# Of Wes Anderson's 10 feature films which do you believe is the best? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 25, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144 "2023-04-25T01:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/1 "2023-04-25T01:30:23Z")
I’m a big fan of Wes Anderson’s quirky films and dialogue. His frequent use of Alexander Desplat for his scores is also a big plus for me. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/1))_ Andersen also likes to work with the same actors for many of his films. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzmsn are a few of the regular actors that he works with, Anderson has two films that are expected to be released this year. _Asteroid City_ starring Jason Schwatzman, Scarlett Johansen and Tom Hanks will be released June 23, 2023. _The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar_, Anderson’s second film based upon a work by Roald Dahl, starring Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch is expected to be released later this year through Netflix. My top 3 films of Anderson’s are: Rushmore The Grand Budapest Hotel Fantastic Mr, Fox What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/2 "2023-04-25T01:33:19Z")
Royal Tenenbaums for Gene Hackman ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/3 "2023-04-25T01:41:37Z")
The Grand Budapest Hotel followed by Moonrise Kingdom. The French Dispatch was his worst. Just a mess. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/4 "2023-04-25T02:01:42Z")
_Rushmore_ ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/5 "2023-04-25T03:02:14Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Royal Tenenbaums for Gene Hackman He really was perfect. Added just enough scumminess to the role to be a great balance the Wes Anderson twee (and I generally really like the Wes Anderson twee). Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite films of all time. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/6 "2023-04-25T03:35:07Z")
You forgot his [greatest movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UngE0qn3VRY). ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/7 "2023-04-25T03:50:51Z")
Not a fan. You might even say I hate the vast majority of his work, but **Fantastic Mr. Fox** was okay. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/8 "2023-04-25T03:57:27Z")
Rushmore Fantastic Mr. Fox I love those two films. The rest of them I would lump together as meh. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/9 "2023-04-25T04:10:54Z")
I thought you were linking to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/10 "2023-04-25T04:15:55Z")
_ **Moonrise Kingdom** _ for me. I’m not a fan of Anderson’s films except for MK which still knocks me out. A gem. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/11 "2023-04-25T04:58:30Z")
The **Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou** is my hands-down favorite. As I may have posted in the past, it took me about 2-4 times to appreciate it. I fell asleep part-way through the first time or two, but for whatever reason I kept coming back to it. And on one viewing, it suddenly jelled, and I totally got it. I also love **Moonrise Kingdom** and just about anything else he’s done (I’ve seen most but not all of his movies), but Life Aquatic is in a class by itself. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/12 "2023-04-25T05:06:23Z")
Bottle Rocket and Rushmore are my favourites out of the list above, but I haven’t seen most of his recent films. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/13 "2023-04-25T14:11:56Z")
Also not a fan. I found the films of his I **have** watched boring. YMMV, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/14 "2023-04-25T14:14:16Z")
Royal Tenenbaums is probably his best, but Life Aquatic is my favorite. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/15 "2023-04-25T18:36:20Z")
Or [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_Uwo4qQTM)… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/16 "2023-04-25T20:40:35Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Bottle Rocket and Rushmore are my favourites out of the list above, but I haven’t seen most of his recent films. I’ve only seen two. Rushmore and the Grand Budapest Hotel. Both were good. Most of the others I haven’t even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/17 "2023-04-25T23:29:29Z")
I like most of them. Rushmore is probably the best, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/18 "2023-04-25T23:38:45Z")
Bottle Rocket is my favorite movie ever, so while I haven’t seen all of them, it got my vote, ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/19 "2023-04-26T01:14:40Z")
I’ve only seen Grand Budapest Hotel. It was pretty good, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144/20 "2023-04-26T15:03:05Z")
I’m a fan of Wes Anderson movies but I’m most partial to Life Aquatic and Moonrise Kingdom. Most have great soundtracks, but Life Aquatic gets the nod for the excellent Bowie renditions by Seu Jorge, played in the movie. Moonrise Kingdom gets a mention because my wife and I saw it on one of our anniversaries in the magical small theatre in the town of Friday Harbor, WA. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-wes-andersons-10-feature-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/983144.md?page=2)