[The Pamp]

A little while back Entertainment Weekly posted a "Guide To Surviving The Writer's Strike" in one of their columns. One of their suggestions was to tackle the AFI Top 100 films of all time. I looked at the list and realized, I really haven't seen many of these films. So, I've decided to put a big dent in that bastard by watching as many of these films as I can in the next year. I'll post the list below and strikethrough the films I've already seen, to illustrate just how few of these films I've seen:

1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

That's around 20 movies I've seen on this list. That's pathetic. So I am taking on the challenge and I'm putting it out there for others in my position. Let's put a dent in this list!!!

I only just watched Easy Rider last night and I have Annie Hall and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid on deck.

Post your own list and take up the challenge now.

[yodajones]

My roommate in college, who programmed the campus films, took this same challenge.

I advise you to jump right to 46 and 47. Maybe not in the same night though....

[Ross]

I've seen 34 but i've got barely any interest in watching most of them.

[ctowner1]

I've seen 91...I'm missing:

44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
63 Stagecoach 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
76 City Lights 1931
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960

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[JHawk]

Last updated 03-09-08

I'm in! I've been wanting to do something like this for years. I'll even throw in a list of the "off list" movies I see. Let the viewing begin, and let Allan Smithee take the hindmost!

1 Citizen Kane 1941 - R
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939 - R
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967 - R
8 On the Waterfront 1954 - R
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959 - R
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 - R
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 - R
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979 - R
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969 - R
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961 - R
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978 - R
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986 - R
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970 - R
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 - R
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

I've got a healthy start at 43 movies seen, but the movies with the "R" are ones that are hazy in my memory and it feels like I need to rewatch them. (I found at least three on your list Pamp that should have been struck through but were missing a tag.)

Off List Movies for 2008
1 Michael Clayton
2 Mystery Men

[Mothman]

My roommate in college, who programmed the campus films, took this same challenge.

I advise you to jump right to 46 and 47. Maybe not in the same night though....

LOL! That wouldn't make for the happiest night but they are both good movies.

Personally, I suggest jumping straight to #23, followed by #38. In fact, anybody who hasn't seen "The Maltese Falcon" should see it. It's just too cool.

I've seen 91...I'm missing:

44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
63 Stagecoach 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
76 City Lights 1931
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960

Wow! I'm impressed. I've only seen 53.5 (I only watched half of The Deer Hunter before becoming too bored to go on).

My Fair Lady is very good.

Jim

[Webhead]

I've seen 53 of the movies on the list and out of all the movies I have not seen Schindler's List is the only one I really want to see. I just wish I had the time to search out some of these movies and watch them. I've been sitting on a copy of JUNO for a week now and barely had a chance to watch it last night.

[The Pamp]

Last updated 03-09-08

I'm in! I've been wanting to do something like this for years. I'll even throw in a list of the "off list" movies I see. Let the viewing begin, and let Allan Smithee take the hindmost!

1 Citizen Kane 1941 - R
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939 - R
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967 - R
8 On the Waterfront 1954 - R
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959 - R
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 - R
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 - R
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979 - R
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969 - R
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961 - R
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978 - R
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986 - R
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970 - R
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 - R
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

I've got a healthy start at 43 movies seen, but the movies with the "R" are ones that are hazy in my memory and it feels like I need to rewatch them. (I found at least three on your list Pamp that should have been struck through but were missing a tag.)

Off List Movies for 2008
1 Michael Clayton
2 Mystery Men

That's the spirit. 43 movies is a very healthy start. I envy you. I have a lot of viewing ahead of me.

[The Pamp]

My roommate in college, who programmed the campus films, took this same challenge.

I advise you to jump right to 46 and 47. Maybe not in the same night though....

#47 is coming up in the near future (it's on my Netflix list), but #46 will take some building up to.

[ctowner1]

Wow! I'm impressed. I've only seen 53.5 (I only watched half of The Deer Hunter before becoming too bored to go on).

My Fair Lady is very good.

