Top 10 of every movie genre

Play It

06-22-13

That bio list is way out of date. Updated:

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Capote
3. Heavenly Creatures
4. The Social Network
5. The Assassination of Jesse James
6. Kinsey
7. Amadeus
8. Grizzly Man
9. Crumb
10. All the President's Men

Daniel M

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06-22-13

Action

1. Die Hard
2. The Terminator
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. Speed
6. Con Air
7. Rolling Thunder
8. The Matrix
9. Battle Royale
10. The Expendables 2

Horror

1. The Shining
2. The Exorcist
3. Psycho
4. The Thing
5. Rosemary's Baby
6. The Birds
7. Scream
8. Scream 2
9. An American Werewolf in London
10. Shaun of the Dead

War

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Paths of Glory
7. The General
8. Braveheart
9. Platoon
10. Battleship Potemkin

Noir

1. Touch of Evil
2. The Long Goodbye
3. Chinatown
4. The Maltese Falcon
5. Sweet Smell of Success
6. L.A. Confidential
7. The Third Man
8. The Killing
9. Sunset Boulevard
10. Blade Runner

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06-22-13

Westerns

1) For a Few Dollars More (1965)

2) Unforgiven (1992)

3) High Plains Drifter (1973)

4) Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)

5) the Good, the Bad & the Ugly (1966)

Nostromo87

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06-22-13

Crime

1) Chinatown (1974)

2) Taxi Driver (1976)

3) Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

4) GoodFellas (1990)

5) the Godfather (1972)

Daniel M

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06-22-13

Have missed a few because I find it difficult to categorise films into certain genres, like Sci-Fi and Fantasy. But a few more.

Westerns (tried to pick 10 different type films, with similar suggestions in brackets)

1. Unforgiven (also The Outlaw Josey Wales and High Plains Drifter)
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (also Once Upon a Time in the West)
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
4. The Searchers / Rio Bravo
5. True Grit (2010)
6. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
9. High Noon
10. Rango

Comedy

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
4. This Is Spinal Tap
5. The Apartment
6. The Hangover
7. The Simpsons Movie
8. Ted
9. Raising Arizona
10. Bad Santa

Romance

1. Vertigo
2. Casablanca
3. Sunrise
4. The General
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. City Lights
7. WALL-E
8. Moonrise Kingdom
9. Tangled
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Animation

So many I could list here, almost anything Pixar I love, as well as a load of other films I could have included in a top 10.

1. Rango
2. WALL-E
3. Tale of Tales
4. Chicken Run (and any Wallace and Gromit film)
4. Up
5. Toy Story 2
6. The Incredibles
7. How to Train Your Dragon
8. Frankenweenie (2012)
9. Kung Fu Panda 2
10. The Simpsons Movie

Last edited by Daniel M; 06-23-13 at 12:59 AM.

Nostromo87

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06-23-13

Fantasy

1) Horror of Dracula (1958)

2) Star Wars (1977)

3) the Empire Strikes Back (1980)

4) an American Werewolf in London (1981)

5) Army of Darkness (1993)

Nostromo87

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06-23-13

Comedy

1) Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

2) Gremlins (1984)

3) Evil Dead 2 (1987)

4) Zombieland (2009)

5) Fright Night (1985)

Mr Minio

Reel Connoisseur

06-23-13

I'm pretty sure I could create a list for every genre, but comedy. Haven't seen too many highly regarded ones and most of those I've seen I didn't like.

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