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Posted on 02/23/2003 11:42:15 AM PST by pupdog

In a recent thread, Freepers were asked to discuss their favorite movies, and we did, 470+ posts worth.

Well, far be it from me to miss an opportunity for statistical analysis and scientific inquiry, so I compliled all of the results, and present them to you here. I bring to you, Free Republic's Top 124 movies:

#77-124 (3 votes each):

The Andromeda Strain, Armageddon, Arsenic and Old Lace, Back to the Future Part 3, The Birds, Cinema Paradiso, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Dawn Of The Dead, Deliverance, Dirty Harry, The Empire Strikes Back, Flight Of The Phoenix, Forbidden Planet, Full Metal Jacket, Glory, Gone With The Wind, Groundhog Day, Heat, Henry V, The Hunt For Red October, Immortal Beloved, Kelly's Heroes, Last Of The Mohicans, Lawrence of Arabia, Life Is Beautiful, Little Big Man, Machurian Candidate, McClintock, The Mummy, My Fair Lady, The Pink Panther series, Popeye, Predator, Raisin' Arizona, Sand Pebbles, Sense And Sensibility, Signs, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Spiderman, Star Wars, The Thing, The Third Man, Tremors, True Lies, Unforgiven, The Usual Suspects, The Women, Yentl

#53-76 (4 votes each):

Aliens, Back To The Future, The Best Years Of Our Lives, The Big Lebowski, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner, Caddyshack, A Clockwork Orange, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Exorcist, Fiddler On The Roof, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Life Of Brian, The Man Who Would Be King, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Shawshank Redemption, Stalag 17, Thin Man series, Top Gun, Treasure of the Sierra Madres, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wizard Of Oz

#32 - 52 (5 votes each):

Amadeus, Apocalypse Now, Ben Hur, Brazil, Chariots Of Fire, Dumb & Dumber, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, A Man For All Seasons, Midway, North By Northwest, Office Space, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Rear Window, Shane, The Ten Commandments, This Is Spinal Tap, The Sound Of Music, We Were Soldiers, Young Frankenstein, Zulu

#23 - 31 (6 votes each):

African Queen, Animal House, Apollo 13, Dr. Strangelove, Gettysburg, Gone With The Wind, Goodfellas, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

#19 - 22 (7 votes each):

Alien, Doctor Zhivago, Gladiator, The Godfather Part III

#15 - 18 (8 votes each):

Blazing Saddles, Das Boot, Red Dawn, Saving Private Ryan

#10 - 14 (9 votes each):

Citizen Kane, It's a Wonderful Life, Outlaw Josey Wales, Patton, Pulp Fiction

#9 (10 votes):

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

#8 (12 votes):

The Matrix

#5 - 7 (13 votes each):

Casablanca, The Godfather Part II, The Patriot

#4 (14 votes):

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

#3 (15 votes):

Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring

#1 - 2 (23 votes each):

Braveheart, The Godfather

Yes, a tie. I'll let you all now fight it out over which one is better.

There were 777 movies mentioned altogether. There was some ambiguity in how people made their selections, but I won't bother getting into methodology, since this was just a fun diversion and not meant to be scientific.

What that, discuss.

No mention of Luis Bunuel's "The Phantom of Liberty"?

"Disgusting!"

Or Costa-Gavras' "Z" or "The Confession"?

Or Frank Herbert's "Dune"?

The 5th Element:

"This is the most extraordinary thing I have ever seen in my whole life!"

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