I have yet to see:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Directed By: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay
8 ½ (1963)
Directed By: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
Directed By: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag
Breathless (1966)
Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Starring: Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Directed By: Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
Duck Soup (1933)
Directed By: Leo McCarey
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Grand Illusion (1938)
Directed By: Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
In the Mood For Love (2001)
Directed By: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung
The Lady Eve (1941)
Directed By: Preston Sturges
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Modern Times (1936)
Directed By: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Nosferatu (1922)
Directed By: F.W. Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustave Von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder,
Paths of Glory (1978)
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
Toy Story (1995)
Directed By: John Lasseter
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin
Wings of Desire (1988)
Directed By: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Directed By: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
The World of Apu (1959)
Directed By: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Swampan Mukerjee,
None–I’ve seen 'em all.
Lots of usual suspects (including The Usual Suspects), these lists always end up being about what got left out rather than what, predictably, made the cut. Though I’d argue the least deserving entry is T2. The original? Brilliant. The sequel? Overlong, dumbed down, excessively preachy mess. Just 'cause it was a CG milestone doesn’t mean it was a good movie.
I quit reading the list when I got to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Any list of 100 movies I need to see before I die that includes that movie is a list I can safely ignore.
I’m surprised that I’ve seen most of them, since there are so many famous movies I haven’t seen. But I can’t forgive them for leaving out “The Corn is Green.”
I’ve missed 14 of those (two more – Twelve Angry Men and Rebel Without a Cause I saw enough to get a feel, though not the entire film).
Looks like I missed about 24 or so. That’s more than expected. Plus I wished I hadn’t seen some on the list (e.g., “Titanic” or LotR).
It’s quite eclectic. E.g., “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is far less notable than other teen films of the era.