# 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")
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/81 "2022-01-14T14:09:54Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Harold and Maude.
I don’t think I have a favorite movie, but that’s a damn good one.
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### Author:  [@Yogeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogeekgirl)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/82 "2022-01-14T18:31:20Z")
Return of the Living Dead.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSAFGWzft8)
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/83 "2022-01-14T18:56:57Z")
> [@Yogeekgirl](#):
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> Return of the Living Dead.
Ah, my favorite brain soup. Cream of nowhere.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHww_HJt1qk)
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### Author:  [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/84 "2022-01-14T20:19:16Z")
Lots of terrific movies mentioned, but I will go with _ **Rashomon** _ by Kurosawa.
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/85 "2022-01-14T21:43:13Z")
> [@scabpicker](#):
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> > [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> > Harold and Maude.
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> I don’t think I have a favorite movie, but that’s a damn good one.
…I had to think hard before voting a different way.
j
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/86 "2022-01-15T20:22:04Z")
I always answer _The Godfather_ to this question. The truth is I don’t really have one in the way people mean. I just never re-watch movies/tv shows like most people do. So I don’t do things like watch _Die Hard_ every Christmas, or watch all the _Halloween_ movies on Halloween. The closest I think I ever came to bingeing a tv show was with the recent _Wheel Of Time_ series and that still took me a couple of weeks to watch 10(?) episodes.
> [@StraightTalk](#):
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> Mine is _Mary Poppins_
Kind of funny to see this today as I hadn’t heard anyone talk about _Mary Poppins_ for years and it turned up yesterday in the Movies You Watched Recently thread. Let’s just say their opinion was a little different than yours. 😀
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> There are a thousand films that I think are better, but if I’m being honest, my favorite is _Monster Zero_ (AKA _Invasion of Astro-Monster_ .
Did I read this correctly and there are 2 versions of this movie? Is one entirely Japanese and the other dubbed/subtitled in English? Because I want to see this one.
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
It’s a shame this movie has fallen into semi-obscurity. It’s a great movie and make sure you catch the original and not the remake.
> [@Loach](#):
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> the only time Pacino was truly great.
C’mon, you have to give him _Dog Day Afternoon_ too.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/87 "2022-01-15T22:41:15Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> > There are a thousand films that I think are better, but if I’m being honest, my favorite is _Monster Zero_ (AKA _Invasion of Astro-Monster_ .
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> Did I read this correctly and there are 2 versions of this movie? Is one entirely Japanese and the other dubbed/subtitled in English? Because I want to see this one.
I’m sure you can find it in Japanese with English subtitles - and Nick Adam’s dubbed by a Japanese actor - but otherwise they are probably identical (unlike the first Godzilla movie). _Invasion of Astro-Monster_ is the legit title, but the American Pictures International title, _Monster Zero_, is how it’s remembered by old farts like me who discovered it under that name on TV in the 1970s.
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/88 "2022-01-15T22:48:35Z")
I thought I would have to buy something that old, so I googled it and it’s free on YouTube! I know what I’m watching tonight, though my wife may be a little surprised. Thanks for mentioning this.
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### Author:  [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/89 "2022-01-15T22:53:53Z")
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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### Author:  [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/90 "2022-01-16T02:09:53Z")
Talk Radio (1988, directed by Oliver Stone), with Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, John C. McGinley.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/91 "2022-01-16T02:53:39Z")
A toss up between _Butch Cassidy_ and _The Matrix_. Crowd pleasers.
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### Author:  [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/92 "2022-01-16T03:13:08Z")
Great to see some votes for my favorite: _Local Hero_
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/93 "2022-01-16T03:32:17Z")
Nuts in May
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/94 "2022-01-16T03:36:07Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> I always answer _The Godfather_ to this question. The truth is I don’t really have one in the way people mean. I just never re-watch movies/tv shows like most people do. So I don’t do things like watch _Die Hard_ every Christmas, or watch all the _Halloween_ movies on Halloween. The closest I think I ever came to bingeing a tv show was with the recent _Wheel Of Time_ series and that still took me a couple of weeks to watch 10(?) episodes.
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> > [@StraightTalk](#):
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> > Mine is _Mary Poppins_
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> Kind of funny to see this today as I hadn’t heard anyone talk about _Mary Poppins_ for years and it turned up yesterday in the Movies You Watched Recently thread. Let’s just say their opinion was a little different than yours. 😀
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> > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> > There are a thousand films that I think are better, but if I’m being honest, my favorite is _Monster Zero_ (AKA _Invasion of Astro-Monster_ .
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> Did I read this correctly and there are 2 versions of this movie? Is one entirely Japanese and the other dubbed/subtitled in English? Because I want to see this one.
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> > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> > The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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> It’s a shame this movie has fallen into semi-obscurity. It’s a great movie and make sure you catch the original and not the remake.
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> > [@Loach](#):
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> > the only time Pacino was truly great.
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> C’mon, you have to give him _Dog Day Afternoon_ too.
I feel his _Godfather_ acting was one thing that he was never able to repeat, subtle. So many of the great moments in the movie happened on his face and in his eyes. The scene outside of the hospital. When he confirms Carlo set up Sonny. All very subtle. _Dog Day Afternoon_ wasn’t subtle.
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/95 "2022-01-16T03:59:43Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#):
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> Miller’s Crossing.
That’s definitely my favorite Coen Bros. movie. I can watch it a bunch of times and see something new each time. It’s like _Gosford Park_ – another fav.
_Joy Luck Club_
_Secrets and Lies_
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/96 "2022-01-16T06:20:45Z")
> [@Loach](#):
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> I feel his _Godfather_ acting was one thing that he was never able to repeat, subtle. So many of the great moments in the movie happened on his face and in his eyes. The scene outside of the hospital. When he confirms Carlo set up Sonny. All very subtle. _Dog Day Afternoon_ wasn’t subtle.
Yeah, I have to agree with you about Pacino often being over the top. _Godfather_ wins hands down on the subtlety front.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/97 "2022-01-16T07:16:19Z")
_To Kill a Mockingbird_, followed by _The Haunting_ (1963).
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### Author:  [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/98 "2022-01-16T16:02:05Z")
Dinner Rush, just so perfectly done I enjoy rewatching it periodically even though I know how it goes
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### Author:  [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/99 "2022-01-16T16:06:44Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#):
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> Nuts in May
This one definitely hits my top three list … and it’s available on Youtube for free.
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627/100 "2022-01-16T17:24:31Z")
???
Seriously?
At least you’re not wierd enough (let’s hope) to have watched it close to 25 times, memorized every single line of dialogue (well, Kieth’s, anyway) and revivied one’s sense of Halloween decorum (considering I’ve never given one boof about the occasion) by donning a tweed cap at a Halloween party, where to my suprise not a soul could guess who my (heh, beardless) Brit-pedant was.
I even had my watch down around my fucking ankle!!!
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