Films meme

[ciphergoth]

Interesting list, obviously designed to appeal to the likes of us! I thought I'd seen more looking through it then it turns out I've seen filling it in.


I've seen and would especially recommend:

1 The Godfather (1972)
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
7 Casablanca (1942)
19 Pulp Fiction (1994)
32 Apocalypse Now (1979)
39 Fight Club (1999)
67 Leon (1994)
81 Blade Runner (1982)

I've seen:

6 Citizen Kane (1941)
9 Star Wars (1977)
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
21 Psycho (1960)
26 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
33 Some Like It Hot (1959)
34 The Matrix (1999)
37 The Third Man (1949)
52 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
57 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
58 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
47 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
64 Alien (1979)
70 A Clockwork Orange (1971) with a happy refrain...
73 The Sixth Sense (1999)
74 Jaws (1975)
75 Amadeus (1984)
83 Aliens (1986)
87 The Shining (1980)
90 The Princess Bride (1987)

I haven't seen but am keen to see:

10 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
11 Memento (2000)
17 The Usual Suspects (1995)
28 American Beauty (1999)
56 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
88 Donnie Darko (2001)
89 Duck Soup (1933)
91 Lola rennt (1998)

I haven't seen:

(or (*) I think I've seen but I don't remember very well - seems to be Westerns and Hitchcock films, which all blend into one...)

2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
5 Schindler's List (1993)
8 Seven Samurai (1954)
13 Rear Window (1954) *
18 Amelie (2001)
20 North by Northwest (1959) *
22 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
23 12 Angry Men (1957)
24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
27 Goodfellas (1990)
29 Vertigo (1958) *
30 The Pianist (2002)
31 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36 Taxi Driver (1976)
38 Paths of Glory (1957)
40 Das Boot (1981)
41 L.A. Confidential (1997)
42 Double Indemnity (1944)
43 Chinatown (1974)
44 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
45 The Maltese Falcon (1941) *
46 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
48 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
49 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
50 All About Eve (1950)
51 M (1931)
53 Raging Bull (1980)
54 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) *
55 Se7en (1995)
59 La Vita e bella (1997)
60 American History X (1998)
61 The Sting (1973) *
62 Touch of Evil (1958)
63 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
65 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
66 Rashomon (1950)
68 Annie Hall (1977)
69 The Great Escape (1963) *
71 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
76 On the Waterfront (1954)
77 Ran (1985)
78 Braveheart (1995)
79 High Noon (1952) *
80 Fargo (1996)
82 The Apartment (1960)
84 Toy Story 2 (1999)
85 Strangers on a Train (1951)
86 Modern Times (1936)
92 City Lights (1931)
93 The General (1927)
94 Metropolis (1927)
95 The Searchers (1956)
96 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97 Notorious (1946)
98 Manhattan (1979)
99 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
100 Graduate, The (1967)

Current music: Walking on Sunshine

Now don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day
I said baby I just want you back and I want you to stay...

Comments

[mr-purpleduck.livejournal.com]

You should watch Dr. Strangelove it's a great (but twisted) film.

[booklectica]

Memento and Donnie Darko would make a good double bill for a film evening. Hmm.

[lovingboth]

Of the nots, I'd recommend...

Oh sod it, all of them except the Chaplins (Modern Times and City Lights - the latter is particularly over sentimental to modern eyes.) I haven't seen 44 or 48.

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

I now have an enormous unashamedly soppy grin on my face. I was singing your current music earlier. One month, five days :D I notice that the two films top on your 'haven't seen' list are two of my favourite films ever. I've seen Shawshank Redemption more times than I care to admit, and have it on DVD. Popcorn, bed to snuggle up on...think we have a date yet?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Definitely... my place or yours?

Mmmm, home made popcorn...

[mara1.livejournal.com]

I always put off seeing American Beauty but when i finally saw it i was suitably impressed. You have to see Silence of the Lambs - the serial killer in that is a majorly cool bloke - and quite sexy in a warped way too!

Memento

[occular.livejournal.com]

Definitely check out Memento and Donnie Darko.
One of my ex-flatmates, who will never be a film critic, said of Memento: "I don't get it, it was all backwards and you saw some bits twice." (which doesn't give anything away about the film btw.) Hmm....

REM do a nice cover of Mad World (tears for fears) in Donnie Darko.