# Your Personal Top Ten Favorite Films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453 "2008-12-09T21:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/1 "2008-12-09T21:13:21Z")
What are your top ten favorite films? Not necessarily the top ten best films ever made… you don’t need to put _Citizen Kane_ out there just because that’s what everyone always does… but the top ten that you truly love to watch, curl up on your couch or at an all night film festival. In other words, if you were stuck on a desert island with a bitchin’ system, a ten disk player, and could only take ten, which ten would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/2 "2008-12-09T21:18:58Z")
LOTR: FOTR Aliens LOTR: TTT Hmmm, they drop off rather precipitously after that. Sure we can’t just list our top 3? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/3 "2008-12-09T21:25:59Z")
[ol][li]_Round Midnight_[/li][li]_The Conversation_[/ol][/li] After that, in no particular order: [ul][li]_The Godfather_[/li][li]_Silver Streak_[/li][li]_Hopscotch_[/li][li]_The Silence of the Lambs_[/li][li]_Casablanca_[/li][li]_Being There_[/li][li]_Grosse Pointe Blank_[/li]_The Empire Strikes Back_[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/4 "2008-12-09T21:31:31Z")
In no particular order: [ul] [li]Kicking and Screaming (the Noah Baumbach film)[/li][li]O Brother Where Art Thou?[/li][li]Quiz Show[/li][li]Juno[/li][li]Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead[/li][li]The Philadelphia Story[/li][li]Finding Nemo[/li][li]About a Boy[/li][li]My Cousin Vinny[/li][li]Kiss Kiss Bang Bang[/li][/ul] Included among those that didn’t quite make the list are _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_, _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_, and _Three Kings_. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/5 "2008-12-09T21:34:05Z")
In order of how ashamed I am that the film is on my top ten list, least to most: [ol] [li]The Godfather[/li][li]In the Mood for Love[/li][li]Seven Samurai[/li][li]Casablanca[/li][li]The Big Lebowski[/li][li]Office Space[/li][li]Lost in Translation[/li][li]Fight Club[/li][li]Braveheart[/li][li]A Few Good Men[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/6 "2008-12-09T21:35:27Z")
Fargo Last of the Mohicans The Godfather Scarface LOTR: TTT Shattered Glass Field of Dreams Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas Four Weddings and a Funeral ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/7 "2008-12-09T21:38:14Z")
Alright, 10 desert island movies, here we go… 1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3-5. The Lord of the Rings trilogy 3. Casablanca 4. Sin City 5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 6. Spider-Man 2 7. Speed Racer I considered re-watchability the main factor in choosing my list. To be honest, I think if was really going to a desert island forever with just 10 movies, I’d include a porno or two. Probably not for an all-night film festival though. Actually… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/8 "2008-12-09T21:42:35Z")
In alphabetical order: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Fargo High Fidelity No Country for Old Men One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest The Princess Bride Pulp Fiction Raiders of the Lost Arc Sense and Sensibility Traffic When I came up with these, re-watchability played a huge factor. I’ve seen all of these movies numerous times and I never get tired of them. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/9 "2008-12-09T21:48:48Z")
Sorry, you can’t stop me at 10: Hoop Dreams Blue The Hustler Cinema Paradiso A Streetcar Named Desire Raise the Red Lantern Rocky Chinatown Big Night Sunset Boulevard Diner Memento The Talented Mr. Ripley Buena Vista Social Club Rear Window Breakfast at Tiffany’s An Unfinished Life ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/10 "2008-12-09T21:51:22Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > LOTR: FOTR > Aliens > LOTR: TTT > > Hmmm, they drop off rather precipitously after that. Sure we can’t just list our top 3? Yes, a full ten is not required. Nor will I get picky if someone’s list goes to eleven, a la _This is Spinal Tap_. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/11 "2008-12-09T21:57:50Z")
> [@drm](#): > > In alphabetical order: > > Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb > Fargo > High Fidelity > No Country for Old Men > One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest > The Princess Bride > Pulp Fiction > Raiders of the Lost Arc > Sense and Sensibility > Traffic > > When I came up with these, re-watchability played a huge factor. I’ve seen all of these movies numerous times and I never get tired of them. That’s something I started incorporating in my ratings of movies “would I be willing to watch it again”. It helps me put my movie selections in perspective. Chariots of Fire is an excellent movie, but I wouldn’t be interested in watching it again. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/12 "2008-12-09T22:01:29Z")
Also in no particular order: Dial M for Murder My Cousin Vinny The Princess Bride The Shawshank Redemption Memento Lost Horizon The Others Waking Ned Devine The Green Butchers Charade ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/13 "2008-12-09T22:01:57Z")
1. Casablanca 2. To Have and Have Not 3. The Shootist 4. Grosse Point Blank 5. The Bourne Identity 6. High Fidelity 7. Road to Perdition 8. Tom Horn 9. A Few Good Men 10. Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/14 "2008-12-09T22:04:12Z")
Taking the desert island approach. In alphabetical order: Braveheart Chasing Amy Christmas Vacation Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I Love Huckabees Little Shop of Horrors Lord of The Rings: EE Memento The Rock Star Wars (the original trilogy) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/15 "2008-12-09T22:15:04Z")
The 10 I’d least want to do without: _ **The General** _ (1927, Buster Keaton) _ **Vertigo** _ (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) _ **The Seven Samurai** _ (1954, Akira Kurosawa) _ **Ordet** _ (1955, Carl Dreyer) _ **2001: A Space Odyssey** _ (1968, Stanley Kubrick) _ **Black Narcissus** _ (1947, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) _ **La Dolce Vita** _ (1960, Federico Fellini) _ **The Wild Bunch** _ (1969, Sam Peckinpah) _ **The Lady Eve** _ (1941, Preston Sturges) _ **Chloe in the Afternoon** _ (1972, Eric Rohmer) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/16 "2008-12-09T22:30:38Z")
In no particular order: Jaws The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Saving Private Ryan Casablanca Groundhog Day The Outlaw Josey Wales Tremors Tombstone Die Hard Raiders of the Lost Ark ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/17 "2008-12-09T22:35:18Z")
1. Sense & Sensibility 2. Pride & Prejudice (can I please take both the BBC and Keira versions and have it only count once?) 3. It’s a Wonderful Life 4. Last of the Mohicans 5. Office Space 6. That Thing You Do 7. Four Weddings and a Funeral 8. The Bourne Identity 9. Ocean’s Eleven 10. While You Were Sleeping ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/18 "2008-12-09T22:43:46Z")
Noises Off Shaun of the Dead Star Wars Trilogy Pride & Prejudice miniseries The Princess Bride Big Night Eat Drink Man Woman Best In Show Raiders of the Lost Ark Clue ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/19 "2008-12-09T22:47:08Z")
These are all movies I have watched repeatedly, most of them at least once a year. Amadeus Doctor Zhivago The Shining National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Office Space Boogie Nights Gone With the Wind Shaun of the Dead Love, Actually The Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/20 "2008-12-09T23:33:28Z")
My list includes some embarrassments, but I’m striving for honesty. In no particular order: **Animal House Singing in the Rain Goodfellas The Wizard of Oz The Sound of Music Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Casablanca Mary Poppins Oceans Eleven (Clooney and Pitt) Fargo** If I could add two more, they would be \*\*Oh Brother, Where Art Thou \*\*and **Dirty Dancing** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453.md?page=2)