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Did the Omega Man beget all the rest if the "dystopic future movies?" 12 Monkeys, Se7en, etc, all copied the tone and look.  If not that movie. then it hasta be Soylent Green.
 

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2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Hot tub Time Machine- time travel 

I don't know which posts are serious, but if there is a genre-defining time travel movie, I'm pretty sure that is Back to the Future.

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2 hours ago, Red Five said:

I don't know which posts are serious, but if there is a genre-defining time travel movie, I'm pretty sure that is Back to the Future.

back to the future is the "amazing amount of plot holes" genre

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6 hours ago, notre dame joe said:

I forgot about The Exorcist.  There are only a few where the genre is an eponym for one film.  Since it came out they make a bunch of exorcism movies every year.

 

Another in Bond.  The spy who is glamorous is defined by James Bond and he is defined by Goldfinger.   

The 39 steps by hitchcock as defining the everyman getting caught in a spy web.

but for pure govt agent spy it seems to be Dr. No, IMO.

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I don’t think “genre-defining” means first, it means the best or most platonically ideal example. Although often the they can be the same.  It’s a movie you recommend to someone and say “this is what genre X means.” 

Batman Begins: Comic book movies with no sense of humor about themselves.

Little Mermaid: The Mouse conquers all media; modern animated movies built around songs. 

The Shining: Psychological horror.

The Maltese Falcon: Film noir. 

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Coming of age 

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Airport may have been first but I’d think Poseidon Adventure was the catalyst for disaster movies… Earthquake, Towering Inferno, Ishtar, Hindenburg, Meteor, several Bee movies. 

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