What’s Your TOP Movie In Each Genre?

DRAMA – GODFATHER II

ACTION/ADVENTURE – THE FUGITIVE

MILITARY – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

COMEDY – FORREST GUMP

ROMANTIC – BRIANNA LOVES JENNA

HORROR – HELLRAISER

SCIENCE FICTION – MATRIX

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DRAMA – The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Ronin...hard to pick between them!

ACTION/ADVENTURE – The Bourne Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (can we just call LOTR one really long movie?)

MILITARY – Band of Brothers, but if that doesn't qualify since it was a mini series, then I'd go with Saving Private Ryan and The Pianist...I loved them both.

COMEDY – Monty Python's The Life of Brian

ROMANTIC – Garden State (something about the real feel of the characters hit a soft spot and appeals to me)

HORROR – Alien

SCIENCE FICTION – The Matrix I, The Wrath of Khan

SPORTS - Remember the Titans

I will list one of my favorites in each genre. I don't have #1 in any genre.

DRAMA - Forrest Gump

ACTION/ADVENTURE – The Goonies

MILITARY – The Great Escape

COMEDY – Dumb & Dumber

ROMANTIC – Sixteen Candles

HORROR – Phantasm

SCIENCE FICTION – E.T.

It IS hard to just choose one. Especially in Horror & Sci Fi, cuz those are about all I watch.

DRAMA: Titanic (don't tell anybody)

ADVENTURE: Indiana Jones (all)

MILITARY: Full Metal Jacket

COMEDY: American Pie

ROMANTIC: Serendipity

HORROR: Halloween (all but 3)

SCI FI: The Faculty

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DRAMA – Donnie Darko

ACTION/ADVENTURE – V For Vendetta

MILITARY – Full Metal Jacket

COMEDY – The Party

ROMANTIC – Amilie

HORROR – Jaws

SCIENCE FICTION – The Matrix

DRAMA – Blue Velvet

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Old Boy

MILITARY – Apocalypse Now

COMEDY – Airplane

ROMANTIC – The English Patient

HORROR – Rosemary's Baby

SCIENCE FICTION – Blade Runner

Danbot

DRAMA – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Apocalypto

MILITARY – Full Metal Jacket

COMEDY – Monty Python and the quest for the Holy Grail

ROMANTIC – About Last Night

HORROR – Trilogy of Terror

SCIENCE FICTION – Starship Troopers WHOOOHOO!

DRAMA – Requiem for a Dream

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Apocalypse Now

MILITARY – Saving Private Ryan

COMEDY – Dr. Strangelove

ROMANTIC – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

HORROR – Evil Dead

SCIENCE FICTION – Blade Runner

DRAMA – My Life (sponsored by Kleenex)

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Cliffhanger (Stallone's best IMO)

MILITARY – Enemy at the Gates (tough choice here)

COMEDY – Up In Smoke (edged out two others)

ROMANTIC – Endless Love (Love Story is 1A)

HORROR – The Exorcist (took evil to another level)

SCIENCE FICTION – Total Recall (tough choice here)

Edit: Why is there no DeNiro genre?

Peace

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DRAMA – Rain Man

ACTION/ADVENTURE – The Abyss

MILITARY – Apocalypse Now!

COMEDY – History of the World Part I

ROMANTIC – (I don't have one)

HORROR – Cannibal Holocaust

SCIENCE FICTION – Alien

DRAMA: The Departed & Heat

ADVENTURE: Iron Man

MILITARY: The Deer Hunter

COMEDY: The Big Lebowski & National Lampoon's Vacation (the original)

ROMANTIC: The Holiday

HORROR: The Devil's Rejects

SCI FI: Invasion

Drama - The Joy Luck Club

Action/Adventure - The Dark Knight

Military - Apocalypse Now

Comedy - Anchorman, The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (Time to musk up!)

Romantic - The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) (I will find you!)

Horror - The Shining (Jack's 12 minutes of non-stop insanity on the stairs!)

Science Fiction - Bladerunner (2019, just around the corner.)

And...The Best Movie Ever Made, and that ever will be made: Once Upon A Time In The West.

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DRAMA – GoodFellas

WESTERN- Tombstone

ACTION/ADVENTURE – True Romance

MILITARY – Full Metal Jacket

COMEDY – Groundhog Day

ROMANTIC – The Princess Bride

HORROR – The Exorcist

SCIENCE FICTION – I, Robot

DRAMA – Shawshank Redemption (Forrest Gump a close second)

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Die Hard

MILITARY - Patton (but this was the hardest for me to pick just one)

COMEDY – Step Brothers (yea its pretty juvenile, but I have never cried more in a movie than this one)

ROMANTIC – no thanks...

HORROR – Aliens (yea its more sci-fi, but nothing really scared me more as a kid)

SCIENCE FICTION – The Empire Strikes Back

You forgot WESTERN - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (cannot deny the Clint)


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[edit on 15-10-2008 by Jo Jo]

DRAMA – Shawshank Redemption

ACTION/ADVENTURE – First Blood

MILITARY – Deer Hunter

COMEDY – Life of Brian

ROMANTIC – Dont watch them...utter toss!

HORROR – Dog Soldiers

SCIENCE FICTION – Star Wars (A new hope 1977)




[edit on 15-10-2008 by Neilc1972]

OK
Drama-Colors
Action-Indiana Jones the last crusade
Military-The thin red line
Comedy-Dumb and Dumber
Romantic-Far and away or When Harry met Sally
Horror-Acheesy movie called Hennry:portrate of a serial killer
Sci-fi-close encounters of course
and to add 1 how bout fantasy--The princess bride of course

favorite of all would have to be hmmmmmmmmmm,, must correct Leaving Las Vegas
gosh after looking through each one Its impossible to make a choice weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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[edit on 07/07/08 by bugs_n_recovery]

Good thread. This really made me think...


DRAMA – Girl Interrupted

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Jurassic Park

MILITARY – Apocalypse Now

COMEDY – Knocked Up

ROMANTIC – A Walk to Remember

HORROR – Child's Play

SCIENCE FICTION – Alien

DRAMA – Taxi Driver

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Raiders Of The Lost Ark

MILITARY – Apocalypse Now

COMEDY – Life Of Brian

ROMANTIC – Brazil (this counts in my book!)

HORROR – The Shining

SCIENCE FICTION - Blade Runner

Originally posted by Dave Rabbit
What’s Your TOP Movie In Each Genre?



DRAMA –Crash

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Borne Series

MILITARY – Band of Brothers

COMEDY – Office Space

ROMANTIC – Under the Tuscan Sun

HORROR –Final Destination Series

SCIENCE FICTION – The Fifth Element/ Serenity

DRAMA – Ordinary People; Casablanca; Breakfast Club; Christmas Carol.

ACTION/ADVENTURE – Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Usual Suspects

MILITARY – Hamburger Hill; Apocalypse Now; Saving Private Ryan

COMEDY – Airplane!; Porky's; Real Genius

ROMANTIC – Sleepless in Seattle; Pitcher & The Playmate (aka The Road Home); 50 First Dates.

HORROR – Dawn of the Dead ('78, yo!); Fright Night; The Exorcist; The Howling ("I wanna give you a piece of my mind"); The Thing (John Carpenter)

SCIENCE FICTION – Aliens; Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Empire Strikes Back; Day the Earth Caught Fire.