The Best Movie Hats

A Seriously Random List LXIV / by Dustin Rowles

Seriously Random Lists | March 9, 2009 | Comments (57)

How’s this for picayune? The Five Best Movie Hats, with an honorable mention to Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street

5. Blondie in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

4. Marge Gunderson in Fargo

3. Rick Blaine in Casablanca

2. Alex in A Clockwork Orange

1. Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones movies.

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Harry Potter.

Posted by: Google Google at March 9, 2009 4:06 PM

I agree.

....

What? I can go a post without a snarky, sarcastic remark.

Posted by: George at March 9, 2009 4:07 PM

Mickey Mouse in The Sorceror's Apprentice

Eminem in 8 Mile

Posted by: Google Google at March 9, 2009 4:07 PM

Probably not as iconic as the rest of this list, but the Captain Jack Sparrow hat is a another good one.

Posted by: phaedawg at March 9, 2009 4:07 PM

Willie Wonka's purple tophat, but only on Gene Wilder's hair.

Posted by: boo at March 9, 2009 4:08 PM

Now that is how you random list properly.

Posted by: the_wakeful at March 9, 2009 4:08 PM

Johnny Depp - that movie where he's weird and likes the retarded girl. I'm too lazy to look up/remember the name.

Benny & Joon. nevermind.

Posted by: JH at March 9, 2009 4:08 PM

the blue diva (speaking of blue body parts) from The Fifth Element. Those tubes she wears MUST count as some kind of headgear.

Posted by: boo at March 9, 2009 4:09 PM

Good one boo. On that note, the clear plastic skull cap that Oldman wears should rank as well.

Posted by: admin at March 9, 2009 4:13 PM

What, no love for the silent legends? Charlie Chaplin's bowler?! Buster Keaton's Pork Pie!?

I am shocked and dismayed Rowles. I shant soon forget this.

Posted by: Nadine at March 9, 2009 4:14 PM

No Oddjob from Goldfinger? He used it as a weapons for Christ's sake.

Do helmets count? Because if they do, you should be publicly flogged for omitting Darth Vader's helmet.

Posted by: dave at March 9, 2009 4:25 PM

No Gary wearing a bra on his head?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 9, 2009 4:25 PM

Where's Waldo on this list?

Posted by: Sabrina at March 9, 2009 4:26 PM

Blondie wears a bunch of hats in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, but that isn't one of them. I'm pretty sure that's just a promotional shot.

What will be next in the "Nobody cares" news? Who knows?

Posted by: James at March 9, 2009 4:29 PM

My GOD, I've waited so long for this... I mean, when the Random Lists first started, I was like "Man, there's no way he'll ever do a movie hats list...".

Posted by: Skitz at March 9, 2009 4:36 PM

Darkman should be on this list.

Posted by: Pookie at March 9, 2009 4:45 PM

Leopold Mozart's hat/mask in Amadeus.

Posted by: Eep at March 9, 2009 4:46 PM

Lincoln Hawk's hat in "Over The Top"?

When he turns it, it's like a switch...

Posted by: antietam at March 9, 2009 4:47 PM

I agree with the whole list. It's going to be one of those weeks?

Posted by: Cindy at March 9, 2009 4:51 PM

I wanted to take this golden opportunity to make a hat joke but I think it just would have gone over your head.

Posted by: Pilot at March 9, 2009 4:51 PM

I was looking for that magical, wonderful movie hat that I knew had to be missing from this list, but I just couldn't come up with it.

antietam wins.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 9, 2009 4:52 PM

Darkman wears the same hat as Rick Blaine...kill me.

In other news, Skitz made me pee a 'lil.

Posted by: Smokin at March 9, 2009 4:53 PM

I can't really disagree with this list at all. However, I will augment it by suggesting Billy Murray in Caddyshack.

http://lizarrasmith.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bill-murray.jpg

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at March 9, 2009 4:55 PM

Nice picks, though there's only one on there from the 1990's. I guess there's nothing like old hat.

Posted by: Mike R. at March 9, 2009 4:55 PM

I can appreciate trying to get a woman onto the list. But Marge Gunderson in Fargo? If you'd asked me I couldn't have even said she wore a hat, while with the rest of the list the hats were practically another character.

Posted by: EricD at March 9, 2009 4:58 PM

Carmen Miranda?

Anyone?

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2009 5:12 PM

JH: "Johnny Depp - that movie where he's weird and likes the retarded girl. I'm too lazy to look up/remember the name.

Benny & Joon. nevermind."

I swear you were going to write, "Pirates of the Carribean."

Posted by: BWeaves (from a different IP address) at March 9, 2009 5:14 PM

Ah shit. Carmen Miranda reminded me of my favorite female hatwearer ever.

Carmen Sandiego, hands down. She can make my Antarctica cry uncle whenever she wants.

What? No one else had pre-pubescent boners for her? Liars.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at March 9, 2009 5:16 PM

What? No one else had pre-pubescent boners for her? Liars.

Well, once she got on TV she was ensconced in the dick-wilting aura of Rockapella. There was just no way anyone was gonna get excited then.

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2009 5:25 PM

Well, I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on the erotic benefits of Rockapella, Jay.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at March 9, 2009 5:33 PM

I've got the Anatole of Paris song from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty stuck in my head now.

Posted by: Tyburn Blossom at March 9, 2009 5:57 PM

the sorting hat from harry potter and the um, sorting hat

Posted by: gp at March 9, 2009 6:01 PM

oh crap, harry potter was like the first comment mentioned.
i'm so damned not-clever.

Posted by: gp at March 9, 2009 6:06 PM

Hattie McDaniel?
I mean, she won an Oscar, fer cryin'inthesink....
Or is this list for White Folk only? Racist bastards!

