# favorite Woody Allen movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993 "2013-07-20T00:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/1 "2013-07-20T00:44:08Z")
what are yours? I haven’t seen many and want to get one from Netflix (DVD, not streaming, if it matters) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/2 "2013-07-20T01:08:00Z")
The Mia Farrow era. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/3 "2013-07-20T01:37:32Z")
1960’s - _Take the Money and Run_ 1970’s - _Play It Again, Sam_ (yes, I rank it ahead of _Annie Hall_) 1980’s - _Broadway Danny Rose_ 1990’s - _Mighty Aphrodite_ 2000’s - _Vicky Cristina Barcelona_ 2010’s - _Midnight in Paris_ ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/4 "2013-07-20T01:55:06Z")
thank you both - I will start with Midnight in Paris because every review I glanced at (don’t want to know the plot) including the word “charming” and I’m in the mood for charming. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/5 "2013-07-20T02:00:10Z")
A few years ago I watched the majority of Woody Allen’s movies over a week long period in one big marathon (after never having seen almost any of them) My favorite was **Husbands and Wives** - great nonstop spousal bickering! **Bullets Over Broadway** was a close second IMHO. A few of the early-2000s comedies were also surprisingly excellent and very watchable - **Sweet and Lowdown** , **Curse of the Jade Scorpion** and **Hollywood Ending** Contrary to many other people, I was lukewarm on the Annie Hall era films and couldn’t stand the early-70s slapstick comedies. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/6 "2013-07-20T02:06:48Z")
**Annie Hall Bullets Over Broadway**(I also like the rest of his “Artist as Bastard trilogy”:**Sweet and Lowdown **and** Deconstructing Henry**) **Midnight in Paris Crimes and Misdemeanors Love and Death** (his best pure comedy) **Broadway Danny Rose Zelig Small Time Crooks** (mostly for Elaine May) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/7 "2013-07-20T02:09:18Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > A few of the early-2000s comedies were also surprisingly excellent and very watchable - **Sweet and Lowdown** , **Curse of the Jade Scorpion** and **Hollywood Ending** Meant to say **Small Time Crooks** there, instead of **Sweet and Lowdown** ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/8 "2013-07-20T02:13:40Z")
[Picking Up the Pieces](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192455/) [Sleeper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Take the Money and Run](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065063/?ref_=sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/9 "2013-07-20T02:42:21Z")
My faves are _Manhattan_, _Love and Death_, and _Shadows and Fog_. His earlier stuff is what most people rave about, though, especially _Sleeper_. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/10 "2013-07-20T02:45:59Z")
Vicky Cristina Barcelona I rarely, if ever, watch movies more then once. Movies that I call my ‘favorite’ movies (with a few exceptions) I’ve usually seen twice. I think I’ve seen that movie at least three times. I love the way Penelope Cruz flies seamlessly between Spanish and English and she does an amazing job of being a crazy lady in it (in a Latin Heat sort of way). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/11 "2013-07-20T02:52:55Z")
I enjoy ALL of his movies, especially the early, funny ones. I have a personal fondness for the Woody Allen / Diane Keaton comedy team. “Love and Death” is my favorite with the duo. Of the “Mia Farrow” period, it’s a toss-up between “the Purple Rose of Cairo” and “Hannah and Her Sisters.” “Crimes and Misdemeanors” has a brilliant A-plot, but the B-plot with Allen & Farrow kind of falls flat. (Alan Alda is terrific as the preening narcissistic director though.) Of the post-Mia years, I’d say “Bullets Over Broadway” is the best. It’s great to see Allen & Keaton together again in “Manhattan Murder Mystery”, but the movie itself is fairly slight. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/12 "2013-07-20T03:39:07Z")
**The Purple Rose of Cairo** is far and away my favorite, although I also really like **Manhattan** and **Hannah and Her Sisters**. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/13 "2013-07-20T04:20:20Z")
2nd vote for _ **Manhattan** _. It is beautiful to look at (well, except for the scenes with Woody in them), and I thought that Muriel Hemingway did a surprisingly good job. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/14 "2013-07-20T04:36:55Z")
I love **The Purple Rose of Cairo** and **Annie Hall** somehow improves each time I watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/15 "2013-07-20T14:26:30Z")
**Hannah and her Sisters** has long been a favorite of mine, along with **Crimes and Misdemeanors**. I’m also in the minority in that I really like **A Midsummer’s Night’s Sex Comedy** and **Everyone Says I Love You**. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/16 "2013-07-20T14:55:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > 2nd vote for _ **Manhattan** _. It is beautiful to look at (well, except for the scenes with Woody in them), and I thought that Muriel Hemingway did a surprisingly good job. > Roddy Mariel. Great movie, great cast. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/17 "2013-07-20T15:43:11Z")
The wife is possibly Woody Allen’s biggest Thai fan. Her personal favorite is _Mighty Aphrodite_. Mine is _Annie Hall_. But there are so many that are tied for No.2. And I get annoyed when people trash some of his so-called “lesser” movies, because really, a “bad” Woody Allen film is still so much better than most other movies. On a side note, we just picked up _Woody Allen: A Documentary_ but have not had a chance to watch it yet. That came out last year I believe? Has anyone seen that yet? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/18 "2013-07-20T16:13:43Z")
> [@Woody Allen in Stardust Memories](#): > > [Y]ou’re a comedian. You want to do mankind a real service? Tell funnier jokes. I love his earlier, funnier movies. I admire his brilliant concepts in movies like _Zelig_ and _The Purple Rose of Cairo_ and _Midnight in Paris_. But I don’t love them the same way. ---
**Author:** ![norvalnormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@norvalnormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norvalnormal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/19 "2013-07-20T22:27:03Z")
No love for _Radio Days_?? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993/20 "2013-07-20T22:54:40Z")
_Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Sex Casino Royale_ (not strictly a Woody film, but he is damn funny in it) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-woody-allen-movies/663993.md?page=2)