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[C4Lukins]

So I have been trying to get through all 250 movies on the list. This is just a thread to discuss your first experience with films on the list, assuming that your first experience is after today. This is the list.

1.The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2.The Godfather (1972)
3.The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4.Pulp Fiction (1994)
5.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
6.12 Angry Men (1957)
7.Schindler's List (1993)
8.The Dark Knight (2008)
9.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
10.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
11.Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
12.Fight Club (1999)
13.Seven Samurai (1954)
14.Inception (2010)
15.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
16.Goodfellas (1990)
17.Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
18.City of God (2002)
19.Casablanca (1942)
20.The Matrix (1999)
21.Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
22.Rear Window (1954)
23.The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
25.Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
26.Forrest Gump (1994)
27.The Usual Suspects (1995)
28.Se7en (1995)
29.Psycho (1960)
30.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
31.Leon: The Professional (1994)
32.Sunset Blvd. (1950)
33.Memento (2000)
34.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
35.Apocalypse Now (1979)
36.American History X (1998)
37.Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
38.North by Northwest (1959)
39.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
40.Citizen Kane (1941)
The Avengers (2012)
41.Alien (1979)
42.City Lights (1931)
43.Spirited Away (2001)
44.American Beauty (1999)
45.Toy Story 3 (2010)
46.Taxi Driver (1976)
47.The Shining (1980)
48.M (1931)
49.Vertigo (1958)
50.Paths of Glory (1957)
51.The Pianist (2002)
52.Modern Times (1936)
53.The Departed (2006)
54.Amélie (2001)
55.Double Indemnity (1944)
56.WALL·E (2008)
57.The Lives of Others (2006)
58.Aliens (1986)
59.A Clockwork Orange (1971)
60.Back to the Future (1985)
61.Life Is Beautiful (1997)
62.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
63.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
64.Das Boot (1981)
65.Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66.Reservoir Dogs (1992)
67.The Third Man (1949)
68.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
69.The Prestige (2006)
70.The Green Mile (1999)
A Separation (2011)
71.Cinema Paradiso (1988)
72.The Great Dictator (1940)
73.Gladiator (2000)
74.Chinatown (1974)
75.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
76.L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Intouchables (2011)
77.Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
78.Rashomon (1950)
79.Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
80.Full Metal Jacket (1987)
81.Singin' in the Rain (1952)
82.Bicycle Thieves (1948)
83.Some Like It Hot (1959)
84.Amadeus (1984)
85.All About Eve (1950)
86.Metropolis (1927)
87.Raging Bull (1980)
88.Braveheart (1995)
89.Oldboy (2003)
90.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
91.Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
92.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
93.The Apartment (1960)
94.Unforgiven (1992)
95.Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
96.Princess Mononoke (1997)
97.The Sting (1973)
98.The Lion King (1994)
99.Downfall (2004)
100.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
101.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
102.Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
103.Die Hard (1988)
104.Inglourious Basterds (2009)
105.The Seventh Seal (1957)
106.Up (2009)
107.On the Waterfront (1954)
108.The Elephant Man (1980)
109.Yojimbo (1961)
110.The Great Escape (1963)
111.The Maltese Falcon (1941)
112.Batman Begins (2005)
113.Gran Torino (2008)
114.Rebecca (1940)
115.Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
116.Snatch. (2000)
117.For a Few Dollars More (1965)
118.The General (1926)
119.Heat (1995)
120.Blade Runner (1982)
121.Fargo (1996)
122.Ran (1985)
123.Wild Strawberries (1957)
124.Toy Story (1995)
125.Sin City (2005)
126.Touch of Evil (1958)
127.The Big Lebowski (1998)
128.Ikiru (1952)
129.The Deer Hunter (1978)
130.Jaws (1975)
131.No Country for Old Men (2007)
132.Hotel Rwanda (2004)
133.Cool Hand Luke (1967)
134.Scarface (1983)
135.It Happened One Night (1934)
136.The Wages of Fear (1953)
137.The Wizard of Oz (1939)
138.The Sixth Sense (1999)
139.Strangers on a Train (1951)
140.The Kid (1921)
141.The King's Speech (2010)
142.Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
143.Annie Hall (1977)
144.Black Swan (2010)
145.The Gold Rush (1925)
146.The Artist (2011)
147.High Noon (1952)
148.Platoon (1986)
149.Warrior (2011)
150.Trainspotting (1996)
151.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
152.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
153.The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
154.Into the Wild (2007)
155.Sunrise (1927)
156.The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
157.The Thing (1982)
158.Notorious (1946)
159.Donnie Darko (2001)
160.Gone with the Wind (1939)
161.Casino (1995)
162.Million Dollar Baby (2004)
163.Diabolique (1955)
164.Life of Brian (1979)
165.There Will Be Blood (2007)
166.My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
167.How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
168.Finding Nemo (2003)
169.Ben-Hur (1959)
170.Amores Perros (2000)
171.The Terminator (1984)
172.V for Vendetta (2006)
173.Good Will Hunting (1997)
174.The Big Sleep (1946)
175.Groundhog Day (1993)
176.Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
177.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
178.Stand by Me (1986)
179.Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
180.Harakiri (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
181.Twelve Monkeys (1995)
182.The Graduate (1967)
183.Network (1976)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
184.The Night of the Hunter (1955)
185.Mary and Max (2009)
186.The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
187.The 400 Blows (1959)
188.Gandhi (1982)
189.Dial M for Murder (1954)
190.Persona (1966)
191.The Battle of Algiers (1966)
192.District 9 (2009)
193.The Princess Bride (1987)
194.The Killing (1956)
195.8½ (1963)
196.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
197.La Strada (1954)
198.Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
199.The Hustler (1961)
200.Sherlock Jr. (1924)
201.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
202.Ratatouille (2007)
203.The Exorcist (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
204.The Wild Bunch (1969)
205.The Wrestler (2008)
206.Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
207.Rocky (1976)
208.Stalag 17 (1953)
209.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
210.Barry Lyndon (1975)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
211.A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
212.Nights of Cabiria (1957)
213.A Beautiful Mind (2001)
214.Star Trek (2009)
215.All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
216.High and Low (1963)
217.Ip Man (2008)
218.The Truman Show (1998)
219.Tokyo Story (1953)
220.Rope (1948)
221.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
222.Come and See (1985)
223.Roman Holiday (1953)
224.Infernal Affairs (2002)
225.Stalker (1979)
226.Rosemary's Baby (1968)
227.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
228.Mystic River (2003)
229.Let the Right One In (2008)
230.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
231.The Celebration (1998)
232.Monsters, Inc. (2001)
233.Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
234.Nosferatu (1922)
235.Beauty and the Beast (1991)
236.Throne of Blood (1957)
237.Grand Illusion (1937)
238.Le Samouraï (1967)
239.Manhattan (1979)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
240.Shutter Island (2010)
241.Castle in the Sky (1986)
242.Magnolia (1999)

