The Movie List
So, here it is. My infamous movie list in its full glory.
The idea for this list came to me a few days before I graduated from high school. I wanted to compile a list of great movies. A movie can be "listworthy" for many reasons: directorial quality, acting, screenplay, cinematography, music, camera work, special effects, tone, comic relief, set design, or just that unquantifiable feeling you get when you watch a good movie.
The idea for this list came to me a few days before I graduated from high school. I wanted to compile a list of great movies. A movie can be "listworthy" for many reasons: directorial quality, acting, screenplay, cinematography, music, camera work, special effects, tone, comic relief, set design, or just that unquantifiable feeling you get when you watch a good movie.
Sometimes I know a movie is listworthy the moment I see it (Million Dollar Baby). Sometimes it takes me a few months to mull it over (The Polar Express). The point is that there is no mathematical rubric for getting on the list. I will say, however, that a film's ability to put me in a foreign space and allow me to remember that space--its texture, lighting, mood, weather--and also remember the characters that emobody that space makes it more likely to be listworthy.
You will find dramas, comedies, animated films, art films, musicals and foreign films on here. I have not ranked the films because it would be too arbitrary considering the wide range of movies on the list. Feel free to add on to the list (or tell me why something should be taken off the list) by commenting.
1. 100 Rifles (1969)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
4. 13 Conversations About One Thing (2002)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
6. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916)
7. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
8. 8 Mile (2002)
9. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
10. A Better Place (1997)
11. A Bronx Tale (1993)
12. A Bugs Life (Animated) (1998)
13. A Christmas Story (1983)
14. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
15. A Few Good Men (1992)
16. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
17. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
18. A History of Violence (2005)
19. A Perfect World (1993)
20. A Place In The Sun (1951)
21. A River Runs Through It (1992)
22. A Simple Plan (1998)
23. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
24. A Walk In The Clouds (1995)
25. Aan (Foreign) (1952)
26. Aberdeen (Foreign) (2001)
27. About Schmidt (2002)
28. Affliction (1997)
29. African Queen (1951)
30. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes – ‘Aguirre, Wrath Of God’ (Foreign) (1972)
31. Airplane! (1980)
32. Aladdin (Animated) (1992)
33. Alice in Wonderland (Animated) (1951)
34. Alien (1979)
35. Aliens (1986)
36. Alive (1993)
37. All About Eve (1950)
38. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
39. Almost Famous (2000)
40. Amadeus (1984)
41. American Beauty (1999)
42. American Graffiti (1973)
43. American History X (1998)
44. American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (Documentary) (1999)
45. Amores Perros – “Love’s A Bitch” (Foreign) (2000)
46. An American In Paris (Musical) (1951)
47. An Angel At My Table (1990)
48. Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
49. Andrei Rublyov – “Andrei Rublev” (Foreign) (1969)
50. Animal House (1978)
51. Annie Hall (1977)
52. Apocalypse Now (1979)
53. Apollo 13 (1995)
54. Arlington Road (1999)
55. Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
56. Atanarjuat – ‘The Fast Runner’ (Foreign) (2001)
57. Badlands (1973)
58. Batman (1989)
59. Batman Begins (2005)
60. Ballet Mecanique (Foreign) (1924)
61. Before Night Falls (2000)
62. Being John Malkovich (1999)
63. Being There (1979)
64. Ben-Hur (1959)
65. Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
66. Best In Show (2000)
67. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
68. Billy Elliot (2000)
69. Birth Of A Nation (1915)
70. Blood Work (2002)
71. Blue Chips (1994)
72. Blue Velvet (1986)
73. Body Heat (1981)
74. Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
75. Boogie Nights (1997)
76. Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
77. Bound (1996)
78. Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
79. Boyz N The Hood (1991)
80. Braveheart (1995)
81. Breakdown (1997)
82. Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
83. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
84. Broken Rainbow (Documentary) (1985)
85. Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (Documentary)(2000)
86. Buena Vista Social Club (Documentary - Foreign) (1999)
87. Bugsy (1991)
88. Bullitt (1968)
89. Bully (2001)
90. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969)
91. Caddyshack (1980)
92. Calling the Ghosts (Documentary) (1997)
93. Cape Fear (1991)
94. Capote (2005)
95. Carlito’s Way (1993)
96. Casablanca (1942)
97. Casino (1995)
98. Changing Lanes (2002)
99. Chicago (2002)
100. Chinatown (1974)
101. Cidade de Deus – ‘City of God’ (Foreign) (2002)
102. Cider House Rules (1999)
103. Citizen Kane (1941)
104. City Lights (1931)
105. City Slickers (1991)
106. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (1977)
107. Collateral (2004)
108. Coming To America (1988)
109. Contact (1997)
110. Courage Under Fire (1996)
