Monday, August 14, 2006

A Call to All Listmakers

MOVIES.

The day has finally come:
I can no longer distract myself from making a Top 100 Movies list. Sure, it's cliche and, to be blunt, a set up for failure - but dammit, I need to do it. I've thought about it, pondered about it, wished about it, dreamed about it for too long! So, over the coming week, I'm putting it together.

But there is a problem. When you've seen roughly a thousand movies in your life, it can be hard to remember the 'great ones' - especially when the pressure is on. So what I'd like to do is this: I would like to ask that anyone reading this post - anyone at all - respond with a list of their own ten personal favorite movies. Top ten (10) lists from everyone. It doesn't have to be detailed or thought out or even "artistic"; hell, it doesn't even have to be ten (10). But please, post 'em up. It'll be fun. And, maybe more importantly, fun to argue.

So that's it: I'm begging. To get us started, here's mine (as of now, anyway):

1) Citizen Kane
2) The Godfather
3) Schindler's List
4) Casablanca
5) Lawrence of Arabia
6) The Godfather, Part II
7) The Searchers
8) Seven Samurai
9) La Dolce Vita
10) The Graduate

Your turn.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You failed to mention Back to the Future or The Breakfast Club. I expect this oversight to be corrected promptly.

Kenneth M. Camacho said...

is that a list, 'conversely'?

because i expect one on my desk by 11am.

Anonymous said...

Metropolis 1927
Blaue Engel, Der 1930
Red Dust 1932
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
Dead End 1937
Holiday 1938
Bringing Up Baby 1938
Stagecoach 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
Grapes of Wrath, The 1940
His Girl Friday 1940
Citizen Kane 1941
Meet John Doe 1941
Suspicion 1941
Casablanca 1942
Double Indemnity 1944
Laura 1944
To Have and Have Not 1944
It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Killers, The 1946
Miracle on 34th Street 1947
Key Largo 1948
Third Man, The 1949
Sunset Blvd. 1950
Streetcar Named Desire, A 1951
Detective Story 1951
Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, The 1952
Salaire de la peur, Le 1953
Shichinin no samurai 1954
Kiss Me Deadly 1955
Man with the Golden Arm, The 1955
Rose Tattoo, The 1955
12 Angry Men 1957
Paths of Glory 1957
Touch of Evil 1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958
Long, Hot Summer, The 1958
Fearmakers, The 1958
Pillow Talk 1959
Ballada o soldate 1959
Spartacus 1960
Hustler, The 1961
Lonely Are the Brave 1962
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Hud 1963
Dr. Strangelove 1964
Fail-Safe 1964
Doctor Zhivago 1965
Alfie 1966
Bedazzled 1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
Lion in Winter, The 1968
Swimmer, The 1968
Alice's Restaurant 1969
Vietnam In the Year of the Pig 1969
Walk with Love and Death, A 1969
Little Big Man 1970
Performance 1970
Catch-22 1970
Clockwork Orange, A 1971
Walkabout 1971
Billy Jack 1971
Harold and Maude 1971
Chagrin et la pitié, Le 1971
Heartbreak Kid, The 1972
Godfather, The 1972
Harder They Come, The 1973
Jesus Christ Superstar 1973
Long Goodbye, The 1973
Hearts And Minds 1974
Conversation, The 1974
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
Shampoo 1975
F for Fake 1975
Harlan County, U.S.A. 1976
Man Who Fell to Earth, The 1976
Star Is Born, A 1976
Rocky 1976
All the President's Men 1976
Deer Hunter, The 1978
Animal House 1978
Heaven Can Wait 1978
Hair 1979
Apocalypse Now 1979
Warriors, The 1979
Alien 1979
Quadrophenia 1979
Mad Max 1979
'Breaker' Morant 1980
Blues Brothers, The 1980
Gods Must Be Crazy, The 1980
Time Bandits 1981
Excalibur 1981
Polyester 1981
Chosen, The 1981
Blade Runner 1982
Rumble Fish 1983
Big Chill, The 1983
Local Hero 1983
Terminator, The 1984
Last Starfighter, The 1984
Brazil 1985
Fandango 1985
Mitt liv som hund 1985
Enemy Mine 1985
Name der Rose, Der 1986
Platoon 1986
Angel Heart 1987
House of Games 1987
RoboCop 1987
Belly of an Architect, The 1987
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The 1988
Last Temptation of Christ, The 1988
Young Einstein 1988
Salaam Bombay! 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988
Roger & Me 1989
Drugstore Cowboy 1989
Born on the Fourth of July 1989
Hot Spot, The 1990
Total Recall 1990
Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The 1990
Delicatessen 1991
Naked Lunch 1991
Barton Fink 1991
JFK 1991
Slacker 1991
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Mariachi, El 1992
Falling from Grace 1992
Freejack 1992
Black Harvest 1992
Panama Deception 1992
Groundhog Day 1993
Naked 1993
Visiteurs, Les 1993
True Romance 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993
Snapper, The 1993
Maltese Double Cross, The 1994
Huozhe 1994
Pulp Fiction 1994
Hudsucker Proxy, The 1994
Swimming with Sharks 1994
Once Were Warriors 1994
Forrest Gump 1994
Okno v Parizh 1994
Babe 1995
Angels and Insects 1995
Heavy 1995
Search and Destroy 1995
Twelve Monkeys 1995
Cité des enfants perdus, La 1995
Welcome To The Dollhouse 1995
Land and Freedom 1995
Sling Blade 1996
Shooting Lily 1996
Looking for Richard 1996
Romeo + Juliet 1996
When We Were Kings 1996
Bottle Rocket 1996
Caught 1996
Fear & Favor in the Newsroom 1996
Small Faces 1996
Fifth Element, The 1997
Lawn Dogs 1997
Sixth Happiness, The 1997
Brat 1997
Cop Land 1997
American History X 1998
Pi 1998
Big Lebowski, The 1998
Rushmore 1998
Zero Effect 1998
Dark City 1998
Hurlyburly 1998
Fishbelly White 1998
Buffalo 66 1998
Human Remains 1998
Primary Colors 1998
Third Miracle, The 1999
Insider, The 1999
American Beauty 1999
Grass 1999
Jump Tomorrow 2001
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon 2001
The Secret Rulers of the World 2001
Bowling for Columbine 2002
Last Just Man, The 2002
Quiet American, The 2002
Fog of War 2003
Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh 2003
Chavez: Inside the Coup 2003
Fahrenheit 911 2004
911 in Plane Site 2004
Sir! No Sir! 2005
The Great Conspiracy 2005
Loose Change 2nd Edition 2006