I’ve always thought it would be cool to try and watch the top 100 movies of all time. I’m not a big movie buff but for some reason I feel obligated to watch the top 100.
Being the big geek that I am, I decided to generate the following links (actually, my friend helped me do it) which will make it easier for me to schedule the top 100 up for recording. Pretty neat hunh (Digg here)?
- CITIZEN KANE (1941)
- CASABLANCA (1942)
- THE GODFATHER (1972)
- GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
- LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
- THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
- THE GRADUATE (1967)
- ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
- SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
- SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
- IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
- SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
- THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
- SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
- STAR WARS (1977)
- ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
- THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
- PSYCHO (1960)
- CHINATOWN (1974)
- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
- THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
- THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
- RAGING BULL (1980)
- ETTHE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
- DRSTRANGELOVE (1964)
- BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
- APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
- MRSMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
- THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
- ANNIE HALL (1977)
- THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
- HIGH NOON (1952)
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
- IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
- MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
- DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
- DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
- WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
- REAR WINDOW (1954)
- KING KONG (1933)
- THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
- TAXI DRIVER (1976)
- JAWS (1975)
- SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
- BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
- THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
- AMADEUS (1984)
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
- THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- THE THIRD MAN (1949)
- FANTASIA (1940)
- REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
- RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
- VERTIGO (1958)
- TOOTSIE (1982)
- STAGECOACH (1939)
- CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
- NETWORK (1976)
- THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
- SHANE (1953)
- THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
- FORREST GUMP (1994)
- BEN-HUR (1959)
- WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
- THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
- DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
- CITY LIGHTS (1931)
- AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
- ROCKY (1976)
- THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
- THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
- MODERN TIMES (1936)
- GIANT (1956)
- PLATOON (1986)
- FARGO (1996)
- DUCK SOUP (1933)
- MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
- FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
- EASY RIDER (1969)
- PATTON (1970)
- THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
- MY FAIR LADY (1964)
- A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
- THE APARTMENT (1960)
- GOODFELLAS (1990)
- PULP FICTION (1994)
- THE SEARCHERS (1956)
- BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
- UNFORGIVEN (1992)
- GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
- YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
Very cool! Nice work!!
All awesome movies. Two things to note though. (1) not a movie listed after 1996 on the list, so it’s a little dated (but still represents great cinema well). (2) “Birth of a Nation” (B&W and Silent), I’m not really sure why it deserves to be on the list simply because it glamorizes the KKK (no joke – read Wikipedia and IMDB Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/). But I think it’s on the list simply because of it’s technical achievements for a film made during that time. And while I have a TIVO too (and I love my TIVO!), your best bet to find most of these great movies is to probably check out your local library if they carry VHS/DVDs. I found about 90+ of them at my city library. Either way, 95% all the movie listed here (IMHO) are WELL worth your time to hunt down and watch some time during your life. Highly recommended! Thanks for posting this. – Sonic
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