# Help me build this film genre library.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123 "2006-01-29T22:45:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/21 "2006-01-30T19:05:44Z")

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_Point Blank_ (with Lee Marvin, directed by John Boorman)

_The Limey_

_Get Shorty_

_The Spanish Prisoner_

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/22 "2006-01-31T00:16:02Z")

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Blending gangster genres with kung fu: Danny the Dog (or as its known in America, “Unleashed”) Kung Fu Hustle, Romeo and Juliet.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/23 "2006-01-31T00:20:07Z")

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> [@Askia](#):
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> Blending gangster genres with kung fu: Danny the Dog (or as its known in America, “Unleashed”) Kung Fu Hustle, Romeo and Juliet.

You mean Romeo Must Die? 😉

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/24 "2006-01-31T06:44:34Z")

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For this genre, definately get Sexy Beast and The Limey.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/25 "2006-01-31T06:48:41Z")

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Shallow Grave, and if you are feeling a bit “self-loathing”, get some David Lynch flicks.

Don’t say I didn’t warn ya.

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**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/26 "2006-01-31T08:22:35Z")

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good suggestions thus far; definitely seconding those for _True Romance_ and _Pulp Fiction_.

maybe try _Formula 51_… it’s heavier on the comedy and lighter on the gangster, but worth a look.

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-this-film-genre-library/342123/27 "2006-01-31T21:35:49Z")

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> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> You mean Romeo Must Die? 😉

Yeah… :smack: I was at work and hurrying off the computer.

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