I love making lists. This is where I keep lists of a bunch of my favourite things; so far movies, actors, and actresses. Lists of favourites are always a bit tricky to compile, so they’re very much subject to change. The movies proved the most difficult; it can be very hard to pick a definitive top list, which is why I instead chose to list them by genre. Not all genres are represented here, but I suppose the ones that are represent movies that I tend to favour, i.e. my favourite types of movies.

As with the other lists, I tried to restrict them to 20 actors, and 20 actresses, all listed alphabetically.

Note: These lists have not been updated since 2006, so they may have changed since.

Top 5 Westerns

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. Wild Bunch, The
  3. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
  4. Ride the High Country
  5. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The

Top 5 Noirs

  1. Big Sleep, The
  2. Sunset Blvd.
  3. Third Man, The
  4. Maltese Falcon, The
  5. Touch of Evil

Top 5 Periods/Romances

  1. Sense and Sensibility
  2. Much Ado About Nothing
  3. Shakespeare in Love
  4. Pride and Prejudice
  5. Quills

Top 5 Action & Adventure

  1. Die Hard
  2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  4. Jaws
  5. Alien

Top 5 Classic Romances/Romantic Dramas

  1. Casablanca
  2. Sabrina
  3. Roman Holiday
  4. It’s a Wonderful Life
  5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Top 5 Screwball Comedies

  1. His Girl Friday
  2. Arsenic and Old Lace
  3. It Happened One Night
  4. Bringing Up Baby
  5. Philadelphia Story, The

Top 5 Classic Dramas

  1. 12 Angry Men
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird
  3. Once Upon a Time in America
  4. Godfather, The
  5. Citizen Kane

Top 5 Epics

  1. Lawrence of Arabia
  2. Spartacus
  3. Ben-Hur
  4. Ten Commandments, The
  5. Doctor Zhivago

Top 5 War & Prison

  1. Stalag 17
  2. Cool Hand Luke
  3. Patton
  4. Dirty Dozen, The
  5. Great Escape, The

Top 5 Hitchcocks

  1. Notorious
  2. Shadow of a Doubt
  3. Spellbound
  4. Rebecca
  5. Rear Window

Top 10 Comedies

  1. Big Lebowski, The
  2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  3. Airplane!
  4. MASH
  5. Galaxy Quest
  6. Murder by Death
  7. Dr. Strangelove…
  8. This Is Spinal Tap
  9. Annie Hall
  10. Animal House

Notes

  • I’m aware that Pride and Prejudice is technically a TV-series, but I felt it was still absolutely required to appear on this list.
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid could also go in the Westerns category, but I decided to put it here because it’s so different to the other westerns; it’s really more of an action-adventure buddy movie.
  • The “Classic Drama” category is a bit of a hodgepodge of various movies, but I had trouble putting these into the other categories, so I created this one.

My Favourite Actors

My Favourite Actresses