Drama: There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, American History X, Goodfellas<p>Comedy: I Heart Huckabees, Adaptation<p>Thriller/Action: Jurassic Park, Eastern Promises, Pulp Fiction
I'm going to answer about band movies, here are my favorites: The Commitments, Josie and the Pussycats, Begin Again.<p>The Commitments for the scene where the venue tries to screw them on pay. Josie had me at "Take the Chevy to the levy." Begin Again for that second pass through the song. All three are great throughout, but I love those particular scenes.
The Matrix, Gladiator, Gattaca, Event Horizon, Lord of The Rings, Cleopatra, Spartacus, American History X, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Eastern Promises, Spy Game, 12 Monkeys, Ace Ventura, History of The World, Start The Revolution Without Me, Galaxy Quest, Pirates of Silicon Valley.<p>Kind of random sampling of my favorites and there must be 50 more.
Sleuth (1972), The Lion in Winter, Slaughterhouse Five, Field of Dreams, Princess Bride, Amadeus, To Kill a Mockingbird, Doctor Zhivago, The Third Man, The Ghost and Mrs Muir
My top 5:-<p>Dog Day Afternoon, Clue, Murder By death, Fearless Vampire killers and Down By Law.<p>As is usually the case with me, next time someone creates a similar thread the list will be totally different :)
mainstream: American beauty, Pulp fiction, No country for old men, American History X, Saving Private Ryan, Taken, The pianist<p>classics: Lawrence of Arabia, The Shawshank Redemption, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator I & II<p>hipster: Knife in the water (Polanski), Come and See (Idi i smotri - best war movie I've seen), Haute Tension (french horror movie), Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, City of God, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Goodbye Lenin, The cube
"Trois couleurs: Bleu" by Krzysztof Kieslowski
"La grande bellezza" by Paolo Sorrentino
"The Seventh Seal" by Ingmar Bergman