Poll: Bow Ties are Cool!

Results of 6,021 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Matt Smith in Doctor Who (2005)

    

   Defending the universe from the most horrifying dangers, and promoting bow ties on the side.
2. 2.
   

   Marlon Brando and Salvatore Corsitto in The Godfather (1972)

    

   Makes you look professional when you're making your client an offer he can't refuse.
3. 3.
   

   #5

    

   Tough guy with a bow tie.
4. 4.
   

   Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006)

    

   Great for casinos.
5. 5.
   

   Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    

   Dad still rocks it.
6. 6.
   

   Humphrey Bogart circa 1942

    

   Here's looking at you kid... your bow tie that is.
7. 7.
   

   Morgan Freeman and Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

    

   Morgan Freeman is already cool. A bow tie makes him even cooler.
8. 8.
   

   Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

    

   Two of them!
9. 9.
   

   George Clooney in Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

    

   Never pull a heist without your bow tie.
10. 10.
    

    Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

     

    Everybody knows bow ties are safer than helmets.
11. 11.
    

    David Suchet in Poirot (1989)

     
12. 12.
    

    Bill Nye at an event for The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

     

    Bow tie FOR SCIENCE!
13. 13.
    

    Terry Jones as Mr. Creosote.

     

    An elegant choice for when you're vomiting and exploding all over a fancy restaurant.
14. 14.
    

    "To Catch A Thief," Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. 1955 Paramount

     
15. 15.
    

    Marlene Dietrich, 1934.

     

    Proof that bow ties aren't just for men.
16. 16.
    

    "Mary Poppins" Dick Van Dyke 1964 Disney

     

    PENGUINS!
17. 17.
    

    Clifton Collins Jr., Max Martini, Idris Elba, and Robert Kazinsky in Pacific Rim (2013)

     

    Wearing a bow tie and doing his part to save the world.
18. 18.
    

    #23

     

    A whole army of them!
19. 19.
    

    "The Sting" Robert Redford 1973 Universal

     
20. 20.
    

    Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy (1982)

     

    Comedic gold!
21. 21.
    

    "Victor / Victoria" Julie Andrews 1981 MGM/UA

     

    A woman playing a man playing a woman... BOW TIE-CEPTION!
22. 22.
    

    Eli Roth and Omar Doom in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

     

    Great for going to the movies and shooting Nazis.
23. 23.
    

    Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

     
24. 24.
    

    "What's Up Doc" Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal 1972 Warner Bros.

     

    Doesn't even need a suit.
25. 25.
    

    Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

     
26. 26.
    

    Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember (1957)

     
27. 27.
    

    "Mary Poppins" Julie Andrews 1964 Disney

     

    Bow ties CAN be magical after all.
28. 28.
    

    Jared Harris in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

     

    Good fashion for dastardly scheming.
29. 29.
    

    Matt Damon stars as Rannulph Junuh

     
30. 30.
    

    Frank Sinatra, Arnold Stang, and Robert Strauss in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

     
31. 31.
    

    "The Hudsucker Proxy," Tim Robbins & Paul Newman.

     

    Shows he's an honest man.
32. 32.
    

    Nathan Lane in Mirror Mirror (2012)

     

    Old-timey bow tie.
33. 33.
    

    Ray Liotta in Heartbreakers (2001)

     
34. 34.
    

    Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

     
35. 35.
    

    Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in Charlie Wilson's War (2007)