# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/81 "2016-08-06T05:36:00Z")
I’ve noticed near unanimity in threads about best TV series, so am surprised to see so much variation on favorite films. Although they didn’t quite make my Top Five, I’m disappointed to see the following films go unmentioned: Amadeus Apocalypse Now Mystic River Saving Private Ryan The Big Sleep The Departed … And the following deserve more than the single mention each has received. Chinatown Lawrence of Arabia One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Snatch IMHO, of course! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/82 "2016-08-06T11:16:36Z")
The Godfather This is Spinal Tap A Hard Day’s Night Pulp Fiction Up mmm ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/83 "2016-08-06T11:40:10Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > -A Midwinter’s Tale Hey! Someone else who’s seen this movie! It didn’t make my list, but it’s a great movie. > [@TriPolar](#): > > King Kong (the real one) > [@Baker](#): > > You do mean the 1933 version, don’t you?😛 > [@TriPolar](#): > > Of course. I can’t find it now, but there used to be a Youtube video of some people doing an intervention for their friend whose favorite version of _King Kong_ was the 1976 version. The first part of it is word getting around that his favorite version is the 1976 version, and everyone being shocked, like he’s a armed robber, or a dog-rapist, or something. “He seems so normal!” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/84 "2016-08-06T15:42:10Z")
After the first several, this is forever changing, but… 1. Willy Wonka (original) 2. Dazed and Confused 3. The Exorcist 4. Grease 5. Toys 6. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 7. Footloose 8. Harold and Maude 9. The Bad News Bears … and the final spot is a revolving door of whichever horror movies have rocked my socks. 1. It Follows / The Town that Dreaded Sundown (remake) / Oculus / Krampus / Goodnight, Mommy / The Little Girl that Lived Down the Lane / You’re Next / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies/ The Babadook and on and on and on. 😃 Runner up: Despicable Me ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/85 "2016-08-06T15:44:14Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I can’t find it now, but there used to be a Youtube video of some people doing an intervention for their friend whose favorite version of _King Kong_ was the 1976 version. > > The first part of it is word getting around that his favorite version is the 1976 version, and everyone being shocked, like he’s a armed robber, or a dog-rapist, or something. “He seems so normal!” Well, you know, people can be just so judgmental. Obviously the guy was merely stupid. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/86 "2016-08-06T16:07:35Z")
This time I’ll just list five fairly recent popular films that you all might have heard of, random order as I thought of them. As Good as it Gets You Can Count on Me What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Palookaville In Bruges ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/87 "2016-08-06T18:03:09Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Hey! Someone else who’s seen this movie! It didn’t make my list, but it’s a great movie. > > I can’t find it now, but there used to be a Youtube video of some people doing an intervention for their friend whose favorite version of _King Kong_ was the 1976 version. > > The first part of it is word getting around that his favorite version is the 1976 version, and everyone being shocked, like he’s a armed robber, or a dog-rapist, or something. “He seems so normal!” He was probably like 16 and couldn’t get his head around those stupid old black and white movies. Because if it’s not in COLOR, it might as well be a ‘how to do your taxes’ PSA from the 1950’s shown on an ancient projector. (Nothing against color! :rolleyes: When I’m watching ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?’ I always wonder why his hair is that reddish color, and growing out at that. Maybe one of his sisters wanted to try out a bottle of Miss Clairol, on him first :D.) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/88 "2016-08-07T05:47:50Z")
1. Sandlot 2. Buckaroo Banzai 3. Private Ryan 4. The Boy Who Could Fly 5. Battle: LA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/89 "2016-08-08T17:52:43Z")
Another day, another five favorite movies! _Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) _The Hidden Trading Places Raiders of the Lost Ark In the Line of Fire_ ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/90 "2016-08-08T23:48:47Z")
Seconding that, **Elendil’s Heir**! _Chinatown Blade Runner King Kong (the original) Sunset Boulevard Treasure Of The Sierra Madre_ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511/91 "2016-08-09T01:59:37Z")
Nightmare Alley (with Tyrone Power) Pride and Prejudice (with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier) The Heiress (with Olivia DeHavilland) Abandon Ship! (or Seven Waves Away) with Tyrone Power and, I just found out it is on DVD, been waiting for years, an old favorite that makes me weep buckets: Westward the Women (with Robert Taylor) - what a treat this movie is! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-of-your-favrotie-films/761511.md?page=4)