# The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 2A Winners Bracket {Polls closing at Noon EDT, 2026-01-10} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, great-movie-poll\ **Created:** [September 27, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422 "2026-09-27T18:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/21 "2026-09-29T14:57:38Z")
I consider _The Big Lebowski_ one of my all-time favorites. _O Brother_ is on my list of favorites, but often gets forgotten (to wit, I neglected to nominate it, and probably should have). _The Hudsucker Proxy_ has one glaring flaw - Tim Robbins. I just can’t stand the guy. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/22 "2026-09-29T15:06:43Z")
Funny, part of my problem with Fargo is William Macy, he generally detracts from films for me except _Mystery Men_ and _Pleasantville_. Actually _Mystery Men_ shouldn’t work for me with 2 actors that generally I dislike in films, Macy & Ben Stiller. Somehow they were really great in this one. As to Tim Robbins, I generally like him. Great in Shawshank, did the job in Bull Durham, I thought he was excellent in Hudsucker. Very solid in The Player. More recently, a very good job on Silo. Most of the time he just does the job, nothing special. He isn’t the reason Tapeheads or Erik the Viking worked for me, but he also didn’t hurt them at all. He is somewhat forgettable at times, I forgot he was in Five Corners, an underrated movie. Anyone could have replaced him in I.Q., which was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/23 "2026-09-29T15:09:18Z")
I feel the same way about Macy and he’s probably largely responsible for why I’m so on the fence about _Fargo_. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/24 "2026-09-29T15:14:50Z")
I just added a new tag for these threads: #great-movie-poll Between us we’ll have to remember to add it as the new rounds go up. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/25 "2026-09-29T15:16:35Z")
Thanks for that - I’ll try to remember. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/26 "2026-09-29T15:29:35Z")
Some tough choices. The easiest for me was _Good Will Hunting_ (love it) over _Ghostbusters_ (hate it). Surprised to see I’m in the minority for that one. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/27 "2026-09-29T15:43:08Z")
_Good Will Hunting_ is very good, _Ghostbusters_ is one of my all-time favorites. I love it. (Match #37) It was tough for me to not vote for Wait Until Dark, but Aliens is honestly the one I would rather watch and is perfect for a Sci-Fi action film. (Match #47) Rocky vs Little Shop of Horrors was tough, I’m currently on the losing side, but Rocky is a great movie. (Match #27) In Match 12, I’m surprised Das Boot is winning over To Kill a Mockingbird. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/28 "2026-09-29T15:52:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > In Match 12, I’m surprised Das Boot is winning over To Kill a Mockingbird. _To Kill a Mockingbird_ is a better movie, but it doesn’t lend itself to repeat viewings like a good thriller. If I were watching these for the first time, I’d pick _TKaM_. But as a rewatch, it’s definitely _Das Boot_. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/29 "2026-09-29T22:40:26Z")
My avatar is unhappy that The Martian is beating The Wrong Trousers. (And really — for real?) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/30 "2026-09-29T22:57:19Z")
I really liked the Martian, what I can’t understand is the love for Hail Mary. The lead really dragged down the movie and a lot of silly stuff. Ryan Gosling is no Matt Damon. Also, props to The Martian, Sean Bean got to live. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/31 "2026-09-30T04:55:05Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Some tough choices. The easiest for me was _Good Will Hunting_ (love it) over _Ghostbusters_ (hate it). Surprised to see I’m in the minority for that one. I’m with you. I loved good will hunting, and was a little bored by ghost busters. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/32 "2026-09-30T05:33:42Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I just added a new tag for these threads: #great-movie-poll Thank you! Match 2 – I’d never heard of _The Drop_, but I voted for it, purely as a vote against _The Princess Bride_. Same with Match 12 – voted against _The Big Lebowski_. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/33 "2026-09-30T15:08:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Match 2 – I’d never heard of _The Drop_, but I voted for it, purely as a vote against _The Princess Bride_. We just had a discussion of it in another thread, and I also voted for it over TPB having seen both. It’s a really dark little gem of a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/34 "2026-10-01T11:38:43Z")
Anyone opposed to closing the polls at Noon Eastern today? ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/35 "2026-10-01T16:09:53Z")
All Polls now closed. Tallying the votes ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/36 "2026-10-01T17:37:26Z")
Since the losers of this round will go on to face the winners of Round 2B in Round 3, I’ll post the 64 losers first. 65 Fargo 66 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 67 Apocalypse Now 68 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971 69 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 70 Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 71 Vertigo 72 Reservoir Dogs 73 To Kill a Mockingbird 74 Some Like It Hot 75 Top Gun 76 The Thing (1982) 77 The Searchers 78 Tombstone 79 The Abyss 80 Taxi Driver 81 The Silence of the Lambs 82 Shaun of the Dead 83 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 84 Silverado 85 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 86 Murder by Death 87 The Third Man 88 LA Confidential 89 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 90 Top Secret! 91 From Russia With Love 92 Charade 93 Good Will Hunting 94 The Caine Mutiny 95 In Bruges 96 Fight Club 97 Rock and Roll High School 98 The Birds 99 Gran Torino 100 You Only Live Twice 101 King Kong (1933) 102 Princess Mononoke 103 Master and Commander 104 The Dirty Dozen 105 Support Your Local Sheriff 106 A Room With A View 107 His Girl Friday 108 Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit 109 Almost Famous 110 What’s Up Doc? 111 Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 112 Rat Race 113 The Quiet Man 114 The Apartment 115 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 116 La Femme Nikita 117 The Hangover 118 Clash of the Titans (1981) 119 Pretty in Pink 120 Slap Shot 121 Pygmalion 122 Wait Until Dark 123 Endless Summer 124 The Descendants 125 The Package 126 The Drop (2014) 127 Free Solo 128 RocknRolla ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422/37 "2026-10-01T17:39:46Z")
Here are the 64 Winners of Round 2A. These films have a Bye in Round 3 and will face the R3 Winners in Round 4. 1 Raiders of the Lost Ark 2 The Princess Bride 3 Young Frankenstein 4 Dr. Strangelove 5 Casablanca 6 Jaws 7 The Maltese Falcon 8 The Shawshank Redemption 9 Blazing Saddles 10 The Terminator 11 Animal House 12 Airplane! 13 This Is Spinal Tap 14 Groundhog Day 15 Ghostbusters 16 Back to the Future 17 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 18 The Sting 19 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20 The Big Lebowski 21 Naked Gun 22 Lawrence of Arabia 23 The Godfather 24 Beetlejuice 25 The Blues Brothers 26 Office Space 27 Aliens 28 The Bridge on the River Kwai 29 2001: A Space Odyssey 30 The Great Escape 31 Pulp Fiction 32 The Magnificent Seven 33 Seven Samurai 34 Rocky 35 Breakfast Club 36 Unforgiven 37 The Fellowship of the Ring 38 All the President’s Men 39 The Return of the King 40 Schindler’s List 41 The Martian 42 Planes, Trains and Automobiles 43 The Godfather Part II 44 Harvey 45 The Hunt for Red October 46 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 47 Stand By Me 48 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 49 The Fifth Element 50 Clue 51 Best in Show 52 Das Boot 53 The Empire Strikes Back 54 The Bourne Identity (2002) 55 Citizen Kane 56 Animal Crackers 57 Forbidden Planet 58 Kill Bill Pts. 1 & 2 59 The Incredibles 60 Project Hail Mary 61 The Fugitive 62 Spirited Away 63 For a Few Dollars More 64 Breaker Morant [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2a-winners-bracket-polls-closing-at-noon-edt-2026-01-10/1033422.md?page=1)