# Yahoo!'s Top 100 Movies -- how many have you missed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515 "2009-03-23T22:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/1 "2009-03-23T22:27:10Z")
[100 Movies To See Before You Die](http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/2 "2009-03-23T22:37:02Z")
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, ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/3 "2009-03-23T22:41:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/4 "2009-03-23T22:44:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/5 "2009-03-23T22:50:05Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/6 "2009-03-23T23:12:06Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-s-top-100-movies-how-many-have-you-missed/490515/7 "2009-03-24T14:15:19Z")
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.