111. Crash (2005)
112. Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua – ‘Raise the Red Lantern’ (Foreign) (1991)
113. Dancer In The Dark (2000)
114. Dances With Wolves (1990)
115. Das Boot - The Director’s Cut (Foreign) (1981)
116. Dave (1993)
117. Days of Heaven (1978)
118. Dead Man Walking (1985)
119. Dead Poet’s Society (1989)
120. Dead Ringers (1988)
121. Deliverance (1972)
122. Die Hard (1988)
123. Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995)
124. Dirty Harry (1971)
125. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
126. Do The Right Thing (1989)
127. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
128. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
129. Donnie Brasco (1997)
130. Donnie Darko (2001)
131. Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
132. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
133. Duck Soup (1933)
134. Dumb And Dumber (1994)
135. Dut Yeung Nin Wa – ‘In The Mood For Love’ (Foreign) (2000)
136. Elephant (2003)
137. Emak Bakia – ‘Don’t Bother Me’ (Foreign) (1926)
138. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
139. Entre-Acte – ‘Between the Acts’ (Foreign) (1924)
140. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
141. E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
142. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
143. Falling Down (1993)
144. Fantasia (Animated) (1940)
145. Far From Heaven (2002)
146. Fargo (1996)
147. Field Of Dreams (1989)
148. Fight Club (1999)
149. Finding Nemo (2003)
150. Fire In The Sky (1993)
151. Forrest Gump (1994)
152. Four Days In September (Foreign) (1997)
153. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
154. Frailty (2001)
155. Frankenstein (1931)
156. Frequency (2000)
157. Frida (2002)
158. From Here To Eternity (1953)
159. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
160. Game of Death (1978)
161. Gandhi (1982)
162. Gasman (Foreign) (1997)
163. Gattaca (1997)
164. Ghost (1990)
165. Ghostbusters (1984)
166. Ghostworld (2001)
167. Giant (1954)
168. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
169. Gods And Monsters (1998)
170. Goldfinger (1964)
171. Gone With The Wind (1939)
172. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
173. Good Will Hunting (1997)
174. Goodfellas (1990)
175. Gosford Park (2001)
176. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
177. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
178. Habla Con Ella – ‘Talk To Her’ (Foreign) (2003)
179. Hamlet (2000)
180. Happiness (1998)
181. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
182. Hate (Foreign) (1996)
183. Heat (1995)
184. High Noon (1952)
185. Homicide (1991)
186. Hoop Dreams (Documentary) (1994)
187. Hud (1963)
188. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
189. Igby Goes Down (2002)
190. In America (2002)
191. In The Bedroom (2001)
192. In The Line Of Fire (1993)
193. In The Name Of The Father (1993)
194. Innocence (2000)
195. Insomnia (Foreign) (1997)
196. Insomnia (2002)
197. Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
198. It Happened One Night (1934)
199. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
200. Jackie Brown (1997)
201. Jarhead (2005)
202. Jaws (1975)
203. Jerry Maguire (1996)
204. Jesus’ Son (1999)
205. JFK (1991)
206. Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang – ‘The Emperor And The Assassin’ (Foreign) (1999)
207. Jungle Book (1942)
208. Jungle Book (Animated) (1967)
209. Kalifornia (1993)
210. Kill Bill: Volume One (2003)
211. Kill The Day (Foreign) (1996)
212. Kundun (1997)
213. Kolya (Foreign) (1996)
214. L’atalante: Remastered Director’s Cut (Foreign) (1934)
215. L.A. Confidential (1997)
216. Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
217. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
218. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain – ‘Amelie’ (Foreign) (2001)
219. Le Samorai (Foreign) (1967)
220. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
221. Legends Of The Fall (1994)
222. Lethal Weapon (1987)
223. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
224. Life Is Beautiful (Foreign) (2000)
225. Lion King (Animated) (1994)
226. Lolita (1997)
227. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
228. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended DVD Edition (2001)
229. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
230. Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
231. Lost Highway (1997)
232. Lost in Translation (2003)
233. Love and Death (1975)
234. Lovely and Amazing (2002)
235. M*A*S*H (1970)
236. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
237. Magnolia (1999)
238. Malcolm X (1992)
239. Man With A Movie Camera (Foreign) (1929)
240. Manchurian Candidate (1962)
241. Matchstick Men (2003)
242. Mean Streets (1973)
243. Menace II Society (1993)
244. Metropolis (1927)
245. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
246. Midnight Express (1978)
247. Mies vailla menneisyytta – ‘The Man without a Past’ (Foreign) (2002)
248. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
249. Millions (Foreign) (2004)
250. Minority Report (2002)
251. Misery (1990)
252. Mississippi Burning (1988)
253. Modern Times (1936)
254. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
255. Monster (2003)
256. Monster’s Ball (2001)
257. Monsters Inc. (Animated) (2001)
258. Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
259. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
260. Mulholland Drive (2001)
261. Mulholland Falls (1996)
262. Murder In The First (1995)
263. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
264. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
265. My Fair Lady (Musical) (1964)
266. Mystic River (2003)
267. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
268. Narc (2002)
269. Natural Born Killers (1994)
270. Network (1976)
271. Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)
272. Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
273. Nirgendwo in Afrika – ‘Nowhere in Africa’ (Foreign) (2001)
274. Nixon (1995)
275. No Mans Land (2001)
276. North By Northwest (1959)
277. Notorious (1946)
278. October Sky (1999)
279. On The Waterfront (1954)
280. One False Move (1991)
281. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
282. Ordet – “The Word” (Foreign) (1955)
283. Out Of Africa (1985)
284. Pane e Tulipani – “Bread and Tulips’ (Foreign) (2000)
285. Panic (2000)
286. Passage (Foreign) (2001)
287. Paths Of Glory (1957)
288. Patton (1970)
289. Per un Pugno di Dollari – ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ (Foreign) (1964)
290. Peuple migrateur, Le – ‘Winged Migration’ (Foreign Documentary) (2001)
291. Philadelphia (1993)
292. Phorpa – ‘The Cup’ (Foreign) (1999)
293. Pi (1998)
294. Pink Floyd: The Wall (Musical) (1982)
295. Platoon (1986)
296. Pleasantville (1998)
297. Pollock (2000)
298. Primary Colors (1998)
299. Prince Of Tides (1991)
300. Private Parts (1997)
301. Psycho (1960)
302. Pulp Fiction (1994)
303. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
304. Quills (2000)
305. Quiz Show (1994)
306. Raging Bull (1980)
307. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
308. Rainman (1988)
309. Rambo: First Blood (1982)
310. Ran (Foreign) (1985)
311. Rashomon (Foreign) (1950)
312. Ratcatcher (Foreign) (2000)
313. Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (Documentary)(2001)
314. Raw (1987)
315. Rear Window (1954)
316. Rebel Without a Cause (1959)
317. Requiem For A Dream: The Director’s Cut (2000)
318. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
319. Return Of The Jedi (1983)
320. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
321. Road To Perdition (2002)
322. Rob Roy (1995)
323. Robin Hood (Animated) (1973)
324. Rocky (1976)
325. Rocky II (1979)
326. Ronin (1998)
327. Rope (1948)
328. Run Lola Run (Foreign) (1998)
329. Rushmore (1998)
330. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
331. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
332. Saving Grace (2000)
333. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
334. Sayat Nova – ‘Color of Pomegranates’ (Foreign) (1968)
335. Scent Of A Woman (1992)
336. Schindler’s List (1993)
337. Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
338. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
339. Sense And Sensibility (1995)
340. Se7en (1995)
341. Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
342. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
343. Shane (1953)
344. Shawshank Redemption (1994)
345. Shiqi sui de dan che – ‘Beijing Bicycle’ (Foreign) (2001)
346. Shrek (Animated) (2001)
347. Sideways (2004)
348. Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
349. Singin’ In The Rain (Musical) (1952)
350. Sleepers (1996)
351. Small Deaths (Foreign) (1995)
352. Smoke Signals (1998)
353. Solaris (Foreign) (1972)
354. Some Like It Hot (1959)
355. Sound Of Music (Musical) (1965)
356. Spaceballs (1987)
357. Spartacus (1960)
358. Stagecoach (1939)
359. Star Wars (1977)
360. Stir Of Echoes (1999)
361. Strange Days (1995)
362. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
363. Sunshine State (2002)
364. Switchback (1997)
365. Tape (2001)
366. Tarnation (2004)
367. Taste of Cherry (Foreign) (1997)
368. Taxi Driver: 20th Anniversary Edition (1976)
369. Ten Commandments (1956)
370. Terminator (1984)
371. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
372. The Age Of Innocence (1993)
373. The Apartment (1960)
374. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
375. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
376. The Big Lebowski (1998)
377. The Boxer (1997)
378. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
379. The Candidate (1972)
380. The Cell (2000)
381. The Circle (Foreign) (2000)
382. The Color Purple (1985)
383. The Contender (2000)
384. The Conversation (1974)
385. The Crow (1994)
386. The Crying Game (1992)
387. The Deer Hunter (1978)
388. The Doors (1991)
389. The Dreamers (2004)
390. The Edge (1997)
391. The Elephant Man (1980)
392. The English Patient (1996)
393. The Filth and the Fury (2000) (Documentary)
394. The French Connection (1971)
395. The Fugitive (1993)
396. The Godfather (1972)
397. The Godfather II (1974)
398. The Godfather III (1990)
399. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
400. The Gold Rush (1925)
401. The Good Girl (2002)
402. The Graduate (1967)
403. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
404. The Green Mile (1999)
405. The History of English: The Loaded Gun (Documentary)
406. The Hunt For Red October (1990)
407. The Hustler (1961)
408. The Insider (1999)
409. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
410. The Killing Fields (1984)
411. The King And I (Musical) (1956)
412. The Laramie Project (2002)
