# You can pick Only One: what’s your favorite Robert Redford movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 18, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166 "2025-09-18T20:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/101 "2025-09-27T12:58:30Z")
Nobody picked Brubaker? To badly misquote the final scene: “Of course I’m really the warden! I’m too handsome to be a real criminal!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/102 "2025-09-27T19:44:25Z")
Sundance Channel aired Butch Cassidy and The Sting this Saturday. I was curious enough to watch The Sting. Not much has changed since I saw it years ago. I still don’t fully understand The Big Con plot. I like the authenticity. Con men had to risk getting roughed up and possibly killed by the Marks. I understand why The Sting is drawing votes. It’s enjoyable and well made. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/103 "2025-09-28T02:05:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I was curious enough to watch The Sting. Not much has changed since I saw it years ago. I still don’t fully understand The Big Con plot. I didn’t get it all on the first viewing, but it makes sense after that. What are you still unclear on? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/104 "2025-09-28T02:30:32Z")
I understand _The Sting_’s “Big Con” perfectly. If you have questions, just ask. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/105 "2025-09-28T03:14:35Z")
I saved The Sting on my Philo account. It will make more sense after I watch it again. If I’m still confused I’ll post a question in a separate thread. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/106 "2025-09-28T04:46:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I saved The Sting on my Philo account. It will make more sense after I watch it again. What does a philo account have to do with it making sense ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/107 "2025-09-28T05:25:34Z")
I can rewatch the movie. The cloud DVR is a feature of Philo. I’ll pay closer attention the next time that I watch. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/108 "2025-09-28T13:44:25Z")
Three Days of the Condor for sure, and it’s not even close. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/109 "2025-09-28T18:42:27Z")
Updated tally — Three Days of the Condor passes Jeremiah Johnson 11 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 9 The Sting 8 Sneakers 7 All the President’s Men 5 Three Days of the Condor 4 Jeremiah Johnson 3 The Natural 3 Spy Game 2 Ordinary People 1 The Candidate 1 The Electric Horseman 1 Out of Africa 1 All is Lost 1 Indecent Proposal 1 A River Runs Through It 1 Brubaker • You’ve voted already: 2\_More\_Bits aceplace57 Beckdawreck blondebear Broomstick Bullitt + wife chela cieskokid Crafter\_Man Dallas\_Jones DaveUnknown DCnDC dolphinboy Gatopescado gkster Gordon\_G Jack\_Burden Jasmine JKellyMap JoePockets John\_DiFool kenobi\_65 + wife Lantern2 Little\_Nemo Llama\_Llogophile Loach Lurkmeister MacDoc Mallard Mean\_Mr.Mustard Munch needscoffee Omniscient ParallelLines + wife pirviii pkbites Prof.Pepperwinkle Robot\_Arm ShadowFacts Si\_Amigo Snarky\_Kong Sparky812 Spoons Stephe96 Stranger\_On\_A\_Train Telemark themapleleaf The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper + wife ThelmaLou TreacherousCretin Two\_Many\_Cats2 Whack-a-Mole What \_Exit ZipperJJ ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/110 "2025-09-29T12:40:57Z")
While I enjoy Redford’s serious movies like _The Candidate_ and _All The President’s Men_, and thoroughly enjoyed _The Sting_ and _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ (one of the movies I constantly quote; “Rules? In a knife fight? No rules!”), looking over his filmography, I realized there are only two movies I will stop everything and watch if I run across them on TV, _Three Days of the Condor_ and the one I’m going to vote for: **The Hot Rock** It doesn’t just have comedic tones, it is a straight out comedy wrapped around a complicated heist. Redford plays the sane Bob Newhart type center, with all the other characters bouncing off and around him. His increasing obsession with the titular maguffin and the gang’s increasingly elaborate schemes to first steal it and then retrieve it co9mprise one of my favorite comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166/111 "2025-10-01T08:05:42Z")
Updated tally — The Hot Rock makes the list 11 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 9 The Sting 8 Sneakers 7 All the President’s Men 5 Three Days of the Condor 4 Jeremiah Johnson 3 The Natural 3 Spy Game 2 Ordinary People 2 All is Lost 1 The Candidate 1 The Electric Horseman 1 Out of Africa 1 Indecent Proposal 1 A River Runs Through It 1 Brubaker 1 The Hot Rock • You’ve voted already: 2\_More\_Bits aceplace57 Beckdawreck blondebear Broomstick Bullitt + wife chela cieskokid Crafter\_Man Dallas\_Jones DaveUnknown DCnDC dolphinboy Gatopescado gkster Gordon\_G Hatchie Jack\_Burden Jasmine JKellyMap JoePockets John\_DiFool kenobi\_65 + wife Lantern2 Little\_Nemo Llama\_Llogophile Loach Lurkmeister MacDoc Mallard Mean\_Mr.Mustard Munch needscoffee Omniscient ParallelLines + wife peccavi pirviii pkbites Prof.Pepperwinkle Robot\_Arm ShadowFacts Si\_Amigo Snarky\_Kong Sparky812 Spoons Stephe96 Stranger\_On\_A\_Train Telemark themapleleaf The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper + wife ThelmaLou TreacherousCretin Two\_Many\_Cats2 Whack-a-Mole What \_Exit ZipperJJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166.md?page=5)