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.
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Most embarrassing item you actually enjoy in your collection: Swept Away
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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