# Movie Genre "Starter Packs"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593 "2011-01-14T14:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/21 "2011-01-15T00:00:25Z")

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Musicals:

1. Singin’ in the Rain
2. West Side Story
3. Top Hat
4. Moulin Rouge!
5. Cabaret

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/22 "2011-01-15T00:20:33Z")

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Romance:

1. Casablanca
2. An Affair to Remember
3. Love Story
4. An Officer and a Gentleman
5. Jerry McGuire

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**Author:** ![MovieCriticNextDoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MovieCriticNextDoor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieCriticNextDoor)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/23 "2011-01-15T00:48:22Z")

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War Movies (not all about the combat):

1. The Best Years of Our Lives
2. Stalag 17
3. Since You Went Away
4. Mrs. Miniver
5. Among the Few

That last is actually an episode of the excellent TV series Foyle’s War, but hey, it’s movie-length. 😃 If I must stick with theatrically-released films, though, then I’ll substitute The Land Girls.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/24 "2011-01-15T01:58:49Z")

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Parodies:

1. Airplane
2. Spaceballs
3. The Naked Gun
4. Not Another Teen Movie
5. Shaun of the Dead

Didn’t want to repeat any directors or styles, otherwise it would just be Brooks and Zucker.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/25 "2011-01-15T05:50:40Z")

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Noir:

The Postman Always Rings Twice  
Double Indemnity  
Blood Simple  
The Killers  
Bad Day at Black Rock

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/26 "2011-01-15T05:54:12Z")

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Insanity/schizophrenia/mental illness (people going crazy):

The Snake Pit  
Repulsion  
The Three Faces of Eve  
Sybil  
Gaslight

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/27 "2011-01-15T06:06:39Z")

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CornTheHead, it was _The Searchers_ and not _The Seekers_ for the list of Westerns in the OP.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genre-starter-packs/567593/28 "2011-01-15T06:08:45Z")

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**Heist movies**

The Italian Job (original version)  
Ocean’s 11 (remake version)  
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)  
The Usual Suspects  
Snatch

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