Invent Your Own Movie Genre

[Demosthenes]

Back in the days before Netflix, I used to entertain the idea of opening my own video rental place. The gimmick would be that, instead of categorizing films by traditional genres like horror, action/adventure, drama, comedy, etc., I would make up my own clever categories, based on common themes, motifs, or other elements.

For example, just off the top of my head:

Hollywood on Hollywood
Sullivan's Travels
Sunset Boulevard
Living in Oblivion
Mommie Dearest
State and Main
The Player
Swimming with Sharks

Hollywood on TV
Quiz Show
Network
The Truman Show
The Insider
Good Night and Good Luck
Pleasantville
Tootsie

Filmmakers Apologizing Because They Have to Be Assholes for Their Art
Edward Scissorhands (or almost any Tim Burton film...)
New York Stories
Deconstructing Harry
The Life Aquatic (thanks to Matrim55)

We Thought He/She was a Dumb Blonde, But it Turns Out He/She Can Really Act
Boogie Nights (Marky Mark)
L.A. Confidential (Kim Basinger)
Twelve Monkies (Brad Pitt)

Too Quirky to Win Best Picture
Pulp Fiction
the Piano
Raging Bull
the Crying Game
Fargo
Lost in Translation
Taxi Driver
Dog Day Afternoon
MASH
(There are many many more....)


So... Any films to add to these? Any other categories you would make?

[Pathogen]

You've got to have a category for Big Trouble in Little China. Maybe a Kurt Russel section. That'd be fun. Come'on; who wouldn't love to pick up Overboard and Tango and Cash off of the same shelf?

[Demosthenes]

You've got to have a category for Big Trouble in Little China. Maybe a Kurt Russel section. That'd be fun. Come'on; who wouldn't love to pick up Overboard and Tango and Cash off of the same shelf?

Kurt could definitely be his own genre. At the same time, many of his films could fit into other genres, such as "So Bad It's Good," or "Campy, or Just Bad?"

[Pathogen]

Kurt could definitely be his own genre. At the same time, many of his films could fit into other genres, such as "So Bad It's Good," or "Campy, or Just Bad?"
Well, that'd be almost all of his work. Except for Stargate. That's just teh awesome. So is Tombstone.

[Val1]

My favorite genre:

Training Camp Videos
Renaissance Man
Heartbreak Ridge
Full Metal Jacket
Stripes
A Soldier's Story

and...

Post Apocalyptic Videos
Omega Man
The Postman
WaterWorld
28 Days Later
The Stand

[Iceblink]

Tired of being typecast as a gangster; I want some money:

Gone Fishin'
Meet the Parents


Nerds Can Win!:

Weird Science
16 Candles
Revenge of the Nerds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... how many were there?)
Can't Buy Me Love

This one could really fill up.

[GringoTex]

Gringos Drinking Too Much and ********ing Mexicans' Shit Up

Touch of Evil
The Wild Bunch
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Under the Volcano
Man on Fire

[Demosthenes]

Tired of being typecast as a gangster; I want some money:

Gone Fishin'
Meet the Parents
Surviving Christmas

Nerds Can Win!:

Weird Science
16 Candles
Revenge of the Nerds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... how many were there?)
Can't Buy Me Love

This one could really fill up.
Lucas [kind of]
She's All That

How about these...

Spiritual Enlightenment Through Intellectual Disability
Forrest Gump
Regarding Henry
Radio

Screw You, New York City
Armageddon
Independence Day
Deep Impact
Cloverfield
Escape From New York

[Bonnie Lass]

Nerds Can Win!:
Weird Science
16 Candles
Revenge of the Nerds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... how many were there?)
Can't Buy Me Love

This one could really fill up.

Wasn't that pretty much every 80s teen flick?

:D

(Don't forget to add all the Cusack movies.)

[Pathogen]

Wasn't that pretty much every 80s teen flick?

:D

(Don't forget to add all the Cusack movies.)
One Crazy Summer, anyone? Better Off Dead.

[Canadian Azzurri]

Going Full Retard
I Am Sam

[Crimen y Castigo]

Behaving, Not Acting

Courtney Love, obnoxious human wastoid:
Sid & Nancy

Arnold Schwartzenegger, grunting musclebound lummox:
Conan, Terminator, etc.

Woody Allen, geezer sleazin all over a young girl:
Husbands and Wives

Tom Cruise, overconfident obnoxious douche:
Top Gun, The Color of Money, Cocktail, Days of Thunder, Magnolia

David Duchovny, too much of the sexy:
Californication (TV series, but admitted)

This category could really be endless....

[Claymore]

Thinly Veiled Jesus Parables:

The Green Mile

Hooked On Classics:

O Brother, Whereart Thou?
Ten Things I Hate About You

[Demosthenes]

How about...
We Thought He/She Could Really Act, But It Turns Out He/She is Just a Dumb Blonde
Boys Don't Cry (Chloe Sevigny)
Almost Famous (Kate Hudson)
Boogie Nights (Heather Graham)
Life as a House (Hayden Christensen)

[Demosthenes]

Hooked On Classics:

O Brother, Whereart Thou?
Ten Things I Hate About You

Cruel Intentions
Clueless

[minorthreat]

We Thought He/She was a Dumb Blonde, But it Turns Out He/She Can Really Act
Boogie Nights (Marky Mark)
L.A. Confidential (Kim Basinger)
Twelve Monkies (Brad Pitt)You could make quite a case for Leonardo DiCaprio here.

[spejic]

Shapes
Cube (http://www.amazon.com/Cube-Nicole-Boer/dp/6305238065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742049&sr=1-1)
Sphere (http://www.amazon.com/Sphere-Dustin-Hoffman/dp/079073639X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742031&sr=1-1)
The Circle (http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Nargess-Mamizadeh/dp/B00005RRJE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222741965&sr=1-2)
The Triangle (http://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Eric-Stoltz/dp/B000E5N6B6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742086&sr=1-1)
The Ring (http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Widescreen-Naomi-Watts/dp/B00005JLTK/ref=pd_cp_d_0?pf_rd_p=413864101&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000777HSY&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0339BKX37RSKGFS7KT49)

[spejic]

The Last

The Final Countdown (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Countdown-Widescreen-Kirk-Douglas/dp/B000096IAC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742921&sr=1-2)
Final Destination (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Destination-New-Line-Platinum/dp/0780631684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742921&sr=1-1)
Final Fantasy (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-Spirits-Within-Blu-ray/dp/B000QXDFQM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222742921&sr=1-6)
V - The Final Battle (http://www.amazon.com/V-Final-Battle-Jane-Badler/dp/B000067FP2/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222743172&sr=1-21)
Star Trek V - The Final Frontier (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Frontier-Two-Disc-Collectors/dp/B0000AUHOH/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222743263&sr=1-28)

[minorthreat]

Orientalism
Lawrence of Arabia
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Empire of the Sun
The Last Emperor
The Last Samurai
Memoirs of a Geisha
Syriana
The Rush Hour series
M*A*S*H
Just about every World War II film set in the Pacific

Occidentalism
The Host
Dragon Wars
Drunken Master 2
Fearless
JSA: Joint Security Area
Please Teach Me English
(Now that I think about it, like 70% of the ones I could come up with are Korean.)

[bigredfutbol]

How about...
We Thought He/She Could Really Act, But It Turns Out He/She is Just a Dumb Blonde
Boys Don't Cry (Chloe Sevigny)
Almost Famous (Kate Hudson)
Boogie Nights (Heather Graham)
Life as a House (Hayden Christensen)

I'm trying to figure out which Scarlett Johannson film belongs here.