# The A2Z Movie Hall of Fame **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759 "2000-10-13T03:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 13, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/1 "2000-10-13T03:39:51Z")
Another survey thread here. Let’s have a poll on the twenty six great movies that start with each letter of the alphabet. You can pick movies you feel are great classics or go with personal favorites. You can submit your own selections or vote with the suggestions of others. You can vote for all twenty six letters or pick whichever ones you want. You can’t vote for more than one movie per letter but you can change your mind; just post your new choice to replace your original one. _The Adventures of Robin Hood Blazing Saddles Casablanca Dogma Exotica Fargo The Godfather High Noon It’s a Wonderful Life Jumanji King Kong The Lion in Winter Monty Python and the Holy Grail North by Northwest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Pulp Fiction Quadrophenia Raging Bull 7 Faces of Dr. Lao 12 Monkeys Unforgiven Victor/Victoria Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Yellow Submarine Zelig_ Note: I didn’t submit a choice for the letter “x”. The only two movies I could remember seeing that started with that letter were _Xanadu_ and _The X-Files_, neither of which I liked. I was tempted to go with _X-Men_ figuring any movie which had Rebecca Romijn running around in latex had to have some worth, but I couldn’t bring myself to vote for a movie I hadn’t seen. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/2 "2000-10-13T03:45:07Z")
Bite the bullet, rent Xanadu. Hit the mute button whenever a song comes on, and you’ve got a pretty good movie. Okay, not great, but it’s still better than X-Men. ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/3 "2000-10-13T04:15:21Z")
Army Of Darkness Better Off Dead The Commitments Dark City Evil Dead II Floundering Goodfellas Heathers The Ice Storm Jaws Kalifornia Living In Oblivion Mumford Natural Born Killers Pulp Fiction The Quick And The Dead Run Lola Run Star Wars Trainspotting The Usual Suspects Valley Girl What’s Eating Gilbert Grape X-man Young Frankenstein Z…nothing ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/4 "2000-10-13T06:00:42Z")
Aliens Braveheart Conan the Barbarian Dark Crystal,the Enter the Dragon Forrest Gump Gone With the Wind (but only if you can watch it in a theater) Highlander (the original - there really can be only one) Independence Day (so sue me - it’s fun entertainment.) Jet Pilot (John Wayne, Janet Leigh, and Chuck Yeager!) Killing Fields, the Life of Brian Men In Black Nightmare Before Christmas, the One Crazy Summer Princess Bride, the Q - nothing starts with Q Rob Roy Star Wars Troops (“Cops” episode about Imperial Stormtroopers) Unforgiven Vikings, the - an old Kirk Douglas-with-a-sword movie Wallace And Gromit! X-Men Yojimbo Zorro, the Gay Blade (no, really. Not Kidding.) ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/5 "2000-10-13T06:43:39Z")
All the President’s Men Blade Runner Cool Hand Luke Doctor Strangelove Educating Rita Frankenstein The Godfather The Hustler In the Heat of the Night Julius Caesar The Killing Fields The Lost World (the silent film, not JP2) Moonstruck Nanook of the North The Other Patton Quo Vadis The Right Stuff Spartacus The Thirty-Nine Steps Unforgiven Victory at Sea The Wild One (Ones?) X ???gave up on this one. Never saw X-Men. The Year of Living Dangerously Z (Yes, the movie, Z) ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/6 "2000-10-13T06:50:29Z")
OrcaChow, thanks for nominating the Right Stuff. I was torn between it and Rob Roy, and, well, the kilt flick won out. Does that make me predictable? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/7 "2000-10-13T13:03:37Z")
All about Eve Blue Angel Crumb Duck Soup Exotica Fast Cheap and Out of Control Goodfellas His Girl Friday Indiscreet Jesus’ Son Killing Fields Liquid Sky Maltese Falcon Naked Oh, I dunno Pierre le Fou Querelle Rain Secrets and Lies Thin Blue line Urge- a Music War Virgin Spring We’re No Angels (Ahem. The original) X- the Unheard Music Young Frankenstein Zentropa ---
