Your 3 Favorite Movies

[Togakure]

I won't even try to pick just three overall favorites--I don't need a headache right now. Instead, I've listed genres, and three favorites from each that come to mind off the top of my head (and as it turns out, a few honorable mentions as well):

Historical Fiction
Seven Samurai
Dances with Wolves
Gladiator
* Honorable Mention: Clavell's Shogun Mini-series *
* Honorable Mention: Kagemusha
* Honorable Mention: Akira Kurosawa's RAN
* Honorable Mention: The Mists of Avalon

Sci Fi
Bladerunner (Director's Cut)
Aliens
John Carpenter's "The Thing"

Action
La Femme Nikita (original French version)
Black Rain
Heat

Drama
Ordinary People
Shine
Betty Blue
*Honorable Mention: Joy Luck Club

Sexy Drama
9 1/2 Weeks
Body Heat
Damage

Fantasy
Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions)
Legend (Director's Cut, Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack)
Merlin (Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, et. al)

Comedy
All the Monty Python movies
A Fish Called Wanda
Boondock Saints
* Honorable Mention: Deuce Bigalow


Just Plain Weird
The Pillow Book
Sid and Nancy
The Razor (TV serial from Japan)
* Honorable (lol) mention: Caligula (unrated version)
* Honorable Mention: Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
* Honorable Mention: Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same"