Mandatory cultural literacy inventory
1 The Godfather (1972)
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
5 Pulp Fiction (1994)
6 Schindler’s List (1993)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
10 Shichinin no samurai (1954)
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
12 Star Wars (1977)
13 Rear Window (1954)
14 12 Angry Men (1957)
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 Cidade de Deus (2002)
18 Goodfellas (1990)
19 The Usual Suspects (1995)
20 C’era una volta il West (1968)
21 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
22 Psycho (1960)
23 Citizen Kane (1941)
24 North by Northwest (1959)
25 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
26 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
27 Memento (2000)
28 Fight Club (1999)
29 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
30 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32 The Matrix (1999)
33 Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
34 American Beauty (1999)
35 Taxi Driver (1976)
36 The Departed (2006)
37 Vertigo (1958)
38 Apocalypse Now (1979)
39 Se7en (1995)
40 Léon (1994) (I have seen and own "The Professional." Hope that counts.)
41 American History X (1998)
42 Paths of Glory (1957)
43 Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
44 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
45 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
46 Chinatown (1974)
47 M (1931)
48 The Third Man (1949)
49 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
50 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
51 The Pianist (2002)
52 Ratatouille (2007)
53 Alien (1979)
54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
55 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
56 Untergang, Der (2004)
57 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
58 L.A. Confidential (1997)
59 The Shining (1980)
60 Double Indemnity (1944)
61 Boot, Das (1981)
62 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
63 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
64 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
65 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
66 Metropolis (1927)
67 Hotel Rwanda (2004)
68 Raging Bull (1980)
69 Aliens (1986)
70 Rashômon (1950)
71 Sin City (2005)
72 Modern Times (1936)
73 Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
74 Forrest Gump (1994)
75 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
76 Rebecca (1940)
77 The Great Escape (1963)
78 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
79 All About Eve (1950)
80 Some Like It Hot (1959)
81 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
82 Amadeus (1984)
83 Touch of Evil (1958)
84 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
85 Vita è bella, La (1997)
86 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
87 The Prestige (2006)
88 On the Waterfront (1954)
89 Jaws (1975)
90 The Sting (1973)
91 Strangers on a Train (1951)
92 The Elephant Man (1980)
93 Grindhouse (2007)
94 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95 City Lights (1931)
96 Batman Begins (2005)
97 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
98 Braveheart (1995)
99 The Apartment (1960)
100 The Big Sleep (1946)
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
5 Pulp Fiction (1994)
6 Schindler’s List (1993)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
10 Shichinin no samurai (1954)
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
12 Star Wars (1977)
13 Rear Window (1954)
14 12 Angry Men (1957)
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 Cidade de Deus (2002)
18 Goodfellas (1990)
19 The Usual Suspects (1995)
20 C’era una volta il West (1968)
21 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
22 Psycho (1960)
23 Citizen Kane (1941)
24 North by Northwest (1959)
25 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
26 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
27 Memento (2000)
28 Fight Club (1999)
29 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
30 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32 The Matrix (1999)
33 Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
34 American Beauty (1999)
35 Taxi Driver (1976)
36 The Departed (2006)
37 Vertigo (1958)
38 Apocalypse Now (1979)
39 Se7en (1995)
40 Léon (1994) (I have seen and own "The Professional." Hope that counts.)
41 American History X (1998)
42 Paths of Glory (1957)
43 Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
44 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
45 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
46 Chinatown (1974)
47 M (1931)
48 The Third Man (1949)
49 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
50 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
51 The Pianist (2002)
52 Ratatouille (2007)
53 Alien (1979)
54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
55 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
56 Untergang, Der (2004)
57 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
58 L.A. Confidential (1997)
59 The Shining (1980)
60 Double Indemnity (1944)
61 Boot, Das (1981)
62 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
63 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
64 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
65 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
66 Metropolis (1927)
67 Hotel Rwanda (2004)
68 Raging Bull (1980)
69 Aliens (1986)
70 Rashômon (1950)
71 Sin City (2005)
72 Modern Times (1936)
73 Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
74 Forrest Gump (1994)
75 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
76 Rebecca (1940)
77 The Great Escape (1963)
78 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
79 All About Eve (1950)
80 Some Like It Hot (1959)
81 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
82 Amadeus (1984)
83 Touch of Evil (1958)
84 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
85 Vita è bella, La (1997)
86 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
87 The Prestige (2006)
88 On the Waterfront (1954)
89 Jaws (1975)
90 The Sting (1973)
91 Strangers on a Train (1951)
92 The Elephant Man (1980)
93 Grindhouse (2007)
94 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95 City Lights (1931)
96 Batman Begins (2005)
97 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
98 Braveheart (1995)
99 The Apartment (1960)
100 The Big Sleep (1946)