Thursday, November 08, 2007

Movie Meme

Day 8 of NaBloPoMo, and I've trolled the internet for a meme I'd like to do. Is that web-socially acceptable? I realize you are supposed to be 'tagged' and all to participate in them, but shoot, this one is easy, and a topic I can't deny.

MOVIES. Y'all know how I am about my watching of the cinema. And probably about the neglected group blog, The Cinema Firmament.

This meme works similarly to the book one that most of you have already done, either on your own blog or via email with me. I'm hoping the following list will create a common scurry of emails and cross posting and just movie knowledge sharing and stuff.

So, here's how it works. Below is listed the AFI's 100 Best Movies.

Green Indicates a Movie I've Seen and Loved.
Red Indicates a Movie I've Seen and Not Loved (don't necessarily need to hate it, just not love it, you know?)
Blue Indicates a Movie I've Not Seen, but Really Want To.

AFI Top 100 Films
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972) Oh, I love the gangsters. This is in my top 5. Most. Perfect. Ending. EVER.
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull(1980)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Also, top 5. I make more money that Calvin Coolidge! Put together!
6. Gone with the Wind (1939) This was my fave when I was in fifth grade. I've watched it since, and MAN.
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler’s List (1993)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Star Wars (1977)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. Sunset Blvd. (1950) Quite possibly my favorite movie of all time. Until I watch The Godfather again.
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
17. The Graduate (1967)
18. The General (1927)
19. On the Waterfront (1954)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Okay, or maybe this is my favorite movie of all time. It's family nostalgic, and makes me cry every single time. It was my dad's favorite movie, see.
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) I didn't hate this movie, but am I the only person that found both the book and this movie interminable?
24. E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
25. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. Double Indemnity (1944) Of course! I'm an insurance agent! Actually, someday, I want a giant movie poster of this movie hanging in my office. Wouldn't that be so cool?
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. Annie Hall (1977)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. The Sound of Music (1965)
41. King Kong (1933)
42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. Shane (1953)
46. It Happened One Night (1934)
47.A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Rear Window (1954)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver(1976) I know, even I can't believe I haven't seen this movie.
53. Deer Hunter, The (1978)
54. M*A*S*H (1970)
55. North by Northwest (1959)
56. Jaws (1975)
57. Rocky (1976)
58. The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933)
61. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
62. American Graffiti (1973)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976) This movie so amazingly appropriate to right now, it's scary. Have you seen it yet? If not, you better. Today. Thank you.
65. The African Queen (1951)
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)
69. Tootsie (1982)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
77. All the President’s Men (1976) I was a bartender in college and worked an early shift (11am to about 6pm). I found this on cable, and was alone in the bar watching for the first half of the movie. Patrons began to file in for a late liquid lunch, and I refused to serve them unless they promised not to request a change in station. By the end of the movie, I had a dozen or so bar patrons completely engrossed, and drunk. Then they drunkenly talked about Nixon and Clinton and Tom Brokaw for the remainder of my shift. I don't think I made much in tips that day, but I must say it was my best day of bartending ever.
78. Modern Times (1936) This is Buster Keaton, right? My dad and I used to watch this movie on PBS.
79. The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Apartment (1960)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997) Shut up, haters.
84. Easy Rider (1969)
85. A Night at the Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999) Are you seriously telling me this is a superior movie to Goodfellas?
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
92. Goodfellas (1990)
93. The French Connection (1971)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100. Ben-Hur (1959)

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