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[ErikG]

Oops, one more:

30's Comedy
It Happened One Night

 

[Brook K]

I didn't realize there was a western genre when I listed High Noon for 50's Drama. If there is a western genre than please switch High Noon to:

The Seventh Seal (which actually I should have had there in the first place)

I don't consider The Red Shoes to be a musical because for me, a musical contains songs with words that the actors sing.

 

[Angelo.M]

...for me, a musical contains songs with words that the actors sing.

Is Magnolia a musical?

 

[Chris_Richard]

Just noticed this thread late last night.

50s action/adventure
Seven Samurai
North by Northwest
The African Queen

90s animated
Ghost in the Shell
The Iron Giant
Toy Story 2

30s comedy
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Ninotchka

40s drama
Bicycle Thief
Citizen Kane
The Grapes of Wrath

60s musicals
A Hard Day's Night
The Music Man
My Fair Lady

80s science fiction
Blade Runner
The Terminator
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Ok, let me change push Great Expectations out of the drama slot and put The Red Shoes in (edit made). I think I'll still reserve The Maltese Falcon for the mystery/thriller category though.

 

[Brook K]

There's a mystery category??? Clearly I didn't read this very carefully. :b


Ok switch out The Maltese Falcon for

40's Drama
Citizen Kane

Angelo, No, Magnolia is not a musical because I said songs, just having 1 song sung by characters in the film doesn't cut it. I also don't consider movies like Saturday Night Fever, Fame, or Urban Cowboy, musicals. Music is an integral part of the film, but the actors are not performing the songs or singing.

 

[george kaplan]

Next categories:

80s action/adventure

40s comedy

70s horror

30s mystery

20s science fiction

60s western

 

[Jim_K]

80s action/adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Road Warrior
The Killer

40s comedy
The Lady Eve
Sullivan's Travels
The Palm Beach Story

70s horror
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween
Alien

30s mystery
The Testament of Dr Mabuse
M
The Hound of the Baskervilles

20s science fiction
Metropolis
The Lost World

60s western
The Wild Bunch
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon A Time in the West

 

[Angelo.M]

No, Magnolia is not a musical because I said songs, just having 1 song sung by characters in the film doesn't cut it.

So, if they had sung just one more song, then Magnolia would have qualified as a musical, by your definition.

I think 'musical' implies that the songs and their performance are tied directly to the narrative and advance it or comment on it. Does one such song/performance a musical make? I'm not sure.

 

[Jim_K]

FYI

Edited my post above:

70s horror
Swapped The Exorcist with Alien

 

[Rand]

80s action/adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Untouchables
Die Hard

40s comedy
The Lady Eve
His Girl Friday
Arsenic and Old Lace

70s horror
The Exorcist
Alien

30s mystery
The Thin Man
The Lady Vanishes
The 39 Steps

20s science fiction
Metropolis

60s western
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ride the High Country
True Grit

It was tough limiting 60's westerns to just three, this was the strongest genre of the 60's, imho.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Angelo, No, Magnolia is not a musical because I said songs, just having 1 song sung by characters in the film doesn't cut it. I also don't consider movies like Saturday Night Fever, Fame, or Urban Cowboy, musicals. Music is an integral part of the film, but the actors are not performing the songs or singing

As much as I want to get The Red Shoes in (on the musical theory), I agree with Brook.

Taken literally, many of the films he cites are Melodramas.

 

[Simon_Lepine]

80s action/adventure
Raiders of the lost Ark
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon

70s horror
Halloween
Suspiria
Exorcist

30s mystery
The Thin Man
M
The 39 Steps

20s science fiction
Metropolis

60s western
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Wild Bunch

 

[Walter Kittel]

80s action / adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Road Warrior
Predator

40s comedy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Arsenic & Old Lace
His Girl Friday

70s horror
Halloween
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist

30s mystery
The Thin Man
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The 39 Steps

20s SF
Metropolis

60s western
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Wild Bunch

- Walter.

 

[Jeff Gross]

80s action/adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Road Warrior
Die Hard

40s comedy
The Lady Eve
His Girl Friday
Arsenic & Old Lace

70s horror
Alien

30s mystery
The 39 Steps
The Thin Man
The Lady Vanishes

20s science fiction
Metropolis

60s western
Once Upon A Time in the West
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven

 

[Dheiner]

80s action/adventure
Die Hard
Das Boot
The Princess Bride


40s comedy
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Great Dictator
Sullivan's Travels


70s horror
The Exorcist
Halloween
Jaws


30s mystery
The 39 Steps
The Thin Man
The Man Who Knew Too Much


20s science fiction
Metropolis
The Mysterious Island
The Lost World


60s western
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Tha Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

 

[Lew Crippen]

80s action/adventure

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Das Boot
Ran


40s comedy

The Lady Eve
The Great Dictator
The Palm Beach Story


70s horror

Halloween
The Exorcist
Blood for Dracula


30s mystery

M
The Lady Vanishes
The Thin Man


20s science fiction

Metropolis
The Lost World


60s western

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

 

[Kirk Tsai]

80s action/adventure
Kagemusha
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Killer

40s comedy
His Girl Friday
The Lady Eve
The Philidelphia Story

70s horror
Jaws
Alien
The Exorcist

30s mystery
M
The 39 Steps
Little Caesar

20s science fiction
Metropolis

60s western
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

 

[Lew Crippen]

A couple of late additions to:

90s Musicals

Babe
Babe, Pig in the City

 

[Lew Crippen]

A couple of late additions to:

90s Animation

Babe
Babe, Pig in the City