# What's the best movie ever? (A poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483 "2006-02-28T17:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/21 "2006-03-01T21:09:04Z")
Shite! I should have consulted IMDB _before_ I made my picks. “Orphee” (which I had picked for the best drama of the _1940s_ didn’t come out until 1950! Okay, substitute “Casablanca” (which I can’t believe I forgot) for the best 1940s drama for “Orphee”. But leave “All About Eve” in place - I still like that better than “Orphee.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/22 "2006-03-01T21:09:43Z")
> [@Tevildo](#): > > Yeah - I wanted to vote for “Clerks”, but I don’t rank it above “Lebowski”. > > However - “Airplane!” is 1980, too. Hmm. I suppose I’ll have to find another 1970’s candidate… 70’s has many great candidates: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Animal House and Holy grail or Life of Brian. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/23 "2006-03-01T21:25:29Z")
Arrrrrrrrrrgh! I can’t _believe_ I forgot “Casablanca” - and it’s my favorite movie of all time! Should’ve put in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” too. Shoot. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/24 "2006-03-01T21:35:15Z")
Foreign: Little Otik ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/25 "2006-03-01T21:59:09Z")
> [@Crab Rangoon](#): > > Foreign: Little Otik Yeah, one of my current faves too. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/26 "2006-03-01T22:23:40Z")
Just filling in ones where I have an opinion… Documentary? - Woodstock Children’s (Live action) - Wizard of Oz Children’s (Animated) - Little Mermaid Comedy of the 90s? - The Full Monty Comedy of the 80s? - Airplane Comedy of the 70s? - Young Frankenstein Comedy of the 60s? - Bedazzled Comedy of the 50s? - Some Like It Hot Comedy of the 30s? - Duck Soup Drama of the 70s? - Godfather (I) Drama of the 50s? - All About Eve Drama of the 40s? - Casablanca Action/Adventure of the 60s? - Great Escape Action/Adventure of the 30s? - Adventures of Robin Hood SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? - Lord of the Rings trilogy SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s? - King Kong Thriller of the 90s? - Silence of the Lambs Thriller of the 80s? - Alien Thriller of the 70s? - The Exorcist Thriller of the 60s? - Rosemary’s Baby ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/27 "2006-03-01T22:46:15Z")
Documentary? **Paradise Lost** Silent? **Nosferatu** Children’s (Live action) **Harry Potter** Children’s (Animated) **Finding Nemo** Comedy of the 00s? **Pirates of the Carribean** Comedy of the 90s? **Austin Powers** Comedy of the 80s? **The Princess Bride** Comedy of the 50s? **Some Like it Hot** Drama of the 00s? **The Pianist** Action/Adventure of the 00s? **Sin City** Action/Adventure of the 90s? **True Lies** Action/Adventure of the 80s? **Raiders of the Lost Ark** SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? **Serenity** SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s? **The Matrix** SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? **Aliens** SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? **Alien** Foreign1? **Cinema Paradiso** Foreign2? **Like Water for Chocolate** Foreign3? **Amelie** Miscellaneous1? Lord of the Rings Trilogy ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/28 "2006-03-01T22:51:51Z")
The obvious choice is _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!_ ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/29 "2006-03-02T00:20:58Z")
A partial list, the best I can do right now given time constraints (damn job!): Documentary? Bowling For Columbine Silent? Children’s (Live action) Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (original) Children’s (Animated) Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Comedy of the 00s? Comedy of the 90s? Clueless Comedy of the 80s? When Harry Met Sally… Comedy of the 70s? Young Frankenstein Comedy of the 60s? The Pink Panther Comedy of the 50s? Stalag 17 Comedy of the 40s? The Philadelphia Story Comedy of the 30s? It Happened One Night Drama of the 00s? 25th Hour (so far) Drama of the 90s? LA Confidential Drama of the 80s? Do The Right Thing Drama of the 70s? Apocalypse Now Drama of the 60s? Inherit the Wind Drama of the 50s? Drama of the 40s? Casablanca Drama of the 30s? Action/Adventure of the 00s? Action/Adventure of the 90s? The Matrix Action/Adventure of the 80s? Raiders of the Lost Ark Action/Adventure of the 70s? Action/Adventure of the 60s? Goldfinger Action/Adventure of the 50s? North By Northwest Action/Adventure of the 40s? Action/Adventure of the 