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Monday, January 09, 2006

Top 100 movies

I saw a meme-like thing - as usual, I've forgotten where I saw it - where you went through the American Film Institute's "Top 100 movies" and marked which you have and haven't seen. But that seems sort of boring to me, so I'm going to make it a little more complicated than that. Behold, categories!

Among my favorites:
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)

Seen more than once, liked, but not quite enough to put in the list above:
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
(Actually, most of the above probably would have made the "favorites" list at one time but have gotten demoted over the years!)

Seen once and liked:
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
66. NETWORK (1976)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Seen once, was somewhat disappointed:
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
69. SHANE (1953)
61. VERTIGO (1958)

Seen once, liked, but was so depressing I never wanted to see again:
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
83. PLATOON (1986)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

Seen more than once, still think is depressing:
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

Seen more than once, but not really one of my favorites:
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

Seen, liked, still think is overrated:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)

Am massively ambivalent about:
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
48. JAWS (1975)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
82. GIANT (1956)
89. PATTON (1970)


Twenty-six movies I haven't seen:
(Actually, I have seen at least part of every of these, I think, but haven't watched all the way through.)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

(Don't give me crap about the Godfather movies, ok? I'm not very interested in mafia movies, in general. I feel worse about Sunset Boulevard.)

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