This is my goal for 2010. I am going to watch all 250 movies on IMDB's top 250 movies of all time. I'm actually really excited for this. I have seen some movies on the list but definitely not all 250. I haven't even HEARD of some of these movies. But all the more enriching. All the more to find out about. However there are rules.
Rules:
- must watch in order
- must write down thoughts
1. the shawshank redemption watched 9 April 2010
2. the godfather watched 11 April 2010
3. the godfather part 2 watched 12 April 2010
4. the good, the bad, the ugly watched 13 April 2010
5. pulp fiction watched 20 April 2010
6. schindler's list watched 21 April 2010
7. 12 angry men watched 22 April 2010
8. one flew over the cuckoo's nest watched 24 April 2010
9. the dark knight watched 25 April 2010
10. star wars: episode V - the empire strikes back watched 26 April 2010
11. the lord of the rings: the return of the king watched 28 April 2010
12. star wars watched 30 April 2010
13. casablanca watched 1 May 2010
14. goodfellas watched 2 May 2010
15. shichinin no samurai (seven samurai) watched 3 May 2010
16. city of god watched 20 June 2010
17. fight club watched 20 July 2010
18. raiders of the lost ark watched 1 August 2010
19. rear window watched 3 August 2010
20. the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring watched 7 August 2010
21. the usual suspects watched 7 August 2010
22. psycho watched 11 August 2010
23. once upon a time in the west watched 11 August 2010
24. the silence of the lambs
25. the matrix
26. memento
27. se7en
28. its a wonderful life
29. the lord of the rings: the two towers
30. dr. strangelove or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
31. sunset blvd
32. citizen kane
33. north by northwest
34. leon
35. apocalypse now
36. american beauty
37. avatar
38. american history x
39. forrest gump
40. taxi driver
41. vertigo
42. lawrence of arabia
43. terminator 2: judgement day
44. wall-e
45. amelie
46. alien
47. saving private ryan
48. a clockwork orange
49. the shining
50. paths of glory
51. the departed
52. to kill a mockingbird
53. the pianist
54. aliens
55. spirited away (sen to chihiro no kamikakushi)
thoughts: i was actually really glad to see this movie on the list. it is definitely in my top ten all time favorite movies.
56. the lives of others
57. m
58. double indemnity
59. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
60. chinatown
61. requiem for a dream
62. the third man
63. l.a confidential
64. reservoir dogs
65. the treasure of the sierra madre
66. das boot
67. monty python and the holy grail
68. inglorious bastards
69. pan's labyrinth
70. city lights
71. the bridge on the river kwai
72. up
thoughts: this movie was one of my top 10 of 2009 if not #1. this movie stirs up emotion in a storyline that is very unique when it comes to a children's movie. pixar really knows how to make 'em.
73. raging bull
74. the prestige
75. singin in the rain
76. 2001: a space odyssey
77. life is beautiful
78. back to the future
79. some like it hot
80. slumdog millionaire
thoughts: im glad this movie made top 100 but i was surprised not to see it above 50. it was a great movie when i saw it in theaters.
81. downfall
82. the maltese falcon
83. modern times
84. gran torino
85. amadeus
86. rashômon
87. full metal jacket
88. cinema paradiso
89. all about eve
90. braveheart
91. once upon a time in america
92. the elephant man
93. sin city
94. metropolis
95. the green mile
96. rebecca
97. the great dictator
98. the apartment
99. the sting
100. indiana jones and the last crusade
101. the great escape
102. district 9
103. gladiator
104. star wars episode vi - the return of the jedi
105. batman begins
106. jaws
107. bicycle thieves
108. unforgiven
109. hotel rwanda
110. blade runner
111. no country for old men
112. mr. smith goes to washington
113. die hard
114. on the waterfront
115. touch of evil
116. oldboy
117. the seventh seal
118. fargo
119. the wizard of oz
120. princess mononoke
121. strangers on a train
122. for a few dollars more
123. heat
124. donnie darko
125. cool hand luke
126. the wrestler
127. high noon
128. there will be blood
129. notorious
130. the manchurian candidate
131. the sixth sense
132. annie hall
133. the deer hunter
134. kill bill vol. 1
135. platoon
136. the general
137. snatch
138. the big sleep
139. ben-hur
140. into the wild
141. million dollar baby
142. the big lebowski
143. yojimbo
144. ran
145. star trek
146. it happened one night
147. the bourne ultimatum
148. life of brian
149. butch cassidy and the sundance kid
150. the lion king
151. finding nemo
152. wild strawberries
153. witness for the prosecution
154. trainspotting
155. the graduate
156. stand by me
157. gone with the wind
158. toy story
159. the terminator
160. ratatouille
161. groundhog day
162. scarface
163. amores perros
164. the thing
165. 8 1/2
166. gandhi
167. dog day afternoon
168. v for vendetta
169. the grapes of wrath
170. the gold rush
171. twelve monkeys
172. lock stock and two smoking barrels
173. diabolique
174. the night of the hunter
175. the wages of fear
176. the princess bride
177. the incredibles
178. casino
179. kind hearts and coronets
180. children of men
181. the killing
182. the wild bunch
183. judgment at nuremberg
184. grave of the fireflies
185. in bruges
186. the exorcist
187. nights of cabiria
188. the best years of our lives
189. the hustler
190. sunrise: a song of two humans
191. harvey
192. the kid
193. ed wood
194. king kong
195. good will hunting
196. letters from iwo jima
197. dial m for murder
198. rosemary's baby
199. big fish
200. the curious case of benjamin button
201. shadow of a doubt
202. let the right one in
203. a streetcar named desire
204. kill bill vol. 2
205. brief encounter
206. stalag 17
207. crash
208. sleuth
209. duck soup
210. magnolia
211. the african queen
212. rocky
213. the diving bell and the butterfly
214. mystic river
215. bonnie and clyde
216. 3 idiots
217. manhattan
218. rope
219. network
220. the pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl
notes: i remember seeing this in theaters with my mom and brother and distinctly thinking of how amazing of a movie it was.
221. crouching tiger hidden dragon
notes: i actually fell asleep in theaters when seeing this movie because of the subtitles my a.d.d just wouldnt let me focus. so hopefully i can pull it together this time around.
222. little miss sunshine
223. la strada
224. changeling
225. (500) days of summer
226. patton
227. the adventures of robin hood
228. the conversation
229. planet of the apes
230. the nightmare before christmas
231. shaun of the dead
232. glory
233. all quiet on the western front
234. the battle of algiers
235. spartacus
236. the philadelphia story
237. the lady vanishes
238. barry lyndon
239. mulholland dr.
240. monsters inc
241. whos afraid of virginia woolf?
242. toy story 2
243. his girl friday
244. my neighbor totoro
245. anatomy of murder
246. brazil
247. arsenic and old lace
248. casino royale
249. infernal affairs
250. the day the earth stood still
In other words, 1 week until Coachella. I am getting those butterflies.
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