# Your Favorite Movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719 "2009-01-17T06:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/41 "2009-01-18T02:18:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/42 "2009-01-18T02:23:34Z")
_M_ …if only to have one of the very few SDMB postings consisting of one lett…_OH DAMN_ ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/43 "2009-01-18T02:27:48Z")
I’m alone in my love for Cabaret? Ok, fine, then my second runners up are Goodfellas, Silence of the Lambs, Shawshank Redemption. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/44 "2009-01-18T03:16:43Z")
_Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) _Little Women_ _The Little Mermaid_ These are movies I can watch over and over. A movie I thought was outstanding, but really don’t want to see over and over is _Crash_. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/45 "2009-01-18T03:17:57Z")
Master and Commander: The Far side of the World What About Bob? Brokeback Mountain ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/46 "2009-01-18T03:31:11Z")
> [@DJ\_Motorbike](#): > > The Royal Tennenbaums - I think this movie is so good that it almost hurts. Marry me! This is my go to movie. I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve watched it and I’ve thought a lot about why I like it so much and really cannot explain it. **olivesmarch4th** , I Heart Huckabees is a close second. It’s all about the blanket! ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/47 "2009-01-18T03:39:32Z")
[The Lion In Winter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/) and [The Big Chill](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085244/) or [The Great Escape](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/) or [Slap Shot](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076723/) or. . . Perhaps it would be best to just say The Lion In Winter and leave it at that. I’m not very good at playing favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/48 "2009-01-18T04:12:17Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#): > > Marry me! This is my go to movie. I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve watched it and I’ve thought a lot about why I like it so much and really cannot explain it. > > **olivesmarch4th** , I Heart Huckabees is a close second. It’s all about the blanket! Ok, let’s make it a ménage à trois! _The Royal Tennenbaums_ is also perfection. ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/49 "2009-01-18T04:24:44Z")
We Were Soldiers Once…and Young. The only movie I know of that showed military life vs. just the military. The wives made this movie for me as much as the action. I’ve seen the support military wives give to each other in and out of crisis and they don’t get the praise they deserve. This is really the only depiction I’ve seen of that kind of thing. Also, the portrayal of leadership. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/50 "2009-01-18T04:30:20Z")
Midnight Cowboy. A Christmas Carol (the Alastair Sim version). I’m a divided personality, so each half gets a choice, right? ---
**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/51 "2009-01-18T04:37:41Z")
Glengarry Glen Ross There are alot that I call “toss the remote movies” because if I see it on TV, no need to change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/52 "2009-01-18T04:43:23Z")
I don’t think any of my favorite movies have been mentioned, but here are five I have watched innumerable times and will watch again whenever I have a chance: The Grapes of Wrath Shane Gigi The Black Stallion Alice In Wonderland (The Disney version) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/53 "2009-01-18T04:44:16Z")
**Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan** and **Gentleman’s Agreement** ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/54 "2009-01-18T04:59:29Z")
It would have to be **The Adventures Of Robin Hood** : I can’t think of a movie which achieves what it set out to do better, and in such gloriously memorable style. The music, the casting, the playing, the set and costume design are all impeccable, and Flynn simply owns the camera, although he’s given a fine run for his money by every other player, with special mention going to Basil Rathbone. The banqueting scene, where he strolls into Nottingham Castle carrying a deer, climbs onto the table and thus into a chair, which he proceeds to lean nonchalantly back in and be majestically insolent to everyone in the room, is a particular delight: “You speak treason!” “Fluently” Runner up? Probably **The Incredibles** , for similar reasons: there is not a single thing wrong with this movie, and Samuel L. Jackson’s delivery of “I’m thirsty” is the single best line reading ever. ---
**Author:** ![MissIntent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/55 "2009-01-18T05:18:44Z")
Jaws ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/56 "2009-01-18T05:35:22Z")
**Arsenic and Old Lace**. I can’t think of any movie that I’ve probably watched more times, or that I’d be more willing to watch at any particular time if I had to pick one. Behind that, it’s legion: **Army of Darkness** is another candidate. **Casablanca** is timeless, and I’d be just as willing to watch it. Sunset Boulevard is a contender–I’ve only watched it once, but I think it might have the staying power. (“I _ **am** _ big–it’s the pictures that got small!”) **Wizard of Oz** … I could go on for a while. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/57 "2009-01-18T05:50:27Z")
**The Quiet Man** - John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen “Red Will” Danaher: He’ll regret it till his dying day … if ever he lives that long. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/58 "2009-01-18T08:21:00Z")
Jean de Florette/Manon of the springs (really one movie in two parts) But since the OP allowed himself to mention two movies, I’m going to use this thread to advertise [Persepolis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ22VyjJ6n8&feature=related) , an animated movie that didn’t get, IMO, the recognition it deserves (at least outside France). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/59 "2009-01-18T09:46:29Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > _M_ > > …if only to have one of the very few SDMB postings consisting of one lett…_OH DAMN_ I’d go with _Z_ then. 😛 Definitely not _Q_ ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie/481719/60 "2009-01-18T10:20:18Z")
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