Jim

I'm a big movies fan and been watching quite a while. Between theatre/home I watch between 80-120 movies a year, and I'm 45! lol Do the math! :^)

Too bored of Deer Hunter?? Oh my - you really need to revisit that! Sure, the first hour or so might be slower b/c it's pre-Viet Nam. But once they go overseas? The Russian Roulette scenes are among the most intense scenes I have EVER seen on a movie/TV screen. I guarantee you will NOT be bored! wow.

I may have seen My Fair Lady decades ago - but I was too fuzzy on it to count it. I actually taped The Apartment off of AMC a few years ago, but when I went to watch it recently the quality was so poor I had to quit 5 minutes in. I have 2 of those Chaplin movies on VHS as well - but who am I kidding? After switching to Hi Def last year, I just can't watch those old VHS tapes any more! lol

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This post has been edited by ctowner1: 09 March 2008 - 09:41 PM

[Chris Murrin]

All right. Here's my list:

1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

This post has been edited by Chris Murrin: 24 October 2008 - 05:38 PM

[DoctorTeeth]

There are actually TWO official AFI's Top 100 American Movies lists, the original from 1997 and the "10 Year Anniversary" one that came out last year. Since we seem to be using the 1997 edition, I'll put my lists here.

Seen:
1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
38 Double Indemnity 1944
40 North by Northwest 1959
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
91 My Fair Lady 1964
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992

Unseen:
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
7 The Graduate 1967
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
41 West Side Story 1961 - I haven't seen all of it all the way through, but I really don't want to, either; what I have seen was terrible.
48 Jaws 1975
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
82 Giant 1956
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Seen 73, haven't seen 27. Out of the ones I've seen, I think my favourites are City Lights, Citizen Kane, The Godfather I & II, It Happened One Night, and The Searchers. I'll jump on the bandwagon, but it's going to take quite a few beers to get through some of them (curse you, West Side Story...).

[The Pamp]

All right. Here's my list:

1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

31 to go. Some of the unstruck ones I've seen in bits and pieces, but I can't swear that I've seen 100% of them.

Show off

[Dman]

Here is my list. The films I've seen are strikethrough and the films I’ve haven’t are bolded. For the films I haven’t seen, some I’ve either never seen or I’ve seen bits of but not the whole film. My absolute favorites that I either own or will own because I’ll never get tired of watching them are in bolded in blue.

1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
38 Double Indemnity 1944
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
82 Giant 1956
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
91 My Fair Lady 1964
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

This post has been edited by Dman: 09 March 2008 - 11:42 PM

[The Pamp]

There are actually TWO official AFI's Top 100 American Movies lists, the original from 1997 and the "10 Year Anniversary" one that came out last year. Since we seem to be using the 1997 edition, I'll put my lists here.

Seen:
1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
8 On the Waterfront 1954
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12 Sunset Boulevard 1950
14 Some Like It Hot 1959
15 Star Wars 1977
16 All About Eve 1950
17 The African Queen 1951
18 Psycho 1960
19 Chinatown 1974
20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
28 Apocalypse Now 1979
30 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
31 Annie Hall 1977
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
33 High Noon 1952
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
35 It Happened One Night 1934
36 Midnight Cowboy 1969
38 Double Indemnity 1944
40 North by Northwest 1959
42 Rear Window 1954
43 King Kong 1933
44 The Birth of a Nation 1915
45 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
47 Taxi Driver 1976
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
51 The Philadelphia Story 1940
53 Amadeus 1984
54 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
55 The Sound of Music 1965
56 M*A*S*H 1970
57 The Third Man 1949
58 Fantasia 1940
59 Rebel Without a Cause 1955
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
62 Tootsie 1982
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
66 Network 1976
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
74 The Gold Rush 1925
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
76 City Lights 1931
80 The Wild Bunch 1969
81 Modern Times 1936
83 Platoon 1986
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
87 Frankenstein 1931
88 Easy Rider 1969
91 My Fair Lady 1964
93 The Apartment 1960
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
97 Bringing Up Baby 1938
98 Unforgiven 1992

Unseen:
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
7 The Graduate 1967
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
21 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
39 Doctor Zhivago 1965
41 West Side Story 1961 - I haven't seen all of it all the way through, but I really don't want to, either; what I have seen was terrible.
48 Jaws 1975
52 From Here to Eternity 1953
63 Stagecoach 1939
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
68 An American in Paris 1951
69 Shane 1953
73 Wuthering Heights 1939
77 American Graffiti 1973
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
82 Giant 1956
86 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
89 Patton 1970
90 The Jazz Singer 1927
92 A Place in the Sun 1951
99 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Seen 73, haven't seen 27. Out of the ones I've seen, I think my favourites are City Lights, Citizen Kane, The Godfather I & II, It Happened One Night, and The Searchers. I'll jump on the bandwagon, but it's going to take quite a few beers to get through some of them (curse you, West Side Story...).

