That top 250 films list

[redfiona99]

001. The Godfather (1972)
002. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
003. The Godfather: Part II (1974) For values of seen. 20/06/10
004. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
005. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
006. Schindler's List (1993)
007. Casablanca (1942)
008. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, (2001)
009. Seven Samurai (1954)
010. Star Wars (1977)
011. Citizen Kane (1941)
012. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
013. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
014. Rear Window (1954)
015. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
016. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
017. Memento (2000) What is this doing so high up? I mean it's good but not that good. (edited in 19/11/2004)
018. The Usual Suspects (1995)
019. Pulp Fiction (1994)
020. North by Northwest (1959)
021. Amelie (2001)
022. Psycho (1960)
023. 12 Angry Men (1957) - I've seen bits of it.
024. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - again with the bits
025. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
026. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
027. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - I didn't like the bits I've seen of it.
028. Goodfellas (1990)
029. American Beauty (1999)
030. Vertigo (1958)
031. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
032. The Matrix (1999)
033. Apocalypse Now (1979)
034. The Pianist (2002)
035. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
036. Some Like It Hot (1959)
037. Taxi Driver (1976)
038. Once Upon a Time in The West (1968)
039. The Third Man (1949)
040. Paths of Glory (1957)
041. Fight Club (1999)
042. Spirited Away (2001)
043. Das Boot (1981) - I've seen bits
044. Double Indemnity (1944)
045. L.A. Confidential (1997)
046. Chinatown (1974)
047. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
048. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
049. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
050. M (1931)
051. All About Eve (1950)
052. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - bits but everyone in Britain has seen bits.
053. Se7en (1995)
054. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
055. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
056. Raging Bull (1980)
057. City of God (2002)
058. Rashomon (1950)
059. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
060. The Sting (1973)
061. Alien (1979)
062. American History X (1998)
063. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
064. Leon: The Professional (1994)
065. Life is Beautiful (1997)
066. Touch of Evil (1958)
067. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
068. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
069. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 04/04/2004
070. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - I think I've seen bits
071. The Great Escape (1963) - bits
072. A Clockwork Orange (1971)15/03/2005
073. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
074. Amadeus (1984)
075. Annie Hall (1977)
076. Jaws (1975) Well it was either JAWS or one of the sequels.
077. Ran (1985)
078. On the Waterfront (1954)
079. Modern Times (1936) I saw this in the middle of Germany.
080. Braveheart (1995) - bits
081. High Noon (1952)
082. The Apartment (1960)
083. The Sixth Sense (1999)
084. Fargo (1996)
085. Aliens (1986)
086. The Shining (1980)
087. Strangers on a Train (1951)
088. Blade Runner (1982)
089. Metropolis (1927)
090. Duck Soup (1933)
091. Finding Nemo (2003)03/02/10
092. Donnie Darko (2001) 5/5/06
093. The General (1927) 20/06/10
094. Toy Story 2 (1999)
095. The Princess Bride (1987) 5/5/06
096. City Lights (1931)
097. Run Lola Run (1998)
098. The Great Dictator (1940)
099. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)27/03/07
100. The Seventh Seal (1957)
101. Notorious (1946)
102. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
103. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
104. Rebecca (1940)
105. Princess Mononoke (1997)
106. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
107. The Big Sleep (1946)
108. The Graduate (1967)
109. Manhattan (1979)
110. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
111. It Happened One Night (1934)
112. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
113. Patton (1970)
114. The Searchers (1956)
115. The Deer Hunter (1978)
116. Glory (1989) Well most of it anyway
117. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
118. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
119. Yojimbo (1961)
120. The African Queen (1951)
121. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122. Forrest Gump (1994)
123. Ben-Hur (1959) - some of it
124. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
125. The Green Mile (1999) Brilliant film, I'm never watching it again.
126. Shrek (2001) Good, but not as good as people say. 24/08/06
127. Talk to Her (2002)
128. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
129. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
130. Unforgiven (1992) - as of 9th December, I've seen bits.
131. Stalag 17 (1953)
132. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
133. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
134. Gone with the Wind (1939)
135. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