413. The Last Emperor (1987)
414. The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
415. The Last Waltz (1978)
416. The Little Mermaid (Animated) (1989)
417. The Longest Day (1962)
418. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
419. The Matrix (1999)
420. The Minus Man (1999)
421. The Mirror (Foreign) (1974)
422. The Natural (1984)
423. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
424. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
425. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
426. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
427. The Piano (1993)
428. The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (2004)
429. The Professional (1994)
430. The Quiet American (2003)
431. The Road Warrior (1981)
432. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
433. The Sandlot (1993)
434. The School of Rock (2003)
435. The Score (2001)
436. The Searchers (1956)
437. The Seven Samurai (Foreign) (1954)
438. The Shining (1980)
439. The Straight Story (1999)
440. The Sword In The Stone (Animated) (1963)
441. The Thief (Foreign) (1997)
442. The Third Man (1949)
443. The Untouchables (1987)
444. The War Room (Documentary) (1993)
445. The Wild Bunch (1969)
446. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
447. The Yards (2000)
448. Thin Red Line (1998)
449. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
450. Tigerland (2000)
451. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
452. Todo Sobre Mi Madre – ‘All About My Mother’ (Foreign) (1999)
453. Tombstone (1993)
454. Tootsie (1982)
455. Toy Story (Animated) (1995)
456. Toy Story 2 (Animated) (1999)
457. Training Day (2001)
458. Trainspotting (1996)
459. Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
460. Trees Lounge (1996)
461. Trois Couleurs: Bleu – ‘Three Colors: Blue’ (Foreign) (1993)
462. Ulee’s Gold (1997)
463. Un Chien Andalou (Foreign) (1929)
464. Unforgiven (1992)
465. Usual Suspects (1995)
466. Vertigo (1958)
467. Viskningar Och Rop – ‘Cries and Whispers’ (Foreign) (1972)
468. Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
469. Vormittagsspuk – ‘Ghosts Before Breakfast’ (Foreign) (1928)
470. Waking Life (2001)
471. Wall Street (1987)
472. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (Animated) (1995)
473. Wayne’s World (1992)
474. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
475. Welcome To The Dollhouse (1995)
476. West Side Story (Musical) (1961)
477. Whale Rider (Foreign) (2002)
478. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
479. White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
480. Wild Strawberries (Foreign) (1957)
481. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
482. Wonder Boys (2000)
483. Wings Of The Dove (1997)
484. Wo Hu Cang Long – ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (Foreign) (2000)
485. Wuthering Heights (1939)
486. Y Tu Mama Tambien – ‘And Your Mama Too’ (Foreign) (2002)
487. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Musical) (1942)
488. Yellow Submarine (Animated) (1968)
489. You Can Count On Me (2000)
490. Z (Foreign) (1969)
491. Zelig (1983)
You will find dramas, comedies, animated films, art films, musicals and foreign films on here. I have not ranked the films because it would be too arbitrary considering the wide range of movies on the list. Feel free to add on to the list (or tell me why something should be taken off the list) by commenting.
1. 100 Rifles (1969)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
4. 13 Conversations About One Thing (2002)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
6. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916)
7. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
8. 8 Mile (2002)
9. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
10. A Better Place (1997)
11. A Bronx Tale (1993)
12. A Bugs Life (Animated) (1998)
13. A Christmas Story (1983)
14. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
15. A Few Good Men (1992)
16. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
17. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
18. A History of Violence (2005)
19. A Perfect World (1993)
20. A Place In The Sun (1951)
21. A River Runs Through It (1992)
22. A Simple Plan (1998)
23. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
24. A Walk In The Clouds (1995)
25. Aan (Foreign) (1952)
26. Aberdeen (Foreign) (2001)
27. About Schmidt (2002)
28. Affliction (1997)
29. African Queen (1951)
30. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes – ‘Aguirre, Wrath Of God’ (Foreign) (1972)
31. Airplane! (1980)
32. Aladdin (Animated) (1992)
33. Alice in Wonderland (Animated) (1951)
34. Alien (1979)
35. Aliens (1986)
36. Alive (1993)
37. All About Eve (1950)
38. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
39. Almost Famous (2000)
40. Amadeus (1984)
41. American Beauty (1999)
42. American Graffiti (1973)
43. American History X (1998)
44. American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (Documentary) (1999)
45. Amores Perros – “Love’s A Bitch” (Foreign) (2000)
46. An American In Paris (Musical) (1951)
47. An Angel At My Table (1990)
48. Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
49. Andrei Rublyov – “Andrei Rublev” (Foreign) (1969)
50. Animal House (1978)
51. Annie Hall (1977)
52. Apocalypse Now (1979)
53. Apollo 13 (1995)
54. Arlington Road (1999)
55. Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
56. Atanarjuat – ‘The Fast Runner’ (Foreign) (2001)
57. Badlands (1973)
58. Batman (1989)
59. Batman Begins (2005)
60. Ballet Mecanique (Foreign) (1924)
61. Before Night Falls (2000)
62. Being John Malkovich (1999)
63. Being There (1979)
64. Ben-Hur (1959)
65. Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
66. Best In Show (2000)
67. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
68. Billy Elliot (2000)
69. Birth Of A Nation (1915)
70. Blood Work (2002)
71. Blue Chips (1994)
72. Blue Velvet (1986)
73. Body Heat (1981)
74. Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
75. Boogie Nights (1997)
76. Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
77. Bound (1996)
78. Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
79. Boyz N The Hood (1991)
80. Braveheart (1995)
81. Breakdown (1997)
82. Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
83. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
84. Broken Rainbow (Documentary) (1985)
85. Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (Documentary)(2000)
86. Buena Vista Social Club (Documentary - Foreign) (1999)
87. Bugsy (1991)
88. Bullitt (1968)
89. Bully (2001)
90. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969)
91. Caddyshack (1980)
92. Calling the Ghosts (Documentary) (1997)
93. Cape Fear (1991)
94. Capote (2005)
95. Carlito’s Way (1993)
96. Casablanca (1942)
97. Casino (1995)
98. Changing Lanes (2002)
99. Chicago (2002)
100. Chinatown (1974)
101. Cidade de Deus – ‘City of God’ (Foreign) (2002)
102. Cider House Rules (1999)
103. Citizen Kane (1941)
104. City Lights (1931)
105. City Slickers (1991)
106. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (1977)
107. Collateral (2004)
108. Coming To America (1988)
109. Contact (1997)
110. Courage Under Fire (1996)
111. Crash (2005)
112. Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua – ‘Raise the Red Lantern’ (Foreign) (1991)
113. Dancer In The Dark (2000)
114. Dances With Wolves (1990)
115. Das Boot - The Director’s Cut (Foreign) (1981)
116. Dave (1993)
117. Days of Heaven (1978)
118. Dead Man Walking (1985)
119. Dead Poet’s Society (1989)
120. Dead Ringers (1988)
121. Deliverance (1972)
122. Die Hard (1988)
123. Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995)
124. Dirty Harry (1971)
125. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
126. Do The Right Thing (1989)
127. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
128. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
129. Donnie Brasco (1997)
130. Donnie Darko (2001)
131. Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
132. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
133. Duck Soup (1933)
134. Dumb And Dumber (1994)
135. Dut Yeung Nin Wa – ‘In The Mood For Love’ (Foreign) (2000)
136. Elephant (2003)
137. Emak Bakia – ‘Don’t Bother Me’ (Foreign) (1926)
138. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
139. Entre-Acte – ‘Between the Acts’ (Foreign) (1924)
140. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
141. E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
142. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
143. Falling Down (1993)
144. Fantasia (Animated) (1940)
145. Far From Heaven (2002)
146. Fargo (1996)
147. Field Of Dreams (1989)
148. Fight Club (1999)
149. Finding Nemo (2003)
150. Fire In The Sky (1993)
151. Forrest Gump (1994)
152. Four Days In September (Foreign) (1997)
153. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
154. Frailty (2001)
155. Frankenstein (1931)
156. Frequency (2000)
157. Frida (2002)
158. From Here To Eternity (1953)
159. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
160. Game of Death (1978)
161. Gandhi (1982)
162. Gasman (Foreign) (1997)
163. Gattaca (1997)
164. Ghost (1990)
165. Ghostbusters (1984)
166. Ghostworld (2001)
167. Giant (1954)
168. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
169. Gods And Monsters (1998)
170. Goldfinger (1964)
171. Gone With The Wind (1939)
172. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
173. Good Will Hunting (1997)
174. Goodfellas (1990)
175. Gosford Park (2001)
176. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
177. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
178. Habla Con Ella – ‘Talk To Her’ (Foreign) (2003)
179. Hamlet (2000)
180. Happiness (1998)
181. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
182. Hate (Foreign) (1996)
183. Heat (1995)
184. High Noon (1952)
185. Homicide (1991)
186. Hoop Dreams (Documentary) (1994)
187. Hud (1963)
188. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
189. Igby Goes Down (2002)
190. In America (2002)
191. In The Bedroom (2001)
192. In The Line Of Fire (1993)
193. In The Name Of The Father (1993)
194. Innocence (2000)
195. Insomnia (Foreign) (1997)
196. Insomnia (2002)
197. Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
198. It Happened One Night (1934)
199. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
200. Jackie Brown (1997)
201. Jarhead (2005)
202. Jaws (1975)
203. Jerry Maguire (1996)
204. Jesus’ Son (1999)
205. JFK (1991)
206. Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang – ‘The Emperor And The Assassin’ (Foreign) (1999)
207. Jungle Book (1942)
208. Jungle Book (Animated) (1967)
209. Kalifornia (1993)
210. Kill Bill: Volume One (2003)
211. Kill The Day (Foreign) (1996)
212. Kundun (1997)
213. Kolya (Foreign) (1996)
214. L’atalante: Remastered Director’s Cut (Foreign) (1934)
215. L.A. Confidential (1997)
216. Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
217. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
218. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain – ‘Amelie’ (Foreign) (2001)
219. Le Samorai (Foreign) (1967)
220. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
221. Legends Of The Fall (1994)
222. Lethal Weapon (1987)
223. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
224. Life Is Beautiful (Foreign) (2000)
225. Lion King (Animated) (1994)
226. Lolita (1997)
227. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
228. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended DVD Edition (2001)
229. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
230. Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
231. Lost Highway (1997)
232. Lost in Translation (2003)
233. Love and Death (1975)
234. Lovely and Amazing (2002)
235. M*A*S*H (1970)
236. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
237. Magnolia (1999)
238. Malcolm X (1992)
239. Man With A Movie Camera (Foreign) (1929)
240. Manchurian Candidate (1962)
241. Matchstick Men (2003)
242. Mean Streets (1973)
243. Menace II Society (1993)
244. Metropolis (1927)
245. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
246. Midnight Express (1978)
247. Mies vailla menneisyytta – ‘The Man without a Past’ (Foreign) (2002)
248. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
249. Millions (Foreign) (2004)
250. Minority Report (2002)
251. Misery (1990)
252. Mississippi Burning (1988)
253. Modern Times (1936)
254. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
255. Monster (2003)
256. Monster’s Ball (2001)
257. Monsters Inc. (Animated) (2001)
258. Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
259. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
260. Mulholland Drive (2001)
261. Mulholland Falls (1996)
262. Murder In The First (1995)
263. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
264. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
265. My Fair Lady (Musical) (1964)
266. Mystic River (2003)
267. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
268. Narc (2002)
269. Natural Born Killers (1994)
270. Network (1976)
271. Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)
272. Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
273. Nirgendwo in Afrika – ‘Nowhere in Africa’ (Foreign) (2001)
274. Nixon (1995)
275. No Mans Land (2001)
276. North By Northwest (1959)
277. Notorious (1946)
278. October Sky (1999)
279. On The Waterfront (1954)
280. One False Move (1991)
281. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
282. Ordet – “The Word” (Foreign) (1955)
283. Out Of Africa (1985)
284. Pane e Tulipani – “Bread and Tulips’ (Foreign) (2000)
285. Panic (2000)
286. Passage (Foreign) (2001)
287. Paths Of Glory (1957)
288. Patton (1970)
289. Per un Pugno di Dollari – ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ (Foreign) (1964)
290. Peuple migrateur, Le – ‘Winged Migration’ (Foreign Documentary) (2001)
291. Philadelphia (1993)
292. Phorpa – ‘The Cup’ (Foreign) (1999)
293. Pi (1998)
294. Pink Floyd: The Wall (Musical) (1982)
295. Platoon (1986)
296. Pleasantville (1998)
297. Pollock (2000)
298. Primary Colors (1998)
299. Prince Of Tides (1991)
300. Private Parts (1997)
301. Psycho (1960)
302. Pulp Fiction (1994)
303. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
304. Quills (2000)
305. Quiz Show (1994)
306. Raging Bull (1980)
307. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
308. Rainman (1988)
309. Rambo: First Blood (1982)
310. Ran (Foreign) (1985)
311. Rashomon (Foreign) (1950)
312. Ratcatcher (Foreign) (2000)
313. Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (Documentary)(2001)
314. Raw (1987)
315. Rear Window (1954)
316. Rebel Without a Cause (1959)
317. Requiem For A Dream: The Director’s Cut (2000)
318. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
319. Return Of The Jedi (1983)
320. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
321. Road To Perdition (2002)
322. Rob Roy (1995)
323. Robin Hood (Animated) (1973)
324. Rocky (1976)
325. Rocky II (1979)
326. Ronin (1998)
327. Rope (1948)
328. Run Lola Run (Foreign) (1998)
329. Rushmore (1998)
330. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
331. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
332. Saving Grace (2000)
333. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
334. Sayat Nova – ‘Color of Pomegranates’ (Foreign) (1968)
335. Scent Of A Woman (1992)
336. Schindler’s List (1993)
337. Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
338. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
339. Sense And Sensibility (1995)
340. Se7en (1995)
341. Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
342. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
343. Shane (1953)
344. Shawshank Redemption (1994)
345. Shiqi sui de dan che – ‘Beijing Bicycle’ (Foreign) (2001)
346. Shrek (Animated) (2001)
347. Sideways (2004)
348. Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
349. Singin’ In The Rain (Musical) (1952)
350. Sleepers (1996)
351. Small Deaths (Foreign) (1995)
352. Smoke Signals (1998)
353. Solaris (Foreign) (1972)
354. Some Like It Hot (1959)
355. Sound Of Music (Musical) (1965)
