# What is your absolute favorite movie of all time?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627 "2022-01-12T05:25:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/201 "2023-06-18T17:59:22Z")
And I’ve read that Polanski went through similar wartime experiences and added some of them to the story. Powerful, powerful film.
I’ve been waiting a long time now to watch and record Repo Man on “regular” TV (not Netflix or whatever), but it hasn’t been broadcast in my area yet.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/202 "2023-06-18T18:47:58Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#):
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> My favorite film is the inimitable **Repo Man** (1984).
I was thinking about that movie too. Then out of the blue you say it, no explanation, no point in lookin’ for one, either. It’s all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/203 "2023-06-18T19:47:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> It’s all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
I was 21 when it came out and **Repo Man** really connected with me in a way it doesn’t anymore. I couldn’t get half way through on a recent attempt. I probably wouldn’t have liked it as much if I hadn’t see it in that particular year (1984) at that particular age.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/204 "2023-06-18T19:57:44Z")
I feel about the same. I was only a few years older and I’m sure there was something about the timing that made it so memorable, and also makes it seem out of place now. It was an interesting experiment I suppose, but the style and themes didn’t catch on. Or it just wasn’t ever that good and neither of us knew shit at the time.
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/205 "2023-06-18T20:19:18Z")
12 Angry Men is the one I can watch repeatedly and not get bored. I am generally not someone who rewatches movies but that one always hooks me. Besides the lessons of justice and judicial practice it portrays, the movie production is a masterpiece in creating atmosphere, suspense and exploring the cracks of human nature.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/206 "2023-06-18T20:21:55Z")
Hehehe, I still like Repo Man, but I first saw it as a teenager. Maybe I saw it at a more malleable stage.
“C’mon, Duke! Let’s go do those crimes!”
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/207 "2023-06-22T00:10:12Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> I was 21 when it came out and **Repo Man** really connected with me in a way it doesn’t anymore.
I first saw **Repo Man** at a third-run dive theater on a double bill with one of my favorite movies, **Songwriter**. Willie and Kris playing, basically, Willie and Kris. Great music, fun story, immensely quotable and almost totally forgotten. Rip Torn chews scenery like nobody.
**Doc Jenkins:** I couldn’t hate anybody.
**Blackie Buck:** You hate Rodeo Rocky.
**Doc Jenkins:** I couldn’t hate a real, live, human being.
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### Author:  [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/208 "2024-11-20T02:50:24Z")
Oh my, it’s sure been a long time that I didn’t answer this question. Sorry about that. I’ve only seen the Capra version where the lost footage was replaced by a still shot, but the dialog was put back in, since apparently that wasn’t lost. What about you?
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### Author:  [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/209 "2024-11-21T20:11:48Z")
nm already answered long ago.
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### Author:  [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/210 "2024-11-22T02:11:40Z")
re: Repo Man
‘’ I know a life of crime led me to this sorry state.
And yet I blame society; society made me what I am."
“That’s bullshit Duke; you’re a white suburban punk, just like me.”
“It still hurts.”
Plus the killer soundtrack, title song “Repo Man” by Iggy Pop.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/211 "2024-11-22T15:25:45Z")
I used to have favorite movies, but I would always make the mistake of over watching them and plot holes become distracting, which isn’t the movie’s fault, but still annoying.
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### Author:  [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/212 "2024-11-28T00:54:29Z")
Same here. Casablanca has always been my favorite.
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/213 "2024-11-28T03:45:42Z")
It’s so difficult to name a favorite. There are so many different types of movies I like. I think of movies I can always watch:
Joy Luck Club
Galaxy Quest
My Cousin Vinny
Tremors (a perfect little jewel of a genre picture)
The Maltese Falcon ( the Bogie version, natch)
And there are a ton of others that probably more in the line of guilty pleasures.
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### Author:  [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/214 "2024-11-28T07:13:38Z")
I love film, and as noted it’s difficult to identify favorites. If pressed though, I would really, really miss the following films if they were to disappear:
Casino
Inglorious Basterds
Life of Brian
Hot Fuzz
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/215 "2024-11-28T07:58:12Z")
Absolute favourite movie of all time? Don’t have one – can’t narrow it down to just one.
Among the contenders:
_For a Few Dollars More_
_Silverado_
_Oscar_ (the American version)
_Billy Jack_
_Noises Off!_
_Star Wars_ (the original, not one of the numbered episodes)
_A Bridge Too Far_
_The Martian_
_Fantasia_
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### Author:  [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/216 "2024-12-01T23:19:08Z")
I’m a sucker for good rom-coms. I can’t say how many times I’ve seen _When Harry Met Sally_ and _Stardust_. The other movies I’ve watched incessantly are mostly Pixar flicks, the _Toy Story_ series and god help me _Nemo_.
Many already mentioned are right up there, like _Princess Bride_ and the 1st and 3rd Indiana Jones movies.
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### Author:  [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/217 "2024-12-02T05:45:46Z")
The Matrix is #1
Field of Dreams is #1A
I always feel a little embarrassed about both, but they just hit me in certain, albeit different, ways.
And there are many others in the conversation, of course.
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### Author:  [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/218 "2024-12-02T15:41:21Z")
> [@carrps](#):
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> Tremors (a perfect little jewel of a genre picture)
This was one of several films I saw as part of a test audience in college. (Another one was _Raising Arizona_.) We saw them for free at my university before they were released and were asked to fill out a detailed survey immediately afterwards.
I got the impression from those two films that we were being asked to give feedback on quirky films that the studio wasn’t quite sure about.
Anyway, I really liked both of them and gave them positive reviews.
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/219 "2024-12-02T17:14:02Z")
That’s cool, @robby . I’d have given them high marks, too!
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### Author:  [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/220 "2024-12-03T06:27:13Z")
Lost Horizon. The cheesy musical version.
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