December 2, 2014 Tuesday 286: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
The “yearly” lists are getting smaller and smaller, so it seemed time to bring you an oversized one that you’ll never read all the way through.
There’s a book named 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die that has been updated a few times to include new movies and delete old ones. I have not read any edition of the book, but if you’ve been around here at all, you know I like to respond to other’s people’s lists almost as much as I like making my own. We might as well change the name of the site to “zwolistnerd” or some such.
I thought it’d be fun (to me) for me to go through and see how many I’ve seen off the list. I used this as my guide, which includes every movie that’s ever been on the list, so it’s actually 1,167 movies long. Based on that, I have seen 24.5% of the films. I have a long way to go, I guess.
Lists like these tend to be heavy on early films, so it’s likely/probable/certain I’ll never catch up on it, but I’ve made my peace with that and you can, too.
I’ve left the numbers from the list in place rather than numbering them according to how many I’ve seen. I’m not going to comment on each of these because nobody wants that. Just tell us in the comments what your number or percent seen is.
124. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
133. Gone With the Wind (1939)
137. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
142. Fantasia (1940)
144. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
145. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
148. Pinocchio (1940)
15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
150. Citizen Kane (1941)
158. Dumbo (1941)
165. Casablanca (1942)
199. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
239. Rio Grande (1950)
240. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
244. Strangers on a Train (1951)
245. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
252. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
253. The Quiet Man (1952)
260. High Noon (1952)
285. Rear Window (1954)
289. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1954)
312. Oklahoma! (1955)
317. The Ten Commandments (1956)
347. Vertigo (1958)
355. North by Northwest (1959)
361. Ben-Hur (1959)
365. Rio Bravo (1959)
375. The Apartment (1960)
378. Psycho (1960)
386. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
405. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
414. The Birds (1963)
432. Goldfinger (1964)
441. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
443. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
446. Mary Poppins (1964)
455. The Sound of Music (1965)
471. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo) (1966)
481. The Graduate (1967)
493. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
499. Planet of the Apes (1968)
506. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
507. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
510. The Producers (1968)
516. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
522. The Wild Bunch (1969)
528. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
535. M*A*S*H (1970)
541. Dirty Harry (1971)
542. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
545. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
551. Harold and Maude (1971)
557. The Last Picture Show (1971)
563. Deliverance (1972)
569. The Godfather (1972)
578. The Sting (1973)
582. American Graffiti (1973)
585. The Wicker Man (1973)
586. Enter the Dragon (1973)
60. Dracula (1931)
603. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
608. Young Frankenstein (1974)
609. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
610. Blazing Saddles (1974)
617. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
620. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
628. Jaws (1975)
63. M (1931)
633. Network (1976)
634. Carrie (1976)
635. Taxi Driver (1976)
636. Rocky (1976)
640. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
642. Star Wars (1977)
646. Annie Hall (1977)
651. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
657. Halloween (1978)
660. The Deer Hunter (1978)
663. Grease (1978)
670. Life of Brian (1979)
673. Alien (1979)
675. Manhattan (1979)
676. Apocalypse Now (1979)
678. The Muppet Movie (1979)
680. Mad Max (1979)
682. The Jerk (1979)
685. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
688. The Shining (1980)
693. Airplane! (1980)
694. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
696. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
699. Chariots of Fire (1981)
700. Body Heat (1981)
704. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
705. The Evil Dead (1982)
706. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
708. Poltergeist (1982)
710. Blade Runner (1982)
711. Diner (1982)
715. The Thing (1982)
720. A Christmas Story (1983)
723. The Big Chill (1983)
725. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
732. Scarface (1983)
737. The Terminator (1984)
738. The Natural (1984)
739. Ghostbusters (1984)
741. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
742. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
744. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
747. Amadeus (1984)
751. The Breakfast Club (1985)
756. Back to the Future (1985)
757. Brazil (1985)
768. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
773. Platoon (1986)
777. Aliens (1986)
778. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
779. The Fly (1986)
780. Top Gun (1986)
782. Stand By Me (1986)
786. Raising Arizona (1987)
79. Duck Soup (1933)
791. The Princess Bride (1987)
793. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
794. Broadcast News (1987)
796. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
797. Moonstruck (1987)
798. Wall Street (1987)