356. Spaceballs (1987)
357. Spartacus (1960)
358. Stagecoach (1939)
359. Star Wars (1977)
360. Stir Of Echoes (1999)
361. Strange Days (1995)
362. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
363. Sunshine State (2002)
364. Switchback (1997)
365. Tape (2001)
366. Tarnation (2004)
367. Taste of Cherry (Foreign) (1997)
368. Taxi Driver: 20th Anniversary Edition (1976)
369. Ten Commandments (1956)
370. Terminator (1984)
371. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
372. The Age Of Innocence (1993)
373. The Apartment (1960)
374. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
375. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
376. The Big Lebowski (1998)
377. The Boxer (1997)
378. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
379. The Candidate (1972)
380. The Cell (2000)
381. The Circle (Foreign) (2000)
382. The Color Purple (1985)
383. The Contender (2000)
384. The Conversation (1974)
385. The Crow (1994)
386. The Crying Game (1992)
387. The Deer Hunter (1978)
388. The Doors (1991)
389. The Dreamers (2004)
390. The Edge (1997)
391. The Elephant Man (1980)
392. The English Patient (1996)
393. The Filth and the Fury (2000) (Documentary)
394. The French Connection (1971)
395. The Fugitive (1993)
396. The Godfather (1972)
397. The Godfather II (1974)
398. The Godfather III (1990)
399. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
400. The Gold Rush (1925)
401. The Good Girl (2002)
402. The Graduate (1967)
403. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
404. The Green Mile (1999)
405. The History of English: The Loaded Gun (Documentary)
406. The Hunt For Red October (1990)
407. The Hustler (1961)
408. The Insider (1999)
409. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
410. The Killing Fields (1984)
411. The King And I (Musical) (1956)
412. The Laramie Project (2002)
413. The Last Emperor (1987)
414. The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
415. The Last Waltz (1978)
416. The Little Mermaid (Animated) (1989)
417. The Longest Day (1962)
418. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
419. The Matrix (1999)
420. The Minus Man (1999)
421. The Mirror (Foreign) (1974)
422. The Natural (1984)
423. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
424. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
425. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
426. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
427. The Piano (1993)
428. The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (2004)
429. The Professional (1994)
430. The Quiet American (2003)
431. The Road Warrior (1981)
432. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
433. The Sandlot (1993)
434. The School of Rock (2003)
435. The Score (2001)
436. The Searchers (1956)
437. The Seven Samurai (Foreign) (1954)
438. The Shining (1980)
439. The Straight Story (1999)
440. The Sword In The Stone (Animated) (1963)
441. The Thief (Foreign) (1997)
442. The Third Man (1949)
443. The Untouchables (1987)
444. The War Room (Documentary) (1993)
445. The Wild Bunch (1969)
446. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
447. The Yards (2000)
448. Thin Red Line (1998)
449. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
450. Tigerland (2000)
451. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
452. Todo Sobre Mi Madre – ‘All About My Mother’ (Foreign) (1999)
453. Tombstone (1993)
454. Tootsie (1982)
455. Toy Story (Animated) (1995)
456. Toy Story 2 (Animated) (1999)
457. Training Day (2001)
458. Trainspotting (1996)
459. Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
460. Trees Lounge (1996)
461. Trois Couleurs: Bleu – ‘Three Colors: Blue’ (Foreign) (1993)
462. Ulee’s Gold (1997)
463. Un Chien Andalou (Foreign) (1929)
464. Unforgiven (1992)
465. Usual Suspects (1995)
466. Vertigo (1958)
467. Viskningar Och Rop – ‘Cries and Whispers’ (Foreign) (1972)
468. Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
469. Vormittagsspuk – ‘Ghosts Before Breakfast’ (Foreign) (1928)
470. Waking Life (2001)
471. Wall Street (1987)
472. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (Animated) (1995)
473. Wayne’s World (1992)
474. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
475. Welcome To The Dollhouse (1995)
476. West Side Story (Musical) (1961)
477. Whale Rider (Foreign) (2002)
478. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
479. White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
480. Wild Strawberries (Foreign) (1957)
481. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
482. Wonder Boys (2000)
483. Wings Of The Dove (1997)
484. Wo Hu Cang Long – ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (Foreign) (2000)
485. Wuthering Heights (1939)
486. Y Tu Mama Tambien – ‘And Your Mama Too’ (Foreign) (2002)
487. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Musical) (1942)
488. Yellow Submarine (Animated) (1968)
489. You Can Count On Me (2000)
490. Z (Foreign) (1969)
491. Zelig (1983)
6 comments:
Your list is impressive for sheer its size, but is so big as to be unmanageable. I think I would recommend ratcheting up the standards a bit. The inclusion of quite a few of these movies made me raise my eyebrows. Sure, movies like Rob Roy and Training Day are okay to pass the time, but do they belong on any list with Citizen Kane and Apocalypse Now? To name a few things I noticed...
