I am 22 and have seen 32 of the 100 movies on the American Film Institute’s list of all-time greatest movies, and there are at least seven more of which I have seen partially. This list intrigues me, and I plan on investigating.
It is my mission to watch every single movie on this list: the good, the bad and the ugly. I have always enjoyed watching classic movies, but this goal to see all of these movies started when I saw AFI’s countdown of these movies on television, and from there on in it became almost an obsession.
The list is composed of all different genres, although there are few comedies and horror films. I guess they don’t typically meet the qualifications which “enrich and nurture the art of film in America
Here's the list-- I put a mark next to the ones I have seen completely:
1. Citizen Kane, 1941.
2. The Godfather, 1972.
3. Casablanca
4. Raging Bull, 1980. *
5. Singin' in the Rain, 1952.
6. Gone With the Wind, 1939. *
7. Lawrence of Arabia , 1962.
8. Schindler's List, 1993.*
9. Vertigo, 1958.*
10. The Wizard of Oz, 1939. *
12. The Searchers, 1956.
13. Star Wars, 1977.*
14. Psycho, 1960.*
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.
16. Sunset Blvd., 1950.
17. The Graduate, 1967.*
18. The General, 1927.
19. On the Waterfront, 1954.
20. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946. *
21. Chinatown , 1974.
22. Some Like It Hot, 1959. *
23. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940.
24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982. *
25. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.*
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
27. High Noon, 1952.
28. All About Eve, 1950.
29. Double Indemnity, 1944.
30. Apocalypse Now, 1979.
31. The Maltese Falcon, 1941.*
32. The Godfather Part II, 1974.
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975.
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937.*
35. Annie Hall, 1977.
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957.
37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946.
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948.
39. Dr. Strangelove, 1964.
40. The Sound of Music, 1965.*
41. King Kong, 1933.
42. Bonnie and Clyde , 1967.
43. Midnight Cowboy, 1969.
44. The Philadelphia
45. Shane, 1953.
46. It Happened One Night, 1934.
47. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951.*
48. Rear Window, 1954.
49. Intolerance, 1916.
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001.*
51. West Side Story, 1961.*
52. Taxi Driver, 1976.
53. The Deer Hunter, 1978.
54. M-A-S-H, 1970.
55. North by Northwest, 1959.
56. Jaws, 1975.*
57. Rocky, 1976.
58. The Gold Rush, 1925.
59. Nashville
60. Duck Soup, 1933.
61. Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
62. American Graffiti, 1973.
63. Cabaret, 1972.
64. Network, 1976.
65. The African Queen, 1951.*
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966.
68. Unforgiven, 1992.
69. Tootsie, 1982.
70. A Clockwork Orange
71. Saving Private Ryan, 1998.
72. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994.*
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969.
74. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991.*
75. In the Heat of the Night, 1967.
76. Forrest Gump, 1994.*
77. All the President's Men, 1976.
78. Modern Times, 1936.
79. The Wild Bunch, 1969.
80. The Apartment, 1960.
81. Spartacus, 1960.
82. Sunrise
83. Titanic, 1997.*
84. Easy Rider, 1969.
85. A Night at the Opera, 1935.
86. Platoon, 1986.
87. 12 Angry Men, 1957.
88. Bringing Up Baby, 1938.*
89. The Sixth Sense, 1999.*
90. Swing Time, 1936.
91. Sophie's Choice, 1982.
92. Goodfellas, 1990.
93. The French Connection, 1971.
94. Pulp Fiction, 1994.*
95. The Last Picture Show, 1971.
96. Do the Right Thing, 1989.
97. Blade Runner, 1982.
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942.
99. Toy Story, 1995.*
100. Ben-Hur, 1959.
That's all for now. When I watch a few more of these, I'll tell you what I think about them. And don't hate on me for never having watched Rocky and The Godfather parts I and II, and 2001: A Space Odyssey-- I get enough of that from my brother. I know I have seen parts of each of these movies, but I can't say for certain whether I saw the entire thing. These will probably be the first on my list to get scratched off-- based solely on the fact that Travis keeps pestering me to watch them with him. Stay tuned!
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