Meme: IMDB's 100 greatest movies of all time

[thehefner]

As with any "OMGGREATESTALLTIMEWOOTDSUWDJHW!!!1!" lists, there are some highly dubious choices here (The Matrix? Run Lola Run? I loved Lola Rennt, but dude, WTF?) but I am heartily pleased to see stuff like my all-time favorite ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST up there, as well as Chaplin movies like MODERN TIMES and brilliant classics like 12 ANGRY MEN and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. And may I say how plesantly surprised I was to see that SCARFACE was nowhere on the list? Thank merciful fuck!

 

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Rank Movie Didn't See It/ Started It/ Finished It/ Hated It! 1 Godfather, The (1972) Finished It 2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) Finished It 3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) Finished It 4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) Finished It 5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) Finished It 6 Casablanca (1942) Finished It 7 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) Finished It 8 Schindler's List (1993) Finished It 9 Shichinin No Samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954) Finished It 10 Star Wars (1977) Finished It 11 Citizen Kane (1941) Finished It 12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Finished It 13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Finished It 14 Rear Window (1954) Finished It 15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Finished It 16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Finished It 17 Memento (2000) Finished It 18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) Finished It 19 Pulp Fiction (1994) Finished It 20 North by Northwest (1959) Finished It 21 12 Angry Men (1957) Finished It 22 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le [Amelie] (2001) Finished It 23 Psycho (1960) Finished It 24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Finished It 25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] (1966) Finished It 26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Finished It 27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 28 Goodfellas (1990) Finished It 29 American Beauty (1999) Finished It 30 Vertigo (1958) Finished It 31 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 32 Matrix, The (1999) Finished It 33 Apocalypse Now (1979) Finished It 34 Pianist, The (2002) 35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Finished It 36 C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968) Finished It 37 Some Like It Hot (1959) 38 Third Man, The (1949) Finished It 39 Taxi Driver (1976) Finished It 40 Paths of Glory (1957) 41 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001) 42 Fight Club (1999) Finished It 43 Boot, Das (1981) Finished It 44 Double Indemnity (1944) Finished It 45 L.A. Confidential (1997) Finished It 46 Chinatown (1974) Finished It 47 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) Finished It 49 M (1931) Finished It 50 Requiem for a Dream (2000) Finished It 51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) Finished It 52 All About Eve (1950) 53 Se7en (1995) Finished It 54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Finished It 55 Saving Private Ryan (1998) Finished It 56 Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002) 57 Raging Bull (1980) Started It 58 Rashômon (1950) Started It 59 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) Finished It 60 Sting, The (1973) Hated It! 61 Alien (1979) Finished It 62 American History X (1998) Finished It 63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 64 Léon (1994) Finished It 65 Vita è bella, La [Life is Beautiful] (1997) Finished It 66 Touch of Evil (1958) Started It 67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) Finished It 68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Finished It 69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) Finished It 70 Great Escape, The (1963) 71 Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] (2000) Finished It 72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) Finished It 73 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Finished It 74 Amadeus (1984) Finished It 75 Modern Times (1936) Finished It 76 Ran (1985) Finished It 77 Annie Hall (1977) Finished It 78 Jaws (1975) Finished It 79 On the Waterfront (1954) 80 Braveheart (1995) Finished It 81 High Noon (1952) Finished It 82 Apartment, The (1960) 83 Fargo (1996) Finished It 84 Sixth Sense, The (1999) Finished It 85 Aliens (1986) Finished It 86 Shining, The (1980) Finished It 87 Strangers on a Train (1951) 88 Blade Runner (1982) Finished It 89 Metropolis (1927) 90 Duck Soup (1933) Finished It 91 Finding Nemo (2003) Finished It 92 Donnie Darko (2001) Finished It 93 General, The (1927) 94 City Lights (1931) Finished It 95 Princess Bride, The (1987) Finished It 96 Toy Story 2 (1999) Finished It 97 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Finished It 98 Great Dictator, The (1940) Finished It 99 Sjunde inseglet, Det [The Seventh Seal] (1957) Finished It 100 Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998) Finished It
Which movies have you seen?

Comments

[gnort.livejournal.com]

I agree with it for the most part(at least as far as the ones I've seen). The Matrix was on odd choice, it's enjoyable as eye candy but that doesn't make it a great movie. I also disapprove of Citizen Kane. It wasn't number 1 so it's a start but it shouldn't be on there at all.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Why shouldn't Citizen Kane be up there? It's incredibly influential, did a buttload of cinematic innovations, and most importantly, is a damn good movie. Sure, it ain't #1, but c'mon, do you really think "Run Lola Run" deserves higher on the list of 100 Greatest Movies?

[gnort.livejournal.com]

hmm seems we have a difference of opinion. I thought Kane sucked, it was boring and long. But that is just my humble opinion. I haven't seen Run Lola Run so I can't comment on its superiority or inferiority. But you got movies like Edward Scissorhands, Glory, Ghostbusters, and Akira. I just don't think Kane holds up. I mean Tron was influential and way ahead of its time but even I wouldnt put it on the top 100.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Ghostbusters definitely should be up there. I hate Akira, though. I find it boring, long, and incomprehensible. So figure.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Wow, there is a lot on that list that I haven't seen, but are on my "to watch" list.

And I am pleased as punch that "Spirited Away" made the list.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

And notice it's one of the very, very few I haven't actually seen. Bad me.

[aeonata.livejournal.com]

I love Princess Bride, but one of the best 100? Probably not. Also not Goodfellas, and Toy Story 1 was much better than Toy Story 2. Or how about, All Quiet on the Western Front or Glory? The Color Purple? The Llttle Princess? Driving Miss Daisy? Fried Green Tomatos? My Cousin Vinny? I guess my big question is what is the criteria for chosing the movies for the list?

(BTW, some of the movies you haven't seen yet are well worth the effort. It's A Wonderful Life and Singin' in the Rain come to mind. And what was it about The Sting you hated?)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I just didn't want to waste the "hated it" option if I had it on hand. Actually, thing is, I really did dislike The Sting because, well... I think I just hate con-artists. I don't care if they were stopping an evil con artist (although that does bring to mind other things I disliked... he killed blacky! Now it's time for revenge! meh), I just hate them in general. I hate con artists more than I hate vampires, and that's saying something.

I totally agree with Toy Story. I saw TS2 only a year ago and thought it was severely overhyped. So many people hold it as the high watermark and yet it just isn't compared to TS, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo.

I think they're chosen based on user ratings. Which is why we get some great and more obscure choices like ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST and perplexing ones like RUN LOLA RUN.

Yeah, it's kinda appalling how there are quite a few classic movies that I'd missed out on growing up watching obscure shit.