Editing David Stratton (section)

== Best films ==
Stratton has said that his favourite movie is the 1952 American musical ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'': "I grew up on musicals and this is the best musical ever made".<ref name=hennessy2023/>

Stratton participated in the [[The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012|2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll]], where he listed his ten favourite films as follows: ''[[Charulata]]'', ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[The Conversation (film)|The Conversation]]'', ''[[Distant (film)|Distant]]'', ''[[Distant Voices, Still Lives]]'', ''[[Kings of the Road]]'', ''[[Lola (1961 film)|Lola]]'', ''[[The Searchers]]'', ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'', and ''[[The Travelling Players]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/669 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818153824/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/669|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2016|title=David Stratton|publisher=[[BFI]]}}</ref>

Two articles which analysed their reviews at SBS and ABC showed that Stratton was generally a slightly harsher critic than Pomeranz.<ref name=ozflicks2016>{{cite web | title=What Margaret and David say about 500 Oz Movies | website=Ozflicks | date=13 September 2016 | url=https://ozflicks.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/what-david-and-margaret-say-about-400-oz-movies/ | access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref><ref name=evershed2014/> At SBS, they only both gave five stars to five films: ''[[Evil Angels (film)|Evil Angels]]'' (1988), ''[[Return Home]]'' (1990), ''[[The Piano]]'' (1993), The Thin Red Line (1999)  and ''[[Lantana (film)|Lantana]]'' (2001).<ref name=ozflicks2016/> At the ABC,  they only both gave five stars to six films: ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (2005), ''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'' (2005), ''[[No Country for Old Men|No Country For Old Men]]'' (2007), ''[[Samson and Delilah (2009 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (2009), ''[[A Separation]]'' (2011), and ''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]'' (2012).<ref name=evershed2014/> They disagreed particularly on ''[[Romper Stomper]]'' (David refusing to rate it because of the racist violence in the film), ''[[The Castle (1997 Australian film)|The Castle]]'' (1997), ''[[Last Train to Freo]]'' (2006), ''[[Human Touch (film)|Human Touch]]'' (2004), and ''[[Kenny (2006 film)|Kenny]]'' (2006), with Stratton awarding fewer stars than Pomeranz on all but ''Human Touch''.<ref name=ozflicks2016/>