Favorites: The best by genre and decade

Submitted by AAA on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:22
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  • Drama-
  • Historical: The Last of the Mohicans
  • Pschological: Silence of the Lambs
  • Romantic: Casablanca
  • Crime: The Godfather Trilogy
  • Classic: Citizen Kane
  • Adaptation: To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Shakespeare: Henry V
  • Character Study: Seven Samurai
  • Comedy-
  • Slapstick: Noises Off
  • Farce: The Producers
  • Parody: Airplane!
  • Satire: Dr. Strangelove
  • Surreal: Being John Malkovich
  • Classic: Some Like it Hot
  • Children's-
  • Animated: The Little Mermaid
  • Seems like Children's, but is Deeper: Babe
  • Classic: Miracle on 34th Street
  • Live Action: The Wizard of OZ
  • Action-
  • Adveture: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Big 'Splosions: Aliens
  • Space: Star Wars Trilogy
  • Intelligent: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Adaptation: The Man Who Would Be King
  • Musical-
  • Big and Flashy: West Side Story
  • Dark: Cabaret
  • Adaptation: Oliver!
  • Comedic: Fiddler on the Roof
  • Hollywood: Singin' in the Rain
  • By Decade-
  • 30's: M
  • 40's: Citizen Kane
  • 50's: Seven Samurai
  • 60's: Dr. Strangelove
  • 70's: Chinatown
  • 80's: Amadeus
  • 90's: Being John Malkovich
bertie03/22/2001

This is one of the most interesting of the 'Favorite Movies by Genre' lists. Some inventive genre-making here and some intriguing choices. I'm tempted to steal your 'by decade' section for a list of my own. Hard choices to be made in such a list, especially the most recent decades.