Best Comedies:
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ANIMAL HOUSE             John Belushi, Tim Matheson
APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY  Richard Dreyfuss
    KRAVITZ, THE
BANANAS                  Woody Allen, Louise Lasser
BEING THERE              Peter Sellers, Shirley McLaine
FIRE SALE                Sid Caesar, Alan Arkin
FISH CALLED WANDA, A     Cleese, Kline, Curtis
IN-LAWS, THE             Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (Mexican cast)   
OUT-OF-TOWNERS, THE      Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
PRINCESS BRIDE, THE      Elwes, Patinkin, Crystal
   ("My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!")
START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME
                         Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder
                    (Maybe the funniest movie ever made.)
THEY CALL ME TRINITY     Hill  (Western)
TRIGGER HAPPY            Barkin, Dreyfuss, Goldblum (aka "Mad Dog Time")   

Biography:
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BUDDY HOLLY STORY        Bussey
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER    Spacek
EVITA                    Madonna, Banderas

Best Action/Adventure:
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ADVENTURES/ROBIN HOOD    Errol Flynn, Olivia deHaviland
                    (Early Technicolor)
BEN-HUR                  Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins         1959  AA
FARGO                    Frances McDormand
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE    Sean Connery, Robert Shaw
                    (The Best of the Bonds; minimal gadgetry)
GAME, THE                Michael Douglas, Sean Penn
                    (Exceptionally interesting; flawless plot.)
HIGH ROAD TO CHINA       Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong
                    (Great scenery and music; Selleck plays a lush 
                    freelance pilot,  Armstrong a wealthy debutante
                    in search of adventuring father, circa 1935)
LAST OF THE MOHICANS     Daniel Day-Lewis
     Last line in film: "...For I am..the last of the Mohicans."
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA       Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif             1962  AA
MAN WHO WOULD BE KING    Sean Connery, Michael Caine
PATTON                   George C. Scott                        1970  AA
ROMANCING THE STONE      Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner
THREE MUSKETEERS, THE    Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain 
                    (Simply a great swashbuckler. Also stars Charlton
                    Heston as Richelieu and beauties Rachel Welch and
                    Faye Dunaway.)    
WIND AND THE LION, THE   Sean Connery, Candice Bergen

Best of the Romance Movies:
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CROSSING DELANCY         Amy Irving, Peter Riegert
MOONSTRUCK               Cher, Nicholas Cage
PRETTY WOMAN             Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE      Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer     1965  AA
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY     Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan

Best Dramas:
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BREAKER MORANT           Edward Woodward               (Australian)
MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A   Scofield, Robert Shaw                  1966  AA
                    (Scofield as Thomas Moore, Shaw as Henry VIII)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY          Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight             1969  AA
NORTH BY NORTHWEST       Cary Grant, James Mason 
PATHS OF GLORY           Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker 
QUEST FOR FIRE           Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong
                    (Back when body hair was thick, and leading ladies
                    were covered with mud...)
REMAINS OF THE DAY       Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson
WITNESS FOR THE
        PROSECUTION      Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton 

Best Westerns:
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BROKEN ARROW             James Stewart, Jeff Chandler
BUTCH CASSIDY/SUNDANCE   Paul Newman, Robert Redford
GOOD, BAD, UGLY, THE     Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
                    (The best of the spagetti westerns)
HIGH NOON                Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
                    (Do not foresake me, oh my darling...")
STAGE COACH              John Wayne, Claire Trevor
                    (Wayne as the original Ringo Kidd. B&W)

Best of the Black and Whites:
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BEAU GESTE               Gary Cooper, Ray Milland              1939 
CASABLANCA               Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman       1943  AA
                    (This popular film was very low budget.)   
CITIZEN KANE             Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton
FAREWELL TO ARMS, A      Cooper, Hayes                         1932
FOUR FEATHERS, THE       John Clements                         1939 
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY     Charles Laughton, Clark Gable         1935  AA
TALE OF TWO CITIES       Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan        1935

Miscellany:
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BARCELONA                 A film by Whit Stillman 
BELLE DE JOUR             Catherine Deneuve is marvelous.
FITZCARRALDO              Build an opera house in the Amazon jungle?    
METROPOLITAN              A film by Whit Stillman
LAST DAYS OF DISCO, THE   A film by Whit Stillman
MONDO CANE                Cast of unknowns
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE      (Curious. curious.)
ST. ELMO'S FIRE           Lowe, Sheedy, Moore

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