A couple days ago, Yahoo! Movies posted a list that they came up with of the 100 movies you should see before you die. There are some movies that I would definitely take off the list, and others that deserve a spot. But, here is theirs (in alphabetical order, not in order of importance.) I have made bold the ones that I have seen.
12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
The 400 Blows
8 1/2
The African Queen
Alien
All About Eve
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Battle of Algiers
The Bicycle Thief
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blow Up
Blue Velvet
Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
The Bridge of the River Kwai
Bringing Up Baby
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
China Town
Citizen Kane
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Die Hard
Do the Right Thing
Double Indemnity – definitely deserves a spot. Excellent film.
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
E.T.
Enter the Dragon
The Exorcist
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – what?!
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
Goldfinger
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Goodfellas
The Graduate
Grand Illusion
Groundhog Day
A Hard Day’s Night
In the Mood for Love
It Happened One Night
It’s A Wonderful Life
Jaws
King Kong (1933)
The Lady Eve
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings – duh.
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M*A*S*H*
The Maltese Falcon
The Matrix
Modern Times
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Network
Nosferatu
On the Waterfront
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Paths of Glory
Princess Mononoke
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raise the Red Lantern
Rashomon
Rear Window – also great.
Rebel Without a Cause
Rocky
Roman Holiday
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
The Searchers
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Singin’ In the Rain
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Some Like It Hot
The Sound of Music
Star Wars
Sunset Blvd.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Third Man
This is Spinal Tap
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo
When Harry Met Sally…
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
The Wizard of Oz
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The World of Apu
I can’t believe I’ve only seen 21 of these. That’s pretty sad. And we even own some of the others, but I’ve never watched them. Maybe later I’ll post a list of what I would say are the top 100 movies to watch before you die.
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100.?.21 « Thinklings Galore // March 26, 2009 at 11:27 am |
[...] listed Yahoo’s pick of the top 100 movies you should see before you die. She has only seen 21 of those movies so I decided to do the same list and bold the ones I have seen as well. 12 Angry Men 2001: A Space [...]
Mary-Stew // March 31, 2009 at 10:45 am |
I have seen 29 of these.
smosbey // March 31, 2009 at 1:45 pm |
Stew- how many have you seen on my list?