Best films by genre

[QUOTE=wickerkat;1050731]Couldn't sleep last night. Was lying there thinking of the films that really got to me, and the various genres. So, here's the question: You're going to an island. You can bring 10 DVDs. Here are the categories. GO.

[B]DRAMA
COMEDY
ACTION
SCIFI
HORROR
FOREIGN
MUSIC
DOCUMENTARY
MISC - two more of any
BONUS: one boxed set[/B]
What really effected you? What could you watch today? What film have you watched the most in your life (think mine is probably Blade Runner, but maybe Caddyshack).[/QUOTE]

DRAMA -[I] The Godfather[/I] (First one)

COMEDY -I'm going with "Dramedy" for this one: [I]Harold and Maude.[/I]

ACTION - [I]Apocalypse Now[/I]

SCIFI [I]-The Prestige[/I]
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HORROR - [I]Jacob's Ladder[/I]

FOREIGN - [I]Wings of Desire[/I] (Top five favorite in any category)

MUSIC - [I]This is Spinal Tap[/I], [I]The Last Waltz[/I]

DOCUMENTARY -[I]Seven Up[/I](The whole series)

MISC - [I]Grease[/I]! [I]Heathers[/I], Blade Runner, Children of Men.

I've managed to put all my favorite films up there. Most affected and most watched: Harold and Maude, Wings of Desire, and the Godfathers (1 and 2)

[B]DRAMA :[/B] Leon, The professional (one of the few movies wich actually makes me cry at the end)
[B]COMEDY :[/B] Lock Stock and two smoking barrels (cracks me up, great music, plus, jason Statham)
[B]ACTION :[/B] I will do as you a Fight clubed this one
[B]SCIFI :[/B] The fifth Element ( I can watch this movie a 1000 times and still love it)
[B]HORROR :[/B] Rosemary´s baby (No mosters, great suspense, just perfect)
[B]FOREIGN:[/B] Festen (the first dogma movie, the sound of a fork against a glass makes me shiver now)
[B]MUSIC : [/B]Pink Floyd the wall (a lifechanging experience)
[B]DOCUMENTARY :[/B] What the bleep do we know?
[B]MISC[/B] - two more of any : Edward Scissorhands (A touching fairy tale love story), and Esperando la carroza (Local comedy, this is the film I have watched the more in my life, 20 times for sure)
[B]BONUS:[/B] one boxed set: The matrix box set

DRAMA: the painted veil.
COMEDY the jerk
ACTION the great mouse detective
SCIFI sky captain and the world of tomorrow
HORROR the exorcist
FOREIGN paris j'taime
MUSIC hello dolly
DOCUMENTARY ew
MISC - brick
BONUS: one boxed set: classic warner brothers gangsters

Genre's checked through internet, so fuck you The Prestige is scifi.

[B]DRAMA[/B]: Match Point
[B]COMEDY[/B]: Hot Fuzz
[B]ACTION[/B]: Apocalypse Now
[B]SCIFI[/B]: The Prestige
[B]HORROR[/B]: Psycho & Dawn of the Dead
[B]FOREIGN[/B]: Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources
[B]MUSIC[/B]: The Blues Brothers
[B]DOCUMENTARY[/B]: n/a
[B]MISC[/B]: Pulp Fiction & The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[B]BONUS[/B]: The Godfathers.

On this note we've started looking at Film Noir in school and my teacher couldn't have made it more boring. We looked at a trailer for Blade Runner and she murdered the whole plot in a minute and called Deckard a typical Private Investigator, Rachael a typical femme-fatale and some other six year old shit about shadows and evil. Eurgh.

[QUOTE=corellion;1050773]Genre's checked through internet, so fuck you The Prestige is scifi.

[B]DRAMA[/B]: Match Point
[B]COMEDY[/B]: Hot Fuzz
[B]ACTION[/B]: Apocalypse Now
[B]SCIFI[/B]: The Prestige
[B]HORROR[/B]: Psycho & Dawn of the Dead
[B]FOREIGN[/B]: Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources
[B]MUSIC[/B]: The Blues Brothers
[B]DOCUMENTARY[/B]: n/a
[B]MISC[/B]: Pulp Fiction & The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[B]BONUS[/B]: The Godfathers.