Movies I have yet to see.

5.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
13.Seven Samurai (1954)
40.Citizen Kane (1941)
42.City Lights (1931)
48.M (1931)
52.Modern Times (1936)
55.Double Indemnity (1944)
61.Life Is Beautiful (1997)
67.The Third Man (1949)
A Separation (2011)
71.Cinema Paradiso (1988)
72.The Great Dictator (1940)
75.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Intouchables (2011)
78.Rashomon (1950)
83.Some Like It Hot (1959)
85.All About Eve (1950)
86.Metropolis (1927)
101.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
114.Rebecca (1940)
115.Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
117.For a Few Dollars More (1965)
118.The General (1926)
122.Ran (1985)
123.Wild Strawberries (1957)
136.The Wages of Fear (1953)
146.The Artist (2011)
147.High Noon (1952)
149.Warrior (2011)
174.The Big Sleep (1946)
177.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
180.Harakiri (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
184.The Night of the Hunter (1955)
185.Mary and Max (2009)
187.The 400 Blows (1959)
190.Persona (1966)
191.The Battle of Algiers (1966)
194.The Killing (1956)
195.8½ (1963)
196.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
197.La Strada (1954)
200.Sherlock Jr. (1924)
201.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
206.Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
212.Nights of Cabiria (1957)
217.Ip Man (2008)
219.Tokyo Story (1953)
222.Come and See (1985)
223.Roman Holiday (1953)
224.Infernal Affairs (2002)
225.Stalker (1979)
231.The Celebration (1998)
233.Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
234.Nosferatu (1922)
236.Throne of Blood (1957)
237.Grand Illusion (1937)
238.Le Samouraï (1967)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)

So it looks like I have 65 movies to watch by the end of the year. Two or three a week should do it. Anyone else up to the challenge?

