Greatest Movie of All Time, Drama/Thriller Final Four

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tsh0ck
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(Intro from the initial thread:)

OK. Here's the deal. Being a little bored, being a movie nerd and having a little extra time, I've built a few brackets. The idea is to, eventually, crown the Greatest Movie of All Time. (Hence the thread title.)

First, these are the movies I happened to choose. Some good ones got left out. Some that you think are good aren't thought good by the masses or, more importantly, by me -- since, well, I made the bracket. And you may then disagree with the seedings, too. And that's fair. But just play along, if you're interested. Could be fun.

Reply on the thread with the seeds and names of your winners of each pairing. I'll let the first round go for a while, then add up the votes and post the winners/next round's pairings.

Not represented in this particular tournament are the 'smaller' genres, like war, western, documentary, etc. And, sorry international MFPers, I didn't go foreign, either. So consider this The Greatest (American) Movie of All Time Bracket Tourney, I suppose.

The four genre regions are Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Drama/Thriller. Winners of each region will be determined, starting with Comedy, and then will pair off for the Final Four. Comedy will face Drama/Thriller, Action will meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

And to spark more discussion, feel free to give your reasons for some of your choices!

Comedy's region has a winner; the genre will be represented in the Final Four by Monty Python: Holy Grail. Action, too, has given us a representative in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc. Sci-Fi/Fantasy's champion is Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. And now, Drama/Thriller.



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Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

16 Silence of the Lambs
vs.
5 Casablanca


19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
vs.
15 Shawshank Redemption
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  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    5 Casablanca

    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • monet13
    monet13 Posts: 324 Member
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    16. Silence of the Lambs - the 'monster' is a three dimensional person, actually likable - no black and white here!


    15. Shawshank Redemption - my all-time favorite movie - it all boils down to hope - if you have it you can survive anything, if you don't, anything can take you down
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    5 Casablanca
    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    16 Silence of the Lambs

    15 Shawshank Redemption



    ** I have a feeling that these will be landslides... but, we'll see, right?!? :)
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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    16-15

    15 Wins it.
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    16 Silence of the Lambs


    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
  • HowieTwoPointZero
    HowieTwoPointZero Posts: 494 Member
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    16 Silence of the Lambs
    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
  • MMoriarty2012
    MMoriarty2012 Posts: 31
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    5 Casablanca

    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • Mceastes
    Mceastes Posts: 303 Member
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    Casablanca and Shawshank Redemption
  • boweed70
    boweed70 Posts: 69 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    16 Silence of the Lambs
    vs.
    5 Casablanca


    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
    vs.
    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
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    Silence of the Lambs

    Shawshank Redemption

    but, agree with tsh0ck, at least one of the Godfather movies should be up there
  • sixxbaby
    sixxbaby Posts: 543
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    16 Silence of the Lambs

    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • carhicks
    carhicks Posts: 1,924 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Final Four

    16 Silence of the Lambs

    15 Shawshank Redemption

    This ^^^
  • BrendarB
    BrendarB Posts: 2,770 Member
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    16 Silence of the Lambs


    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • Altarian
    Altarian Posts: 230 Member
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    16 Silence of the Lambs

    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
  • cds2001
    cds2001 Posts: 769 Member
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    5 Casablanca

    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    My votes:

    5 Casablanca <---- I know it's black and white, guys. but, please. watch this. classic if there ever was one.


    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird <---- scout, ftw.
  • isa75
    isa75 Posts: 156 Member
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    5 Casablanca
    15 Shawshank Redemption (one of my all time faves)
  • cc32676
    cc32676 Posts: 29 Member
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    16 Silence of the Lambs


    19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,443 Member
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    16 Silence of the Lambs

    15 Shawshank Redemption

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