**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:** [October 13, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/8 "2000-10-13T13:21:37Z")
Off the top of my head: Annie Hall Bringing up Baby Citizen Kane Dark Star Eat Drink Man Woman Fort Apache Gone With the Wind (of course) Help In the Heat of the Night Jumanji King Kong Laura M (obviously) Nashville Othello (Welles version) Pulp Fiction The Quiller Memorandum Rear Window Singin’ in the Rain Tom Jones The Usual Suspects Vertigo Wild in the Streets X the Man with X-ray Eyes Yojimbo Z (also obvious) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/9 "2000-10-13T13:48:24Z")
All Quiet on the Western Front Bringing Up Baby Citizen Kane Duck Soup East of Eden From Here to Eternity Godfather, The Help Ice Station Zebra (Howard Hughes’ favorite film) Jane Eyre King Kong Little Big Man Maltese Falcon North by Northwest On the Waterfront Pappilon Quo Vadis Roshamon Some Like It Hot Treasure of the Sierra Madre Usual Suspects, The Vertigo Where Eagles Dare Year of Living Dangerously, The Zelig ---
**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:** [October 14, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/10 "2000-10-14T03:27:12Z")
A bump with our first day totals. I’ve also noted a couple of selections that don’t qualify as actual movies. The Adventures of Robin Hood Aliens All about Eve All the President’s Men All Quiet on the Western Front Annie Hall Army Of Darkness Bringing Up Baby (2) Better Off Dead Blade Runner Blazing Saddles Blue Angel Braveheart Citizen Kane (2) Casablanca The Commitments Conan the Barbarian Cool Hand Luke Crumb Duck Soup (2) Dark City The Dark Crystal Dark Star Doctor Strangelove Dogma Exotica (2) East of Eden Eat Drink Man Woman Educating Rita Enter the Dragon Evil Dead II Fargo Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control Floundering Forrest Gump Fort Apache Frankenstein From Here to Eternity The Godfather (3) Gone With the Wind (2) Goodfellas (2) Help (2) Heathers High Noon Highlander His Girl Friday The Hustler In the Heat of the Night (2) Ice Station Zebra The Ice Storm Independence Day Indiscreet It’s a Wonderful Life Jumanji (2) Jane Eyre Jaws Jesus’ Son Jet Pilot Julius Caesar The Killing Fields (3) King Kong (1933) (3) Kalifornia Laura Life of Brian The Lion in Winter Liquid Sky Little Big Man Living In Oblivion The Lost World (1925) The Maltese Falcon (2) M Men In Black Moonstruck Monty Python and the Holy Grail Mumford North by Northwest (2) Naked Nanook of the North Nashville Natural Born Killers The Nightmare Before Christmas On the Waterfront One Crazy Summer One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Othello (1952) The Other Pulp Fiction (3) Papillon Patton Pierre le Fou The Princess Bride Quo Vadis (2) Quadrophenia Querelle The Quick And The Dead The Quiller Memorandum Raging Bull Rain Rear Window The Right Stuff Rob Roy Roshamon Run Lola Run Star Wars (2) Secrets and Lies 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Singin’ in the Rain Some Like It Hot Spartacus Thin Blue line The Thirty-Nine Steps Tom Jones Trainspotting Treasure of the Sierra Madre Troops (not a movie) 12 Monkeys Unforgiven (3) The Usual Suspects (3) Urgh! A Music War Vertigo (2) Valley Girl Victor/Victoria Victory at Sea The Vikings Virgin Spring Wallace And Gromit (not a movie) We’re No Angels (1955) What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Where Eagles Dare Wild in the Streets The Wild One Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory X-Men (2) X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes X: The Unheard Music Xanadu The Year of Living Dangerously (2) Yojimbo (2) Young Frankenstein (2) Yellow Submarine Z (2) Zelig (2) Zentropa Zorro, the Gay Blade ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/11 "2000-10-14T05:43:57Z")
Since some of you might consider my selections a desecration against the integrity of movies, I refer you to [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=710728#post710728) where I explain the criteria upon which I base my “expert” movie analyses. In brief, artistic considerations are not as important to me as entertainment value. Hence, my less than stellar (quasi-stellar?) choices. Having cleared that up I present to you my list: Anaconda–yeah, right. Not even Jennifer López’ ass could save that fuck-up. Now to the real list: **Armageddon** –thanks for saving our butts, Bruce Willis. BTW, Rockhound rocks! **Back to the future** –the space-time continuum will never be the same. **Crimson Tide** –what was the name of Gene Hackman’s dog? **Die Hard** –Yipeee kayeyy Motherfucker! Once