# Is there any movie we ALL would agree is good (if not great)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271 "2026-01-02T14:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/21 "2026-01-02T15:25:03Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > There are plenty of us that don’t like The Sound Of Music. I know I’m not alone. Now I wonder about **Mary Poppins**? Is that universally liked? Both of those are probably out of the running due to the sheer number of viewers (myself not among them) who despise any and all musicals. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/22 "2026-01-02T15:25:40Z")
I’m thinking a Pixar film might be a good candidate. Up, one of the Toy Story films, The Incredibles, WALL-E, Ratatouille. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/23 "2026-01-02T15:27:05Z")
There will always and forever be at least one person who will disagree with the opinion of the majority, no matter how overwhelming that majority is. That can be more of a feature than a bug… ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/24 "2026-01-02T15:27:22Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’m thinking a Pixar film might be a good candidate. Up, one of the Toy Story films, The Incredibles, WALL-E, Ratatouille. Those are all great nominations. For live action films, how about _Apollo 13_? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/25 "2026-01-02T15:27:42Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, I’m sorry. I last saw Casablanca ten or twenty years ago, and I thought it was boring. Yeah, I couldn’t get through it at all. My suggestion is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. You could put that in theaters today and it would be as big a hit as it was when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/26 "2026-01-02T15:27:51Z")
**Paddington 2**? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/27 "2026-01-02T15:28:10Z")
No joke nominations please. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/28 "2026-01-02T15:28:21Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > So, if we eliminate **Casablanca** , what are our next suggestions? Sorry but I thought **Casablanca** was an ok movie but not as great as some take it to be. An opinion apparently shared with Ingrid Bergman ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/29 "2026-01-02T15:30:25Z")
You must be in the 1% who didn’t praise it on Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/30 "2026-01-02T15:30:25Z")
WALL-E I can see a lot of people finding boring, and I’ve met folks who find The Incredibles too Randian. But Toy Story and Ratatouille seem like contenders. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/31 "2026-01-02T15:31:17Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Sorry but I thought **Casablanca** was an ok movie but not as great as some take it to be. An opinion apparently shared with Ingrid Bergman For that matter, Christopher Plummer was no fan of **The Sound of Music**. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/32 "2026-01-02T15:33:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No joke nominations please. Pretty sure Paddington 2 is extremely well regarded. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/33 "2026-01-02T15:34:03Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Paddington 2 [89% from people. That 99% is from Critics and frankly leaves me scratching my head](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_2). But apologies, I thought it was a joke nomination, I guess it was a real one. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/34 "2026-01-02T15:35:06Z")
There will always be a group of people who dislike something specifically because so many other people do like it. Contrarianism, ironically enough, is always fashionable. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/35 "2026-01-02T15:39:45Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone bash **Groundhog Day**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/36 "2026-01-02T15:40:41Z")
Man, that is a great pick, but someone will probably counter it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/37 "2026-01-02T15:42:50Z")
Back to the Future? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/38 "2026-01-02T15:49:07Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Back to the Future [Only if you exclude the views of banned members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unabashed-rant-what-i-object-to-about-specific-movies/41770/26). ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/39 "2026-01-02T15:52:43Z")
OK - the ones that. haven’t been shot down seem to include: Back to the Future Mary Poppins Groundhog Day Sound of Music Toy Story Ratatoulle Wall-E Spirited Away Apollo 13 I’d probably agree with all of the above - but abstain from Spirited Away and Ratatoulle - neither of which I have seen. I tend to not be a huge fan of animation - tho I enjoyed many of the films I watched (tho likely too many times) when my kids were young. My preferences for this thread (which I’m sure newcomers will miss/ignore) -a single sincere personal NO vote is sufficient to remove a film from contention. -try to offer only your personal opinion. Not what you imagine others might think - or even what people you know, but who are not Dopers, have said. -the standard is not GREATNESS, just solidly good. Maybe really good or entertaining. Just a movies that we all would agree is a couple of hours well spent. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/40 "2026-01-02T15:57:04Z")
You’re never going to get a consensus on a genre film. Every genre- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Animation, all of them - have legions of haters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271.md?page=3)