Horror:
The Shining (tough choice)
Audition
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (tough again)
Kaïro (hmm...WM is great but...)
And Then There Were None
The Exorcist (even Hitchcock cant beat the daddy of all screamers)
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Devil's Backbone
The Birds
Alien (grrr...but I gotta go with my darling movie)
Halloween
Nosferatu
Night of the Living Dead
Se7en
Eyes Without a Face
Dawn of the Dead
Sci Fi:
Westworld
The Fly
The Thing (Argh...did I tell you I hate you, Sam? CEotTK is my fav)
Blade Runner
Planet of the Apes (I m guessing its the original)
A Clockwork Orange
Minority Report
ET
Star Wars
1984
Aliens
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
Dark City
Empire Strikes Back (A very strong contender in this tourney IMO)
Pi
Action/Adventure:
The Professional
Saving Private Ryan
Count of Monte Cristo
Battle Royale (this one is tough)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Yojimbo (sorry Clint, I gotta go with Kurosawa here)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (err...Eastwood cant beat this one either)
The Magnificent Seven (TOUGH TOUGH choice)
The Untouchables
Batman Begins
Reservoir Dogs (damn I hate deleting Die Hard)
Pulp Fiction (My Fav! I m slightly happier now)
Versus
Sin City
Azumi
Kill Bill
Drama:
Goodfellas
The Outsiders
Ran
Citizen Kane
Rashomon (as good as Spielberg is, not THIS good)
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Departed (another toughie)
A Touch of Evil
The Usual Suspects
Raging Bull
The Godfather (STE: Jesus Christ....)(_V_ : How the hell did YOU manage THIS one?)
Eraserhead
Oldboy
12 Angry Men
Seven Samurai
Platoon (Another fav!)
Comedy:
Little Miss Sunshine
Duck Soup
40-Year-Old Virgin
Office Space
Young Frankenstein
Parenthood
A Fish Called Wanda
Back to the Future
Evil Dead 2 (damn...Chaplin was great tho...)
The Producers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dr. Strangelove
Clerks
Shaun of the Dead
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Being There
Documentary:
Grizzly Man
One Day in September
Hoop Dreams
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (excellent)
Sick: The Life & Death Of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
The Thin Blue Line
The Sorrow and the Pity
When We Were Kings
Grey Gardens
March of the Penguins
The Five Obstructions
Bowling for Columbine
Spellbound
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Night and Fog
Haxan
Animation:
Charlotte's Web
Ninja Scroll
Toy Story
AKIRA
Vampire Hunter D (another fav)
Wizards
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Secret of NIMH
Heavy Metal
Perfect Blue
Grave of the Fireflies (toughie)
Princess Mononoke (tough again)
Shrek
The Lion King (Another fav! good choice)
The Prince of Egypt
Spirited Away
Romance:
Sid & Nancy
Romeo & Juliet
Jules and Jim
When Harry Met Sally
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Princess Bride (another fav!)
Ballad of a Soldier
Last Tango in Paris (Brando's brilliance)
Cruel Intentions (I HAVE to go with my fav)
Annie Hall
Casablanca
The Graduate
Chasing Amy
Say Anything
The Importance of Being Earnest
High Fidelity
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