Wednesday, April 13, 2011

AFI's 100 movies in 100 years

the american film institute has a list of what they consider to be the top 100 movies in 100 years. i always like to hear what movies i "should" see. i don't want to always watch silly movies with no content. i like to learn something or see a movie that has impacted our culture majorly. looking at this list there are MANY movies i have never seen and some i have never heard of. are there any movies that are on this list that you LOVED? if so, i want to know. i will rent it. the ones i have seen are in red. i have only seen 21 out of the 100 and some of them i didn't enjoy. 1. Citizen Kane 1941 2. Casablanca 1942 3. The Godfather 1972 4. Gone with the Wind 1939 5. Lawrence of Arabia 1962 6. The Wizard of Oz 1939 7. The Graduate 1967 8. On the Waterfront 1954 9. Schindler's List 1993 10. Singin' in the Rain 1952 11. It's a Wonderful Life 1946 12. Sunset Blvd. 1950 13. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 14. Some Like It Hot 1959 15. Star Wars 1977 16. All About Eve 1950 17. The African Queen 1951 18. Psycho 1960 19. Chinatown 1974 20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 21. The Grapes of Wrath 1940 22. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 23. The Maltese Falcon 1941 24. Raging Bull 1980 25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 26. Dr. Strangelove 1964 27. Bonnie and Clyde 1967 28. Apocalypse Now 1979 29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 31. Annie Hall 1977 32. The Godfather Part II 1974 33. High Noon 1952 34. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 35. It Happened One Night 1934 36. Midnight Cowboy 1969 37. The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 38. Double Indemnity 1944 39. Doctor Zhivago 1965 40. North by Northwest 1959 41. West Side Story 1961 42. Rear Window 1954 43. King Kong 1933 44. The Birth of a Nation 1915 45. A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 46. A Clockwork Orange 1971 47. Taxi Driver 1976 48. Jaws 1975 49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 51. The Philadelphia Story 1940 52. From Here to Eternity 1953 53. Amadeus 1984 54. All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 55. The Sound of Music 1965 56. MASH 1970 57. The Third Man 1949 58. Fantasia 1940 59. Rebel Without a Cause 1955 60. Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 61. Vertigo 1958 62. Tootsie 1982 63. Stagecoach 1939 64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 65. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 66. Network 1976 67. The Manchurian Candidate 1962 68. An American in Paris 1951 69. Shane 1953 70. The French Connection 1971 71. Forrest Gump 1994 72. Ben-Hur 1959 73. Wuthering Heights 1939 74. The Gold Rush 1925 75. Dances with Wolves 1990 76. City Lights 1931 77. American Graffiti 1973 78. Rocky 1976 79. The Deer Hunter 1978 80. The Wild Bunch 1969 81. Modern Times 1936 82. Giant 1956 83. Platoon 1986 84. Fargo 1996 85. Duck Soup 1933 86. Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 87. Frankenstein 1931 88. Easy Rider 1969 89. Patton 1970 90. The Jazz Singer 1927 91. My Fair Lady 1964 92. A Place in the Sun 1951 93. The Apartment 1960 94. Goodfellas 1990 95. Pulp Fiction 1994 96. The Searchers 1956 97. Bringing Up Baby 1938 98. Unforgiven 1992 99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 100. Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

4 comments:

  1. apparently there is a newer list with a bunch of these removed and some added. all the ones they added that were released between 2000 and 2007 i have seen.

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  2. Ok. there are several I have seen that you haven't, some of which are very good.
    Casablanca -good
    Graduate -good
    Some Like it Hot -good
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -good
    A Streetcar Named Desire -good
    Amadeus -good
    Raiders of the Lost Ark -great
    Tootsie -great
    Fargo -good, but a little bit disturbing
    The Apartment -good
    Pulp Fiction -good but disturbing

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  3. wow - i've read less than you! no recommendations here. haha.

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  4. Casablanca YES!, Some Like it Hot - rated the BEST comedy of all time - I OWN it., Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - FABULOUS., Raiders of the Lost Ark - RENT IT NOW!!!!!, Tootsie - one of my ALL TIME favourites - you will laugh your head off., Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Fabulous with two of the best movie couples of ALL TIME. (I own all of these, actually).

    Avoid like the plague; 2010 A Space Odyssy - BORING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY!!!!!!! I'd rather watch paint dry.

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