The 100 Films Meme
Of the movies that made the American Film Institute's Top 100:
- Your favorite 5 films that made the list
- The Godfather
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Amadeus
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- It Happened One Night
- Tootsie
- 5 movies on the list you didn't like ("thought were overrated" might be closer to the mark)
- Sunset Boulevard
- Goodfellas
- Fargo
- Dances With Wolves
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 5 movies on the list you haven't seen but want to
- Schindler's List
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Bringing Up Baby
- Some Like It Hot
- Network
- 5 movies on the list you haven't seen and have no interest in seeing
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Dr. Strangelove
- Raging Bull
- Jaws
- Platoon
- Your favorite 5 movies that aren't on the list
- The Passion of the Christ
- A Man for All Seasons
- Sleepless in Seattle (so sue me)
- The Sixth Sense
- The Lion in Winter
Came over from TSO's jernt and had to post a variant POV:
Faves:
Casablanca
Singin’ in the Rain
Dr. Strangelove
Fantasia
The Manchurian Candidate
Overrated:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
ET
M*A*S*H
Some Like it Hot
Tootsie
Want to see, haven’t yet:
On the Waterfront
Best Years of Our Lives
All Quiet on the Western Front
Treasure of Sierra Madre
City Lights
Not seen, don’t care to:
Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Raging Bull
Midnight Cowboy
Pulp Fiction
Omissions:
The Passion of The Christ
A Day at the Races
Airplane
The Blues Brothers
Casino
The Gang’s All Here
Thanks for having comments!
Interesting omissions list Gregg! Haven't seen too many of those. Also if you see City Lights let me know. Want to discuss the ending.