Top 100 Movies

As a prelude to the VERY COOL movie bracketology I am going to post soon, I thought I would steal this idea from Nicholas who stole it from Lillasyster's Life. Of the top 100 movies as posted on IMDB, the underlined ones are those that I have seen, the bold ones are those that Nicholas and I have seen and the bold and underlined ones are ones that both Nicholas and I have seen.

1.    The Godfather (1972) - seen so many times that I can't count
2.    The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - cannot flip by this movie, must stay and watch
3.    The Godfather: Part II (1974) - ditto The Godfather comment
4.    Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
5.    Pulp Fiction (1994) - first saw this in pieces, then all at once and realized seeing it all at once is like seeing it in pieces.
6.    Schindler's List (1993)
7.    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - saw this, lived this, kidding, kind of.
8.    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - how can this be above the original?
9.    Casablanca (1942) - so many wonderful quotes!
10.    Shichinin no samurai (1954)
11.    Star Wars (1977) - saw it when it first came out with my cousin Mark
12.    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
13.    12 Angry Men (1957)
14.    Rear Window (1954)
15.    Goodfellas (1990) - you've never really seen it until you've seen it at Cafe Martarano in Fort Lauderdale.
16.    Cidade de Deus (2002)
17.    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18.    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
19.    C'era una volta il West (1968)
20.    The Usual Suspects (1995) - Kevin Spacey is amazing.
21.    Psycho (1960)
22.    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
23.    Fight Club (1999)
24.    Citizen Kane (1941)
25.    The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - read the book...no WAY I was seeing the movie!
26.    North by Northwest (1959)
27.    Memento (2000) - saw it, loved it, saw it again when I was suffering from short term memory loss, forgot I saw it again.
28.    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
29.    Sunset Blvd. (1950)
30.    It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Nicholas, how could you not have seen this???? It's a Christmas Eve staple at our house.
31.    The Matrix (1999) - I still don't really understand it!
32.    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
33.    There Will Be Blood (2007)
34.    Se7en (1995)
35.    Apocalypse Now (1979)
36.    Taxi Driver (1976)
37.    American Beauty (1999)
38.    Léon (1994)
39.    Vertigo (1958)
40.    Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
41.    American History X (1998)
42.    The Departed (2006)
43.    No Country for Old Men (2007) - how does this get on the list when it's so new?
44.    Paths of Glory (1957)
45.    M (1931)
46.    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
47.    Chinatown (1974)
48.    The Third Man (1949)
49.    Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
50.    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
51.    A Clockwork Orange (1971) - too weird for me
52.    Alien (1979)
53.    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54.    Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
55.    The Shining (1980)
56.    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
57.    The Pianist (2002)
58.    Double Indemnity (1944)
59.    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
60.    Forrest Gump (1994)
61.    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
62.    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - I think my Dad can't flip by this one.
63.    L.A. Confidential (1997)
64.    Das Boot (1981)
65.    Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66.    Reservoir Dogs (1992)
67.    Untergang, Der (2004)
68.    Aliens (1986)
69.    The Maltese Falcon (1941)
70.    Raging Bull (1980)
71.    Metropolis (1927)
72.    Rashômon (1950)
73.    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
74.    Modern Times (1936)
75.    Hotel Rwanda (2004)
76.    Singin' in the Rain (1952)
77.    Sin City (2005)
78.    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
79.    Rebecca (1940)
80.    Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
81.    All About Eve (1950) - it's going to be a bumpy night!
82.    Some Like It Hot (1959)
83.    City Lights (1931)
84.    Amadeus (1984)
85.    On the Waterfront (1954)
86.    Vita è bella, La (1997)
87.    The Great Escape (1963)
88.    Touch of Evil (1958)
89.    The Prestige (2006)
90.    The Elephant Man (1980)
91.    Jaws (1975) - saw this in the theater when I was 14.
92.    Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93.    The Sting (1973)
94.    Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
95.    Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
96.    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
97.    The Apartment (1960)
98.    Braveheart (1995)
99.    The Great Dictator (1940)
100.    Blade Runner (1982)

I guess that's 55 out of 100 for me. If there are any that I've missed that you feel I MUST see, please let me know. Keep in mind that I have a very difficult time with movies that are excessively violent.

What have you seen?

Di

Comments

[Karen]

The ones I would recommend are, in fact, excessively violent, so I think you're done.

[ali]

you MUST see raging bull. must.

[Penelope Anne - The Mama Bear]

Just snitching it and will post this weekend I think. Good idea. I don't know if I agree with the choices for the top movies all of the time though.

[zoeyjane]

this is such a good idea! i'm totally going to steal it and link back to you...:)

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