OK, it may look like I’m being ridiculously unimaginative by just posting memes (it is unimaginative), but seeing as there isn’t a lot going on, I thought I might as well. At least these memes reflect what I’m like – I’m not just posting random ones about what fish I am, or whatever…
Anyway, this one comes courtesy of Neil Turner:
The idea is to post a copy of the top 250 films on IMDb and then highlight the ones you have seen. Like Neil, I’ve also italicised those films that I (or my family – let’s face it, they’re mine really) own on DVD or video.
1. The Godfather (1972) 1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 1. The Godfather: Part II (1974) 1. Shichinin no samurai (1954) 1. Casablanca (1942) 1. Schindler’s List (1993) 1. Citizen Kane (1941) 1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 1. Pulp Fiction (1994) 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 1. Star Wars (1977) 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 1. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 1. The Usual Suspects (1995) 1. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 1. Rear Window (1954) 1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 1. Cidade de Deus (2002) 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 1. 12 Angry Men (1957) 1. Psycho (1960) 1. Memento (2000) 1. C’era una volta il West – Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 1. Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 1. Goodfellas (1990) 1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 1. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 1. North by Northwest (1959) 1. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 1. American Beauty (1999) 1. Apocalypse Now (1979) 1. The Matrix (1999) 1. Paths of Glory (1957) 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 1. Fight Club (1999) 1. The Third Man (1949) 1. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 1. Vertigo (1958) 1. Double Indemnity (1944) 1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 1. Boot, Das (1981) 1. M (1931) 1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 1. Rashômon (1950) 1. Se7en (1995) 1. Taxi Driver (1976) 1. All About Eve (1950) 1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 1. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 1. Requiem for a Dream (2000) 1. The Pianist (2002) 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 1. Léon (1994) 1. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 1. Alien (1979) 1. L.A. Confidential (1997) 1. Modern Times (1936) 1. American History X (1998) 1. Chinatown (1974) 1. Some Like It Hot (1959) 1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 1. The Sting (1973) 1. On the Waterfront (1954) 1. Ran (1985) 1. Amadeus (1984) 1. Vita è bella, La (1997) 1. Touch of Evil (1958) 1. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 1. The Great Escape (1963) 1. Raging Bull (1980) 1. City Lights (1931) 1. The Apartment (1960) 1. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 1. Metropolis (1927) 1. The Shining (1980) 1. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 1. Jaws (1975) 1. Aliens (1986) 1. High Noon (1952) 1. Finding Nemo (2003) 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 1. Annie Hall (1977) 1. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 1. Braveheart (1995) 1. Wo hu cang long (2000) 1. Oldboy (2003) 1. Fargo (1996) 1. The Incredibles (2004) 1. Yojimbo (1961) 1. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 1. Blade Runner (1982) 1. The Princess Bride (1987) 1. Before Sunset (2004) 1. It Happened One Night (1934) 1. The Sixth Sense (1999) 1. Donnie Darko (2001) 1. Strangers on a Train (1951) 1. Forrest Gump (1994) 1. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 1. The Great Dictator (1940) 1. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 1. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 1. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 1. Smultronstället (1957) 1. Ying xiong (2002) 1. Mononoke-hime (1997) 1. The General (1927) 1. Hotel Rwanda (2004) 1. The Graduate (1967) 1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 1. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 1. Rebecca (1940) 1. Unforgiven (1992) 1. The Gold Rush (1925) 1. The Deer Hunter (1978) 1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 1. Duck Soup (1933) 1. Notorious (1946) 1. The Big Sleep (1946) 1. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 1. Toy Story 2 (1999) 1. Lola rennt (1998) 1. Ladri di biciclette (1948) 1. Back to the Future (1985) 1. Patton (1970) 1. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 1. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 1. The Green Mile (1999) 1. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 1. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) 1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 1. Grande illusion, La (1937) 1. The Elephant Man (1980) 1. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 1. Glory (1989) 1. Cool Hand Luke (1967) 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 1. Ben-Hur (1959) 1. His Girl Friday (1940) 1. Ikiru (1952) 1. Platoon (1986) 1. Shrek (2001) 1. Gone with the Wind (1939) 1. Hotaru no haka (1988) 1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 1. Manhattan (1979) 1. Die Hard (1988) 1. