Posted on 03/24/2009 1:12:46 AM PDT by iowamark
Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly "essential." After heated discussions, long negotiations, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die.
To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films you've seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see.
12 Angry Men (1957) Directed By: Sidney Lumet Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Directed By: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
The 400 Blows (1959)Directed By: Francois Truffaut Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay Why You Should See It
8 ½ (1963) Directed By: Federico Fellini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee
The African Queen (1952) Directed By: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Alien (1979) Directed By: Ridley Scott Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
All About Eve (1950) Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
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Maybe they made the 25 DVD gift that Bambi gave to Brown.
Lol. That’s funny. Yeah, she was spunky.
“We Were Soldiers” should be on the list. If you haven’t seen it, see it.
The list is bunk without ‘Gladiator’.
I'll take "Frequency" over "Pulp Fiction" and "Shakespeare in Love" over "Breathless". And WTF "Princess Mononoke" and no "Withnail and I"?
This list is crap! I defy the maker of this list to explain "Chinatown".
I think LA Confidential is one of the best films of the past thirty years. It’s on my list of films to re-view annually.
Brilliant!
Yeah, I own a copy and watch it from time to time. Great movie from start to finish. On the QT, and verrryy hush hush.
Or “A Lion in Winter”.
I find these notable exclusions (but that’s just me):
The Wild Bunch
The Producers
High Noon
The Deerhunter
The Passion of the Christ
They Were Expendable
The Best Years of Our Lives
Shane
Meet Me in St. Louis
Red River
Birth of a Nation
D.O.A.
The Naked City
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Unforgiven
Witness for the Prosecution
The Night of the Hunter
Body Heat
The Enemy Below
The Petrified Forest
Dead End
The Sand Pebbles
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
L.A. Confidential
Mrs. Miniver
The Killers
no film is that important; this is just an excuse to drive some traffic to yahoo
I’ve seen 88 of them.
well you better slow down if you want to live....
Key Largo is a good stage play excellently cast, well performed and competently filmed. Great cinema, however, it ain't. But that's just my opinion.
"Bride" is better.
Anyone with your screen name has no credibility to judge film.
The little gems are always hidden. Movie stocked with wall to wall liberals but they all turned in fine performances./Just Asking - seoul62......
Come on! Ossie Davis as JFK? What's not to love?
Actually I'd seen it the night before I was trying to come up with a screen name and it was the first thing that came to mind.
Well, I’m a big Edward G fan, so I love it. What’s this “cinema” you speak of? You mean movies?
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