On this note we've started looking at Film Noir in school and my teacher couldn't have made it more boring. We looked at a trailer for Blade Runner and she murdered the whole plot in a minute and called Deckard a typical Private Investigator, Rachael a typical femme-fatale and some other six year old shit about shadows and evil. Eurgh.[/QUOTE]

Oh shoot, I forgot [I]The Prestige[/I], oh and [I]Children of Men[/I]. (EDit)

[QUOTE=mirka;1050736]Misc: [I]Heathers[/I].
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oh man, I love that movie. I tried to convince my friend Jared that he missed a touchstone of the 80s by growing up and never having seen it. I don't think he believed me, I never could get him to watch it.

These picks are the first that come to mind now, I'm sure I'll think of different ones later.

DRAMA - The Usual Suspects
COMEDY - The Princess Bride
ACTION - Spartacus
SCIFI - Spirited Away (does that count?)
HORROR - The Evil Dead
FOREIGN - Pan's Labyrinth
MUSIC - This is Spinal Tap
DOCUMENTARY - nevermind Microcosmos, its all about March of the Penguins!!
MISC - Tombstone, The Last Unicorn
BONUS: Its actually not a movie, but I would have to go with the Planet Earth documentary series box set. It is amazing.

[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1050789]oh man, I love that movie. I tried to convince my friend Jared that he missed a touchstone of the 80s by growing up and never having seen it. I don't think he believed me, I never could get him to watch it.

These picks are the first that come to mind now, I'm sure I'll think of different ones later.

DRAMA - The Usual Suspects
COMEDY - The Princess Bride
ACTION - Spartacus
SCIFI - Spirited Away (does that count?)
HORROR - The Evil Dead
FOREIGN - Pan's Labyrinth
MUSIC - This is Spinal Tap
DOCUMENTARY - Microcosmos
MISC - Tombstone, The Last Unicorn
BONUS: Its actually not a movie, but I would have to go with the Planet Earth documentary series box set. It is amazing.[/QUOTE]

We both put This is Spinal Tap under the music genre , though someone is going to come along and yell at us for not putting it under comedy. I was going to put it under documentary just for kicks. But yeah, Heathers is genius.

Man, some great ones. Apocalypse Now of course. Jacob's Ladder (I'd almost put in Angel Heart here now, instead of Blair Witch). Seven Up, got to start watching those, heard so much about them. The Wall was 2nd to the Doors. The Jerk. That's in my top comedies for sure. Usual Suspects is a great drama. And Heathers - a cult classic, very much a touchstone/lodestone. SO good.

[QUOTE=mirka;1050793]We both put This is Spinal Tap under the music genre , though someone is going to come along and yell at us for not putting it under comedy. I was going to put it under documentary just for kicks. But yeah, Heathers is genius.[/QUOTE]

I think there should be a mockumentary category, then Spinal Tap can go there and leave the music open for something more profound... like Amadeus.

My choices for now, off the top of my head. i'm sure i'll have a different list with some more thought.

DRAMA - The Usual Suspects

COMEDY - Adaptation

ACTION - The Matrix or Fight Club

SCIFI - 12 Monkeys

HORROR - 28 Days Later or Session 9

FOREIGN - Pan's Labyrinth or Amelie

MUSIC - Yellow Submarine

DOCUMENTARY - Bowling for Columbine

MISC - Almost Famous

BONUS: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original trilogy)

[QUOTE=marsjams13;1050814]SCIFI - 12 Monkeys

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nice, I haven't seen that movie in forever.

