Movie Recommendations

[twilight fairy]

Please be so kind to take the time and answer these questions. I need movie recommendations, and lots of them. There are many topics on different movies, but this will be sort of a merge together! OK, the questions:

What's your favourite...

Comedy:

Teen Comedy:

Thriller:

Horror:

Drama:

Chick Flick:

"Vintage" Movie:

War Movie:

Movie based on historical event(s

Animated film:

Action/Adventure:

Fantasy:

Mystery:




Mine:

Comedy: Snatch.

Teen Comedy: 50 First Dates.

Thriller: Se7en.

Horror: The Exorcist.

Drama: Not fully drama, multi category, but Big Fish. Tied with Trainspotting.

Crime: Pulp Fiction.

Chick Flick: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

"Vintage" Movie: My Fair Lady.

War: The Pianist.

Movie based on historical events: Schnidler's List

Animated film: Beauty and the Beast.

Action/Adventure: The Matrix (1st one!)

Mystery: FIGHT CLUB. Tied With Donnie Darko.



I know, I know..it's hard to categorize movies into one genre, since most of them fit into multi categories, but please try. Feel free to add other favourites if you wish!

 

[faust]

We have some films in common. I'll do more than a few with your permission and I'll add a few categories:

Most important/influential film:
Dogville/Fight Club

Documentary:
Baraka/Winged Migration/Bowling for Columbine

Comedy (Noir
Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Teen Comedy:
American Pie

Thriller:
Se7en (by far)

Horror:
Glitter (the one with Maria Carey, but I didn't actually see it)

Drama:
Dogville/Dancer in the Dark/Breaking the Waves (anything by Lars von Trier)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Chick Flick:
Sliding Doors, Amelie (but I personally don't think it's a chick flick)

"Vintage" Movie:
Clockwork Orange/Paths of Glory/Dr.Strangelove/ 8 1/2 /La Dolce Vita/Seven Samurai

War Movie:
Full Metal Jacket/Apocalipse Now/All is Quiet on the Western Front/Saving Private Ryan

Movie based on historical event(s
Braveheart (because I mentioned the others under the War Movie)

Animated film:
Spirited Away/Akira

Action/Adventure:
Natural Born Killers, Seven Samurai
Old Jackie Chan movies were amazing (the ones that never made it to the US)

Fantasy:
Matrix (1st)
LOTR

Strange film that you didn't entirely get but thought was artful:
Lost Highway/Mullholand Drive (anything by Lynch, noone knows WTF goes on inside his head)

Mystery:
The Russian version of the Sherlock Holmes series
The Usual Suspects

Foreign (by that I mean non-US
Blue/Red/White trilogy by Kislowski (sp?)


I'm sure there is more but they are not coming to mind now.

 

[Noodle]

Hmm this is gonna be hard

What's your favourite...

Comedy: uhmm.. probably like The Son in Law or The Whole Nine Yards..or...I don't know Ferris Buellers Day Off.. THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!!

Teen Comedy: Mean Girls!!!!

Thriller: The Crush.. I think that's classified as a thriller..

Horror: Well I have a feeling it will be 'Saw' when i go see it tomorrow...but I'd have to say the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre (I HATTTTE the old one.. the one i saw anyway) or...hmm can't think of any more right now...

Drama: Thirteen? Is that a drama? It's rated 18A or something like that so i don't think I could put it under chick flick.. also White Oleander.. and The Virgin Suicides.. What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Chick Flick: Oh there are so many... A Walk To Remember.. Clueless.. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen... THE NOTEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!! Raise Your Voice...

"Vintage" Movie: vintage eh? like 60's, 70's, 80's, what? Well I'll give a variety.. The Adventures of Babysitting, Fancy Face, Sixteen Candles (<3), It's a Wonderful Life.. hehe...

War Movie: I don't watch war movies.. usually

Movie based on historical event(s hmm maybe.. Pearl Harbour? Or Texas Chainsaw Massacre... Walking Tall

Animated film: Ice Age or Shrek or...can this be cartoons? Mulan, and just about any disney movie out there... Tarzan... everything..

Action/Adventure: hmmm...I don't normally watch action movies... but.. I guess like XXX or the fast and the furious....walking tall....

Fantasy: HP1 +2, Star Wars...is the princess bride fanatasy? well im puttin it in again anyways

Mystery: Identity? Is that a mystery?

 

[twilight fairy]

Thanks for the replies faust and noodle!

Hahahha Glitter with Mariah Carey

 

[utopia]

Comedy: the princess bride

Teen Comedy: ferris bueller's day off and sixteen candles

Thriller:

Horror: the shining

Drama: wuthering heights, white nights (baryshnikov )

Chick Flick: only you, the cutting edge, notting hill

"Vintage" Movie: giant, rebel without a cause, auntie mame, funny girl and what's up doc?

