Suspense/Horror

1. Psycho

2. Alien

3. The Ring

4. Shadow of a Doubt

5. Rear Window

Film Noir

1. The Third Man

2. Sunset Boulevard

3. A Touch of Evil

4. 4.The Night of the Hunter
   

5. 5.The Set-up
   

6. 6.Night and the City
   

7. 7.Double Indemnity
   

8. 8.Blast of Silence

Documentary

1. The Weather Underground

2. The Fog of War

3. The Up Series

4. Spellbound

5. Harlan County, USA

Cerebral/Philosophical

1. The Seventh Seal

2. Before Sunrise

3. Diary of a Country Priest

4. Waking Life

5. 5.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
   

6. 6.Winter Light

General Drama

1. Citizen Kane

2. Taxi Driver

3. Tombstone

4. Rain Man

5. On the Waterfront

Historical Drama

1. 1.John Adams
   

2. 2.Gettysburg
   

3. 3.Iron Jawed Angels
   

4. 4.Schindler’s List
   

5. 5.United 93
   

6. 6.Downfall
   

7. 7.Hotel Rwanda
   

8. 8.Glory
   

9. 9.Rabbit Proof Fence
   

10. 10.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
    

Comedy

1. Being There

2. 2.One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
   

3. 3.Dr. Strangelove
   

4. 4.Seven Samurai
   

5. 5.Dazed and Confused
   

6. 6.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
   

7. 7.The Graduate
   

8. 8.Amelie
   

9. 9.This Is Spinal Tap
   

10. 10. Some Like It Hot
    

Literature as Film

1. Ran

2. Henry V (1989)

3. Great Expectations (1946)

4. Hamlet (1996)

5. 5.The Sweet Hereafter
   

6. 6. Throne of Blood
   

7. 7.The Graduate
   

8. 8.The Hours
   

9. 9. The Grapes of Wrath
   

10. 10. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Sentimental Favorites

1. 1.The Red Balloon   2. Jesus Camp   
   

3. 3.Star Wars IV          4. It’s a Wonderful Life
   

5. 5.Pete’s Dragon        6. Warm  Springs