# Which is your favourite film in each of these categories? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 12, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663 "2022-01-12T21:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/41 "2022-01-14T16:57:51Z")
**Action / Adventure:** Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) **Classic:** Bride of Frankenstein **Comedy:** Kelly’s Heroes **Fantasy:** **Horror:** Dawn of the Dead (1978) **Romance:** **SF:** Robocop **War:** The Enemy Below **Western:** High Plains Drifter ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/42 "2022-01-14T18:13:53Z")
**Action / Adventure:** any action / adventure with Harrison Ford pre-1990 **Classic:** Is Pulp Fiction old enough to be a classic? **Comedy:** Weekend at Bernie’s **Fantasy:** Labyrinth **Horror:** any horror movie with Kane Hodder ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/43 "2022-01-14T21:25:03Z")
**Action / Adventure:** The Guns of Navarone **Classic:** The Seven Samurai **Comedy:** What’s up, Doc? **Fantasy:** King Kong (tossup between 1933 and 2005) **Horror:** Psycho ## **Romance:** **SF:** Forbidden Planet **War:** The Great Escape **Western:** Silverado **Historical Drama:** _ **A Man for All Seasons** _ .-- I’ll agree **Adaptation of a Novel:** _ **War and Peace** _ . (Soviet version.) agree ## **Autobiography:** **Farce:** Arsenic and Old Lace **Detective:** The Last of Sheila . **Courtroom Drama:** .Witness for the Prosecution **Crime Drama:** _ **Goodfellas** _ agree . ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/44 "2022-01-14T22:34:54Z")
**Service Drama:** _ **Mister Roberts** _. **Service Comedy:** _ **No Time for Sergeants** _. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/45 "2022-01-16T16:08:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Now that I think about it, the one Horror movie that scared me was _ **Carrie** _ . Like most people, I literally jumped out of my seat at the big moment. A rare movie where reading the book first was a disadvantage – by that point I’d grown complacent because the movie followed the book fairly closely, until that scene, which made me jump even higher. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/46 "2022-01-16T16:34:36Z")
Action / Adventure: Rabbit Proof Fence Classic: Gone with the Wind Comedy: Tootsie Fantasy: The Hobbit Horror: Audition Romance: A Fish Called Wanda SF: Jurassic Park War: Glory Western: Blazing Saddles Musical: Chicago ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663/47 "2022-01-16T19:51:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Comedy:** > Kelly’s Heroes You are an enigma, Burpo-Dog. Woof woof! ---
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**Action / Adventure:** Raiders of the Lost Ark **Classic:** Harvey **Comedy:** Airplane! or Arthur **Horror:** Little Shop of Horrors **Romance:** Airplane! or Arthur **SF:** Little Shop of Horrors (again) **Western:** Hmmm… Back to the Future 3 **Musical:** Little Shop of Horrors (again) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663.md?page=2)