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5 June 2004

Movie Heaven

Since the middle of last year, i've been on a quest to view the Top 100 movies as rated in the Internet Movie Data Base (my favourite site at the moment) This is a fun way of combining my passion for movies with my love of chasing lists...

I've just reached the 75 out of 100 milestone - although only 142 out of the top 250. Problem is that some of the remaining movies are rather obscure and it's getting a lot harder to find them (expecially the 1920's silent ones!! The Cambridge Library has been a great source - but is now running dry. I may have to look for some of them on e-bay.


The top 100 movies i have seen this year (I've been busy!) include ...
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • Usual Suspects, The (1995)
  • Psycho (1960
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • L.A. Confidential (1997)
  • Chinatown (1974)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
  • Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
  • All About Eve (1950)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • City of God (2002)
  • Great Escape, The (1963)
  • Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
  • Amadeus (1984)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • Sixth Sense, The (1999)
  • High Noon (1952)
  • Shining, The (1980)
  • Run Lola, Run (1998)
  • The Seventh Scroll (1957)

The movies I still need to find are ...
  • Shichinin no samurai (1954)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • Boot, Das (1981)
  • Double Indemnity (1944)
  • Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
  • M (1931)
  • Sting, The (1973)
  • Rashômon (1950)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  • Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
  • Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10
  • Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Ran (1985) 8.1/10
  • Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10
  • Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10
  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • Duck Soup (1933)
  • Metropolis (1927)
  • General, The (1927)
  • City Lights (1931)
  • Rebecca (1940)

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