Greatest Movie of All Time, Drama/Thriller Title Match

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 Championship

16 Silence of the Lambs
vs.
15 Shawshank Redemption

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  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Shawshank Redemption
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Shawshank Redemption
  • carhicks
    carhicks Posts: 1,894 Member
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Championship

    16 Silence of the Lambs
  • HowieTwoPointZero
    HowieTwoPointZero Posts: 494 Member
    16 Silence of the Lambs
  • boweed70
    boweed70 Posts: 69 Member
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Championship

    16 Silence of the Lambs
    vs.
    15 Shawshank Redemption

    Love Shawshank, but greatest drama/thriller of all time? Methinks probably not.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Championship

    16 Silence of the Lambs
    vs.
    15 Shawshank Redemption

    Love Shawshank, but greatest drama/thriller of all time? Methinks probably not.

    agreed. which is why something like casablanca or godfather or raging bull not being here is so baffling.
  • cds2001
    cds2001 Posts: 732 Member
    Shawshank Redemption
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    Shawshank Redemption
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    Shawshank
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
    As good as Silence of the Lambs is, I cannot believe it beat out Casablanca. Have any of you actually watched Casablanca?
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    As good as Silence of the Lambs is, I cannot believe it beat out Casablanca. Have any of you actually watched Casablanca?

    I think that's the problem, honestly.
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Championship

    16 Silence of the Lambs



    (I'm rooting for the seemingly big underdog on this one!)

    (and, while I love Silence of the Lambs? I have to agree - Godfather should be the real winner in this one!)
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Shawshank Redemption!!
  • JeffPerry67
    JeffPerry67 Posts: 15
    Shawshank Redemption.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    Shawshank Redemption

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  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,719 Member
    I just finished watching this an hour ago, Gotta go with it...
    15 Shawshank Redemption
  • BrendarB
    BrendarB Posts: 2,770 Member
    As good as Silence of the Lambs is, I cannot believe it beat out Casablanca. Have any of you actually watched Casablanca?

    yep, which is why I voted for Silence of the Lambs over Casablanca



    my vote: Shawshank Redemption
  • sixxbaby
    sixxbaby Posts: 543
    Shawshank Redemption
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    shawshank
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    If that's my choices ;) Silence of the Lambs ;)
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    well, this has gotten dusty.

    I will tally tonight, just because then the region winners can start their final battle ....
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region Championship Results

    15 Shawshank Redemption def. 16 Silence of the Lambs , 13-4
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    The Final Four is up, folks.


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