[Mezla PigDog]

As a spin off from the Your Greatest Movie Of All Time thread.

I couldn't think of a single greatest so (as I enjoy making lists a little too much ) I thought a chance to post your favourite movies in each genre might be in order. I'm always looking for suggestions to add to my dvd rental list!

Add more genres or whatever. I admit to being in a quandry over adding an SFF option but the good ones are all "action movies" imo and some of the ones I've listed are open to interpretation. So, whatever, just give me lists and show off your superior list making forum fu.

For me (yes I have alphabetised by genre ):
Action - Aliens
Animated -
Chick flick - When Harry Met Sally
Childrens - Ghostbusters or Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Comedy - Some Like It Hot
Crime - LA Confidential
Foreign language (non-English) - Pan's Labyrinth or Cinema Paradiso
Guilty pleasure (I don't mean porn!) - Kindergarten Cop or Kickboxer
Indy -
Superhero/comic book - Batman Begins (yes I have seen TDK)
Western -
War -

[Obdigore]

Action - 13th Warrior
Animated - erm...
Chick Flick - What Women Want
Childrens - erm...
Comedy - *sigh* Holy Grail or Supertroopers or Airplane
Crime - Boondock Saints
Foreign Language - erm...
Guilty Pleasure - Army of Darkness
Indy - Memento I think
Superhero - The Adventures of Remo Williams.
Western - Tombstone
War - why, STAR Wars.

Mez, you forgot 'scary' movies. My favorite one is 'American Psycho'

[Tapper]

Action - Curse of the Golden Flower
Animated -
Chick flick - Notting Hill, first (and only) time I ever appreciated Hugh Grant
Emo (new) - Million Dollar Baby, it made me cry repeatedly
Childrens - Ice Age
Comedy - Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
Crime - the Departed
Foreign language (non-English) - Zatoichi (due to the tapdance scene at the end)
Guilty pleasure (I don't mean porn!) - 300. As a historian, i should spit on it, but I enjoy the graphical style a tiny bit too much
Sports (new) - Any Given Sunday
Indy -
Superhero/comic book - Blade 1
Western - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
War - M.A.S.H.
Book (new) - tie between Fight Club and Trainspotting

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I think it would be a good idea to add a scifi/fantasy category, even though those movies can fit into some of the categories you already have. This is a fantasy forum, after all.

[McLovin]

Action: Die Hard
Animated: Finding Nemo
Comedy: Blazing Saddles
Documentary: Touching the Void
Foreign: Run Lola Run
Indie: Whale Rider
Musical: Chicago
Scifi: Independence Day
Superhero: Spiderman 2
War: The Dirty Dozen

[ch'arlz]

Action: Bullitt
Animated: A Bug's Life
Documentary: Born into Brothels
Foreign: King of Hearts
Indie: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Musical: Woodstock
Scifi: Ghost in the Shell
Superhero: Incredibles
War: Saving Private Ryan

[Skywalker]

Action: Die Hard
Animated: Ratatouille
Documentary: (tie) Bush's War/ Enron: The smartest guys in the room
Superhero: Superman 2
Musical: The Sound of Music
Western: (tie) Mackenna's Gold/ For a few dollars more
Science Fiction: The Fountain
Space Opera: (well, kinda) The Empire Strikes Back
Summer Blockbuster: Independence Day
RomCom: (tie) You've Got Mail/ What Women Want
Noir/ Crime: The Usual Suspects
Foreign (excluding Hindi movies, cuz those I've seen too many of and cannot rate on the same scale as hollywood flicks... whole different paradigm): Pan's Labyrinth
Indie/ Romance: (tie) Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset
Guilty Pleasure: too many... maybe give the whole Lethal Weapon series this slot?

[HoosierDaddy]

Action - Boondock Saints
Animated - Happy Feet
Chick flick - Love Actually
Childrens - the Goonies
Comedy - Anchorman
Crime - The Usual Suspects
Foreign language (non-English) - I'm an ignorant Yank
Guilty pleasure - Wimbledon (I like the tennis parts!)
Indy - Lost in Translation
Superhero/comic book - Spiderman I
Western - Tombstone, I'm your Huckleberry.
War -I'm gonna cheat, Band of Brothers
Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Tie: SW original trilogy & the Potter series

[frookenhauer]

Good question

Action - Predator / Aliens
Animated - Lion King / Shrek
Chick flick - Bridget Jones' Diary
Childrens - Monsters Inc
Comedy - Theres something about mary / Dodgeball...what?
Crime - Pulp Fiction
Foreign language (non-English) - Battle Royale
Fantasy - Lord of the rings, not the extended version (There is a reason for those scenes got edited *Yawn*)
Guilty pleasure (I don't mean porn!) - Love actually, tell anyone and I'll deny it.
Indy - Donnie Darko
Musical - Chitty chitty bang bang
Romance - Titanic
Sci-Fi - Star wars 4-6 ...Die Lucas
Superhero/comic book - Batman Begins, but superman was awesome in its time.
Western - Tombstone / The good, the bad and generally any spagetti western featuring Clint
War - Braveheart / Gladiator / Last Samurai

[Imperial Historian]

Action - Bourne Ultimatum
Animated - Toy Story
Comedy - Monty Python and the Holy Grail/Life of Brian
Crime - Infernal Affairs
Foreign language (non-English) - Hero or City of God
Superhero/comic book - TDK
Western - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Cougar]

Action - Aliens (Special Edition) cos I'm cooler than Mezla
Animated - South Park the Movie
Chick flick - 10 Things I Hate About You
Comedy - Anchorman
Crime - The French Connection
Foreign language (non-English) - Taxi (French Comedy)
Fantasy -Excalibur
Guilty pleasure (why would I feel guilty about porn it rules, you're just in denial Mezles) - Trading Places
Indy - Last Crusade
Superhero/comic book - Batman Begins
Sci Fi - 2001
Western - High Plains Drifter (see this film immediately)
War - Kelly's Heroes or Battle of the River Plate

[Mezla PigDog]

Cougar;367142 said:

Action - Aliens (Special Edition) cos I'm cooler than Mezla

I think you'll find the Special Edition goes without saying, you philistine.

