Whether you wanted to or not, you probably learned a lot of people’s seven favorite films yesterday. #fav7films was the hashtag du jour, presumably because a standard top 10 would have been more likely to go over Twitter’s 140-character limit, and among the many civvies chiming in were a number of actors and filmmakers. Here, for your perusing pleasure, is a sampling of their favorites.
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#fav7films
(I can’t resist)
24 hr Party People
The Man Who Would Be King
Diner
Sound of Music
Office Space
Kung Fu Hustle
La Dolce Vita— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) August 16, 2016
#fav7films Jesus’s son. Shortcuts. Royal tenenbaums. Best in show. City of God. Personal Velocity. The big Lebowski.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 16, 2016
#fav7films
Singin’ in the Rain
Squid and the Whale
Broadcast News
Hannah and Her Sisters
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Goodfellas
Sideways— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) August 16, 2016
#fav7films
Ernest Goes to Camp
Ernest Scared Stupid
Ernest Goes to Africa
Slam Dunk Ernest
Ernest Goes to Jail
Ernest Saves Xmas
Magnolia— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) August 15, 2016
Little Big Man
Network
You Can’t Take It With You
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bullet
The Grand Illusion
Dumbo
#fav7films— Matthew Modine (@MatthewModine) August 16, 2016
#fav7films Goodfellas, Network, The Natural, Caddyshack, The Godfather, Apocalype Now, Jaws.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) August 15, 2016
Sense & Sensibility/This Is It/Lone Star/Adaptation/Terminator 2/Bridget Jones Diary/No Country For Old Men #Fave7Films
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) August 16, 2016
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As a bonus, the folks at Mashable reached out to a group called Fizziology to collate the data and see which films appeared most often. Here are their results:
- “The Dark Knight”: 5,056
- “Pulp Fiction”: 4,966
- “The Shawshank Redemption”: 4,910
- “The Empire Strikes Back”: 4,772
- “The Godfather” (all films): 4,604
- “Goodfellas”: 3,877
- “Alien” (all films): 3,730
- “Fight Club”: 3,574
- “Harry Potter” (all films): 2,757
- “Jaws”: 2,622
- “Forrest Gump”: 2,530
- “Jurassic Park”: 2,356
- “Blade Runner”: 1,862
- “The Big Lebowski”: 1,860
- “Rocky” (all films): 1,807
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