Title says it all, except that of course some of these ‘genres’ aren’t. Copy mine and/or make up yer own.
Romantic Comedy: Annie Hall
Least likely to watch with your mother: Strange Days
Science Fiction: Dark City
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Mannequin
Noir: Double Idemnity
Thriller: M
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Mulholland Dr.
Worst 80s movie: Less Than Zero, actually one of the worst movies ever
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Stranger than Paradise
Romantic Comedy: Shakespeare In Love
Least likely to watch with your mother: Sin City
Science Fiction: 12 Monkeys
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Popeye
Noir: Blade Runner
Thriller: Jaws
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: The Mosquito Coast
Worst 80s movie: The Gate
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Waking Life
Most hilarious unintentional comedy: The Door in the Floor
Romantic Comedy: When Harry Met Sally
Least likely to watch with your mother: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Science Fiction: Serenity
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: n/a - I don’t own that many, and what I do own would be considered good by most people.
Noir: The Big Sleep (the Bogart version)
Thriller: I don’t like thrillers that much
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Soylent Green
Worst 80s movie: gee, there are so many to choose from
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: My friends and I have similar tastes
Movie you know like the back of your hand: the Princess Bride
Romantic Comedy: Overboard
Least likely to watch with your mother: Blue Velvet
Science Fiction: Blade Runner
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Tommy Boy
Noir: The Third Man
Thriller: The Mummy (well, I was thrilled)
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Cult of the Cobra
Worst 80s movie: The Sentinel
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Session 9
Oh! We get to make up our own?
Best 50’s mutant monsters: Them!
Best movie ever about a big pig: Razorback
Romantic Comedy: L.A. Story
Least likely to watch with your mother: Shortbus
Science Fiction: Serenity
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Swept Away
Noir: Sin City
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Grave Of The Fireflies
Worst 80s movie: Weird Science
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Dangerous Game
Movie you know like the back of your hand: Desperately Seeking Susan
Romantic Comedy: Shakespeare in Love
Least likely to watch with your mother: Clerks
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Kate & Leopold
Noir: I don’t really watch noir, unless Who Framed Roger Rabbit? counts.
Thriller: Don’t watch 'em.
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: The Day After Tomorrow (Embarassingly, one of my biggest fears is the earth being wiped out, especially where everyone I know and love is killed by a giant blizzard. I had nightmares.)
Worst 80s movie: For Keeps? And yet I watch it whenever it’s on.
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Master & Commander
Movie you know like the back of your hand: North & South (mini-series based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel – rar, Richard Armitage!)
Movie that brought you the most nerdly pleasure: Master & Commander – fantastic research and an absolutely wonderful movie, to boot. My friends are unappreciative of the great drama and the sex that is Paul Bettany.
The original or the remake?
Romantic Comedy: don’t really do those, but Bridget Jones’ Diary wasn’t bad
Least likely to watch with your mother: Betty Blue (37.5 le Matin)
Science Fiction: Blade Runner
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: The Omega Man (it really hasn’t held up very well)
Noir: The Maltese Falcon
Thriller: Ronin
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Eraserhead
Worst 80s movie: Flashdance
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Zelig
Movie you know like the back of your hand: North by Northwest
And a couple to add:
Giant monsters destroying Tokyo or some other large city: Mothra
WW II: Das Boot
Romantic Comedy: Sabrina (original)
Least likely to watch with your mother: Basic Instinct
Science Fiction: n/a
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Dumb and Dumber
Noir: Sunset Boulevard
Thriller: does Ronin count?
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Jacob’s Ladder
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Mindwalk
Movie you know like the back of your hand: The American President
Sweepstakes Trophy: Hoop Dreams
Swiss Family Robinson for adventure
Romantic Comedy: Charade
Least likely to watch with your mother: Flesh Gordon
Science Fiction: Forbidden Planet or 2001, depending on the day
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Starship Troopers
Noir: The Maltese Falcon
Thriller: the Day of the Jackal
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Eraserhead or Freaks
Worst 80s movie: King Solomon’s Mines
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: the Forbidden Zone
Romantic Comedy: The Awful Truth
Least likely to watch with your mother: Visitor Q
Science Fiction: Solaris
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Life with Mikey
Noir: Detour
Thriller: The General (Keaton)
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: The Shining
Worst 80s movie: [I don’t do worsts]
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Empire State Building
Back of my hand: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Western: The Searchers
Crime caper: Rififi
Romantic Comedy: Say Anything
Least likely to watch with your mother: Syriana, She simply cannot folow complicated plots and I have to eplain EVERYTHING
Science Fiction: Brazil
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Swordfish
Noir: Chinatown
Thriller: Jaws
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Jacob’s Ladder
Worst 80s movie: Superfuzz
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Tommy
Romantic Comedy: Crossing Delancey
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: The Replacements
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Training Day, though I can’t say it’s a favorite.
Worst 80s movie: Sixteen Candles
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: I’m usually pretty good at this.
Back of my hand: Crossing Delancey
Western: Unforgiven
Crime caper: Ocean’s Eleven
Romantic Comedy: French Kiss
Least likely to watch with your mother: 9 1/2 Weeks
Science Fiction: Alien
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Clash of the Titans
Noir: Blood Simple
Thriller: Don’t Look Now
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: The Serpent and the Rainbow and more recently, The Ring
Worst 80’s movie: Howard the Duck
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Most re-watched movie in my collection: Dangerous Liaisons
The western that made me love Westerns: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
–Beck
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Title says it all, except that of course some of these ‘genres’ aren’t. Copy mine and/or make up yer own.
Romantic Comedy: Love Actually
Least likely to watch with your mother: Lord of the Rings (a tough category since my mom was game to watch the uncensored Crash, though my dad quickly turned it off. So I just went with “what movie would be hell to have to explain every minor plot point.” Nine plus hours of that would drive anybody insane.)
Science Fiction: Empire Strikes Back
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Starship Troopers (actually within arm’s reach right now)
Noir: The Third Man
Thriller: The Third Man (it’s worth two listings)
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Silence of the Lambs
Worst 80s movie: darn, Empire Records is 90s… So I’ll go with Sixteen Candles (Whassa happenin’ hot stuff?)
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: Robin Hood (the animated Disney one)
Movie you know like the back of your hand: Princess Bride (natch)
and I will add
Favorite not-quite-historical: Excalibur
(I added genres which were sorely needed)
Romantic Comedy: Keeping the Faith (I think that’s it. With Norton, Stiller and Elfman)
Least likely to watch with your mother: Brokeback Mountain… again.
Science Fiction: Star Wars- Empire Strikes Back
Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Nothing But Trouble (Chase, Moore and Ackroyd)
Noir: LA Confidential
Thriller: …ehh… I don’t know if I have one.
Western: One Upon A Time in the West
Horror: Dawn of the Dead (original)
Actually did psychological trauma to you upon first viewing: Russ Meyers’ UP (I bought it on DVD for 30 bucks a few years later)
Worst 80s movie: One Crazy Summer
Best way to get your friends never to let you pick the movie again: the 1920 silent movie version of Wizard of Oz. (Larry Semon and a young Oliver Hardy)
Also meant to add one other category, but hit ‘Submit’ too soon:
Explosion filled action: V for Vendetta