The Demas Dozen Categories of Favorites
I frequently get the question "What is
your favorite film?" Unanswerable. It depends on genre and our mood. In
response we have generated a list of about 50 of our favorite films by genre. This will
certainly give you a feel for our tastes. If your tastes our similar to ours, it may
provide you with ideas on what to pick up the next time you are at the rental store or
marking up the cable listings for Turner Classic Movies or American Movie Classics.
Hot links will take you to genre. The reviews
of most films are available as hot links. Note that many films transcend more than
one genre but are listed only once so check under other listings if you don't see a
film. For example, many Noir/Crime films also fall under Drama or even in one case Sci-Fi.
Films that I have special fondness for are in boldface. However, with so many great
films it is almost impossible to pick out a limited number of favorites.
Nevertheless, a few of my absolute top films have an *.
NOIR/CRIME
Big Easy, The
Big Sleep,
The
Blood Simple
Body Heat
Cape Fear (1962)
Get Carter
Godfather, The
Gun Crazy AKA Deadly
Is The Female
Kiss Me Deadly
Maltese
Falcon
Manhunter
Murder My Sweet
Naked City, The
Night Falls
On Manhattan
Night of the Hunter
Once
Upon a Time in America
Panic in the Streets
Prizzi's
Honor
Pulp Fiction
Side Street
Silence of the
Lambs, The
Simple Plan, A
Touch of Evil
Usual Suspects
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WESTERN
Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Giant
High Noon
Lone Star
McCabe and
Mrs. Miller
Once Upon
a Time in the West
Searchers, The
Silverado
Stagecoach
Unforgiven
Winchester '73
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ACTION-ADVENTURE-WAR
Adventures of
Robin Hood, The
Apocalypse
Now
Bridge on
the River Kwai
Catch-22*
Die Hard
English Patient,
The
Executive Decision
Fugitive, The
Gladiator
King Solomon's
Mines
Mask Of Zorro, The
North
by Northwest
Pirates
Of The Caribbean
Raiders
of the Lost Ark*
Road Warrior
Romancing the
Stone
Runaway Train
Sea Hawk, The
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SCI-FI
Back to the Future
Blade Runner*
Clockwork Orange
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)*
Dr. Strangelove*
Five Million
Years to Earth
Gattaca
Metropolis
Starwars*
20,000
Leagues Under the Sea
2001
War of the Worlds
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DOCUDRAMA-FACT
All the President's
Men
Apollo 13
I Am a Fugitive
from a Chain Gang
Insider, The
Quiz Show
Raging Bull*
Right Stuff, The
Schindler's
List*
Shakespeare
In Love
Visions of
Light: The Art of Cinematography
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REALITY BENT
Game, The
House of Games
Last Wave, The
Manchurian
Candidate, The
Memento
Proof
Rashomon
Stuntman, The*
Truman Show, The
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DRAMA
African Queen, The
Big Carnival
Casablanca
Citizen Kane*
Conversation, The
Cookies Fortune
Fargo
Front, The
Girl
with a Pearl Earring
Network
Primary
Colors
Remains of the Day,
The
Shawshank Redemption
Sling Blade
Third Man
Witness
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HORROR-SUSPENSE
Aliens*
Birds, The
Exorcist, The
Frenzy
Halloween
Haunting, The (1963)
Invasion
of the Body Snatchers
Jaws
Night of the
Living Dead
Nosferatu the
Vampyre (1979)
Psycho
Rear Window*
Rosemary's Baby
Sixth Sense,
The
Them!
Thing, The (1982)
39 Steps, The
Vertigo
Wait Until Dark
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FOREIGN
Advocate, The
Aguirre
Belle Epoque
Diabolique (1955)
Electra
Enter the Dragon
Flight of the
Innocent
Full Monty, The
Gods Must Be Crazy,
The
Knack and How to
Get It, The
Ladykillers, The
Lock
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Picnic at
Hanging Rock
Ran*
Red Violin, The
Richard III (1995)
Seven Samurai,
The
Seventh Seal, The
Shall We Dance?
Solaris
Stray Dog
Tampopo
To Live
Wages of Fear, The
Walkabout
Yojimbo
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MUSICAL-FANTASY
Aladdin
Allegro Non Troppo
Bedazzled
Chicago
Dragon Heart
Fantasia
Jason and
the Argonauts
Lord
of the Rings Trilogy*
Lilo
and Stitch
My Fair Lady
Princess Bride,
The
Shrek
Toy Story
Wizard of Oz, The
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COMEDY
Ace Ventura
Pet Detective
Austin
Powers. The Spy Who Shagged Me
Blazing Saddles
Bowfinger
Bringing Up Baby
Bull Durham
Duck Soup
Ed Wood
Graduate, The
Great Chase, The
It Happened One Night
Laurel
and Hardy and the Laughing Twenties
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
National Lampoon's
Animal House
Office Space
Raising Arizona
Ref, The
Sleeper
Some Like
It Hot
When Harry Met
Sally
Young Frankenstein
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SILENTS
Battleship Potempkin*
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios
Don Juan (1926)
General,
The
Gold Rush
Lost World,
The
Phantom of the
Opera
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