30s? Gunga Din SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (so far) SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s? Jurassic Park (the first one) SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? The Thing (John Carpenter’s remake) SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? Alien SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s? 2001: A Space Odyssey SciFi/Fantasy of the 50s? The Day The Earth Stood Still SciFi/Fantasy of the 40s? SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s? Thriller of the 00s? Thriller of the 90s? Thriller of the 80s? Thriller of the 70s? Thriller of the 60s? Thriller of the 50s? Thriller of the 40s? Thriller of the 30s? Foreign1? Amélie Foreign2? Il Postino Foreign3? Yojimbo Miscellaneous1? Unforgiven (honorable mention, 90s drama, best Western) Miscellaneous2? Moulin Rouge! (favorite musical) Miscellaneous3? Guess I’m a little confused about the difference between Action/Adventure and Thriller. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/30 "2006-03-03T20:53:58Z")
An updated version of my previous post, with some titles added. Still too many gaps, though. Documentary? Bowling For Columbine Silent? City Lights Children’s (Live action) Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (original) Children’s (Animated) Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Comedy of the 00s? Sideways Comedy of the 90s? Clueless Comedy of the 80s? When Harry Met Sally… Comedy of the 70s? Young Frankenstein Comedy of the 60s? The Pink Panther Comedy of the 50s? Stalag 17 Comedy of the 40s? The Philadelphia Story Comedy of the 30s? It Happened One Night Drama of the 00s? 25th Hour (so far) Drama of the 90s? LA Confidential Drama of the 80s? Do The Right Thing Drama of the 70s? Apocalypse Now Drama of the 60s? Inherit the Wind Drama of the 50s? Rebel Without A Cause Drama of the 40s? Casablanca Drama of the 30s? Action/Adventure of the 00s? Action/Adventure of the 90s? The Matrix Action/Adventure of the 80s? Raiders of the Lost Ark Action/Adventure of the 70s? Action/Adventure of the 60s? Goldfinger Action/Adventure of the 50s? North By Northwest Action/Adventure of the 40s? Action/Adventure of the 30s? Gunga Din SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s? Jurassic Park (the first one) SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? The Thing (John Carpenter’s remake) SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? Alien SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s? 2001: A Space Odyssey SciFi/Fantasy of the 50s? The Day The Earth Stood Still SciFi/Fantasy of the 40s? SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s? The Wizard of Oz Thriller of the 00s? Thriller of the 90s? The Silence Of The Lambs Thriller of the 80s? Thriller of the 70s? Jaws Thriller of the 60s? The Manchurian Candidate Thriller of the 50s? Thriller of the 40s? Thriller of the 30s? Foreign1? Amélie Foreign2? Il Postino Foreign3? Yojimbo Miscellaneous1? Unforgiven (honorable mention, 90s drama, best Western) Miscellaneous2? Moulin Rouge! (favorite musical) Miscellaneous3? Ghost World (honorable mention, both drama and comedy for the 90s) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/31 "2006-03-04T01:11:37Z")
**Documentary**? Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills **Silent**? Nosferatu **Children’s (Live action)**? Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) **Children’s (Animated)**? Mulan **Comedy of the 00s**? Almost Famous **Comedy of the 90s**? Being John Malkovich **Comedy of the 80s**? A Fish Called Wanda **Comedy of the 70s**? Harold and Maude **Comedy of the 60s**? The Graduate **Comedy of the 50s**? Some Like It Hot **Comedy of the 40s**? Arsenic and Old Lace **Comedy of the 30s**? It Happened One Night **Drama of the 00s**? Hotel Rwanda **Drama of the 90s**? Magnolia **Drama of the 80s**? Frances **Drama of the 70s**? Dog Day Afternoon **Drama of the 60s**? Bonnie and Clyde **Drama of the 50s**? A Streetcar Named Desire **Drama of the 40s**? Great Expectations **Drama of the 30s**? Of Mice and Men **Action/Adventure of the 00s**? Kill Bill: Vol. 2 **Action/Adventure of the 90s**? Léon **Action/Adventure of the 80s**? Platoon **Action/Adventure of the 70s**? Apocalypse Now **Action/Adventure of the 60s**? Bullitt **Action/Adventure of the 50s**? The African Queen **Action/Adventure of the 40s**? To Have and Have Not **Action/Adventure of the 30s**? The Wizard of Oz **SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s**? Donnie Darko **SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s**? The Nightmare Before Christmas **SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s**? Unendliche Geschichte, Die (The Neverending Story) **SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s**? A Clockwork Orange **SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s**? Planet of the Apes **SciFi/Fantasy of the 50s**? Harvey **SciFi/Fantasy of the 40s**? Miracle on 34th Street **SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s**? Frankenstein **Thriller of the 00s**? Memento **Thriller of the 90s**? The Usual Suspects **Thriller of the 80s**? The Shining **Thriller of the 70s**? The Exorcist **Thriller of the 60s**? Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? **Thriller of the 50s**? The Night of the Hunter **Thriller of the 40s**? Rope **Thriller of the 30s**? M **Foreign1**? Breathless **Foreign2**? Spoorloos **Foreign3**? Belle de jour **Miscellaneous1**? Badlands **Miscellaneous2**? Stand By Me **Miscellaneous3**? Ordinary People We need an Honorable Mention! Just so I can nominate Jacob’s Ladder. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/32 "2006-03-04T01:49:31Z")
I’m afraid i’m a very pessimistic person, so while there’s lots of films I like, there’s less that I think are worth “best” in their category. And I haven’t seen that many films from before I was born. **Children’s (Animated)** The Lion King Action/Adventure of the 00s? Ong Bak Action/Adventure of the 80s? Die Hard I Action/Adventure of the 50s? Seven Samurai SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? Lord of the Rings Trilogy. SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? The Empire Strikes Back (beats out Princess Bride for me, sadly ☹ ) SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? Star Wars Foreign1? Battle Royale Foreign2? Hero Foreign3? Seven Samurai (Yes, it gets in twice.) Miscellaneous1? Pulp Fiction Miscellaneous2? Princess Bride (since it didn’t get in before) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/33 "2006-03-04T04:17:51Z")
Using ‘my favorite’ in each group : Documentary? The Thin Blue Line Children’s (Live action) The Muppet Movie Children’s (Animated) Pinocchio (Disney) Comedy of the 00s? The Royal Tennenbaums Comedy of the 90s? Office Space Comedy of the 80s? The Princess Bride Comedy of the 70s? Blazing Saddles Comedy of the 60s? The Graduate Comedy of the 50s? Harvey Comedy of the 40s? His Girl Friday Comedy of the 30s? Duck Soup SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? The Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s? Terminator 2 : Judgment Day SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? Blade Runner SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? Star Wars SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s? 2001:A Space Odyssey SciFi/Fantasy of the 50s? The Day the Earth Stood Still SciFi/Fantasy of the 40s? SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s? Foreign1? Faraway, So Close! (Germany) Foreign2? Love Letter (Japan) Foreign3? Jean de Florette (France) Miscellaneous1? The Shining Miscellaneous2? Brazil Miscellaneous3? Ran ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/34 "2006-03-05T00:30:48Z")
Documentary - When We Were Kings Silent - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Children’s (Live action) - The Princess Bride Children’s (Animated) - Shrek Comedy of the 00s - Team America Comedy of the 90s - The Big Lebowski Comedy of the 80s - Brazil Comedy of the 70s - The Bad News Bears Comedy of the 60s - It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Comedy of the 50s - Some Like It Hot Comedy of the 40s - Arsenic and Old Lace Comedy of the 30s - Duck Soup Drama of the 00s - American Splendor Drama of the 90s - Once Were Warriors Drama of the 80s - Do The Right Thing Drama of the 70s - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Drama of the 60s - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Drama of the 50s - Paths of Glory Drama of the 40s - Treasure of the Sierra Madre Drama of the 30s - All Quiet On The Western Front Action/Adventure of the 00s - Sin City Action/Adventure of the 90s - Resevoir Dogs Action/Adventure of the 80s - The Stunt Man Action/Adventure of the 70s - Apocalypse Now Action/Adventure of the 60s - The Dirty Dozen Action/Adventure of the 50s - Cyrano De Bergerac Action/Adventure of the 40s - The Maltese Falcon Action/Adventure of the 30s - Adventures of Robin Hood SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s - Lord of the Rings trilogy SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s - The Matrix SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s - The Thing SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s - Star Wars SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s - Planet of the Apes SciFi/Fantasy of the 50s - Invasion of the Body Snatchers SciFi/Fantasy of the 40s - The Thief of Bagdad SciFi/Fantasy of the 30s - The Wizard of Oz Thriller of the 00s - Memento Thriller of the 90s - The Usual Suspects Thriller of the 80s - Blue Velvet Thriller of the 70s - Jaws Thriller of the 60s - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold Thriller of the 50s - North By Northwest Thriller of the 40s - The Third Man Thriller of the 30s - Public Enemy Foreign1 - Wings of Desire Foreign2 - M Foreign3 - The Seven Samauri Miscellaneous1 - Koyaanisqatsi Miscellaneous2 - Fantasia Miscellaneous3 - Heavy Metal Parking Lot ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/35 "2006-03-05T01:08:46Z")
I saw this topic and thought “Oh fun! Another ‘Favorite Movie’ poll!” Then I opened it up only to be confronted with a ‘History of Cinema’ exam. Here are my responses, one per category (not taking decade into account), for the ones that I have a definite answer for. Silent? The General Children’s (Animated)? The Emperor’s New Groove Comedy? Monty Python and the Holy Grail Drama? Casablanca Thriller? The Shining Foreign? The Seven Samurai ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/36 "2006-03-05T17:35:51Z")
I think anybody who puts anything other than “Star Wars” down for best Fantasy SciFi of the 70s should have to explain why they chose something other than Star Wars. Its effect on the look and feel of SF films was so pronounced that you can neatly divide the SF genre into “Before Star Wars” and “After Star Wars.” No other film even comes close to that kind of influence. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/37 "2006-03-05T17:58:32Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I think anybody who puts anything other than “Star Wars” down for best Fantasy SciFi of the 70s should have to explain why they chose something other than Star Wars. Its effect on the look and feel of SF films was so pronounced that you can neatly divide the SF genre into “Before Star Wars” and “After Star Wars.” No other film even comes close to that kind of influence. EC, because you think a poorly written, poorly acted film is great because of its special effect, this does nothing to sway me from Close Encounters. I could use your argument for 2001 Space Odyssey by the way. It proved Special effects could look real. This was incredible and 8 years earlier. Instead of trying to start a fight in this thread, why don’t you provide your own list for review. There is no shortage of Star Wars fans on the board, start an appreciation thread if you like. Jim ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/38 "2006-03-05T18:10:41Z")
Besides which, the greatest SF film of all time, _Solyaris_, was made in 1972. And the second greatest SF film of all time, _Stalker_, was made in 1979. _Star Wars_ and _Close Encounters_ aren’t even in the running. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483/39 "2006-03-05T18:17:48Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Besides which, the greatest SF film of all time, _Solyaris_, was made in 1972. And the second greatest SF film of all time, _Stalker_, was made in 1979. _Star Wars_ and _Close Encounters_ aren’t even in the running. I like the original Alien & Star Trek IV more than Star Wars also, You can at least understand why someone might not like Star Wars or Solyaris as #1 I hope. Jim ---
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Children’s (Live action) Babe Children’s (Animated) Finding Nemo (The Incredibles, a close 2nd) Comedy of the 00s? Napoleon Dynamite Comedy of the 90s? The Big Lebowski Comedy of the 80s? Raising Arizona Comedy of the 70s? Monty Python and the Holy Grail Drama of the 00s? Million Dollar Baby (or The Pianist?) Drama of the 90s? Shawshank Redemption Drama of the 80s? The Color Purple Drama of the 70s? The Godfather Action/Adventure of the 00s? Kung Fu Hustle Action/Adventure of the 90s? Pulp Fiction Action/Adventure of the 80s? Raider’s of the Lost Ark SciFi/Fantasy of the 00s? Primer (scifi), LOTR: FOTR (fantasy) SciFi/Fantasy of the 90s? Matrix SciFi/Fantasy of the 80s? Damn, too much good stuff in this decade: Blade Runner, Alien, ESB, The Thing, Close Encounters, Back to the Future… I’ll have to go with Close Encounters. SciFi/Fantasy of the 70s? Star Wars: A New Hope SciFi/Fantasy of the 60s? 2001:A Space Odyssey Thriller of the 00s? Memento Thriller of the 90s? Silence of the Lambs Thriller of the 80s? The Shining Thriller of the 70s? Jaws S’all I got. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-ever-a-poll/346483.md?page=3)