The Fill-In Filmography

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"A Categorical Chart of 1,500 Must-See Movies

A massive mapping of cinematic genres (with representative movies for each category), this big-screen behemoth is fully customizable to reflect your personal tastes—just grab a pencil and fill in the circle next to each film to mark it as “Loved It,” “Liked It,” or merely “Watched It”! Whether your prefer Period Pieces, Musicals, or tales of Haunted Dolls, there’s something here for cinephiles of every sort."

Taken from the Pop Chart poster.

Films are listed by section included in the chart. The sections are ordered roughly from top left to bottom right on the poster. Please note that the section that a film is listed in may be spoiler. Some categories are spread among two or more sections (such as Sports in Drama (328-339), Based on a True Story (413-426) and Comedy (449-460). I don't know why there are more than 1,500 films in the list.

1-925: Real World

*1-339: Drama
** 1-104: Love Story
*** 1-45: Rom-Com (37-45: Screwball)
*** 46-49: Love and Crime
*** 50-54: One Day
*** 55-65: Ill-Starred
*** 66-71: Erotica
*** 72-77: Love Triangle
*** 78-91: Troubled Love
*** 92-98: Break-Ups
*** 99-104: Men Behaving Badly
** 105-111: Multiple Stories
** 112-120: Addiction
** 121-144: Family
** 145-180: Coming of Age (170-186: Apprenticeship, 174-180: Criminal Elements)
** 181-187: Manipulators/Schemes
** 188-250: Period Piece (208-211: Feudal Japan, 212-221: Life in Wartime, 222-246: War Movies, 247-250: Sword & Sandal)
** 251-284: Psychological Journey (261-265: Literal Journey, 266-274: Suburban Sadness, 275-284: Perseverance)
** 285-296: Friendships
** 297-304: Rise and Fall
** 305-327: Workplace/Professional (313-317: Medical, 318-327: Legal)
** 328-339: Sports

*340-436: Based on a True Story
** 340-372: Biopic
*** 343-347: Meta-Biopic
*** 348-364: Portrait of the Artist (357-364: Music)
*** 365-372: Politics
** 373-385: Wartime/Upheaval
** 386-391: Single Event
** 392-412: True Crime
** 413-426: Sports (422-426: Boxing)
** 427-436: Struggle

*437-583: Comedy
** 437-448: Buddy Comedy (446-448: Unlikely Friends)
** 449-460: Sports (457-460: Underdogs)
** 461-493: Black Comedy/Satire (484-493: Political)
** 494-507: Farce/Spoof (503-507: Absurd)
** 508-517: Workplace/Occupational
** 518-535: Teen (534-535: College)
** 536-542: Screwball (536-538: Fish Out of Water, 539-542: Costume)
** 543-552: Road Comedy
**553-556: Family
**557-564: Crime Comedy
**565-570: Mockumentary
**571-573: Kids in Peril
**574-583: Buffoons

*584-696: Action
** 584-628: Western
*** 594-601: Traditional (597-601: Lawmen)
*** 602-628: Revisionist (616-618: Acid Western, 619-628: Spaghetti)
** 629-632: Swashbuckler
** 633-636: Disaster
** 637-659: Team (648-659: Buddy Action)
** 660-673: Martial Arts (670-673: Tournament)
** 674-696: Person with a Particular Set of Skills (691-696: One Man in One Place)

*697-925: Thriller
** 697-778: Crime
*** 697-708: Investigation
*** 709-716: Amateur Plots
*** 717-740: Gangster (732-733: Gangster Revenge, 734-740: Mafia)
*** 741-766: Heist (764-766: One Last Score)
*** 767-772: Kidnapping
*** 773-778: Hitmen
** 779-807: Slasher (789-794: Day-Specific, 795-799: Non-Human Threat, 800-807: Splatter/Torture)
** 808-817: Erotic
** 818-819: Meta-Thriller
** 820-824: Conspiracy
** 825-831: Cults
** 832-843: Spy
** 844-868: Psychological (861-868: Sociopaths)
** 869-890: Film Noir (881-890: Neo-Noir)
** 891-907: Mystery (891-894: Whodunnit, 895-898: Procedural, 899-903: Provisional Detective, 904-907: Unreliable Minds)
** 908-921: Survival (915-921: Contained Survival)
** 922-925: Chase

926-1500: Magical World

*926-1152: Fantasy
**926-979: Touch of Magic
***942-948: Hidden Worlds
***949-952: Reveries
***953-955: Do-Overs
***956-961: Body Change
***962-973: Friendly Creatures
***974-979: Afterlife
**980-984: Postmodern
**985-998: Dark Fantasy
**999-1004: Modern Myth
**1005-1024: Realistic Musicals (1020-1024: Rock Musical)
**1025-1055: Superhero (1048:1055: Non-Traditional)
**1056-1069: Talking Animals
**1070-1079: Sword & Sorcery
**1080-1093: Surrealist/Dreamscapes
**1094-1140: High Fantasy (1126-1135: Epic, 1136-1140: Wuxia)
**1141-1152: Fantasy Adventure

*1153-1347: Sci-Fi
**1153-1220: Creature Feature
***1153-1162: Giant Monster
***1163-1169: Mutations
***1170-1205: Extraterrestrial (1189-1193: Aliens Among Us, 1194-1205: Alien Invasion)
***1206-1216: Transhumanism
***1217-1220: Prehistoric Relic
**1221-1255: Space (1237-1239: Cosmic Space Story, 1240-1255: Space Opera)
**1256-1261: Time Travel
**1262-1267: Earth-Scale Disaster
**1268-1302: Dystopia (1285-1288: Dystopian Games, 1289-1302: Post-Apocalyptic)
**1303-1321: Artificial Life (1313-1315: Clones, 1316-1321: Man vs. Machine)
**1322-1347: Heady Sci-Fi
***1327-1333: Alternate Selves
***1334-1341: False Realities
***1342-1347: Time Travel Loops

*1348-1518: Horror
**1348-1409: Creature
***1359-1362: Small Creatures
***1363-1375: Werewolf
***1376-1409: Zombie (1376-1387: Traditional, 1388-1398: Fast Zombies, 1399-1405: Zomedy, 1406-1409: Alt Zombie)
**1410-1414: Meta Horror
**1415-1422: Anthology
**1423-1436: Vampire (1428-1436: Modern)
**1437-1518: Paranormal
***1437-1444: Entities
***1445-1449: Curses
***1450-1455: Supernatural Slasher
***1456-1461: Big Twist
***1462-1485: Demonic (1475-1479: Witches, 1480-1485: Possession)
***1486-1507: Haunted Things (1490-1493: Dolls, 1494-1507: Houses)
***1508-1514: Horrifying Powers
***1515-1518: Cults

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    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 709 new

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 832 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 874 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 187 new

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
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    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 181 new

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 871 new

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 875 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 710 new

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 749 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 877 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 876 new

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 880 new

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 312 new

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 873 new

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 332 new

    Body and Soul

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 724 new

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 840 new

    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
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    Dead Reckoning

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
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