Watch the AFI top 100 movies of all time

I wonder what films they’d’ve included from the past decade; the list is absolutely biased toward American cinema and leans towards popular cinema over artistic craft.

I have 30 left. I have a bunch of the ones I haven’t seen in my NetFlix queue and have Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at home right now so I’ll be able to check that one off soon.

[x] 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
[x] 2. CASABLANCA (1942)
[x] 3. GODFATHER, THE (1972)
[x] 4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
[x] 5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
[x] 6. WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
[x] 7. GRADUATE, THE (1967)
[x] 8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
[x] 9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
[ ] 10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

[x] 11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
[x] 12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
[ ] 13. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
[ ] 14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
[x] 15. STAR WARS (1977)
[x] 16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
[x] 17. AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
[x] 18. PSYCHO (1960)
[x] 19. CHINATOWN (1974)
[x] 20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

[x] 21. GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
[ ] 22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
[x] 23. MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
[x] 24. RAGING BULL (1980)
[x] 25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
[x] 26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
[x] 27. BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
[x] 28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
[ ] 29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
[ ] 30. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

[x] 31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
[x] 32. GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
[x] 33. HIGH NOON (1952)
[x] 34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
[ ] 35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
[x] 36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
[x] 37. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
[x] 38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
[x] 39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
[x] 40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

[x] 41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
[x] 42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
[ ] 43. KING KONG (1933)
[ ] 44. BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
[x] 45. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
[x] 46. CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
[x] 47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
[x] 48. JAWS (1975)
[x] 49. SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
[ ] 50. BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

[x] 51. PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
[x] 52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
[x] 53. AMADEUS (1984)
[ ] 54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
[x] 55. SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
[x] 56. MASH
[x] 57. THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
[x] 58. FANTASIA (1940)
[x] 59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
[x] 60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

[x] 61. VERTIGO (1958)
[x] 62. TOOTSIE (1982)
[ ] 63. STAGECOACH (1939)
[x] 64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
[x] 65. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
[ ] 66. NETWORK (1976)
[x] 67. MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
[ ] 68. AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
[x] 69. SHANE (1953)
[ ] 70. FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)

[x] 71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
[x] 72. BEN-HUR (1959)
[ ] 73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
[ ] 74. GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
[x] 75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
[ ] 76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
[x] 77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
[x] 78. ROCKY (1976)
[x] 79. DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
[ ] 80. WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)

[ ] 81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
[x] 82. GIANT (1956)
[ ] 83. PLATOON (1986)
[x] 84. FARGO (1996)
[ ] 85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
[ ] 86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
[ ] 87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
[x] 88. EASY RIDER (1969)
[ ] 89. PATTON (1970)
[ ] 90. JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)

[x] 91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
[ ] 92. PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
[x] 93. APARTMENT, THE (1960)
[x] 94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
[x] 95. PULP FICTION (1994)
[ ] 96. SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
[ ] 97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
[ ] 98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
[x] 99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
[ ] 100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

ce pot sa spun: to be not to be

Two year’s on and I’ve watched two more movies – The Sound of Music and All Quiet on the Western Front. The Citizen Kane DVD from Netflix has been waiting in the drawer since August. At this rate I’ll be over 100 by the time I’ve seen them all. Anyhow, this is where I’m at:

[ ] 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
[ ] 2. CASABLANCA (1942)
[x] 3. GODFATHER, THE (1972)
[ ] 4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
[x] 5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
[x] 6. WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
[ ] 7. GRADUATE, THE (1967)
[ ] 8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
[x] 9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
[ ] 10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

[ ] 11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
[ ] 12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
[x] 13. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
[ ] 14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
[x] 15. STAR WARS (1977)
[ ] 16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
[ ] 17. AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
[ ] 18. PSYCHO (1960)
[ ] 19. CHINATOWN (1974)
[x] 20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

[ ] 21. GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
[x] 22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
[ ] 23. MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
[ ] 24. RAGING BULL (1980)
[x] 25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
[ ] 26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
[ ] 27. BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
[x] 28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
[ ] 29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
[ ] 30. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

[ ] 31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
[x] 32. GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
[ ] 33. HIGH NOON (1952)
[x] 34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
[ ] 35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
[ ] 36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
[ ] 37. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (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. BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
[ ] 45. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
[ ] 46. CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
[ ] 47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
[x] 48. JAWS (1975)
[ ] 49. SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
[x] 50. BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

[ ] 51. PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
[ ] 52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
[ ] 53. AMADEUS (1984)
[x] 54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
[x] 55. SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
[ ] 56. MASH
[ ] 57. THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
[ ] 58. FANTASIA (1940)
[ ] 59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
[x] 60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

