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Theatrical Tuesday - 5 Faves in Each Genre

TuesdayToday's number is 5, which is perfect because I've been wanting to write this post anyway.

At the beginning of the school year, my teacher had us list our five favourite films. It felt cruel to pick only five and I had a very hard time with it. What did I pick? Well, I tried to go with a mix of the films that impressed me the most and the ones that I've watched time and again.

Here they are:

1. Feds
2. The Godfather
3. Gremlins
4. Dead Poet's Society
5. Edward Scissorhands

But it's not enough, so I've been wanting to do a new list of five per genre ever since. This exercise has taught me that there are so many movies I haven't seen yet! Based on what I have seen, here they are in no particular order. Yes, some of them are technically rather awful and cheesy, but I love them anyway.

Action/Adventure

- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- The Seven Samurai
- Kill Bill
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Pretty much anything Jason Statham is in.

Animated

- Spirited Away
- Team America World Police
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Wall-E
- Kubo and the Two Strings

Christmas

- Die Hard
- The Ref
- Home Alone
- Santa's Slay
- Miracle on 34th Street

Comedies

- Dogma
- Feds
- Juno
- Coyote Ugly
- Office Space

Crime

- The Godfather
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Hackers
- The Untouchables
- Pulp Fiction

Drama

- Dead Poet's Society
- Atlas Shrugged
- Fight Club
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Shindler's List

Fantasy

- Star Wars (Space operas are fantasy, not sci-fi)
- Harry Potter
- LotR
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Neverending Story

Historical

- Braveheart
- The King's Speech
- Hacksaw Ridge
- La Bamba
- Hidden Figures

Horror

- Gremlins
- Underworld
- Stigmata
- Final Destination
- Jaws

Musicals

- Cannibal the Musical
- Hairspray
- The Sound of Music
- Grease
- Sister Act

Romance

- The Notebook
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Save the Last Dance
- Dirty Dancing
- Sex and the City

Sci-Fi

- The Matrix
- Terminator 2
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Jurassic Park
- Aliens

Sports

- The Mighty Ducks
- Whip It
- Rudy
- Rocky
- Any Given Sunday

Superhero

- Wonder Woman
- The Dark Knight
- Deadpool
- Kick-Ass
- The Crow

Thriller

- Psycho
- Silence of the Lambs
- Seven
- The Usual Suspects
- Chinatown (I guess. Really, I need to watch a lot more thrillers)

What are some of your favourite films?

R~
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