# Your 5 Greatest Films

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-5-greatest-films/672469>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 28, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-5-greatest-films/672469 "2013-10-28T18:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-5-greatest-films/672469/101 "2013-12-11T05:05:03Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> [Crash (2004)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(2004_film)) with Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon. Great film; one reason Cheadle is one of my favorite actors.
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> I’d never heard of Crash (1996) until you asked. That you imply it’s a plausible Top 5 candidate makes me intend to watch it soon! 🆒

:mad: I downloaded and started _Crash (1996)_. It now ranks among the relatively few movies I’ve started but not bothered to finish.

> [@Zyanthia](#):
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> I really need to watch Casablanca some day to find out what all the hoorah’s are about.

_Casablanca_ features excellent witty dialog, fast-moving (though very simple) plot, and sentimentality. Good dialog is what I like best about movies; I’m also a sucker for _some_ sentimental stories; _Casablanca_ is #1 in _both_ those categories, and is thus definitely my favorite movie. (I like a few of the old b/w film noirs but am less impressed with many old “classics”.) I envy anyone about to watch _Casablanca_ for the first time. (Unfortunately I’ve watched it a dozen times or so and can only enjoy it now once or twice per decade.)

I wonder how some people manage to avoid _Casablanca_. My mother was a teenager when it first came out, but hadn’t seen it even once by her late 70’s. :smack: Although a movie lover, she refused to watch it until I insisted (admitting it was very good by the end).

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**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:** [December 11, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-5-greatest-films/672469/102 "2013-12-11T05:33:09Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> I downloaded and started _Crash (1996)_. It now ranks among the relatively few movies I’ve started but not bothered to finish.

It’s a cult movie. So there are some people who might rank it among their top five.

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