Movies, because I'm procrastinating...

[mousme]

I don't feel like taking calls, so I'm pretending to be busy and doing a meme instead. If they fire me, well, boo hoo.



In bold: I've seen it.
In italics: I got bored partway through and left
* means "What the Hell is this film doing on this list?!?!"

1 The Godfather (1972)
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)*
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5 Schindler's List (1993)
6 Citizen Kane (1941)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Seven Samurai (1954)
9 Star Wars (1977)
10 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
11 Memento (2000) *
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13 Rear Window (1954)
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 The Usual Suspects (1995)
18 Amelie (2001) and the right title is Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain thankyouverymuch
19 Pulp Fiction (1994)*
20 North by Northwest (1959)
21 Psycho (1960)
22 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
23 12 Angry Men (1957)
24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
26 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
27 Goodfellas (1990)
28 American Beauty (1999)
29 Vertigo (1958)
30 The Pianist (2002)
31 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
32 Apocalypse Now (1979)
33 Some Like It Hot (1959) *
34 The Matrix (1999) *
35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36 Taxi Driver (1976)
37 The Third Man (1949)
38 Paths of Glory (1957)
39 Fight Club (1999) *
40 Das Boot (1981)
41 L.A. Confidential (1997)
42 Double Indemnity (1944)
43 Chinatown (1974)
44 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
45 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
46 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
47 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
48 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
49 Saving Private Ryan (1998) *
50 All About Eve (1950)
51 M (1931)
52 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
53 Raging Bull (1980)
54 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
55 Se7en (1995) *
56 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
57 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
58 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
59 La Vita e bella (1997)
60 American History X (1998)
61 The Sting (1973)
62 Touch of Evil (1958)
63 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
64 Alien (1979)
65 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939
66 Rashomon (1950)
67 Leon (Or, The Professional) (1994)
68 Annie Hall (1977)
69 The Great Escape (1963)
70 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
73 The Sixth Sense (1999) *
74 Jaws (1975)
75 Amadeus (1984)
76 On the Waterfront (1954)
77 Ran (1985)
78 Braveheart (1995)
79 High Noon (1952)
80 Fargo (1996)
81 Blade Runner (1982)
82 The Apartment (1960)
83 Aliens (1986)
84 Toy Story 2 (1999)* And why not the first one? It was much better...
85 Strangers on a Train (1951)
86 Modern Times (1936)
87 The Shining (1980)
88 Donnie Darko (2001)
89 Duck Soup (1933) *
90 The Princess Bride (1987)
91 Lola rennt (1998)
92 City Lights (1931)
93 The General (1927)
94 Metropolis (1927)
95 The Searchers (1956)
96 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97 Notorious (1946)
98 Manhattan (1979)
99 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
100 Graduate, The (1967)

Comments

[palmir.livejournal.com]

What's the list? 100 best movies ever according to somebody?

And I think a very good argument can be made for Pulp Fiction, and especially Fight Club to be on that list. It's all about the layers and symbolism and all that fun stuff that I haven't analyzed in ages.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

I think it's the top 100 according to the reviewing public at The Internet Movie Database, yes?

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.
You. Must. See. Donnie. Darko.

!!!!

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

I second that.

Re: !!!!

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it seem a little wrongheaded to automatically judge that a movie you haven't seen shouldn't be on this list? Just askin', is all.

Re: !!!!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Possibly, but for the most part I know enough of the plot (having friends who described the movies to be in graphic detail) to wonder *why* the movie was included.

Then again, I probably should check what the list is based on before making that a final decision. ;)

Re: !!!!

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Well, it's just the top 100 rated films at the IMDB, and so it's basically just a generic rating of quality as decided by anyone on the Internet with the inclination to do so. So, mostly younger men.

As for the three movies you haven't seen but consider to be un-list-worthy:

Godfather II: Probably doesn't belong as high as it is on the list, but it's still pretty good.
Memento: This movie rocks, and is list-worthy for the screenplay alone.
Pulp Fiction: I prefer Reservoir Dogs, which has a more linear plot, but PF has such great scenes and acting that it deserves a place.

I guess I'm wondering now what you've heard to turn you off them sight unseen. But again, see Donnie Darko first. :)

[djs-specs.livejournal.com]

Okay, doing a bit better for the movies than the books... Seen 23 of the hundred. Of course, having seen them and having paid attention while seeing them are two entirely different things ;)