Apparently that was the plural form of "favorite." And there are a lot of seriously non-funny films in some of those lists.

I have a few films that are the favorites to pop in the player on a rainy day when I'm working around the house and treating it more like radio. Many have been listed, none are particularly new. One that I laugh at all the way through is You Can't Take it With You (George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart). The Barrymore version is very good, but there as a tv version on A&E years ago with Jason Robards that was also top notch.

SRS