# 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643 "2007-05-18T20:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/1 "2007-05-18T20:31:58Z")
Here’s a fun thing. I tried to search to see if anyone had posted this before, but couldn’t find it. If it has, my apologies. My husband found this fun YouTube video where numbers are counted down from 100 to 1, via movie clips. We had a fun time trying to identify all the movies, and came very close. There were about 8 that we didn’t get. Here is the clip: [100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU) Blank lines so the spoiler doesn’t show in mouseover… Here is the full list of movies, but don’t peek until you’re absolutely sure you can’t get any more at all. 100: Night of the Living Dead 99: Laura 98: Dead Poets Society 97: Bladerunner 96: The Lost Weekend 95: Oceans 11 94: Star Wars: Episode IV 93: Midnight Run 92: It Came from Outer Space 91: The Right Stuff 90: The Fugitive 89: The French Connection 88: Back To The Future 87: Cast Away 86: Quiz Show 85: The Silence of the Lambs 84: Titanic 83: The Magnificent Seven 82: Rain Man 81: Galaxy Quest 80: Harold and Maude 79: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 78: The Day The Earth Stood Still 77: The Apartment 76: The Great Escape 75: The Hustler 74: Ed Wood 73: The Jerk 72: Raiders of the Lost Ark 71: When Harry Met Sally 70: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 69: M_A_S\*H 68: The Breakfast Club 67: The King and I 66: Gentleman’s Agreement 65: The Princess Bride 64: Yellow Submarine 63: Network 62: Mister Roberts 61: Singles 60: Gone With the Wind 59: The Awful Truth 58: Goldfinger 57: The Manchurian Candidate 56: It’s a Wonderful Life 55: The Blues Brothers 54: The Remains of the Day 53: Midnight Express 52: Waking Ned Devine 51: Roman Holiday 50: Cool Hand Luke 49: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 48: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 47: The Big Sleep 48: On The Waterfront 45: The Hudsucker Proxy 44: Dirty Harry 43: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 42: Finding Nemo 41: Ben Hur 40: Superman 39: The 39 Steps 38: Aliens 37: Men In Black 36: Clerks 35: Harvey 34: Marty 33: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 32: All About Eve 31: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 30: The Wild Bunch 29: Young Frankenstein 28: The Bridge Over the River Kwai 27: The Usual Suspects 26: North By Northwest 25: Sunset Blvd. 24: Escape From New York 23: The Wizard of Oz 22: Casablanca 21: The Lion in Winter 20: Boogie Nights 19: The Shawshank Redemption 18: Almost Famous 17: The Maltese Falcon 16: The Natural 15: Being John Malcovich 14: The Professionals 13: Laurence of Arabia 12: Ghostbusters 11: This is Spinal Tap 10: Citizen Kane 9: 12 Angry Men 8: Office Space 7: To Kill a Mockingbird 6: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 5: The Godfather 4: Fargo 3: L.A. Confidential 2: Once Upon a Time In the West 1: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/2 "2007-05-18T21:40:35Z")
Damn, that was an ambitious undertaking for the guy who put that together! I got 60-something of them right off, and know I could’ve named another 15 or so if I had more time to think about them. Extra fun can be had in trying to guess what movies they’ll use for a particular number before it comes up. I was correct on 11, off by one on 37, and deeply disappointed with 42. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/3 "2007-05-18T22:07:12Z")
That was great fun (got 98/100). Now I’m trying to think of one using all the states of the union… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/4 "2007-05-18T22:29:41Z")
It was also a bit disappointing how many of them were ages, or other numbers of years. People can be almost any age in that range; it seems like it makes it too easy. Good cross-section of movies, though. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/5 "2007-05-18T23:12:29Z")
I wasn’t actually counting but I think I scored in the high 80s - not too shabby - and looking at the list, there were about 13 or so movies I’d never seen or heard of. ETA: that, by the way, is a very cool video. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-movies-100-quotes-100-numbers/404643/6 "2007-05-19T00:44:22Z")
I got about 39 of them.