# The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 2B Best of the Rest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [September 28, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445 "2026-09-28T12:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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 28, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/1 "2026-09-28T12:52:11Z")
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**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 28, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/2 "2026-09-28T13:43:34Z")
There are many fewer pairs in this matchup that i can vote in than in the other. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/3 "2026-09-28T13:52:16Z")
That makes sense. Many of these lost the first poll because not everybody had seen or heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/4 "2026-09-28T14:01:13Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/5 "2026-09-28T17:10:11Z")
Yep, I was surprised how many I couldn’t actually vote on… ---
**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 28, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445/6 "2026-09-28T17:29:10Z")
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).