From my working at Video Ezy for 2 years and spending each shift having people repeatedly ask me for these movies over and over and over and over and over: ....Comedy:
White Chicks
10 Things I Hate About You
500 Days of Summer
Zoolander
The Hangover
Rush Hour
Stepbrothers
Mean Girls
Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, The Waterboy (pretty much anything with Adam Sandler in it)
Dude Where's my Car (NOTE: hilarity of this movie is highly subjective)
Death at a Funeral (British version)
Drama:
The Shawshank Redemption
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
Chinatown
An Education
On the Waterfront
Precious
Action/Thriller:
Inception
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1 and Part 2)
The Matrix
Public Enemies (Johnny Depp)
Bourne Identity (+ sequels)
Kick Ass
Sherlock Holmes
Inglorious Bastards
Pirates of the Carribean
James Bond (most are pretty good at face value - but avoid Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby at all costs: my favourite bond movie is probably Live and Let Die)
Romance (most sad):
Atonement
The Notebook
Moulin Rogue
Pride and Prejudice
To Catch a Thief (Grace Kelly)
The Holiday
Funny Face/Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn)
Historical:
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Young Victoria
The Duchess
Mississippi Burning
Schindler's List
The Killing Fields
Life is Beautiful
Kid movies that make you miss your childhood:Home Alone 1 and 2 (anything later than this = horrendous)
Harry Potter
Shrek (1)
The Princess Bride
How to Train your Dragon
Fantastic Mr Fox
Matilda
DISNEY MOVIES!! (Because seriously no-one is too old)
Notable mentions: Mulan, Pocahontas, The Lion King, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Finding Nemo, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story 3, 101 Dalmations, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Aladdin,
TangledAnd if only this movie was real I would die a very happy death:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg