Comedy
Spinal Tap
Best In Show
A Mighty Wind
Waiting For Guffman --- All four are done by the same group of comedians - you'll laugh 'til you wet yourself.
The Trouble With Harry --- An Alfred Hitchcock film - I love that man.
Harvey --- A film about a giant invisible white rabbit - funny and sweet, and Jimmy Stewart is perfect.
The Ref


Thriller
Rear Window
North By Northwest --- More Hitchcock - really, I love everything he's done, including his TV show, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (each episode is essentially a 25-minute long Hitchcock film).
The Negotiator
L.A. Confidential
The Usual Suspects

Horror
Slither --- Worms from outer space.

Musical
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog --- The blog of a wannabe super villain (Neil Patrick Harris).

Drama
12 Angry Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting --- I've been getting a lot of old movies from Netflix. Can you tell?

So I'm not the only person who's seen this one! Cool. I watched it when I was on my Kevin Spacey kick.

Great choice!!! Original or remake?

Remake?
Hmm, never knew.

I second Ikiru. It's one of his lesser known movies, but it's a great story. Anyways, here's a few that I recommend.

Western: Once Upon A Time In The West, They Call Me Trinity, My Name Is Nobody

Comedy/Drama: Everything Is Illuminated, Punch-Drunk Love, Leon

Comedy: Arsenic And Old Lace, Play It Again Sam, The Birdcage, A Fish Called Wanda, Down And Out In Beverly Hills, Death At A Funeral, Ghost World, Les Visiteurs, Rushmore, Arthur, Defending Your Life, Tampopo, Crazy People, I Love You To Death

Drama: The Deer Hunter, Oldboy, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, What Dreams May Come

Bizarre/Indy: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, Battle Royale, Pink Flamingos

Mockumentary: C'est Arriv Prs De Chez Vous (Man Bites Dog)

Romance: Il Postino, 10

FOREIGN FILM:

For those who don't know, The Criterion Collection is GINORMOUS!

The supplemental material in the DVDs is as important as their restoration work for film and HISTORY enthusiasts.

I'm interested in opinion from Spanish plimistas (or potential plimistas), or plimistas interested in Spain's (tragic and ancient) history, on historical prespective on these two rare, wonderful films:

Victor Erice's

The Spirit of the Beehive

and

Carlos Saura's

Cria Cuervos

For those new to Criterion, investigate the website. You can get a real education in the subject of film. The essays are wonderful and a good portal to the subject.

I've seen it too...not one of my favorites...but it wasn't bad.

My favorites:
Comedy: Undercover Blues.

Drama: Schindler's List
(although it was nice to see Good Will Hunting on the list...watch the bar scene for the back of my head)

Musical: Newsies

Animation: Cars (c'mon admit you watch them too)

Spoofumentary (I think I made that up): Canadian Conspiracy

Anime -
Grave of the Fireflies. - An absolute must see for everyone.
Also, Princes Mononoke

I've only seen the original, but I've heard the remake isn't too bad.

Drama - The Girl With the Pearl Earring - Excellent, well done drama about the famous Vermeer masterpiece by the same name. Scarlett Johanson looks a lot like the painting, which makes it a teeny bit weird.

Comedy - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE!!! One of the best by far. The biggest star studded cast I've ever seen in any one movie. An oldie, but a goldie for certain. Madcap epic insanity that starts within the first minute and does not let up until the closing credits. 100% kid friendly, this is a fantastic family movie night flick. Don't let the 3 hour length scare you...it seems like its half that due to the nonstop craziness. Plus it has a certain well known trio appearing in it as well. :O)

Five stars.

If I recall it had soooo many more than five stars. At the time anyone who was anyone in comedy was in this movie (hence the appearance of the well known trio).

Thriller

The devil's backbone.

An excellent ghost story, one of the first of this century. Don't expect a horror film, it is at most a thriller, well, a ghost story needs some chilly moments, but it is basically more sad than frightful. There are several closely knitted plot lines building together to a cataclysmic end.

No...the five stars was a rating, not a cast count.

You see when a movie critic loves a movie very, very much and...ugh. Forget it. Go ask your parents.

Thriller - Demon Seed

The best movie nobody has seen: The Fall
An amazingly beautiful movie.

I just went to find the trailer. That looks great! Thanks!

Edit: Just put it on my Netflix list.

Musical: Guys and Dolls
Musical: The Music Man
Musical: My Fair Lady

Drama (sci-fi?): V for Vendetta
Drama: Dangerous Liaisons

Western (comedy? musical?): Paint Your Wagon (This one is just awful -- Clint Eastwood sings in it...)

Awesome, hope you like it. It's one of my all time favorites.

Original was made in 1957 (Black & White).

The remake was done in 1997 for TV.

The original was better, but the remake was pretty good.

I saw the original, liked it quite a bit.