Films


One of the items on my "bucket list" is to watch 100 of the Top 250 Movies according to IMDB. (I chose this list because it is user-generated, so hopefully if other people enjoyed them, so will I!) When I first started this list in October 2011, I had already seen 62 of the movies (as with my book list, I didn't cross off movies I know I've seen but don't remember). My current total of movies watched can be found at the bottom.
  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. The Godfather (1972)
  3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  6. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  7. Schindler's List (1993)
  8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  9. The Dark Knight (2008)
  10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  12. Inception (2010)
  13. Seven Samurai (1954)
  14. Fight Club (1999)
  15. Goodfellas (1990)
  16. Star Wars (1977)
  17. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  18. City of God (2002)
  19. Casablanca (1942)
  20. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  21. The Matrix (1999)
  22. Rear Window (1954)
  23. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  25. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  26. Psycho (1960)
  27. Se7en (1995)
  28. Forrest Gump (1994)
  29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  31. Memento (2000)
  32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  33. Leon: The Professional (1994)
  34. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  36. American History X (1998)
  37. North by Northwest (1959)
  38. Citizen Kane (1941)
  39. Toy Story 3 (2010)
  40. American Beauty (1999)
  41. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  42. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  43. Taxi Driver (1976)
  44. Alien (1979)
  45. Spirited Away (2001)
  46. Vertigo (1958)
  47. City Lights (1931)
  48. The Shining (1980)
  49. Amélie (2001)
  50. Paths of Glory (1957)
  51. The Pianist (2002)
  52. M (1931)
  53. WALL·E (2008)
  54. Double Indemnity (1944)
  55. The Lives of Others (2006)
  56. The Departed (2006)
  57. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  58. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  59. Aliens (1986)
  60. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  61. Modern Times (1936)
  62. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  63. Das Boot (1981)
  64. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  65. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
  66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  67. Back to the Future (1985)
  68. The Third Man (1949)
  69. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  70. Chinatown (1974)
  71. The Prestige (2006)
  72. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  73. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  74. The Green Mile (1999)
  75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
  76. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  77. Raging Bull (1980)
  78. Rashomon (1950)
  79. The Great Dictator (1940)
  80. Amadeus (1984)
  81. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  82. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  83. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  84. All About Eve (1950)
  85. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  86. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  87. Gladiator (2000)
  88. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  89. Braveheart (1995)
  90. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  91. Metropolis (1927)
  92. The Apartment (1960)
  93. Oldboy (2003)
  94. Downfall (2004)
  95. Unforgiven (1992)
  96. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  97. The Sting (1973)
  98. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
  99. The Elephant Man (1980)
  100. Gran Torino (2008)
  101. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  102. Princess Mononoke (1997)
  103. Up (2009)
  104. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  105. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  106. On the Waterfront (1954)
  107. Die Hard (1988)
  108. Rebecca (1940)
  109. The Great Escape (1963)
  110. The Seventh Seal (1957)
  111. Sin City (2005)
  112. Batman Begins (2005)
  113. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  114. Black Swan (2010)
  115. Yojimbo (1961)
  116. The Lion King (1994)
  117. Heat (1995)
  118. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  119. The General (1926)
  120. Blade Runner (1982)
  121. Fargo (1996)
  122. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  123. Snatch. (2000)
  124. The King's Speech (2010)
  125. Ran (1985)
  126. Jaws (1975)
  127. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  128. Wild Strawberries (1957)
  129. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  130. Touch of Evil (1958)
  131. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  132. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  133. Drive (2011)
  134. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  135. Toy Story (1995)
  136. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  137. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  138. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
  139. Annie Hall (1977)
  140. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  141. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  142. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  143. It Happened One Night (1934)
  144. Platoon (1986)
  145. Scarface (1983)
  146. High Noon (1952)
  147. Donnie Darko (2001)
  148. Into the Wild (2007)
  149. Ikiru (1952)
  150. Trainspotting (1996)
  151. The Gold Rush (1925)
  152. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  153. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  154. The Kid (1921)
  155. The Wages of Fear (1953)
  156. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  157. Notorious (1946)
  158. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  159. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  160. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
  161. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
  162. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  163. Amores Perros (2000)
  164. Groundhog Day (1993)
  165. District 9 (2009)
  166. Ben-Hur (1959)
  167. Life of Brian (1979)
  168. The Thing (1982)
  169. Casino (1995)
  170. The Graduate (1967)
  171. Finding Nemo (2003)
  172. The Terminator (1984)
  173. The Big Sleep (1946)
  174. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  175. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - I have seen the remake!
  176. Stand by Me (1986)
  177. Diabolique (1955)
  178. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  179. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  180. V for Vendetta (2006)
  181. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  182. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  183. A Separation (2011)
  184. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  185. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  186. Gandhi (1982)
  187. The Wrestler (2008)
  188. Good Will Hunting (1997)
  189. Network (1976)
  190. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  191. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  192. (1963)
  193. The 400 Blows (1959)
  194. Ratatouille (2007)
  195. Mary and Max (2009)
  196. The Princess Bride (1987)
  197. Avatar (2009)
  198. The Killing (1956)
  199. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  200. The Hustler (1961)
  201. Persona (1966)
  202. La Strada (1954)
  203. Star Trek (2009)
  204. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  205. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  206. The Exorcist (1973)
  207. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  208. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  209. Stalag 17 (1953)
  210. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  211. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  212. Barry Lyndon (1975)
  213. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  214. Rocky (1976)
  215. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
  216. The Truman Show (1998)
  217. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  218. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  219. The Incredibles (2004)
  220. In Bruges (2008)
  221. Mystic River (2003)
  222. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  223. The Social Network (2010)
  224. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  225. Let the Right One In (2008)
  226. Magnolia (1999)
  227. Big Fish (2003)
  228. Infernal Affairs (2002)
  229. Ed Wood (1994)
  230. Roman Holiday (1953)
  231. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  232. Manhattan (1979)
  233. The Celebration (1998)
  234. Rope (1948)
  235. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  236. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  237. Children of Men (2006)
  238. Ip Man (2008)
  239. Shutter Island (2010)
  240. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
  241. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  242. Stalker (1979)
  243. Patton (1970)
  244. Sleuth (1972)
  245. Tokyo Story (1953)
  246. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  247. Rain Man (1988)
  248. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
  249. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
  250. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Currently completed: 65/100

3 comments:

Rajnish said...

I am disappointed to see that there are no movies from India on your list. Some Indian directors have made great movies. You must have heard Satyajit Ray's name who got Oscar lifetime achievement Award. He had directed so many good movies and loved by movie makers too. Let me draw a list of Indian movies you can watch, if you wish to...
Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
Shri 420 by Raj Kapoor
Mother India by Mehboob Khan
Lagaan by Ashutosh Gowarikar
Taare Zameen Par by Amir Khan etc...

Megan said...

Hi Rajnish,
I got this list from a website, so I didn't actually choose any of the films. I will check out the movies you listed; thanks for the suggestions!

Erinn said...

12 angry men is definitely one of my all time favorites. Actually, almost all of my favorites are on this list but that one is a great one. There are so many good ones you haven't seen yet!!