# What are the best movie trailers ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722 "2005-11-06T01:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/1 "2005-11-06T01:33:15Z")
Try to post a link from [Movie List](http://www.movie-list.com/classics-alpha.shtml) if possible. They have a good amount of trailers. I’d say two really good trailers were: \*\* [Dark City](http://www.movie-list.net/classics/dark-city.mov) \*\* I remember seeing this trailer in the theater. I had no idea what the movie was about, still had no idea what the movie was about after the trailer, but wanted to see it immediately. It helps that the movie itself was fantastic. \*\*[Phantom Menace Trailer 1](http://www.movie-list.com/s/starwars1.shtml) \*\* It’s the one listed as Trailer A. The movie ultimately sucked, but the trailer made me believe this wold be an excellent movie. Ah, how foolish I was. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/2 "2005-11-06T01:35:09Z")
The trailer for LotR Two Towers was pretty good. It had a good music backing to the Helms-deep battle scene. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/3 "2005-11-06T01:50:41Z")
The best trailer of all time: [Comedian](http://www.jurassicpunk.com/movies/comedian.shtml) “What do you mean, no ‘In a world’?” ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/4 "2005-11-06T02:28:50Z")
Hands down, Hitchcock’s \*[Psycho](http://humor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=humor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fus.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0054215%2Ftrailers-screenplay-E12983-5-3) \*. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/5 "2005-11-06T06:15:51Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The trailer for LotR Two Towers was pretty good. It had a good music backing to the Helms-deep battle scene. …seconded. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/6 "2005-11-06T06:24:35Z")
Still thinking, but one that instantly grabbed me was the one for [Primer](http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/primer.html) ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/7 "2005-11-06T07:22:32Z")
Disney’s The Lion King. My ex and I saw that shorly after we found out she was pregnant, and we both just cried and cried. Very effective. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/8 "2005-11-06T09:32:22Z")
The [original trailer](http://theexorcist.warnerbros.com/dld/trailer.mov) for _The Exorcist_ was deemed too frightening, and replaced. I just watched it again, and it still gives me the shakes. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/9 "2005-11-06T10:01:18Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The trailer for LotR Two Towers was pretty good. It had a good music backing to the Helms-deep battle scene. Thirded, especially after seeing it at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-movie-trailers-ever/329722/10 "2005-11-06T15:21:02Z")
I remember I loved the trailer for the Ethan Hawke version of _Great Expectations_- good music, pretty people, a little drama. Then I said, well, okay, that’s done with!