Wednesday, August 24, 2005

100 Movies on the wall

Got this from Debra at A Stitch in Time.
The rules are simple. Copy the AFI top 100 movie list, and highlight in BOLD the movies you've seen.

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) Just watched this recently, still a great movie.
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Way too long imo.
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) This one too.
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) I liked Wicked better!
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) Hey, this is Me! See two posts down. And no I haven't seen it.
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) I have the same shoe size as Gene Kelley
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Watch it every year and cry every time.
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Don't like war movies much.
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) The book was better.
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) The book was better.
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980) Really don't care for boxing movies either.
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) This one is in MY top 10 movies.
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) I still have nightmares about this one.
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) Where is he when we need him?
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) We don't need no steenking badges!
31. ANNIE HALL (1977) Made me want to learn to play tennis
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) Only seen parts of it, and me a Sicilian!
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) This movie is way too long.
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Horrible casting, but still a great production.
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) I hated this movie! Eeew!
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984) Rock me amadeus!
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) Again, the book was better.
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940) This is better than the Fantasia 2000.
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) I want that jacket!
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) This is in MY top 10

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956) One word for this movie: Sprawling
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964) Misogyny a la carte!
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)


Hey, only 15 to go. Some of those may even be worth watching! These 100 best lists are pretty silly. Only two animated movies? Hmmmm.
Geez, my last 3 posts have been about movies, guess I'm being artistically unproductive at the moment....

1 comment:

Debra said...

Well, Bringing UP Baby is definately worth watching (IMO). And even though you are not fond of war movies... I'd still say Bridge on the River Kwai. And THE SEARCHERS is a non-typical and worthwhile western... And StageCoach (which I think I've seen, but couldn't be sure if it's parts or whole)...

I'd say we need to see who can see them all first, but we all know who would win that one.