I’ll continue with the 50’s list later… Kinda pressed for time at the moment. Maybe be as late as tomorrow afternoon. For the curious.
Yeah you’re crazy, but it could be worse: you could be addicted to internet messageboards. Or heroin.
From the silent era you have to add “Broken Blossoms” with Lillian Gish!
I saw you had “Battleship Potemkin” on you list. Have you seen Eisenstein’s talky
“Alexander Nevsky”? The scene where women are searching for the dead after a battle is heart wrenching.
I did almost the same thing as you did! I put as many of 'em in my Netflix queue and there’s still 109 that aren’t available yet.
Go Netflix!
At this point, the list gets difficult to reconstruct, but I believe these mostly cover the 1950’s movies on my list.
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
Rashomon
Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Streetcar Named Desire, A
Place in the Sun, A
High Noon
From Here to Eternity
Shane
Stalag 17
On the Waterfront
Strada, La
Night of the Hunter, The
Rebel Without a Cause
The Court Jester
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Searchers, The
Auntie Mame
Touch of Evil
Ben-Hur
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
Dial M for Murder
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Thing From Another World
Twelve Angry Men
Giant
An American in Paris
African Queen
All About Eve
Some Like it Hot
Sunset Boulevard
Singin in the Rain
Seven Year Itch
Harvey
The Seven Samurai
Paths of Glory
Rashomon
Witness for the Prosecution
The 400 Blows
The Killing
Roman Holiday
Rio Bravo
The Quiet Man
Wild Strawberries
The Seventh Seal
I may have to add these. Still, with Battleship Potemkin I discovered something important : while I can deal with a horror or comedy silent film, silent dramas really pain me. They’re just… sort of tedious to watch.
I notice that I’ve left off Metropolis from the 20’s, now. It was difficult for me as well … as was The Passion of Joan of Arc, which was on my secondary list.
Upon making many lists, there is no end. Vanity, vanity all is vantity.
(or something like that)
To assertain if you are crazy I’ll need more info.
WHY?
Why did you make the movie list? Do you simply desire to have a well rounded knowledge base of the ‘great’ films? Are you want to be a film historian? Do you feel the need, the need for speed? Do you feel that you are missing out if you havn’t seen all these films. Do you feel unworthy of discussing movies because you haven’t seen all the films? Why did you make the list?
Why? Because I have way too much free time on my hands, primarily. I have no film-related ambitions… I just enjoy movies.
BLASPHEMER!!!
BURN HIM!!!
CUT HIM INTO LITTLE…
Sorry. Ahem.
Do not ever speak that way in reference to La Passion De Jeanne d’Arc or silent dramas in general again, lest ye know the true definition of pain!
Oh, and 
Just FYI, La Passion De Jeanne d’Arc is the best motion picture ever committed to celluloid.
Here are some links I think you might find interesting. I wouldn’t bump them, but check them out:
What Makes John Ford A Great Director?
Lifetime Top Ten Lists
The Crowd
Intolerance
La Passion De Jeanne d’Arc
I’d be interested in your top ten absolute favorite movies list, please post your favorites.
Oh, my. Didn’t mean to upset anyone with the *Passion of Joan of Arc * comment.
When I think about what I said a little more… it’s not even all silent dramas. Birth of a Nation kept me perfectly entertained.
I think my problem with Passion was two-fold. Firstly, it is, in essence, a tight courtroom drama… but I need dialogue… actual spoken dialogue… in a courtroom drama. Secondly… the lead actress seemed to have two modes : weepy, and stoned.
As for an all-time top ten list… it seriously depends on what day you ask me. I’ve cemented *Raiders of the Lost Ark * as the foremost star in my movie firmament, but everything else gets shuffled around, usually in accordance with the ones I’ve most recently seen. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It Happened One Night, and The Adventures of Robin Hood might all appear in my top ten at times. *Army of Darkness * is a favorite of mine in the comedy genre, as are Airplane! and Blazing Saddles. I’m a *Star Wars * fan, and a *Star Trek * fan. I rather enjoy the *Back to the Future * films, and I think *Who Framed Roger Rabbit * is a classic too. I’m even a fan of Hudson Hawk.
Then again, to pull it back in the direction of older films, I absolutely love Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
I will try and see if I can distill the lists in my brain into a cohesive top-ten … but be warned, it may well include rollicking action-adventure ‘popcorn’ fare like Pirates of the Carribbean.
So, at work, on a Monday morning, and my Top Ten list runs something like this:
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Adventures of Robin Hood, True Lies, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Chinatown, Airplane!, Army of Darkness, Arsenic and Old Lace.
