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Your Favorite Movies of all time by genre

RibbieRubarb
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I know we have several list on favorite films here, but due to everyone's different tastes I thought I'd make a list brokendown by the Ten Major Genres. Try to list as many as you can...

 

Here's my list:

Action/Adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Comedy - Blazing Saddles

Crime/Gangster - The Godfather Part II

Drama - Raging Bull

Epics/Historical - Lawrence of Arabia

Horror - Dawn of the Dead (original)

Musicals - The Band Wagon

Science Fiction - Brazil

Romance - Casablanca

Foreign - La Dolce Vita

Western - The Man who Shot Liberty Valance

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    Action/Adventure - Kill Bill 1 & 2

    Comedy - Being John Malkovich

    Crime/Gangster - Jackie Brown

    Drama - Requiem for a Dream

    Epics/Historical - Braveheart

    Horror - Halloween

    Musicals - Grease

    Science Fiction - The Matrix and 2001

    Romance - North by Northwest

    Foreign - Run Lola Run

    Western - Unforgiven

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    Action/Adventure - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Comedy - Caddyshack/Fletch (tie)

    Crime/Gangster - The Usual Suspects

    Drama - Magnolia

    Epics/Historical - The Ten Commandments

    Horror - The Shining

    Musicals - Take Me Out to the Ballgame/Singin' in the Rain/An American in Paris

    Science Fiction - 2001: A Space Odyssey

    Romance - Return to Me

    Foreign - Run Lola Run

    Western - True Grit

    Edited by CanOfCorn

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    Add a western. I did. :)

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    Action/Adventure - Indiana Jones Last Crusade

    Comedy - BasketBall/ Orgazmo

    Crime/Gangster - Get Shorty

    Drama - Se7en

    Epics/Historical - Braveheart

    Horror - HellRaiser

    Musicals - n/a

    Science Fiction - Star Wars V

    Romance - Aladain

    Foreign - BrotherHood Of the Wolf

    Western - TombStone

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    Action/Adventure - Terminator 2

    Comedy - Old School/Forrest Gump

    Crime/Gangster - Pulp Fiction/GoodFellas

    Drama - Shawshank Redemption

    Epics/Historical - Apollo 13

    Horror - Halloween

    Musicals - Chicago

    Science Fiction - Star Wars 3-6

    Romance - N/A

    Foreign - Put Oko Sveta/Hajde Da Se Volimo

    Western - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

    Edited by SoxFan1

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    QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 04:24 PM)
    Add a western.  I did.  :)

     

    Good idea...I went back and did.

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    Is it worth adding an 'animated' film or is that overkill?

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    QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 06:40 PM)
    Is it worth adding an 'animated' film or is that overkill?

    ^

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    For the above 18 crowd we should add fav adult film!
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    Action/Adventure - Lord of the Rings

    Comedy - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Crime/Gangster - The Godfather

    Drama - Shawshank redemption

    Epics/Historical - Saving Private Ryan

    Horror - Halloween

    Musicals - Spinal tap

    Science Fiction - Star Wars

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    Action/Adventure - Die Hard

    Comedy - Major League

    Crime/Gangster - Goodfellas (My favorite movie)

    Drama - Dirty Dancing

    Epics/Historical - Amadeus

    Horror - The Lost Boys

    Musicals - Singin' in the Rain

    Science Fiction - Star Wars (the original 1977)

    Romance - Dirty Dancing

    Foreign - City of Lost Children

    Western - The Magnificent Seven

    Edited by SoxFan562004

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    Action/Adventure-Lord of the Rings Return of the King

    Comedy- 40 year old virgin

    Crime/Gangster- Godfather

    Drama - Cinderella Man

    Epics/Historical- Saving Private Ryan

    Horror - Sixth Sense

    Musicals- Oliver Twist-probably the only musical ive watched in whole cus we did in a class

    Science Fiction- Matrix

    Romance- Titanic

    Foreign-N/A

    Western- Does Back to the Future 3 count?

