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I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but having not been in the mood to watch films recently I haven’t got round to adding this goal and making a start. But now, it is time!

Anywho, the list 03/07/2009:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)
7. The Dark Knight (2008)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
10. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Rear Window (1954)
17. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. C’era una volta il West (1968)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. Fight Club (1999)
22. Up (2009)
23. The Usual Suspects (1994)
24. Psycho (1960)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
27. The Matrix (1999)
28. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
29. Memento (2000)
30. North by Northwest (1959)
31. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. Se7en (1995)
33. Citizen Kane (1941)
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. Taxi Driver (1976)
39. American History X (1998)
40. Vertigo (1958)
41. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
42. WALL·E (2008)
43. Forrest Gump (1994)
44. Paths of Glory (1957)
45. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001)
46. M (1931)
47. Double Indemnity (1944)
48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
49. Alien (1979)
50. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
52. The Shining (1980)
53. The Departed (2006)
54. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
55. The Third Man (1949)
56. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
57. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
58. Chinatown (1974)
59. The Pianist (2002)
60. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
61. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
62. City Lights (1931)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
65. L.A. Confidential (1997)
66. Das Boot (1981)
67. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
69. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
71. El laberinto del fauno (2006)
72. Rashômon (1950)
73. Raging Bull (1980)
74. All About Eve (1950)
75. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
76. Gran Torino (2008)
77. Modern Times (1936)
78. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
79. Some Like It Hot (1959)
80. Rebecca (1940)
81. Der Untergang (2004)
82. Metropolis (1927)
83. The Prestige (2006)
84. The Apartment (1960)
85. Amadeus (1984)
86. The Elephant Man (1980)
87. La vita è bella (1997)
88. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
89. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
90. The Great Dictator (1940)
91. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Great Escape (1963)
94. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
95. Back to the Future (1985)
96. The Sting (1973)
97. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
98. Sin City (2005)
99. Star Trek (2009)
100. Touch of Evil (1958)
101. On the Waterfront (1954)
102. Braveheart (1995)
103. Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
104. The Wrestler (2008)
105. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
106. Batman Begins (2005)
107. Jaws (1975)
108. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
109. No Country for Old Men (2007)
110. Strangers on a Train (1951)
111. The Green Mile (1999)
112. Blade Runner (1982)
113. Unforgiven (1992)
114. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
115. Gladiator (2000)
116. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
117. Notorious (1946)
118. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
119. High Noon (1952)
120. Oldboy (2003)
121. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
122. Die Hard (1988)
123. The Big Sleep (1946)
124. Fargo (1996)
125. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
126. The General (1926)
127. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
128. Mononoke-hime (1997)
129. There Will Be Blood (2007)
130. Donnie Darko (2001)
131. Smultronstället (1957)
132. It Happened One Night (1934)
133. Heat (1995)
134. Yojimbo (1961)
135. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
136. Annie Hall (1977)
137. Ran (1985)
138. The Hangover (2009)
139. The Deer Hunter (1978)
140. The Sixth Sense (1999)
141. Ben-Hur (1959)
142. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
143. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Les diaboliques (1955)
146. Into the Wild (2007)
147. Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
148. Le salaire de la peur (1953)
149. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
152. 8½ (1963)
153. Life of Brian (1979)
154. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
155. The Big Lebowski (1998)
156. Snatch. (2000)
157. The Gold Rush (1925)
158. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
159. The Graduate (1967)
160. Finding Nemo (2003)
161. Stand by Me (1986)
162. The Killing (1956)
163. Ratatouille (2007)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
166. Brief Encounter (1945)
167. Amores perros (2000)
168. Gone with the Wind (1939)
169. The Lion King (1994)
170. Trainspotting (1996)
171. Scarface (1983)
172. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
173. The Wild Bunch (1969)
174. The Thing (1982)
175. Groundhog Day (1993)
176. V for Vendetta (2005)
177. The Terminator (1984)
178. Sleuth (1972)
179. The Kid (1921)
180. Toy Story (1995)
181. Harvey (1950)
182. The Hustler (1961)
183. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
184. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
185. The Princess Bride (1987)
186. Umberto D. (1952)
187. The Incredibles (2004)
188. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
189. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
190. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
191. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
192. Children of Men (2006)
193. Stalag 17 (1953)
194. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
195. Casino (1995)
196. Hotaru no haka (1988)
197. Duck Soup (1933)
198. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
199. The African Queen (1951)
200. Dial M for Murder (1954)
201. La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
202. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
203. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
204. In Bruges (2008)
205. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
206. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
207. The Conversation (1974)
208. King Kong (1933)
209. The Exorcist (1973)
210. The Lost Weekend (1945)
211. La strada (1954)
212. Ed Wood (1994)
213. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
214. His Girl Friday (1940)
215. Public Enemies (2009)
216. Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
217. Rope (1948)
218. Safety Last! (1923)
219. Changeling (2008)
220. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
221. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
222. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
223. Crash (2004/I)
224. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
225. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
226. Network (1976)
227. Manhattan (1979)
228. Frankenstein (1931)
229. Patton (1970)
230. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
231. Great Expectations (1946)
232. Big Fish (2003)
233. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
234. Laura (1944)
235. Magnolia (1999)
236. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
237. Wo hu cang long (2000)
238. Mystic River (2003)
239. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
240. Glory (1989)
241. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
242. Roman Holiday (1953)
243. Good Will Hunting (1997)
244. Rocky (1976)
245. My Man Godfrey (1936)
246. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
247. La dolce vita (1960)
248. Harold and Maude (1971)
249. The Red Shoes (1948)
250. Spartacus (1960)

I have seen more than just what I’ve ticked off, but they’re ones I’ve either forgotten most of, or never really saw much of in the first place.

I already have a few more off the list ready to watch, namely The Prestige, Gran Torino, Das Boot, Hotel Rwanda, The Dark Knight, Let The Right One In, and Heat… and I’m going to see Public Enemies tomorrow, yay! =)

As mentioned in a few other goals, I have the whole summer free so should be able to make a good sized dent in this goal over the next month or two. I shall post every Friday with updates!

I think I am getting exceptionally close to ticking this goal off. In recent months my mood has been higher in general and I have been trying to see the positives in every situation. I feel happier and more confident in myself.

I have had downers, as we all do, and for a lot of this year, they have been intense but short-lived, and I feel refreshed after each one… tends to be that I bounce back in a hyperactive mood most often!

Part of me wants to believe that both the ups and the downs have been thanks to a certain male friend I have made this year, who I feel close to, moreso than he does me. But alas, I will keep in regular contact with him and see where it takes us.

I feel like I do this already in small ways: helping my peers with their coursework when they need it, never saying no when someone asks a favour of me, holding doors for people, and every ride to college I always seek to let someone join the flow of traffic from junctions. This year I’ve encountered rush hour most mornings each week and I know the frustration of gridlock. I give a generous wave in advance and lay off the throttle, as they wave back I give them a nod and a smile… which unfortunately they can’t see!

I will be putting more effort into putting a smile on anothers’ face. I live in a town with a large elderly population. Next time I get the opportunity maybe I can do something there.