If you’re a user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the hashtag #7Fav has been doing the rounds, ranging from movies to TV shows to video games and even comics. Well we decided to collate the Flickering Myth writing staff’s picks, which you can view below.
Twitter is awash with #7favfilms at the moment.
This isn't definitive but I love them all. pic.twitter.com/SazhBEn1xO
— Chris C (@SDCCooper) August 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/HolyFranchise/status/765854594614325248
#fav7films
It's a Wonderful Life
The Shawshank Redemption
Dead Mans Shoes
The 400 Blows
Rear Window
Les Diaboliques
Raiders of the Lost Ark— Sean Wilson (@seano22) August 15, 2016
#7favfilms
1. Peter Pan
2. Jurassic Park
3. Star Wars ESB
4. Blade Runner
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Wayne's World
7. Hot Rod— alice (she/her/hi) (@AliceYarr) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/EddyGardiner/status/765181636124217344
#7favfilms
The Dark Knight
Aliens
Groundhog Day
Goodfellas
It's a Wonderful Life
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2001: A Space Odyssey— Mark Bartlett – Our Lives In Cinema/Iniit Records (@deadlyfoe) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/thomasdharris/status/765856701648076800
In no order #fav7films
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Goodfellas
Amelie
Star Wars
Pulp Fiction
Jaws
Fellowship of the Ring— Gáibhín (@Logiebaird) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/ericbaymusic/status/765861191055007744
https://twitter.com/MagnificenTramp/status/765861608128151552
#7favfilms
2001
Blade Runner
Grosse Pointe Blank
Watership Down
The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Cloud Atlas— Rod Bell (@Villordsutch) August 17, 2016
#7favfilms
Evil Dead 2
The Fifth Element
Gremlins 2
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
[REC]
Predator
Dumb & Dumber— Shaun Eddleston ⋈ (@SHN_DDLSTN) August 17, 2016
Her
Kings Speech
The Artist
Carlito's Way
Grand Budapest Hotel
American Beauty
Blood Diamond— sam narr (@samnarr) August 17, 2016
#fav7films
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
The Terminator
Con Air
Transformers: The Movie
The Avengers https://t.co/0w6Hr8nFdd— Luke Owen D.A.D Is Well Scary (@ThisisLukeOwen) August 15, 2016
#Fav7Films
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious
Fast 5
Fast & Furious 6
Furious 7— Oli Davis (@OliDavis) August 17, 2016
Cache (Hidden)
Manhattan
Juno
Toy Story
American Beauty
Touch of Evil
Irreversible #fav7films https://t.co/35Z66v9deo— Chris 👑 (@nahsosmall) August 15, 2016
#7favfilms Duel, The Shining, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Wrath of Khan, A Clockwork Orange, The Blair Witch Project, 2001: A Space Odyssey
— A. J. Black (@ajblackwriter) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/AnghusFM/status/765167430930882560
T2
Masters of the Universe
The Dark Knight
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Garden State
Lost in Translation
Eternal Sunshine…#fav7films— Scott J. Davis (@scottwritesfilm) August 15, 2016
The Incredibles
Back to the Future
Empire Strikes Back
No Country for Old Men
The Truman Show
Big
The Big Lebowski— James Garcia (@thereeljames) August 17, 2016
#7favfilms
The Dark Knight
Inception
The Godfather
The Empire Strikes Back
Man of Steel
Heat
Silence of the Lambs— Ricky Church (@RichardChurch16) August 17, 2016
#fav7films
Treacle Jr.
Little Miss Sunshine
Charade
Fiddler on the Roof
Calvary
Key Largo
Stand By Me— Rachel (@ziggystarlog) August 15, 2016
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Coming to America
Whiplash
Avengers Assemble
The Lion King
The Matrix#Fav7films https://t.co/NMlEzw3qU2— Amon Warmann (@AmonWarmann) August 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/kirstycapes/status/765942549160886274
#7favfilms
Back to the Future
Pulp Fiction
American History X
Se7en
Goodfellas
The Departed
Remember the Titans— Jake Peffer (@JakesCinemaRoom) August 17, 2016
#7favfilms
Singin' in the Rain
GWTW
Terminator 2
Rebecca
Raiders
Swing Time
It's A Wonderful Life https://t.co/etzx9OPiBc— Tori Brazier (@dinotaur) August 17, 2016
Aliens
The Thing
Seven
Inception
The Prestige
The Dark Knight Rises
Terminator 2: Judgement Day #Fav7Films https://t.co/DELszFSZrf— Kris Wall (@KrisxWall) August 15, 2016
So, by couting up all the votes, here are the Flickering Myth #Fav7Films:
- Back to the Future, 1985 (6 votes)
- The Dark Knight, 2008 (5 votes)
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 (5 votes)
- It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946 (5 votes)
- Pulp Fiction, 1994 (4 votes)
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991 (4 votes)
- Jurassic Park, 1993 (4 votes)
Among the films that didn’t quite make the cut (i.e. got two and three votes) include cinema classics like Ghostbusters, Aliens, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, The Avengers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Matrix, Star Wars, Blade Runner and The Terminator.
Even Dumb & Dumber nearly made the list.
What are your #7FavFilms? Let us know in the comments below.
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Originally published August 17, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
