# Favorite films of all time!?  (Let's get started!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-films-of-all-time-lets-get-started/62860>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 22, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-films-of-all-time-lets-get-started/62860 "2001-04-22T07:01:00Z")\
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**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 23, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-films-of-all-time-lets-get-started/62860/21 "2001-04-23T06:15:24Z")

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My film experience is somewhat limited:

1.) Being John Malkovich  
2.) Citizen Kane  
3.) Star Wars  
4.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail  
5.) 101 Dalmations (animated version)  
6.) North by Northwest  
7.) Night of the Hunter  
8.) Empire Strikes Back  
9.) Metropolis  
10.) The Birds  
11.) The Matrix  
12.) American Beauty  
13.) The Lady Vanishes  
14.) Saving Private Ryan  
15.) Blazing Saddles  
16.) The Return of the Jedi  
17.) Boys Don’t Cry  
18.) The Godfather  
19.) Mystery Men  
20.) Casino

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-films-of-all-time-lets-get-started/62860/22 "2001-04-23T06:45:45Z")

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A simple list of favorite movies? Where’s the challenge in that?

So, in a shameless attempt to resurrect one of my old threads may I refer you to [The A2Z Movie Hall of Fame](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42064)

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-films-of-all-time-lets-get-started/62860/23 "2001-04-23T12:08:01Z")

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Fight club  
Kids in the Hall Brain Candy  
Raising Arizona  
Citizen Cane  
The Maltese Falcon  
Annie Hall  
The Godfather  
Field of Dreams _still makes me cry at the end_  
Bull Durham  
Memento _soon to be a film noir classic_  
Miller’s Crossing  
Fargo  
The Odd Couple  
The American President

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