 

[Jezbollah]

I take it we'd be doing the full 250? I'm interested!

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Lets watch Shawshank over and over again 250 times.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Lawrence of Arabia should be far higher than 65. Top five at least.

 

[C4Lukins]

I take it we'd be doing the full 250? I'm interested!

It is just about seeing the movies on the list that you have not yet watched. Then you report in each time you see one of those films and give a small review.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I still have 90 of these left. Every time I try to chip away at it, I get sidetracked by different actors' and directors' catalogs. I know there are at least 10 or so of them sitting on my shelf right now I should be getting to.

One day, IMDB *shakes fist*

 

[Jezbollah]

It is just about seeing the movies on the list that you have not yet watched. Then you report in each time you see one of those films and give a small review.

I'm up for that. Been playing slow catchup with the films I've yet to see but if we were to do something like this it would motivate me to watch more often.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

not the best list but I have seen most of them, I feel a bit shame for missing some of the recent ones but I got most of the classics

 

[Margalis]

1.The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

What? This always-on-TNT schlock is #1?

9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Might as well just watch a randomly generated list instead.

Edit: Maybe my post is a tad, uh, aggressive...but there's no way on earth The Return of the King is one of the best movies of all time. (Or even in the top 250 at all) I find it almost inconceivable that any film fan could believe that. At least I understand the appeal of Shawshank, though I completely no-sell it's obvious manipulations.

 

[Reekers]

The Avengers lool.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Yojimbo and There Will Be Blood are on the list, should be good.

 

[Ventilaator]

Most of the ones I haven't seen have been on my "Watch this shit already you lazy bastard" list for years.

I'm looking at the list and going "Yeah, I want to see that!" every .2 seconds.

 

[C4Lukins]

What? This always-on-TNT schlock is #1?



Might as well just watch a randomly generated list instead.

The point is not to analyze the list. It is a list of films voted on by a lot of movie fans on a popular website and nothing more. It is about finding those films on the list that you have not seen and experiencing them for the first time, and letting us know how you feel about them. I have a lot of problems with several of the movies on there, but that is not the purpose of this thread.

 

[Slayer-33]

#1 is my #1

Tagged for later, going to read up on what I might need to see.

 

[British Monsoon]

I'm up for this - lots of films I have yet to see there, but I'd rather takes films from the AFI & BFI top 100's;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films

Both has the distinct advantage of not ranking The Dark Knight at the 8th best film of all time :/

Going to start with 'Brief Encounter'

 

[Dascu]

Hmm, haven't seen about a third of those. Mostly either very recent, very old or animated and foreign entries.

Having The Dark Knight and Inception so high is absolutely adorable.

 

[Max Armstrong]

I still have 90 of these left. Every time I try to chip away at it, I get sidetracked by different actors' and directors' catalogs. I know there are at least 10 or so of them sitting on my shelf right now I should be getting to.

One day, IMDB *shakes fist*

iknowthatfeel.jpg

 

[Kjellson]

The Dark Knight at #8? Really?

 

[C4Lukins]

Hmm, haven't seen about a third of those. Mostly either very recent, very old or animated and foreign entries.

Having The Dark Knight and Inception so high is absolutely adorable.

That is typical IMDB. I think there was a time where all three Lord of the Rings films were in the top 5. And all of the original Star Wars films were much higher then they are now. There is still a lot of stuff on there though that is off the beaten path.

 

[J2d]

Anyone here on icheckmovies?
It has a bunch of lists based on imdb ratings and categories as well as many others.

