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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