Monday, January 19, 2004

It's all about meme 

This bulk of this post is lifted from Emily at I Don't Think who got it from Judy at Jewdez.

I had to look up the definition of "meme" first, but this one caught my interest. It's a list of IMDb's top 100 movies as voted on by their users (the order here may be a bit different than you've seen elsewhere because I've updated it with IMDb's latest listings as of today). The films I've seen are in bold.

1. The Godfather (1972) *
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974) *
4. The Return of the King (2003)
5. The Two Towers (2002) *
6. Casablanca (1942) *
7. Schindler’s List (1993) †
8. The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) *

9. Seven Samurai (1954)
10. Star Wars (1977) †
11. Citizen Kane (1941)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) *
13. Dr. Strangelove (1964) *
14. Rear Window (1954) *
15. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) †
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Memento (2000)
18. The Usual Suspects (1995) *
19. Pulp Fiction (1994) *
20. North by Northwest (1959)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957) †
22. Amelie (2001)
23. Psycho (1960) *
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *

25. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

28. Goodfellas (1990)
29. American Beauty (1999) *
30. Vertigo (1958) *

31. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
32. The Matrix (1999) *
33. The Pianist (2002)
34. Apocalypse Now (1979)
35. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

36. Some Like It Hot (1959)
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
38. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
39. The Third Man (1949)
40. Paths of Glory (1957)
41. Fight Club (1999)
42. Spirited Away (2001) *

43. Das Boot (1981)
44. L.A. Confidential (1997)
45. Double Indemnity (1944)
46. Chinatown (1974) *
47. Singin' in the Rain (1952) *
48. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

49. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
50. M (1931)
51. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) †
54. Seven (1995)
55. Saving Private Ryan (1998) *
56. Raging Bull (1980)

57. City of God (2002)
58. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
59. Rashmon (1950)
60. The Sting (1973)
61. Alien (1979)
62. American History X (1998)
63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) *
64. The Professional (1994)
65. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

66. Touch of Evil (1958)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
68. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *
69. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
70. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
71. The Great Escape (1963)
72. Reservoir Dogs (1992) †
73. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
74. Amadeus (1984)
75. Modern Times (1936)
76. Annie Hall (1977)
77. Jaws (1975) *
78. Ran (1985)
79. On the Waterfront (1954)
80. Braveheart (1995)

81. High Noon (1952)
82. The Apartment (1960)
83. Fargo (1996)
84. The Sixth Sense (1999) *
85. Aliens (1986)
86. The Shining (1980)
87. Strangers on a Train (1951)
88. Blade Runner (1982)

89. Metropolis (1927)
90. Duck Soup (1933)
91. Finding Nemo (2003) *
92. Donnie Darko (2001)

93. The General (1927)
94. Toy Story 2 (1999) *
95. The Princess Bride (1987) †
96. City Lights (1931)

97. The Great Dictator (1940)
98. Run Lola Run (1998)
99. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100. Notorious (1946)

I thought I was doing pretty well, but that's only 72% that I've seen.

* = I own it on DVD
= I own it on VHS