Hey Levon - Thought I'd throw a few of my faves in.

Sports - Rocky/Field of Dreams

Westerns - The Good The Bad And The Ugly/The Outlaw Josey Wales

Gangsters - The Godfather parts 1 & 2./Goodfellas/The Untouchables/The Roaring Twenties

Comedies - There's Something About Mary/The Hangover/Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Romance - Casablanca/Silver Linings Playbook

Horror - The Exorcist/The Sixth Sense/Hostel/Shaun of the Dead/The Thing

Crime - Pulp Fiction/True Romance

War - Platoon/Braveheart/We Were Soldiers

You guys named some good ones. Love mean streets, shawshank and No country..If I had to name a few, in no particular order. It be...

Braveheart
Goodfellas
Shawshank redemtion
Battle Royal- a Tarantino pick for best movie of the decade.(it really is)
The French Connection - One of the best Chase scenes on film. Not to mention they filmed that scene over thirty years ago in my neighborhood.

Of course I can go on and on..But these of the first ones that come to mind

Quoted from Reel-truth Battle Royal- a Tarantino pick for best movie of the decade.(it really is)

Just googled.  Definitely gonna check it out.  It's got Takeshi Kitano in it.   A very strange and talented dude to say the least.

Ever seen Fireworks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250/

Quoted from Reel-truth Battle Royal- a Tarantino pick for best movie of the decade.(it really is)

Solid film. The graphic novels are even better, IMO, as they flesh everything out more. Great film, regardless.

Quoted from NickSedario Just googled.  Definitely gonna check it out.  It's got Takeshi Kitano in it.   A very strange and talented dude to say the least. Ever seen Fireworks?

Dude you ain't seen Battle Royale? Exciting! Kickass flick with (unsurprisingly) kickass Kitano, along with kickass everyone else. Kitano's cookie scene, though, is definitely a standout.

Sonatine is my personal favourite of Kitano's work, although Takeshis' is friggin' amazing. Obviously, Fireworks is also amazing.

I guess I'll throw down the latest version of my favourites, while I'm here.

Re-Animator
Duck Soup
The Rock
Annie Hall
Dogville

Quoted from Heretic Dude you ain't seen Battle Royale? Exciting! Kickass flick with (unsurprisingly) kickass Kitano, along with kickass everyone else. Kitano's cookie scene, though, is definitely a standout.

I watched part of it yesterday on a website called Viooz.  Couldn't hardly sit though it though.  Guess ya gotta be in a certain mood for a movie like that.   Oddly enough I found Pia's movie "Blackout" there, too.  It was interesting to see her name on the screen.

Pia, if you're out there, your film's  been pirated.  

Hey silver, I know what you mean. I'm not big on subs myself. That's probably why I haven't seen many Japanese films. But there are a select few out there that grab my attention. And before I know it, I don't even realize I'm reading subs during the movie.

Oh yea, and that certain mood you speak of....Cannabis can help facilitate that mood, well at least it does for me.

But I did like the teacher (Kitano) in Battle Royale. So I'm def gonna' check out "Fireworks" when I get a chance.