136. The Wild Bunch (1969)
137. The Straight Story (1999)
138. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
139. A Christmas Story (1983)
140. The Elephant Man (1980)
141. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
142. The Hustler (1961)
143. Platoon (1986)
144. Young Frankenstein (1974)
145. Back to the Future (1985)
146. His Girl Friday (1940) - Not seen it, although I have seen several of the remakes.
147. Die Hard (1988)
148. Grand Illusion (1937)
149. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
150. Amores Perros (2000)
151. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) This is me, of course I've seen it.
152. Almost Famous (2000) - seen bits last week, it looked good (21/05/2004)
153. The Gold Rush (1925)
154. Spartacus (1960)
155. The Conversation (1974)
156. Charade (1963)
157. Life of Brian (1979)
158. Gladiator (2000)
159. The Celebration (1998) I think I might have seen it if it's the film I think it is.
160. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
161. Wild Strawberries (1957)
162. Being John Malkovich (1999)-bits
163. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
164. Magnolia (1999)
165. Sling Blade (1996)
166. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
167. Toy Story (1995)
168. The Insider (1999)
169. Roman Holiday (1953)
170. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
171. A Night at the Opera (1935)
172. Brazil (1985) Well most of it.
173. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - I've read it though
174. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
175. All the President's Men (1976)
176. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
177. The Exorcist (1973)
178. The 400 Blows (1959) - I've seen the beginning of it.
179. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
180. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
181. The Killing (1956)
182. Lost in Translation (2003)
183. Mystic River (2003)
184. Ed Wood (1994)-bits
185. The Terminator (1984)
186. Red (1994)
187. Adaptation (2002)
188. Nosferatu (1922)-bits
189. Stand by Me (1986) - bits
190. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
191. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
192. Harvey (1950)
193. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - bits
194. The Right Stuff (1983)
195. Gandhi (1982)
196. Trainspotting (1996)
197. Network (1976)
198. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
199. The Lion in Winter (1968)
200. Miller's Crossing (1990) Two of my favourite films. Actually, all but two of my top ten are on the list.
201. Minority Report (2002)
202. Hero (2002)03/02/10
203. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
204. The Others (2001)
205. Rain Man (1988)
206. Laura (1944)
207. Groundhog Day (1993) - bits
208. Stagecoach (1939)-bits
209. 8 1/2 (1963)
210. Snatch (2000)
211. King Kong (1933)
212. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
213. The 39 Steps (1935)
214. Traffic (2000)
215. La Strada (1954)
216. The Untouchables (1987)-bits
217. Rio Bravo (1959)
218. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
219. Henry V (1989)
220. Whale Rider (2002)
221. The Big Lebowski (1998)
222. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
223. All About My Mother (1999)
224. Joan of Arc (1928)-bits
225. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
226. The Thin Man (1934) - seen it all. It's good, but not as good as it's made out to be.
227. The Killer (1989)
228. Planet of the Apes (1968)
229. Good Will Hunting (1997)
230. Fantasia (1940)
231. Being There (1979)
232. Red River (1948)
233. Clerks (1994)
234. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
235. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)-all though quite what it's doing on here is beyond me.
236. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
237. M*A*S*H* (1970)
238. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
239. Road to Perdition (2002)
240. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)-bits
241. The Quiet Man (1952)
242. Sleuth (1972)
243. X2: X-Men United (2003)
244. JFK (1991)
245. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
246. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
247. Heat (1995)
248. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
249. The Birds (1963)
250. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)



And that's it.

Comments

[biorhythm.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how they made the list up. I'm thinking it must be a poll of a lot of people asking "what is your favorite movie of all time" thing. Hence why the LOTR movies are near the top right now.

If I could pick one movie to rec that you haven't bolded, it'd be a tossup between O Brother Where Art Thou and The Shawshank Redemption. *nod*

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

>>I'm not sure how they made the list up. I'm thinking it must be a poll of a lot of people asking "what is your favorite movie of all time" thing. Hence why the LOTR movies are near the top right now.<<

I strongly suspect this too.

>>If I could pick one movie to rec that you haven't bolded, it'd be a tossup between O Brother Where Art Thou and The Shawshank Redemption. *nod*<<

I'm bound to watch O Brother because I'm a huge Coen Brothers fan. I've heard nothing but good about Shawshank either.