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    Action/Adventure: Lone Wolf and Cub Vols. 1-6

    Comedy: Anything by the Marx Bros. / Dr. Strangelove

    Crime/Gangster: Godfather Part 1

    Drama: Harold and Maude

    Epic/Historical: The Chinese Connection

    Horror: Night of the Living Dead

    Musical: Happiness of the Katakuris

    Sci Fi: Battle Royale

    Romance: North by Northwest

    Western: High Noon

    Foreign: Ikiru

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    Action/Adventure: The Thin Red Line

    Comedy: Office Space

    Crime/Gangster: Pulp Fiction/Léon tie

    Drama: The Shawshank Redemption (I can't not watch it whenever I see it's on.)

    Epic/Historical: Lawrence of Arabia

    Horror: The Shining

    Musical: Les Miserables (Not the movie version but I like it too much)

    Sci Fi: Star Wars: A New Hope

    Romance: Can't Hardly Wait

    Western: Tombstone

    Foreign: Spirited Away

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    QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 06:06 PM)
    Action/Adventure - Die Hard

    Comedy - Major League

    Crime/Gangster - Goodfellas (My favorite movie)

    Drama - Dirty Dancing

    Epics/Historical - Amadeus

    Horror - The Lost Boys

    Musicals - Singin' in the Rain

    Science Fiction - Star Wars (the original 1977)

    Romance - Dirty Dancing

    Foreign - City of Lost Children

    Western - The Magnificent Seven

    Wow! You really like Dirty Dancing. :P

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    Action/Adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Comedy - Monty Python And The Holy Grail

    Crime/Gangster - The Killer, John Woo

    Drama - Broken Blossoms

    Epics/Historical - Amadeus

    Horror - Dawn of the Dead (original)

    Musicals - Animal Crackers

    Science Fiction - The Thing From Another Planet

    Romance - Valley Girl...if that doesn't count, then I change it to Love Actually

    Foreign - Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah

    Western - Tombstone

    Mystery - The Thin Man

     

    I added "Mystery"...sorry.

    Edited by Kid Gleason

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    action -Die Hard(favorite)

    comedy- Groundhog Day

    Crime/Gangster- Snatch(could also go to comedy)

    Drama- 25th Hour

    Epics/Historical- Braveheart

    Horror- The 6th Sense

    Musicals- N/A

    Science Fiction- Terminator 2: Judgement Day

    Romance- N/A

    Foreign- Hero

    Western- Open Range

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    QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 07:07 PM)
    Western- Open Range

     

    Ya know, I lost my Costner "liking" ability years ago, I had thought. Then I saw that movie and it gave me hope again. I had forgotten how much I liked that guy in movies like Field Of Dreams and Silverado! That's a pretty dang great movie.

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    QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 07:10 PM)
    Ya know, I lost my Costner "liking" ability years ago, I had thought. Then I saw that movie and it gave me hope again. I had forgotten how much I liked that guy in movies like Field Of Dreams and Silverado! That's a pretty dang great movie.

    yeah....i had trouble finding a western to put up there and i looked at imdb and eventually wound up on that and it sprung in my head..........Oh yeah.....

    I loved that movie tops on the list outta all, not THE top though

    Edited by TheBlackSox8

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    Action/Adventure - Rambo: First Blood

    Comedy - Blues Brothers

    Crime/Gangster - Godfather Part II

    Drama - Shawshank Redemption

    Epics/Historical - Braveheart

    Horror - Jacob's Ladder

    Science Fiction - Alien

    Western - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Mystery - Sixth Sense

    Sports - Rudy

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    Sports - A League Of Their Own

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    QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 10:41 PM)
    Action/Adventure - Rambo: First Blood

    Comedy - Blues Brothers

    Crime/Gangster - Godfather Part II

    Drama - Shawshank Redemption

    Epics/Historical -  Braveheart

    Horror - Jacob's Ladder

    Science Fiction - Alien

    Western - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Mystery - Sixth Sense

    Sports - Rudy

    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! :headbang

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    Sports - Hoosiers

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    Here's my list:

    Action/Adventure - Sneakers

    Comedy - Office Space

    Crime/Gangster - A Bronx Tale

    Drama - Gladiator

    Epics/Historical - Glory

    Horror - Dawn of the Dead (original) totally.

    Musicals - West Side Story

    Science Fiction/Fantasy - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions

    Romance - Wimbledon

    Foreign - Downfall

    Western - Tombstone

    Documentary- Spellbound

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