Your list has some seeming inconsistencies:
I Heart Huckabees but not Three Kings
Kill Bill: Volume One but not Volume Two
Lord of the Rings installments I and II but not III
Game of Death but not Enter the Dragon
Spartacus but not Gladiator
Gosford Park but not Short Cuts
Being John Malkovich but not Adaptation
Millions and Trainspotting but not 28 Days Later
The Hustler but not The Color of Money
Sunshine State but not Lone Star
Run Lola Run but not The Princess and the Warrior
A River Runs Through it but not All the Pretty Horses
And some things you should just be ashamed of:
Weekend at Bernie’s but not The Hours
Revenge of the Nerds but not Traffic
The Professional but not Beautiful Girls
Kalifornia but not True Romance
The Natural but not Eight Men Out
And for god’s sake, no:
Summer of Sam?
Stand By Me?
Swingers?
Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
Rounders?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
In terms of the list being too long, I don’t see this as a greatest movies of all time list. If I wanted to ratchet up the standards, I would do so if I were to narrow down the list to the “Top 50” and rank them. This is more of a journal, an on-going list of movies that affect me somehow.
Regarding the movies you mentioned:
Three Kings – just didn’t do it for me. The whole searching for treasure thing and then helping the “natives” wasn’t my thing.
Kill Bill: Volume Two – I noticed this right away. Duly Noted. In fact, I liked Volume Two better than the first.
Lord of the Rings – I might actually remove all three of these movies because the way in which they were marketed and released really affected my perception of them. A good story is one thing, but I don’t like being raped at the box office and then force-fed a 16 hour DVD two weeks later . . .
Enter the Dragon – Gross oversight on my part.
Gladiator – What can I say, it sucked.
Short Cuts – Yet to see it, so no comment.
Adaptation – Saw it, forgot to put it on the list.
28 Days Later – second half of the film wrecked the entire film. It dragged on and on. It could have been a contender.
The Color of Money, Lone Star, The Princess and the Warrior, All the Pretty Horses, Beautiful Girls, True Romance, Eight Men Out – yet to see them. Got a copy I can watch?
The Hours, Traffic, Stand By Me, Swingers – forgot to put it on there.
Rounders, Summer of Sam – I’ll have to see them again, but not on the list yet.
Dracula, Eternal Sunshine – didn’t see them yet.
Still three words haunt me:
Weekend at Bernie's
Anyway, does a studio's marketing of films (LOTR) really diminish their quality? I should admit I can sympathize. I refused to see Grosse Point Blank for years because of its aggressive marketing campaign. When I saw it I liked it a lot though. (Is it on your list? I forget.) Anyway, it's hard for me to accept that you would really omit those majestic movies from your list while something like Quills stays on. If that is the case, I'm afraid I can't wrap my head around this list of yours.
As for the ones you haven't seen, I only have a copy of Beautiful Girls (one of my all-time favorites) you're welcome to borrow. but I'll warn you: it's middle-of-the-road white guy angst. Directed by the late great Ted Demme. Honestly, all the ones I mentioned are things you should check out. Much better in my opinion than something like Gladiator, which I only mentioned because it's the same movie as Spartacus, which made your list.
Color of Money, by the way, may be the only Scorsese movie not on your list, so you ought to feel pretty compelled to see it. If you like the Hustler and Hud, it's up your alley anyway.
Also, True Romance is absolutely historic and demands to be seen. Not only does it mark Quentin Tarantino's major studio screenwriting debut, but the cast is ridiculous: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, Michael Rapaport, and a gem of a performance by Brad Pitt. There's even a deleted scene with Jack Black!
As for Bram Stoker's Dracula (directed by FF Coppola), I just don't think I've ever met anyone who didn't like it. So it's a pretty safe bet you'd enjoy it.
One more thing: if I didn't make my opinion clear, Kalifornia, The Professional, and The Natural all SUCK. To me they were your most glaring inclusions.
man, Rocky 1 and 2, but not Rocky 3? How do you leave out the film that made the term "eye of the tiger" a part of our everyday vocabulary. Not to mention the fact Mr. T was in that movie.
I probably haven't seen 90% of the movies on this list though. I'm surprised there's not Garden State on there though.
I stopped looking after realizing the list doesn't contain Debbie Does Dallas or Dirty Debutantes 3.
armen,
those movies are missing from the list because i haven't seen them ... at least not in their entirety.
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