movie watching meme take 3
So. Another five years since my last take of this in 2014, and ten years since the first in 2009.
How many movies have you watched from the IMDB top 250 list? (as at 8 January 2019)
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. 12 Angry Men (1957)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Forrest Gump (1994)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Inception (2010)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
17. Goodfellas (1990)
18. The Matrix (1999)
19. Seven Samurai (1954)
20. City of God (2002)
21. Se7en (1995)
22. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
26. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) <-- really?? I need to watch this
27. The Usual Suspects (1995)
28. Spirited Away (2001)
29. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
30. Léon: The Professional (1994)
31. The Green Mile (1999)
32. Interstellar (2014)
33. Psycho (1960)
34. American History X (1998)
35. City Lights (1931)
36. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
37. Casablanca (1942)
38. Modern Times (1936)
39. The Pianist (2002)
40. The Intouchables (2011)
41. The Departed (2006)
42. Back to the Future (1985)
43. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
44. Whiplash (2014)
45. Rear Window (1954)
46. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
47. The Lion King (1994)
48. Gladiator (2000)
49. The Prestige (2006)
50. Apocalypse Now (1979)
51. Memento (2000)
52. Alien (1979)
53. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
54. The Great Dictator (1940)
55. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
56. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
57. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
58. The Lives of Others (2006)
59. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
60. Paths of Glory (1957)
61. The Shining (1980)
62. Django Unchained (2012)
63. WALL·E (2008)
64. Princess Mononoke (1997)
65. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
66. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
67. American Beauty (1999)
68. Oldboy (2003)
69. Aliens (1986)
70. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
71. Coco (2017)
72. Das Boot (1981)
73. Citizen Kane (1941)
74. Braveheart (1995)
75. Vertigo (1958)
76. North by Northwest (1959)
77. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
78. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
79. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
80. Your Name. (2016)
81. Amadeus (1984)
82. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
83. Dangal (2016)
84. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
85. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
86. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
87. 3 Idiots (2009)
88. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
89. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
90. Toy Story (1995)
91. Amelie (2001)
92. Double Indemnity (1944)
93. Taxi Driver (1976)
94. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
95. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
96. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
98. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
99. The Kid (1921)
100. The Sting (1973)
101. Good Will Hunting (1997)
102. Toy Story 3 (2010)
103. The Hunt (2012)
104. Snatch (2000)
105. Scarface (1983)
106. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
107. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
108. The Apartment (1960)
109. Metropolis (1927)
110. L.A. Confidential (1997)
111. A Separation (2011)
112. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
113. Rashomon (1950)
114. Andhadhun (2018)
115. Up (2009)
116. All About Eve (1950)
117. Batman Begins (2005)
118. Yojimbo (1961)
119. Some Like It Hot (1959)
120. Unforgiven (1992)
121. Downfall (2004)
122. Die Hard (1988)
123. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
124. Heat (1995)
125. Ikiru (1952)
126. Incendies (2010)
127. Raging Bull (1980)
128. The Great Escape (1963)
129. Children of Heaven (1997)
130. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
131. Chinatown (1974)
132. My Father and My Son (2005)
133. The Third Man (1949)
134. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
135. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
136. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
137. Ran (1985)
138. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
139. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
140. The Gold Rush (1925)
141. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
142. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
143. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
144. Casino (1995)
145. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
146. On the Waterfront (1954)
147. The Seventh Seal (1957)
148. Inside Out (2015)
149. The Elephant Man (1980)
150. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
151. Room (2015)
152. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
153. V for Vendetta (2005)
154. Warrior (2011)
155. Blade Runner (1982)
156. Dial M for Murder (1954)
157. Wild Strawberries (1957)
158. The General (1926)
159. No Country for Old Men (2007)
160. Trainspotting (1996)
161. There Will Be Blood (2007)
162. The Sixth Sense (1999)
163. Gone with the Wind (1939)
164. The Thing (1982)
165. Fargo (1996)
166. Gran Torino (2008)
167. The Deer Hunter (1978)
168. Finding Nemo (2003)
169. Come and See (1985)
170. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
171. The Big Lebowski (1998)
172. Shutter Island (2010)
173. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
174. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
175. Rebecca (1940)
176. Tokyo Story (1953)
177. Mary and Max (2009)
178. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
179. Gone Girl (2014)
180. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
181. Sunrise (1927)
182. Wild Tales (2014)
183. Jurassic Park (1993)
184. Into the Wild (2007)
185. In the Name of the Father (1993)
186. The Truman Show (1998)
187. Life of Brian (1979)
188. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
189. It Happened One Night (1934)
190. Stand by Me (1986)
191. Platoon (1986)
192. Stalker (1979)
193. The Bandit (1996)
194. Network (1976)
195. Persona (1966)
196. Memories of Murder (2003)
197. Ben-Hur (1959)
198. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
199. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
200. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
201. Andrei Rublev (1966)
202. The Wages of Fear (1953)
203. Rush (2013)
204. Before Sunrise (1995)
205. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
206. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
207. The 400 Blows (1959)
208. Prisoners (2013)
209. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
210. Spotlight (2015)
211. Logan (2017)
212. Amores perros (2000)
213. Rang De Basanti (2006)
214. The Princess Bride (1987)
215. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
216. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
217. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
218. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
219. Rocky (1976)
220. Roma (2018)
221. Barry Lyndon (1975)
222. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
223. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
224. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
225. Dead Poets Society (1989)
226. Donnie Darko (2001)
227. The Terminator (1984)
228. Gandhi (1982)
229. Les diaboliques (1955)
230. La Haine (1995)
231. Groundhog Day (1993)
232. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
233. Jaws (1975)
234. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
235. In the Mood for Love (2000)
236. The Help (2011)
237. Tangerines (2013)
238. Sanjuro (1962)
239. The Handmaiden (2016)
240. Before Sunset (2004)
241. Drishyam (2015)
242. Paper Moon (1973)
243. Paris, Texas (1984)
244. Castle in the Sky (1986)
245. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
246. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
247. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
248. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
249. PK (2014)
250. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Total: 96 (or 38% of the list), improved on 35% in 2014
32 of the top 50 (or 64%), dead-on same as 2014
Other things I've noticed about the top 250 list over the last five years:
- The Prestige has moved up to 49, but Memento has dropped to 51, the Prestige's old position. This means there are still only 4 Nolan films in the top 50.
- As expected, Avengers: Infinity War has found its way in there.
- But the Dark Knight is still the only comic book movie in the top 50! Infinity War is 57.
- American Psycho is still not on the list (a travesty).
How many movies have you watched from the IMDB top 250 list? (as at 8 January 2019)
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. 12 Angry Men (1957)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Forrest Gump (1994)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Inception (2010)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
17. Goodfellas (1990)
18. The Matrix (1999)
19. Seven Samurai (1954)
20. City of God (2002)
21. Se7en (1995)
22. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
26. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) <-- really?? I need to watch this
27. The Usual Suspects (1995)
28. Spirited Away (2001)
29. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
30. Léon: The Professional (1994)
31. The Green Mile (1999)
32. Interstellar (2014)
33. Psycho (1960)
34. American History X (1998)
35. City Lights (1931)
36. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
37. Casablanca (1942)
38. Modern Times (1936)
39. The Pianist (2002)
40. The Intouchables (2011)
41. The Departed (2006)
42. Back to the Future (1985)
43. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
44. Whiplash (2014)
45. Rear Window (1954)
46. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
47. The Lion King (1994)
48. Gladiator (2000)
49. The Prestige (2006)
50. Apocalypse Now (1979)
51. Memento (2000)
52. Alien (1979)
53. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
54. The Great Dictator (1940)
55. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
56. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
57. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
58. The Lives of Others (2006)
59. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
60. Paths of Glory (1957)
61. The Shining (1980)
62. Django Unchained (2012)
63. WALL·E (2008)
64. Princess Mononoke (1997)
65. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
66. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
67. American Beauty (1999)
68. Oldboy (2003)
69. Aliens (1986)
70. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
71. Coco (2017)
72. Das Boot (1981)
73. Citizen Kane (1941)
74. Braveheart (1995)
75. Vertigo (1958)
76. North by Northwest (1959)
77. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
78. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
79. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
80. Your Name. (2016)
81. Amadeus (1984)
82. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
83. Dangal (2016)
84. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
85. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
86. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
87. 3 Idiots (2009)
88. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
89. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
90. Toy Story (1995)
91. Amelie (2001)
92. Double Indemnity (1944)
93. Taxi Driver (1976)
94. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
95. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
96. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
98. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
99. The Kid (1921)
100. The Sting (1973)
101. Good Will Hunting (1997)
102. Toy Story 3 (2010)
103. The Hunt (2012)
104. Snatch (2000)
105. Scarface (1983)
106. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
107. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
108. The Apartment (1960)
109. Metropolis (1927)
110. L.A. Confidential (1997)
111. A Separation (2011)
112. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
113. Rashomon (1950)
114. Andhadhun (2018)
115. Up (2009)
116. All About Eve (1950)
117. Batman Begins (2005)
118. Yojimbo (1961)
119. Some Like It Hot (1959)
120. Unforgiven (1992)
121. Downfall (2004)
122. Die Hard (1988)
123. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
124. Heat (1995)
125. Ikiru (1952)
126. Incendies (2010)
127. Raging Bull (1980)
128. The Great Escape (1963)
129. Children of Heaven (1997)
130. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
131. Chinatown (1974)
132. My Father and My Son (2005)
133. The Third Man (1949)
134. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
135. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
136. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
137. Ran (1985)
138. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
139. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
140. The Gold Rush (1925)
141. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
142. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
143. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
144. Casino (1995)
145. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
146. On the Waterfront (1954)
147. The Seventh Seal (1957)
148. Inside Out (2015)
149. The Elephant Man (1980)
150. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
151. Room (2015)
152. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
153. V for Vendetta (2005)
154. Warrior (2011)
155. Blade Runner (1982)
156. Dial M for Murder (1954)
157. Wild Strawberries (1957)
158. The General (1926)
159. No Country for Old Men (2007)
160. Trainspotting (1996)
161. There Will Be Blood (2007)
162. The Sixth Sense (1999)
163. Gone with the Wind (1939)
164. The Thing (1982)
165. Fargo (1996)
166. Gran Torino (2008)
167. The Deer Hunter (1978)
168. Finding Nemo (2003)
169. Come and See (1985)
170. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
171. The Big Lebowski (1998)
172. Shutter Island (2010)
173. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
174. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
175. Rebecca (1940)
176. Tokyo Story (1953)
177. Mary and Max (2009)
178. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
179. Gone Girl (2014)
180. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
181. Sunrise (1927)
182. Wild Tales (2014)
183. Jurassic Park (1993)
184. Into the Wild (2007)
185. In the Name of the Father (1993)
186. The Truman Show (1998)
187. Life of Brian (1979)
188. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
189. It Happened One Night (1934)
190. Stand by Me (1986)
191. Platoon (1986)
192. Stalker (1979)
193. The Bandit (1996)
194. Network (1976)
195. Persona (1966)
196. Memories of Murder (2003)
197. Ben-Hur (1959)
198. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
199. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
200. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
201. Andrei Rublev (1966)
202. The Wages of Fear (1953)
203. Rush (2013)
204. Before Sunrise (1995)
205. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
206. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
207. The 400 Blows (1959)
208. Prisoners (2013)
209. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
210. Spotlight (2015)
211. Logan (2017)
212. Amores perros (2000)
213. Rang De Basanti (2006)
214. The Princess Bride (1987)
215. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
216. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
217. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
218. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
219. Rocky (1976)
220. Roma (2018)
221. Barry Lyndon (1975)
222. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
223. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
224. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
225. Dead Poets Society (1989)
226. Donnie Darko (2001)
227. The Terminator (1984)
228. Gandhi (1982)
229. Les diaboliques (1955)
230. La Haine (1995)
231. Groundhog Day (1993)
232. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
233. Jaws (1975)
234. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
235. In the Mood for Love (2000)
236. The Help (2011)
237. Tangerines (2013)
238. Sanjuro (1962)
239. The Handmaiden (2016)
240. Before Sunset (2004)
241. Drishyam (2015)
242. Paper Moon (1973)
243. Paris, Texas (1984)
244. Castle in the Sky (1986)
245. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
246. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
247. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
248. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
249. PK (2014)
250. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Total: 96 (or 38% of the list), improved on 35% in 2014
32 of the top 50 (or 64%), dead-on same as 2014
Other things I've noticed about the top 250 list over the last five years:
- The Prestige has moved up to 49, but Memento has dropped to 51, the Prestige's old position. This means there are still only 4 Nolan films in the top 50.
- As expected, Avengers: Infinity War has found its way in there.
- But the Dark Knight is still the only comic book movie in the top 50! Infinity War is 57.
- American Psycho is still not on the list (a travesty).