[ ] 61. VERTIGO (1958)
[ ] 62. TOOTSIE (1982)
[ ] 63. STAGECOACH (1939)
[x] 64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
[x] 65. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
[ ] 66. NETWORK (1976)
[ ] 67. MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
[ ] 68. AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
[ ] 69. SHANE (1953)
[ ] 70. FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)

[x] 71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
[x] 72. BEN-HUR (1959)
[ ] 73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
[ ] 74. GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
[x] 75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
[ ] 76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
[ ] 77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
[x] 78. ROCKY (1976)
[ ] 79. DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
[ ] 80. WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)

[ ] 81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
[ ] 82. GIANT (1956)
[X] 83. PLATOON (1986)
[x] 84. FARGO (1996)
[ ] 85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
[ ] 86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
[ ] 87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
[ ] 88. EASY RIDER (1969)
[ ] 89. PATTON (1970)
[ ] 90. JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)

[ ] 91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
[ ] 92. PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
[ ] 93. APARTMENT, THE (1960)
[x] 94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
[x] 95. PULP FICTION (1994)
[ ] 96. SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
[ ] 97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
[ ] 98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
[ ] 99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
[ ] 100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

i watched ben hur & american graffiti over the weekend and dvr’d in the heat of the night. i think i have about 35 of them down so far. woo hoo!

from 32 to 18 left in two months. not bad…

I’ve actually been working on this for a few years already. Now they have a new list. I’ve seen about 60% of the movies which was few less than I thought I would have seen. I’ve seen some movies that I wasn’t all that excited to watch and have had some happy surprises. Here are some of the ones I really loved and it surprised me.

High Noon
Dr. Strangelove
Lawrence of Arabia
The Third Man
All About Eve
The Best Years of Our Lives

There’s also been a couple I haven’t been able to get through. Bridge on the River Kwai is a tough one because I hate every character in the movie. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood. Anyway, I’ll give it another try another time.

[ ] 1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
[ ] 2.CASABLANCA (1942)
[X] 3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
[x] 4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
[ ] 5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

[x] 6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
[x] 7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
[ ] 8.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
[X] 9.SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
[x] 10.SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
[X] 11.IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
[ ] 12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
[ ] 13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)

[ ] 14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
[x] 15.STAR WARS (1977)
[ ] 16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

[ ] 17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
[x] 18.PSYCHO (1960)
[ ] 19.CHINATOWN (1974)

[ ] 20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
[ ] 21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
[ ] 22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
[ ] 23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
[ ] 24.RAGING BULL (1980)

[x] 25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
[ ] 26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
[ ] 27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
[ ] 28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
[ ] 29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
[ ] 30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
[ ] 31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
[ ] 32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
[ ] 33.HIGH NOON (1952)

[ ] 34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
[ ] 35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
[ ] 36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
[ ] 37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
[ ] 38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
[ ] 39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

[ ] 40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
[] 41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
[] 42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
[x] 43.KING KONG (1933)
[ ] 44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
[x] 45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
[ ] 46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
[ ] 47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)

[X] 48.JAWS (1975)
[x] 49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
[X] 50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

[x] 51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
[ ] 52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
[ ] 53.AMADEUS (1984)
[ ] 54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
[ ] 55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
[ ] 56.MASH
[ ] 57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)

[] 58.FANTASIA (1940)
[] 59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

[x] 60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
[] 61.VERTIGO (1958)
[X] 62.TOOTSIE (1982)

[ ] 63.STAGECOACH (1939)
[] 64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
[x] 65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
[ ] 66.NETWORK (1976)
[X] 67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)

[] 68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
[ ] 69.SHANE (1953)
[] 70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)

[x] 71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
[] 72.BEN-HUR (1959)

[] 73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
[ ] 74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)

[X] 75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
[ ] 76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)

[x] 77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
[x] 78.ROCKY (1976)
[X] 79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
[ ] 80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
[ ] 81.MODERN TIMES (1936)

[ ] 82.GIANT (1956)
[X] 83.PLATOON (1986)
[] 84.FARGO (1996)
[ ] 85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
[ ] 86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
[x] 87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
[ ] 88.EASY RIDER (1969)
[ ] 89.PATTON (1970)
[] 90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)

[] 91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
[] 92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
[] 93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
[X] 94.GOODFELLAS (1990)

[x] 95.PULP FICTION (1994)
[ ] 96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
[] 97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
[] 98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)

[x] 99.GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
[ ] 100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942

i’ve been chipping away at this goal slowly for years.
looks like i now have only 32 to go. i just put all 32 in my netflix queue, so this is going to happen.

1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (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 BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)

14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)

20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)

22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)

25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)

28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)

34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (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.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)

48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.MASH
57.THIRD MAN, THE (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.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)

68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)

71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)

73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)

75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)

77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (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.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)

91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)

95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)

99.GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)