--- title: Amy Schumer, Rob Lowe, and More Share Their #Fav7Films description: Amy Schumer, Rob Lowe, and Mindy Kaling, tweeted their seven favorite movies thanks to the #Fav7Films Twitter hashtag. canonical: https://time.com/4455297/amy-schumer-mindy-kaling-and-other-celebrities-share-their-favorite-7-films/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-16T21:54:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:34.564Z og:title: Amy Schumer, Rob Lowe, and Mindy Kaling on Their #Fav7Films og:description: Celebrities took to Twitter to jump on the trending hashtag. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 16, 2016 9:54 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 16, 2016 9:54 PM UTC Over the last few days, Twitter has been all aflutter with the trending hashtag #Fav7Films. It’s pretty self-explanatory: tweet out your seven favorite movies, following in the viral success of the [#First7Jobs model](http://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/). Luckily, some of our favorite celebrities took the time to jump on the bandwagon and share their personal preferences. Between [Amy Schumer’s](http://motto.time.com/4453958/amy-schumer-memoir/?iid=sr-link5) quirky comedy choices and [Mindy Kaling’s](http://time.com/4170877/these-are-mindy-kalings-favorite-rom-coms/?iid=sr-link2) unexpected affinity for _Terminator 2,_ the tweets are an illuminating insight into the weird interior psychology of these famous personalities. Check them out below. And if you’re wondering which movie wins the collective award for being a Twitter hashtag favorite? That honor goes to _The Dark Knight._ > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/765386771286798336) > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/765405674553552896) > [](https://twitter.com/RobLowe/status/765327779457970177) Actor (and [_Magic Mike XXL_ scene-stealer](http://time.com/3931620/joe-manganiello-magic-mike-xxl/?iid=sr-link1)) Joe Manganiello couldn’t limit his list to only seven, instead choosing to break it down into a set for both the drama and comedy categories. > [](https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/status/765353672427515904) > [](https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/status/765650213486796800) Former _Saturday Night Live_ comedian Taran Killam, meanwhile, had a very straightforward list… with an unexpected plot twist at the end. > [](https://twitter.com/TaranKillam/status/765317574309666816) > [](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/765342542753767425) Even Twitter’s own co-founder [Jack Dorsey](http://time.com/4425667/jack-dorsey-twitter-leslie-jones/?iid=sr-link1) got in on the action.. > [](https://twitter.com/jack/status/765321584512946177) Plus plenty of parody accounts and funny people shared their two cents, too. > [](https://twitter.com/DepressedDarth/status/765319766835863552) > [](https://twitter.com/hipstermermaid/status/765613427242913792) > [](https://twitter.com/alxwinter/status/765363503339155456) Of course, trending topics on Twitter move fast: the next big one — already heating up — is #Fav7TVShows. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4455297/amy-schumer-mindy-kaling-and-other-celebrities-share-their-favorite-7-films/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4455297/amy-schumer-mindy-kaling-and-other-celebrities-share-their-favorite-7-films/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer, Mindy Kaling, and Other Celebrities Share Their Favorite 7 Films","datePublished":"2016-08-16T21:54:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:34.564Z","description":"Don't sleep on the classics","url":"https://time.com/4455297/amy-schumer-mindy-kaling-and-other-celebrities-share-their-favorite-7-films/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","movies","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4455297/amy-schumer-mindy-kaling-and-other-celebrities-share-their-favorite-7-films/","name":"Amy Schumer, Mindy Kaling, and Other Celebrities Share Their Favorite 7 Films"}}]}] ```