40 Celebs Shared Their Favorite Movies, And Some Choices Seem Completely Out Of Left Field
These celebrities have all worked in or around Hollywood, so they’re sure to have opinions about what the greatest films ever made are, right? Plenty of interviewers have asked stars what their favorite movies are — but, of course, favorite doesn’t always mean best. And some of their picks are big surprises.
40. Natalie Portman — Dirty Dancing
Natalie Portman won an Oscar for playing a ballet dancer in the movie Black Swan, but it’s another kind of dancing she prefers — Dirty Dancing. She introduced the famous film for the AFI Movie Club in 2020 and said, “It is certainly the movie I’ve watched most in my life.”
39. Mark Ruffalo — On the Waterfront
Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo ranks On the Waterfront as his favorite movie. “It’s Elia Kazan, who is one of the all-time great directors,” he told MTV News in 2011. “And it’s just the perfect mix of great storytelling, social commentary, and great acting… Coming from the theater, to tell those kind of stories in film, is what’s really exciting to me.”
38. Michael B. Jordan — Goodfellas
Black Panther and Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan revealed his favorite films to the website Rotten Tomatoes in 2014. He said, “Goodfellas is one. You know, Scorsese’s an amazing director. It set the tone for a lot of gangster films and mob films.” Poker movie Rounders was his second choice.
37. Jennifer Lopez — West Side Story
J-Lo loves the movie West Side Story because, as she explained in the 2007 book You Gotta See This: More Than 100 of Hollywood’s Best Reveal and Discuss Their Favorite Films, it was “proof that my people could sing, dance, and act.” She added, “I saw the movie about a million times on the big screen — and especially when I felt sad about my life.”