I searched for that 10th Anniversary list. I could only find it in PDF format and it was a bitch to cut and paste. I wound up going with Wikipedia's list, which has some minor differences (i.e. No Fellowship of The Ring). If you can find a version of the current list to post, please do. We want to be as up to date as possible.

West Side Story isn't all bad, but I will say this. I'm glad I saw it when I was a kid. It may not translate as well in adulthood.

[Chris Murrin]

Show off

You think that's showing off? How fast do you think I can watch 31 films?

This post has been edited by Chris Murrin: 09 March 2008 - 11:52 PM

[7h0m45]

these are the only ones i have seen. and the reason being is that a lot of the movies on the list i have no interest in seeing, some i want to watch but not all.

2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
9 Schindler's List 1993
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
15 Star Wars 1977
18 Psycho 1960
24 Raging Bull 1980
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
32 The Godfather Part II 1974
47 Taxi Driver 1976
48 Jaws 1975
49 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
61 Vertigo 1958
65 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
67 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
70 The French Connection 1971
71 Forrest Gump 1994
75 Dances with Wolves 1990
78 Rocky 1976
79 The Deer Hunter 1978
84 Fargo 1996
89 Patton 1970
94 Goodfellas 1990
95 Pulp Fiction 1994 [/s]

[BillDoughty]

Here's what I've seen:

1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 Casablanca 1942
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Gone with the Wind 1939
6 The Wizard of Oz 1939
7 The Graduate 1967
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 Singin' in the Rain 1952
11 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
13 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
15 Star Wars 1977
22 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
23 The Maltese Falcon 1941
25 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
26 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
31 Annie Hall 1977
34 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
40 North by Northwest 1959
41 West Side Story 1961
43 King Kong 1933
46 A Clockwork Orange 1971
48 Jaws 1975
50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
53 Amadeus 1984
58 Fantasia 1940
60 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
62 Tootsie 1982
71 Forrest Gump 1994
72 Ben-Hur 1959
78 Rocky 1976
81 Modern Times 1936
84 Fargo 1996
85 Duck Soup 1933
87 Frankenstein 1931
93 The Apartment 1960
95 Pulp Fiction 1994
96 The Searchers 1956
100 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

38 out of 100. With #39 on the way, since I actually have Stagecoach out from the library at the moment. I've got a lot of work left.

[Skaboss307]

I'll post my list soon.

Just thought I'd throw out there that this is the list I use with my high school pop culture class as the basis for our film unit. We watch some classic foreign stuff as well to show how the influence works both ways.

[Mothman]

Too bored of Deer Hunter?? Oh my - you really need to revisit that! Sure, the first hour or so might be slower b/c it's pre-Viet Nam. But once they go overseas? The Russian Roulette scenes are among the most intense scenes I have EVER seen on a movie/TV screen. I guarantee you will NOT be bored! wow.

I'll give it another shot. I was probably just tired when I watched it the first time but that pre-Vietnam stuff just seemed to go on forever.

I may have seen My Fair Lady decades ago - but I was too fuzzy on it to count it. I actually taped The Apartment off of AMC a few years ago, but when I went to watch it recently the quality was so poor I had to quit 5 minutes in. I have 2 of those Chaplin movies on VHS as well - but who am I kidding? After switching to Hi Def last year, I just can't watch those old VHS tapes any more! lol

Ha! I'm the same way.

BTW, Dr. Teeth, I share your pain regarding West Side Story. I've seen enough of it to wonder if I really want to see the rest.

How is Full Metal Jacket not on this list? That's one of the best films I've ever seen. L.A. Confidential is too. I think AFI needs a good slap in the head!

Jim