# The Third Best Movie EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779 "2001-06-30T22:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/1 "2001-06-30T22:33:29Z")
What do you think is the the 3rd best motion picture ever? Just for fun… don’t tell what films you think are the first and second best ever… or even fouth or fifth. I think my pick is “Blood Simple”. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/2 "2001-06-30T23:08:53Z")
Mine has got to be _Raising Arizona_. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/3 "2001-06-30T23:23:38Z")
_Quills_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/4 "2001-06-30T23:29:42Z")
_ponders it over a bit_ Probably _Office Space_. ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/5 "2001-07-01T00:24:48Z")
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/6 "2001-07-01T01:20:39Z")
Orlando ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/7 "2001-07-01T01:48:43Z")
If Lucy Fell ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/8 "2001-07-01T01:53:45Z")
Time Bandits or the Baron Von Munchausen. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/9 "2001-07-01T02:16:54Z")
_The Third Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/10 "2001-07-01T06:48:30Z")
_Tremors_ ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/11 "2001-07-01T10:35:56Z")
_Army of Darkness_ ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/12 "2001-07-01T16:19:42Z")
_Field of dreams_. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/13 "2001-07-01T17:00:15Z")
English language: _2001: A Space Odyssey_ Foreign Language: _La Dolce Vita_ Silent: _Sunrise_ ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/14 "2001-07-01T18:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doctor Goo Fee \* > \*\*What do you think is the the 3rd best motion picture ever? > \*\* Considering that 1 though 12 are all Marx Brothers Flicks, number 3 would probly be “A Night at the Opera”. A disgrace to the name of Bush…if such a thing is possible. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/15 "2001-07-02T00:15:59Z")
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/16 "2001-07-02T02:35:30Z")
Cool Hand Luke ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-best-movie-ever/70779/17 "2001-07-02T02:57:13Z")
The Stuntman