I can't choose with your genre definitions so I came up with others, snatched from [URL=http://wc06.allmovie.com/]allmovie.com[/URL]. My only restrictions are to mention only one film per category, and never mention a film twice :
[B]Action[/B] : Hard Boiled
[B]Adventure[/B] : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
[B]Avant-garde[/B] : La Jetée
[B]Children/family[/B] : My neighbour Totoro
[B]Comedy[/B] : The Shop Around the Corner
[B]Crime[/B] : Goodfellas
[B]Drama[/B] : Once Upon a Time in America
[B]Epic[/B] : Lawrence of Arabia
[B]Exploitation[/B] : Lone Wolf & Cub 2 : Baby Cart at the River Styx
[B]Fantasy[/B] : Groundhog Day
[B]Historical[/B] : Napoléon (dir. Abel Gance)
[B]Horror[/B] : The Shining
[B]Musical[/B] : Singin' in the Rain
[B]Mystery[/B] : Touch of Evil
[B]Romance[/B] : Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
[B]Science-fiction[/B] : Brazil
[B]Spy film[/B] : The Russia House
[B]Thriller[/B] : The Silence of the Lambs
[B]War[/B] : The Big Red One
[B]Western[/B] : The Searchers

Let's add (from your list) :
[B]Documentary[/B] : Roger & Me
[B]Box set[/B] : The Lord of the Rings (12 DVD, extended versions + extras)

And let's expand the foreign section :
[B]Latin America[/B] : Cidade de Deus
[B]France[/B] : The rules of the game (La règle du jeu)
[B]Belgium[/B] : Man bites dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous)
[B]China[/B] : The Emperor and the Assassin
[B]Germany[/B] : M
[B]India[/B] : Lagaan
[B]Italy[/B] : Cinema Paradiso
[B]Japan[/B] : Hana-Bi
[B]Spain[/B] : Live Flesh (Carne Trémula)
[B]UK[/B] : A Hard Day's Night
[B]US[/B] : She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
[B]Russia/USSR[/B] : Dersu Uzala
[B]Rest of Europe[/B] : The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)
[B]Rest of the world[/B] : Heavenly Creatures

And finally, now that the purpose of the thread has been completely transformed, by decade :
[B]1895-1909[/B] : Voyage to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)
[B]1910s[/B] : Intolerance
[B]1920s[/B] : The Kid
[B]1930s[/B] : Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion)
[B]1940s[/B] : Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis)
[B]1950s[/B] : Seven Samurai
[B]1960s[/B] : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[B]1970s[/B] : Prince of New York
[B]1980s[/B] : The Right Stuff
[B]1990s[/B] : Miller's Crossing
[B]2000s[/B] : The Royal Tennenbaums

[QUOTE=mirka;1050775]Oh shoot, I forgot [I]The Prestige[/I], oh and [I]Children of Men[/I]. (EDit)[/QUOTE]

I've not actually managed to finish Children of Men yet. Everytime I watch it something happens. I will finish it one day.

And everyone keeps going on about Heathers, so I want to see that soon as possible. I'm thinking if I want to do a film then whilst I'm in school is pretty much the best chance I'm going to have to get away with a teen film. From what Heathers sounds like I definitely want to watch it.

Franc, fantastic post. I knew you'd expand on it. Looks great. Not only more categories and more "foreign" but each decade. Knew you'd do that. You are king of all of filmdome.

My pleasure. Now I'm impatient to read everyone's choices.

Ok before I list mine, Im no film buff but here it goes...

[B]Drama[/B] The Usual Suspects, Point Break, The Shawshank Redemption (how could I forget it).
[B]Comedy[/B] My Cousin Vinny
[B]Action[/B] Fight Club
[B]Sci Fi[/B] Blade Runner
[B]Horror[/B] Blair Witch Project, Psycho.
[B]Foreign[/B] City Of God
[B]Documentary[/B] Bowling For Columbine
[B]Thriller[/B] Seven
[B]War[/B] Saving Private Ryan.

DRAMA- The Shawshank Redemption
COMEDY- The Royal Tannenbaums
ACTION- Fight Club
SCIFI- Aliens 3
HORROR- i dont really like horror movies, i guess saw
FOREIGN- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon(saw it like 6 times in the theaters
MUSIC-no
DOCUMENTARY-Supersize me
MISC -Shaun of the dead
BONUS: one boxed set Alien quadtrilogy

[QUOTE=Mricpx;1050880]
MUSIC-no
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what do you mean NO? never seen one or don't like any? the wall? the doors? spinal tap? gimme shelter? rocky horror? the kids are alright? rent? the harder they come? stop making sense?

[QUOTE=wickerkat;1050964]what do you mean NO? never seen one or don't like any? the wall? the doors? spinal tap? gimme shelter? rocky horror? the kids are alright? rent? the harder they come? stop making sense?[/QUOTE]

GREASE??

