# What is your niche as far as films go **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 17, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079 "2022-07-17T09:05:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/1 "2022-07-17T09:05:18Z")
Mine would be 70’s Sci-fi, from _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ to _Mad Max_. Leaning towards the dystopian ones. All the ape films Silent Running A Boy and his Dog Damnation Alley Soylent Green Rollerball Time After Time (A joy ride compared to the others) love em love em love em Westworld Futureworld “Yup. They don’t make em like that anymore”-Robert Neville, _The Omega Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/2 "2022-07-17T09:20:15Z")
I think I’ve watched Star Trek enough that I pretty much no every referenced there is to know. It’s my fall asleep to show and has been for a while now. So it all stays in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/3 "2022-07-17T10:34:09Z")
Lately I’ve been enjoying late 60s/early 70s prison/tough guy/cop-type movies: - The French Connection - Cool Hand Luke - The Getaway - The Drowning Pool - Serpico - Bonnie and Clyde - Badlands - Papillon mmm ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/4 "2022-07-17T11:01:12Z")
That’s a sweet list. You should also read the book “Papillon”, if you haven’t already. Very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/5 "2022-07-17T12:29:22Z")
Great lists, love movies. My special niche would be compact films that are good story telling: The Grey Fox The Reivers Wild Angels The Bicycle Thief Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Rounders The Dinner Game The River ETA: Time After Time is a gem ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/6 "2022-07-17T12:32:38Z")
Comedies with quirky sensibilities Big Lebowski Harold and Maude Rushmore Mystery Train ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/7 "2022-07-17T13:32:42Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > That’s a sweet list. You should also read the book “Papillon”, if you haven’t already. Very entertaining. Thanks, I may just do that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/8 "2022-07-17T14:14:08Z")
I grew up watching movies mostly from the '40s through the '60s, so I tend more to “classic” films with “adult” themes, as opposed to today’s glut of “superhero” flicks. Examples: _ **Casablanca** _ _ **The Best Years of Our Lives** _ _ **Double Indemnity** _ _ **Objective: Burma** _ _ **Destination: Tokyo** _ _ **Thirty Seconds over Tokyo** _ _ **The Purple Heart** _ _ **God Is My Co-Pilot** _ _ **The Postman Always Rings Twice** _ _ **Mildred Pierce** _ _ **The Heiress** _ _ **Gentleman’s Agreement** _ _ **Captain from Castille** _ _ **The Sea Hawk** _ _ **Anatomy of a Murder** _ _ **Experiment in Terror** _ _ **Patterns** _ Later movies I consider “classics” include _ **Tunes of Glory** _ _ **Paths of Glory** _ _ **Lolita** _ _ **Wait until Dark** _ _ **American Graffiti** _ (my second or third favorite of all time) _ **The Graduate** _ _ **Norma Rae** _ _ **Kramer vs Kramer** _ _ **The King of Hearts** _ _ **Gallipoli** _ _ **Breaker Morant** _ ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/9 "2022-07-17T19:26:42Z")
Brit, French and Japanese gangsters Film Noir Generally obscure foreign dramas 1950s movies with a truck in a prominent role Period Martial Arts fantasies Pre-Code sleaze Samurais Any intelligent, well-written and well-made film on pretty much any subject can transcend my genre preferences in terms of compelling my interest in watching and/or enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/10 "2022-07-17T19:46:35Z")
1930s Universal monster films and I’d say my minor is in the 1950s/60s Hammer monster movies. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/11 "2022-07-17T21:32:06Z")
Seen _After Hours_? > **[After Hours (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_(film))** > > After Hours is a 1985 American black comedy thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. The film follows Paul Hackett, portrayed by Griffin Dunne, as he experiences a series of misadventures while making his way home from New York City's SoHo district during the night. > After Hours received positive reviews with praises for its black humor, and is considered to be a cult film. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Scorsese won the Cannes Film Fest... ---
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You may have an overactive sweet tooth, but you had good taste in movies. 😉 I’ve liked a lot of movies that didn’t make many ‘best of’ lists, but still were memorable. _Seconds_ was nicely creepy…a little bit of its time, but nicely done. I like psychological horror over blood and guts, which I find boring. Heh, I saw _King of Hearts_ as a double bill with _Marat/Sade_. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/13 "2022-07-17T23:01:25Z")
