So why do I feel like I've seen alot of movies?
I was curious to determine how many (or how few) of Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" I have seen.
- A - C
- Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972)
- The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Baby Face (1933)
- Bande à part (1964)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Brazil (1985)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Camille (1936)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Charade (1963)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- City Lights (1931)
- City of God (2002)
- Closely Watched Trains (1966)
- The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
- The Crowd (1928)
- D - F
- Day for Night (1973)
- The Decalogue (1989)
- Detour (1945)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- Dodsworth (1936)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Drunken Master II (1994)
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- 8 1/2 (1963)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Farewell My Concubine (1993)
- Finding Nemo (2003)
- The Fly (1986) Does it count if I only saw the old black and white version?
- G - J
- The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Ikiru (1952)
- In A Lonely Place (1950)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- It's A Gift (1934)
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
- K - M
- Kandahar (2001)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- King Kong (1933) And the newer one.
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- The Last Command (1928)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Léolo (1992)
- The Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
- The Man With a Camera (1929)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Miller's Crossing (1990) Just the Stargate Atlantis episode... ;P
- Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)
- Mouchette (1967)
- N - P
- Nayakan (1987)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- Notorious (1946)
- Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Out of the Past (1947)
- Persona (1966)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Pyaasa (1957)
- Q - S
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- The Singing Detective (1986)
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Star Wars (1977)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Sunrise (1927)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Swing Time (1936)
- T - Z
- Talk to Her (2002)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- A Touch of Zen (1971)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
- Umberto D (1952)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- White Heat (1949)
- Wings of Desire (1987)
- Yojimbo (1961)
So! With a whopping 17 out of 100, I must conclude that I am a poor uncultured soul.
Well, let us see if I am "inspired" instead! The American Film Institute's "Top 100 Most Inspiring Films":
1It's a Wonderful Life 19462To Kill a Mockingbird 19623Schindler's List 19934Rocky 19765Mr. Smith Goes to Washington19396E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 19827The Grapes of Wrath19408Breaking Away19799Miracle on 34th Street 194710Saving Private Ryan 199811The Best Years of Our Lives194612Apollo 13 199513Hoosiers198614The Bridge on the River Kwai 195715The Miracle Worker 196216Norma Rae197917One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest197518The Diary of Anne Frank 195919The Right Stuff198320Philadelphia199321In the Heat of the Night 196722The Pride of the Yankees194223The Shawshank Redemption199424National Velvet 194425Sullivan's Travels194126The Wizard of Oz193927High Noon195228Field of Dreams198929Gandhi198230Lawrence of Arabia196231Glory198932Casablanca 194233City Lights193134All the President's Men197635Guess Who's Coming to Dinner196736On the Waterfront195437Forrest Gump 199438Pinocchio 194039Star Wars197740Mrs. Miniver194241The Sound of Music19654212 Angry Men195743Gone With the Wind 193944Spartacus196045On Golden Pond198146Lilies of the Field1963472001: A Space Odyssey 196848The African Queen195149Meet John Doe194150Seabiscuit200351The Color Purple198552Dead Poet's Society 198953Shane195354Rudy199355The Defiant Ones195856Ben-Hur 195957Sergeant York194158Close Encounters of the Third Kind 197759Dances With Wolves199060The Killing Fields198461Sounder197262Braveheart 199563Rain Man 198864The Black Stallion197965A Raisin in the Sun196166Silkwood198367The Day the Earth Stood Still195168An Officer and a Gentleman198269The Spirit of St. Louis195770Coal Miner's Daughter 198071Cool Hand Luke 196772Dark Victory193973Erin Brockovich200074Gunga Din193975The Verdict198276Birdman of Alcatraz196277Driving Miss Daisy198978Thelma & Louise199179The Ten Commandments 195680Babe199581Boys Town 193882Fiddler on the Roof 197183Mr. Deeds Goes to Town193684Serpico197385What's Love Got to Do With It199386Stand and Deliver198887Working Girl198888Yankee Doodle Dandy194289Harold and Maude197290Hotel Rwanda200491The Paper Chase197392Fame198093A Beautiful Mind200194Captains Courageous193795Places in the Heart198496Searching for Bobby Fischer199397Madame Curie194398The Karate Kid198499Ray2004100Chariots of Fire1981
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I see I have only been inspired 38 times in my life LOL. Alas, at least 'tis a higher total than the previous list. This makes me feel I have accomplished . . . something.
I was going to look for a "Top Chick Flicks" list next, but I'm tired. Goodnight! :)