Top films challenge

[Hupin]

This year I am making the effort to see all of the films that you're supposed to see before you die that I haven't already watched before. The lists I'm using are Total Film and Empire's top 100 and 500 films lists on the Facebook movie challenge app.

So far this has added Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Magnolia, Notorious, It's A Wonderful Life, Ben-Hur, Rebecca, Harvey and Black Narcissus to my watched list

[o]

Well done, I think I've only seen Ben Hur from the list you mention...

[Razzle Dazzle]

Empire's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time

100. City Of God
99. The Untouchables
98. Braveheart
97. The Exorcist
96. The Blues Brothers
95. Toy Story
94. Platoon
93. Ben-Hur
92. Spider-Man
91. Annie Hall

90. 12 Angry Men
89. The Graduate
88. North By Northwest
87. JFK
86. The Wild Bunch
85. The Great Escape
84. The Wizard Of Oz
83. The Searchers
82. Cinema Paradiso
81. Chinatown

80. True Romance
79. The Deer Hunter
78. Grosse Pointe Blank
77. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
76. Rear Window
75. Alien
74. The Terminator
73. The Silence Of The Lambs
72. Psycho
71. E.T The Extra-Terrestrial

70. The Third Man
69. Good Will Hunting
68. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
67. Stand By Me
66. Amelie
65. Withnail And I
64. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
63. Once Upon A Time In America
62. Trainspotting
61. Once Upon A Time In The West

60. Fargo
59. Die Hard
58. Ghostbusters
57. Titanic
56. The Matrix
55. Singin' In The Rain
54. The Shining
53. Scarface {De Palma**
52. Dr. Strangelove
51. Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones

50. Saving Private Ryan
49. Reservoir Dogs
48. Some Like It Hot
47. Seven Samurai
46. Forrest Gump
45. Vertigo
44. Gone With The Wind
43. L.A Confidential
42. Heat
41. Seven

40. Leon
39. Memento
38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
37. Moulin Rouge!
36. Magnolia
35. Apocalypse Now
34. It's A Wonderful Life
33. Back To The Future
32. Aliens
31. American Beauty

30. The Big Lebowski
29. Lawrence Of Arabia
28. Gladiator
27. Kill Bill Volume 1
26. Schindler's List
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey
24. Casablanca
23. Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi
22. Citizen Kane
21. Donnie Darko

20. Taxi Driver
19. Pirates Of The Caribbean
18. The Usual Suspects
17. Raging Bull
16. Grease
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
14. The Godfather Part II
13. Goodfellas
12. Blade Runner
11. Jurassic Park

10. Jaws
9. Fight Club
8. The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
7. Pulp Fiction
6. The Godfather
5. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
2. Star Wars: A New Hope
1. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

[o]

I've seen 67 of them, main omissions are older movies, new Star Wars and the Godfather ones.

[smokeyb]

I have seen 99 of them would you believe, I must get out more.

[o]

You have to watch the last one to get the full set What is it?

[Razzle Dazzle]

Jan 17, 2012 21:28:23 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

I have seen 99 of them would you believe, I must get out more.

so which one do you still have to watch?

[Razzle Dazzle]

Jan 17, 2012 19:28:11 GMT 1 o said:

I've seen 67 of them, main omissions are older movies, new Star Wars and the Godfather ones.

i really enjoyed the new star wars movies, i never watched them when they came out, it wasn't until 4 or 5 years later i watched them and loved them, same with the 3 matrix films.

[Hupin]

So far I'm upto 81 of those

[vastar iner]

I think I've watched 32 of those, the highest up one I have not seen is "Blade Runner".

I am however guessing that that list was made up by a virgin. It's nerdvana at the top. And "Attack Of The Clones" above "The Third Man"? Dear sweet God.

[Hupin]

Yeah, the order is hopefully not in an order of which is the best

[smokeyb]

Jan 18, 2012 1:58:12 GMT 1 Razzle Dazzle said:

Jan 17, 2012 21:28:23 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

I have seen 99 of them would you believe, I must get out more.

so which one do you still have to watch?

#100 City of God- to be honest I have never heard of it, and I don't fancy it. so will stick at 99

[Smurfie]

I've seen less than half of these. And only four in the Top Ten.

[Hupin]

Jan 31, 2012 21:14:28 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

Jan 18, 2012 1:58:12 GMT 1 Razzle Dazzle said:

so which one do you still have to watch?

#100 City of God- to be honest I have never heard of it, and I don't fancy it. so will stick at 99

City of God is a really good film. Follows a boy from the brazilian slums through his life and the trouble that came from coming from the there.

[vastar iner]

Yeah, City Of God is really, really worth watching. Even if you get bored with the storyline the cinematography is top-notch. Plus it's based on a true story.

[Maximo Mark]

I've only seen Jurassic Park, Donnie Darko and Toy Story.... I know I've seen a couple of Star Wars films as a kid, no idea which though.

[Hupin]

Take it you're not really a film kind of guy then, Mark?

[o]

I v plussed the Third Man the other day, so will sit down and watch that at some point, and tick another one off

[Hupin]

I've got that downloaded onto my phone. Just need to get round to watching it.

[vastar iner]

One of my favourite films. If you go to Vienna you can go on a walking tour at night that shows the locations used - and the camera tricks that distort the views (e.g. the view from one cafe is the view from a DIFFERENT cafe).