Here’s THE list.
AFI’s top 100 greatest American Films of all time.
{THE goal is to watch 1 per week through all of 2011 – we set this New Year’s Resolution 2 weeks into the year – and additionally, to write a review on our blog for each one we watch as well.}
Plain = Not watched & not planning to watch this year.
Bold & Underlined & Blue= Part of the 50 Weeks/50 Films project.
Strikethrough = Watched {Whether as part of the 50/50 project or not.}
Bold, Strikethrough & Red = Will never be watched, apparently.
Italic = Only 1 of us has seen it {followed by “- name of who has seen it.”}
| # | MOVIE | YEAR |
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 4 | RAGING BULL – John | 1980 |
| 5 | SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | 1952 |
| 6 | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| 7 | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | 1962 |
| 8 | 1993 | |
| 9 | VERTIGO | 1958 |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | CITY LIGHTS | 1931 |
| 12 | THE SEARCHERS | 1956 |
| 13 | STAR WARS – John | 1977 |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – John | 1968 |
| 16 | SUNSET BLVD. | 1950 |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | THE GENERAL | 1927 |
| 19 | ON THE WATERFRONT – John | 1954 |
| 20 | IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – John | 1946 |
| 21 | CHINATOWN | 1974 |
| 22 | SOME LIKE IT HOT – John | 1959 |
| 23 | THE GRAPES OF WRATH | 1940 |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | 1962 | |
| 26 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON | 1939 |
| 27 | HIGH NOON | 1952 |
| 28 | ALL ABOUT EVE | 1950 |
| 29 | DOUBLE INDEMNITY | 1944 |
| 30 | APOCALYPSE NOW | 1979 |
| 31 | THE MALTESE FALCON | 1941 |
| 32 | THE GODFATHER PART II | 1974 |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | ||
| 35 | ||
| 36 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | 1957 |
| 37 | THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES | 1946 |
| 38 | THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE | 1948 |
| 39 | DR. STRANGELOVE | 1964 |
| 40 | 1965 | |
| 41 | KING KONG – John | 1933 |
| 42 | BONNIE AND CLYDE | 1967 |
| 43 | MIDNIGHT COWBOY | 1969 |
| 44 | THE PHILADELPHIA STORY | 1940 |
| 45 | SHANE | 1953 |
| 46 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 1934 |
| 47 | 1951 | |
| 48 | REAR WINDOW | 1954 |
| 49 | INTOLERANCE | 1916 |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | 1961 | |
| 52 | TAXI DRIVER | 1976 |
| 53 | THE DEER HUNTER | 1978 |
| 54 | M*A*S*H – John | 1970 |
| 55 | NORTH BY NORTHWEST – John | 1959 |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | ROCKY | 1976 |
| 58 | THE GOLD RUSH | 1925 |
| 59 | NASHVILLE | 1975 |
| 60 | DUCK SOUP | 1933 |
| 61 | SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS | 1941 |
| 62 | AMERICAN GRAFFITI | 1973 |
| 63 | CABARET | 1972 |
| 64 | NETWORK | 1976 |
| 65 | THE AFRICAN QUEEN | 1951 |
| 66 | RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK – John | 1981 |
| 67 | WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | 1966 |
| 68 | UNFORGIVEN | 1992 |
| 69 | TOOTSIE | 1982 |
| 70 | A CLOCKWORK ORANGE | 1971 |
| 71 | 1998 | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID | 1969 |
| 74 | THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS – Lee Anne | 1991 |
| 75 | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | 1967 |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN | 1976 |
| 78 | MODERN TIMES | 1936 |
| 79 | THE WILD BUNCH – John | 1969 |
| 80 | THE APARTMENT | 1960 |
| 81 | SPARTACUS | 1960 |
| 82 | SUNRISE | 1927 |
| 83 | 1997 | |
| 84 | EASY RIDER | 1969 |
| 85 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA | 1935 |
| 86 | PLATOON | 1986 |
| 87 | 12 ANGRY MEN | 1957 |
| 88 | BRINGING UP BABY | 1938 |
| 89 | ||
| 90 | SWING TIME | 1936 |
| 91 | SOPHIE’S CHOICE | 1982 |
| 92 | GOODFELLAS – John | 1990 |
| 93 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION | 1971 |
| 94 | ||
| 95 | THE LAST PICTURE SHOW | 1971 |
| 96 | DO THE RIGHT THING | 1989 |
| 97 | BLADE RUNNER – John | 1982 |
| 98 | YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 1942 |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | BEN-HUR | 1959 |
We have selected 52 movies, just in case we catch up & average 1/week.
Also, we reserve the right to change our minds and switch some out with others.
We JUST finished Schindler’s List.
What’s up next?
Netflix delivered Deer Hunter today.
Please remember, leave a comment & let us know if you’re watching any of these along with us, or if you’ve seen them before & want to share your review – we’d love to read your thoughts. 😀
I love it!
Deer Hunter was interesting… sad… gritty. curious on your thoughts…
also http://moki.tv is pretty cool for streaming video anyway.
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Taxi Driver is one of my all time favorites!! Young DeNiro (and Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel) You will recognize a lot of quotes from this movie, as well. (Lots of DeNiro films on this list – he’s the best.)
I noticed you didn’t pick Shane or Unforgiven. Both are really great westerns, even if that’s not your thing. Shane is a total classic. I guess maybe Unforgiven is too, but since I can remember when it was in theaters, I hesitate to call it that, heh.
And I can’t believe you haven’t seen Mr Smith Goes to Washington. We watched that one in a school. Another good one 🙂
Lee Anne, you should see Raider’s of the Lost Ark sometime, even if it’s not part of this project. It’s a cult classic of my generation. And you MUST watch Godfather Part II – it’s the best of them all. If you loved the first one, you’ll LOVE the second one (another young DeNiro. sigh, I ❤ him)
(Also, I noticed you haven't marked through 12 Angry Men as being watched.)
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I laughed when I saw that the only movie that would not be watched by you two is Lord of the Rings. Josh actually tricked/made me watch it for the first time this week. I had been resisting it for so long and it turns out to be quite an interesting story. The effect alone are worth another consideration. However, I think a big help would be to have subtitles. I kept on asking Josh “what did they say?” and he would have to explain it to me. However, its won so many awards. I can see why.
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I too am amused by and curious as to why you won’t watch LOTR.. I’ve never seen these movies, other than random 20 minute pieces, but seek to understand the aversion!
Also – one of my favorite movies of all times is on here and I’m very curious to see your reviews.. some people love it and others not so much. I’m not telling you what it is so that LeeAnne won’t feel bad reviewing something so dear to my heart!! haha
Enjoying your 50/50 so far, living vicariously through your movie watching!
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