# top 5 of your favrotie films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511 "2016-08-01T23:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/1 "2016-08-01T23:02:55Z")
mine is 1. planet of the apes 2. rocky 3. gunfight at the ok corral 4. they call me trinity 5. maltase falcon ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/2 "2016-08-01T23:29:21Z")
Casablanca The Godfather/The Godfather Part II The Searchers Spirited Away 12 Monkeys ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/3 "2016-08-01T23:33:48Z")
No particular order: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Ordinary People Dawn of the Dead (1978) Jesus Christ, Superstar Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/4 "2016-08-01T23:40:25Z")
The Passion of Joan of Arc Island of Lost Souls The Old Dark House The Bride of Frankenstein Withnail and I These seem to be the five I am willing to watch over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/5 "2016-08-01T23:41:07Z")
The Thing is the only one that has been in my top 5 forever. Everything else comes and goes depending on my mood. Clockwork Orange The Shining Goodfellas Empire Strikes Back Aliens Robocop etc etc etc…I’m sure I’m forgetting a million of them that have been in my top 5 at one time or another. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/6 "2016-08-01T23:41:45Z")
My favrotie of top 5 flims: 1. The Goonies 2. Jurassic Park 3. Casablanca 4. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 5. Frozen ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/7 "2016-08-01T23:47:06Z")
Big Wednesday Big Fish Unforgiven The Shawshank Redemption Same Time Next Year ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/8 "2016-08-01T23:49:01Z")
_Hobson’s Choice Alien The Maltese Falcon The Big Lebowski The Seven Samurai_ ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/9 "2016-08-01T23:56:38Z")
North By Northwest Pulp Fiction Dark City There’s Something About Mary Children Of Men ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/10 "2016-08-01T23:57:28Z")
Casablanca Jaws Captain America: The Winter Soldier Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Outlaw Josey Wales ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/11 "2016-08-02T00:06:48Z")
Sense & Sensibility Dr. Strangelove Rebecca A Very Long Engagement The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/12 "2016-08-02T00:09:17Z")
_The Right Stuff_ _Dr. Strangelove_ _Pleasantville_ _L.A. Story_ _Brazil_ List is subject to change based on my mood or memory. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/13 "2016-08-02T00:16:03Z")
My Desert Island 5 (in chronological order): The General The Seven Samurai Vertigo Cleo from 5 to 7 The Spirit of the Beehive ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/14 "2016-08-02T01:15:57Z")
In no particular order : Casablanca Master and Commander, Far Side of the World Airplane The Big Lebowski The Great Race ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/15 "2016-08-02T01:46:32Z")
Only 5? Aw, come on! Sideways Contact The Big Lebowski North By Northwest Help! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/16 "2016-08-02T01:56:24Z")
_To Have and Have Not Rio Bravo North by Northwest The Train Miller’s Crossing_ As others have mentioned, these frequently change. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/17 "2016-08-02T02:26:26Z")
_ **Citizen Kane** _ _ **Raiders of the Lost Ark** _ _ **The Godfather Saga** _\* _ **Psycho** _ _ **Network** _ - - Yeah, I know I’m cheating, that it’s Godfather & Godfather 2 combined into one film in chronological order with added scenes, but I’ve seen this version so many times recently, it’s becoming my Godfather default. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/18 "2016-08-02T04:00:39Z")
> [@escaped](#): > > mine is > > 1. planet of the apes > 2. rocky > 3. gunfight at the ok corral > 4. they call me trinity > 5. maltase falcon Really!? Hmmm… Anyway, mine are: I. Millers Crossing II. Hombre III. Collateral IV. Matrix V. A Few Good Men Yes, that’s right I included TWO Tom Cruise movies. The first is because of the Coen Bros. The second because of the superlative acting of Jack Nicholson and J.T. Walsh. So there! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/19 "2016-08-02T04:05:39Z")
If I did this tomorrow, it would be five completely different films. Here the first five that jumped out at me when I looked at my list of 10-rated pictures on IMDB: Secret of the Grain Chungking Express 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jackie Brown ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/20 "2016-08-02T04:08:12Z")
1-Field of Dreams (I cry at the the goddam ending every time) 2-Casablanca 3-Star Wars: A New Hope 4-Dances With Wolves 5-The World According to Garp [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511.md?page=2)