#fav7films: Mindy Kaling and Other Indie Stars Share Their Favorites

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.

#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

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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#fav7films: Mindy Kaling and Other Indie Stars Reveal Their Favorite Movies on Twitter

See which films appeared most often in the hashtag du jour.