# What are your Top Five Woody Allen Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658 "2015-07-19T23:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/21 "2015-07-21T00:52:51Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > By the way, **Zeldar** , bizarre choice of how to select a master list. There’s a lot on there that he barely has anything to do with- documentaries for which he may be one of many interviews, and _The Sorrow and the Pity_, really? I think he had something to do with the restoration and theatrical rerelease about 10 or 15 years ago, that’s gotta be the reason it came up on the list. Yes, he has a credit related to that, which is why the film comes up in that auto-generated list, via IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/22 "2015-07-21T01:00:07Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > … > By the way, **Zeldar** , bizarre choice of how to select a master list. There’s a lot on there that he barely has anything to do with- documentaries for which he may be one of many interviews, and _The Sorrow and the Pity_, really? I think he had something to do with the restoration and theatrical rerelease about 10 or 15 years ago, that’s gotta be the reason it came up on the list. > [@MovieMogul](#): > > Yes, he has a credit related to that, which is why the film comes up in that auto-generated list, via IMDB. Out of sheer laziness, and instead of asking for nominations for a poll, I just went with what I thought would be a list to select from. If the items on the list aren’t actually Woody’s work, please don’t select them as your favorites. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/23 "2015-07-21T01:01:54Z")
Yes, I just went with my top five favorites (yes, I just so happen to regularly tabulate my top five Woody movies–doesn’t everyone?!), which also so happened to be on **Zeldar** ’s list. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/24 "2015-07-21T02:34:16Z")
Annie Hall is my favorite movie, period. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen it. Nest would definitely be Hannah and Her Sisters, followed by Crimes and Misdemeanors. After those, it’s harder to decide which other two to add, but they would definitely be from the 1977-1989 period. A few I hated: Match Point, Celebrity, Small Time Crooks ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/25 "2015-07-21T17:21:36Z")
Annie Hall Manhattan Hannah and Her Sisters Crimes and Misdemeanors The Front ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/26 "2015-07-21T18:10:30Z")
Waiting for **Annie-Xmas** ’s response to this thread… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/27 "2015-07-21T20:12:31Z")
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex \* But Were Afraid to Ask Annie Hall Casino Royale Sleeper Zelig ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/28 "2015-07-21T21:10:40Z")
I would have voted for _ **What’s Up, Tiger Lily?** _, but it’s not on the list. _**Take The Money And Run Sleeper Annie Hall The Front Hannah And Her Sisters**_ ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/29 "2015-07-21T21:53:41Z")
How could you forget _Curse of the Jade Scorpion_? From 2001, but fits the profile of the great Woody Allen classics: Allen screenplay and direction and with him as the main character, and co-production by Jack Rollins and Charles Joffe. Stars Woody, Helen Hunt, Dan Akroyd, and with Charlize Theron putting in an appearance. Actually, I wouldn’t pick it for my top five but it was thoroughly enjoyable. As mentioned, you also didn’t list _What’s Up, Tiger Lily?_ which I believe is Allen’s first venture into moviemaking. A little dated now but still pretty cute. For my top five, I’m sure Woody Allen and his diehard fans will all hate me, but my top five have to be his old classic comedies just because he was such a comic genius, like no one else before or since, much as I appreciate many (not all) of his more recent efforts. So top 5 in no particular order: _Sleeper Take the Money and Run Bananas Love and Death Zelig_ ---
**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:** [July 22, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/30 "2015-07-22T02:51:22Z")
1. Annie Hall 2. Take the Money and Run 3. Crimes and Misdemeanors 4. The Purple Rose of Cairo 5. Radio Days ---
**Author:** ![tikhung01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@tikhung01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tikhung01)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658/31 "2015-07-22T12:12:38Z")
1. Love and Death 2. To Rome with Love 3. Manhattan 4. Midnight in Paris 5. Annie Hall [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-woody-allen-movies/725658.md?page=1)