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I needed somewhere to keep my progress. I don't generally agree with the "Movies You Must See Before You Die" lists floating around, so instead I decided to go with Mr. Showbiz's 100 greatest movies of all time. Then, I combined it with Mr. Showbiz's READER'S CHOICE for the top 100 -- IE, the opinion of the people, and IMDB's Top 250. :] This should be a sufficiently thorough blend without having too many of those obscure critic's picks that they say you must see before you die, but in practicality it's just not so. I'd rather go with what the majority of the people say I need to see before I die. It's more relevant. heart

Key:
Title = Seen it!
Reader's Picks
IMDB Top 250

= Loved
= Liked
dramallama = No Opinion/Unsure
neutral = Didn't Care For/Not Interested in Seeing
burning_eyes = Hated


1. Casablanca (1942)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
3. North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962),
6. Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen
7. Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
8. Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski
9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir. John Ford
10. City Lights (1931), dir. Charles Chaplin
11. Raging Bull (1980), dir. Martin Scorsese
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
13. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
14. To Have and Have Not (1944)
15. The Graduate (1967) dramallama
16. The Maltese Falcon (1941) dramallama
17. Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas
18. It's A Wonderful Life (1946), dir. Frank Capra
19. The Wild Bunch (1969), dir. Sam Peckinpah
20. Vertigo (195 cool , dir. Alfred Hitchcock neutral
21. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
22. The Godfather (1972), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
23. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), dir. Steven Spielberg
24. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
25. Double Indemnity (1944)
26. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. 2001: A Space Odyssey (196 cool
29. Blade Runner (1982)
30. The Searchers (1956), dir. John Ford
31. Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
32. Annie Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen
33. Ninotchka (1939), dir. Ernst Lubitsch
34. Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch
35. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
36. Bringing Up Baby (193 cool
37. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
38. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick
39. Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino
40. Some Like It Hot (1959)
41. On The Waterfront (1954)
42. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
43. Taxi Driver (1976), dir. Martin Scorsese
44. Touch Of Evil (195 cool , dir. Orson Welles
45. Nashville (1975)
46. Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
47. The Hustler (1961)
48. The Big Sleep (1946)
49. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
50. Unforgiven (1992), dir. Clint Eastwood
51. Network (1976), dir. Sidney Lumet
52. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
53. Jaws (1975), dir. Steven Spielberg
54. The Deer Hunter (197 cool
55. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), dir. Woody Allen
56. Gunga Din (1939)
57. Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
58. Hud (1963)
59. The Third Man (1949)
60. Modern Times (1936), dir. Charles Chaplin
61. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg
62. Red River (194 cool , dir. Howard Hawks
63. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
64. Hamlet (194 cool
65. Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
66. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
67. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
68. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
69. Out Of The Past (1947)
70. All That Jazz (1979)
71. Top Hat (1935)
72. The Misfits (1961)
73. Tootsie (1982), dir. Sydney Pollack
74. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), dir. Frank Capra
75. Short Cuts (1993)
76. The Grapes of Wrath (1940), dir. John Ford
77. The Apartment (1960)
78. A Clockwork Orange (1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick neutral
79. Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
80. Moonstruck (1987)
81. GoodFellas (1990), dir. Martin Scorsese dramallama
82. Stagecoach (1939), dir. John Ford
83. The Last Picture Show (1971)
84. Die Hard (198 cool
85. West Side Story (1961) dramallama
86. The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
87. Reds (1981), dir. Warren Beatty
88. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
89. A Hard Day's Night (1964) neutral
91. A Room With A View (1986)
92. From Here to Eternity (1953)
93. The Piano (1993)
94. Adam's Rib (1949)
95. This Is Spinal Tap (1984), dir. Rob Reiner
96. It Happened One Night (1934), dir. Frank Capra
