Must See Movies

rogerebert.com lists the following 102 must see movies... I'm really quite surprized by how few of these movies I've seen - or even heard of.

1. saw it "2001: a space odyssey"(1968) Stanley Kubrick - If you haven't seen this movie - do so. Yes it's boring and it doesn't make sense. You just really need to know this movie to keep up with conversations and cultural references.
2. "The 400 Blows" (1959) Francois Truffaut - never even heard of it.
3. "8 1/2" (1963) Federico Fellini - not familiar with the movie, but Federico Fellini is synonomous with art flick
4. "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972) Werner Herzog - I haven't seen this movie and I don't know if I ever will. I've had some bad experiences with Wener Herzog - images I will never get out of my head - I can't stand the sound of his voice either. yeech! gives me the creeps.
5. saw it "Alien" (1979) Ridley Scott - of course you must see this movie, but the sequel "Aliens" was better. The last one was a waste of time.
6. "All About Eve" (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz - it's on my list
7. "Annie Hall" (1977) Woody Allen - also on my list
8. saw it "Apocalypse Now" (1979) Francis Ford Coppola - Classic Vietnam war movie - think "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning; it smells like victory" In this movie Marlon Brandow gives us a sneak peek at how creepy he will become.
9. saw it "Bambi" (1942) Disney - see it
10. "The Battleship Potemkin" (1925) Sergei Eisenstein - on my list.
11. "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) William Wyler - haven't seen it
12. "The Big Red One" (1980) Samuel Fuller - haven't seen it
13. "The Bicycle Thief" (1949) Vittorio De Sica - haven't seen it.
14. "The Big Sleep" (1946) Howard Hawks - haven't seen it
15. "Blade Runner" (1982) Ridley Scott - haven't seen it
16. "Blowup" (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni - haven't seen it
17. saw it "Blue Velvet" (1986) David Lynch - wish I hadn't seen it - very unfortunate. I love Isabella Roselini and Kyle MacLachlan - but they took me places I didn't want to go.
18. "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) Arthur Penn - havent seen it
19. "Breathless" (1959 Jean-Luc Godard - haven't seen it
20. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) Howard Hawks - haven't seen it although I love Katherine Hepburn and intend to see the movie soon.
21. "Carrie" (1975) Brian DePalma - haven't seen it - really not into horror flicks
22. saw it "Casablanca" (1942) Michael Curtiz - this is one of those movies I've seen a million times. love it.
23. "Un Chien Andalou" (1928) Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali - Salvador Dali as director - curious - suspect it may take a great deal of patience to watch one of his movies.
24. "Children of Paradise" / "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945) Marcel Carne - haven't seen it
25. "Chinatown" (1974) Roman Polanski - haven't seen it
26. saw it "Citizen Kane" (1941) Orson Welles - must see. if you have not seen this movie do so right away
27. saw it "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) Stanley Kubrick - another movie I wish I had not seen. Not just because I'll never get those 2 hours back, but because I'll never get those images out of my head.
28. saw it "The Crying Game" (1992) Neil Jordan - there was a lot of buzz when the movie came out because of the twist at the end and the controversial subject matter. Take away the twist and the controversy and the story doesn't stand
29. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) Robert Wise - haven't seen it
30. "Days of Heaven" (1978) Terence Malick - haven't seen it
31. saw it "Dirty Harry" (1971) Don Siegel - I grew up with four brothers - this movie was played many times in my presence, although I don't think I could tell you the plot because I wasn't paying all that much attention
32. "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972) Luis Bunuel - haven't seen it
33. "Do the Right Thing" (1989) Spike Lee - haven't seen it
34. "La Dolce Vita" (1960) Federico Fellini - haven't seen it
35. "Double Indemnity" (1944) Billy Wilder - haven't seen it
36. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) Stanley Kubrick - havent seen it - although I intend to soon.
37. "Duck Soup" (1933) Leo McCarey - haven't seen it
38. "E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) Steven Spielberg - always wanted to see this one - actually surprizes me that I haven't managed to accomplish that yet.
39. "Easy Rider" (1969) Dennis Hopper - haven't seen it - Dennis Hopper was ruined for me in Blue Velvet see #17
40. saw it "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) Irvin Kershner - my husband is the world's biggest Star Wars Geek - of course I've seen this one.
41. "The Exorcist" (1973) William Friedkin - haven't seen it
42. saw it "Fargo" (1995) Joel & Ethan Coen - funny and disturbing
