Movie Genre "Starter Packs"

Cafe Society
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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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Romance:

  1. Casablanca
  2. An Affair to Remember
  3. Love Story
  4. An Officer and a Gentleman
  5. Jerry McGuire
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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. :smiley: If I must stick with theatrically-released films, though, then I’ll substitute The Land Girls.

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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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Noir:

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

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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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CornTheHead, it was The Searchers and not The Seekers for the list of Westerns in the OP.

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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