# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/21 "2000-10-16T12:37:29Z")
It might be interesting to also see the ages of each poster. The difference in these lists is pretty dramatic and I can’t help but wondering if it isn’t age-related. ---
**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 17, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/22 "2000-10-17T06:18:04Z")
Awww, c’mon, Wallace and Gromit even won an Academy Award (or at least “A Grand Day Out” did… What’s wrong with you people? Nominating Citizen Kane over Conan the Barbarian??? Yeesh!!! Seriously, though, I’m actually baffled by the number of people who nominated Exotica. I saw it. I got really really bored. Was there a plot anywhere in that movie? I’ll admit, I nominated a few that are just fun movies and don’t have much by way of “greatness” (Can anyone say Independence Day?), but could someone tell me what makes Exotica qualify for your lists? ---
**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 17, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/23 "2000-10-17T17:50:50Z")
I regarded _Exotica_ as being like a mystery. Not in the sense of trying to figure out who killed the vicar but in the sense of trying to figure out why the caharacters were acting the way they did. Even after you’ve seen the complete movie and some questions are answered, others remain unsolved for the viewer to answer for himself. That’s why this movie is a favorite of mine. Well, that and the schoolgirl stripper motif. As for Wallace and Grommit, if it makes you feel better I’ll accept _The Wrong Trousers_ as being a movie (although at 30 minutes I think that’s stretching the definition). But if you want _A Grand Day Out_ or _A Close Shave_, then _Gone with the Wind_ and _Conan the Barbarian_ will have to go. Annie Hall (2) The Adventures of Robin Hood Aliens All about Eve All the President’s Men All Quiet on the Western Front The American President Armageddon Army Of Darkness Braveheart (2) Bringing Up Baby (2) Back to the Future Better Off Dead Blade Runner Blazing Saddles Blue Angel Bull Durham Citizen Kane (3) Casablanca The Commitments The Color Purple Conan the Barbarian Cool Hand Luke Crimson Tide Crumb Die Hard (2) Duck Soup (2) Dangerous Liasons Dark City The Dark Crystal Dark Star Doctor Strangelove Dogma Exotica (2) East of Eden Eat Drink Man Woman Educating Rita Empire of the Sun The Empire Strikes Back Enter the Dragon Evil Dead II Executive Decision Fargo (2) 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) Goodfellas (3) Gone With the Wind (2) Good Will Hunting (2) Help (2) Hearts and Souls Heathers High Noon Highlander His Girl Friday House of Games The Hudsucker Proxy The Hustler In the Heat of the Night (2) Independence Day (2) Ice Station Zebra The Ice Storm In the Company of Men Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiscreet It’s a Wonderful Life Jumanji (3) Jane Eyre Jaws Jerry Maguire Jesus’ Son Jet Pilot Julius Caesar Jurassic Park The Killing Fields (3) King Kong (1933) (3) Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (2) Kalifornia Kundun The Last of the Mohicans Laura Lethal Weapon Life of Brian The Lion in Winter Liquid Sky Little Big Man Living In Oblivion The Longest Day The Lost World (1925) The Maltese Falcon (2) M The Manchurian Canidate The Matrix Men In Black Moonstruck Monty Python and the Holy Grail Much Ado About Nothing Mumford North by Northwest (3) Natural Born Killers (2) Naked Nanook of the North Nashville The Nightmare Before Christmas Notting Hill On the Waterfront (2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (2) October Sky One Crazy Summer Othello (1952) The Other Outbreak Pulp Fiction (4) The Princess Bride (3) Papillon Patton Pierre le Fou Quo Vadis (3) The Quick And The Dead (2) Q & A Querelle Quest for Fire The Quiller Memorandum Raging Bull Raiders of the Lost Ark Rain Rain Man Raising Arizona Rear Window The Right Stuff Rob Roy Roshamon Run Lola Run Star Wars (3) Saving Private Ryan Secrets and Lies 7 Faces of Dr. Lao The Shawshank Redemption Singin’ in the Rain Some Like It Hot Spartacus 12 Monkeys (2) Taxi Driver Thin Blue line The Thirty-Nine Steps Tom Jones Top Gun Trainspotting Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Usual Suspects (4) Unforgiven (3) Under Siege Urban Cowboy Urgh! A Music War Vertigo (4) Valley Girl Victor/Victoria Victory Victory at Sea The Vikings Virgin Spring The Wall 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 The Wrong Trousers X-Men (3) Xanadu (2) X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes X: The Unheard Music The X-Files Young Frankenstein (4) The Year of Living Dangerously (2) Yojimbo (2) Yellow Submarine You’ve Got Mail Zelig (3) Z (2) The Zero Effect (2) Zentropa Zorro, the Gay Blade ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/24 "2000-10-20T07:48:43Z")
