Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world...Jean Luc Godard
Not up for writing anything too profound at present...still a bit weary and wary...
Susan in Stitches has a similar list to the one below, except it was books... I'll do that another time... am a bit movie obsessed at present, so this list of the American Film Institutes Top 100 films seems more my speed... the films in bold are the ones I've seen, and the films in italics the one's I'd like to ... as to the rest.. no thank you...
Wow... I've seen 66 of these films...
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) - Have DVD
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
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)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
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)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) - Have DVD
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)
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)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) - Have DVD
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
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)
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)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996) - Have DVD
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)
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)
9 comments:
I've only seen 54 of them but I actually thought it might be a lot less.
What let me down was the likes of Platoon, Apocalypse Now, etc... not big on the violent boys films.
hm, I've seen about 65 of them. I think I have a holiday project :)
Catsmum - I'm the same, actually not into any war, western or blokey type films, nor horror..
M - always wanted to get the 1000 movies to see before you die book, as well as the 1000 books to read before you die and just work my way through them. One of my holiday projects is to watch some of my DVDs and maybe write a bit about each.
thought we were all coming to your place for holidays........... you won't get much reading done!!!!!
I need to get out more. 87 seen. I blame it on a Great Uncle running a drive in cinema in the 70s and cheap dvds while living in Asia.
You've made me feel like I am incredibly unaccomplished with my life.
I clearly need to watch a lot more movies!
I have the book one and the album one!!
Hey I take the prize...less than half...around 44 or so...but so many of them are just not for me...so i don't have too much work to do...mff....have Doctor Zhivago and Pulp Fiction on DVD for your viewing pleasure...whenever....and I want to know WHO decides what makes the list...and WHY??? So who's over-analytical NOW Huh Huh Huh??
Sheila - hahaha, surely you jest. You can come as long as you bring all and I mean all of your wants and needs, as stated clearly I am not a domestic goddess...
Phil - you win... 87 that's mindboggling...
Eileen - just think of the fun you'll have catching up...
M - must definitely get both books, though know already that I couldn't force myself to either watch or read something just because someone else told me to...
FBG - you're funny... sorry, Dr. Z. just has never done it for, neither does Omar. And while I'd love to watch Pulp Fiction, reality is I'd spent most of the time hiding my face in my hands... as I did watching Hot Fuzz the other day. The list comes from the American Film Institute Survey of it's members.
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