10.25.2006

Still Gotta Keep Living

Okay, so having just completed Tohubohu’s latest NFC entry, I’m in a bit of a movie mood. So here’s the infamous 1001 list, only this time for movies. Let’s see how I’m doing, shall we? Same rules apply — I’ve got to remember enough of it to have it be a legitimate component of my mental catalog.

  1. The Gold Rush (1925)
  2. Metropolis (1927)
  3. Dracula (1931)
  4. City Lights (1931)
  5. King Kong (1933)
  6. Modern Times (1936)
  7. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  9. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  10. Gone With the Wind (1939)
  11. Fantasia (1940)
  12. Pinocchio (1940)
  13. Citizen Kane (1941)
  14. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  15. Dumbo (1941)
  16. Casablanca (1942)
  17. Double Indemnity (1944)
  18. The Big Sleep (1946)
  19. Notorious (1946)
  20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  21. Rope (1948)
  22. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  23. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  24. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  25. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  26. High Noon (1952)
  27. Rear Window (1954)
  28. The Seven Samurai (1954)
  29. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  30. Giant (1956)
  31. The Wrong Man (1956)
  32. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  33. Touch of Evil (1958)
  34. Vertigo (1958)
  35. North by Northwest (1959)
  36. Psycho (1960)
  37. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
  38. The Hustler (1961)
  39. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  40. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  41. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  42. The Birds (1963)
  43. Goldfinger (1964)
  44. Marnie (1964)
  45. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
  46. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  47. The Sound of Music (1965)
  48. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  49. The Graduate (1967)
  50. The Jungle Book (1967)
  51. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  52. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  53. The Producers (1968)
  54. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  55. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  56. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  57. Easy Rider (1969)
  58. M*A*S*H (1970)
  59. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  60. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  61. The French Connection (1971)
  62. Dirty Harry (1971)
  63. Sleuth (1972)
  64. The Godfather (1972)
  65. The Sting (1973)
  66. American Graffiti (1973)
  67. Young Frankenstein (1974)
  68. Chinatown (1974)
  69. Blazing Saddles (1974)
  70. The Godfather Part II (1974)
  71. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  72. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  73. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  74. The Wall (1975)
  75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  76. Jaws (1975)
  77. Carrie (1976)
  78. All the President’s Men (1976)
  79. Rocky (1976)
  80. Taxi Driver (1976)
  81. Star Wars (1977)
  82. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  83. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  84. Grease (1978)
  85. Up in Smoke (1978)
  86. Halloween (1978)
  87. Alien (1979)
  88. Breaking Away (1979)
  89. Life of Brian (1979)
  90. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  91. The Jerk (1979)
  92. The Muppet Movie (1979)
  93. Manhattan (1979)
  94. Mad Max (1979)
  95. Ordinary People (1980)
  96. The Shining (1980)
  97. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  98. The Elephant Man (1980)
  99. Airplane! (1980)
  100. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  101. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
  102. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
  103. E.T. The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
  104. The Thing (1982)
  105. Poltergeist (1982)
  106. Blade Runner (1982)
  107. The Evil Dead (1982)
  108. Tootsie (1982)
  109. Diner (1982)
  110. Gandhi (1982)
  111. A Christmas Story (1983)
  112. Videodrome (1983)
  113. Return of the Jedi (1983)
  114. The Big Chill (1983)
  115. Terms of Endearment (1983)
  116. The King of Comedy (1983)
  117. The Right Stuff (1983)
  118. Scarface (1983)
  119. Amadeus (1984)
  120. The Terminator (1984)
  121. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  122. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  123. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
  124. Ghostbusters (1984)
  125. The Killing Fields (1984)
  126. The Natural (1984)
  127. The Breakfast Club (1985)
  128. Out of Africa (1985)
  129. Back to the Future (1985)
  130. The Color Purple (1985)
  131. Manhunter (1986)
  132. Stand By Me (1986)
  133. Blue Velvet (1986)
  134. The Fly (1986)
  135. Aliens (1986)
  136. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
  137. A Room with a View (1986)
  138. Platoon (1986)
  139. Top Gun (1986)
  140. Raising Arizona (1987)
  141. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  142. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  143. Broadcast News (1987)
  144. The Princess Bride (1987)
  145. The Untouchables (1987)
  146. Fatal Attraction (1987)
  147. Bull Durham (1988)
  148. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  149. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  150. The Naked Gun (1988)
  151. Big (1988)
  152. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
  153. Die Hard (1988)
  154. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  155. Rain Man (1988)
  156. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
  157. Batman (1989)
  158. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  159. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
  160. My Left Foot (1989)
  161. Roger & Me (1989)
  162. Glory (1989)
  163. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
  164. Say Anything (1989)
  165. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
  166. Goodfellas (1990)
  167. Dances with Wolves (1990)
  168. Pretty Woman (1990)
  169. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  170. Total Recall (1990)
  171. Boyz ’n the Hood (1991)
  172. Thelma & Louise (1991)
  173. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  174. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  175. JFK (1991)
  176. The Player (1992)
  177. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  178. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  179. Unforgiven (1992)
  180. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
  181. The Crying Game (1992)
  182. Groundhog Day (1993)
  183. Philadelphia (1993)
  184. Jurassic Park (1993)
  185. The Age of Innocence (1993)
  186. Schindler’s List (1993)
  187. The Piano (1993)
  188. Forrest Gump (1994)
  189. Clerks (1994)
  190. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
  191. The Lion King (1994)
  192. The Last Seduction (1994)
  193. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  194. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  195. Babe (1995)
  196. Toy Story (1995)
  197. Strange Days (1995)
  198. Braveheart (1995)
  199. Clueless (1995)
  200. Heat (1995)
  201. Seven (1995)
  202. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  203. Fargo (1996)
  204. Independence Day (1996)
  205. The English Patient (1996)
  206. Scream (1996)
  207. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
  208. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  209. Boogie Nights (1997)
  210. Titanic (1997)
  211. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  212. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  213. Run Lola Run (1998)
  214. Rushmore (1998)
  215. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
  216. Magnolia (1999)
  217. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
  218. Three Kings (1999)
  219. Fight Club (1999)
  220. Being John Malkovich (1999)
  221. American Beauty (1999)
  222. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  223. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  224. The Matrix (1999)
  225. Gladiator (2000)
  226. Meet the Parents (2000)
  227. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  228. Memento (2000)
  229. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  230. Moulin Rouge (2001)
  231. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  232. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  233. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  234. The Pianist (2002)
  235. Adaptation (2002)
  236. Chicago (2002)
  237. The Two Towers (2002)
  238. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  239. The Return Of The King (2003)
  240. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
  241. Collateral (2004)
  242. The Aviator (2004)
  243. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Okay, so 243 is a bit more respectable, but still a lot lower than someone in my position should rightfully score. Not quite a quarter of ’em. I wonder if this’ll be a legitimate excuse to spend a lot more time in front of the screen?

Somehow, I doubt it.

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