Top 100 Movies
Friday, March 21st, 2008My mate Nicholas wrote about the IMDB Top 100 film list and revealed which ones he’s seen.
I thought it might be fun for me to do the same. The ones I’ve seen are in bold:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
8. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Casablanca (1942)
10. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
11. Star Wars (1977)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
13. 12 Angry Men (1957)
14. Rear Window (1954)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
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)
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)
26. North by Northwest (1959)
27. Memento (2000)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
29. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
31. The Matrix (1999)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 was working in a cinema when Psycho was rereleased in 1998, and I can remember hearing the soundtrack from outside the screen door, but not actually being able to watch more than a few minutes of the film.
I’ve only seen 36 out of the 100, which isn’t a great score. I bet some of you have seen loads more than me. What’s your score?
2:33 am on 21-Mar-08
Ooooooooh my God… just had a quick go and I think my score is 76 (although I do watch a lot of movies)
2:40 am on 21-Mar-08
24! 24! 24!
WHOO!!!!!!!!!!
2:44 am on 21-Mar-08
Wow, John, that’s impressive.
J.D., only 24? And you call yourself a movie blogger??
4:02 pm on 21-Mar-08
One way of looking at it is that if you have only seen 36, you still have a lot of great films to look forward to!
10:09 pm on 21-Mar-08
Very true, NIcholas. I’ve already made a note of some films I’d like to see from this list.
11:53 pm on 21-Mar-08
40/100.
8:19 pm on 22-Mar-08
53/100 not bad. Just over half!
11:29 am on 23-Mar-08
62/100 proving I am old and possibly have no life.
1:33 pm on 23-Mar-08
Correction, I’ve seen 37. Didn’t realise that no.56 was Spirited Away.
Wow, A.W and Dale, you’re movie buffs – I didn’t know.
1:40 pm on 23-Mar-08
If only I was buff too, I’d really have something going on! Back to the TV with you!
6:56 pm on 31-Mar-08
Indeed, I’m planning to stock up on the dvds pronto.
3:24 am on 30-Apr-08
So far, 99 out of the current 100!
11:06 pm on 30-Apr-08
Very impressive, Jarrod.
4:51 pm on 10-Jul-08
Im surprised the Green mile isnt on
7:42 am on 13-Jul-08
I’d check out the AFI list over this one. Sin City in the top 100 is laughable.
2:26 pm on 13-Jul-08
100/100
And I’m just 18.
The list is pretty crappy though.