The forum’s favourite films

[NickDRFC]

As a bit of a distraction (and taking a bit of inspiration from RoversAlias’ Cult Heroes poll) I thought it would be interesting to see what the forum’s favourite film is in each genres and ultimately see if one can be marked out as the forum’s favourite. The idea is I’ll start a thread each day appealing for nominations, and then make a shortlist (between 5 & 10 depending on how many nominations there are) as a poll to decide on the most popular of that type (on the following day). Then the winners/top two will go into another poll to see if we can determine an absolute favourite.

I reckon these should cover most film types but let me know if there’s anything missing...

- Comedy
- Action
- Thriller
- Horror
- Sci-fi
- Drama
- Musical
- War
- Non-fiction/documentary
- Musical/Rom-com/romantic (don’t expect there to be many nominations for this one so might as well lump them all together )
- Adventure/fantasy

[IDM]

One of my top three films is the Good the Bad and the ugly - a spaghetti western - not sure which of those categories this would fit in. Drama possibly, although it has the American civil war as a backdrop, it’s not a war film.

As for romantic - you can’t get much more romantic, and tragic, than Brief Encounter..

[Filo]

One winner for me Kes

[selby]

 When they used to do pen pictures of our players in the programme in the Belle Vue days most picked The Shawshank Redemption seemed to be in 8 out of 10's choice as their favourite film.
  Mine for light entertainment  Forrest Gump
  Thriller  Kiss the Girls
  War   World at War series
  Comedy  Any Laurel and Hardy
  Horror    The Exorcist
  Sci-Fy    Star Wars
  Drama    Shawshank Redemptrion
  Documentary   One on the first world war with the narrative from a French soldiers perspective shown on Sky documentary channel
  Adventure/ fantasy    Kes
  Romantic Love Story

[BillyStubbsTears]

I'd have any of the Spaghetti Westerns

Comedy. Dr Strange love is just genius
Drama. 12 Angry Men.
Not sure what category but Amelie is just beautiful.
Horror: I don't care much for slasher type films. But I'd say Dead Man's Shoes is about the most horrifically compelling  film I've ever seen.
Sci-Fi: 2001
Documetary: TV series rather than film. Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Totally changed my life. But also The World at War is superb.
War: Thin Red Line. The scene with the dead Japanese soldier speaking is possibly THE most emotionally searing scene I've ever watched. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDj64X7hOt3M&ved=2ahUKEwiU9rGY1JjpAhWQi1wKHS4aCv8QwqsBMAF6BAgKEAQ&usg=AOvVaw3-YaWqw8-3usbxW4vMQ2Pd

But my favourite of all time, which is a comedy but transcends them all is The Big Lebowski.

In fact, you could do a decent poll just on the best Coen Brothers film.

Big Lebowski
Fargo
Intolerable Cruelty
O Brother Where Art Thou
No Country for Old Men.
True Grit
Raising Arizona
The Man Who Wasn't There
Barton Fink.

That would cover a lot of the categories and most of the film's would straddle several categories. Fargo on its own stands as a brilliant comedy, thriller and horror film.

[IDM]

- Comedy - Life of Brian*
- Action - Snatch
- Thriller - 39 Steps, 70’s version.
- Horror - Bad Taste
- Sci-fi - Alien
- Drama - the Good the Bad and the Ugly*
- Musical - Rocky Horror Picture Show
- War - Aces High
- Non-fiction/documentary - not a film but a series, Life on Earth
- Musical/Rom-com/romantic - Brief Encounter*
- Adventure/fantasy - nope, can’t think of one..

* top 3, ever.

[tommy toes]

BST

Re the Coen brothers. I agree, the films you listed are brilliant BUT....

Have you seen Hail Caesar?
Went to Vue to watch it and I've never been so close to walking out on a film.
Christ Almighty it was dire.
The so called comedy scenes were clumsy and not funny.
Later I heard Mark Kermode saying how clever it was.
Went above my head if it was.

[River Don]

I can go on endlessly about film, so I'll just post them now and again, if they haven't already been mentioned.

The Shining.

Little boy peddling his trike down endless hotel corridors carpeted in garish orange. Gallons of blood flowing into the same corridors. Formal and sinister English Barman/Waiter explain to Jack Nicholson how he should take his wife in hand. Here's Johnny!

What's not to like?

[tommy toes]

One of my favourites has been mentioned.
No Country For Old Men.
So atmospheric and the acting is great. Watch it every time it's on TV.

One film I have a real soft spot for despite its faults is Inglorious bas**rds.
The opening scene when Christopher Waltz (sic)
Interrogates the farmer and drinks his milk is a real classic piece of cinema.

[Not Now Kato]

One film that ticks pretty much most of those boxes is The Princess Bride.  It's one of those films that you either 'get' or you don't, and if you get it you'll watch it over and over and see something new every time.

