movie watching meme redux
I did this in 2009 and feel like 5 years may have changed some things.
How many movies have you watched from the IMDB top 250 list? (as at 16 November 2014)
Bold the movies you have seen in full.
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Interstellar (2014)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Inception (2010)
15. Forrest Gump (1994)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
21. Seven Samurai (1954)
22. City of God (2002)
23. Se7en (1995)
24. The Usual Suspects (1995)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
27. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
28. Léon: The Professional (1994)
29. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
30. Casablanca (1942)
31. The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
32. American History X (1998)
33. Psycho (1960)
34. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
35. City Lights (1931)
36. Rear Window (1954)
37. Spirited Away (2001)
38. The Intouchables (2011)
39. Modern Times (1936)
40. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
41. Memento (2000)
42. The Pianist (2002)
43. The Green Mile (1999)
44. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
45. Apocalypse Now (1979)
46. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
47. The Departed (2006)
48. Gladiator (2000)
49. Back to the Future (1985)
50. Alien (1979)
51. The Prestige (2006)
52. The Great Dictator (1940)
53. The Lives of Others (2006)
54. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
55. Django Unchained (2012)
56. The Lion King (1994)
57. The Shining (1980)
58. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
59. Paths of Glory (1957)
60. American Beauty (1999)
61. WALL·E (2008)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Citizen Kane (1941)
65. Amelie (2001)
66. Vertigo (1958)
67. Boyhood (2014)
68. M (1931)
69. Toy Story 3 (2010)
70. Das Boot (1981)
71. Oldboy (2003)
72. Princess Mononoke (1997)
73. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
74. Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983)
75. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
76. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
77. Taxi Driver (1976)
78. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
79. Double Indemnity (1944)
80. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
81. Braveheart (1995)
82. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
83. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
84. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
85. Gone Girl (2014)
86. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
87. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
88. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
89. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
90. The Sting (1973)
91. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
92. Amadeus (1984)
93. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
94. Snatch. (2000)
95. Rashômon (1950)
96. All About Eve (1950)
97. L.A. Confidential (1997)
98. The Apartment (1960)
99. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
100. Some Like It Hot (1959)
101. The Kid (1921)
102. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
103. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
104. The Third Man (1949)
105. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
106. Indiana Jones and the Final Crusade (1989)
107. A Separation (2011)
108. Yojimbo (1961)
109. Batman Begins (2005)
110. Toy Story (1995)
111. Metropolis (1927)
112. Unforgiven (1992)
113. Raging Bull (1980)
114. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
115. Scarface (1983)
116. Chinatown (1974)
117. Up (2009)
118. Downfall (2004)
119. Die Hard (1988)
120. The Great Escape (1963)
121. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
122. On the Waterfront (1954)
123. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
124. 3 Idiots (2009)
125. Heat (1995)
126. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
127. The Hunt (2012)
128. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
129. Good Will Hunting (1997)
130. The Seventh Seal (1957)
131. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
132. Ikiru (1952)
133. Wild Strawberries (1957)
134. The Elephant Man (1980)
135. The Gold Rush (1925)
136. Ran (1985)
137. The General (1926)
138. Blade Runner (1982)
139. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
140. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
141. Gran Torino (2008)
142. Casino (1995)
143. The Big Lebowski (1998)
144. Rebecca (1940)
145. Warrior (2011)
146. V for Vendetta (2005)
147. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
148. The Deer Hunter (1978)
149. It Happened One Night (1934)
150. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
151. Rang De Basanti (2006)
152. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
153. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
154. Fargo (1996)
155. Rush (2013)
156. Trainspotting (1996)
157. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
158. Gone with the Wind (1939)
159. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
160. Into the Wild (2007)
161. The Wages of Fear (1953)
162. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
163. Dial M for Murder (1954)
164. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
165. The Sixth Sense (1999)
166. The Thing (1982)
167. Finding Nemo (2003)
168. No Country for Old Men (2007)
169. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
170. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
171. Platoon (1986)
172. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
173. Mary and Max (2009)
174. Life of Brian (1979)
175. Incendies (2010)
176. Network (1976)
177. Touch of Evil (1958)
178. Annie Hall (1977)
179. Les diaboliques (1955)
