Sunday, June 22, 2008

Movie List

EW has created a list of 'new classic' movies (via Althouse). This is the list of their top 100 movies of the last 25 years. I'm going to modify and pass it around (like we did with the booklist from Carrie). Movies that I've seen will be italicized. Movies that we own will be bolded. Movies that I've watched in the last five years will get a plus (+), as classic movies should be rewatched, no? Movies that shouldn't be on the list, that aren't classics will get an x (X). Clear on the rules? Here's the list:
1. +Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. +The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. +Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. +Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. +Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. +The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. +Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. X This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. +GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. X Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. +Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. X +Casino Royale (2006)
20. X The Lion King (1994)
21. +Schindler's List (1993)
22. +Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. X +A Room With a View (1986)
25. +Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. +The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. +When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. +Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. +Fight Club (1999)
33. +The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. +Fargo (1996)
35. +The Incredibles (2004)
36. +Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. +Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. +The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. +Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. +Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. +The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. +The Truman Show (1998)
54. +Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. +L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. +Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. +Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. +Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. +Broadcast News (1987)
71. +Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. +Out of Africa (1985)
76. X +The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. +Moonstruck (1987)
82. +Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. +Sideways (2004)
85. +The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. +Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. X +Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. +Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. +Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. +South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Pass it on!

3 comments:

carrster said...

I played.

I can't believe "Blair Witch" lives on these lists. Yeah - it was AWESOME marketing but the movie? Eh.

Meigan said...

Wait - you haven't seen "Something about Mary"????? Or Thelma & Louise? I'm just surprised on those two. I agree with most of your x's.

I gotta do this on my blog! Fun!

Peder said...

I saw about a third of 'Something About Mary' and then turned it off in horror. I can't stand Ben Stiller, at least in that time period. Somehow I've just never seen 'Thelma & Louise'. Had a big crush on Susan Sarandon and still didn't see it.