again, Bruce Willis saves the day. **Executive Decision** –yes, the one “starring” Steven Seagal. **Field of Dreams** –Sure, Shoeless Joe was a leftie, not a rightie, but who gives a rat’s ass? We are talking about the best baseball movie ever here. Definitely one of the exclusive members of my Triumvirate of Cinematic Gems. **Good Will Hunting** –profound and introspective analysis of physiological conflicts afflicting a supremely intelligent dudester. Had they not cast Minnie Driver it would have been even better. **Hearts and Souls** –heart touching, soul-searching motivating study about appreciating life and enjoying it to the fullest. Life is ephemeral, opportunities scarce, you better make the best of them while you still can. Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t pay attention it might pass you by…Wait a minute, did I just quote Ferris Bueller? Oh, well… :rolleyes: **Independence Day** –Earthlings of the world unite…so we can kick some serious alien ass! You know, movies are truly magical. How else could you possibly fathom an elusive and utopian scenario where the human race rallies together under a scheme of fraternity and cooperation? Only in Hollywood. :rolleyes: **Jurassic Park** –what could be better than cloning dinos? Oh yeah, cloning [farting dinos](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=770575#post770575). Gotta get myself one of those damn velociraptors. Those are some pretty smart lizards. I **Know what you did last summer** –now, if Jennifer had dropped the towel she had wrapped around her spectacular anatomy, I know pretty well what I would have done. **Lethal Weapon** –probably should have selected “The Last Boy Scout” but it would have been the third Bruce Willis movie mentioned here. I mean, he is not that good of an actor, right? I had no other option but to “settle” for this one. Not that it doesn’t deserve the mention, Mel Gibson is funny as hell as Martin Riggs. **Matrix, The** –Superlative. Sits alongside God in Movie Heaven. **Nothing Hill** –one of the best romantic comedies ever. I even liked Julia Roberts’ character. Now, that truly says it all. **Overboard** –Kurt Russell made this movie. Made me laugh my ass off. **Princess Bride, The** –My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die. ’Nuff said. **Quo Vadis? The Quest?** –somehow I haven’t watched movies under the Q file. The closest I came to viewing anything related to that letter was James Bond. So, in honor of the recently deceased Q–Desmond Llewelyn–I postulate **The World is not enough**. **Raiders of the Lost Ark** –had to fit Indy in here somewhere. **Star Wars** –in this or any other galaxy, this movie rocks. Completes the triumvirate of greatest movies ever. **Top Gun** –cool planes, great music, Kelly McGilis and Meg Ryan .Oh yeah, Maverick is cool too. **Undersiege** –were those really Erika Eleniak’s breasts? **Victory** –I liked it a lot, but should have been able to come with something better. **War Games** –Mathew Broderick’s movies were so cool back in the 80’s. Loved Ferris Bueller too. **X-men** –Oh, Halle Berry! Hey, wait a minute, how come there wasn’t a mutant who could claim absolute control of farts as his primary mutant power? **Y** –Y can’t I think of any movie that fits this category? **Z** –ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ. Opps! Sorry, I was taking a nap. Anyway, I don’t like this letter and refuse to watch any movies starting with it. **Much to my dismay these all time greats had to be obviated** Beverly Hills Cop The man in the Iron Mask The Rock Speed Stargate **Confession** I have to admit I cheated a little bit. After reading some of the previous posts I changed: Jerry McFuckin’ Guire for Jurassic Park Point Break for The Princess Bride BTW, **Kilt** I must praise your movie taste. You have some really nice selections on that list of yours. ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/12 "2000-10-14T05:58:32Z")
Did I just post this? > [@](#): > > Good Will Hunting–profound and introspective analysis of **physiological** conflicts afflicting a supremely intelligent dudester. Had they not cast Minnie Driver it would have been even better. P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. Off to bed now. ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/13 "2000-10-14T06:13:30Z")