43. saw it "Fight Club" (1999) David Fincher - brilliant
44. "Frankenstein" (1931) James Whale - haven't seen it.
45. "The General" (1927) Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman - havent seen it
46. Saw all three"The Godfather," "The Godfather, Part II" (1972, 1974) Francis Ford Coppola - but for some reason, I have the hardest time staying awake through them. It's like a pavolvian response, when the theme song starts playing my eyelids start getting droopy.
47. "Gone With the Wind" (1939) Victor Fleming - still haven't seen it
48. saw it "GoodFellas" (1990) Martin Scorsese - this is one of my husband's all time favorite movies - so yes, I've seen this many times.
49. saw it "The Graduate" (1967) Mike Nichols - classic love triangle with the older lady twist
50. "Halloween" (1978) John Carpenter - have not seen it
51. "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) Richard Lester - have not seen it
52. "Intolerance" (1916) D.W. Griffith - have not seen it
53. "It's a Gift" (1934) Norman Z. McLeod - have not seen it
54. saw it "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) Frank Capra - Christmas tradition - every Christmas for as long as I can remember.
55. saw it "Jaws" (1975) Steven Spielberg - just that da dum sound scares me
56. "The Lady Eve" (1941) Preston Sturges - have not seen it
57. "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) David Lean - have not seen it
58. "M" (1931) Fritz Lang - have not seen it
59. "Mad Max 2" / "The Road Warrior" (1981) George Miller - have not seen it
60. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) John Huston - have not seen it
61. "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) John Frankenheimer - have not seen it - and we have it here at the house, I should take care of that.
62. "Metropolis" (1926) Fritz Lang - have not seen it
63. "Modern Times" (1936) Charles Chaplin - have not seen it
64. saw it "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam - if you have a sense of humor you must see this movie. If you do not have a sense of humor stay away from this movie.
65. "Nashville" (1975) Robert Altman - have not seen it
66. "The Night of the Hunter" (1955) Charles Laughton - have not seen it
67. "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) George Romero - have not seen it
68. "North by Northwest" (1959) Alfred Hitchcock - have not seen it
69. "Nosferatu" (1922) F.W. Murnau - have not seen it
70. "On the Waterfront" (1954) Elia Kazan - have not seen it
71. "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968) Sergio Leone - have not seen it
72. "Out of the Past" (1947) Jacques Tournier - have not seen it
73. "Persona" (1966) Ingmar Bergman - have not seen it
74. "Pink Flamingos" (1972) John Waters - have not seen it
75. "Psycho" (1960) Alfred Hitchcock - have not seen it
76. saw it "Pulp Fiction" (1994) Quentin Tarantino - this is great movie making - Quentine Tarantino is brilliant behind the camera, I wish he would not insist on getting in front of the camera in all of his movies.
77. "Rashomon" (1950) Akira Kurosawa - have not seen it
78. "Rear Window" (1954) Alfred Hitchcock - have not seen it
79. "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) Nicholas Ray - have not seen it
80. "Red River" (1948) Howard Hawks - have not seen it
81. "Repulsion" (1965) Roman Polanski - have not seen it
82. "The Rules of the Game" (1939) Jean Renoir - have not seen it
83. "Scarface" (1932) Howard Hawks - have not seen it
84. "The Scarlet Empress" (1934) Josef von Sternberg - have not seen it
85. saw it "Schindler's List" (1993) Steven Spielberg - very touching movie - well made, moving, riveting
86. "The Searchers" (1956) John Ford - have not seen it
87. "The Seven Samurai" (1954) Akira Kurosawa - have not seen it
88. "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly - have not seen it
89. "Some Like It Hot" (1959) Billy Wilder - have not seen it
90. "A Star Is Born" (1954) George Cukor - have not seen it
91. "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) Elia Kazan - have not seen it
92. "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) Billy Wilder - have not seen it
93. "Taxi Driver" (1976) Martin Scorsese - have not seen it
94. "The Third Man" (1949) Carol Reed - have not seen it
95. "Tokyo Story" (1953) Yasujiro Ozu - have not seen it
96. "Touch of Evil" (1958) Orson Welles - have not seen it
97. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) John Huston - have not seen it
98. "Trouble in Paradise" (1932) Ernst Lubitsch - have not seen it
99. "Vertigo" (1958) Alfred Hitchcock - have not seen it
100. "West Side Story" (1961) Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise - have not seen it
101. "The Wild Bunch" (1969) Sam Peckinpah - have not seen it
102. saw it "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) Victor Fleming - I can quote the lines right along with the movie. An American Classic.

22/102 - looks like I've got some work to do.