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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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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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