Hopefully I can get the 60’s list posted this evening…
Apartment, The
The Guns of Navarone
Hustler, The
West Side Story
Yojimbo
Cape Fear
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
A Shot in the Dark
Doctor Zhivago
Sound of Music, The
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Bonnie and Clyde
Cool Hand Luke
Graduate, The
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Bullitt
Lion in Winter, The
Night of the Living Dead
The Odd Couple
Easy Rider
Midnight Cowboy
Wild Bunch, The
Dr. Strangelove
The Producers
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Take the Money and Run
Cat Ballou
The Nutty Professor
Lawrence of Arabia
Psycho
2001 : A Space Odyssey
To Kill a Mockingbird
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Manchurian Candidate
My Fair Lady
The Birds
Rosemary’s Baby
The Great Escape
Wait Until Dark
Planet of the Apes
Spartacus
The Dirty Dozen
Goldfinger
The Magnificent Seven
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Charade
A Man For All Seasons
8 1/2
In the Heat of the Night
I present, after much delay, the swingin’ 70’s movie list.
MASH
Dirty Harry
Deliverance
Harold and Maude
The Heartbreak Kid
The Poseidon Adventure
Sleeper
Sting, The
Conversation, The
Dog Day Afternoon
Man Who Would Be King, The
Shampoo
All the President’s Men
Carrie
Marathon Man
Network
The Omen
Annie Hall
Deer Hunter, The
Halloween
Being There
The China Syndrome
The Jerk
Jaws
The Exorcist
Alien
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Rocky
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Apocalypse Now
Patton
American Graffiti
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Manhattan
Animal House
Bananas
What’s Up, Doc?
Silver Streak
The Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
It sounds like you occasionally have a hard time finding some of the classic movies you’re looking for. I recommend Movies Unlimited. My dad lives near their Broomall, PA location so we normally rent the rare movies we want to watch, but we’ve ordered some amazingly obscure stuff through their catalog as well. They’re also really cheap. Probably the largest downside would be that many of the titles are only available on VHS, not DVD.
Without them, I may not have ever seen all of the Thin Man movies when I was eight, for instance, or worked my way through virtually every Marx Brothers movie when I was ten.
I have a two door closet and since I was in the 6th grade (wow… that was 5 years ago! I am getting old! lol) I have been writing on the doors. One side is a list of cool band names (everytime someone yells “That would be a great band name!”) and the other side is a list of movies. I have at least 500. It would take me forever to copy the list, so I will leave it at that lol
I have had some trouble, now and then. I find Amazon usually has a copy available for purchase for most of the titles, but not always. Thanks for the link!
I’ve just finished off the 60’s in my movie-watching odyssey.
Easy Rider? Bah. Long meandering piece of nothing. It’s like fifteen friggin music videos strung together with a couple of murders thrown in for spice.
Midnight Cowboy? Much different movie than I had expected… quite good! I’ll have to work on my Ratso Rizzo impression.
I will endeavor to reconstruct my 80’s list this evening, time permitting.
For the two people still reading this thread. I’m sorry, I should’ve gotten this done a lot sooner.
9 to 5 (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
Elephant Man, The (1980)
Empire Strikes Back, The (1980)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Shining, The (1980)
Arthur (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Diner (1982)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Right Stuff, The (1983)
Amadeus (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Killing Fields, The (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Lost in America (1985)
Ran (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
Broadcast News (1987)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Moonstruck (1987)
Princess Bride, The (1987)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Untouchables, The (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Big (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) [Cinema Paradiso]
Die Hard (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Glory (1989)
Henry V (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Die xue shuang xiong (1989) [The Killer]
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Also so I don’t keep bumping my own thread endlessly as I struggle to reassemble the list.
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Beauty and the Beast, The (1991)
City Slickers (1991)
JFK (1991)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Player, The (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
Fugitive, The (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Mrs. DoubtFire (1993)
Remains of the Day, The (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Clerks (1994)
Ed Wood (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Leon (1994) [The Professional]
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Speed (1994)
Trois Couleurs : Rouge (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Heat (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Fargo (1996)
Sling Blade (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Vita è bella, La (1997) [Life is Beautiful]
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
Titanic (1997)
American History X (1998)
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Central do Brasil (1998) [Central Station]
Festen (1998)
F***ing Åmål (1998) [Show Me Love]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Truman Show, The (1998)
Todo sobre mi madre (1999) [All About My Mother]
American Beauty (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Green Mile, The (1999)
Insider, The (1999)
Iron Giant, The (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Matrix, The (1999)
October Sky (1999)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Straight Story, The (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)