799. The Untouchables (1987)
801. Fatal Attraction (1987)
804. Bull Durham (1988)
807. The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)
811. Akira (1988)
812. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
814. The Naked Gun (1988)
817. Big (1988)
818. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
82. King Kong (1933)
820. Rain Man (1988)
821. Die Hard (1988)
822. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
824. RoboCop (1987)
830. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
832. Batman (1989)
833. Field of Dreams (1989)
834. Glory (1989)
840. Do the Right Thing (1989)
845. Say Anything (1989)
848. Goodfellas (1990)
850. King of New York (1990)
851. Pretty Woman (1990)
852. Dances with Wolves (1990)
855. Total Recall (1990)
856. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
859. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
864. JFK (1991)
867. Thelma & Louise (1991)
869. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
870. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
879. The Player (1992)
880. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
883. Unforgiven (1992)
887. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
888. Candyman (1992)
893. Short Cuts (1993)
894. Schindler’s List (1993)
897. Groundhog Day (1993)
901. Jurassic Park (1993)
903. The Lion King (1994)
907. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
908. Pulp Fiction (1994)
910. Natural Born Killers (1994)
911. Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
913. Hoop Dreams (1994)
915. Clerks (1994)
917. Forrest Gump (1994)
919. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
923. Braveheart (1995)
925. Babe (1995)
926. Se7en (1995)
932. Clueless (1995)
934. Heat (1995)
935. Toy Story (1995)
936. Toy Story 2 (1999)
937. Toy Story 3 (2010)
938. Dead Man (1995)
939. The Usual Suspects (1995)
942. Strange Days (1995)
944. Fargo (1996)
948. Scream (1996)
950. The English Patient (1996)
953. Independence Day (1996)
955. The Ice Storm (1997)
957. Boogie Nights (1997)
958. L.A. Confidential (1997)
962. Titanic (1997)
964. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
971. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
972. Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) (1998)
973. Rushmore (1998)
978. The Thin Red Line (1998)
980. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
981. Pi (1998)
984. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
985. The Big Lebowski (1998)
986. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
987. Being John Malkovich (1999)
988. The Sixth Sense (1999)
989. Three Kings (1999)
990. Magnolia (1999)
991. Fight Club (1999)
993. American Beauty (1999)
996. The Matrix (1999)
1005. Gladiator (2000)
1008. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
1010. Memento (2000)
1011. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long) (2000)
1015. Meet the Parents (2000)
1017. Traffic (2000)
1019. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
1020. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
1021. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
1022. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
1025. Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’ Amélie Poulain) (2001)
1031. Moulin Rouge (2001)
1035. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
1037. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
1038. Gangs of New York (2002)
1044. Adaptation. (2002)
1046. Chicago (2002)
1047. Hero (Ying Xiong) (2002)
1058. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)
1060. Lost in Translation (2003)
1066. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
1067. Collateral (2004)
1068. The Aviator (2004)
1069. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
1071. Crash (2004)
1072. Sideways (2004)
1079. The Constant Gardener (2005)
1080. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
1082. Apocalypto (2006)
1084. Once (2006)
1087. The Prestige (2006)
1088. Children of Men (2006)
1091. Babel (2006)
1093. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
1094. The Departed (2006)
1097. There Will Be Blood (2007)
1100. Atonement (2007)
1102. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
1103. No Country for Old Men (2007)
1105. The Hurt Locker (2008)
1106. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
1107. The Dark Knight (2008)
1108. Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte Komma In) (2008)
1109. Wall-E (2008)
1110. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Joheun nom Nabbeun nom Isanghan nom) (2008)
1111. The Wrestler (2008)
1112. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
1115. District 9 (2009)
1117. Avatar (2009)
1119. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (2009)
1120. The Hangover (2009)
1123. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
1126. Black Swan (2010)
1127. Inception (2010)
1128. The Social Network (2010)
1132. True Grit (2010)
1134. The King’s Speech (2010)
1137. The Tree of Life (2011)
1139. The Artist (2011)
1141. War Horse (2011)
1142. The Descendants (2011)
1143. Hugo (2011)
1147. Bridesmaids (2011)
1148. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
1150. Lincoln (2012)
1151. Django Unchained (2012)
1155. Life of Pi (2012)
1156. Les Misérables (2012)
1157. Argo (2012)
1158. Skyfall (2012)
116. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
1162. Gravity (2013)
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Written by: Mark
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Permalink # Joe said
I’m surprised at how many of those I’ve seen on your list.
Permalink # Mark said
I am, too!
Permalink # Meags said
I’ve seen 70 out of your list.
Permalink # Mark said
Maybe you’ve seen more different ones from the original list, though?