30 December 2004
as the end of the year draws near
I don't usually fall in for these so-called memes, but this one caught my eye. The idea is to take a list of the top one hundred movies as rated by imdb users and bold the ones I've seen.
I'll use the list that Kheryn used, though I cannot find a corresponding list on imdb. As mentioned above, I've bolded the ones I've seen. I've even linked to some that I've mentioned this year.
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The Godfather: part 2 (1974)
- LOTR: Return of the King (2003)
- LOTR: The Two Towers (2002)
- Schindler's List (2002)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Casablanca (1942)
- LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Memento (2000)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Psycho (1960)
- Amélie (2001)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Matrix (1999)
- City of God (2002)
- To kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Once upon a time in the West (1968)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Third Man (1949)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- Some like it hot (1959)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Das Boot (1981)
- The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Singin' in the rain (1952)
- Chinatown (1974)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Requiem for a dream (2000)
- All about Eve (1950)
- M (1931)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Seven (1995)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Rashômon (1950)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Alien (1979)
- American History X (1998)
- The Sting (1973)
- Léon (1994)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Life is Beautiful (1997)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Finding Nemo (2003)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- Modern Times (1936)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Amadeus (1984)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Ran (1985)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Jaws (1975)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Braveheart (1995)
- High Noon (1952)
- Aliens (1986)
- Fargo (1996)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- The Shining (1980)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- City Lights (1931)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- The General (1927)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Dogville (2003)
So there you have it. I've seen 70% of the greatest movies (as of when this list was compiled). Surprisingly, I've only seen exactly 10% of the worst 100 films.
I keep meaning to come up with a list of ten or so of the movies I most enjoyed watching this year, but I'm still not ready with that. Perhaps tomorrow.
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I've seen 12 of the worst movies. And all of them were outside of B-Fest.
Your list comes from the link a little bit down the "tops" IMDB page titled "Top 250 Movies of All-Time," and is, as suggested, 250 movies long. :)
Of the top 100 though, I've only seen 47%, and I've only seen 7% of the worst 100. I need to get out more, apparently.