I realized today that nearly all of the movies in my media software can be grouped into one of a very few buckets. (This gives me cause to wonder whether I may not be as amazingly interesting as I had previously thought.) Here are a few:
Zombie Movies – Because I like movies about the undead.
- 28 Days Later
- 28 Weeks Later
- Army of Darkness
- Dawn of the Dead
- Dead Snow
- The Gates Of Hell
- Jennifer’s Body
- King of the Zombies
- Night of the Living Dead
- Planet Terror
- Shaun of the Dead
- Zombieland
Noir – My definition of film noir is a little on the loose side.
- Blade Runner
- Blood Simple
- Chinatown
- City Confidential
- Detour
- The Killing
- L.A. Confidential
- The Long Goodbye
- Miller’s Crossing
- Pi
- Red Rock West
- The Third Man
- To Live and Die in L.A.
Pet Directors – These are movies made (more or less) by some of my favorite directors.
- 12 Monkeys
- 2001 A Space Odyssey
- A Serious Man
- Beetlejuice
- Blood Simple
- Coraline
- Death Proof
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Dune
- Fargo
- Frankenweenie
- Inglourious Basterds
- Kill Bill Vol. 1
- Kill Bill Vol. 2
- Lolita
- Machete
- Miller’s Crossing
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Paths of Glory
- Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
- Planet Terror
- Shining
- Sleepy Hollow
- The Big Lebowski
- The Killing
- Vincent
Kung Fu – And similar. Some of these aren’t really kung fu movies, but are listed here because they involve a lot of graceful ass kicking.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Hero
- House of Flying Daggers
- Kagemusha
- Kung Fu Hustle
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- My Young Auntie
- The One-Armed Swordsman
- Red Cliff
- Red Cliff II
I had other categories, but I’m tied of this blog post now and it’s hard to imagine that anyone else would not be.