Public opinion on films

In choosing what film genre to make for my opening sequence I decided to look at some opinion polls on film. For this I went on IMDB and Empire to try and find top lists.

IMDB:

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	382,951
2.	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	325,037
3.	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	185,268
4.	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	294,436
5.	8.9	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)	109,661
6.	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	318,268
7.	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	210,675
8.	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	160,747
9.	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	221,383
10.	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	79,144
11.	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	134,466
12.	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	262,513
13.	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	76,231
14.	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	281,773
15.	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	174,194
16.	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	91,110
17.	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	197,820
18.	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	115,895
19.	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	53,012
20.	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	310,922
21.	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	212,965
22.	8.7	Psycho (1960)	111,207
23.	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	285,371
24.	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	190,134
25.	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	126,566

Empire:

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. Shawsank Redemption (1994)
5. Jaws (1975)
6. GoodFellas (1990)
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
8. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Apartment (1960)
13. Chinatown (1974)
14. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
15. The Dark Knight (2008)
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
17. Taxi Driver (1976)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
20. Blade Runner (1982)
21. The Third Man (1949)
22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
23. Back to the Future (1985)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
25. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1967)


From these lists I see action, sci-fi and thrillers dominating the top spot with not a single comedy to be seen! It is very useful to see which sort of films dominate these charts as to what to choose for my genre