*keening and gnashing*

There are lots of foreign films I like. By foreign films I take that to mean foreign language films. Not films made out of this country. Also, I totally feel superior for seeing La Jetée when I was about fourteen, thirteen maybe. Near my fourteenth birthday. I want to see it again sometime, I'm sure it's about on the internet. Now that I'm a little older, wiser, a little better at French. I know it's like la j'etais now too, spoke about that with my french teacher when we watched french films, actually I want to get more into French cinema. Franc, I'll send you a PM for advice.

[QUOTE=wickerkat;1050964]what do you mean NO? never seen one or don't like any? the wall? the doors? spinal tap? gimme shelter? rocky horror? the kids are alright? rent? the harder they come? stop making sense?[/QUOTE]

Don't get me wrong, I love music, and I like most of the bands you mentioned, I've just never seen any music themed movie or musical i actually liked. How come you quoted the shawshank redemption part?

[B]DRAMA [/B]- Requiem for a Dream
[B]COMEDY [/B]- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
[B]ACTION [/B]- Gladiator
[B]SCIFI [/B]- Blade Runner
[B]HORROR [/B]- The Shining
[B]FOREIGN [/B]- City of God
[B]MUSIC [/B]- The Wall
[B]DOCUMENTARY [/B]- Can't think of one now.. hmmm...
[B]MISC [/B]- Pulp Fiction and Magnolia
[B]BONUS [/B]- The Godfather, for sure

If it hadn't been made specifically for TV, I would have added [B]A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies[/B], because there are lots of what he says in it that resonates in the way I see cinema.

[QUOTE=PHiN;1051031][B]DRAMA [/B]- Requiem for a Dream
[B]COMEDY [/B]- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
[B]ACTION [/B]- Gladiator
[B]SCIFI [/B]- Blade Runner
[B]HORROR [/B]- The Shining
[B]FOREIGN [/B]- City of God
[B]MUSIC [/B]- The Wall
[B]DOCUMENTARY [/B]- Can't think of one now.. hmmm...
[B]MISC [/B]- Pulp Fiction and Magnolia
[B]BONUS [/B]- The Godfather, for sure[/QUOTE]

fantastic list

oh, and shawshank was just a typo

[QUOTE=franc tireur;1051038]If it hadn't been made specifically for TV, I would have added [B]A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies[/B], because there are lots of what he says in it that resonates in the way I see cinema.[/QUOTE]

that can be Phins documentary

alas, none of the ken burns stuff has been mentioned as well, since it is for the small screen but everybody says they are fantastic

DRAMA- Jackie Brown
COMEDY- Anchorman
ACTION- Snatch
SCIFI- Star Wars (Ep. 4-6 of course)
HORROR- 28 Days Later or Halloween
FOREIGN- Motorcycle Diaries
MUSIC- walk the line
DOCUMENTARY- Supersize Me
MISC - Fight Club, Pulp Fiction
BONUS: Lord of the RIngs hands down

[QUOTE=wickerkat;1051044]that can be Phins documentary[/QUOTE]

Haha, sure, if anyone wants to take an extra documentary, there's room in my bag

Documentary - I need help here please!!!

I watched a documentary a few years ago about a guy who would find abandoned war planes, fix them, and then fly off with them and take them home.

The subject of the doc was a plane in Antartica, I think, and he was having trouble fixing it and in the end someone on his crewed died trying to make thi thing happen.

It was a mind blowing story, but for some reason did not get the name of the film, and have not seen it since.

I think I originally saw it on IFC. Not sure though.

That is the best doc out there ever...

I saw Micheal Palin's Pole to Pole is coming out on DVD
That's a pretty good documentary.

the yes men is good, and the corporation.

[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1052148]the yes men is good, and the corporation.[/QUOTE]

i agree. Yes men was hilarious. . . i forgot about that one.

I chose films that I would (and do) watch over and over again.