War Movie: gone with the wind, cold mountain, harrison's flowers

Movie based on historical event(s rob roy, the pianist, affair of the necklace, chariots of fire

Animated film: beauty and the beast

Action/Adventure: matrix reloaded, star trek nemesis blush: I'm such a nerd!)

Fantasy: lotr trilogy, harry potter (I, II and III), edward scissorhands and the neverending story,

Mystery: lady of burlesque and dozens of other old films that I can't remember specific names of

 

[purplelucrezia]

Comedy: Either Mrs. Doubtfire or Dumb and Dumber

Teen Comedy: I don't really know teen movies

Thriller: Notorious, Charade

Horror: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane

Drama: The Apartment

Chick Flick: About a Boy

"Vintage" Movie: My Fair Lady

War Movie: War and Peace (with Audrey Hepburn)

Movie based on historical event(s Day of the Jackel

Animated film: Sleeping Beauty

Action/Adventure: Guns of Navarone

Fantasy: The Wizard of Oz

Mystery: Gosford Park

 

[pradaesk]

Originally posted by faust@Oct 29 2004, 09:42 PM

Drama:
Dogville/Dancer in the Dark/Breaking the Waves (anything by Lars von Trier)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

"Vintage" Movie:
Clockwork Orange/Paths of Glory/Dr.Strangelove/ 8 1/2 /La Dolce Vita/Seven Samurai

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very good choice!

 

[nycgirl84]

Comedy:

Teen Comedy:

Thriller:

Horror:
Sorry, I don't think I can narrow it down to one for most of these

Comedy: Heathers, Dazed and Confused

Teen Comedy: Never Been Kissed, Shag

Horror: The Shining, Poltergeist

Drama:Franco Zeffereli's Romeo and Juliet

Chick Flick: French Kiss

"Vintage" Movie: Harold and Maude, The Graduate, A Clockwork Orange

War Movie: Dr. Strangelove

Movie based on historical event(s Gone With the Wind

Animated film: Spirited Away, The Little Mermaid

Action/Adventure:

Fantasy: LABYRINTH!!!

Mystery: Rear Window

 

[twilight fairy]

FRENCH KISS! I love that movie.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

(satirical) Comedy: American Beauty, The Holy Grail

Teen Comedy: American Pie

Thriller: Infernal Affairs

Horror: 1931 Dracula with Bela Lugosi

Drama: The Godfather Part II

Chick Flick:

"Vintage" Movie: Il Gattopardo

War Movie: Apocalypse Now

Movie based on historical event(s The Quiet American

Animated film: Kokaku Kidotai is very digestable and Akira is cinematically impressive...

Action/Adventure: Lawrence of Arabia

Fantasy: Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'

Mystery: The Maltese Falcon

 

[Noodle]

Originally posted by Noodle@Oct 30 2004, 01:35 AM
Fancy Face

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Hmmm...i just came back here and realized I put "Fancy Face" instead of "Funny Face." Must be because I was looking at a Shawn and Belle fansite from Days Of Our Lives and they mentoned Fancy Face (sorry for all who have no idea what I'm talking about)... anway, lets just make it clear that i meant "Funny Face" with audrey hepburn...

 

[SCBlondie]

What's your favourite...

Comedy: Sometimes Some Like it Hot, sometimes Zoolander

Teen Comedy: The Breakfast Club

Thriller: new-Menento, old-Vertigo

Horror: The Shining

Drama: On the Waterfront

Chick Flick: Breakfast at Tiffany's

"Vintage" Movie: City Lights (Charlie Chaplin!)

War Movie: Apocalypse Now

Movie based on historical event(s Titanic

Animated film: The Lion King

Action/Adventure: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

Fantasy: The Princess Bride

Mystery: Manhattan Murder Mystery (comedy)/Se7en (best twists)/Charade (classic)

 

[faust]

Originally posted by pradaesk@Oct 30 2004, 04:56 PM
very good choice!

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thanks

 

[GardaPrincipesa]

Comedy: (too many at the moment ... )

Teen Comedy:

Thriller: The Matrix

Horror: Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte A classic in its time --> Click (Or try Hellraiser and its miriad of sequels?) --> Click

Drama: Braveheart

Chick Flick: Hmmm ... REAL LIFE!!! *** I like chicks! ***

"Vintage" Movie: 300 Spartans --> Click

War Movie: Saving Private Ryan

Movie based on historical event(s The Passion of the Christ

Animated film: The Lord of the Rings (seriously ... I had read this tale SO MANY times, I was so happy someone tried SOMETHING!) --> Click

Action/Adventure: The Bourne Identity ; The Fugative (Harrison Ford)

Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy; Peter Jackson)

Mystery: The Others (I took it for a mystery )

Disclamer: This list changes with the seasons! B)

 

[franny]

comedy:hmm...this is hard.I'll say...really I don't know!!I'm not so into comedies!lets say Pirates of the Caribbean,cuz I don't remember I have laughed so loud at the movies since.

teen comedy:Bring it on! or Mean girls.they don't make me laugh,though.

thriller: silence of the Lambs,Mulholland drive,Lost highway

horror: ooh,I love this!! maybe Halloween,The Shining,The Ring or The Others.There's so many.

drama: Blow or Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

chick flick:what's the name of that movie with Cameron diaz,Christina Applegate and Selma Blair??I remember only the Finnish name...

