National Film Registry Films and AFI top 100
From http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html (link thanks to calebbullen)
1) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
2) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
3) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
4) THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
5) ALIEN (1979)
6) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
7) ALL MY BABIES (1953)
8) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
9) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
10) ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
11) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
12) AMERICA, AMERICA (1963)
13) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
14) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
15) ANNIE HALL (1977)
16) ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN (1974)
17) THE APARTMENT (1960)
18) APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
19) ATLANTIC CITY (1980)
20) THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
21) BABY FACE (1933)
22) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
23) BADLANDS (1973)
24) THE BAND WAGON (1953)
25) THE BANK DICK (1940)
26) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
27) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
28) BEN-HUR (1926)
29) BEN-HUR (1959)
30) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
31) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
32) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
33) THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
34) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
35) THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
36) THE BLACK STALLION (1979)
37) BLACKSMITH SCENE (1893)
38) BLADE RUNNER (1982)
39) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
40) THE BLUE BIRD (1918)
41) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
42) BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
43) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
44) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
45) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
46) BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
47) A BRONX MORNING (1931)
48) THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN (1975)
49) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
50) CABARET (1972)
51) THE CAMERAMAN (1928)
52) CARMEN JONES (1954)
53) CASABLANCA (1942)
54) THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK (1925)
55) CASTRO STREET (1966)
56) CAT PEOPLE (1942)
57) CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
58) THE CHEAT (1915)
59) THE CHECHAHCOS (1924)
60) CHINATOWN (1974)
61) CHULAS FRONTERAS (1976)
62) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
63) CITY, THE (1939)
64) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
65) CIVILIZATION (1916)
66) CLASH OF THE WOLVES (1925)
67) COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER (1939)
68) COMMANDMENT KEEPER CHURCH, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1940 (1940)
69) THE CONVERSATION (1974)
70) COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
71) COPS (1922)
72) A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909)
73) THE COOL WORLD (1963)
74) THE COURT JESTER (1956)
75) THE CROWD (1928)
76) CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 (1968)
77) D.O.A. (1950)
78) DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991)
79) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
80) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
81) DEAD BIRDS (1964)
82) THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
83) DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
84) DETOUR (1946)
85) DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-5)
86) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
87) THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928)
88) DODSWORTH (1936)
89) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
90) DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
91) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
92) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
93) DRACULA (1931)
94) DUCK AMUCK (1953)
95) DUCK AND COVER (1951)
96) DUCK SOUP (1933)
97) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
98) EASY RIDER (1969)
99) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953)
100) EL NORTE (1983)
101) THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
102) EMPIRE (1964)
103) THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
104) ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
105) ERASERHEAD (1978)
106) EVIDENCE OF THE FILM (1913)
107) THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE (1914)
108) FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
109) FANTASIA (1940)
110) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
111) FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE (1915)
112) FILM PORTRAIT (1970)
113) FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
114) FLASH GORDON serial (1936)
115) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
116) FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
117) THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER (1931)
118) 42ND STREET (1933)
119) THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
120) FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND (1928)
121) FRANK FILM (1973)
122) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
123) FREAKS (1932)
124) THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
125) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
126) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
127) FROM STUMP TO SHIP (1930)
128) FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912)
129) FUJI (1974)
130) FURY (1936)
131) GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS (1980)
132) THE GENERAL (1927)
133) GERALD MCBOING BOING (1951)
134) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
135) GIANT (1956)
136) GIGI (1958)
137) THE GODFATHER (1972)
138) THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974)
139) GOING MY WAY (1944)
140) GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
141) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
142) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
143) GOODFELLAS (1990)
144) THE GRADUATE (1967)
145) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
146) GRASS (1925)
147) THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
148) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
149) GREED (1924)
150) GUN CRAZY (1949)
151) GUNGA DIN (1939)
152) H2O (1929)
153) HANDS UP (1926)
154) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
155) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
156) THE HEIRESS (1949)
157) HELL'S HINGES (1916)
158) HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937) (not sure if I've actually seen all of this or not)
159) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
160) HIGH NOON (1952)
161) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
162) HITCH-HIKER, THE (1953)
163) HOOP DREAMS (1994)
164) HOOSIERS (1986)
165) HOSPITAL (1970)
166) THE HOSPITAL (1971)
167) THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE (1954)
168) HOUSE OF USHER (1960)
169) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
170) HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
171) THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM] (1957)
172) THE HUSTLER (1961)
173) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
174) IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)
175) IMMIGRANT, THE (1917)
176) IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
177) IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS (1914), aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES
178) INTOLERANCE (1916)
179) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
180) IT (1927)
181) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
182) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
183) THE ITALIAN (1915)
184) JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
185) JAM SESSION (1942)
186) JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
187) JAWS (1975)
188) JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)
189) THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
190) JEFFRIES-JOHNSON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CONTEST (1910)
191) KANNAPOLIS, NC (1941)
192) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
193) KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970)
194) KING KONG (1933)
195) THE KISS (1896)
196) KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
197) KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN(1940)
198) KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
199) THE LADY EVE (1941)
200) LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE (1909)
201) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925)
202) LAMBCHOPS (1929)
203) LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET (1912)
204) LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
205) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)
206) LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1972)
207) LAURA (1944)
208) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
209) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
210) LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)
211) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
212) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (1927)
213) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (1980)
214) LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (1937)
215) LITTLE CAESAR (1930)
216) THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
217) LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
218) LIVING DESERT, THE (1953)
219) LOST WORLD, THE (1925)
220) LOUISIANA STORY (1948)
221) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
222) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
223) M*A*S*H (1970)
224) MAGICAL MAESTRO (1952)
225) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
226) MAKING OF AN AMERICAN (1920)
227) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
228) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
229) MANHATTA (1921)
230) MANHATTAN (1979)
231) MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938 (1938)
232) MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT (1939)
233) MARTY (1955)
234) MASTER HANDS (1936)
235) MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (1913)
236) MEAN STREETS (1973)
237) MEDIUM COOL (1969)
238) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
239) MELODY RANCH (1940)
240) MEMPHIS BELLE (1944)
241) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
242) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
243) MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
244) THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
245) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
246) MISS LULU BETT (1922)
247) MODERN TIMES (1936)
248) MODESTA (1956)
249) MOM AND DAD (1944)
250) MOROCCO (1930)
251) MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 (1947)
252) A MOVIE (1958)
253) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
254) MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970)
255) THE MUSIC BOX (1932)
256) THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
257) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
258) MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
259) THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
260) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
261) NASHVILLE (1975)
262) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
263) NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
264) NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935)
265) NETWORK (1976)
266) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
267) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
268) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
269) NINOTCHKA (1939)
270) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
271) NOSTALGIA (1971)
272) NOTHING BUT A MAN (1964)
273) THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
274) OFFON (1968)
275) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
276) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
277) ONE FROGGY EVENING (1956)
278) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
279) OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
280) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
281) PASS THE GRAVY (1928)
282) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
283) PATTON (1970)
284) THE PEARL (1948)
285) PETER PAN (1924)
286) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
287) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
288) PINOCCHIO (1940)
289) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
290) PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
291) THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
292) POINT OF ORDER (1964)
293) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
294) POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR (1936)
295) PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938)
296) POWER OF THE PRESS (1928)
297) POWERS OF TEN (1978)
298) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE (1901)
299) PRIMARY (1960)
300) PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY (1909)
301) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
302) THE PRODUCERS (1968)
303) PSYCHO (1960)
304) THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)
305) PULL MY DAISY (1959)
306) PUNCH DRUNKS (1934)
307) PUPS IS PUPS (OUR GANG) (1930)
308) RAGING BULL (1980)
309) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
310) RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)
311) REAR WINDOW (1954)
312) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
313) RED RIVER (1948)
314) REGENERATION (1915)
315) REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
316) RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)
317) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
318) RIP VAN WINKLE (1896)
319) THE RIVER (1937)
320) ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
321) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
322) ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
323) ROSE HOBART (1936)
324) SABRINA (1954)
325) SAFETY LAST (1923)
326) SALESMAN (1969)
327) SALOME (1922)
328) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
329) SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906 (1906)