 

[reggie]

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

 

[C4Lukins]

For those who want to participate, it would be nice to make your list of films you have not seen so you can check them off.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

Crap, 148 films on my list. This may take some time...

 

[aznpxdd]

Godfather should be at the top

 

[zomgbbqftw]

I'm in. Do we start from no. 250, and when?

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

You just have to accept how different the acting, framing, choreography, whatever might be and put it out of your mind. Once you've seen enough of them, you'll have no issues jumping from a 2012 CG explosion fest to the Bogey-est of Bogart movies of that era. Hell, half of the appeal is watching how stylish these old movies used to be. The black + white picture and use of shadow in classic film noir is so good.

 

[Margalis]

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

Some of that stuff is good but some of it is only interesting as a piece of history. Touch of Evil is a perfect example - the casting is insane, some of the acting is ridiculous (hotel guy lol - actually everything involving the hotel is laugh worthy) and the plot is nonsense. The best part of the movie is the first shot. If you don't give it a pass for being old it's just pretty bad in many respects. Even as a piece of film history I don't see how it's particularly important.

Whereas something like Rear Window is genuinely compelling if you can get past the old-timey trappings of it.

A lot of older movies use a method of acting much more akin to big theatrical performances and it can come off as cheesy, you definitely have to be in the right mindset for it but it's something you can adjust to and even appreciate, like good pixel art.

 

[C4Lukins]

Starting my journey with the Bicycle Thief, wish me luck.

 

[Bo130]

Wow, great. I started doing this a few months ago, I'm 28 short now. Can't seem to find the last 20 movies (for free) anywhere amoung libraries and friends though, but I'll take care of that problem when I get there. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this topic and post in it with my impressions later on!

Looking at the 65 you are short, OP, you can very much look forward to Mary & Max. It's simply amazing. Citizen Cane and Rebecca are rather good as well.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Some of that stuff is good but some of it is only interesting as a piece of history. Touch of Evil is a perfect example - the casting is insane, some of the acting is ridiculous (hotel guy lol - actually everything involving the hotel is laugh worthy) and the plot is nonsense. The best part of the movie is the first shot. If you don't give it a pass for being old it's just pretty bad in many respects. Even as a piece of film history I don't see how it's particularly important.

Touch of Evil is so energetic though. And the camera work + lighting is great. It's a weird ride and I really enjoyed it.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

I would consider this, but there's so many mediocre films on that list that I definitely don't want to waste my time rewatching.

 

[EliCash]

I like this list, for anyone who doesn't like the look of / has seen most things on the IMDB/AFI ones http://www.fastcocreate.com/1679472/martin-scorseses-film-school-the-85-films-you-need-to-see-to-know-anything-about-film

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

What pre-1960 films have you tried?

Starting my journey with the Bicycle Thief, wish me luck.

You're starting with the best. Enjoy.

 

[WorriedCitizen]

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

That's totally your loss. 1950's was the best decade for cinema imo.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

That's totally your loss. 1940's was the best decade for cinema imo.

I fixed your minor error

 

[CiSTM]

I wonder how long it will take until all the comic book movies will take over this list Avengers and Batman are only a start. Also Inception/Batman guy has a real cult behind him and seems like all his movies will end up on that list.

 

[WorriedCitizen]

I fixed your minor error

No problem. It's a valid opinion. 40's was also damn great. Especially Film Noir and Neorealism.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

I would consider this, but there's so many mediocre films on that list that I definitely don't want to waste my time rewatching.

Just watch the ones you haven't seen? Nobody said anything about watching all 250 right through.

 

[EliCash]

No problem. It's a valid opinion. 40's was also damn great. Especially Film Noir and Neorealism.

Yea, 40s and 70s for me. There's an edge to the films of those decades. 50s is great too though. The point is, using 1960 as a cutoff point is depriving yourself of joy.

 

[rezuth]

Interesting how different RT top is
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/

 

[dragonlife]

As someone who is almost completely ignorant about movies, I may give this a shot.

