Your favorite films from each genre??

[Brad Russ]

Here are my favorite films from each of these genres. You guys can add more genres if you'd like.

War: We Were Soldiers, and Jacknife

Football: Radio

Basketball: Hoop Dreams

Baseball: A League Of Their Own

Documentary: My Flesh And Blood

Mob: Casino

Religious: The Passion of The Christ

Tearjerker: The Cure, The Mighty, and My Flesh And Blood

Fantasy: The Neverending Story

Comedy: Groundhog Day

[Liza]

Sorry, I couldn't resist adding a couple genres to the list:


War: Lawrence of Arabia (it counts!) :)

Sports: A League Of Their Own & Field of Dreams

Documentary: Bowling for Columbine

Religious: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Tearjerker: Lady Jane & Casablanca

Fantasy: The Neverending Story

Mob/Crime: Pulp Fiction & Mulholland Dr

Comedy: My Man Godfrey

Animated: Sleeping Beauty

Drama: Doctor Zhivago & The Best Years of Our Lives (of course) :D

Musical: The Sound of Music

Science Fiction: Dark City

[Shine]

War: The Dear Hunter

Sports: Raging Bull

Religious: The Exorcist

Mob: Mean Steets

Comedy: Dr. Strangelove

Animated: The Secret of NIMH

Drama: Vertigo

Musical: Flashdance...well, it sort of is.

Science Fiction: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[Number 9 Dream]

Great idea for a thread, Brad :)

Drama: Stand By Me and Brokeback Mountain

Horror: Halloween

Comedy: Airplane!

Romance: Dogfight

Sci-Fi: Donnie Darko (not quite sci-fi, but weird enough :lol: )

Fantasy: The Neverending Story

Animated: The Little Mermaid

[Janice]

War: Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Pianist, We Were Soldiers

Sports: The Longest Yard (1974), Field Of Dreams, Fever Pitch, Miracle On Ice

Documentary: My Flesh And Blood, Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst, Cocaine Cowboys, Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

Mob: Goodfellas, Casino, Donnie Brasco, Scarface, The Departed

Tearjerker: The Days Of Wine And Roses, Terms Of Endearment, Kramer vs Kramer, The Prince Of Tides

Fantasy: The Wizard Of Oz, Superman, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (2000), Ever After

Comedy: Groundhog Day, Meet The Parents, Me, Myself & Irene, Liar Liar

Horror: The Exorcist,The Shining, Psycho, Frailty

Period: Gone With The Wind, The Remains Of The Day, Pride & Prejudice

Disaster: The Towering Inferno, A Night To Remember, Titanic

Biopic: Lady Sings The Blues, Walk The Line, Ray, Capote

Musical: Phantom Of The Opera, Evita, Chicago

Romance: Unfaithful, An Officer And A Gentleman, Shopgirl

Action: Die Hard, The Terminator, The Island

Courtroom: 12 Angry Men (both versions), A Few Good Men, The Verdict, Murder In The First

Prison: Papillon, Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile

Western: How The West Was Won, Unforgiven, Open Range

Christmas: It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone

Various: The Lost Weekend, Crash, Cinderella Man, Hotel Rwanda, Pulp Fiction, Mystic River, Good Will Hunting

[Cactus Jack]

Whoa, I expected everyone tp put The Godfather as their fav mob movie seriously :lol:

[freshprinceofLA]

Action: Scarface
Drama: Boyz n the hood
Comedy: Friday
Boxing: Rocky IV
Football: Remember the Titans
Science Fiction: Back to the Future I
Politics: JFK
War: Saving Private Ryan, Casualties of War

[Brian Damage]

War: Full Metal Jacket, Platoon

Sports: Bull Durham, Major League, The Longest Yard (original)

Documentary: Inside Deep Throat, Cocaine Cowboys, Overnight, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

Mob: Goodfellas, Casino, The Godfather, The Godfather II, Scarface

Tearjerker: Terms Of Endearment

Fantasy: Star Wars and all the sequels

Comedy: History of the World Part I, Meet The Parents, Kentucky Fried Movie, Easy Money, Vacation, Back to School

Horror: Halloween,The Shining

Period: None

Disaster: The Poseiden Adventure

Biopic: What's Love Got to Do with it

Musical: Wizard of Oz

Romance: Fatal Attraction :lol:

Courtroom: The Firm, The Client

Prison: Blood In Blood Out, American Me

Western: Young Guns

Christmas: Miracle on 34th Street, Christmas Vacation

Various: Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Desperado, El Mariachi, From Dusk till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Killing Zoe

[comedyfreak]

War: Pearl Harbor

Sports: Gridiron Gang (remake)

Documentary: Supersize Me

Mob: The Untouchables

Tearjerker: Boystown

Fantasy: Harry Potter plus all the sequels

Comedy: Sixteen Candles

Horror: Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street

Period: The Ten Commandments

Disaster: The Day After Tomorrow

Biopic: Ray and Walk The Line

Musical: Wizard of Oz

Romance: 50 First Dates

Drama: The Notebook

Sci-fi: Star Wars and Star Trek, plus all the sequels of both films

Western: Young Guns

Christmas: It's A Wonderful Life

[Liza]

There are a few more I need to add:

Fantasy: The Princess Bride

Period: Sense & Sensibility

Horror: Psycho & The Shining

Disastor: The Poseidon Adventure

Biopic: Coal Miner's Daughter

Western: Three Violent People & How the West Was Won

[canuckkidd]

Mob:Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface, The Untouchables

War: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Hamburger Hill

Documentary: Hoop Dreams, Super Size Me, Madonna's Truth or Dare, The First Year, Gary Kasparov and the Machine

Western: Young Guns, Fistful of Dollars

Martial Arts/Action: Any and All Bruce Lee films especially Enter the Dragon, Fist of Fury, Chinese Connection and Way of the Dragon. Bloodsport, Best of the Best, and Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Suspense: Primal Fear, Boiler Room, Rounders

Drama: American History X, Boyz N the Hood, Menace to Society, Thirteen

Teen Comedy: Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Can't Buy Me Love, Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Ferris Buller's Day Off, Valley Girl.

Horror: The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, It, The Omen, Nightmare on Elm Street

Sports: Field of Dreams, Major League, Above the Rim, Youngblood

[Liza]

Just thought of another genre:

Foreign Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France) and Fitzcarraldo (Germany)

[JoPol_wannabe]

War: Pearl Harbor

Football: Facing the Giants and Waterboy

Basketball: Slam Dunk Ernest and Double Teamed

Baseball: A League Of Their Own

Hockey: The Mighty Ducks 1, 2 & 3

Mob: The whole nine yards

Religious: Facing the Giants

Western: Blazzing Saddles

Tearjerker: The indian in the Coupboard, I am sam, My Girl, Ever After, and Titanic

Fantasy: Princess Bride

Comedy: Pink Panther, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Liar Liar

Martial Arts/: Kill Bill 1 & 2

Action: True Lies, Speed, Top Gun, & Days of Thunder

Disaster: Twister

Musical: The Producers

Romance: 50 First Dates and Dirty Dancing

Drama: Gone with the Wind

Christmas: A chrismtas Story and The Grinch

Courtroom: My cousin Vinny

Teen Comedy: Pretty in Pink, Goonies, Never been kissed, don't tell mama the babysitters dead,

Sequals- Back to the Future, Pink Panther, Rocky, Spiderman, Home alone 1 &2, Ace Ventura and Betoveen 1 & 2

Scary Movies: Ghost and the Darkness

[Corolla]

The only thing I really watch is comedy and I liked Ms. Doubtfire