0-9
12 Angry Men (1957)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
400 Blows (1959)
8 1/2 (1963)
A
The African Queen (1952)
Alien (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
B
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blow Up (1966)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breathless (1960)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (1969)
C
Casablanca (1942)
Chinatown (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon (2000)
D
Die Hard (1988)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Duck Soup (1933)
E
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
F
Fast Times At Ridgemont
High (1982)
The French Connection (1971)
G
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly (1968)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Graduate (1967)
Grand Illusion (1938)
Groundhog Day (1993)
H
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
I
In the Mood For Love (2001)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
J
Jaws (1975)
K
King Kong (1933)
L
The Lady Eve (1941)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Lord of the Rings (2001)
M
M (1931)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Matrix (1999)
Modern Times (1936)
Monty Python and the Holy
Grail (1975)
N
National Lampoon’s Animal
House (1978)
Network (1976)
Nosferatu (1922)
O
On the Waterfront (1954)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest (1975)
P
Paths of Glory (1958)
Princess Mononoke (1999)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
R
Raging Bull (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
Rashomon (1951)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday (1953)
S
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs (1937)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Star Wars (1977)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
T
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Third Man (1949)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Titanic (1997)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Toy Story (1995)
U
The Usual Suspects (1995)
V
Vertigo (1958)
W
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wings of Desire (1988)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Women On the Verge of Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The World of Apu (1959)
Well by my reckoning Ive seen 53 of those (and enjoyed about 40). These lists are always subjective - Im surprised “HArd days night” is on (its a good film, but not a great one) and Im surprised “Gone with the Wind” isnt.
Titanic? No.
Repulsion-Polanski
Taxi Driver-Scorsese
Caddyshack-Ramis
City of God-Meriellas/Lund
Public Enemy-Wellman
Midnight Cowboy-Schlesinger
Five Easy Pieces-Rafelson
To name a few.
great list!
I'm a walking dead man. Oh the Horror.
A relative of mine died a bitter, angry and broken man who left this life thinking himself a depraved and worthless failure because he never saw The Battle of Algiers (1967). His last rasping words, as his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were gathered around his death bed were, “Damn you Blockbuster...”
The Lives of Others.
Get it on NetFlix. Don’t miss it.
They left out a few, Chushingura, and “Z” to name just two.
Burt Prelutsky’s list:
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/02/24/65618/
“”And now, my 10 favorite movies for every decade, except the 1940s, 80s and 90s, when the best I could do was cull my list down to 20 favorites.
The 1930s: “It Happened One Night,” “Alice Adams,” “The Gold Rush,” “Destry Rides Again,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Bachelor Mother,” “Make Way for Tomorrow,” “My Man Godfrey” and any one of these four Astaire-Rogers films, “Top Hat,” “Carefree,” “Gay Divorcee” or “Swing Time”
1940s: “My Favorite Wife,” “The Shop Around the Corner,” “The Thief of Baghdad,” “Citizen Kane,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “Ball of Fire,” “The Lady Eve,” “The Major and the Minor,” “Casablanca,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Hail the Conquering Hero,” “Apartment for Peggy,” “Mildred Pierce,” “The Best Years of Our Lives,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Great Expectations,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “The Farmer’s Daughter,” “I Remember Mama” and “Force of Evil”
1950s: “All About Eve,” “The African Queen,” “The Ladykillers,” “People Will Talk,” “High Noon,” “7 Brides for 7 Brothers,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “On the Waterfront” and “Sweet Smell of Success”
1960s: “The Apartment,” “School for Scoundrels,” “The Hustler,” “A Cold Wind in August,” “Charade,” “Support Your Local Sheriff,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Pumpkin Eater,” “36 Hours” and “Divorce, American Style”
1970s: “The Godfather,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Paper Moon,” “The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” “Rocky,” “The Goodbye Girl,” “House Calls,” “Time After Time” and “Breaking Away”
1980s: “Atlantic City,” “Diner,” “Ordinary People,” “A Christmas Story,” “Terms of Endearment,” “The Natural,” “Broadway Danny Rose,” “Midnight Run,” “Die Hard,” “Field of Dreams,” “The Tall Guy,” “Witness,” “Murphy’s Romance,” “Lost in America,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Hoosiers,” “The Princess Bride,” “Tin Men,” “Roxanne” and “The Untouchables”
1990s: “Green Card,” “Galaxy Quest,” “Cinema Paradiso,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “Mumford,” “Dead Again,” “Defending Your Life,” “My Cousin Vinny,” “Peter’s Friends,” “Housesitter,” “Swingers,” “Sliding Doors,” “Enchanted April,” “Groundhog Day,” “Falling Down,” “Remains of the Day,” “The Fugitive,” “Fargo,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “Nobody’s Fool”
2000s: “The Dish,” “About a Boy,” “Chicago,” “The Matador,” “Love Actually,” “The Upside of Anger,” “The Lives of Others,” “Thank You for Smoking,” “Gran Torino” and “Taken”
I just noticed that it adds up to a hundred movies, with roughly 40 of them being comedies or musicals. So even if you think I have lousy taste, you should at least give me points for not trying to impress you with a lot of pretentious hooey.””
Very cool... I’ve seen about 43 on that list which really surprises me because the majority of those movies were “before my time” by more than a bit! LOL
I would add “The Passion of the Christ” and “A Man for all Seasons,” just to name two.
No Oscar darlings from the last 10 years - says a bunch. :)
Would someone please tell me what is so important about the Godfather? It’s a boring movie that adds very little. I can never understand why it’s always rated so high.
A decent list but I can’t believe they left out “Patton.”
Harvey (1950)
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow
The Producers (1968)
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
- - - - * The 2005 remake is almost as good. But! See the original first.
The Producers (2005)
Director: Susan Stroman
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair
Where is “Debbie does Dallas” in that list? ;-P
What about “Weekend at Bernie’s II”
That should top anyone’s list.
Speaking of westerns, these lists also always include "The Searchers" as the John Wayne flick, because it's edgy, but if you really wanna see John Wayne doing his thing, that's not the flick to see. Better to see "Rio Bravo" or "True Grit." "The Searchers" is the intellectual poseur choice. For the real deal, look elsewhere.
For sci-fi, I think Planet of the Apes should be on the list. Awesome Rod Serling screenplay. Classic Heston.
Regarding comedy, no one should go through life without seeing "Caddyshack." Ted Knight and Rodney Dangerfield at their cinematic best. And you can't just see MP Holy Grail. You gotta see "Life of Brian" also. I'd make a pitch for "Paper Moon" also.
Last, if you see Blade Runner, make sure you see the director's cut from 1992, which does not have the annoying Harrison Ford voice overs.
I don’t see any Steve McQueen in there. I’d put Bullitt on the list, and The Cincinatti Kid. The latter is a great little movie, with a great cast—Edward G Robinson, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, Tuesday Weld, Ann Margeret.