film meme

[andrewducker]

The IMDB top 100 list meme:

Seen and loved
Aliens
Amadeus
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Fight Club
Léon
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
Memento
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Schindler's List
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption, The
Star Wars
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Toy Story 2

Seen and think you should (because they’re good)
Alien
American Beauty
Blade Runner
Donnie Darko
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
Fargo
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
Jaws
L.A. Confidential
Matrix, The
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saving Private Ryan
Silence of the Lambs, The
Sixth Sense, The
To Kill a Mockingbird
Usual Suspects, The
Vita è bella, La

Seen and think you should (classics)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Citizen Kane
Godfather, The
Modern Times
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
Wizard of Oz, The
Wo hu cang long

Seen and advise against
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shining, The

Not Seen
12 Angry Men
All About Eve
American History X
Annie Hall
Apartment, The
Big Sleep, The
Boot, Das
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il
Casablanca
C'era una volta il West
Chinatown
City Lights
Clockwork Orange, A
Double Indemnity
Duck Soup
General, The
Godfather: Part II, The
Great Escape, The
High Noon
It's a Wonderful Life
Lawrence of Arabia
Lola rennt
M
Maltese Falcon, The
Manchurian Candidate, The
Manhattan
Metropolis
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
North by Northwest
Notorious
On the Waterfront
Paths of Glory
Pianist, The
Psycho
Raging Bull
Ran
Rashômon
Rear Window
Searchers, The
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Singin' in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
Sting, The
Strangers on a Train
Sunset Blvd.
Taxi Driver
Third Man, The
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The

Comments

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

Sorry for being a dumb-ass, but what is this? meme??

[andrewducker]

I posted an explanation on my journal recently.

See here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/andrewducker/268699.html

Re:

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

I see. Going to hunt down an online version of the recommended reading then..

;)

[andrewducker]

I can lend you a copy of The Selfish Gene if you like. Worth a read if you're interested in that kind of thing.

Re:

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

Well I am interested but will hunt about online for a while to read more about it. A bBook might be overkill. Call you about meeting up in Edinburger this month... D.