Oh yeah ---
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I have several “niches”, but the two big ones are Science Fiction and Historical Epics (especially from the 1950s to 1960s) Sample lists (not exhaustive) _ **Science Fiction/Science Fantasy** _ Forbidden Planet 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010 Metropolis The Quatermass Trilogy Star Wars movies Star Trek movies The Thing (first two versions) The Day of the Triffids (BBC version) Robocop (first version) The Day the Earth Stood Still (first version) It! The Terror from Beyond Space Aliens The Terminator Terminator II Galaxy Quest The Last Starfighter Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1954 Disney version) The Lost World (1925 silent version, restored) King Kong (1933 and 2005) Son of Kong Mighty Joe Young (both versions) **Historical Epics** The Seven Samurai Spartacus Ben Hur El Cid Cleopatra (1960 version) The Ten Commandments (both versions, but only the “ancient” part of the silent) Intolerance War and Peace (The Russian version; although the BBC serial that I’m now watching is pretty good, too) ---
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I can’t really pick a favorite niche/genre of film ( **Action, Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Noir, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western** ). I like films from all genres if they are well acted, with good direction, and tell a compelling story. I base my _“must-watch”_ criteria on directors, writers, and actors I like. Although there are exceptions, I can usually count on them being involved in a movie I will enjoy. For example, if a movie is directed by Kubrick, Tarantino, or Scorsese (to name just a few), or stars Bette Davis, Anthony Hopkins, or Tom Hanks (to name just a few), I’m rarely disappointed. I also keep my eye out for odd-ball Indie films that at least have a good story to tell. The best I can do is pick a few sub-genres I _don’t_ care for, like **Horror/Splatter, Drama/Teen** , and **Action/Swashbuckler**. Even here, there are exceptions. The genre I’m most _disappointed_ in is Horror. I love the genre, but there are woefully few horror films that actually scare me (but many horror books do). The only ones that come to mind are The Exorcist, The Shining, and Alien (only the first of the series). I’m looking at you _It_! King’s book scared the pants off me (good thing I wasn’t in public at the time). None of the film adaptations come close. Bring Kubrick back to life (come to think of it, that would make a good horror flick) and make an _It_ film as scary as the book…with a rewritten ending, of course. ---
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There are so many movies that I enjoy that it would be hard for me to do a list. I will instead tell you what movie genres I do not like: Sci-fi/Fantasy Super Hero Gory Horror/Slasher - I like spooky or eerie. I don’t need blood and guts. Anything with torture Spies Musicals Disaster Martial Arts ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/17 "2022-07-18T14:21:58Z")
Niches where I know there’s a high likelihood I’ll enjoy the film: - Science fiction, particularly Star Wars and Star Trek - Superheroes, particularly Marvel - Pre-2000 comedies, particularly 1970s and 1980s - James Bond films - Music documentaries Niches that I actively avoid: - Horror/slasher, particularly the graphic sort - Post-2000 comedies – the style of modern comedy doesn’t fit well with what I find funny ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079/18 "2022-07-18T19:10:42Z")
Ones that I wont watch IN my niche are 70’s Cronenburg films and _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_.(1978) the former are just too cold and leave a bad feeling in my stomach, and the latter is too damn depressing after you’ve seen it already. ---
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When it was released in theaters, my friend and I watched “The Hunt For Red October” at least 10 times. And thus began my love of submarine movies. The Abyss, K19, Dad Boot, U-571, Ice Station Zebra, you name it, I’ll watch it. ---
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For sure mine is action flicks starring kick ass women. Aliens Long Kiss Goodnight The last Mad Max Tank Girl Lucy Colombiana Run Lola Run La Femme Nikita I’m sure I’ll think of more as soon as I hit submit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-niche-as-far-as-films-go/968079.md?page=2)