The concept of this blog originated earlier in 2014, when in conversation with pretty much anyone, it became abundantly clear that I am severely behind when it comes to watching 'classic', 'must-see' movies. Ask me about any trashy American college film and I'm your man! However, when it comes to Best Picture winners or those films that "everyone" has seen - I clearly missed that boat.
This isn't something I'm proud of, and with a girlfriend who works in the film industry, I've been coming in for more and more stick, especially whenever we meet any of her colleagues.
This year is the year; I'm determined to transform from film rookie to complete and utter film buff by the end of 2015. Using a combination of:
IMDB Top 250 Films
Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 Greatest Films
TSPDT 1000 Greatest Films
Film4's 50 Films to See Before you Die
Yahoo Movies 100 Modern Classics
Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
I've created the following list of my 200 films that I haven't, but really should, watch. The standard response to the list is "You haven't seen that?! What! Are you joking?!', which is a pretty stupid retort, given that this is, in fact a list of films that I have not seen!
My aim is to watch all of these 200 films by the end of 2015, whilst blogging and reviewing each film out of 5 stars. Based on my own experience when talking about the idea for this blog, there are plenty of other people that haven't seen these films, but just won't admit to it! I'm hoping to make it easier for you other film rookies to get involved and let you know what really are "must-see's" as well as what to miss..
This list is not exhaustive and I'd love feedback and comments, to hear if you agree or disagree with my list and also my reviews of the films. If you have any suggestions of films that you think I should watch, then please let me know - if you recommend it, the chances are I haven't seen it!
Here is the complete list… First review coming soon!
- The Godfather
- The Godfather II
- Pulp Fiction
- The Good The Bad The Ugly
- 12 Angry Men
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Goodfellas
- The Matrix Series
- Seven Samurai
- City of God
- Se7en
- The Usual Suspects
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Once upon a Time in The West
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Leon: the Professional
- Casablanca
- Life is Beautiful
- American History X
- Psycho
- Rear Window
- City Lights
- Spirited Away
- Rain Man
- Memento
- Terminator 2
- Modern Times
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Pianist
- Dr Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
- Apocalypse Now
- The Green Mile
- Alien
- The Prestige
- The Lives of Others
- The Great Dictator
- The Shining
- Cinema Paradiso
- Paths of Glory
- American Beauty
- North by Northwest
- Amelie
- Citizen Kane
- Aliens
- Vertigo
- M
- Das Boot
- A Clockwork Orange
- Oldboy
- Taxi Driver
- Double Indemnity
- Reservoir Dogs
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Requiem for a Dream
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Braveheart
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Full Metal Jacket
- Singin' in the Rain
- The Sting
- Amadeus
- All About Eve
- Rashomon
- L.A. Confidential
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- The Apartment
- Some Like it Hot
- For a Few Dollars More
- The Third Man
- Inglorious Bastards
- The Kid
- A Separation
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- YoJimbo
- Metropolis
- Unforgiven
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Raging Bull
- Chinatown
- Scarface
- Downfall
- The Great Escape
- Mr Smith Goes to Washington
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Like Stars on Earth
- On the Waterfront
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Heat
- 3 Idiots
- The Hunt
- The Seventh Seal
- Wild Strawberries
- The Elephant Man
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Ikiru
- Ran
- The General
- Blade Runner
- The Gold Rush
- Good Will Hunting
- Gran Torino
- The Secret in Their Eyes
- Rebecca
- The Big Lebowski
- Casino
- Warrior
- It Happened One Night
- V for Vendetta
- Rush
- The Deer Hunter
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Fargo
- The Maltese Falcon
- Dawn of the Planet of Apes
- Gone With the Wind
- 12 Years a Slave
- Into the Wild
- Colour It Yellow
- Hotel Rwanda
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- The Sixth Sense
- A Beautiful Mind
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Thing
- Dial M for Murder
- The Wages of Fear
- No Country for Old Man
- Platoon
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Mary and Max
- Annie Hall
- Sin City
- Touch of Evil
- Network
- Diabolique
- Incendies
- The Avengers
- Ben-Hur
- There Will Be Blood
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Million Dollar Baby
- The 400 Blows
- The Best Years of our Lives
- In The Name of the Father
- Donnie Darko
- The Bourne Series
- Strangers on a Train
- Gandhi
- Persona
- Her
- Jaws
- Internal Affairs
- Notorious
- Twelve Monkeys
- Terminator
- Stalker
- Groundhog Day
- The Night of the Hunter
- The Road
- Rocky
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- Before Sunrise
- La Haine
- The Big Sleep
- Barry Lyndon
- The Graduate
- Roman Holiday
- Memories of Murder
- Castle in the Sky
- The Hustler
- A Fistful of Dollars
- The Celebration
- The Truman Show
- In the Mood For Love
- A Christmas Story
- Rope
- The Killing
- Swades
- Underground
- Erin Brockovitch
- When Harry Met Sally
- Barry Lyndon
- E.T.
- Mullholland Drive
- The Breakfast Club
- Thelma and Louise
- Malcolm X
- Trainspotting
- Out of Sight
- There’s Something About Mary
- Being John Malkovitch
- Memento
- Brokeback Mountain
- The Artist
- The African Queen
- Pretty Woman
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