"Vintage" movie:hmm...I loved those Goldie Hawn movies from the 80's when I was little(and that was in the late 90's).now I know!!Kubrick's Lolita!!

War movie: apocalypse Now

movie based on historical event(sFrida

animated film:The Little mermaid,Robin Hood

Action/Adventure:I have to say I loved XXX,and that's not because of Vin Diesel,no no.but I pick the old James Bond movies with Sean Connery and Roger Moore.

Fantasy: Sleepy Hollow

Mystery: Virgin suicides,though I have my own thought why Lux did it.

and, this list changes A LOT.If I'd done this tomorrow, I would have been different.

 

[humor]

What's your favourite...

Comedy: lost in translation - american beauty

Teen Comedy: never been kissed -

Thriller: taking lives - the bone collector

Horror: the wolf

Drama: Reality bites- a beautiful mind - american history x

Chick Flick: the notebook

"Vintage" Movie: dirty dancing

War Movie:the pianist

Movie based on historical event(s the pianist

Animated film:lilo and stitch

Action/Adventure: speed

Fantasy:edward scissorhands

Mystery: seven

 

[margotremix]

ooh, love this thread...

Comedy: Office Space
Teen Comedy: 10 Things I Hate About You, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Thriller: Rear Window
Horror: The Shining... love love LOVE that movie
Drama: Brokeback Mountain
Crime: The Shawshank Redemption... does that count?
Chick Flick: Clueless
"Vintage" Movie: Rebel Without A Cause
War: Full Metal Jacket
Movie based on historical events: can't think of one at the moment...
Animated film: Sleeping Beauty
Action/Adventure: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!
Mystery: Charade

 

[ultramarine]

Comedy: Soapdish / Big bussiness (80's comedies are the best!)

Teen Comedy: Clueless / Legally blonde

Thriller: The others / Abre los ojos / Tesis

Horror: Hum ... not sure .. "Crossroads" starring Britney? Oh .. I know ... Anything by Argento ... or good old B movies

Drama: Dancer in the dark, Breaking the waves, Dogville .. anything by Lars Von Trier

Chick Flick: "The color purple" "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios" "Le odeur de la papaye vert"

"Vintage" Movie: "Gigi" anything starring Mario Moreno "Cantinflas"

War Movie: "The thin red line" "Stalker" (I dunno if its war, tho)

Movie based on historical event(s Mrs Brown

Animated film: Anything by Miyasaki

Action/Adventure: Matrix (I), "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon" , "True lies"

Fantasy: That Ridley Scott movie with Tom Cruise ...

Mystery: Hum .. "The others" Best one ever!


I think there's a category missing ...

Independent/Art film !

 

[twilight fairy]

My taste has definitely changed since that. Hell I've changed so much in the past year, not only in my movie tastes either

Comedy: errh. Dr Strangelove? I don't know. Snatch maybe.

Teen Comedy: -

Thriller: A Clockwork Orange isn't a thriller really but it has it's moments. But anyway I love it.

Horror: the Shining!

Drama: Eternal Sunshine isn't really drama either - but I'll stick it in here anyway. And Trainspotting.

Chick Flick: Clueless!

"Vintage" Movie: Some Like it Hot. ;]

War Movie: Schnidler's List? Or the Pianist.

Movie based on historical event(s Hotel Rwanda maybe..

Animated film: Beauty & the Beast!

Action/Adventure: Sin City is sort of action-y. 1st Matrix, I suppose. TERMINATOR 2!

Fantasy: Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish..

Mystery: Fight Club

 

[Hana_N]

Comedy: Monty Python films!!! This is Spinal Tap! and Dr. Strangelove

Teen Comedy: I usually try and steer away from these.

Thriller: ?

Horror: The Shining

Drama: Blue Velvet, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, dancer in the dark

Chick Flick: ?

"Vintage" Movie: Psycho, 2001: a space odyssey, the great dictator

War Movie: Full metal jacket, apocolypse now

Movie based on historical event(s Amadeus?

Animated film: Bambi

Action/Adventure: pulp fiction?

Fantasy: Brazil, A clockwork orange (counting sci-fi into this one)

Mystery: Gosford Park