Sunday, April 26, 2009

Movie
TOP 100 MOVIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Many lists have been compiled about things to do, see, read and experience. A defintive book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Edited by Steven Jay Schneider contains a wealth of cinematic History. One of the latest lists is from Yahoo. I worked out I had seen 65 from this list. I have included the entire list here but if you want to see the detailed list from the Yahoo site, click here. How many have you seen?
The list is in alphabetical order 1. 12 Angry Men (1957) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. The 400 Blows (1959) 4. 8 ½ (1963) 5. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) 6. The African Queen (1952) 7. Alien (1979) 8. All About Eve (1950) 9. Annie Hall (1977) 10. Apocalypse Now (1979) 11. The Battle of Algiers (1967) 12. The Bicycle Thief (1948) 13. Blade Runner (1982) 14. Blazing Saddles (1974) 15. Blow Up (1966) 16. Blue Velvet (1986) 17. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 18. Breathless (1960) * 19. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 20. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 21. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 22. Casablanca (1942) 23. Chinatown (1974) 24. Citizen Kane (1941) 25. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 26. Die Hard (1988) 27. Do the Right Thing (1989) 28. Double Indemnity (1944) 29. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 30. Duck Soup (1933) 31. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 32. Enter the Dragon (1973) 33. The Exorcist (1973) 34. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) 35. The French Connection (1971) 36. The Godfather (1972) 37. The Godfather, Part II (1974) 38. Goldfinger (1964) 39. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968) 40. Goodfellas (1990) 41. The Graduate (1967) 42. Grand Illusion (1938) * 43. Groundhog Day (1993) 44. In the Mood For Love (2001) * 45. It Happened One Night (1934) 46. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 47. Jaws (1975) 48. King Kong (1933) 49. The Lady Eve (1941) * 50. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 51. The Lord of the Rings (2001,2002,2003) 52. M (1931) 53. M*A*S*H (1970) 54. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 55. The Matrix (1999) 56. Modern Times (1936) 57. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 58. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) 59. Network (1976) 60. Nosferatu (1922) 61. On the Waterfront (1954) 62. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 63. Paths of Glory (1958) 64. Princess Mononoke (1999) 65. Psycho (1960) 66. Pulp Fiction (1994) 67. Raging Bull (1980) 68. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 69. Raise the Red Lantern (1992) 70. Rashomon (1951) 71. Rear Window (1954) 72. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 73. Rocky (1976) 74. Roman Holiday (1953) 75. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 76. Schindler’s List (1993) 77. The Searchers (1956) 78. Seven Samurai (1954) 79. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 80. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 81. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 82. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 83. Some Like It Hot (1959) 84. The Sound of Music (1965) 85. Star Wars (1977) 86. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 87. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 88. The Third Man (1949) 89. This is Spinal Tap (1984) 90. Titanic (1997) 91. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 92. Toy Story (1995) 93. The Usual Suspects (1995) 94. Vertigo (1958) 95. When Harry Met Sally… (1989) 96. Wild Strawberries (1957) 97. Wings of Desire (1988) * 98. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 99. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) * 100. The World of Apu (1959) *