97. The Thin Man (1934), dir. W.S. Van Dyke
98. Patton (1970), dir. Franklin Schaffner
99. The Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron
100. Braveheart (1995), dir. Mel Gibson
101. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
102. Independence Day (1996)
103. Return of the Jedi (1983)
104. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) neutral
105. The Sound of Music (1965)
106. The Usual Suspects (1995)
107. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991
108. Fargo (1996), dir. Ethan & Joel Coen
109. Grease (197 cool
110. Reservoir Dogs (1992), dir. Quentin Tarantino neutral
111. Aliens (1986), dir. James Cameron
112. Dances With Wolves (1990), dir. Kevin Costner
113. The Princess Bride (1987), dir. Rob Reiner
114. Top Gun (1986)
115. Seven (1995)
116. Field of Dreams (1989)
117. Trainspotting (1996), dir. Danny Boyle
118. (Monty Python's) Life of Brian (1979), dir. Terry Jones
119. Jurassic Park (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
120. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), dir. Steven Spielberg
121. Ben-Hur (1959)
122. Heat (1995)
123. When Harry Met Sally...(1989), dir. Rob Reiner
124. Back to the Future (1989)
125. Apollo 13 (1995), dir. Ron Howard
126. Rocky (1976)
127. Amadeus (1984)
128. Dead Poets Society (1989)
129. Rain Man (198 cool
130. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
131. The Lion King (1994)
131. Platoon (1986), dir. Oliver Stone
132. Brazil (1985)
133. Raising Arizona (1987), dir. Joel Coen
134. The Breakfast Club (1985)
135. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
136. A Time to Kill (1996), dir. Joel Schumacher
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) dramallama
138. A Few Good Men (1992)
139. The English Patient (1996)
140. Toy Story (1995)
141. Twelve Angry Men (1957)
142. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King :aww:
143. City of God (2002) neutral
144. Once Upon a Time in the West (196 cool
145. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) :&3:
146. Fight Club (1999) :&3:
147. Memento (2000)
148. The Matrix (1999) :aww:
149. Slumdog Millionaire (200 cool
150. Leon (1994)
151. WALL-E (200 cool :&3:
152. American Beauty (1999) neutral
153. American History X (199 cool :aww:
154. Amelie (2001)
155. M (1931)
156. Forrest Gump (1994) :aww:
157. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) :&3:
158. The Lives of Others (2006)
159. The Shining (1980)
160. Saving Private Ryan (199 cool
161. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) dramallama
162. Spirited Away (2001) :aww:
163. Monty Python and the Holy Grail neutral
164. L.A. Confidential (1997)
165. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
166. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) :&3:
167. Das Boot (1981)
168. Rashoumon (1950)
169. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200 cool :&3:
170. Metropolis (1927)
171. Downfall/Der Untergang (2004)
172. The Elephant Man (1980)
173. Life is Beautiful (1997)
174. Cinema Paradiso (198 cool
175. Sin City (2005) :&3:
176. The Great Escape (1963)
177. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
178. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
179. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
180. The Seventh Seal (1957)
181. Bicycle Thieves (194 cool
182. Strangers on a Train (1951)
183. High Noon (1952)
184. The Green Mile (1999) :&3:
185. Gladiator (2000) :&3: :&3:
186. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
187. Mononoke Hime (1997)
188. Yojimbo (1961)
189. The Sixth Sense (1999) dramallama
190. Million Dollar Baby (2004) :&3:
191. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
192. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
193. The Big Lebowski (199 cool :aww:
194. Gandhi (1982)
195. Harvey (1950) :&3: :&3:
196. Groundhog Day (1993)
197. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) :&3:
198. The African Queen (1951)
199. The Best Years of our Lives (1946)
200. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (199 cool
201. Casino (1955)
202. King Kong (1933)
203. Ed Wood (1994)
204. Grave of the Fireflies (198 cool
205. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
206. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
207. Nosferatu (1922)
208. Frankenstein (1931)
209. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
210. Spartacus (1960)
211. Mystic River :&3:
212. Arsenic and Old Lace :&3: :&3:
213. A Christmas Story (1983) neutral
214. Planet of the Apes (196 cool :aww:
215. Harold and Maude (1971)
216. Big Fish (2003) :<3:
217. Frailty (2001) :aww:
218. 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
219. Cinderella Man (2005) :<3: :<3:
220. The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
221. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) :aww:
222. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) :aww:
223. Ghostbusters (1984) :aww:
224. Lost in Translation neutral
225. Goldfinger :aww: