Flix by Genre

Welcome to my movie recommendation pages! I was fortunate to grow up with a dad who took me to see samurai movies and art films, and with broadcast TV that showed old movies every day. Doomed to be a lifelong cinephile, I created these pages for fun years ago, then learned my friends were using them as viewing lists. 

We live in an age when there’s so much information available online, it seems like everything is there for us all the time. But most of these movies won’t show up at the top of your Netflix feed, and some will be downright hard to track down. I’m here to tell you they’re worth it.

With so much available, how do I decide what movie to watch? I start with a particular genre, like crime or comedy, then narrow it down from there.

My picks are mostly flix made in America during the 20th century. There are exceptions for exceptional works, but at heart I'm a classic Hollywood movie buff. Enjoy!

• THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Peter Bogdanovich
• THE APARTMENT (1960) Billy Wilder
• THE ROAD (1954-Italy) Federico Fellini
  
• WANDA (1970) Barbara Loden
  
• SONG OF THE ROAD (1955-India) Satyajit Ray
  
• THE LAST DETAIL (1973) Hal Ashby

• THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954-Japan) Akira Kurosawa
• TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) John Huston
• BODYGUARD (1961-Japan) Akira Kurosawa
• LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962-England) David Lean
• YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Lewis Gilbert
• THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981) George Miller

• WAGES OF FEAR (1952-France) Henri Clouzot
• THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977-Germany) Wim Wenders
• SECONDS (1966) John Frankenheimer
• THE CONVERSATION (1974) Francis Ford Coppola
• THE BIRDS (1963) Alfred Hitchcock
• DON'T LOOK NOW (1973-England) Nicolas Roeg

• DR. STRANGELOVE (1964-England) Stanley Kubrick
• BEDAZZLED (1967-England) Stanley Donen
• SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Billy Wilder
• DUCK SOUP (1933) Leo McCarey
• MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975-England) Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
• WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) Frank Tashlin

• BALL OF FIRE (1941) Howard Hawks
• BOY MEETS GIRL (1938) Lloyd Bacon
• BRINGING UP BABY (1938) Howard Hawks
• YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) Frank Capra
• NOTHING SACRED (1937) William Wellman

• ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976-England) Richard Lester
• MIDNIGHT (1939) Mitchell Leisen
• PRINCESS O'ROURKE (1943) Norman Krasna
• FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967-England) John Schlesinger
• RAFIKI (2018-Kenya) Wanuri Kahiu
• QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933) Rouben Mamoulian
• THE MODERNS (1988) Alan Rudolph

• MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) Frank Capra
• THE CANDIDATE (1972) Michael Ritchie
  
• ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949) Robert Rossen
  
• THE BEST MAN (1964) Franklin J. Schaffner
• THE LAST HURRAH (1958) John Ford
• THE GREAT MCGINTY (1940) Preston Sturges

• ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) Billy Wilder
• HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Howard Hawks
• PARK ROW (1952) Sam Fuller
• FIVE STAR FINAL (1931) Mervin LeRoy
• PICTURE SNATCHER (1933) Lloyd Bacon
• ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) Alan Pakula
  
• FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) Michael Curtiz
  

• THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo
• BURN (1969) Gillo Pontecorvo
• WALKER (1987) Alex Cox
• THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) John Huston
  
• THE EXILES (1961) Kent Mackenzie
  

• STORMY WEATHER (1943) Andrew Stone
• KILLER OF SHEEP (1978) Charles Burnett
• DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991) Julie Dash
• COOLEY HIGH (1975) Michael Schultz
• THE HARDER THEY COME (1972) Perry Henzell
• SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG (1971) Melvin Van Peebles
• BLACK GIRL (1966-France) Ousmane Sembène

• BARRY LYNDON (1975) Stanley Kubrick
• AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (1972-Germany) Werner Herzog
• THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) Phillip Kaufman
• THE DUELISTS (1977-England) Ridley Scott
  
