# Top ten films that probably don’t make anyone else’s list **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122 "2008-12-01T01:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/21 "2008-12-01T12:46:43Z")
_A Christmas Carol_ (Patrick Stewart version) _Conspiracy_ (not _Conspiracy Theory_ starring Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, but the movie about the Wannsee Conference starring Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth) _The Butterfly Effect_ (with the altered ending; haven’t seen the original ending but it sounds dreadful) _Grosse Pointe Blank_ _Alfie_ (Jude Law remake, haven’t seen the original but can’t for the life of me figure out why this version was so disliked, even by Jude Law himself) _Ten Things I Hate About You_ _Cashback_ (although it was someone on this board who turned me onto this movie, so it might be on someone else’s list) _D.E.B.S._ (one of these days I’m going to write a review stating in no unclear terms why this movie is so underrated) _Jersey Girl_ (sure, go in expecting another _Clerks_, and you will be disappointed; I went in with no expectations and had a blast) _Mirrormask_ (apparently made to be a _Labyrinth_ for the 21st century, no surprise I loved it then) ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/22 "2008-12-01T12:57:03Z")
I’m not going to try not to duplicate anyone else’s - for one thing, there are already a lot of duplicates, and for another, movies that some of you seem to think are on NO one else’s list are movies I can’t imagine people NOT enjoying. I figure this is the top ten movies we’ll watch over and over, but which we don’t figure would make any “10 Best” lists anywhere else. I call them “laundry movies” - when I have to fold a cubic assload of laundry, I’ll pop one of these in and turn my brain right off. In no particular order: 1. The Fifth Element 2. Sky High 3. The Day After Tomorrow 4. Sneakers 5. The Usual Suspects 6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 7. Mystery Men 8. Galaxy Quest 9. Dave There’s a tie for 10th, a three-way tie, among movies which have only hit my attention in the last year: 10: Hellboy, Ghost Rider, and Iron Man Three cheers for the comic adaptation trifecta! ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/23 "2008-12-01T12:59:08Z")
1. Jumping Jack flash 2. X Files : I want to believe 3. Clue 4. Idle hands 5. White chicks 6. Any of the scary movies 7. Hocus Pocus 8. Loaded Weapon 9. Ruthless People 10. Ernest scared stupid I have other films that I absolutely love but I’m sure a few people would also have it on their top ten so these are my not so popular top ten! ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/24 "2008-12-01T13:10:41Z")
Sin City Betty Blue Scanners Kung Fu Hustle Time Bandits Spacehunter: Adventures Of The Forbidden Zone Tron Equilibrium Jason And The Argonauts Something Wild True Romance Again, not quite ‘feel good’ movies, but all are films I can watch repeatedly and still enjoy. p.s. **mswas** picked 5 films I could have had on my list, and there are plenty of others scattered throughout the above posts. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/25 "2008-12-01T13:55:01Z")
Zulu The Black Stallion Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (Seriously) Gigi Spies Like Us Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Bedazzled (1967) Pennies From Heaven (Steve Martin version) Adventures of Don Juan (Erroll Flynn) I could have mentioned a half-dozen of his films. That movie whose name I can’t remember starring Arnold Schwarzeneggar as a spy who’s wife, Jamie Lee Curtis, thinks he is a computer salesman. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/26 "2008-12-01T14:22:21Z")
Looking at the top of my list in IMDB none of these have been mentioned so some should stand up. The Aussie movies most of you won’t have even heard of, but I could sit down and watch all of these any time, except the first one which is one of those “great movie, glad I saw it, will never watch it again” things . 25th Hour Badlands 3:10 To Yuma (1957 version) Hombre Das Boot The Boys (Aussie with evil David Wenham) Dog Day Afternoon Deliverance The Caine Mutiny The Elephant Man Erskineville Kings (Aussie with evil Hugh Jackman) In a Lonely Place The Interview (Aussie with evil?!? Hugo Weaving) The Last Detail Proof (Aussie with young Hugo Weaving and young Russell Crowe) Rocket Science Sexy Beast The Verdict October Sky Lantana (Aussie with no one evil and one of the best resolutions to a murder mystery imaginable) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/27 "2008-12-01T15:00:26Z")
Ghostbusters Thief Monty Python’s Life of Brian The Princess Bride Slapshot Serenity Caddyshack The Blues Brothers The Right Stuff Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/28 "2008-12-01T16:29:27Z")
Besides the ones I list above: **The Last of Sheila The Odessa File The Last Battle (Le Dernier Combat) The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Robinson Crusoe on Mars The Lost Missile** ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/29 "2008-12-01T16:42:10Z")
My go-to movies are all oldies: Them! The Little Foxes Woman on the Beach Jezebel A Catered Affair I Remember Mama How Green Was My Valley The Magnificent Ambersons ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/30 "2008-12-01T16:54:43Z")
_Love, Actually. Hearts In Atlantis. Eternal Sunshine of the Heartless Mind Signs Life as a House Better Off Dead Down With Love Boys in the Hood Sliding Doors Grave of the Fireflies_ ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/31 "2008-12-01T17:03:33Z")