180. Sin City (2005)
181. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
182. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
183. The Princess Bride (1987)
184. Stand by Me (1986)
185. There Will Be Blood (2007)
186. Ben-Hur (1959)
187. Amores perros (2000)
188. The 400 Blows (1959)
189. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
190. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
191. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
192. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
193. In the Name of the Father (1993)
194. The Avengers (2012)
195. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
196. Persona (1966)
197. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
198. Donnie Darko (2001)
199. 8½ (1963)
200. Gandhi (1982)
201. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
202. Strangers on a Train (1951)
203. Infernal Affairs (2002)
204. Jaws (1975)
205. High Noon (1952)
206. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
207. Stalker (1979)
208. Notorious (1946)
209. The King's Speech (2010)
210. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
211. The Terminator (1984)
212. Shutter Island (2010)
213. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
214. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
216. Groundhog Day (1993)
217. Ip Man (2008)
218. Before Sunrise (1995)
219. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
220. Rocky (1976)
221. La Strada (1954)
222. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
223. La Haine (1995)
224. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
225. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
226. Barry Lyndon (1975)
227. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
228. Memories of Murder (2003)
229. The Big Sleep (1946)
230. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
231. Castle in the Sky (1986)
232. The Truman Show (1998)
233. The Help (2011)
234. Roman Holiday (1953)
235. The Graduate (1967)
236. Swades: We, the People (2004)
237. Her (2013)
238. The Hustler (1961)
239. Festen (1998)
240. Jurassic Park (1993)
241. In the Mood for Love (2000)
242. Stalag 17 (1953)
243. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
244. Underground (1995)
245. Rope (1948)
246. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
247. Papillon (1973)
248. The Killing (1956)
249. Before Sunset (2004)
250. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Total: 89 (or 35% of the list)
32 of the top 50 (or 64%)
an improvement of 39% on 2009
Other things I've noticed about the top 250 list over the years:
- I'm glad to see the Prestige has moved up 30 spots.
- I'm sad that In Bruges and Kill Bill 2 have dropped off.
- The Dark Knight remains the only comic book movie in the top 50. The next in the list in The Dark Knight Rises in 2014 (#54) or Sin City in 2009 (#98).
- There is still a good chunk of old movies pre-1980 that I haven't seen.
- American Psycho is still not on the list.
How many movies have you watched from the IMDB top 250 list? (as at 16 November 2014)
Bold the movies you have seen in full.
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Interstellar (2014)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Inception (2010)
15. Forrest Gump (1994)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
21. Seven Samurai (1954)
22. City of God (2002)
23. Se7en (1995)
24. The Usual Suspects (1995)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
27. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
28. Léon: The Professional (1994)
29. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
30. Casablanca (1942)
31. The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
32. American History X (1998)
33. Psycho (1960)
34. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
35. City Lights (1931)
36. Rear Window (1954)
37. Spirited Away (2001)
38. The Intouchables (2011)
39. Modern Times (1936)
40. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
41. Memento (2000)
42. The Pianist (2002)
43. The Green Mile (1999)
44. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
45. Apocalypse Now (1979)
46. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
47. The Departed (2006)
48. Gladiator (2000)
49. Back to the Future (1985)
50. Alien (1979)
51. The Prestige (2006)
52. The Great Dictator (1940)
53. The Lives of Others (2006)
54. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
55. Django Unchained (2012)
56. The Lion King (1994)
57. The Shining (1980)
58. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
59. Paths of Glory (1957)
60. American Beauty (1999)
61. WALL·E (2008)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Citizen Kane (1941)
65. Amelie (2001)
66. Vertigo (1958)
67. Boyhood (2014)
68. M (1931)
69. Toy Story 3 (2010)
70. Das Boot (1981)
71. Oldboy (2003)
72. Princess Mononoke (1997)
73. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
74. Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983)
75. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
76. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
77. Taxi Driver (1976)
78. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
79. Double Indemnity (1944)
80. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
81. Braveheart (1995)
82. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
83. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
84. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
85. Gone Girl (2014)
86. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
87. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
88. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
89. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
90. The Sting (1973)
91. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
92. Amadeus (1984)
93. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
