Best films by Genre

Cafe Society
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Your top three per genre

Drama

  1. Amadeus
  2. Shawshank Redemption
  3. Philadelphia

Comedy

  1. Trading Places
  2. Stripes
  3. Blazing Saddles

War

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. Full Metal Jacket
  3. Glory

Mobster

  1. Godfather
  2. Godfather Part II
  3. Goodfellas

Scifi/ Fantasy

  1. Star Wars
  2. ROTK
  3. Matrix

Honorable Mention: 2001

Animated

  1. Shrek
  2. Spirited Away
  3. Lion King
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Comedy

  1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  2. The Big Lebowski
  3. Life Of Brain

Mobster

  1. Godfather
  2. Miller’s Crossing
  3. Carlito’s Way
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Comedy

  1. Stiff Upper Lips
  2. Some Like it Hot
  3. Raising Arizona

Drama

  1. Fargo
  2. Ghost World
  3. LA Confidential

Animated

  1. Nausiccaa Of The Valley Of Wind
  2. Toy Story 2
  3. The Transformers Movie

Action

  1. Hard Boiled
  2. Face-Off
  3. Kill Bill

Sci / Fi

  1. Battle Royale
  2. Time Chasers (MST3k)
  3. Aliens
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Drama

  1. Casablanca
  2. Gone With the Wind
  3. Bridge on the River Kwai (set during WWI, but not really a “war movie”)

Comedy

  1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  2. Blazing Saddles
  3. Arsenic and Old Lace
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Drama

  1. The Right Stuff
  2. Dances With Wolves
  3. It’s A Wonderful Life

Comedy

  1. The Jerk
  2. Dumb & Dumber
  3. Ghostbusters

War

  1. Full Metal Jacket
  2. Saving Private Ryan
  3. Das Boot

Mobster

  1. The Untouchables
  2. Scarface
  3. Goodfellas

Scifi/ Fantasy

  1. The Fellowship of the Ring
  2. The Matrix
  3. Twelve Monkeys

Western

  1. Unforgiven
  2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
  3. The Searchers

Action

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Die Hard
  3. Predator

Animated

  1. Spirited Away
  2. Finding Nemo
  3. Monster’s Inc.
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Okay, let’s see:

COMEDY

Born Yesterday (the original Judy Holiday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford version)

What’s Up, Doc?

The Quiet Man (probably classed as a drama, but even after many viewings I giggle from beginning to end)
DRAMA

Inherit The Wind (the original Spencer Tracy and Frederic March version)

In The Heat Of The Night

Amadeus

WESTERN

Red River

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Searchers

WAR

Saving Private Ryan

Glory

Is Paris Burning?

ANIMATED

Spirit, Stallion Of The Cimmaron

Monsters, Inc.

Stuart Little

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Drama

  1. Citizen Kane
  2. The Third Man
  3. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

Comedy

  1. Some Like It Hot
  2. The Princess Bride
  3. Galaxy Quest

War

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. Schindlers List
  3. Platoon

Mobster

  1. Pulp Fiction
  2. Godfather
  3. Goodfellas

Scifi/Fantasy

  1. Star Wars IV/V
  2. Brazil
  3. Terminator 2

Animated

  1. Shrek
  2. Grave of the Fireflies
  3. Toy Story 2

Horror

  1. Ichi The Killer
  2. Audition
  3. Re-animator

Western

  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  3. McCabe and Mrs Miller

Foreign - not English language

  1. Ichi The Killer
  2. Battle Royale
  3. Y Tu Mama Tambien
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Westerns:

  1. Unforgiven
  2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
  3. Tombstone

Science Fiction:

  1. Gattaca
  2. Blade Runner
  3. Aliens

Fantasy:

  1. The LOTR trilogy
  2. Conan the Barbarian
  3. The Princess Bride

Horror:

  1. Shadow of the Vampire
  2. The Thing (Carpenter version)
  3. Jaws

Action/Adventure:

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Die Hard
  3. Road Warrior

Comedy:

  1. Blazing Saddles
  2. Airplane
  3. Young Frankenstein

War:

  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. Blackhawk Down
  3. The Longest Day

Crime/Mob:

  1. The Usual Suspects
  2. LA Confidential
  3. Pulp Fiction

Drama:

  1. Casablanca
  2. Almost Famous
  3. Forrest Gump

Animated:

  1. Toy Story II
  2. The Little Mermaid
  3. The Lion King