1. **42nd Street** 2. **Out of the Past** 3. **Scarlet Street** 4. **Kiss of Death** 5. **Double Indemnity** 6. **The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 7. Gold Diggers of 1933** 7. \*\*Another Part of the Forest \*\* (prequel to Little Foxes) 8. **Too Late For Tears** (aka Killer Bait) 10.\*\* Pickup On South Street\*\* All oldies, all classics. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/32 "2008-12-01T17:12:22Z")
Not sure if I’ll have any repeats on anyone, but this gives me a perfect opportunity to pimp out two of the funniest, most underrated movies of all times – which I will place at #2 & #3 just for the sake of clarity (can’t supplant my all-time #1 fav, and the rest are basically off the top of my head): 1. _ **The Warriors** _ 2. _ **Running Scared** _ (with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, not the new one starring whoever that stars) 3. _ **Let It Ride** _ (Richard Dreyfuss - horse racing movie) 4. _ **Killing Zoe** _ 5. _ **Hedwig and the Angry Inch** _ 6. _ **Hamburger Hill** _ 7. _ **Die Hard** _ (just the first one) 8. _ **Rounders** _ 9. _ **The Natural** _ 10. _ **Boondock Saints** _ ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/33 "2008-12-01T17:17:48Z")
> [@Hamadryad](#): > > I’m not going to try not to duplicate anyone else’s - for one thing, there are already a lot of duplicates, and for another, movies that some of you seem to think are on NO one else’s list are movies I can’t imagine people NOT enjoying. Well, it took me a while to think of my list. It isn’t necessarily a top ten, and I’m sure that there are other people who would like some of those movies, and maybe all of them. But they’re movies that do something special for me; like a joke and I’m the only one in the room who’s laughing, and that makes it funnier. Other people can like them, but I love them. I still remember the first time I saw _L.A. Story_ on cable. And one to add to the list: **Chasing Amy** (I’ve only seen it once. That scene in the truck hit a little close to home.) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/34 "2008-12-01T17:28:41Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > Winter Passing > The Diving Bell and the Butterfly > Defending Your Life > Glengarry Glen Ross > Happiness > Welcome to the Dollhouse > The Last Picture Show > Run, Lola, Run > The Royal Tenenbaums > Better Off Dead Glengarry Glen Ross was a truly excellent film. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/35 "2008-12-01T18:14:37Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > 1. **42nd Street** > 2. **Out of the Past** > 3. **Scarlet Street** > 4. **Kiss of Death** > 5. **Double Indemnity** > 6. **The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) > 7. Gold Diggers of 1933** > 7. \*\*Another Part of the Forest \*\* (prequel to Little Foxes) > 8. **Too Late For Tears** (aka Killer Bait) > 10.\*\* Pickup On South Street\*\* > All oldies, all classics. Great picks. Anyone who thinks “sexy” means coming on stage and shaking your boobs and ass the way so-called “sexy” singers and dancers do today should see Ruby Keeler dancing the final number in **42nd Street**. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/36 "2008-12-01T18:34:54Z")
**Billy Elliot**. It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, in every respect — from production values, to casting, to acting, to directing, to writing. The whole thing. I think it is a four-star movie. In fact, I think it is a nearly perfect movie. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/37 "2008-12-01T19:11:55Z")
In no particular order (and taking pains to avoid titles already listed by others) [Santa Sangre](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098253/) [The Fog Of War](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/) [Bad Taste](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/) [Orgazmo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124819/) [Dogma](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/) [American Pimp](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179074/) [Bowfinger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131325/) [Primer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/) [Electra Glide In Blue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070022/) [The Fifth Element](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/) honorable mention to [A Christmas Story](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/), [Spaceman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177244/), [Undercover Brother](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279493/) and [Koyaanisqatsi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/) Hmmm. I see a trend of comedies, documentaries, and weirdness. WOOT! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/38 "2008-12-01T19:20:22Z")
Movies I love that I never expect anyone else to have even heard of: _Round Midnight The Conversation Hopscotch Hero at Large_ Movies I love that I expect people of a certain age to have at least heard of: _Silver Streak Mr. Mom Being There_ ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/39 "2008-12-01T19:25:11Z")
Again, no particular order: Cold Feet (Tom Waits!) Harvey True Romance Bram Stoker’s Dracula (in spite of Keanu’s “Oh, Meeena…”) Finding Nemo Allegro Non Tropo (sp?) The Lion in Winter (Yeah, it would probably make a lot of lists, but I don’t care) Across the Universe Freeway Cruel Intentions The Fisher King Raising Arizona Oops - more than 10! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122/40 "2008-12-01T20:30:12Z")
A lot of the movies picked so far were exceptionally popular and/or highly critically acclaimed. Many have won one or more Academy Awards or were nominated for more than a few. I don’t think really popular, critically acclaimed movies are quite in the spirit of the OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-films-that-probably-don-t-make-anyone-else-s-list/475122.md?page=3)