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The VT Definitive All Time Greatest Movies by Genre


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subject to continuous editing obviously, will edit in my answers as I go :D I have watched very few horror / westerns btw. This is an impossible ask :D 

Comedy

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Drama

 - Black and White ( Shameless excuse to list more films ) - I could sub categorise films ad infinitem I suppose ) 

12 Angry Men

The Third Man

Schindler's List

- Colour

North by North West

Leave No Trace

Calvary

Action

The Raid

Aliens 2

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Sci-Fi

Alien

Back to the Future

tbd

 

Horror

Babadook

Get Out

A Quiet Place

Western 

For A Few Dollars More

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( is it a western? probably not but meh )

Hud

Musical**

1. Mamma Mia 

2. Rocketman

3. Hamilton*

* if we count the filmed stage version on Disney+ as a 'film'. 

** - also I'm excluding animation here. I'm creating a separate category for that

 

Foreign Language

1. Portrait of a Woman on Fire.

2. Toni Erdmann

3. La Grande Illusion

 

Christmas Movie 

1. It's a Wonderful Life

2. Casablanca

3. Scrooged

Animation Film UK/US

Inside Out

Toy Story 3

Coco

Animation Foreign

Spirited Away

A Town Called Panic 

Persepolis

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Off the top of my head

 

Comedy

Stepbrothers
In Bruges
Hot Fuzz
 

Drama

Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
No Country for Old Men

Action

Terminator 2
Aliens
Die Hard

Sci-Fi

The Fifth Element
Dune
Arrival

Horror

The Ring
Alien
The Babadook

Western 

Power of the Dog
(I don't really do Westerns so that's all I've got)

Musical

South Park
Tick Tick... Boom
The Lion King

Foreign Language

Parasite
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Skin I Live In

Christmas Movie 

Home Alone
Elf
A Muppet Christmas Carol

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Comedy         

Young Frankenstein, Some Like it Hot, Modern Times.

Drama             

There will be Blood, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Quiet Man.

Action             

Die Hard, Leon, Predator.

Sci-fi               

Back to the Future, Empire Strikes Back, The Wrath of Kahn.

Horror            

Jaws, Psycho, Bride of Frankenstein.

Western         

The Magnificent Seven, Mt Darling Clementine, Unforgiven.

Musical           

Singin' in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, Top Hat.

Foreign           

Rififi, Downfall, Hero.

Christmas       

Home Alone, Its a Wonderful Life, White Christmas.

Documentary  

The Civil War, When we were Kings, Shoah.

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Top 3 Movies by Genre

Comedy

Life of Brian 

Stir Crazy

Hot Fuzz (for sentimental reasons)

 

Drama

The Godfather Trilogy (bit of a cheat!)

Goodfellas

Carlito’s Way

 

Action

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Predator 

John Wick

 

Sci-Fi

Aliens

Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back

Rogue One

 

Horror

The Shining

American Werewolf In London

Jaws

 

Western 

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tombstone 

The Hateful Eight

 

Musical

Bugsy Malone

West Side Story (original)

Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

Foreign Language

Oldboy

The Orphanage

Infernal Affairs

 

Christmas

Arthur Christmas 

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Die Hard

 

Documentary

Riding Giants

The Beastie Boys Movie

American Animals (part doc/part acted)

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seeing as i suggested it...

Christmas would be muppets, national lampoons, elf but I think Klaus might overtake elf, watched it for the first time last year and was seriously impressed with it, it just has no tradition for me yet whereas those 3 films do, I'll watch it again this year for sure

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Comedy: Dumb & Dumber, Clerks, Ghostbusters

Drama: Shawshank, Pianist, Jaws

Action: Die Hard, Indiana Jones RotLA, Avengers Infinity War

Sci-Fi: Blade Runner, Star Wars ESB, The Thing

Horror: The Descent, The Ring, The Fog

Western: GB&U, Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, Unforgiven

Foreign Language: Audition, Battle Royale, Biutiful 

Christmas Movie: NL Xmas Vacation, The Snowman, Home Alone

Animation: Akira, Spirited Away, South Park

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4 hours ago, Seat68 said:

Comedy

-The Jerk

-Zoolander

-This is Spinal Tap

Drama

-Brighton Rock

-Its A Wonderful Life

-Mississippi Burning

Action

-Charlies Angels

-Charlies Angels Full Throttle

-On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Sci-Fi

-Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

-The Running Man

-Silent Running

Horror

-The Evil Dead 2

-Anguish

-Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Western 

-The Cowboys

-Good, The Bad and The Ugly

-2 Mules for Sister Sarah

Musical

-Cabaret

-Oklahoma

-Wizard of Oz

 

Foreign Language

-La Haine

Return Of The Jedi? I'm aghast enough at Star Wars even being considered sci-fi, but to then choose Return Of The Jedi?

Props for Silent Running though, that's always been a favourite of mine. I think it has a few weaknesses though - the plot is really quite paper thin when you think it through.

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53 minutes ago, Mic09 said:

Thank you.

The entire Police Squad/Naked Gun series too. 

and Top Secret 

thinking about it Top Secret is one for the underrated movies thread , some fantastic comedy moments in that film 

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Well this is impossible :). I could do a list tomorrow and 50% of this would be changed 

Comedy

  • Hot Shots
  • Top Secret
  • Office Space

Drama

  • The Godfather 
  • The Emigrants
  • Full Metal Jacket

Action

  • Hard Boiled
  • The Killer
  • Dobermann

Sci-Fi

  • Blade Runner
  • Star Wars
  • Alien

Horror

  • The Descent
  • The Thing
  • Jaws

Western

  • The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  • Open Range
  • Blazing Saddles

Musical

N/A

Foreign Language 

  • Oldboy
  • Man Bites Dog
  • A Prophet

Christmas Movie

  • Die Hard
  • Sällskapsresan (Package Tour or Can You Get Fish and Chips at the Flamenco)
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

New Years Day Movie

  • Ivanhoe
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