# The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round of 16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, great-movie-poll\ **Created:** [October 15, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854 "2026-10-15T15:35:06Z")\ **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:** [October 15, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/1 "2026-10-15T15:35:06Z")
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**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 15, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/2 "2026-10-15T15:38:12Z")
Half of these were very tough. No surprise. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/3 "2026-10-15T15:42:09Z")
Shockingly, these were all easy choices for me. But several of my picks will never make it to the quarterfinals. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/4 "2026-10-15T15:49:50Z")
**#1** Raiders vs Ghostbusters are a pair of my all time favorites. #2 I picked Casablanca, a perfect movie over Terminator, but not easy. #3 Back to the Future over Dr. Strangelove was easy for me. #4 Shawshank over Lebowski was easy for me. **#5** Monty Python and the Holy Grail are a pair of my all time favorites. #6 Very easy one for me, The perfect Young Frankenstein over Empire Strikes Back. **#7** The Godfather vs Airplane! are a pair of my all time favorites. **#8** Blazing Saddles vs The Princess Bride are a pair of my all time favorites. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/5 "2026-10-15T16:03:48Z")
1 - I loved Ghostbusters when it came out. It didn’t age very well though. 2 - I’ve always thought Casablanca is highly overrated, and a recent rewatch confirmed this for me. 3 - Back to the Future didn’t age well either, but very little can hold a candle to Dr. Strangelove. It’s a frequent rewatch. 4 - Shawshank versus just about anything is an easy choice for me because I despise Tim Robbins and won’t put up with him even in a story I like. 5 - Pulp Fiction is my least favorite Tarantino movie. Travolta might have something to do with that. 6 - I loved Star Wars as a kid. Post-Disney, it bores the shit out of me. Plus Mel Brooks. I’d pick Spaceballs over Empire. 7 - Godfather is a viable rewatch on just about any rainy afternoon. Airplane, I have to be in the mood for. This was probably the closest choice for me. 8 - This is a tougher choice too, but there isn’t much I would pick over Blazing Saddles. Maybe Strangelove. If Dr. Stangelove faces off against Lebowski I’ll have a really hard time, but I don’t think that’s very likely in this matchup. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-of-16/1033854/6 "2026-10-15T17:16:55Z")
- I still love Ghostbusters, but Raiders is probably my favorite adventure movie ever - Agree with Thumper668 that Casablanca is overrated. I’d rather vote for Terminator II, but I’ll take the first - Dr. Strangelove is very good but I like it a little less each time I see it. I find myself waiting for the classic lines and scenes, and wishing the rest of it would hurry up - Shawshank vs Lebowski was the hardest for me. I love them both for different reasons, but finally went with the eminently more quotable Lebowski - The Holy Grail is still a favorite, but it has been diminished in my mind somewhat through excessive repetition. I don’t need to watch it because I know it by heart, and I hear the same lines quoted and see the same clips endlessly. I still love Pulp Fiction. - Empire Strikes Back is still awesome. I don’t like voting against Young Frankenstein, but I can escape with ESB - The Godfather amazes me every time I see it. Airplane! still makes me laugh, but it doesn’t stick with me like Godfather - Princess Bride is just so damn wholesome, I can’t vote against it. I love every character in it. On review, I seem to be voting against comedies, which surprises me.