Modern Vespa

Jess's previous top five movie thread got me in a spin. So to expand just a little try top five by genre. Feel free to add any genre you can think of. Here are a few to wet the appetite:

Vampire

Near Dark
The Lost Boys
30 Days of Night
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Gary Oldman)
Blade

Gangster

Goodfellas
Godfather part 1
Godfather part 2
Bonnie and Clyde
The King of New York

Modern War

Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Kelly's Heroes
Where Eagles Dare
Bridge over the River Kwai

Prison

The Shawshank Redemption
Papillion
Bronson
Brubaker
Stir Crazy

Space

Pitch Black
Aliens
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Trek (JJ Abrams)
Silent Running

The Devil

Angel Heart
The Devils Advocate
Brimstone and Treacle (a dramatised play by Dennis Potter)
Spawn
Constantine

Car chase

French Connection
Smokey and the Bandit
Bullitt
The Bourne Identity
To Live and Die in LA

Ancient War

300
Zulu
Gladiator
The 13th Warrior
Jason and the Argonauts

Edited once to split 'war' into 'modern' and 'ancient!'

a good list but I think under prison movies you have to include "The Green Mile", although Shawshank is without a doubt the very best.

Vampire

Bram Stokers Dracula with Gary Oldham, although Reinfield stole the movie.
Blade
Dracula 2000
The Hunger known mostly for the lesbian scene but it is a very visually appealing movie.
Priest. Priest almost made my top 5 movies. I loved the concept of this movie, warrior priests.

Gangster

New Jack City
Scare face with Pacino
Good Fellas
Casino
State of Grace - hands down my favorite gangster movie.

Space/Alien

Aliens (#2)
Predator 2
Moon


Devil

The Exorcist
Angel Heart
Stigmata, OMG I love this movie. Had I remembered it, it would be on my top 5.
Hell raiser III - pinhead and the cenobites are genius. If you like horror, read the book.

Serial Killers

Mr. Brooks - I loved this movie. Never would have thought Cosner could pull off a serial killer.
Silence of the Lambs
The Killer Inside Me.
American Psycho. Very different from the book, but still a good flick.
Kalifornia

No genre, just some of my favs.

1. Public Enemy ( Absolute Favorite)
2. 300
3. Star Wars (all)
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Lord of the Rings (all)
6. Forrest Gump
7. Aliens
8. Mad Max
9. Indiana Jones (first 3)
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (1st one)
11. Enemy at the Gates
12. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
13. Ronin
14. Fast 5
15. Finding Nemo

Add to Prison movies:
6. The Last Castle
7. Escape From Alcatraz

Don't forget the Genre of "Camp".

Campy-
1) Pink Flamingos
2) Rocky Horror Picture Show
3) Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
4) Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
5) Hairspray

What? No romantic comedies on your favorites list?

The idea was that people would add their own top five genres, I just kicked off with a few...

The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
The Big Red One
Dam Busters
Mr. Roberts

"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard! Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"

http://www.imdb.com/

Granted - A bridge too far is an absolute classic!

I completely forgot about Blackhawk Down, I have to include it...

Modern War

Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Kelly's Heroes
Blackhawk Down
Bridge over the River Kwai

and I'm adding Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Airplane, Speed, Con-Air, Mars Attacks, Being There, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and this gem. (I wish I could be the chief troubleshitter!)

Peter Sellers was a genius! 8)