# What is the best movie you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149 "2002-12-21T01:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/21 "2002-12-21T05:22:04Z")
For pure entertainment value… **The Princess Bride** ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/22 "2002-12-21T05:39:25Z")
**Doctor Zhivago** – but it took more than one viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/23 "2002-12-21T05:44:33Z")
**Schindler’s List** was the most emotionally affecting movie i’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/24 "2002-12-21T06:13:02Z")
Either **To Kill a Mockingbird** or **Office Space** (obviously for completely different reasons and using completely different criteria) ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/25 "2002-12-21T06:15:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Can I pick both **Godfather: I** and **II**? Why not? _Sight and Sound_ [did.](http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeu_D_esprit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/26 "2002-12-21T06:35:49Z")
For me it’s **The Lion in Winter** ever since I first saw it at the age of 13 (Which would have been about eight years after it came out. Ouch, where has the time gone?) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/27 "2002-12-21T06:36:44Z")
Fight Club ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/28 "2002-12-21T06:41:46Z")
I’d have to say **Heathers** ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/29 "2002-12-21T07:23:34Z")
One flew over the Cukoo’s nest Deerhunter…tie for first place ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/30 "2002-12-21T07:24:43Z")
The Gods Must Be Crazy. Interesting film that can be viewed at many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/31 "2002-12-21T07:28:16Z")
Many of my favourites have already been listed, but my absolute, honest-to-god(d(l)ess), couldn’t live life without it, movie is _2001: A Space Odyssey_. The star-child is a stunning symbol of hope for the future of the human race. **Fnoonf** , _Waking Life_ is the very best animated movie I’ve ever seen. Good choice! **ArchiveGuy** , _The General_ is both my favourite comedy and favourite silent movie. Buster Keaton is god. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SpaceGhost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhost)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/32 "2002-12-21T07:31:27Z")
Hmmm maybe **Miller’s Crossing** Jim ---
**Author:** ![AgentofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@AgentofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AgentofEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/33 "2002-12-21T07:53:33Z")
I third Fight Club. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/34 "2002-12-21T08:04:20Z")
_Notorious_ > [@](#): > > ## Can I pick both Godfather: I and II? > > Why not? Sight and Sound did. Sight and Sound did some funky things with the voting for those. Some of the voters voted for _The Godfather_ as an individual movie, some for _The Godfather Part 2_ as an individual movie, some for the two of them taken as a unit, and one or two for the trilogy. All of these were counted as a vote for The Godfather and The Godfather Part 2 taken as a unit, even though this was probably not the intent of the voters (though I suspect few would object). Of the first two, I think 2 is the marginally better film. If we are allowed to include multi-part stories as a single movie, I’d have to change mine to _Jean de Florette_/ _Manon of the Spring_, _The Apu Trilogy_, or _The Decalogue_. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/35 "2002-12-21T10:15:14Z")
30 or so posts and nobody has voted for Citizen Kane yet. I’m going to have to give my vote to The 3rd Man though. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/36 "2002-12-21T10:31:23Z")
_Shakespeare in Love_ ---
**Author:** ![Fuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/37 "2002-12-21T15:36:06Z")
The Ring. we need more movies like The Ring… or fight club. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/38 "2002-12-21T15:44:30Z")
Again, _Fight Club_ It’s so different from everything else, and that’s so refreshing in a world with so many cookie-cutter movies coming out all the time. Fight Club is it’s own thing, and it’s probably the best movie I’ve ever seen. Well, that and . _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/39 "2002-12-21T15:56:26Z")
I’ve seen so many movies by this point in my life that I don’t think I could say my favourite. The movies I’ve rewatched the most since I grew out of watching every movie 100 times are **Aliens** and **Fellowship of the Ring**. That doesn’t really mean much since the most powerful movie I’ve ever seen is **Schindler’s List** and I’ve never been able to watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149/40 "2002-12-21T16:01:40Z")
_Touch of Evil_ for noir _Dr. Strangelove_ for black comedy _Children of Fate_ for documentary _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ for Western But my personal favorite is Truffaut’s _Shoot the Piano Player_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-movie-youve-ever-seen/144149.md?page=3)