Apartment, The Bad Day at Black Rock Christmas in July Dead of Night (1945) Enforcer, The (1951) Foreign Correspondent Great McGinty, The Hard Days Night, A It’s a Gift Jules and Jim Killers, The (1946) Lavender Hill Mob, The Magnificent Amberons, The Never Give a Sucker an Even Break One, Two, Three Picture of Dorian Gray, The Quiet Man, The Roaring Twenties, The Sullivan’s Travels Third Man, The Uninvited, The (1944) Vera Cruz Way Out West X (The Man with X-ray Eyes) Yearling, The Zul ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/25 "2000-10-20T07:50:35Z")
That last one should be “Zulu”. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/26 "2000-10-20T14:31:40Z")
Thank you kawliga. “Help” has two vote, and “Hard Day’s Night” didn’t have any? Does this make sense? ---
**Author:** ![rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockstar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/27 "2000-10-20T21:21:34Z")
This should be fun: American Beauty Brazil Cube Dick Entropy Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Grosse Point Blank Head I Shot Andy Warhol Jerk Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Labyrinth Magnolia North by Northwest Office Space Psycho Quiz Show Rope Swimming with Sharks Trainspotting Usual Suspects Velvet Goldmine Woodstock X-Men Yellow Submarine And I don’t know if I have ever seen much less liked a movie that started with “Z”. ---
**Author:** ![Fezzik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fezzik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fezzik)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/28 "2000-10-20T21:30:29Z")
I clearly need to go out and see more movies that start with odd letters! (The only “O” movie I can remember seeing is “Outbreak,” which just wasn’t that good.) Aliens Brazil Contact Die Hard Empire Strikes Back, The Fargo Great Escape, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Jaws K (none) Life is Beautiful Matrix, The Natural, The O (none) Princess Bride, The Q (none) Raiders of the Lost Ark Sting, The Twelve Monkeys Usual Suspects, The Victory Wrong Trousers, The X-Men Young Frankenstein Z (none) ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/29 "2000-10-21T12:11:54Z")
Aliens Braveheart Casino Dogma Edward Scissorhands Fargo Goodfellas Heat Insider Jurassic Park Kentucky Fried Movie Last of the Mohicans Midnight Run New Jack City Once Upon a Time in America Pulp Fiction Q (none) Reservoir Dogs Suicide Kings Tree’s Lounge Usual Suspects Very Bad Things With Honors X-Men Young Einstein Zebrahead ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/30 "2000-10-21T12:48:28Z")
Au Hasard Balthazar Black Narcissus Casablanca La Dolce Vita The Earrings of Madame de… Footlight Parade The General (Keaton) His Girl Friday I Was Born, but… La Jetee Kind Hearts and Coronets The Lady Eve Man’s Castle A Night at the Opera Ordet Pinocchio The Quiet Man Red Sorghum The Seven Samurai 2001: A Space Odyssey Underground Vertigo The Wild Bunch Xala Yol Zelig ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/31 "2000-10-21T19:59:32Z")
It should be interesting to see if I can even come up with something for each letter…especially whilst I weep for my pathetic Illinois football team… A: Army of Darkness B: Bull Durham C: Caddyshack D: Dogma E: The Empire Strikes Back F: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off G: Ghostbusters H: Hudson Hawk. (Yeah, I know. It’s funny. Screw you guys 🙂 I: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade J: Johnny Dangerously K: Kingpin (for lack of any other ideas) L: The Life of Brian M: Manos: Hands of Fate (but only the MST3K version. I wouldn’t dare watch the regular version. Again, at least) Or, for a real choice - The Matrix N: The Naked Gun. I guess. O: One Crazy Summer P: The Princess Bride Q: Quadrophenia R: Return of the Jedi S: South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut T: This is Spinal Tap U: UHF (Yeah, the Weird Al one. So, I’m sick. Deal 🙂 V: Virtuoaity (for lack of any competition) W: The Wall X: The X-files, unopposed… Y: You Only Live Twice (had to get a Bond film on here…) Z: Zero Effect So, there you go. Certainly not paragons of movie quality, but enough to waste many happy weekends… ---