D’oh! I forgot an entry for O. I’ll pick October Sky. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/14 "2000-10-14T11:43:38Z")
A- (The) American President B- Braveheart C-(The) Color Purple D- Dangereous Liasons E- Empire of the Sun F- Fiddler On the Rood G- Good Will Hunting H-(The)Hudsucker Proxy I- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade J- Jerry Maguire K- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy L-(The) Last of the Mohicans M- Much Ado About Nothing N- Natural Born Killers O- On the Waterfront P- (The) Princess Bride Q- Quo Vadis R- Rain Man S- (The) Shawshank Redemption T- Taxi Driver U- Urban Cowboy V- Vertigo W- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown X- Xanadu Y- Young Frankenstein Z- Zelig That was tougher than I though. Whew. Make me think at 7 AM on a Saturday. I’ll get you one of these days. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/15 "2000-10-15T03:59:34Z")
Not getting as much response here as I’d hoped. Dammit, people, this is democracy in action. Get out and vote. In the hope of getting some more responses I’ve crossposted this on the [F3 board](http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000192.html). Anyway, another bump and another day’s totals. Hopefully, this will pick up some once the weekend’s over. The Adventures of Robin Hood Aliens All about Eve All the President’s Men All Quiet on the Western Front The American President Annie Hall Armageddon Army Of Darkness Braveheart (2) Bringing Up Baby (2) Back to the Future Better Off Dead Blade Runner Blazing Saddles Blue Angel Citizen Kane (2) Casablanca The Commitments The Color Purple Conan the Barbarian Cool Hand Luke Crimson Tide Crumb Duck Soup (2) Dangerous Liasons Dark City The Dark Crystal Dark Star Die Hard Doctor Strangelove Dogma Exotica (2) East of Eden Eat Drink Man Woman Educating Rita Empire of the Sun Enter the Dragon Evil Dead II Executive Decision Fargo Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control Fiddler On the Rood Field of Dreams Floundering Forrest Gump Fort Apache Frankenstein From Here to Eternity The Godfather (3) Gone With the Wind (2) Good Will Hunting (2) Goodfellas (2) Help (2) Hearts and Souls Heathers High Noon Highlander His Girl Friday The Hudsucker Proxy The Hustler In the Heat of the Night (2) Independence Day (2) Ice Station Zebra The Ice Storm Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiscreet It’s a Wonderful Life Jumanji (2) Jane Eyre Jaws Jerry Maguire Jesus’ Son Jet Pilot Julius Caesar Jurassic Park The Killing Fields (3) King Kong (1933) (3) Kalifornia Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy The Last of the Mohicans Laura Lethal Weapon Life of Brian The Lion in Winter Liquid Sky Little Big Man Living In Oblivion The Lost World (1925) The Maltese Falcon (2) M The Matrix Men In Black Moonstruck Monty Python and the Holy Grail Much Ado About Nothing Mumford Natural Born Killers (2) North by Northwest (2) Naked Nanook of the North Nashville The Nightmare Before Christmas Notting Hill On the Waterfront (2) October Sky One Crazy Summer One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Othello (1952) The Other Overboard The Princess Bride (3) Pulp Fiction (3) Papillon Patton Pierre le Fou Quo Vadis (3) Quadrophenia Querelle The Quick And The Dead The Quiller Memorandum Raging Bull Raiders of the Lost Ark Rain Rain Man Rear Window The Right Stuff Rob Roy Roshamon Run Lola Run Star Wars (3) Secrets and Lies 7 Faces of Dr. Lao The Shawshank Redemption Singin’ in the Rain Some Like It Hot Spartacus Taxi Driver Thin Blue line The Thirty-Nine Steps Tom Jones Top Gun Trainspotting Treasure of the Sierra Madre 12 Monkeys Unforgiven (3) The Usual Suspects (3) Under Siege Urban Cowboy Urgh! A Music War Vertigo (3) Valley Girl Victor/Victoria Victory Victory at Sea The Vikings Virgin Spring War Games We’re No Angels (1955) What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Where Eagles Dare Wild in the Streets The Wild One Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown X-Men (3) Xanadu (2) X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes X: The Unheard Music Young Frankenstein (3) The Year of Living Dangerously (2) Yojimbo (2) Yellow Submarine Zelig (3) Z (2) Zentropa Zorro, the Gay Blade Quasar, I’m throwing out _I Know What You Did Last Summer_ and _The World is Not Enough_ because they don’t start with the letter you claim they do. Kilt-wearin’, I also threw out _Troops_ and _Wallace and Grommit_. For what it’s worth, I personally enjoyed all four nominees, but as Mason said to Dixon “You’ve got to draw the line somewhere.” ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sue)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/16 "2000-10-15T05:01:13Z")
