Friday, March 19, 2010

Top 100 of the Internet Movie Data Base

So, it isn't like I thought that this was set in stone. I knew that the list would change, I just didn't think it would change on a daily basis. I am torn as to how to go about completing this task. Should I make a set list on one date and stick to that list or be flexible and watch the flims until Ifinish my 1001 days. If I go all the way out to 1001 I may end up watching 2001 films.I have only had 1 that I have watched so far fall off, but then again, I have had 2 that I have already watched been added. So, I am not totally sure how to go about this. Maybe I should make a claus like a, I can change up to 10 of the films on the list as they change over the time it takes me to complete the goal. That way if there are films that I am having a difficult time finding I can switch them out with other films that come onto the the list. That is what I willl do. I will publish my list today, here. And then from now, I am allowed 10 changes from the list as they change in the future.

1. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994)
5. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993)
6. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957)
7. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
8. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008)
10. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 
11. 8.8 Star Wars (1977)
12. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 
13. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990)
14. 8.7 Fight Club (1999)
15. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
16. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. 8.7 Rear Window (1954)
18. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995)
19. 8.7 Psycho (1960)
20. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 
21. 8.6 The Matrix (1999)
22. 8.6 Se7en (1995)
23. 8.6 Memento (2000) 
24. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 
26. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
27. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
28. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959)
29. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941)
30. 8.6 Léon (1994)
31. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979)
32. 8.5 American Beauty (1999)
33. 8.5 Forrest Gump (1994)
34. 8.5 American History X (1998)
35. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 
36. 8.5 Vertigo (1958)
37. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
38. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
39. 8.5 Alien (1979)
40. 8.5 WALL·E (2008)
41. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
42. 8.5 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
43. 8.5 The Shining (1980)
44. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 
45. 8.4 The Departed (2006)
46. 8.4 The Pianist (2002)
47. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. 8.4 Aliens (1986)
49. 8.4 Double Indemnity (1944)
50. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
51. 8.4 Chinatown (1974)
52. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 
53. 8.4 The Third Man (1949)
54. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997)
55. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
56. 8.4 Das Boot (1981)
57. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
58. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
59. 8.4 City Lights (1931)
60. 8.4 Avatar (2009) 
61. 8.4 El laberinto del fauno (2006)
62. 8.4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
63. 8.4 Inglourious Basterds (2009)
64. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980)
65. 8.3 The Prestige (2006) 
66. 8.3 Up (2009)
67. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
68. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
69. 8.3 Back to the Future (1985)
70. 8.3 Modern Times (1936)
71. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959)
72. 8.3 Amadeus (1984)
73. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
74. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
75. 8.3 Braveheart (1995)
76. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008)
77. 8.3 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
78. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
79. 8.3 All About Eve (1950)
80. 8.3 Metropolis (1927)
81. 8.3 The Green Mile (1999)
82. 8.3 Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
83. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980)
84. 8.3 Sin City (2005)
85. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940)
86. 8.3 Rebecca (1940)
87. 8.3 The Apartment (1960)
88. 8.3 The Sting (1973)
89. 8.3 Gladiator (2000)
90. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
91. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963)
92. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
93 8.3 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
94. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992)
95. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005)
96. 8.3 Jaws (1975)
97. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982)
98. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004)
99. 8.2 Die Hard (1988)
100. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) \

So this is my list. I have watched 31 as of now and so far I can tell why some of these have made the list. I am not sure as to why some of the more recent films are on the list but they are okay I guess. I have to admitt I am not a fan of the lord of the rings trilogy but I guess they are not for everyone. I have already edited the original imbd to illiminate the films that are not translated into English. There were about 10 films on the top 100 that were only offered in German, Italian or Japanese. They didn't even offer English subtitles. These films I removed from my list and added the next films that were on the list in their place. I have kept the foreign films that are offered with subtitles or are translated into English. I have had the oppertunity to watch two such films so far and both have been very well produced. So cheers and onto another film!

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