# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/61 "2008-12-10T20:01:22Z")
These are the movies I’ve watched the most in my life and would like to have with me on a desert island to remind me of the good ol’ days when I wasn’t on a desert island. In no particular order: Amelie I Heart Huckabees Newsies Adaptation Rushmore Sense and Sensibility Fight Club Hedwig and the Angry Inch What About Bob? School of Rock ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/62 "2008-12-10T20:18:14Z")
All About Eve Broken Blossoms Casablanca Dead Poets’ Society Glory Life is Beautiful Moonstruck Mr. Hollings’s Opus Now, Voyager Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? The Wizard of Oz I know, that’s 11. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/63 "2008-12-10T20:35:55Z")
The first five, and in that order, are mainstays of my top 10 list; the rest are ones that are on it today. Local Hero (1983) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Boogie Nights (1997) This is Spinal Tap (1984) Unforgiven (1992) It Happened One Night (1934) Aliens (1986) The Princess Bride (1987) Fargo (1996) Reviewing my list, and looking at those from other posters, I’m struck by how many truly great movies were made in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/64 "2008-12-10T21:06:57Z")
I better post without having read the thread\*.[ul][li]Duck Soup for the anarchic brilliance that is the Marx Brothers [_]Young Frankenstein - the funniest and most respectful parody ever created[_]The Maltese Falcon - “the stuff that dreams are made of”[_]Godspell - because if Jesus were a solemn, effeminate depressive with a British accent as He is in other films, the church would never have gotten started[_]Cabaret - Divine Decadence![_]Angel Heart - “You’re gonna burn for this.” “I know - in hell.”[_]Fantasia - that film is still twenty years ahead of its time, and always will be[_]Pinocchio - the best animated film, ever[_]Tootsie - And the award for best leading performance, Ever, is…[_]Forbidden Planet - The Tempest, in outer space, and it works_[/ul][/li] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/65 "2008-12-10T21:18:55Z")
Hmmm… Lebowski Rear Window High Noon Wild Strawberries Casablanca Das Boot Life of Brian The General That’s enough ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/66 "2008-12-10T22:16:30Z")
Wow, tough to come up with 10, but here goes (no particular order): 1. _Silence of the Lambs_ 2. _Animal House_ 3. _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ 4. _Apocalypse Now_ 5. _2010, the Year We Make Contact_ 6. _Blazing Saddles_ 7. _National Treasure_ 8. _Day of the Dead_ 9. _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ 10. _Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein_ Honorable mention to _Fargo_, _The Blues Brothers_, _Aliens_, _Galaxy Quest_, the original _The Producers_ and _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_. ---
**Author:** ![Gwyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Gwyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gwyen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/67 "2008-12-10T22:43:11Z")
In no particular order: 1. LOTR Trilogy (I’m counting them as one because I can’t just watch one at a time) 2. Fight Club 3. Apocalypse Now 4. Secretary 5. Practical Magic 6. Brigadoon 7. Snatch 8. Fried Green Tomatoes 9. The Untouchables 10. Finding Nemo Honorable Mention: Goodfellows Any Monty Python Any Mel brooks, particularly Young Frankenstein The Princess Bride ---
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Wow. I could live with ArchiveGuy’s list if I had to, though \*Vertigo \*is not my favorite Hitchcock: too fussy; I prefer the id-hysteria of _The Birds_. But otherwise, all of these movies are at least in my top 100. My top ten (which varies; there are actually about 30 movies that rotate in and out): [ol] [li]1928 Carl Dreyer: _The Passion of Joan of Arc_[/li][li]1953 Kenji Mizoguchi:\* Ugetsu\*[/li][li]1927 F.W. Murnau: _Sunrise_[/li][li]1972 Andrei Tarkovsky: _Solyaris_[/li][li]1952 Roberto Rossellini: _Europa 51_[/li][li]1955 Charles Laughton: _Night of the Hunter_[/li][li]1941 Preston Sturges: _Sullivan’s Travels_[/li][li]1931 Charles Chaplin: _City Lights_[/li][li]1934 John Ford: _Judge Priest_[/li][li]1936 William Wyler:\* Dodsworth\*[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/69 "2008-12-10T23:49:14Z")
