# What Is Your Absolute Single Favorite Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092 "2019-08-23T07:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/81 "2019-08-24T15:47:33Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > We are DEVO! In this case, we are Bela Lugosi. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/82 "2019-08-24T15:51:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ Okay, this is the first reply that freaked me out. I saw **Whatever Happened to Baby Jane** at a college film society, probably in 1979, and found it so disturbing I could never watch it again. Victor Buono gives me the creeps even when I see him as King Tut on the **Batman** teevee show or Reverend Jim’s dad on **Taxi.** ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/83 "2019-08-24T15:52:32Z")
‘Rear Window’. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/84 "2019-08-24T15:54:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > _Pulp Fiction_ Dammit. I asked my gf what her favorite movie was and she has been thinking it over. When she asked me, I mentioned _Pulp Fiction_, but she corrected me. Apparently my favorite is actually _Jackie Brown_. She is correct. She knows me better than I do.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/85 "2019-08-24T17:34:42Z")
2001: A Space Odyssey, followed by Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/86 "2019-08-24T17:42:59Z")
Trainspotting…never gets old. 2nd place is a tie between The Godfather and In Bruges. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/87 "2019-08-24T18:20:15Z")
There are so many already named that I love: The Castle, Rear Window, North by Northwest, The Right Stuff, A Clockwork Orange, Casablanca… I love them all. There are two others not yet named and they are a toss-up for me. One was critically recognized, the other not: _A Room With a View_ and _Zodiac_. The latter, despite having a cast of excellent A-list actors (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo) and wonderful performances by supporting actors (John Carroll Lynch, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny and others) did not receive much in the way of recognition. Yet the producers of this film took a complex story, wove it into a tense, creepy, compelling narrative while maintaining its historical accuracy and added touches of pure comedy, horror and pathos. I never tire of watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/88 "2019-08-24T18:52:01Z")
_Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. There are a few that come close (_Jurassic Park_ and _The Birdcage_ come to mind) but my heart will always belong to Wonka. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/89 "2019-08-24T20:21:42Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Brazil** > Thank you for specifying. That’s my favorite version too. I’m a big fan of '40s & '50s noir, and narration is very common. The narration by a world-weary Deckard fits the futuristic (well, not anymore) noir perfectly. I wonder if people who hate the narration have seen many old noirs, like Sunset Blvd. Ridley Scott knew what he was doing with the narration but took it out because, I assume, most people didn’t get that that’s what he was going for. I love the movie either way, it’s in my Top 5, but I’ll always have a soft spot for Scott’s original noir vision. I’ve seen and loved many noirs. Sunset Boulevard is one of my favorite movies. Blade Runner with H. Ford’s uninflected narration is still shit. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/90 "2019-08-24T20:43:27Z")
The Outlaw Josey Wales ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/91 "2019-08-24T20:58:09Z")
I don’t really have one, but if I turn on the TV and “Shawshank Redemption” is on, I’m watching it till it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/92 "2019-08-24T23:37:13Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > If you ask me today, _ **The Martian** _ is probably the film I will not turn off and watch anytime it is on. I wouldn’t pick it as my all time favorite. But I have watched it six times since its release, which was only four years ago. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/93 "2019-08-25T00:07:11Z")
Terminator 1. It’s been my favourite movie ever since I was about 10. I have other movies that I love despite flaws but there are no serious flaws in The Terminator, taken as a solo movie without the sequels. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/94 "2019-08-25T00:43:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Probably **Spartacus**. > > At least this week. Ah, this is your Spartacus moment! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/95 "2019-08-25T01:26:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > _Apollo 13_ I’ve been through the entire list several times now, but I can’t come up with my “all time favorite” any better than the Steve McQueen thriller with this user’s name! If it’s not “Bullitt” I can’t think what else it might be! I’ve seen that movie many times and it’s always fresh, exciting and fun! I hesitate to mention “Rebel Without A Cause” because I think I grew past that one some time in my thirties! Same with most (if not all)) of Brando’s things. 🙂 But I’m tempted to mention (at least) Paul Newman’s “The Hustler” in passing. Many great movies already mentioned – enough to convince me that this is a difficult task! ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/96 "2019-08-25T01:40:51Z")
A year ago, I would have said _ **The Rocketeer,** _ or maybe _ **Rocketship X-M** _, but lately I’ve been developing a jones on _ **Godzilla** _ (the original Japanese-language version); it’s kinda become my rainy-day, warm feeling movie. There’s just something about a guy in a rubber suit kicking over meticulous little buildings. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/97 "2019-08-25T02:12:17Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Ah, this is your Spartacus moment! He likes gladiator movies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/98 "2019-08-25T02:18:48Z")
_ **Badlands** _ - Terrence Malik’s first movie with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. It was the support to something else at a midnight session, and TimeOut only gave it a mediocre review. I had seen Sheen only a few days before on TV in _ **The Execution Of Private Slovik** _ and that was incentive enough. It is just about the least well known American masterpiece of movie making that I have introduced to people. The other movie I considered I also initially caught as a support - at the drive-in. _ **Cool Hand Luke** _ was the mere support for the vastly inferior _ **Easy Rider** _. Before the advent of video and away from big cities it was hard to keep up with movies unless they appeared on TV. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092/99 "2019-08-25T03:54:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dammit. I asked my gf what her favorite movie was and she has been thinking it over. When she asked me, I mentioned _Pulp Fiction_, but she corrected me. Apparently my favorite is actually _Jackie Brown_. She is correct. She knows me better than I do.☹ Turn up your hearing aide old man… I chuckle as i write this… 😃 My Fave used to be “ **The Jerk** ” , Steve Martin. Then became “ **Rain Man** ” … Then became “ **Pulp Fiction** ” : My taste and memory change too. ---
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I cannot choose an absolute favorite single movie. Thank og a number of my faves have already been listed. Allowing me to mention “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092.md?page=6)