Tuesday, April 18, 2006

This list is going around the blogs and I can't resist.
Seen about half of 'em.

Bold, I've seen it. Italic, I liked it.

101. Notorious -- like the setting (So. Am.), like Claude Rains
100. Memento
99. The Wild Bunch
98. The Grapes of Wrath
97. The Searchers
96. The Hustler
95. Hannah and her Sisters
94. Patton
93. Do the Right Thing
92. Psycho
91. The Verdict
90. Sideways
89. Forrest Gump -- enjoyed the sndtrck, all the pop culture refs.
88. Field of Dreams
87. 8 1/2
86. Harold & Maude
85. La Grande Illusion
84. The Princess Bride
83. Rear Window
82. Cool Hand Luke
81. Being There
80. Witness -- love the muttered Pennsylvanian deutsch
79. The Producers
78. Rocky
77. Adaptation
76. Raging Bull
75. High Noon -- like Grace Kelly in this one (not so much in Rear Window)
74. Being John Malkovich
73. Amadeus
72. Thelma & Louise
71. The Lion in Winter -- love Peter O'Toole (My Favorite Year) ... always confuse him with Richard Harris (Camelot, also love) ... love this period of English history
70. The African Queen
69. Dog Day Afternoon -- absolutely love it! Caveat: my husband's family was directly effected at Attica.
68. Star Wars
67. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
66. Jerry Maguire
65. Singin' in the Rain
64. Terms of Endearment
63. Jaws
62. Moonstruck
61. The Silence of the Lambs
60. L.A. Confidential
59. It Happened One Night
58. Ordinary People
57. Crimes and Misdeameanors
56. Back to the Future
55. Apocalypse Now -- Boo came a long way from TKAM, didn't he?
54. Manhattan
53. All the President's Men
52. The Lady Eve
51. Broadcast News
50. The Sixth Sense
49. Schindler's List -- the softer version. See The Pianist
48. The Bridge on the River Kwai
47. The Maltese Falcon
46. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
45. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
44. The Best Years of Our Lives -- can't believe it won best pic over IAWL.
43. Taxi Driver
42. Raiders of the Lost Ark
41. Goodfellas
40. When Harry Met Sally
39. The Sting
38. American Beauty
37. The Philadelphia Story
36. Midnight Cowboy
35. The Usual Suspects -- how many times is Kevin Spacey listed here?
34. The Sweet Smell of Success
33. The Third Man
32. Fargo
31. His Girl Friday -- what about Arsenic & Old Lace?
30. Unforgiven
29. Sullivan's Travels
28. Shakespeare in Love
27. Groundhog Day
26. Double Indemnity
25. The Wizard of Oz
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
23. Gone with the Wind
22. The Shawshank Redemption
21. North by Northwest -- "Why don't you do it in your famous James Mason impersonation voice?" (John Lennon, Live at the BBC)
20. It's a Wonderful Life -- shouldn't even have to ask!
19. To Kill a Mockingbird -- still want to name a son "Atticus"
18. On the Waterfront
17. Tootsie -- Teri Garr and Bill Murray, perfect together
16. Pulp Fiction
15. The Apartment
14. Lawrence of Arabia
13. The Graduate
12. Dr. Strangelove
11. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
10. The Godfather II
9. Some Like It Hot -- funny in places but men in drag, not popular with me
8. Network
7. Sunset Blvd.
6. Annie Hall
5. All About Eve
4. Citizen Kane
3. Chinatown
2. The Godfather
1. Casablanca -- because I can sing La Marseillaise with them all! "Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé ..."

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