# What is the most entertaining movie you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/21 "2021-05-25T20:51:10Z")
I’ve narrowed it down to three. _Airplane!_ had me laughing before the opening credits and kept me laughing all the way through. _Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan_ was such a relief after the first ST movie, and Ricardo Montalban’s Khan is still one of the great movie villains. _Star Wars_ (no episode number, no subtitle, just _Star Wars_) had the entire theater cheering, booing, and generally acting like happy 10-year olds, even though I was in my mid-20s when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/22 "2021-05-25T20:52:23Z")
_The Blues Brothers_, no question. I have a Chicago soul. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/23 "2021-05-25T21:00:22Z")
Someone else mentioned _Fury Road_. I enjoyed that one a lot. _Guardians of the Galaxy_ was another very enjoyable movie for me too. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/24 "2021-05-25T21:10:17Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > _Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan_ was such a relief after the first ST movie, and Ricardo Montalban’s Khan is still one of the great movie villains. Where I went to college, the school owned the town’s movie theatre, so the activity pass you’d buy for each trimester included a “pass” to see each movie that came to town. I used my activity pass, of course, to see “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.” I went back to the theatre the next night and bought a ticket with my own money out of my nearly empty poor-college-student wallet to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/25 "2021-05-25T21:35:00Z")
[Beat The Devil](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046414/). If you don’t find the combination of Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley and Jennifer Jones entertaining, I don’t know what to tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/26 "2021-05-26T04:15:01Z")
For me, it’s a tie between _Casablanca_ and _Victor/Victoria_. Yes, I know there’s no similarity between them. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/27 "2021-05-26T04:23:24Z")
Probably _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ for me. I’m probably forgetting some biggies, though. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/28 "2021-05-26T04:33:27Z")
The first Iron Man movie. Back when the Marvel movies were a fresh concept, and you didn’t quite know what to expect, I remember it was such a pleasant, brilliant surprise. The writing was clever, Downey Jr. owned the role and it just… worked. I don’t think I ever left a theater so happy. Also this is a weird one, but _The Graduate._ It was made well before my time, so I wasn’t sure I would get much out of it. I was hanging off the edge of my sofa I was so into it, and when they nailed the ending with that final shot, I actually got up and did a fist pump. Loved that movie. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/29 "2021-05-26T04:39:49Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Swordsman II_ (1992) If limited to Hong Kong movies imo Peking Opera Blues was the most entertaining followed by God of Gamblers 2. the Swordsman franchise and the original Green Snake. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/30 "2021-05-26T05:05:58Z")
I’ll go with Live and Let Die. Just a fun Bond film with great music. When I was young, Roger Moore was James Bond, the Connery ones would be shown on TV but the Moore ones were newer. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/31 "2021-05-26T05:49:01Z")
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Killing people with horses is the very definition of entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/32 "2021-05-26T06:44:26Z")
His Girl Friday Kind Hearts and Coronets Princess Bride Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Galaxy Quest Probably one of the Pixar films: I think the Incredibles may be the most entertaining one. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/33 "2021-05-26T07:02:32Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > _Pulp Fiction_ Hands down. I hadn’t even heard of the movie when a friend comes over, nearly grabs me by the collar and says, “we’re going to the movies” to that movie. I remember when Wallace is is drunkenly stumbling trying to shoot Willis missing and shooting pedestrians I was softly going “omigod omigod omigod” and my friend was, “I know, right?” Holy shit that movie was weird as hell in first run watched cold. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/34 "2021-05-26T07:10:34Z")
This - Galaxy Quest - was my very first thought, it was just great from beginning to end. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/35 "2021-05-26T10:34:32Z")
Scott Pilgrim vs the World. It’s the only time I’ve ever looked at my watch during a film specifically to see how little time remained - Oh no! There’s only half an hour left! ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/36 "2021-05-26T11:17:53Z")
**Mulholland Drive**. I went to see it with a friend who insisted we go so that we could puzzle over its meaning together. Yes, there are some scenes that drag on a bit (the parts that were shot for a series that was never made), and of course anything directed by David Lynch is going to have some excessive weirdness. That said, it’s probably the best acting I’ve seen in my life (mostly Naomi Watts), and the atmosphere created (tension through the use of lighting and music) is also unparalleled, in my opinion. The depth and intensity kind of remind me of a stew or sauce or something made with a heavily caramelized fond. **Memento** is another that I had to see several times, and **The Shawshank Redemption** is another one with lots of atmosphere (richness through photography and script). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/37 "2021-05-26T11:33:24Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’ll go with Live and Let Die…When I was young… And your heart was an open book? My first thought was **Pulp Fiction** , mostly for the dialogue. I had never heard anything so consistently fresh. Then I thought of **Fargo** , for similar reasons. But I think I’m going to go with **Toy Story** for pure entertainment. Original, well-written, clever, and, yeah, _entertaining_. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/38 "2021-05-26T11:52:21Z")
The first one that came to mind was seeing “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in the theater. I had at least seen Monty Python before, but I was 12 years old and this some kind of new level of delightful insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897/39 "2021-05-26T11:58:32Z")
A Knight’s Tale. ---
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> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > _Airplane!_ kept me laughing all the way through. A second vote for Airplane!–for just a solid hour of entertaining fun… An evening of “no-need-to-think-about-why-it’s-fun, just laugh-out-loud-with everybody-else-in-the-audience” style of fun. But for enjoyable entertainment of the “higher-quality-- think about it while you’re laughing” style: Monty Pythons’s Life of Brian.\* It has everything from slapstick physical comedy to serious satire. (.And also contains a brief cameo of the most realistic Jesus ever.) - (as an aside: the original title for the movie was going to be “Brian of Nazareth”, which would have been far more appropriate–but the marketing people were afraid of backlash.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-entertaining-movie-youve-ever-seen/942897.md?page=3)