 

[British Monsoon]

Combined the films I haven't seen from the BFI, AFI & IMDB list, comes out at 113 films - will start with Brief Encounter when I get home;

Brief Ecounter
Kind Hearts & Coronets
Don't Look Now
City Lights
if...
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Brighton Rock
Sunset Boulevard
The Lavender Hill Mob
On the Waterfront
The Long Good Friday
Henry V (Olivier)
A Matter of Life ad Death
Chinatown
The Long Good Friday
The Servant
The Grapes of Wrath
Whisky Galore!
High Noon
The Crying Game
Doctor Zhivago
Withnail and I
Gregory's Girl
All About Eve
Double Indemnity
Annie Hall
The Best Years of Our Lives
Room at the Top
Alfie
The Lady Vanishes
Local Hero
The Commitments
Bonnie and Clyde
Secre ts & Lies
Midnight Cowboy
The Philadelphia Story
A Man for All Seasons
Black Narcissus
Performance
It Happened One Night
Intolerancce
My Beautiful Laundrette
MASH
The Gold Rush
Sullivan's Travels
A Taste of Honey
The Man in the White Suit
Blowup
Network
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Remains of the Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
In the Heat of the Night
Modern Times
Mona Lisa
The Lives of Others
Hamlet
Life is Beautiful
A Room With a View
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Cruel Sea
Far from the Madding Crowd
A Separation
The Apartment
Cinema Paradiso
A Night at the Opera
The Last Picture Show
Bicycle Thieves
The Draughtsman's Contract
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Darling
Educating Rita
Do the Right Thing
Caravaggio
Life Is Sweet
Small Faces
Witness for the Prosecution
Wild Strawberries
Touch of Evil
Ikiru
Hotel Rwanda
It Happened One Night
The Wages of Fear
Strangers on a Train
Black Swan
The Artist
Notorious
Diabolique
Amores Perros
Judgment at Nuremberg
Mary and Max
The 400 Blows
The Killing
8½
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Fanny and Alexander
Stalag 17
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Barry Lyndon
Nights of Cabiria
High and Low
Rope
Come and See
Roman Holiday
Stalker
Mystic River
Let the Right One In
The Celebration
Anatomy of a Murder
Grand Illusion
Like Stars on Earth
Shutter Island

 

[tolkir]

Here a better list of other web with votes:

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
3. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
4. 12 Angry Men (1957)
5. City Lights (1931)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
8. Modern Times (1936)
9. The Great Dictator (1940)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994)
11. The Sting (1973)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
13. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
14. All About Eve (1950)
15. Double Indemnity (1944)
16. Harakiri (1962)
17. Paths of Glory (1957)
18. Sunrise (1927)
19. Seven Samurai (1954)
20. The Apartment (1960)
21. The Kid (1921)
22. The Gold Rush (1925)
23. Life is Beautiful (1997)
24. The Hole (The Night Watch) (1960)
25. City of God (2002)
26. Casablanca (1942)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. High and Low (1963)
29. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
30. M (1931)
31. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
32. Psycho (1960)
33. Scarlet Street (1945)
34. The Young and the Damned (1950)
35. Dersu Uzala (1975)
36. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
37. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
38. Red Beard (1965)
39. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
40. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
41. Touch of Evil (1958)
42. American History X (1998)
43. North by Northwest (1959)
44. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
45. Some Like It Hot (1959)
46. Rebecca (1940)
47. To Live (1952)
48. A Night at the Opera (1935)
49. El Verdugo (The Executioner) (1963)
50. The General (1926)
51. Limelight (1952)
52. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
53. Ordet (The Word) (1955)
54. The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
55. Greed (1924)
56. The Last Laugh (1924)
57. Vertigo (1958)
58. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
59. One, Two, Three (1961)
60. The Third Man (1949)
61. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
62. Rear Window (1954)
63. Pather Panchali (AKA Song of the Little Road) (1955)
64. Sleuth (1972)
65. The Wages of Fear (1953)
66. The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity (1959)
67. La Strada (1954)
68. Freaks (1932)
69. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
70. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
71. Aparajito (The Unvanquished) (1957)
72. The Big Heat (1953)
73. Scarface (1983)
74. Laura (1944)
75. The Big Sleep (1946)
76. Unforgiven (1992)
77. Children of Paradise (1945)
78. Bill Hicks: Sane Man (1989)
79. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
80. A Man Escaped (1956)
81. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
82. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
83. The Wind (1928)
84. Rocco and his Brothers (1960)
85. Notorious (1946)
86. Apocalypse Now (1979)
87. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
88. Umberto D. (1952)
89. The Pianist (2002)
90. 1900 (Novecento) (1976)
91. Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain (AKA Tales of Ugetsu) (1953)
92. The Little Foxes (1941)
93. Plácido (1961)
94. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
95. The Heiress (1949)

