Because somebody’s got to do it…

June 21, 2007

The American Film Institute has released an updated 100 best films listing. Bold those you’ve seen, strike out those you couldn’t make it through, italicize the ten *you’d* have put in the top 10.

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Godfather
3. Casablanca
4. Raging Bull
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. Gone with the Wind
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Schindler’s List
9. Vertigo
10. The Wizard of Oz
11. City Lights
12. The Searchers
13. Star Wars
14. Psycho
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
16. Sunset Boulevard
17. The Graduate
18. The General
19. On the Waterfront
20. It’s a Wonderful Life
21. Chinatown
22. Some Like It Hot
23. The Grapes of Wrath
24. E.T.
25. To Kill a Mockingbird
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
27. High Noon
28. All About Eve
29. Double Indemnity
30. Apocalypse Now
31. The Maltese Falcon
32. The Godfather Part II
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
35. Annie Hall
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
37. The Best Years of Our Lives
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
39. Dr. Strangelove
40. The Sound of Music
41. King Kong
42. Bonnie and Clyde
43. Midnight Cowboy
44. The Philadelphia Story
45. Shane
46. It Happened One Night
47. A Streetcar Named Desire
48. Rear Window
49. Intolerance
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
51. West Side Story
52. Taxi Driver
53. The Deer Hunter
54. M*A*S*H
55. North by Northwest
56. Jaws
57. Rocky
58. The Gold Rush
59. Nashville
60. Duck Soup
61. Sullivan’s Travels
62. American Graffiti
63. Cabaret
64. Network
65. The African Queen
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
68. Unforgiven
69. Tootsie
70. A Clockwork Orange
71. Saving Private Ryan
72. The Shawshank Redemption
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
74. The Silence of the Lambs
75. In the Heat of the Night
76. Forrest Gump
77. All the President’s Men
78. Modern Times
79. The Wild Bunch
80. The Apartment
81. Spartacus
82. Sunrise
83. Titanic
84. Easy Rider
85. A Night at the Opera
86. Platoon
87. 12 Angry Men
88. Bringing Up Baby
89. The Sixth Sense
90. Swing Time
91. Sophie’s Choice
92. Goodfellas
93. The French Connection
94. Pulp Fiction
95. The Last Picture Show
96. Do the Right Thing
97. Blade Runner
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy
99. Toy Story
100. Ben-Hur

Jeez, I really haven’t seen all that many of those.

4 thoughts on “Because somebody’s got to do it…”

  1. Boy, you need to stay in more and rent some movies. What are you doing, getting fresh air and interacting with your fellows? What’s that about?

    I’ve seen a lot of those films, though perhaps most of them in my childhood.

  2. 1. Citizen Kane
    2. The Godfather
    3. Casablanca
    4. Raging Bull
    5. Singin’ in the Rain
    6. Gone with the Wind
    7. Lawrence of Arabia
    8. Schindler’s List
    9. Vertigo
    10. The Wizard of Oz
    11. City Lights
    12. The Searchers
    13. Star Wars
    14. Psycho
    15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
    16. Sunset Boulevard
    17. The Graduate
    18. The General
    19. On the Waterfront
    20. It’s a Wonderful Life
    21. Chinatown
    22. Some Like It Hot
    23. The Grapes of Wrath
    24. E.T.
    25. To Kill a Mockingbird
    26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    27. High Noon
    28. All About Eve
    29. Double Indemnity
    30. Apocalypse Now
    31. The Maltese Falcon
    32. The Godfather Part II
    33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest
    34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    35. Annie Hall
    36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
    37. The Best Years of Our Lives
    38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    39. Dr. Strangelove
    40. The Sound of Music
    41. King Kong
    42. Bonnie and Clyde
    43. Midnight Cowboy
    44. The Philadelphia Story
    45. Shane
    46. It Happened One Night
    47. A Streetcar Named Desire
    48. Rear Window
    49. Intolerance
    50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    51. West Side Story
    52. Taxi Driver
    53. The Deer Hunter
    54. M*A*S*H
    55. North by Northwest
    56. Jaws
    57. Rocky
    58. The Gold Rush
    59. Nashville
    60. Duck Soup
    61. Sullivan’s Travels
    62. American Graffiti
    63. Cabaret
    64. Network
    65. The African Queen
    66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    68. Unforgiven
    69. Tootsie
    70. A Clockwork Orange
    71. Saving Private Ryan
    72. The Shawshank Redemption
    73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    74. The Silence of the Lambs
    75. In the Heat of the Night
    76. Forrest Gump
    77. All the President’s Men
    78. Modern Times
    79. The Wild Bunch
    80. The Apartment
    81. Spartacus
    82. Sunrise
    83. Titanic
    84. Easy Rider
    85. A Night at the Opera
    86. Platoon
    87. 12 Angry Men
    88. Bringing Up Baby
    89. The Sixth Sense
    90. Swing Time
    91. Sophie’s Choice
    92. Goodfellas
    93. The French Connection
    94. Pulp Fiction
    95. The Last Picture Show
    96. Do the Right Thing
    97. Blade Runner
    98. Yankee Doodle Dandy
    99. Toy Story
    100. Ben-Hur

