Movie B.S. Mount Rushmore
Welcome to the Movie B.S. Mount Rushmore. This is where we ask our listeners to decide their four favorite films within a category.
What are your four favorite horror movies? (10/17/14)
1. The Shining
2. Alien
3. Halloween
4. Cabin in the Woods
The four that just missed —
Jaws, Psycho, The Exorcist, The Thing (1982)
— image courtesy of listener Richard Hyde
What are your four favorite holiday movies? (12/05/14)
1. Elf
2. It’s a Wonderful Life
3. A Christmas Story
4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The four that just missed —
Scrooged, Die Hard, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Home Alone
— image courtesy of listener Andy Peterson
What are your four favorite romantic movies? (02/13/15)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Moulin Rouge!
4. Say Anything
The four that just missed —
Casablanca, When Harry Met Sally, Amélie, Silver Linings Playbook
— image courtesy of listener Richard Hyde
What are your four favorite summer blockbusters? (5/29/15)
1. Jurassic Park
2. Jaws
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Star Wars
The four that just missed —
Back to the Future, The Dark Knight, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Independence Day
— first image courtesy of listener Azadeh Mahmoodian
— second image courtesy of listener Andy Peterson
What are your four favorite animated movies? (08/07/15)
1. The Incredibles
2. The Iron Giant
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The four that just missed —
The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, The Lion King
— image courtesy of listener Andy Peterson
What are your four favorite sports movies? (06/03/16)
1. Field of Dreams
2. Rocky
3. The Sandlot
4. Karate Kid
The four that just missed —
Remember the Titans, Bull Durham, A League of Their Own, Moneyball
What are your four favorite sci-fi films? (07/22/16)
1. Empire Strikes Back (tie)
1. Matrix (tie)
3. Aliens
4. Star Wars
The four that just missed —
Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Inception
— image courtesy of listener Andy Peterson
What are your four favorite comedy films? (06/22/17)
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Airplane
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Groundhog Day
The four that just missed —
Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Ghostbusers (1984), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
— image courtesy of Andy Peterson.