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**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/17 "2000-10-15T09:59:47Z")
Vote early, **VOTE OFTEN?** American Grafitti Bringing Up Baby Charly Doctor Zhivago The Exorcist Fear Strikes Out The Good, the Bad & the Ugly How Green was My Valley Inherit the Wind The Jim Thorpe Story Kramer vs Kramer The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean Mighty Joe Young The Natural Of Mice and Men Pride of the Yankees The Quiet Man Reservoir Dogs Ship of Fools Them! Used Cars Village of the Damned Willard X the Unknown (Brit SF: a so-so movie, but reaching here) The Young Lions Zulu ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/18 "2000-10-15T17:07:52Z")
**Little Nemo** The **I know what you did last summer** and **The World is not Enough** inclusions were meant as jokes. I apologize for my lack of seriousness. ::Goes to an isolated corner to shamefully reflect on what he did:: Since I need to make up for that I hereby present my real proposals for K and Q: **Kundun** : the life of a Buddhist monk; now, that is an exciting way to spend your existence. **Quick and the dead, The** : great western. Includes Sharon Stone when she used to be hot. No matter that she didn’t get naked, she has done that so many times I don’t have to see her actual stuff to adequately visualize it in my mind. I previously wrote: > [@](#): > > **Y** –Y can’t I think of any movie that adequately fits this category? Well, I just did: **You’ve got mail** : which leads me to wonder: Could I have met a doper IRL without actually knowing who he/she was? I also had a problem coming up with a decent Z-based movie: > [@](#): > > **Z** –ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ. Opps! Sorry, I was taking a nap. Anyway, I don’t like this letter and refuse to watch any movies starting with it. In retrospect, that is a very narrow minded attitude so I will give it a shot. But before I do let me stress the fact that I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I have a hunch I will like it. I have an infallible **Sixth Sense** that allows me to know in advance whether I will like a flick or not. So my vote goes for: **Zero Effect** : yes, I happen to like Bill Pullman movies. **ID4, While you were sleeping, Casper** , to name a few. Extrapolating from that I should enjoy this one. One final note, **Little Nemo** : Can I make a change on one of my previous selections? I can not believe I forgot about **Outbreak** , one of my favorites movies of all time. It makes **Overboard** seem like a huge piece of crap, make that a hysterically funny piece of crap. Since I seem to be providing absurd commentaries to “justify” my nominations, allow me to comment a bit on it. **Outbreak** : that monkey was a great actor. He should have won an Oscar for best animal characterization. Besides the monkey’s obvious histrionic abilities, Rene Russo’s display of feminine beauty is also worth mentioning. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/19 "2000-10-16T04:22:39Z")
Okay, if we don’t get a big Monday rush of votes, I’m going to close the polls and start declaring winners. Quasar, no problem with the late entries. In fact, I’m changing one of mine as well; a conversation today reminded me of the movie _Quest for Fire_, so _Quadrophenia_’s out.For what it’s worth, I have seen _The Zero Effect_ and it’s a good movie, although I’m more a fan of Ben Stiller than Bill Pullman. OrcaChow, your zeal is inspirational. I now know how JFK felt when he got the Illinois returns. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/20 "2000-10-16T12:29:21Z")
\*Annie Hall Bull Durham Citizen Kane Die Hard The Empire strikes back Fargo Goodfellas House of Games In the company of men Jumanji Kids in the hall: Brain Candy The Longest Day The Manchurian Canidate North by Northwest One flew over the Coocoo’s nest Pulp fiction Q & A Raising Arizona Saving Prvt Ryan Twelve Monkeys Usual Suspects Vertigo The Wall X-files Young Frankenstien The Zero Effect [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759.md?page=2)