[redarmy82]

As a bit of a distraction (and taking a bit of inspiration from RoversAlias’ Cult Heroes poll) I thought it would be interesting to see what the forum’s favourite film is in each genres and ultimately see if one can be marked out as the forum’s favourite. The idea is I’ll start a thread each day appealing for nominations, and then make a shortlist (between 5 & 10 depending on how many nominations there are) as a poll to decide on the most popular of that type (on the following day). Then the winners/top two will go into another poll to see if we can determine an absolute favourite.

I reckon these should cover most film types but let me know if there’s anything missing...

- Comedy
- Action
- Thriller
- Horror
- Sci-fi
- Drama
- Musical
- War
- Non-fiction/documentary
- Musical/Rom-com/romantic (don’t expect there to be many nominations for this one so might as well lump them all together )
- Adventure/fantasy

Comedy - planes trains and automobiles
action - Die Hard
Thriller - Usual Suspects
Horror - The Mist
Drama - Pulp Fiction
Sci fi - Interstellar
Musical - Wizard of oz
War - Saving private Ryan
Adventure - probably the whole MCU

[Glyn_Wigley]

- Comedy - Airplane!
- Action - Kingsman The Secret Service
- Thriller - M
- Horror - Frankenstein
- Sci-fi - The Martian
- Drama - Citizen Kane
- Musical - Evita
- War - Reach For The Sky
- Non-fiction/documentary - One Day In September
- Musical/Rom-com/romantic - I think you can just about crowbar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang into this category
- Adventure/fantasy - All the Marvel films

[tommy toes]

Here's mine

Comedy. Life of Brian
- Action. Pulp Fiction
- Thriller. Rear Window
- Horror. The Wicker Man
- Sci-fi. 2001
- Drama. Twelve Angry Men
- Musical. A Night at The Opera (Marx bros)
- War. Das Boot
- Non-fiction/documentary. Senna
Rom-com.The Guernsey and Potato peel pie Literacy Society. (Was on TV t'other night. Thought it was charming)
Adventure/Fantasy . Jumanji

[River Don]

To fill in the list, something like this, perhaps.


Comedy - Nuts in May
Action -  Gladiator (it might just squeeze in as an action movie)
Thriller - The Birds
Horror - The Shining
Sci-fi - Bladerunner
Drama - Kes
Musical - Little Voice
War - Zulu
Non-fiction/documentary - Senna
Rom-com  - christ knows...  Meet Joe Black
Adventure/Fantasy - Star Wars

[Prez]

Comedy - Snatch
Action - Raiders of the lost Ark
Thriller - Jaws
Horror - Psycho
Drama - Sleepers
Musical - Mamma Mia!
War - Saving private Ryan
Documentary - World at war
Sci-fi - Star Wars
Rom-com - Love Actually
Adventure/fantasy Flash Gordon

Special mention for Threads, not classed as a horror but hell i shit myself watching that.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I forgot The Usual Suspects. Another vote here for that.

[redarmy82]

Comedy - Snatch
Action - Raiders of the lost Ark
Thriller - Jaws
Horror - Psycho
Drama - Sleepers
Musical - Mamma Mia!
War - Saving private Ryan
Documentary - World at war
Sci-fi - Star Wars
Rom-com - Love Actually
Adventure/fantasy Flash Gordon

Special mention for Threads, not classed as a horror but hell i shit myself watching that.

Threads scares me just thinking about it.

[SydneyRover]

Best musical: Blues brothers

[BillyStubbsTears]

Comedy - Snatch
Action - Raiders of the lost Ark
Thriller - Jaws
Horror - Psycho
Drama - Sleepers
Musical - Mamma Mia!
War - Saving private Ryan
Documentary - World at war
Sci-fi - Star Wars
Rom-com - Love Actually
Adventure/fantasy Flash Gordon

Special mention for Threads, not classed as a horror but hell i shit myself watching that.

Threads scares me just thinking about it.

No. Just...don't.

[Bentley Bullet]

Some of the threads on here scare me too.

[Dutch Uncle]

Some great films on here. For me 12 Angry men just shades Rear Window and 39 Steps (1970s) for best thriller. A vote for Life of Brian as well.

For me the best Adventure/Fantasy/etc has to be Lord of the Rings, with the first film being the best. As a huge fan of the book I was very worried before seeing expecting it to be too much of an adaptation - but Peter Jackson did a truly brilliant job.

Another film I love is The Lake House (Il Mare). It is a sort of Romcom without the com but a bit of SciFi in its place.

[Hounslowrover]

I loved Its a Mad Mad Mad World when I saw it as a teenager, when I saw it many years later, I couldn't believe I'd liked it. However Some like it Hot stands the test of time..

[wilts rover]

Apocalypse Now - I love the smell of napalm in the morning...

