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It\u2019s impossible to say which movie deserves to be called the greatest of all time, because it\u2019s such an open-ended question. It can also be equally difficult for anyone to name one movie as the single greatest film they\u2019ve ever seen, but Matt Damon<\/a> has no such qualms.<\/p>\n Whenever someone gets asked for their favourite feature, there are usually two outcomes: a title either rolls off the tongue instantly, or you suddenly forget everything you\u2019ve ever seen and stand there in a daze, wondering why you can\u2019t remember so much as one.<\/p>\n Since he\u2019s spent most of his adult life in the public eye, though, Damon has listed a few. He\u2019s even got a favourite Ben Affleck movie<\/a> after praising his best friend\u2019s \u201cwonderful performance\u201d in The Way Back, a picture he \u201cstrongly advise people go check out,\u201d so he clearly isn\u2019t one for playing favourites.<\/p>\n He\u2019s been obsessed with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin\u2019s antics in Midnight Run<\/a> for as long as he can remember, formed a core memory when he and Affleck caught Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Pulp Fiction on the silver screen for the first time, and Stanley Kubrick\u2019s Dr Strangelove left an indelible impression.<\/p>\n The Academy Award-winning screenwriter went so far as to label Steven Spielberg\u2019s Jaws as \u201cperfect,\u201d which would have been heartily endorsed and approved<\/a> by his Adjustment Bureau and Oppenheimer co-star and long-time friend, Emily Blunt, but that isn\u2019t his pick for the cream of the cinematic crop.<\/p>\n How do we know there\u2019s a solitary picture he\u2019d call his one and only favourite movie of all time? Because he told Cindy Pearlman for her book, which was quite literally titled You Gotta See This: More Than 100 of Hollywood\u2019s Best Reveal and Discuss Their Favourite Films, so it would be misleading if he was lying.<\/p>\n \u201cI watch The Godfather Part II at least once a year,\u201d Damon explained. \u201cOh god, I like everything about it. The acting is so good that I set there and wonder if I could ever do anything that great. You look at Pacino and Brando and think, \u2018I\u2019ve seen this film a hundred times\u2019, but it\u2019s fresh every single time.\u201d<\/p>\n