**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 22, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759/32 "2000-10-22T04:26:28Z")
It looks like my self-pitying remark on the music thread has produced some results. Aliens (3) Annie Hall (2) Army Of Darkness (2) The Adventures of Robin Hood All about Eve All the President’s Men All Quiet on the Western Front American Beauty The American President The Apartment Armageddon Au Hasard Balthazar Braveheart (3) Brazil (2) Bringing Up Baby (2) Bull Durham (2) Bad Day at Black Rock Back to the Future Better Off Dead Black Narcissus Blade Runner Blazing Saddles Blue Angel Citizen Kane (3) Casablanca (2) Caddyshack Casino Christmas in July The Commitments The Color Purple Conan the Barbarian Contact Cool Hand Luke Crimson Tide Crumb Cube Die Hard (3) Dogma (3) Duck Soup (2) Dangerous Liasons Dark City The Dark Crystal Dark Star Dead of Night (1945) Dick Doctor Strangelove La Dolce Vita The Empire Strikes Back (3) Exotica (2) East of Eden The Earrings of Madame de… Eat Drink Man Woman Educating Rita Dogma Edward Scissorhands Empire of the Sun The Enforcer (1951) Enter the Dragon Entropy Evil Dead II Executive Decision Fargo (4) Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Dogma The Empire Strikes Back Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Fiddler On the Rood Field of Dreams Floundering Footlight Parade Foreign Correspondent Forrest Gump Fort Apache Frankenstein From Here to Eternity Goodfellas (4) The Godfather (3) Gone With the Wind (2) Good Will Hunting (2) The General Ghostbusters The Great Escape The Great McGinty Grosse Point Blank Help (2) His Girl Friday (2) The Hudsucker Proxy (2) A Hard Days Night Head Hearts and Souls Heat Heathers High Noon Highlander House of Games Hudson Hawk The Hustler Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (3) In the Heat of the Night (2) Independence Day (2) I Shot Andy Warhol I Was Born, but… Ice Station Zebra The Ice Storm In the Company of Men Indiscreet Insider It’s a Gift It’s a Wonderful Life Jumanji (3) Jaws (2) Jurassic Park (2) Jane Eyre Jerk Jerry Maguire Jesus’ Son Jet Pilot La Jetee Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Johnny Dangerously Jules and Jim Julius Caesar Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (3) The Killing Fields (3) King Kong (1933) (3) Kalifornia Kentucky Fried Movie The Killers (1946) Kind Hearts and Coronets Kingpin Kundun The Last of the Mohicans (I assume the 1992 version) (2) Life of Brian (2) Labyrinth The Lady Eve Laura The Lavender Hill Mob Lethal Weapon Life is Beautiful The Lion in Winter Liquid Sky Little Big Man Living In Oblivion The Longest Day The Lost World (1925) The Matrix (3) The Maltese Falcon (2) M The Magnificent Ambersons Magnolia Man’s Castle The Manchurian Canidate Men In Black Midnight Run Moonstruck Monty Python and the Holy Grail Much Ado About Nothing Mumford North by Northwest (4) Natural Born Killers (2) Naked The Naked Gun Nanook of the North Nashville The Natural Never Give a Sucker an Even Break New Jack City A Night at the Opera The Nightmare Before Christmas Notting Hill On the Waterfront (2) One Crazy Summer (2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (2) October Sky North by Northwest Office Space Once Upon a Time in America One, Two, Three Ordet Othello (1952) The Other Outbreak The Princess Bride (5) Pulp Fiction (5) Papillon Patton The Picture of Dorian Gray Pierre le Fou Pinocchio Psycho Quo Vadis (3) The Quick And The Dead (2) The Quiet Man (2) Q & A Quadrophenia Querelle Quest for Fire The Quiller Memorandum Quiz Show Raiders of the Lost Ark (2) Raging Bull Rain Rain Man Raising Arizona Rear Window Red Sorghum Reservoir Dogs Return of the Jedi The Right Stuff The Roaring Twenties Rob Roy Rope Roshamon Run Lola Run Star Wars (3) Saving Private Ryan Secrets and Lies 7 Faces of Dr. Lao The Seven Samurai The Shawshank Redemption Singin’ in the Rain Some Like It Hot South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Spartacus The Sting Suicide Kings Sullivan’s Travels Swimming with Sharks 12 Monkeys (3) Trainspotting (2) Taxi Driver Thin Blue line The Third Man The Thirty-Nine Steps This is Spinal Tap Tom Jones Top Gun Treasure of the Sierra Madre Tree’s Lounge 2001: A Space Odyssey The Usual Suspects (7) Unforgiven (3) UHF Under Siege Underground The Uninvited (1944) Urban Cowboy Urgh! A Music War Vertigo (5) Victory (2) Valley Girl Velvet Goldmine Vera Cruz Usual Suspects Very Bad Things Victor/Victoria Victory at Sea The Vikings Virgin Spring Virtuosity The Wall (2) The Wrong Trousers (2) War Games Way Out West We’re No Angels (1955) What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Where Eagles Dare Wild in the Streets The Wild Bunch The Wild One Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory With Honors Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Woodstock X-Men (6) X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (2) The X-Files (2) Xanadu (2) X: The Unheard Music Xala Young Frankenstein (5) The Year of Living Dangerously (2) Yellow Submarine (2) Yojimbo (2) The Yearling Yol You Only Live Twice You’ve Got Mail Young Einstein Zelig (4) The Zero Effect (3) Z (2) Zebrahead Zentropa Zorro, the Gay Blade Zulu [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a2z-movie-hall-of-fame/36759.md?page=1)