watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list

I recently saw “On the Waterfront” and “The Manchurian Candidate”, so my list is at…

To See

16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

19. CHINATOWN (1974)

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)


47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

53. AMADEUS (1984)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

56. MA*SH (1970)

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

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)
69. SHANE (1953)

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

72. BEN-HUR (1959)

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

82. GIANT (1956)

83. PLATOON (1986)

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

88. EASY RIDER (1969)

89. PATTON (1970)

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

94. GOODFELLAS (1990)

95. PULP FICTION (1994)

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Seen

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

7. THE GRADUATE (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. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

15. STAR WARS (1977)

17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

18. PSYCHO (1960)

20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

42. REAR WINDOW (1954)

43. KING KONG (1933)

49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

58. FANTASIA (1940)

65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

66. NETWORK (1976)


67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

71. FORREST GUMP (1994)

78. ROCKY (1976)

84. FARGO (1996)

91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

If I’m counting correctly, that means I’ve now seen 43 of the movies now. After 3 years, I would’ve thought that I’d be further along, but… at least I’m making progress.

• M.A.S.H

I accidently deleted this entry. It was painful to sit and watch this movie. I didn’t get it. I felt like George C. Scot had to do a movie made up by a bunch of middle-schoolers. What a snooze-fest. At least that is one more off my list.

is now off my list! Duck Soup was not as excruciating as Dr. Strangelove. But, I would not sit and watch it again. Harpo gave me the willies.

I’ve just recently rediscovered the wonderfulness of the library, not only for my kids, but for me too. I’m not a big reader, so I never thought about going to the library as an adult (once I got out of college anyway). I just discovered that the library has movies that I can check out. I still have a VCR and since many of the AFI movies are older, playing them on video tape doesn’t really compromise the quality. I’ve been checking out VHS tapes of the movies, and plan to do that a lot more as I make weekly trips to the library with my kids! And the best thing is… it’s free!

During this past week, I’ve watched 2 more of the top 100 movies, Annie Hall and The Godfather II. I’ll start with the movie that I saw first, Annie Hall.
I have never been a fan of Woody Allen movies. I just don’t get the humor. While I appreciate the cultural significance of Annie Hall, it definitely isn’t going to the top of my list of my favorite movies. Again, Wikipedia made me appreciate the movie a little more, but it wasn’t a movie that had me engrossed and left me wanting more. I did love Diane Keaton though… she was a fox and I love her innocence. Reminds me of an early Meg Ryan, from back when Meg was young herself. :)
The Godfather II was another movie I “couldn’t refuse”. :) I liked it every bit as much as the first. It makes me want to see the third one, but I’ve heard that the 3rd doesn’t stack up to the first two. I really liked that II acted as both a sequel and a prequel. I almost want to go back and watch the first one again. I’m sure this will become a movie that I start leaving on the tv when I see it on, just like Gone with the Wind.
Oh, and although I’ve seen it before, I also saw The Wizard of Oz this past week. This time I saw it at the theather, which was a first. I also saw it with my 3 year old daughter, another first. It was a very cool experience to watch it as an adult, yet still seeing it through the eyes of a child as she asked questions and I explained to her what was happening. I have seen the movie so many times that I have many of the lines memorized, but this is the first time that I remember actually sitting down and watching the whole thing from start to finish. I usually catch it on TV and watch it while doing other things, and also usually miss the beginning. This is probably the first time that I’ve watched the whole black and white part of the movie (without Pink Floyd playing over it anyway). :) Very cool!

Here I am again! I started this 3 years ago, progressed well and then life happened. Well, now I’m back on this goal. I have 25 movies to watch on the 2007 list and then I will be done. A lot of these are before 1940. I don’t find those kind of films too interesting. Here they are:

Raging Bull
City Lights
The Searchers
2001: A Space Odessey
The General
High Noon
Annie Hall
Dr. Strangelove
Shane
Intolerance
The Gold Rush
Nashville
Duck Soup
Sullivan’s Travels
Modern Times
The Wild Bunch
Spartacus
Sunrise
Easy Rider
A Night at the Opera
Platoon
12 Angry Men
Swing Time
The French Connection
Blade Runner

I’m 90% through. Ben-Hur was a rough road. I can’t believe I’d never seen Giant before. I’m sure I’ll see it many more times in my life.

In the last year I have only watched one more. I really need to get this goal back on my radar.

• Unforgiven
• Duck Soup