[River Don]

Technically Nuts in May isn't a film. It's a feature length TV drama, well worth it if you haven't seen it.

It's easy to choose Life of Brian, as best comedy film, it is very good... So perhaps Blazing Saddles will do as a good alternative.

[i_ateallthepies]

Spaghetti westerns were classic.
Another Clint Eastwood classic - Dirty Harry "Do you feel lucky... Punk?" Just one of the iconic scenes in cinema.http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Dirty+harry+youtube&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dDirty%2bharry%2byoutube%26search%3d%26form%3dQBLH%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3ddirty%2bharry%2byoutube%26sc%3d3-19%26qs%3dn%26sk%3d%26cvid%3d0927AA0ED3354C5D8E5C48C14987F113&view=detail&mid=749B95704F53680C1097749B95704F53680C1097&&mmscn=tpvh&FORM=VDRVRV   Don't know if the link will work.
Shawshank Redemption
Forest Gump - Just about anything by Tom Hanks.
Probably not a blockbuster but I really enjoyed The Equaliser with Denzel Washington, a good watch, it gives a few nods to scenes and characters in the Eastwood films I've mentioned.


Edit:  How could I forget The Godfather?

[DN8ROVER]

The On The Buses trilogy.

[scawsby steve]

I'd have any of the Spaghetti Westerns

Comedy. Dr Strange love is just genius
Drama. 12 Angry Men.
Not sure what category but Amelie is just beautiful.
Horror: I don't care much for slasher type films. But I'd say Dead Man's Shoes is about the most horrifically compelling  film I've ever seen.
Sci-Fi: 2001
Documetary: TV series rather than film. Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Totally changed my life. But also The World at War is superb.
War: Thin Red Line. The scene with the dead Japanese soldier speaking is possibly THE most emotionally searing scene I've ever watched. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDj64X7hOt3M&ved=2ahUKEwiU9rGY1JjpAhWQi1wKHS4aCv8QwqsBMAF6BAgKEAQ&usg=AOvVaw3-YaWqw8-3usbxW4vMQ2Pd

But my favourite of all time, which is a comedy but transcends them all is The Big Lebowski.

In fact, you could do a decent poll just on the best Coen Brothers film.

Big Lebowski
Fargo
Intolerable Cruelty
O Brother Where Art Thou
No Country for Old Men.
True Grit
Raising Arizona
The Man Who Wasn't There
Barton Fink.

That would cover a lot of the categories and most of the film's would straddle several categories. Fargo on its own stands as a brilliant comedy, thriller and horror film.

This has got to stop BST. I'm just agreeing with you too much. Fargo is just an incredible film in every way. Didn't Frances McDormand win an Oscar for it?

I also loved 12 Angry Men. Utterly brilliant.

For horror, I can't decide between Psycho and The Shining.

I don't know which category musical biopics fit into, but Walk the Line and Love and Mercy take it for me there.

I've seen loads of documentaries about Charles Manson. Talented singer, songwriter, and musician, and yet an absolute psychopath. Unbelievable.

[Arsenal Of The North]

Comedy - blues brothers
- Action - avengers end game
- Thriller - zodiac
- Horror - paranormal activity
- Sci-fi - Star Trek (new remake)
- Drama - 12 years a slave
- Musical - greatest showman
- War - 1917

[BillyStubbsTears]

SS.

Yes, I'm sure normal service will be resumed one day!

McDormand did win a well deserved Oscar for Fargo.

There are some Oscars decisions I'll never get.

John Goodman didn't even get a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Big Lebowski. It's the best comic performance of all time. "They are nihilists? Fuuuuuck. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos."

Neither did George C Scott for Dr Strangelove. That was a performance of comic genius. The line when he tells President Muffley that General Ripper has sent in the nuclear bombers to Russia and the President says "I thought I was the only person with authority to launch a nuclear attack." George C Scott's reply: "Yes that's right Mr President, you are. And though I hate to judge before we have all the facts, it's begining to look as though General Ripper has exceeded his authority." Still cracks me up after watching it loads of times.

Come to think of it, Peter Sellers didn't get a Best Actor nomination in Dr Strangelove, even though he played three roles that were worth one.

And how on earth Yann Tiersen's soundtrack for Amelie didn't get nominated...it is utterly spellbinding music.

[Donnywolf]

I know less much much less about Films than anyone on here I suspect

I think I saw the Coen Brothers (?) mentioned above and wonder if this quiz is any good for the Kermodians on here (I rush to turn him off as well asap)

https://www.sporcle.com/games/ZYX/qp-coen-brothers-or-not

Plenty more of those types in same place
I gave it a go but having heard of only 8 on the list I was not optimistic and rightly so. I got 8 coincidentally but of course they were not all the 8 I had heard of ... give it a go but I will finish last for sure