# Best films by Genre **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605 "2003-12-29T18:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/1 "2003-12-29T18:18:47Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/2 "2003-12-29T18:36:54Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![Vezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@Vezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vezer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/3 "2003-12-30T00:40:04Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/4 "2003-12-30T06:37:44Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/5 "2003-12-30T06:50:34Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/6 "2003-12-30T07:45:47Z")
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** ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/7 "2003-12-30T13:14:41Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-by-genre/221605/8 "2003-12-30T13:59:53Z")
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