94. Snatch. (2000)
95. Rashômon (1950)
96. All About Eve (1950)
97. L.A. Confidential (1997)
98. The Apartment (1960)
99. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
100. Some Like It Hot (1959)
101. The Kid (1921)
102. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
103. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
104. The Third Man (1949)
105. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
106. Indiana Jones and the Final Crusade (1989)
107. A Separation (2011)
108. Yojimbo (1961)
109. Batman Begins (2005)
110. Toy Story (1995)
111. Metropolis (1927)
112. Unforgiven (1992)
113. Raging Bull (1980)
114. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
115. Scarface (1983)
116. Chinatown (1974)
117. Up (2009)
118. Downfall (2004)
119. Die Hard (1988)
120. The Great Escape (1963)
121. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
122. On the Waterfront (1954)
123. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
124. 3 Idiots (2009)
125. Heat (1995)
126. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
127. The Hunt (2012)
128. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
129. Good Will Hunting (1997)
130. The Seventh Seal (1957)
131. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
132. Ikiru (1952)
133. Wild Strawberries (1957)
134. The Elephant Man (1980)
135. The Gold Rush (1925)
136. Ran (1985)
137. The General (1926)
138. Blade Runner (1982)
139. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
140. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
141. Gran Torino (2008)
142. Casino (1995)
143. The Big Lebowski (1998)
144. Rebecca (1940)
145. Warrior (2011)
146. V for Vendetta (2005)
147. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
148. The Deer Hunter (1978)
149. It Happened One Night (1934)
150. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
151. Rang De Basanti (2006)
152. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
153. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
154. Fargo (1996)
155. Rush (2013)
156. Trainspotting (1996)
157. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
158. Gone with the Wind (1939)
159. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
160. Into the Wild (2007)
161. The Wages of Fear (1953)
162. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
163. Dial M for Murder (1954)
164. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
165. The Sixth Sense (1999)
166. The Thing (1982)
167. Finding Nemo (2003)
168. No Country for Old Men (2007)
169. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
170. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
171. Platoon (1986)
172. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
173. Mary and Max (2009)
174. Life of Brian (1979)
175. Incendies (2010)
176. Network (1976)
177. Touch of Evil (1958)
178. Annie Hall (1977)
179. Les diaboliques (1955)
180. Sin City (2005)
181. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
182. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
183. The Princess Bride (1987)
184. Stand by Me (1986)
185. There Will Be Blood (2007)
186. Ben-Hur (1959)
187. Amores perros (2000)
188. The 400 Blows (1959)
189. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
190. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
191. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
192. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
193. In the Name of the Father (1993)
194. The Avengers (2012)
195. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
196. Persona (1966)
197. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
198. Donnie Darko (2001)
199. 8½ (1963)
200. Gandhi (1982)
201. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
202. Strangers on a Train (1951)
203. Infernal Affairs (2002)
204. Jaws (1975)
205. High Noon (1952)
206. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
207. Stalker (1979)
208. Notorious (1946)
209. The King's Speech (2010)
210. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
211. The Terminator (1984)
212. Shutter Island (2010)
213. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
214. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
216. Groundhog Day (1993)
217. Ip Man (2008)
218. Before Sunrise (1995)
219. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
220. Rocky (1976)
221. La Strada (1954)
222. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
223. La Haine (1995)
224. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
225. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
226. Barry Lyndon (1975)
227. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
228. Memories of Murder (2003)
229. The Big Sleep (1946)
230. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
231. Castle in the Sky (1986)
232. The Truman Show (1998)
233. The Help (2011)
234. Roman Holiday (1953)
235. The Graduate (1967)
236. Swades: We, the People (2004)
237. Her (2013)
238. The Hustler (1961)
239. Festen (1998)
240. Jurassic Park (1993)
241. In the Mood for Love (2000)
242. Stalag 17 (1953)
243. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
244. Underground (1995)
245. Rope (1948)
246. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
247. Papillon (1973)
248. The Killing (1956)
249. Before Sunset (2004)
250. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Total: 89 (or 35% of the list)
32 of the top 50 (or 64%)
an improvement of 39% on 2009
Other things I've noticed about the top 250 list over the years:
- I'm glad to see the Prestige has moved up 30 spots.
- I'm sad that In Bruges and Kill Bill 2 have dropped off.
- The Dark Knight remains the only comic book movie in the top 50. The next in the list in The Dark Knight Rises in 2014 (#54) or Sin City in 2009 (#98).
- There is still a good chunk of old movies pre-1980 that I haven't seen.
- American Psycho is still not on the list.