Posted by: Odnon at March 9, 2009 6:18 PM

Nice Odnon. Famous Hat. Got it.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at March 9, 2009 6:31 PM

Free Hat!

Posted by: Tweek at March 9, 2009 6:33 PM

How can you forget Ms. Veda Boheme's wide-brimmed hat in "Too Wong Foo" that she wore when she felt it was a "Say Something Hat Day"?

And bitch, don't EVEN act like you don't own it on DVD.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 9, 2009 6:47 PM

Phillip Litt: Okay, everybody, gather around, gather around. Ladies, here’s the deal. We have hats. You have breasts. You show your breasts, you get a hat, okay? So, if anybody wants to get back at daddy... now’s the time. Whoo! Wait. Cut, cut, cut. We’ve got a surfboard in the shot.

Crew Member: Surfboard, stop tape.

Lindsay: We’re here to stop you from taking advantage of these girls.

Crowd groaning.

Phillip Litt: You know what? You’re sassy, you’re sexy. You speak your mind. There’s nothing hotter. Give her a hat, Barry.

Lindsay: I don’t want a hat. I want you to leave these women alone.

Phillip Litt: I’m giving them a chance to be idolized, which is an opportunity these women are never gonna have again.

Eileen: I want to be idolized!

Phillip Litt: Yeah, you do!

Lindsay: Eileen! Stop it! You’ve got nothing to gain from that!

Eileen: That’s easy for you to say. You already have a hat.

Posted by: monitorman at March 9, 2009 6:51 PM

Carmen Miranda?

Anyone?

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2009 5:12 PM

Ah Paddy, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the link on the home page. Maybe all four of us can live hippie-style somewhere? Does Sweden allow that sort of thing yet?

Posted by: ted boynton at March 9, 2009 6:51 PM

I'm with dave--Oddjob's killer chapeau totally sprang to mind for me.

Posted by: meaux at March 9, 2009 6:59 PM

It's a swell list, Dustin. Maybe you should just rename the feature Another Picayune List.

Carmen Miranda was the first image that came to my mind too, PaddyDog (and tb). I thought Ingrid Bergman deserved at least an honorable mention for the way she rocked a fedora. And what about those ridiculous sombreros from Three Amigos?

Posted by: Che Grovera at March 9, 2009 7:01 PM

Y'all fear the Black Hat!

Posted by: grendel at March 9, 2009 7:04 PM

Darth Helmet's helmet from Spaceballs. Way more awesome than Darth Vader's.

And any hat Whoopi Goldberg wore as Guinan in the Star Terk: TNG movies.

Posted by: stardust savant at March 9, 2009 7:10 PM

Thanks, Optimus!

Posted by: Odnon at March 9, 2009 8:06 PM

Tom Reagan's hat in Miller's Crossing. Made it into The Usual Suspects AND that godawful Schwarzenegger anti-christ movie Gabriel Byrne was in.

Posted by: fimbulwinter at March 9, 2009 8:45 PM

The Three Amigos was the first thing that sprang into my head. Obviously I need professional help.

Posted by: MrCresosote at March 9, 2009 9:11 PM

I love the inclusion of the Fargo trapper/copper hat. I'll throw Eliza Dolittle's hat into the mix as well.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at March 9, 2009 9:36 PM

The fur hats worn by Dan Ackroyd and Chevy Chase in Spies Like Us. Chevy is wearing a Hasidic Rabi's fur hat.

Posted by: OscarTamerz at March 9, 2009 9:46 PM

Hat worn by Angelique / Death (played by Jessica Lange) at the end of All That Jazz.

The head covering / veil worn by Guenevere in the wedding in Excalubur. It's frankly hot. And the whole lifting the veil / reluctant kiss contains a bit of actual acting in the midst of the hammering "symbolism" and spectacle. (Not that there's anything wrong with spectacle.)

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My apologies to the quorum for not being a more reliable participant in the snark salon. Having a bit of life, lately. Meanwhile, do keep up the bad work.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at March 9, 2009 9:47 PM

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's? Hell-looo?!

Posted by: Empress of All the Russias at March 9, 2009 9:49 PM

1) Robin Hood's hat from "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (Errol Flynn) Pointy!!

2) Larry Talbot's hat from "The Wolf Man" (Lon Chaney Jr.) This is very obscure, but I love the fact that while he's wrestling with a second personality; one that rips people to shreds--he has time to give his hat a snap--"I may be a werewolf, but I'm going to be fashionable, dammit."

3) "Inspector Gadget": Good cartoon, lame movie, but the hat had it all.

4) "Jaws": Harry's swimming cap--"That's some bad hat, Harry." And your old man-boobs are exquisite.

5) Indiana Jones' hat: The hell do you expect? When you have "hat" and "movie" in the same sentence, this is the first thing that popped into everyones' brain.

Posted by: Robert Sims at March 9, 2009 9:57 PM

Alien. John Hurt.

http://www.channel4.com/film/media/images/Channel4/film/A/alien_xl_04--film-A.jpg

Posted by: Dave Shepherd at March 9, 2009 10:24 PM

Ah...what about Adam Baldwin's hat from Serenity? I'm not even a Whedon-ite and I love that thing.

You nerds are lacking today.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at March 10, 2009 1:36 AM

FREE HAT!

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 10, 2009 2:35 AM

I expect it so much.Lots of my online friends on mixedmate dotcom love him too. You can share your ideas with them if you want.

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Posted by: Grace at March 10, 2009 4:47 AM

My Fair Lady:
The hat Audrey Hepburn wears to the Ascot Races. That's a hat and a half!

Posted by: mswas at March 10, 2009 9:22 AM

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