Movies

[avram]

I don’t think camwyn intended this as a meme, but I haven’t seen a whole lot of classic movies either, so here’s the IMDB’s Top 100, with the one I’ve seen bolded:


1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (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)
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 (Spirited Away) (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 (Life is Beautiful) (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 (1994)
68. Annie Hall (1977)
69. The Great Escape (1963)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (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)
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 (Run Lola, Run) (1998)
92. City Lights (1931)
93. The General (1927)
94. Metropolis (1927)
95. Searchers, The (1956)
96. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97. Notorious (1946)
98. Manhattan (1979)
99. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
100. The Graduate (1967)


I don’t take this very seriously as a Top 100 Movies list.

Comments

[stormsweeper.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! I've seen 81/100! I blame TCM and TiVo.

Also, judging by your other "seen" movies I think you may have seen #67, which was released in the US as "The Professional" in a slightly edited form.

Wow

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I've seen 79 of these, and liked most. I think this says that IMDB user ratings probably reflect what I like pretty well (and I probably ought to see the rest). What is surprising is how far away this list is from a hypothetical list of favorite movies among the general population. The Shawshank Redemption is a good movie, but I don't think it would be very close to the top of such a list, and although Seven Samurai could be in my top ten, you'll likely get a blank look if you mention it to a random person.

JeffL