Topic: Favourite movies by theme

[surfeur51]

In this topic, I'll post different lists of my 10 favourite movies, by theme. Theme may be a genre, a country of origin, an actor, a director or anything that connects different movies together.

Movies may have different genres, for example, and my lists will take in account the relevancy. For example I'll have Titanic in my disaster movies list but not in my romance movies list , but I agree that it could be the contrary for somebody else.

I begin with science-fiction movies :

1 - Avatar


2 - Alien


3 - The Empire Strikes Back


4 - Interstellar


5 - The Martian


6 - Terminator 2


7 - Abyss


8 - Prometheus


9 - Ex Machina


10 - Lucy

[surfeur51]

Westerns

1 - Dances with Wolves


2 - C'era una volta il West


3 - The Last of the Mohicans


4 - Rio Bravo


5 - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo


6 - Django Unchained


7 - True Grit (1969)


8 - Soldier Blue


9 - The Magnificent Seven


10 - The Revenant

[surfeur51]

Peplum's day

01- Ben-Hur   
   

02- Gladiator   

   
03- Agora

   
04- Cleopatra

   
05- The Ten Commandments   


06- Alexander   

   
07- Spartacus   


08- Quo Vadis

   
09- 300   

      
10- Troy   

[surfeur51]

Movies directed by Hitchcock

1 - North by Northwest


2 - The Birds


3 - Rear Window


4 - Vertigo


5 - Dial M for Murder


6 - Psycho


7 - To Catch a Thief


8 - Marnie


9 - Torn Curtain


10 - Strangers on a Train

[surfeur51]

Disaster movies

1 - Titanic   
   

2 - The Impossible   

   
3 - Melancholia   

   
4 - Apollo 13   


5 - Gravity

   
6 - World Trade Center   

   
7 - Deep Impact   

   
8 - Outbreak!   

   
9 - Dante's Peak   

   
10 - Airport 75

[surfeur51]

Movies with Nicole Kidman (one of my preferred actresses)

1 - Moulin Rouge !


2 - The Others


3 - Dead Calm


4 - Eyes Wide Shut


5 - Stoker


6 - The Peacemaker


7 - To Die For


8 - Paperboy


9 - Dogville


10 - Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

[Piffi]

Really like what you have done here Gives me alot of good ideas. Got a stupid question for you tho. I see you count the movies  from 1-10, does that mean number 1 is your favorite? And 10 the least favorite of the pack? Or is it just a random number?

[surfeur51]

Really like what you have done here Gives me alot of good ideas. Got a stupid question for you tho. I see you count the movies  from 1-10, does that mean number 1 is your favorite? And 10 the least favorite of the pack? Or is it just a random number?

Well, I try to list them from the favourite (1) to the least one (10). But to be honest,  this could change depending on my mood, and there are many that I like that are not in those lists, since 10 movies is very few for some genres. When we are on a by actor theme, it is easier since less movies are concerned.

[Piffi]

Gotcha! And thanks.
Continue the great work!

[addicted2dvd]

Hey, it is October after all... so I would love to see your list for horror...maybe give me some ideas for my marathon! 

[surfeur51]

so I would love to see your list for horror...

Here it is. Note that I consider "Alien" movies more as science-fiction than horror, so they are not in this list.

1 - Rosemary's Baby
   

2 - Hannibal

   
3 - Antichrist

   
4 - The Ring   


5 - The Devils

   
6 - Hexen bis aufs blut gequält   

   
7 - Los Ojos de Julia   

   
8 - Haute tension

   
9 - Captifs

   
10 - Piranha

[surfeur51]

In a few days, I'll post my lists for Comedy, Comedy-Drama, and Drama. Since quite all movies can be listed in those genres, I'll need to be specific (no Romances in comedy, for example). But the choices are difficult and I've not yet finalized my lists.

[addicted2dvd]

I know a lot of those horrors and seen many. Definitely enjoyed the ones I seen! 

[surfeur51]

War movies

1 - Zwartboek
   

2 - Casualties of War

   
3 - The Pianist

   
4 - Tora! Tora! Tora!   


5 - Inglourious Basterds

   
6 - The Longest Day   

   
7 - U-571   

   
8 - Un long dimanche de fiançailles

   
9 - Midway

   
10 - Les Femmes de l'ombre

[surfeur51]

Comedy

1 - Tout feu, tout flamme
   

2 - ¡Átame!

   
3 - Le Dîner de cons

   
4 - Le Diable par la queue   


5 - Qu'est ce qu'on a fait au bon dieu ?

   
6 - Bienvenue chez les ch'tis   

   
7 - 9 mois ferme   

   
8 - The Devil Wears Prada

   
9 - Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon dieu pour des canards sauvages

   
10 - Meilleur Espoir féminin