We both reveal our favorite films from every genre. A star (*) indicates the film we both chose, so one of us went to our next favorite.
Drama:
F - Citizen Kane
D - Good Will Hunting
Comedy:
F - As Good As It Gets
D - Dumb & Dumber
Political:
F - All the President's Men
D - Bulworth *
Romance:
F - Roman Holiday
D - Titanic
Western:
F - Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
D - Unforgiven *
War:
F - Platoon
D - Saving Private Ryan *
Foreign:
F - The Seven Samurai
D - Amelie
Legal:
F - To Kill a Mockingbird
D - 12 Angry Men
Vengeance/ Justice:
F - Oldboy
D - Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Sci Fi:
F - The Empire Strikes Back
D - Vanilla Sky
Horror:
F - Psycho *
D - The Silence of the Lambs
Thriller:
F - North By Northwest *
D - Gone Baby Gone
Crime:
F - The Godfather *
D - The Departed
Film Noire:
F - Sunset Boulevard
D - Fargo
Superhero:
F - The Dark Knight *
D - Batman Begins
Historical:
F - Lawrence of Arabia
D - Braveheart
Civil Rights:
F - Mississippi Burning
D - To Kill a Mockingbird
Silent:
F - Nosferatu
D - City Lights
Musical:
F - The Sound of Music
D - The Wizard of Oz
Action:
F - Bridge on the River Kwai
D - Gladiator
Tear-Jerker:
F - Terms of Endearment
D - Steel Magnolias
Documentary:
F - Fahrenheit 9/11
D - An Inconvenient Truth
Sports:
F - The Natural
D - Hoosiers
Gambling/ Heist:
F - The Sting
D - Rounders
Holiday:
F - Miracle on 34th Street
D - It's a Wonderful Life *
Animated:
F - Wall-E
D - Aladdin
Children's:
F - Toy Story
D - Robin Hood
Zombie/ Undead:
F - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
D - 28 Days Later
Future:
F - A Clockwork Orange
D - Minority Report
Period:
F - Changeling
D - Barry Lyndon
Older:
F - Rebecca
D - Casablanca *
Genre-Defying:
F - Inglourious Basterds
D - Life is Beautiful
Best Movie:
F - Citizen Kane
D - Forrest Gump