Fight Club Star Wars IV-VI Finding Nemo The Emperor’s New Groove Men In Black A Christmas Story Pulp Fiction Monty Python’s The Life of Brian Underworld (Yeah, its 11) ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/70 "2008-12-11T01:46:21Z")
No particular order: Apollo 13, Three Godfathers (John Wayne), Beauty and the Beast, Princess Bride, Field of Dreams, Best Years of Their Lives, Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, So Proudly We Hail, Them! ---
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The Rocketeer Call of Cthulhu SOS Pacific Ladies Crave Excitement Miracle on 34th Street Galaxy Quest Sense & Sensibility Hobson’s Choice Them! The Core The Crawling Eye (The Trollenberg Terror) ---
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Comrades, Almost a Love Story A Tale of Two Sisters The Bride with White Hair Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Pulp Fiction Goodfellas Kill Bill Cinema Paradiso The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/73 "2008-12-11T16:00:04Z")
\*\* 1. Jean de Florette/ Manon of the springs \*\* Followed, out of my head and in no particular order by : Three colours : Blue (and possibly also Red) Bladerunner Name of the rose Excalibur Time of the Gypsies Lord of the Rings trilogy Pan’s labyrinth Land and freedom Barry Lyndon All the mornings of the world Of course, as soon as I’ll post this list, I will go :smack: because I forgot that other movie that I can’t possibly not mention in my top ten list. ---
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:smack: :smack: ---
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\ I really don’t want to be one of those… to hell with the rules… I’m just going for it, but… to hell with the rules, I’m going for it. This is in no particular order- any of these movies I will stop and watch at any point if they are on TV. Most I own. Braveheart Amelie Moulin Rouge Star Wars Ep’s IV-VI O Brother Where Art Though & Big Lebowski (Two favorite Coen Brothers) Field of Dreams Dead Poets Society Rocky I-IV (V does not exist, Rocky Balboa was decent, but not anywhere near list worthy) Rounders Almost Famous Aladdin & Jungle Book (My two favorite Disney movies) Monty Pythons Life of Brian (I find this far funnier than Holy Grail- which I also go into hysterics) Pulp Fiction Best in Show Ferris Beuller’s Day Off A Clockwork Orange Stand By Me Full Metal Jacket Swingers ---
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Favorites? I don’t really know. Here are some that I really like a lot. The list could be completely different by tomorrow. [ul] [li]The Stunt Man[/li][li]Sweet Smell of Success[/li][li]My Favorite Year[/li][li]The Thin Blue Line[/li][li]Broadway Danny Rose[/li][li]The Godfather Part II[/li][li]Love and Death[/li][li]Trois Couleurs: Rouge[/li][li]Troi Couleurs: Bleu[/li][li]Ran[/li][/ul] ---
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> [@Labdad](#): > > “Chinatown” > “Citizen Kane” > “Dr. Strangelove” > “The Maltese Falcon” > “Patton” > “Rear Window” > “Red River” > “Sorcerer” > “The Third Man” > “The Wild Bunch” > > and if I get to take 11, “You’ll Find Out” (Holy crap **kitemaker\_chuck**! I thought I was the only person on the planet who loves that silly movie! I watched it on TV probably 40 years ago to see Karloff, Lorre, and Lugosi, and discovered Kay Kyser and Ish Kabibble instead!) Hi labdad! It’s nice to hear from a fellow fan of “You’ll Find Out!”. This movie is available on DVD, (I have a copy), however, I don’t recall who I bought it from! ---
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Fight Club The Hunt for Red October The Shawshank Redemption Apollo 13 Miller’s Crossing Fargo The Incredibles The Godfather Casablanca Citizen Kane Also… Pulp Fiction Goodfellas Memento L. A. Confidential Get Shorty ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453/79 "2008-12-11T19:31:44Z")
LOTR (considered as one movie for my purposes) Sirens Hester Street Out of Africa A River Runs Through It Fight Club Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Mummy (no, not the boring Karloff classic, the cheesy Indiana Jone ripoff) The Princess Bride Pride and Prejudice (Keira version, even if it’s a bit rushed) A Man for All Seasons ---
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Star Wars Terminator 2 Forrest Gump Wayne’s World Pee Wee’s Big Adventure The Empire Strikes Back Dawn of the Dead Smokey and the Bandit Groundhog Day Saving Private Ryan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-top-ten-favorite-films/476453.md?page=5)