Favorite movies by genre

[Ralle]

Drama. A Clockwork Orange
Comedy. As Good As It Gets
Action. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Thriller. Vertigo
Western. For a Few Dollars More
Sci-Fi. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[angry young man]

Comedy: Adaptation (or Igby Goes Down or any Mystery Science Theater)

Action: Fight Club

Thriller: The Third Man, or LA Confidential, or Chinatown

Western: Unforgiven (the only easy pick in this list)

Sci-Fi: 2001 or the Matrix

Drama: Quiz Show (honorable mention to Amadeus and Shawshank)

actually I think every movie I put in here could justifiably be called a drama

[Mangatang]

Drama - Shawshank Redemption / The Godfather
Comedy - Blazing Saddles / Airplane
Thriller - Jaws
Sci-Fi - 2001 A Space Odyssey / Star Wars
Sports Movie - Bad News Bears (Really. It had all the makings of a great sports movie. The underdog team overcomes the odds to make it to the championship game. The best part is, they lose the game, but still show up the other team.)

[Uston]

Drama: The Shawshank Redemption
Comedy: Office Space
War: Paths Of Glory
Foreign: Cinema Paradiso
Family: Babe
Action: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mystery: Memento
Sci-Fi: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Horror: Halloween

[brad]

hamlet with Kenneth Branagh

[pokerlover]

Comedy-The Producers
Action-The Terminator
Western-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Drama-Rounders (What else could I choose)
Animated-Shrek

[clovenhoof]

Comedy: Almost Famous
Action: the Matrix
Drama: (tie) Lone Star, Do the Right Thing
Foreign: Les Miserables (Claude LeLouche's, no relationship to the musical and little to the book.)
Western: the Last of the Mohicans (VERY liberal definition of "Western")
War: Apocalypse Now
Thriller: Sixth Sense
Sci-Fi: Aliens (Matrix doesn't count as sci-fi; it's really a documentary.)
Vampire: Near Dark

'hoof

[rusty JEDI]

Comedy: Little Nicky (yeah thats right little nicky)
Drama: Shawshank Redemption
Thriller: Sixth Sense
Childrens: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
War: Full Metal Jacket
Sci-Fi: Star Wars
Western: Never seen one worth watching twice

[M2d]

80's teen: Weird Science
90's teen: She's All That
Late Feb/Early March: Bull Durham
Animated: Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Action: Enter the Dragon
Beer and a Pizza: Used Cars

[nicky g]

Comedy: South Park the Movie
Drama: any good gangster film
Weird confusing film: tie between Donnie Darko and Mulholland Drive
So bad it's genius: The Postman
Cops and Robbers: Heat
Rabble rousing: Michael Collins

[Spartacus]

Check out Lee Marvin as a "real" old west bad guy in 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.'