watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies

As of April 10th 2006

1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 159,6372. 9.0 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 193,0503. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 91,2134. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 144,5105. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 42,3116. 8.8 Schindler’s List (1993) 119,3577. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 80,3138. 8.7 Pulp Fiction (1994) 168,3259. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 129,02010. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 164,31011. 8.7 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 42,48312. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 85,73313. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 190,905
14. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 50,441
15. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995) 125,60316. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) 42,98117. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 147,14318. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 111,736
19. 8.6 12 Angry Men (1957) 37,155
20. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 77,22321. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 72,81122. 8.6 Psycho (1960) 64,85023. 8.6 Memento (2000) 113,60424. 8.6 Goodfellas (1990) 85,91125. 8.6 C’era una volta il West (1968) 23,87026. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 43,11827. 8.5 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 110,399
28. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 37,788
29. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 76,29930. 8.5 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 49,24531. 8.5 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 20,65332. 8.5 Fight Club (1999) 144,09733. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 132,79634. 8.4 The Matrix (1999) 174,14135. 8.4 Vertigo (1958) 41,14236. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 73,10037. 8.4 Taxi Driver (1976) 59,674
38. 8.4 Apocalypse Now (1979) 79,118
39. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 18,220
40. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 37,111
41. 8.4 Untergang, Der (2004) 21,60542. 8.4 Se7en (1995) 110,866
43. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 42,953
44. 8.4 Léon (1994) 69,170
45. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 31,963
46. 8.4 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 23,34947. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 34,92648. 8.4 American History X (1998) 77,84349. 8.3 The Third Man (1949) 22,70650. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 74,70751. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 35,01252. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 64,471
53. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 23,646
54. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 82,34955. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 15,010
56. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 27,212
57. 8.3 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 13,019
58. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 77,20559. 8.3 Alien (1979) 77,11560. 8.3 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 80,80061. 8.3 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 43,39562. 8.3 M (1931) 15,329
63. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 13,216
64. 8.3 Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 25,070
65. 8.3 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 86,51766. 8.3 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 121,38367. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 15,229
68. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 15,949
69. 8.3 The Shining (1980) 64,38870. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 34,32171. 8.3 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 17,285
72. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 30,949
73. 8.3 Double Indemnity (1944) 14,447
74. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 46,37075. 8.2 Aliens (1986) 76,679
76. 8.2 The Great Escape (1963) 25,226
77. 8.2 Rebecca (1940) 14,332
78. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 44,688
79. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 14,363
80. 8.2 The Incredibles (2004) 49,28981. 8.2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 77,335
82. 8.2 The Sting (1973) 28,797-
83. 8.2 Crash (2004) 51,801
84. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 16,242
85. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 13,43186. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 58,29787. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 87,51988. 8.2 City Lights (1931) 9,879
89. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 14,261
90. 8.2 The Apartment (1960) 14,01891. 8.2 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 17,57092. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 46,69793. 8.2 Batman Begins (2005) 79,145
94. 8.2 Braveheart (1995) 111,180
95. 8.2 Forrest Gump (1994) 112,84096. 8.2 Ran (1985) 15,25497. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 74,29898. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 88,15999. 8.2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 94,127100. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 77,965

I also have in my clutches “Modern Times” “Rear Window” and “Lawrence of Arabia” Just need to give me some time to watch them.. especially the über long “Lawrence…”

A movie about the last moments of the 3rd Reich and Hitlers days as a megalomaniac. An excellent movie showcasing the fanaticall and sometimes obsessive approach toward the “nationalism” these people adquired. Showed withing the typicall context of the casualties of war that we’ve seen so many times in films like “Saving private Ryan”. The difference is that we’re not here to see the violence, that element just encapsulates the crazyness of it all. It’s about the people that where involved and how each experienced the downfall. There’s a woman, the wife of Hitlers second in command, that when asked why she has chosen to reamain in Berlin after being attacked, with children and all, responds that a future without nationalism is pointless, her childrens future is not a future worth living if all of what she believes in is over. The drastic measures taken by a lot of those involved gives way to the films most shocking moments. And finally, the humanized way of representing hitler is not done in a way that we symphatize with him, there’s no justifying what he did. The film just humanizes him in a way that he isnt a demon hell bent on world domination either. He was just missing a couple of screws in the head. If he we’re alive today he would just be sleeping in the streets shouting at people to believe in his ways. Or a simple ol’ cult leader. Nothing more.

29 left

The only bad thing about this task is that the IMDB.com top 100 changes every now and then. I just watched one of the newest ones on the IMDB list “Oldboy” but it’s not on the Top 100 anymore (it was when I included this task in my 43 things) at least Forrest Gump got on the list so.. 30 films to go.

Oldboy is a tragedy much like those from greek literature & mythology where there’s not necesarily a villain just people in a context where nobody wins. Full with gore, violence, automutilation, incest, torture, this movie is a handfull, but a positively shocking one. The third act will keep you in the edge of your seat. Simply put its about Oh Daesu and his quest for answers when he is misteriously captured for 15 years and stranger yet, let go. Asking the wrong questions, he wont like what the answers are.

Just watched the Manchurian Candidate, so far all the movies I’ve seen have been totally worth it. This is a movie with shocking moments, most with violence and dealing with the whole socialist thing, slight undertones of incest and suicide, I bet it was very daring to make this movie in 1962. i wonder what Frankenheimer would have done if the movie was made like a decade later with more liberties. His use of camera is also very cool, I think his skills are almost on par with Hitchcock, Kurosawa and Welles (camera & framing wise), those that tried not just to capture a story, but present it in a different way, and with a good story such as this one, you can’t loose.

32 left.. almost there :)

Just finished watching it’s a wonderful life… it’s okay I guess, I like the “What If…?” factor involved in the film and how it expresses that our actions can go a long way.

Value life children.. I guess that’s also what many of us are doing in this website.

33 films to go… the good thing about most top 100 films is that they are usually good. Crash was no exception, even if the only theme in the movie is racism, it needed just a tad bit of lightness. Excellent performances by the whole ensmble.

Bring on the next movie!!!!!

We can scratch that one from the list, very gritty & impacting, Mereilles sure knows his stuff, he’s like the Guy Ritchie (sans swept away) from Brazil, plus the fact that it was based on true events gives the film much more weight.

34 films to go… next up, crash.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Rear Window, City of God, Once upon a time in the west, Lawrence of Arabia, It’s a wonderful Life (and to think I have it on VHS somewhere in my house), Apocalypse Now, The Pianist, Paths of Glory, To Kill a Mockingbird, M, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, Bridge on the River Kwai, Crash, Modern Times, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 12 angry men, All About eve, Ragin Bull, Downfall, The Sting, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Manchurian Candidate, City Lights, The Apartment, On The Waterfront, The Great Escape, The Seventh Seal, Touch of Evil, The Great Dictator, Strangers on a Train, Oldboy, High Noon.

35 out of a 100, me thinks that’s not so bad.

I promise Ill soon watch A wonderful life and Crash which I have borrowed. Next up, M & City of god when they arrive from blockbuster.com.