Shame on you people who haven't alphabetised your lists. Shame. On. You.

[moridin]

Action - Smokin Aces
Animated - Fox and the Hound
Chick flick - What women want/You've got mail
Comedy - Super Troopers/Monty Python's Holy Grail
Crime - Departed/Usual Suspects(Watch these two whenever they are on)
Foreign language (non-English) - Brotherhood of the wolf
Fantasy/sci fi - Aliens/5th element
Guilty pleasure - Hairspray(the newest version with Travolta)
Horror - Nightmare on Elm Street/Halloween
Musical - Wizard of Oz
Superhero/comic book - Superman II
Western - Tombstone/Mclintoch
War - When we were soldiers

[Binder of Demons]

Action - Die Hard (since Aliens has already been mentioned)
Animated - Ghost in the Shell
B-Movie style - Tremors
Comedy - Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Airplane
Crime - Infernal Affairs, L.A. Confidential,
Foreign language (non-English) - Belle Epoque (French/Spanish collaboration, rom-com with a serious side), Redbeard (Japanese drama by Kurosawa, very long but excellent - not a samurai movie), The Seventh Seal (A cinematic masterpiece by Ingmar Bergman)
Fantasy - Gladiator
Guilty pleasure - Willy Wonka (the original version with Gene Wilder)
Horror - Jaws (the movie that made millions afraid of the water), Alien
Independent movie - ONCE
Musical - The Commitments
Superhero/comic book - Batman Begins, X-men2
Sci Fi - Serenity
Thriller - Usual Suspects
Western - The Outlaw Josie Wales, Unforgiven

[HoosierDaddy]

Binder of Demons;367191 said:

Guilty pleasure - Willy Wonka (the original version with Gene Wilder)

You have nothing to feel guilty about. Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka is one of the most fabulous cinematic characters ever.

[Cougar]

I think Gladiator falls into the category 'Sword and Sandal Epic' not fantasy.

Also, Mezla it doesn't go without saying because Aliens SE is a rare example of where the extra footage adds to the film. LotR is not for example, it's just a load of extra clag. So nurrrh, you ludite.

[Mezla PigDog]

Cougar;367343 said:

Also, Mezla it doesn't go without saying because Aliens SE is a rare example of where the extra footage adds to the film. LotR is not for example, it's just a load of extra clag. So nurrrh, you ludite.

That's what I meant! So boo sucks back at you Although it does need a flashback so that we can all see just how good that Octurian Poontang really is and I'm always left wondering if the surname "Spunkmeyer" is common somewhere in the world. I wouldn't like that to be my surname.....

[frookenhauer]

Mezla PigDog;367398 said:

That's what I meant! So boo sucks back at you Although it does need a flashback so that we can all see just how good that Octurian Poontang really is and I'm always left wondering if the surname "Spunkmeyer" is common somewhere in the world. I wouldn't like that to be my surname.....

Its still as good as ever! and I think it was Arcturan poontang or something, gotta get me some of that. And I've yet to meet a spunkmeyer either, I won't give up. "Come on people lets hustle, arseholes and elbows...Hudson get over here!"

Cougar;367142 said:

Indy - Last Crusade

Who's a clever cat?

Binder of Demons;367191 said:

B-Movie style - Tremors

Fantasy - Gladiator

Good call on Tremors, but describing Gladiator as Fantasy, well it seems a little shy of fairies, elves, giant eagles, and the usual extras, great movie though!

BTW I forgot a couple of classics: Buffalo soldiers and full metal jacket for the war type movies.

[stone monkey]

Action - Crank
Animated - Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Wall-E
B Movie - Kiss Me Deadly
B-Movie style - Repo Man
Chick Flick - The English Patient
Crime - Touch of Evil, LA Confidential, GoodFellas
Comedy - The Life of Brian
Foreign language (non-English) - Stalker, Rashomon, Ran, Kagemusha, La Fille Sur La Pont, Ridicule, The Hairdresser's Husband, La Lectrice
Fantasy - The Dark Crystal
Film Noir - The Third Man
Guilty pleasure - Destroy All Monsters!
Historical - La Reine Margot
Horror - The Thing
Independent movie - Fight Club (?)
Musical - Team America
Superhero/comic book - The Matrix
Sci Fi - 2001: A Space Oddysey
Thriller - Heat, Point Blank, The French Connection, Zodiac
Western - The Searchers, Red River, High Plains Drifter, Django, Once Upon A Time In The West

[Mezla PigDog]

stone monkey;367614 said:

Fantasy - The Dark Crystal

I still have that on VHS. Scares the bejeebus out of me.