This is a rough list I made of some of my favorite films, by genre. Some I rank a little higher than others but all are movies that I enjoy. I will probably be editing/adding/removing from this list a lot, but it's a good start.
COMEDY/'CHICK FLICKS':
Holiday (1938)
The More the Merrier (1943)
The Major and the Minor (1943)
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Easy Living (1937)
The Miracle at Morgan's Creek (1944)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Trouble With Angels (1966)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Teacher's Pet (1958)Midnight (1939)
MUSICAL:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
State Fair (1945)
Singin' In the Rain (1952)
DRAMA:
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Since You Went Away (1944)
The Best Year of Our Lives (1946)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (195
Random Harvest (1942)
All About Eve (1950)
On the Waterfront (1954)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
HITCHCOCK:
I Confess (1953)
Rebecca (1940)
THRILLERS:
Charade (1963)
COURTROOM DRAMA:
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
FILM NOIR/MYSTERY:
Laura (1944)
The Dark Mirror (1946)
Out of the Past (1947)
SWASHBUCKLERS:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Dark Mirror (1946)
Out of the Past (1947)
SWASHBUCKLERS:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
HOLIDAY:
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Holiday Affair (1949)
DRAMEDY:
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Stage Door (1937)
