# My Favorite Five Movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918 "2003-10-27T21:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/1 "2003-10-27T21:50:30Z")
I don’t know why. I just feel like throwing this out there. Maybe I’m fishing for a match with someone else. Maybe I just want to waste the 12 Kb of space that this post will take up. In no particular order: 1. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. 2. Return Of The Jedi. 3. Hunt For Red October. 4. The Abyss. 5. Miller’s Crossing. These are movies that I can pop in at any time and just watch all the way through without feeling the least bit guilty. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/2 "2003-10-27T22:30:09Z")
1. Solyaris 2. The Passion of Joan of Arc 3. Night of the Hunter 4. Tokyo Story 5. Raising Arizona This list is subject to change. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/3 "2003-10-27T22:48:30Z")
My list also varies from time to time, but at the present moment it consists of: 1. Kwaidon 2. Prospero’s Books 3. Barton Fink 4. Love in the Afternoon 5. Monty Python & the Holy Grail In no particular order, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/4 "2003-10-27T23:20:12Z")
1. The General 2. Vertigo 3. The Seven Samurai 4. Ordet 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/5 "2003-10-27T23:44:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lissener \* > > 1. Raising Arizona I dunno. After seeing The Big Lebowski, I was really disappointed with Raising Arizona. I thought it would be much funnier. As for me, I haven’t seen that many classics, so I’m hesitant to make a top five list. I’ll just name a few that I liked: As Good As it Gets Rushmore The Big Lebowksi 13 Conversations About One Thing Fargo American History X ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/6 "2003-10-27T23:47:38Z")
For the moment, in no particular order- Welcome to the Dollhouse Heathers Rushmore Badlands Office Space Dammit. Is that really all I get? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/7 "2003-10-27T23:48:43Z")
Though my list may change sometimes, I come back to these five more than any other movies (in this order): Casablanca Fight Club Ghostbusters True Romance Goodfellas ---
**Author:** ![silly\_duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@silly\_duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silly_duck)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/8 "2003-10-27T23:50:01Z")
1. Sid & Nancy 2. Chicago 3. SLC Punk 4. Bridget Jones’s Diary 5. Spider-Man ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/9 "2003-10-27T23:57:17Z")
AG, I considered The General too; then I thought of Sunrise and Foolish Wives and The Crowd and Greed and decided, for now, to leave those in their own category. Purely an arbitrary decision. And I’ve seen Ordet three times, and love it, but it doesn’t haunt me like Joan does. Also, I was born missing my Kurasawa gland: he doesn’t do for me what I gather he’s sposed to. I think Rashomon is his best, and everything after that grows increasingly selfconscious and, I don’t know, less going on than meets the eye. But I understand that I’m probably wrong about this. I do like Derzu Usala. And Cat Fight, Badlands is often in my top five. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/10 "2003-10-28T00:30:43Z")
Always changing but at the moment: The Third Man Princess Mononoke Brazil Kind Hearts and Coronets Gosford Park ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/11 "2003-10-28T00:33:06Z")
Already amending my list to: Casablanca Fight Club Ghostbusters L.A. Confidential True Romance ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/12 "2003-10-28T00:48:02Z")
Dang, I can never seem to pass up these listy type thingies: To Have and Have Not The Maltese Falcon Chinatown Miller’s Crossing The Big Lebowski Hmmm, all noir or variations, two Bogarts, two Coen Bros. Obviously I’ve become a creature of habit. ---
**Author:** ![Xanthas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@Xanthas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xanthas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/13 "2003-10-28T03:56:37Z")
1. American History X 2. Glengarry Glen Ross 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Glory 5. Goodfellas ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/14 "2003-10-28T04:54:44Z")
Donnie Darko Fight Club Nightmare Before Christmas Dawn of the Dead I dunno… Spider-Man? Batman? Too hard to pick. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/15 "2003-10-28T10:57:24Z")
Billy Elliot One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Groundhog Day Imitation of Life Rudy ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/16 "2003-10-28T11:24:13Z")
List is constantly changeable but at the moment; Ichi The Killer Happiness The Third Man Galaxy Quest Bridget Jones’s Diary Give me about 20 minutes and I’ll have changed my mind ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/17 "2003-10-28T11:36:45Z")
1. _Seven Samurai_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Raging Bull_ 4. _Night of the Hunter_ 5. _The Searchers_ The one that hovers just on the edge of the list, threatening to break in, is _Fanny and Alexander_. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/18 "2003-10-28T14:55:51Z")
Ok, I’ll bite. In no particular order: **The Abyss** **The Princess Bride** **Casablanca** **Strange Brew** **Babette’s Feast** ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/19 "2003-10-28T15:10:58Z")
OMG. How the Hell could I forget Tron?! Tron is my number six. ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/20 "2003-10-28T15:15:23Z")
Three more honorable mentions, that were mentioned above. Chinatown Glengarry Glen Ross True Romance Big Trouble In Little China These movies wouldn’t be in my top five, but definitely within my top twenty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918.md?page=2)