http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/topgen.php?genre=&limit=100&country=&notvse=1&fromyear=&toyear=&nodoc=1

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Combined the films I haven't seen from the BFI, AFI & IMDB list, comes out at 113 films - will start with Brief Encounter when I get home;

Hope it doesn't put you off from watching the rest because that's totally a film i would expect some people having a problem with because "omg so old and boring".

 

[TheKaeptain]

Have like 30 I need to see off that list.

 

[Petrichor]

These are the only ones I've seen - and wow is the order wrong:

1.The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2.The Godfather (1972)
4.Pulp Fiction (1994)
8.The Dark Knight (2008)
9.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
11.Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14.Inception (2010)
15.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
17.Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
20.The Matrix (1999)
22.Rear Window (1954)
23.The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
25.Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28.Se7en (1995)
29.Psycho (1960)
33.Memento (2000)
35.Apocalypse Now (1979)
38.North by Northwest (1959)
The Avengers (2012)
41.Alien (1979)
43.Spirited Away (2001))
45.Toy Story 3 (2010)
47.The Shining (1980)
49.Vertigo (1958)
54.Amélie (2001)
59.A Clockwork Orange (1971)
66.Reservoir Dogs (1992)
69.The Prestige (2006)
73.Gladiator (2000)
89.Oldboy (2003)
90.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
91.Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
95.Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
96.Princess Mononoke (1997)
100.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
102.Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
112.Batman Begins (2005)
114.Rebecca (1940)
120.Blade Runner (1982)
124.Toy Story (1995)
138.The Sixth Sense (1999)
141.The King's Speech (2010)
142.Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
144.Black Swan (2010)
159.Donnie Darko (2001)
164.Life of Brian (1979)
192.District 9 (2009)
203.The Exorcist (1973)
206.Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
218.The Truman Show (1998)
227.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
229.Let the Right One In (2008)
232.Monsters, Inc. (2001)

It doesn't include all of my favourites - but out of these the top 10 should include (in no particular order) let the right one in, the shawshank redemption, oldboy, rear window, pan's labyrinth, memento, north by northwest, vertigo, district 9 and amelie, for my money. Some films (the matrix, the avengers!) are far too high up.

 

[Andiie]

Going by a random site I just used I'm at 186 / 250. There were a few that I own that I haven't gotten around to watching yet. Most of the ones I haven't seen are oldies that I've found hard to come by.

 

[archnemesis]

Last time I counted I had only seen about half of the movies. Catching up on the rest of the list would take me years. IIRC, it was mostly animated or old (before 1970) movies that I'd missed.

 

[Enco]

I tried this a few years ago and while I saw alot of stuff I hadn't seen (and enjoyed most), I just can't bring myself to see anything pre-1960. I know that's probably a terrible thing to say, but I just can't do it, film has changed too much.

I kinda agree.

I've seen some old films (e.g 12 Angry Men - 1957) but I don't actively seek them out because they look and feel so old. I can't relate to them and get into them as much.

 

[Kud Dukan]

Here a better list of other web with votes:



http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/topgen.php?genre=&limit=100&country=&notvse=1&fromyear=&toyear=&nodoc=1

That's not a bad list, but it seems like it has the opposite problem of other lists where it completely ignores a lot of amazing films that have come out "recently" (the last 20 years or so).

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I will get on with it, I´ve watched more than half already. Many of the choices on that list are a bit mind boggling though.