The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 2B Best of the Rest {Polls closing at Noon EDT, 2026-01-10}

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Match 1
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Madagascar II
0 voters
Match 2
  • Dumbo (1941)
  • Snatch
0 voters
Match 3
  • Who’s Harry Crumb
  • Dinner for Schmucks
0 voters
Match 4
  • Persuasion (1995)
  • Bikini Beach
0 voters
Match 5
  • It Follows
  • Kiss the Blood off my Hands
0 voters
Match 6
  • Toy Story
  • Beat the Devil
0 voters
Match 7
  • The Usual Suspects
  • Out of the Past
0 voters
Match 8
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Anger Management
0 voters
Match 9
  • Repo Man
  • Lost Highway
0 voters
Match 10
  • North by Northwest
  • Last Year at Marienbad
0 voters
Match 11
  • The Matrix
  • North Dallas Forty
0 voters
Match 12
  • The Longest Day
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
0 voters
Match 13
  • Stalker (1979)
  • Queen Christina
0 voters
Match 14
  • Trainspotting
  • Oscar
0 voters
Match 15
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Evil Dead 2
0 voters
Match 16
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster (AKA Monster Zero)
0 voters
Match 17
  • Leon: The Professional (AKA The Professional)
  • The Gray Man (2022)
0 voters
Match 18
  • Spaced Invaders
  • Double Indemnity
0 voters
Match 19
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Zulu
0 voters
Match 20
  • Grease
  • Kiss Me Deadly
0 voters
Match 21
  • Help!
  • Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
0 voters
Match 22
  • Apollo 13
  • Persona
0 voters
Match 23
  • Les Misérables
  • Naked Lunch
0 voters
Match 24
  • Star Wars: A New Hope
  • Mildred Pierce
0 voters
Match 25
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • All That Jazz
0 voters
Match 26
  • Bad Santa
  • Moonrise Kingdom
0 voters
Match 27
  • Hobson’s Choise
  • On Golden Pond
0 voters
Match 28
  • Top Hat (1935)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)
0 voters
Match 29
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Rain Man
0 voters
Match 30
  • True Grit (2010)
  • Come and Get It
0 voters
Match 31
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Bottle Shock
0 voters
Match 32
  • Weekend at Bernie’s
  • Before Sunrise
0 voters
Match 33
  • A Good Year
  • Swordsman II (1992)
0 voters
Match 34
  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
0 voters
Match 35
  • Bruce Almighty
  • Kongo (1932)
0 voters
Match 36
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
0 voters
Match 37
  • Cold Mountain
  • Notorious
0 voters
Match 38
  • Goodfellas
  • Layer Cake
0 voters
Match 39
  • My Man Godfrey
  • Winter’s Bone
0 voters
Match 40
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Greyhound
0 voters
Match 41
  • Amarcord
  • Return of the Living Dead
0 voters
Match 42
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Old Henry
0 voters
Match 43
  • Breathless (1960)
  • A Midnight Clear
0 voters
Match 44
  • The Cocoanuts
  • Papillon
0 voters
Match 45
  • Mostly Martha (AKA Bella Martha)
  • Tootsie
0 voters
Match 46
  • Paul (2011)
  • The Shining
0 voters
Match 47
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • To Have and Have Not
0 voters
Match 48
  • My Cousin Vinnie
  • A League of their Own
0 voters
Match 49
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Hot Fuzz
0 voters
Match 50
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)
  • The Oxbow Incident
0 voters
Match 51
  • Big Wednesday
  • Strange Cargo (1940)
0 voters
Match 52
  • Locke
  • The Little Girl That Lives Down the Lane
0 voters
Match 53
  • 12 Monkeys
  • Poltergeist
0 voters
Match 54
  • Goldfinger
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
0 voters
Match 55
  • Father Goose
  • Arthur
0 voters
Match 56
  • Rashomon
  • Bull Durham
0 voters
Match 57
  • Sleuth (1972)
  • The Outfit (2022)
0 voters
Match 58
  • Galaxy Quest
  • Braveheart
0 voters
Match 59
  • The Producers
  • Sideways
0 voters
Match 60
  • Road House (1989)
  • Christmas Vacation
0 voters
Match 61
  • The Deer Hunter
  • The Emperor’s New Groove
0 voters
Match 62
  • Phantom of the Paradise
  • Contact
0 voters
Match 63
  • The Castle
  • Inception
0 voters
Match 64
  • 12 Angry Men
  • The Cabin in the Woods
0 voters
The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 2A Winners Bracket {Polls closing at Noon EDT, 2026-01-10}
The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 1 The Great 128 [voting in this round closed]
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There are many fewer pairs in this matchup that i can vote in than in the other.

3

That makes sense. Many of these lost the first poll because not everybody had seen or heard of them.

4

Yep. In this poll I’d seen both films in maybe 12 cases. In several of those cases I couldn’t remember the films well enough to choose. In several more the films were too close to call (and not strong enough contenders to think about at length).

5

Yep, I was surprised how many I couldn’t actually vote on…

6

The criteria are fairly subjective for everyone, but my own guideline with 2 films I haven’t seen is simply, which one would I rather see (and my watchlist has grown as a result). A lot of the ones I haven’t seen, I have at least heard of and there is usually a reason I haven’t seen it (e.g. Return of the Living Dead).

7

Mildred Pierce’s 22% is pretty impressive against Star Wars.

8

I’m very glad to see all 3 Star Trek movies winning.

9

Goodfellas and Layer Cake would be a great double feature.

10

I remain heartbroken that Old Henry isn’t doing better. I suspect not many have seen it. It is to me one of the best Westerns ever made.

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I’m absolutely giddy that Annette and Frankie are giving Jane Austin a ride for her money.

12

I have not seen it.

13

The Mouse-Over was hard enough for me to understand.

And how the Hell Long did it take you to make this post???

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A 64 match post takes about 90 minutes between building the polls and proofreading.

15

None in this poll, and only one in round 2A.

16

I’d never even heard of it.

17

Or in a few cases, voting against the one I don’t want to see.

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Old Henry got my vote in the first round (going against a well known film I didn’t care for), but not in this round. Based on my one watching it had more integrity than 97% of westerns, but the first 2/3s were slow, and I thought Henry did some disturbingly dumb stuff.

He moseyed around his porch when there could have been riflemen in the hills, and the big face-off seemed ill-advised. The last third had some Hollywood superhero vibes.

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Anyone opposed to closing the polls at 12 Noon Eastern time today?

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all Polls now closed. Tallying the scores