# What is the most entertaining movie you've ever seen?

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**Created:** [May 25, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897 "2021-05-25T17:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\
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Sunday in the Country  
A Man Named Pearl  
In Order of Disappearance  
The Dinner Game

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**Author:** ![Wincerind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@Wincerind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wincerind)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/206 "2021-07-18T17:59:32Z")

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Tampopo  
Burn after reading  
Blues Brothers

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/207 "2021-07-18T18:03:24Z")

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And I can’t resist to add two more  
Life of Bwian  
Ratatouille

I’ll stop here unless someone asks for a top 10

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**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/208 "2021-07-19T08:16:49Z")

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_Aliens_ and _Die Hard_.

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**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/209 "2021-09-28T20:27:09Z")

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> [@griffin1977](#):
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> Also a good chunk of my top ten most entertaining movies is made up of Robert Rodriguez movies (Desparado, Dusk Til Dawn, Planet Terror, Sin City).

Having just rewatched Desparado last night I can confirm it holds up well. Definitely in the top ten of purely entertaining movies, so so much better than most other 80s/90s action blockbusters that attempt the same “just entertainment, not taking itself too seriously” trick and fail dismally.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/210 "2021-09-30T17:01:33Z")

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**Desperado** was the first movie I saw that I specifically remember sitting in the theater thinking “This is the greatest movie I’ve ever seen!” Of course it wasn’t, but I was enthralled with it at the moment.

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