# 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:** 2
**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 28, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/21 "2003-10-28T15:20:53Z")
Lib, which version of _Imitation of Life_? ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/22 "2003-10-28T15:22:54Z")
…gotta add in Fight Club. I keep hitting the Submit button too soon. Something I noticed about my list is that there is a definite Character Driven/Science Fiction vein in there. Also, none of the actors in any of my favorite movies are my overall favorite actors. I hate Ed Harris, but love him in The Abyss. I don’t like Gabriel Byrne, but love him in Miller’s Crossing. I don’t like Alec Baldwin, but love him in Hunt For Red October. Hmmmm. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/23 "2003-10-28T15:22:59Z")
**1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. To Sir With Love 3. Preditor 4. The Abyss 5. An American President** ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/24 "2003-10-28T16:48:55Z")
El Kabong’s list and mine would be identical except I’d substitute Raising Arizona for The Big Lebowski. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/25 "2003-10-28T18:16:24Z")
The Royal Tenenbaums American Beauty The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Monty Python & The Holy Grail Unbreakable ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/26 "2003-10-28T23:06:04Z")
1. Dogma 2. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 3. The Lion King 4. Where the Heart Is 5. American History X There’s five although there are many others I love. ---
**Author:** ![hanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb8c5e/32.png) [@hanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hanza)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/27 "2003-10-28T23:23:59Z")
Ooh, can I play! Just 5 though, that seems a little mean. O.K, here goes, in no particular order: ``` Bladerunner Rear Window Amelie Mystery Men Dawn of the Dead ``` What, no room for His Girl Friday, Spinal Tap, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, Crouching Tiger…, Adventures of Picasso, Donnie Darko…etc, etc. Still, a pleasantly varied list I feel. O.K, my boyfriend, who is a MAJOR film geek, has asked to have his list included too ``` Casablanca North by North West Viridiana Vertigo The Big Sleep ``` and he says, “what, no room for…!” to, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Wild Bunch, Nosferatu, M, Yojimbo, Modern Times, Dr Strangelove and Belle de Jour. Hmmm, no films in common, may have to work on that… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/28 "2003-10-28T23:35:02Z")
Gotta get my high five in. Sunset Boulevard Fellowship of the Ring The Bridge on the River Kwai The Quiet Man The Big Lebowski ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/29 "2003-10-28T23:44:36Z")
Alphabetically: Animal House Casablanca Fargo Goodfellas Wizard of Oz Anyone keeping track of multiple mentions? A couple of frontrunners seem to be emerging. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/30 "2003-10-29T00:15:29Z")
1. Pulp Fiction 2. High Fidelity 3. All the President’s Men 4. Mallrats 5. The Matrix Honorable mentions to: Reservoir Dogs Dogma Monty Python and the Holy Grail Life of Brian Full Metal Jacket Snatch UHF Pfft, 5 movies. Yeah, right. ---
**Author:** ![hanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb8c5e/32.png) [@hanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hanza)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/31 "2003-10-29T00:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone keeping track of multiple mentions? A couple of frontrunners seem to be emerging. Darn you **proudest monkey** (methinks there’s a story behing that name) for appealing to my incurably anal side. here’s the scores as I see em (not counting those naughty people who, like me, just couldn’t resist amending their list or adding more- first five is what counts people!) Casablanca- 4 votes Miller’s Crossing, The Abyss, American History X, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski- 3 votes Night of the Hunter, Raising Arizona, Moty Python and the Holy Grail, Vertigo, Seven Samurai, 2001, The Shawshank Redemption, Rushmore, To Have and to Have Not, Fargo, Bridget Jones Diary, Spider Man, The Third Man, The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, Dawn of the Dead- 2 votes Hm, some intersting front runners so far. However, there’s no doubt of the favourite directors so far- The Coens have it by a clear mile… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/32 "2003-10-29T01:50:11Z")
1)High Fidelity 2)Rushmore 3)Office Space 4)The Big Lebowski 5)Raising Arizona Honorable mentions to Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap, Memento, Magnolia, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Bottle Rocket, Citizen Kane ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/33 "2003-10-29T01:54:39Z")
Crap! I forgot The Shawshank Redemption! Just add that to honorable mentions, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/34 "2003-10-29T02:49:56Z")
1. The Big Lebowski 2. Fargo 3. Snatch 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 5. The Man Who Wasn’t There. Yeah, I’m a Coen Brothers fan, too. Who the hell isn’t? I’ll stick some honourable mentions in later. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/35 "2003-10-29T03:04:23Z")
If we’re talking movies you can watch over and over (as opposed to objectively the best films wrt filmaking): Jaws Tremors Galaxy Quest Groundhog Day So I Married an Axe Murderer If we’re talking the movies I’ve seen that I think are the best made: Jaws Casablanca Unforgiven Saving Private Ryan Raiders of the Lost Ark ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/36 "2003-10-29T03:12:07Z")
me too, me too! Harold & Maude Babette’s Feast The Ballad of Narayama A Man For All Seasons The Lion In Winter only five, damn. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/37 "2003-10-29T03:18:57Z")
Can I count all of the LOTR movies as one? If so, then my list would be (in no particular order) LOTR Raiders of the Lost Ark Dances With Wolves The Right Stuff The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/38 "2003-10-29T03:27:43Z")
The movies I watch over and over, not necessarily the one I think are the best: Princess Bride Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Royal Tennenbaums Topsy Turvy Best In Show ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/39 "2003-10-29T03:33:26Z")
No particular order: **Unforgiven Lone Star Stalag 17 Cannibal: the Musical Cabinet of Dr. Caligari** ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918/40 "2003-10-29T04:26:07Z")
My favorite five, in order: 1. Faraway, So Close! 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. [Love Letter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113703/) (1995 Japanese Movie ) - This one just moved up one slot after I watched it again last week, but I doubt it’ll go higher. 4. Blade Runner (theatrical release) 5. Ran [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-five-movies/209918.md?page=3)