• PETERLOO (2019-England) Mike Leigh
  

• HARLAN COUNTY, USA (1976) Barbara Kopple
  
• FOG OF WAR (2003) Errol Morris
  
• DADDY AND THE WARLORD (2019) Shamira Raphaela
  
• I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016) Raoul Peck 
  
• THE FARMER'S WIFE (1998) David Sutherland
  

• TOPSY-TURVY (1999) Mike Leigh
• MIDWAY (2019) Roland Emmerich
• A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958-England) Roy Ward Baker
• DOWNFALL (2004) Oliver Hirschbiegel
• EIGHT MEN OUT (1988) John Sayles

• SUNRISE (1927) F.W. Murnau
• NAPOLEON (1927-France) Abel Gance
• BEGGARS FOR LIFE (1928) William Wellman
• GREED (1925) Eric Von Stroheim
• PANDORA’S BOX (1929-Germany) G.W. Pabst
• MADAM DuBARRY (1919-Germany) Ernst Lubitsch
• WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1928) Tod Browning
• FAUST (1926-Germany) F.W. Murnau
• CABIRIA (1914) Giovanni Pastrone
• ENTER SMILING (1926) Sam Taylor

• THE THIRD MAN (1949-England) Carol Reed
• VERTIGO (1958) Alfred Hitchcock
• REAR WINDOW (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
• STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940) Boris Ingster
• THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) Robert Altman
• THE LATE SHOW (1977) Robert Benton

• DETOUR (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer
• TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) Orson Welles
• LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1948) Orson Welles
• KISS ME DEADLY (1955) Robert Aldrich
• THE FINGER MAN (1962-France) Jean-Pierre Melville
• THE SET-UP (1949) Robert Wise
• MURDER MY SWEET (1944) Edward Dmytryk 
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) Edmund Goulding
• I AM WAITING (1957-Japan) Koreyoshi Kurahara

• THE KILLING (1956) Stanley Kubrick
• THE ANDERSON TAPES (1972) Sidney Lumet
• THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1-2-3 (1974) Joseph Sargent
  
• TOPKAPI (1964) Jules Dassin
  
• THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (1974) Michael Cimino

• THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931) William Wellman
• THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939) Raoul Walsh
• POINT BLANK (1967) John Boorman
• WHITE HEAT (1949) Raoul Walsh
• THE DRIVER (1978) Walter Hill
• THE BURGLAR (1957) Paul Wendkos
• THE SAMURAI (1967-France) Jean-Pierre Melville
• A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (1967-Japan) Takashi Nomura

• REPO MAN (1984) Alex Cox
• EASY RIDER (1969) Dennis Hopper
• FREAKS (1932) Tod Browning
• AFTER HOURS (1985) Martin Scorsese
• CABIN BOY (1994) Adam Resnik
• BLOW UP (1966-England) Michelangelo Antonioni
• HEAD (1968) Bob Rafelson
• THE WICKER MAN (1973-England) Robin Hardy

• TAXI DRIVER (1976) Martin Scorsese
• MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) John Schlesinger
• THE LANDLORD (1970) Hal Ashby
• MEAN STREETS (1974) Martin Scorsese
• THE WANDERERS (1979) Philip Kaufman
• THE WARRIORS (1979) Walter Hill

• STAGECOACH (1939) John Ford
  
• MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) John Ford
  
• RED RIVER (1948) Howard Hawks
• THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID (1972) Philip Kaufman
• DIRTY LITTLE BILLY (1972) Stan Dragoti
• WESTWORLD (1973) Michael Crichton

• SAHARA (1943) Zoltan Korda
• THE BIG RED ONE (1980/2005 reconstruction) Sam Fuller
• PATHS OF GLORY (1957) Stanley Kubrick
• FIRES ON THE PLAIN (1959-Japan) Kon Ichikawa
• ACES HIGH (1977-England) Jack Gold
• CATCH-22 (1970) Mike Nichols
• FULL METAL JACKET (1987-England) Stanley Kubrick
• THE BEAST (1988) Kevin Reynolds

• THE CRAZIES (2010) Breck Eisner
• THE FLU (2013-South Korea) Kim Sung-su
• CONTAGION (2011) Steven Soderbergh
• YEAR OF THE PLAGUE (1979-Mexico) Felipe Cazals
• PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) Elia Kazan
• THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1969) Robert Wise

• THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) James Whale
• DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) George Romero
• THE EXORCIST (1971) William Friedkin
• GODZILLA (1954-Japanese version)
• KWAIDAN (1965-Japan) Masaki Kobayashi
• ONIBABA (1964-Japan) Kaneto Shindo
  
• VELVET BUZZSAW (2019) Dan Gilroy
  

• BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1989) Terry Gilliam
• THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953) Roy Rowland
• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946-France) Jean Cocteau
• RETURN TO OZ (1985) Walter Murch
• JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) Don Chaffe
• JUPITER'S MOON (2017-Hungary) Kornél Mundruczó

• THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976-England) Nicolas Roeg
• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Stanley Kubrick
  
• FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) Fred Wilcox
• PLANET OF THE APES (1968) Franklin J. Schaffner
  
• SOYLENT GREEN (1972) Richard Fleischer
  
• FAHRENHEIT 451 (1967-England) Francois Truffaut
• BUCKAROO BANZAI (1984) W.D. Richter

• THE SEA HAWK (1940) Michael Curtiz
• MASTER AND COMMANDER (2003) Peter Weir
• BILLY BUDD (1962-England) Peter Ustinov
• CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935) Michael Curtiz
• CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER (1951-England) Raoul Walsh
  
• GREYHOUND (2020) Aaron Schnieder
  
• DAMN THE DEFIANT! (1962-England) Lewis Gilbert

• LUST FOR LIFE (1956) Vincente Minnelli
• COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER (1980) Michael Apted
  
• DOLOMITE IS MY NAME (2019) Craig Brewer
• MR. TURNER (2014) Mike Leigh
• MILK (2008) Gus Van Sant

• GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (1935) Dave Fleischer
• PINOCCHIO (1940) Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
• AKIRA (1988-Japan) Katsuhiro Otomo
• CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986-Japan) Hayao Miyazaki
• WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (1988) Robert Zemeckis
• CORALINE (2009) Henry Selick

• THE ROCKETEER (1991) Joe Johnston
• CAPTAIN AMERICA (2011) Joe Johnston
• WONDER WOMAN (2017) Patty Jenkins
• THE INCREDIBLES (2004) Brad Bird
• IRON MAN (2008) Jon Favreau
• THE PHANTOM (1996) Simon Wincer

• THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970) Billy Wilder
• 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) Richard Fleischer
• CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (1968-England) Ken Hughes
• TIME AFTER TIME (1979) Nicholas Meyer
• MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961-England) Cy Endfield
• THE TIME MACHINE (1960) George Pal

• NETWORK (1976) Sidney Lumet
• SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) Billy Wilder
• A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) Elia Kazan
• SHOW PEOPLE (1928) King Vidor
• THE PLAYER (1996) Robert Altman
• NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) Dan Gilroy

• THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (1956) Frank Tashlin
• WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Robert Wise
• COTTON CLUB (1984) Francis Ford Coppola
• HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964-England) Richard Lester
• YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) Michael Curtiz
• FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) Lloyd Bacon
• ROCK ’N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979) Alan Arkush

• MASTER AND COMMANDER (2003) Peter Weir
• THE NEW WORLD (2005) Terrence Malick
• CITY OF GOD (2002-Brazil) Fernando Meirelles
• FURY ROAD (2015) George Miller
• DOLOMITE IS MY NAME (2019) Craig Brewer
  
• 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002-England) Michael Winterbottom
  
• THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019) Robert Eggers
  
• RAFIKI (2019-Kenya) Wanuri Kahiu

• GLADIATOR (2000)
• THE MUMMY (1999)
  
• GALAXY QUEST (1999)
  
• INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
  
• THE A-TEAM (2010)
• GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
• THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998)

Devastating satire of the fine art world, down to the smallest detail. My dad was a fine art painter, I'm too familiar with this mis-en scene, so I couldn't stop laughing. Truly informed script. Also, it's a horror movie.
Here's the trailer.