men Sleeper Midnight Cowboy ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/28 "2009-04-17T09:10:43Z")
The best in my collection: Time of the Gypsies Wings of Desire Three Colours:Red/White/Blue City of Lost Children The Mummy/ The Mummy Returns Lost Boys Big Fish Corpse Bride Ed Wood Sleepy Hollow Incredibles Monsters Inc. Princess Mononoke Kiki’s Delivery Service LOTR (all three fit) I’d have to say one of those first two is my vote for best. I’d say Wings of Desire has it over TotG ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/29 "2009-04-17T12:40:34Z")
The Muppet Movie Blues Brothers ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/30 "2009-04-17T13:53:19Z")
Apparently nobody thinks that **300** should be the answer. Not **Wild Wild West**. Not **T2**. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/31 "2009-04-17T14:00:46Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Apparently nobody thinks that **300** should be the answer. Not **Wild Wild West**. Not **T2**. I know I’m probably taking bait here, but isn’t T2 TerminAtor 2? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/32 "2009-04-17T14:31:37Z")
I’ve got to throw some Kurosawa out there: Yojimbo High and Low The Hidden Fortress Oh, and the best SF movie without an “A”: 12 Monkeys. ETA: And when I submitted that I realized that Metropolis could put up a fight for that title… Hmm… both are brilliant in visual design though Metropolis has the edge on it while 12 Monkeys has the edge on the story… ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/33 "2009-04-17T15:07:40Z")
My own list: _1776_ _Henry V_ _Topsy-Turvy_ _The Princess Bride_ _Joyeux Noël_ _The Incredibles_ _The Right Stuff_ _Monsters, Inc._ _On The Town_ _The Bounty_ _The Duellists_ _Toy Story_ _Toy Story 2_ ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/34 "2009-04-17T15:22:01Z")
And the best anime: Cowboy Bebop FLCL GTO Kino’s Journey Mushishi Rurouni Kenshin Trigun ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/35 "2009-04-17T15:27:34Z")
Rocky Horror Picture Show ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/36 "2009-04-17T21:38:21Z")
Little Miss Sunshine ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/37 "2009-04-17T21:43:40Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > The trilogy: > > The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring > The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers > The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King > > (I doubt if you’ll get other such long titles without the given letter). You are the greatest of us, Sir. We salute you. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/38 "2009-04-17T22:12:47Z")
_The Jerk Lilies of the Field Seven Brides for Seven Brothers The Public Enemy My Best Friend_ (in the original French, _Mon meilleur ami_ - does that rule it out?) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/39 "2009-04-17T22:38:38Z")
C4s4bl4nc4 HAH! \*\* My Neighbor Totoro\*\* and **Kiki’s Delivery Service** might not be the best but they’re pretty good. Perhaps **History of the World** in the comedy section. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-without-an-a-in-the-name/493319/40 "2009-04-18T04:27:03Z")
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