# 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:** 2
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/21 "2008-12-09T23:38:02Z")
Aw man, I forgot Shaun of the Dead! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/22 "2008-12-10T00:12:09Z")
Casablanca Unforgiven The Untouchables Silverado Laura Midnight Run Pulp Fiction Se7en Roadhouse Miracle on 34th Street ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/23 "2008-12-10T00:20:38Z")
Based purely on how often I reach for them on a boring evening or afternoon (and in no order): Om Gud Vill/God Willing American Splendor Stardust Rock And Roll High School High Fidelity Duck Soup _and_ Monkey Business (I can’t keep it to one Marx Brothers movie) Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas This is Spinal Tap special edition … Can I cheat and grab a DVD full of Three Stooges shorts? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/24 "2008-12-10T00:22:10Z")
Movies I regularly pull out and watch for fun: Ghostbusters Fargo Pulp Fiction Zulu Dumb and Dumber Happy Gilmore Aliens Ocean’s Eleven (Clooney version) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Incredibles ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/25 "2008-12-10T00:39:13Z")
First, I’m going to cheat by getting those cd jewel cases that hold two each. Hell with the cover art! Grosse Pointe Blank Tombstone Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind A Nightmare on Elm Street The World According to Garp The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Godfather What Dreams May Come The Seventh Sign The Deer Hunter Blade Invasions of the Body Snatchers (1978?) When a Stranger Calls (1975?) Aladdin First Blood Joy Luck Club The Majestic The Truman Show Forrest Gump Gone with the Wind Set it Off I know, that’s 21! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/26 "2008-12-10T00:41:43Z")
In no particular order: Yojimbo Raiders of the Lost Ark The Big Lebowski The Lion in Winter (O’Toole/Hepburn) Kung Fu Hustle Shaun of the Dead Wall-E Death to Smoochy Star Wars Fellowship of the Ring ETA: lobotomyboy63’s post reminded me of another favorite: Tombstone, the most quotable move ever. I get 11, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/27 "2008-12-10T00:48:33Z")
I would consider the LOTR trilogy to be one film. About a Boy. Master and Commander. Out of Africa. Blade Runner. Tootsie. A Fish Called Wanda. Monty Python and the Holy Grail After that it gets harder. Maybe the Incredibles. Or Midnight Run with Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin. Or Without a Clue with Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/28 "2008-12-10T01:33:21Z")
American Beauty The Dark Crystal Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Brazil Metropolis (anime version) Life of Brian Dazed and Confused Time Bandits Chicago And since I am on a desert island, I absolutely must have my Davd Gilmour - Remember That Night concert DVD. Allow me that and I’ll never even think about being rescued! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/29 "2008-12-10T02:32:17Z")
**1. Trevor (Oscar for best short film, live action, 1994) 2. Brokeback Mountain 3. Midnight Cowboy** 4. In and Out 5. Boys In the Band 6. Priscilla Queen of the Desert 7. American Beauty 8. Priest 9. The Ritz 10. Mommie Dearest, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Valley of The Dolls ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/30 "2008-12-10T03:17:54Z")
My ten films (not in any particular order) would include: **You’ll Find Out!** (with Kaye Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, et. al.) **Forbidden Planet** **Deep Rising** **Robots** **The Usual Suspects** **The Italian Job** (with Mark Wahlberg) **The Day the Earth Stood Still** (the original version) **The Incredibles** **They Live** **Ocean’s Twelve** If I could add say, five more, they’d be: **The Battle of Algiers (La bataille d’Alger)** **The Dam Busters** **Sugarland Express** **A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)** **The Haunted Mansion** (starring Eddie Murphy) ---
**Author:** ![Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broadswordcallingdannyboy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/31 "2008-12-10T03:35:09Z")
Top 10: 1. A Bridge Too Far 2. Von Ryan’s Express 3. Where Eagles Dare 4. The Prestige 5. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 6. Zulu 7. The Italian Job 8. The Great Escape 9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 10. Das Boot ---
**Author:** ![Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broadswordcallingdannyboy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/32 "2008-12-10T03:40:28Z")
How could I forget Raiders! And The Bridge on the River Kwai! ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/33 "2008-12-10T08:54:50Z")
1. Citizen Kane (makes the list because of genuine adoration, honest) 2. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp 3 The Godfather 3. Jackie Brown 4. The Great Race 5. Barry Lyndon 6. Kind Heart & Coronets 7. Vertigo 8. Midnight Run 9. The Deer Hunter ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/34 "2008-12-10T09:15:25Z")
A Matter of Life and Death All About Eve Halloween Psycho Rear Window Meet Me in St. Louis Babe 2: Pig in the City Casablanca Raiders of the Lost Ark Tie between Sorcerer and Rififi ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/35 "2008-12-10T12:11:01Z")
A Philadelphia Story. Willow. Los últimos de Filipinas. Rear Window. Airbag. Belle Époque. Terminator. La venganza de Don Mendo. Sergeant York. Sergeant Rutledge. (not sure if that’s really the original name, can’t access IMDB and the spanish wiki page is very empty) … I really should start cutting down on the war movies… ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/36 "2008-12-10T12:15:33Z")
In the order they come to mind: 1: The Usual Suspects 2: Michael Bay’s TransFormers 3: Stardust 4: Gone With the Wind 5: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 6: Dangerous Liaisons 7: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 8: Wall Street 9: Love Actually 10: Terminator 2 No, I’m not that sophisticated when it comes to movies - I just wanna be entertained. ---
**Author:** ![Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buford_was_no_angel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/37 "2008-12-10T12:41:40Z")
In no particular order: 1. _McCabe & Mrs. Miller_ 2. _Bull Durham_ 3. _Vertigo_ 4. _The Royal Tenenbaums_ 5. _Kill Bill, Vol. 1_ 6. _Dawn of the Dead_ (the original George Romero version, natch) 7. _The Last Waltz_ 8. _Crumb_ 9. _Night of the Hunter_ 10. _Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain_ ---
**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 10, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/38 "2008-12-10T12:52:28Z")
I can’t believe I forgot Monty Python, _A Fish Called Wanda_, and Mel Brooks! MP: if I had to pick one, I guess _Life of Brian_, but I’d like to bring _MP and the Holy Grail too_. It’s a toss up for Mel Brooks stuff too: _Young Frankenstein_ probably wins, but _Blazing Saddles_ is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/39 "2008-12-10T14:26:54Z")
Laugh. Scoff. Smirk. Whatever. I happen to lurve these movies. Snatch Trainspotting Clueless Mister Roberts The Color Purple Remember the Titans Babe Tombstone Disney’s Beauty and the Beast The Iron Giant A Nightmare Before Christmas (I know - it’s eleven) Additional lurves: Doc Hollywood - I watch this EVERY time it’s on. What a Girl Wants - I don’t care what you think! Ever After - Drew Barrymore Rocks! Ocean’s 11 ---
**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 10, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/40 "2008-12-10T15:07:24Z")
I love Snatch too, jali. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453.md?page=3)