Sunday, August 17, 2008

You should see our Netflix queue

DH and I have very very different tastes in movies. In an attempt to go out less and educate ourselves a little, we've decided to make our way through the IMDB list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, as voted by the public.

(In the interest of public disclosure, we didn't do AFI's list because 1. I was a film minor and have seen waaay more "classic" films than DH and 2. DH won't watch a list of American movies, he has to have some British films.)

I have seen all the movies in Bold and DH has seen those in Italics. How many have you seen?

Elliott: 48
DH: 25

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
5. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Rear Window (1954)
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18. Cidade de Deus (2002)
19. C'era una volta il West (1968)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1995)
22. Psycho (1960)
23. Fight Club (1999)
24. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. WALL·E (2008)
27. North by Northwest (1959)
28. Memento (2000)
29. Citizen Kane (1941)
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
32. The Matrix (1999)
33. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
34. Se7en (1995)
35. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
38. American Beauty (1999)
39. Léon (1994)
40. American History X (1998)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
43. Paths of Glory (1957)
44. The Departed (2006)
45. M (1931)
46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
47. Chinatown (1974)
48. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
49. The Third Man (1949)
50. Alien (1979)
51. Forrest Gump (1994)
52. Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54. Double Indemnity (1944)
55. The Shining (1980)
56. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
57. The Pianist (2002)
58. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
59. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
60. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
61. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
62. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
65. Aliens (1986)
66. Boot, Das (1981)
67. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
68. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
69. Rashômon (1950)
70. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
71. Raging Bull (1980)
72. Untergang, Der (2004)
73. Metropolis (1927)
74. No Country for Old Men (2007)
75. Modern Times (1936)
76. Rebecca (1940)
77. City Lights (1931)
78. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
79. All About Eve (1950)
80. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
81. The Prestige (2006)
82. There Will Be Blood (2007)
83. Vita è bella, La (1997)
84. Amadeus (1984)
85. Sin City (2005)
86. Some Like It Hot (1959)
87. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
88. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
89. The Great Escape (1963)
90. The Elephant Man (1980)
91. On the Waterfront (1954)
92. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
93. Touch of Evil (1958)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. The Apartment (1960)
96. The Sting (1973)
97. Batman Begins (2005)
98. The Great Dictator (1940)
99. Jaws (1975)
100. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

2 comments:

lisagh said...

I saved this post on my Bloglines for a few days 'cuz I really wanted to do it but needed to find the time.

So... I've seen 30 of those movies. It's a great list! Thanks for posting.

Southern Preppy Mommy said...

What a great idea. I just looked through them and I have seen 41 of them.