What is your favorite film genre?

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Poll question: What is your favorite film genre?

[Broken_Hero]

1. Sci fi/Fantasy for me, :) nt

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. This is a hard choice.

When I was a teenager, my favorite genre by far was science fiction. By a slight margin I now prefer noir and neo-noir (like Chinatown). There's lots of it on TCM.

[smtpgirl]

3. I love film Noir, maybe that's why I question too much

[u4ic]

4. Of the ones you listed, documentary

But what I prefer most are foreign/international films. I'm not a fan of Hollywood drivel.

Animated shorts are another favourite.

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9. If you like foreign films, here are four absolute must-sees:

The Bicycle Thief (1948) http://imdb.com/title/tt0040522/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVB0IMcAG4k

Tokyo Story (1953) http://imdb.com/title/tt0046438/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqeDy-1TO98

Soy Cuba (1964) http://imdb.com/title/tt0058604/
Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zvwLZOpxAFQ

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) http://imdb.com/title/tt0060138/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-igLoLfRHs

All four are masterpieces that go way above and beyond anything Hollywood has ever come up with. I have posted these recommendations several times in this forum, but nobody here listens to anything I say. They are hard to find films, but fortunately Netflix carries all of them.

After I posted this poll, I said to myself, "Wait! I should have a choice for Foreign films!" Damn this software that only allows 10 choices.

[u4ic]

12. I've seen the Bicycle Thief,

and Au Hasard Balthazar is on my to watch list. I'll look for the other two. Thanks!

[Common Sense Party]

5. Action/Adventure. I'm assuming cheesy kung-fu theater falls

under that category, too.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

6. Hey

wheres slasher porn??

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8. I guess that would be under "Comedy"

[Dragonbreathp9d]

7. other: Good

[Patiod]

10. I voted for the genre where I'm most likely to see Sam Elliott

which would be westerns

[Zavulon]

11. Mine would actually be espionage / Cold War

In the absence of such a choice, I went with the crime option.

[MysticalChicken]

13. Mostly comedies, but I also like...

indie-type films like The Science of Sleep.