The List

[IndianaJones]

I was watching some films and thought about a thread that was posted a while back about what everyone's favorite film in each genre was. Well I wanted to expand it a little so here goes. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else says.

The new twist is that everyone gets to chose 3 films for each category since there are almost always ties in one category or another.

Here goes:

Action
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Gladiator
3. Reservoir Dogs

Drama
1. Fried Green Tomatoes
2. The Green Mile
3. Stand By Me

Comedy
1. Forrest Gump
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Goonies

Western
1. Young Guns
2. Wyatt Earp
3. El Diablo

War
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Glory
3. Last of the Mohicans

Martial Arts
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Drunken Master II (The Legend of Drunken Master)
3. Enter the Dragon

Cartoon/Animated
1. Lion King
2. Transformers
3. Alladin

Sci Fi
1. Star Wars Tril
2. The Matrix
3. Back to the Future

Horror/Thriller
1. Scream
2. Monster Squad
3. Jaws

Did I miss anything?

[ReaperFett]

Action
1. Hard Boiled
2. The Killer
3. A Better Tommorow

Drama
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Fight Club
3. Pulp Fiction


Comedy
1. Snatch
2. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
3. Mystery Men

Western
1. The Way of the Gun(Not exactly a Western, but close enough)
2. Tombstone

War
1. Zulu
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. The Dirty Dozen

Martial Arts
1. Mortal Kombat

Sci Fi
1. Star Wars four films
2. Fortress

Horror/Thriller
1. From Dusk til Dawn
2. Army of Darkness
3. Braindead/Dead Alive

Now, to make a top 20, excluding Star Wars:

25. Starship Troopers
24. Replacement Killers
23. Bridge on the River Kwai
22. Fortress
21. The Italian Job
20. Zulu
19. Grosse Pointe Blank
18. Evil Dead 2
17. Con Air
16. The Rock
15. Desperado
14. Armageddon
13. Die Hard
12. Three Kings
11. Mystery Men
10. Braindead/Dead Alive
9. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
8. Fight Club
7. The Way of the Gun
6. Army of Darkness
5. Snatch
4. From Dusk til Dawn
3. The Killer
2. Reservoir Dogs
1. Hard Boiled

[Jedieb]

It's been done before, but it was fun then and it's fun now.
Action
1. Die Hard
2. Lethal Weapon
3. Terminator

Drama
1. Godfather
2. Godfather II
3. The Caine Mutiny

Comedy
1. Plains, Trains, & Automobiles
2. His Girl Friday
3. Ghostbusters
4. Building Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse
5. Arsenic and Old Lace
6. Bringing Up Baby
I could go on and on...

Western
1. Once Upon A Time In The West
2. Unforgiven
3. The Outlaw Josey Wales

War
1. Platoon
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. tie: The Dirty Dozen & The Great Escape

Romance
1. Casablanca
2. The African Queen
3. The Philadelphia Story

Sci Fi
1. Blade Runner
2. Aliens
3. 2001

I've left out SW films because they're their own unique beasts. They're not so much sci-fi as they are fantasy, so they get their own category. And the only movie I've ever put ahead of them on my PERSONAL best list is Casablanca. What can I say, Bogey rules!

SW Films
1. ESB
2. ANH
3. ROTJ
4. TPM