DRAMA - [I]The Ice Storm[/I]
COMEDY - [I]So I Married a Murderer[/I]
ACTION - [I]Con Air[/I]
SCIFI - [I]Back To The Future[/I]
HORROR - [I]The Shining[/I]
FOREIGN - [I]The Umbrellas of Cherbourg[/I]
MUSIC - A musical? [I]On Moonlight Bay[/I].
DOCUMENTARY - What? I'd never watch a documentary over. What do I look like a cardigan-wearing oldster?
MISC - [I]How To Make An American Quilt [/I]and [I]Full Metal Jacket[/I].
BONUS: This:
[IMG]http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41H30STMZGL._AA240_.jpg[/IMG]
Contains [I]Pillow Talk, Young at Heart, Lover Come Back, Send Me No Flowers, That Touch of Mink[/I] and [I]The Thrill of it All![/I]

I'm watching Heathers and drinking a fat G&T, taking notes too. Previous script getting a big overhaul. Should definitely be filmed this year.

[QUOTE=marsjams13;1052190]i agree. Yes men was hilarious. . . i forgot about that one.[/QUOTE]

holy crap, we have the same birthday.

DRAMA-Taxi Driver
ACTION- The Warriors
THRILLER-Blue Velvet
FOREIGN-Ichi the Killer
COMEDY-This is Spinal Tap
SCI-FI-Akira
HORROR-Henry:Portrait of a serial killer
CRIME-Goodfellas
DOCUMENTRY-TV Junkie
MISC-Requiem for a dream/Naked Lunch
BONUS-A Clockwork Orange

[QUOTE=Vendetta;1052311]
COMEDY - [I]So I Married a Murderer[/I][/QUOTE]

Ha! I meant, [I]So I Married an Axe Murderer[/I].

[QUOTE=LECKIE;1053089]DRAMA-Taxi Driver
ACTION- The Warriors
THRILLER-Blue Velvet
FOREIGN-Ichi the Killer
COMEDY-This is Spinal Tap
SCI-FI-Akira
HORROR-Henry:Portrait of a serial killer
CRIME-Goodfellas
DOCUMENTRY-TV Junkie
MISC-Requiem for a dream/Naked Lunch
BONUS-A Clockwork Orange[/QUOTE]

that's some good shiznit right there

[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1053026]holy crap, we have the same birthday.[/QUOTE]

:party:

That's pretty damn cool. (As does Angelina Jolie).

Pretty similar tastes in movies too, from the looks of it.

uhh lets see

comedy-Friday the original
action-Blood Diamond
Horror-Saw 3
some other ones training day,the machinest,pursuit of happiness,the bourne identity,and of course fight club and clerks 2

Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, and Dawn of the Dead are the greatest films of all time, not to mention classified (by me anyways) as black comedy. The greatest genre ever.

Maybe Dawn's more of a drama, but close enough, the comedic stuff is what sets it aside.

DRAMA ~ Donnie Darko
COMEDY ~ Snatch and/or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Love them both equally)
ACTION ~ Black Hawk Down
SCIFI ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (sci-fi-ish?)
HORROR ~ Saw
FOREIGN ~ Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles and/or Das Experiment
MUSIC ~ The Sound of Music
DOCUMENTARY ~ Anatomy for Beginners (not a movie)
MISC ~ Fight Club, The Royal Tenebaums & V for Vendetta
BONUS ~ Lord of the Rings (12 discs woooo.)

[QUOTE=elegantly_bitter;1054504]DRAMA ~ Donnie Darko
[/QUOTE]

And here, I was starting to like you.

Not a fan? There are quite a few anti-Donnie Darko people on here I'm discovering...

Meh, I didn't see what was so special about it. I guess I was expecting more. To each their own.

You'll just have to do something to regain my respect.

What did you have in mind?

Are the rest of my choices to your liking?

The rest were satisfactory.

Only satisfactory? Well then. I'm not sure you are who I thought you were.

I don't see your list anywhere...

And be ridiculed by some asshole for my selections? No way.

Damn, why didn't I think of that before posting mine. Gah, oh well. I'm sure there are [B]some[/B] people on this forum with good taste in movies.

[QUOTE=elegantly_bitter;1054532]Damn, why didn't I think of that before posting mine. Gah, oh well. I'm sure there are [B]some[/B] people on this forum with good taste in movies. :D[/QUOTE]

I'll post mine eventually.