    Films that should have been on the list:
    The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    Superman-The Movie
    The Elephant Man
    Glory

  3. 1. Citizen Kane
    2. The Godfather
    3. Casablanca
    4. Raging Bull
    5. Singin’ in the Rain
    6. Gone with the Wind
    7. Lawrence of Arabia
    8. Schindler’s List
    9. Vertigo
    10. The Wizard of Oz
    11. City Lights
    12. The Searchers
    13. Star Wars
    14. Psycho
    15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
    16. Sunset Boulevard
    17. The Graduate
    18. The General
    19. On the Waterfront
    20. It’s a Wonderful Life
    21. Chinatown
    22. Some Like It Hot
    23. The Grapes of Wrath
    24. E.T.
    25. To Kill a Mockingbird
    26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    27. High Noon
    28. All About Eve
    29. Double Indemnity
    30. Apocalypse Now
    31. The Maltese Falcon
    32. The Godfather Part II
    33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest
    34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    35. Annie Hall
    36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
    37. The Best Years of Our Lives
    38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    39. Dr. Strangelove
    40. The Sound of Music
    41. King Kong (the original)
    42. Bonnie and Clyde
    43. Midnight Cowboy
    44. The Philadelphia Story
    45. Shane
    46. It Happened One Night
    47. A Streetcar Named Desire
    48. Rear Window
    49. Intolerance
    50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    51. West Side Story
    52. Taxi Driver
    53. The Deer Hunter
    54. M*A*S*H
    55. North by Northwest
    56. Jaws
    57. Rocky
    58. The Gold Rush
    59. Nashville
    60. Duck Soup
    61. Sullivan’s Travels
    62. American Graffiti
    63. Cabaret
    64. Network
    65. The African Queen
    66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    68. Unforgiven
    69. Tootsie
    70. A Clockwork Orange
    71. Saving Private Ryan
    72. The Shawshank Redemption
    73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    74. The Silence of the Lambs
    75. In the Heat of the Night
    76. Forrest Gump
    77. All the President’s Men
    78. Modern Times
    79. The Wild Bunch
    80. The Apartment
    81. Spartacus
    82. Sunrise
    83. Titanic
    84. Easy Rider
    85. A Night at the Opera
    86. Platoon
    87. 12 Angry Men
    88. Bringing Up Baby
    89. The Sixth Sense
    90. Swing Time
    91. Sophie’s Choice
    92. Goodfellas
    93. The French Connection
    94. Pulp Fiction
    95. The Last Picture Show
    96. Do the Right Thing
    97. Blade Runner
    98. Yankee Doodle Dandy
    99. Toy Story
    100. Ben-Hur

    And some movies I would have put in that aren’t already there:
    Zulu
    Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
    Sen to Chihiro no kamakagushe (Spirited Away)
    The Duellists
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    Star Wars Episode III: A Lost Hope (Well, if it had been made like this, it would have been!)

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