# The Great SDMB Movie Poll Round 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, great-movie-poll\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520 "2026-10-01T18:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **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:** [October 5, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/21 "2026-10-05T12:59:56Z")
OK, polls are now closing. Results may take me a bit as I’m working 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 5, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/22 "2026-10-05T15:07:00Z")
Round 3 results are in. Here are the 64 movies eliminated in Round 3 with final rankings: 129 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 130 Apocalypse Now 131 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 132 A Clockwork Orange 133 Tootsie 134 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971 135 It’s a Wonderful Life 136 Taxi Driver 137 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 138 Christmas Vacation 139 Top Secret! 140 Top Gun 141 Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 142 Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit 143 Vertigo 144 Notorious 145 King Kong (1933) 146 The Third Man 147 Silverado 148 You Only Live Twice 149 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 150 Captain America: The First Avenger 151 The Abyss 152 Touch of Evil 153 Sixteen Candles 154 Tombstone 155 From Russia With Love 156 In Bruges 157 Princess Mononoke 158 Witness for the Prosecution 159 The Oxbow Incident 160 Rat Race 161 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 162 Murder by Death 163 Clash of the Titans (1981) 164 Dumbo (1941) 165 Some Like It Hot 166 Pretty in Pink 167 Contact 168 Rock and Roll High School 169 Silver Linings Playbook 170 Weekend at Bernie’s 171 Reservoir Dogs 172 Gran Torino 173 Trainspotting 174 Les Misérables (2012) 175 Bruce Almighty 176 Charade 177 The Searchers 178 It follows 179 Pygmalion 180 Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 181 Breathless (1960) 182 A Good Year 183 RocknRolla 184 The Descendants 185 The Drop (2014) 186 Stalker (1979) 187 Who’s Harry Crumb 188 Persuasion (1995) 189 The Little Girl That Lives Down The Lane 190 The Package 191 Free Solo 192 Big Wednesday ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/23 "2026-10-05T15:09:26Z")
And here are the 64 films moving on to Round 4 to face off against the winners of Round 2A: 1 The Silence of the Lambs 2 Star Wars: A New Hope 3 Saving Private Ryan 4 Goodfellas 5 The Matrix 6 Galaxy Quest 7 12 Angry Men 8 Goldfinger 9 My Cousin Vinnie 10 The Birds 11 Good Will Hunting 12 Apollo 13 13 Toy Story 14 Fargo 15 Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure 16 True Grit (2010) 17 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 18 Almost Famous 19 Rain Main 20 The Thing (1982) 21 The Adventures of Robin Hood 22 12 Monkeys 23 The Usual Suspects 24 The Shining 25 The Producers 26 Double Indemnity 27 The Longest Day 28 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 29 Inglourious Basterds 30 Grosse Pointe Blank 31 North By Northwest 32 Master and Commander 33 Inception 34 The Exorcist (1973) 35 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 36 LA Confidential 37 Shaun of the Dead 38 The Dirty Dozen 39 To Kill a Mockingbird 40 The Deer Hunter 41 Grease 42 Rashomon 43 The Caine Mutiny 44 Fight Club 45 His Girl Friday 46 Repo Man 47 Arthur 48 What’s Up Doc? 49 Leon: The Professional (AKA The Professional) 50 A Room With A View 51 Support Your Local Sheriff 52 Slap Shot 53 Moonrise Kingdom 54 La Femme Nikita 55 The Apartment 56 Wait Until Dark 57 The Cocoanuts 58 On Golden Pond 59 Return of the Living Dead 60 The Quiet Man 61 My Man Godfrey 62 Sleuth (1972) 63 The Hangover 64 Endless Summer ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/24 "2026-10-05T15:18:23Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Sigh. I keep finding myself voting against _Fargo_, even though it’s one of my favorite movies. I guess by definition I was bound to be disappointed either way, but I am astonished that _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ lost in this round. It is by far the best _Star Trek_ movie that has ever been made. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/25 "2026-10-05T15:36:25Z")
I disagree. Star Trek IV (The Whales) was the best and most successful. Lots of humor and outside of the time travel special effect, has aged very well. Also Galaxy Quest is better, so clearly I like the ones with a lot of humor. Wrath of Khan is #3 in my opinion. Part of Wrath of Khan not aging well, is Spock’s death can never have the impact it did the first time. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520/26 "2026-10-05T16:45:45Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Star Trek IV (The Whales) was the best and most successful. Lots of humor and outside of the time travel special effect, has aged very well. Also Galaxy Quest is better, so clearly I like the ones with a lot of humor. Wrath of Khan is #3 in my opinion. _Star Trek IV_ was fun, but crossed the line into campiness, IMHO. And besides the time travel silliness, you had “transparent aluminum,” Spock as a hippy, “where are the nuclear wessels?”, mind-melding with whales… But again, it was definitely a fun movie. Although not as dramatic and moving as TWoK, in my opinion. I’d rank the three movies you mentioned as follows: 1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 2. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 3. Galaxy Quest [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-3/1033520.md?page=1)