330) SCARFACE (1932)
331) SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
332) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
333) SERENE VELOCITY (1970)
334) SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
335) SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927)
336) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
337) SHADOWS (1959)
338) SHAFT (1971)
339) SHANE (1953)
340) SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
341) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
342) SHERMAN'S MARCH (1986)
343) SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
344) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
345) SHOW BOAT (1936)
346) SHOW PEOPLE (1928)
347) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
348) SKY HIGH (1922)
349) SNOW WHITE (1933)
350) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
351) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
352) THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926)
353) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
354) STAGECOACH (1939)
355) STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
356) STAR THEATRE (1901)
357) STAR WARS (1977)
358) STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)
359) THE STING (1973)
360) STORMY WEATHER (1943)
361) STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
362) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
363) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
364) SUNRISE (1927)
365) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
366) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
367) SWING TIME (1936)
368) TABU (1931)
369) TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (1940)
370) TALL T, THE (1957)
371) TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934)
372) TAXI DRIVER (1976)
373) THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953)
374) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
375) TEVYE (1939)
376) THERE IT IS (1928)
377) THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
378) THE THIN BLUE LINE (1988)
379) THE THIN MAN (1934)
380) THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
381) THIS IS CINERAMA (1952)
382) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
383) THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES) (1966)
384) A TIME FOR BURNING (1966)
385) TIN TOY (1988)
386) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
387) TO FLY (1976)
388) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
389) TOOTSIE (1982)
390) TOP HAT (1935)
391) TOPAZ (1943-45) (home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center)
392) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
393) TOY STORY (1995)
394) TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
395) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
396) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
397) TULIPS SHALL GROW (1942)
398) TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949)
399) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
400) UNFORGIVEN (1992)
401) VERBENA TRAGICA (1939)
402) VERTIGO (1958)
403) THE WEDDING MARCH (1928)
404) WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
405) WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904 (1904)
406) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
407) WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916)
408) WHITE HEAT (1949)
409) WHY MAN CREATES (1968)
410) WHY WE FIGHT (series) (1943-45)
411) WILD AND WOOLY (1917)
412) THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
413) WILD RIVER (1960)
414) WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
415) THE WIND (1928)
416) WINGS (1927)
417) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
418) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
419) WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
420) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
421) WOODSTOCK (1970)
422) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
423) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
424) YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
425) ZAPRUDER FILM (1963)
51/425. I only marked movies that I'm almost 100% certain I saw; there are a lot that ring vague bells, or I think I saw some parts, but don't know if I saw the entirety.
And AFI's top 100 (http://www.afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/movies100.pdf ), just as a bonus:
1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (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.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (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.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (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.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (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.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
37/100 on that list.
I was going to say that I'm really surprised that neither list included Metropolis, but I guess that's because these are the American Film Institute and the National Registry of films, and Metropolis is German, as I was just reminded when I went looking for the link.
The hardest thing about figured out what to mark and what not to is that so many of these are iconic films that it gets hard to recall whether I've actually ever seen them or just heard cultural references and seen clips often enough that it feels like I have.
I don't often seek out and watch a lot of older films -- there has to be something really amazing about it for me to want to deal with the itching irritation of commonly entrenched racism/sexism/homophobia (it seems like the turning point for me is somewhere during the 60s and 70s, when the civil rights, women's, and gay movements started to make these into issues that were more consciously addressed in films more frequently, if imperfectly). Which isn't to say there aren't still huge problems, but it has generally been improving, and I tend to give up on current films that are particularly bad about it, and switch to ones that aren't, in ways that are harder to do with old films, in my experience. I'm sure I'm missing some gems, especially in terms of specific aspects of movie-making (acting, or cinematography, or etc), but it's just not generally worth it to me to spend so much time alternating between shuddering and yelling at the screen.
Actually, that reminds me of a conversation I had sometime recently about my (and I suspect "our") changing standards on queer cinema. I very clearly remember being all excited about any queer character anywhere in any film -- it was almost a guarantee that I'd be to the theatre to see it with my friends ASAP. As queer characters and queer films have become more common, I've been able to become pickier, and I definitely have. There are films I've rated pretty low on Netflix that I would've been ecstatic to have seen in the early 90s. And there are plenty that I just don't bother with at all, because they're just not enough my thing. It's a sign of positive change, but it's kind of weird to look back and realize the change in my personal viewing habits and sense of community around entertainment and media. I think it's largely about changing experiences of queer media scarcity allowing for higher standards.
1) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
2) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
3) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
4) THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
5) ALIEN (1979)
6) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
7) ALL MY BABIES (1953)
8) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
9) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
10) ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
11) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
12) AMERICA, AMERICA (1963)
13) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
14) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
15) ANNIE HALL (1977)
16) ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN (1974)
17) THE APARTMENT (1960)
18) APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
19) ATLANTIC CITY (1980)
20) THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
21) BABY FACE (1933)
22) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
23) BADLANDS (1973)
24) THE BAND WAGON (1953)
25) THE BANK DICK (1940)
26) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
27) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
28) BEN-HUR (1926)
29) BEN-HUR (1959)
30) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
31) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
32) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
33) THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
34) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
35) THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
36) THE BLACK STALLION (1979)
37) BLACKSMITH SCENE (1893)
38) BLADE RUNNER (1982)
39) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
40) THE BLUE BIRD (1918)
41) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
42) BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
43) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
44) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
45) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
46) BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
47) A BRONX MORNING (1931)
48) THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN (1975)
49) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
50) CABARET (1972)
51) THE CAMERAMAN (1928)
52) CARMEN JONES (1954)
53) CASABLANCA (1942)
54) THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK (1925)
55) CASTRO STREET (1966)
56) CAT PEOPLE (1942)
57) CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
58) THE CHEAT (1915)
59) THE CHECHAHCOS (1924)
60) CHINATOWN (1974)
61) CHULAS FRONTERAS (1976)
62) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
63) CITY, THE (1939)
64) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
65) CIVILIZATION (1916)
66) CLASH OF THE WOLVES (1925)
67) COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER (1939)
68) COMMANDMENT KEEPER CHURCH, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1940 (1940)
69) THE CONVERSATION (1974)
70) COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
71) COPS (1922)
72) A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909)
73) THE COOL WORLD (1963)
74) THE COURT JESTER (1956)
75) THE CROWD (1928)
76) CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 (1968)
77) D.O.A. (1950)
78) DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991)
79) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
80) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
81) DEAD BIRDS (1964)
82) THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
83) DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
84) DETOUR (1946)
85) DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-5)
86) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
87) THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928)
88) DODSWORTH (1936)
89) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
90) DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
91) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
92) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
93) DRACULA (1931)
94) DUCK AMUCK (1953)
95) DUCK AND COVER (1951)
96) DUCK SOUP (1933)
97) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
98) EASY RIDER (1969)
99) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953)
100) EL NORTE (1983)
101) THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
102) EMPIRE (1964)
103) THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
104) ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
105) ERASERHEAD (1978)
106) EVIDENCE OF THE FILM (1913)
107) THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE (1914)
108) FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
109) FANTASIA (1940)
110) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
111) FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE (1915)
112) FILM PORTRAIT (1970)
113) FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
114) FLASH GORDON serial (1936)
115) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
116) FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
117) THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER (1931)
118) 42ND STREET (1933)
119) THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
120) FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND (1928)
121) FRANK FILM (1973)
122) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
123) FREAKS (1932)
124) THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
125) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
126) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
127) FROM STUMP TO SHIP (1930)
128) FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912)
129) FUJI (1974)
130) FURY (1936)
131) GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS (1980)
132) THE GENERAL (1927)
133) GERALD MCBOING BOING (1951)
134) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
135) GIANT (1956)
136) GIGI (1958)
137) THE GODFATHER (1972)
138) THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974)
139) GOING MY WAY (1944)
140) GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
141) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
142) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
143) GOODFELLAS (1990)
144) THE GRADUATE (1967)
145) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
146) GRASS (1925)
147) THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
148) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
149) GREED (1924)
150) GUN CRAZY (1949)
151) GUNGA DIN (1939)
152) H2O (1929)
153) HANDS UP (1926)
154) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
155) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
156) THE HEIRESS (1949)
157) HELL'S HINGES (1916)
158) HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937) (not sure if I've actually seen all of this or not)
159) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
160) HIGH NOON (1952)
161) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
162) HITCH-HIKER, THE (1953)
163) HOOP DREAMS (1994)
164) HOOSIERS (1986)
165) HOSPITAL (1970)
166) THE HOSPITAL (1971)
167) THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE (1954)
168) HOUSE OF USHER (1960)
169) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
170) HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
171) THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM] (1957)
172) THE HUSTLER (1961)
173) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
174) IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)
175) IMMIGRANT, THE (1917)
176) IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
177) IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS (1914), aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES
178) INTOLERANCE (1916)
179) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
180) IT (1927)
181) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
182) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
183) THE ITALIAN (1915)
184) JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
185) JAM SESSION (1942)
186) JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
187) JAWS (1975)
188) JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)
189) THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
190) JEFFRIES-JOHNSON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CONTEST (1910)
191) KANNAPOLIS, NC (1941)
192) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
193) KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970)
194) KING KONG (1933)
195) THE KISS (1896)
196) KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
197) KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN(1940)
198) KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
199) THE LADY EVE (1941)
200) LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE (1909)
201) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925)
202) LAMBCHOPS (1929)
203) LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET (1912)
204) LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
205) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)
206) LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1972)
207) LAURA (1944)
208) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
209) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
210) LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)
211) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
212) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (1927)
213) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (1980)
214) LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (1937)
215) LITTLE CAESAR (1930)
216) THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
217) LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
218) LIVING DESERT, THE (1953)
219) LOST WORLD, THE (1925)
220) LOUISIANA STORY (1948)
221) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
222) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
223) M*A*S*H (1970)
224) MAGICAL MAESTRO (1952)
225) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
226) MAKING OF AN AMERICAN (1920)
227) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
228) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
229) MANHATTA (1921)
230) MANHATTAN (1979)
231) MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938 (1938)
232) MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT (1939)
233) MARTY (1955)
234) MASTER HANDS (1936)
235) MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (1913)
236) MEAN STREETS (1973)
237) MEDIUM COOL (1969)
238) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
239) MELODY RANCH (1940)
240) MEMPHIS BELLE (1944)
241) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
242) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
243) MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
244) THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
245) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
246) MISS LULU BETT (1922)
247) MODERN TIMES (1936)
248) MODESTA (1956)
249) MOM AND DAD (1944)
250) MOROCCO (1930)
251) MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 (1947)
252) A MOVIE (1958)
253) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
254) MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970)
255) THE MUSIC BOX (1932)
256) THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
257) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
258) MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
259) THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
260) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
261) NASHVILLE (1975)
262) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
263) NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
264) NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935)
265) NETWORK (1976)
266) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
267) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
268) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
269) NINOTCHKA (1939)
270) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
271) NOSTALGIA (1971)
272) NOTHING BUT A MAN (1964)
273) THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
274) OFFON (1968)
275) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
276) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
277) ONE FROGGY EVENING (1956)
278) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
279) OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
280) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
281) PASS THE GRAVY (1928)
282) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
283) PATTON (1970)
284) THE PEARL (1948)
285) PETER PAN (1924)
286) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
287) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
288) PINOCCHIO (1940)
289) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
290) PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
291) THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
292) POINT OF ORDER (1964)
293) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
294) POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR (1936)
295) PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938)
296) POWER OF THE PRESS (1928)
297) POWERS OF TEN (1978)
298) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE (1901)
299) PRIMARY (1960)
300) PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY (1909)
301) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
302) THE PRODUCERS (1968)
303) PSYCHO (1960)
304) THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)
305) PULL MY DAISY (1959)
306) PUNCH DRUNKS (1934)
307) PUPS IS PUPS (OUR GANG) (1930)
308) RAGING BULL (1980)
309) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
310) RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)
311) REAR WINDOW (1954)
312) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
313) RED RIVER (1948)
314) REGENERATION (1915)
315) REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
316) RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)
317) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
318) RIP VAN WINKLE (1896)
319) THE RIVER (1937)
320) ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
321) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
322) ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
323) ROSE HOBART (1936)
324) SABRINA (1954)
325) SAFETY LAST (1923)
326) SALESMAN (1969)
327) SALOME (1922)
328) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
329) SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906 (1906)
330) SCARFACE (1932)
331) SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
332) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
333) SERENE VELOCITY (1970)
334) SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
335) SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927)
336) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
337) SHADOWS (1959)
338) SHAFT (1971)
339) SHANE (1953)
340) SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
341) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
342) SHERMAN'S MARCH (1986)
343) SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
344) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
345) SHOW BOAT (1936)
346) SHOW PEOPLE (1928)
347) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
348) SKY HIGH (1922)
349) SNOW WHITE (1933)
350) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
351) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
352) THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926)
353) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
354) STAGECOACH (1939)
355) STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
356) STAR THEATRE (1901)
357) STAR WARS (1977)
358) STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)
359) THE STING (1973)
360) STORMY WEATHER (1943)
361) STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
362) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
363) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
364) SUNRISE (1927)
365) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
366) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
367) SWING TIME (1936)
368) TABU (1931)
369) TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (1940)
370) TALL T, THE (1957)
371) TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934)
372) TAXI DRIVER (1976)
373) THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953)
374) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
375) TEVYE (1939)
376) THERE IT IS (1928)
377) THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
378) THE THIN BLUE LINE (1988)
379) THE THIN MAN (1934)
380) THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
381) THIS IS CINERAMA (1952)
382) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
383) THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES) (1966)
384) A TIME FOR BURNING (1966)
385) TIN TOY (1988)
386) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
387) TO FLY (1976)
388) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
389) TOOTSIE (1982)
390) TOP HAT (1935)
391) TOPAZ (1943-45) (home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center)
392) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
393) TOY STORY (1995)
394) TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
395) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
396) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
397) TULIPS SHALL GROW (1942)
398) TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949)
399) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
400) UNFORGIVEN (1992)
401) VERBENA TRAGICA (1939)
402) VERTIGO (1958)
403) THE WEDDING MARCH (1928)
404) WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
405) WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904 (1904)
406) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
407) WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916)
408) WHITE HEAT (1949)
409) WHY MAN CREATES (1968)
410) WHY WE FIGHT (series) (1943-45)
411) WILD AND WOOLY (1917)
412) THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
413) WILD RIVER (1960)
414) WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
415) THE WIND (1928)
416) WINGS (1927)
417) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
418) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
419) WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
420) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
421) WOODSTOCK (1970)
422) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
423) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
424) YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
425) ZAPRUDER FILM (1963)
51/425. I only marked movies that I'm almost 100% certain I saw; there are a lot that ring vague bells, or I think I saw some parts, but don't know if I saw the entirety.
And AFI's top 100 (http://www.afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/movies100.pdf ), just as a bonus:
1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (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.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (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.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (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.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (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.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
37/100 on that list.
I was going to say that I'm really surprised that neither list included Metropolis, but I guess that's because these are the American Film Institute and the National Registry of films, and Metropolis is German, as I was just reminded when I went looking for the link.
The hardest thing about figured out what to mark and what not to is that so many of these are iconic films that it gets hard to recall whether I've actually ever seen them or just heard cultural references and seen clips often enough that it feels like I have.
I don't often seek out and watch a lot of older films -- there has to be something really amazing about it for me to want to deal with the itching irritation of commonly entrenched racism/sexism/homophobia (it seems like the turning point for me is somewhere during the 60s and 70s, when the civil rights, women's, and gay movements started to make these into issues that were more consciously addressed in films more frequently, if imperfectly). Which isn't to say there aren't still huge problems, but it has generally been improving, and I tend to give up on current films that are particularly bad about it, and switch to ones that aren't, in ways that are harder to do with old films, in my experience. I'm sure I'm missing some gems, especially in terms of specific aspects of movie-making (acting, or cinematography, or etc), but it's just not generally worth it to me to spend so much time alternating between shuddering and yelling at the screen.
Actually, that reminds me of a conversation I had sometime recently about my (and I suspect "our") changing standards on queer cinema. I very clearly remember being all excited about any queer character anywhere in any film -- it was almost a guarantee that I'd be to the theatre to see it with my friends ASAP. As queer characters and queer films have become more common, I've been able to become pickier, and I definitely have. There are films I've rated pretty low on Netflix that I would've been ecstatic to have seen in the early 90s. And there are plenty that I just don't bother with at all, because they're just not enough my thing. It's a sign of positive change, but it's kind of weird to look back and realize the change in my personal viewing habits and sense of community around entertainment and media. I think it's largely about changing experiences of queer media scarcity allowing for higher standards.