The Best of the Genre

[tqpix]

Name your favorites. Mine:

• ACTION -- Speed
• ANIMATION -- Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
• CLASSIC -- Psycho
• COMEDY -- Bruce Almighty
• FANTASY -- Spider-Man
• FOREIGN -- Amelie
• HORROR -- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
• SCI-FI -- Back to the Future.

 

[Skellybones]

ACTION -- Die Hard
ANIMATION -- Shrek
CLASSIC -- Life With Father
COMEDY -- Beetlejuice
FANTASY --Batman/Batman Returns (Tie)
FOREIGN --The Seventh Seal/Tokyo Decadence (Another tie)
HORROR --**see below
SCI-FI --The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)

Horror Genres...

Scary--Jeepers Creepers...until about halfway through the movie...
Slasher--Halloween (Original)
Gorefest--Hellraiser 2: Hellbound
Disturbing--Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)

 

[krissilee06]

Action: Lord of the Rings!!!
Animation: Shrek
Classic: hmmm, don't know
Comedy: Bruce Almighty
Fantasy: Spiderman
Foreign: never seen one
Horror: So many to list
-the ring
-what lies beneth
-the others
-so many more...
Sci-fi: if Lord of the Rings can be considered Sci-fi

 

[Jeremiah the Bullfrog]

Action: The Matrix
Animation: I can't abide those.
Comedy: Tremors 3
Classic: Where Eagles Dare
Fantasy: The Return of the King
Foreign: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Horror: Tremors
Sci-fi: Stargate
Western: The Outlaw Josey Wales or High Plains Drifter
Suspense: Chain Reaction

 

[peanutbutter12]

• ACTION ~ Highlander
• ANIMATION ~ Lion King
• CLASSIC ~ West Side Story
• COMEDY ~ Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
• FANTASY ~ Lord of the Rings 1-3
• FOREIGN ~ Adrenalin
• HORROR ~ The Exorcist
• SCI-FI ~ Beowulf
• Drama ~ Braveheart

 

[nadroj1985]

• ACTION -- Fight Club
• ANIMATION -- The Lion King
• CLASSIC -- It's a Wonderful Life
• COMEDY -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• FANTASY -- LOTR: The Return of the King
• FOREIGN -- Life is Beautiful
• HORROR -- I don't like horror movies
• SCI-FI -- The Empire Strikes Back
• DRAMA -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• MUSICAL -- Moulin Rouge
• WEIRD -- Mulholland Drive
• DOESN'T FIT INTO A TOPIC BUT I LOVE THIS MOVIE -- High Fidelity

 

[feral]

• ACTION -- Natural Born Killers
• ANIMATION -- Ghost in the Machine
• CLASSIC -- Room With A View, or Jaws
• COMEDY -- The Jerk
• FANTASY -- Lord of the Rings
• FOREIGN -- The City of Lost Children (don't recall the French title)
• HORROR -- Deep Blue Sea, or the House on Haunted Hill
• SCI-FI -- Pitch Black
• DRAMA -- What's Eating Gilbert Grape

 

[kesmith22]

Action: The Matrix
Animation: Brother Bear
Classic: Charade
Comedy: The Grinch
Fantasy:The Princess Bride
Foreign: Never saw any that I know of
Horror: Jurassic Park 1 & 2 (closest thing to horror that I watch)
Sci-Fi: The Empire Strikes Back
Drama: Forest Gump & Radio
War: Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan
Romance: Angel Eyes
Religious: The Passion Of The Christ
Sports: The Rookie
Thriller: Signs & Frequency

 

[Firefall]

ACTION -- Master & Commander: of the far side of the world
ANIMATION -- Monsters Inc.
COMEDY -- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
FANTASY -- Lord of the Rings
HORROR -- The Ring (haven't seen it but I've been given such a detailed description...)
SCI-FI -- The Matrix

 

[ravenclaw_guy]

FANTASY- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (saw it at the NYC premiere!)

ACTION- The Fast and the Furious

ADVENTURE- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

COMEDY- Rendicella (African-American version of Cinderella :HILARIOUS

THRILLER- Gothika, What Lies Beneath, & The Ring

HORROR- Deep Blue Sea

FOREIGN- Y tu Mama Tambien

RELIGIOUS- The Passion of the Christ

MYSTERY- The Others

ANIMATED- The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Brother Bear

Everybody was KUNG FU fighting- Kill Bill Vol.1 and 2

CLASSIC- Indiana Jones movies and James Bond movies

STUPID- Sorority Boys

MADE FOR TV- A Ring of Endless Light

 

[desi]

ACTION -- Terminator

• ANIMATION -- Last Unicorn
• CLASSIC -- Ten Commandments
• COMEDY -- Strange Brew
• FANTASY -- Conan the Barbarian
• FOREIGN -- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• HORROR -- Creepshow
• SCI-FI -- Star Trek
• DRAMA -- Shawshank Redemption
• MUSICAL -- Sound of Music
• WEIRD -- Memento
• DOESN'T FIT INTO A TOPIC BUT I LOVE THIS MOVIE -- High Fidelity, agreed. The 'fight your own weight' analogy was great!

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[Multi-Elis]

Musical: Top hat or my faire lady or west side story
Western: the stage coach
Film noir: Laura
Horror: The rear window or 6th sens
Fantasy: superman two
French: Les Chorists
SCI-FI : Does matrix count? or is that action?
Bible movies: Joseph (horrible mouvie but still)
Animation: Price of Egypt
Fairy tale-comedy (what do you call that?) Princess bride

Uch, genres are harder to define now-a-days. Just finished a cours on genres in the golden age of hollywood.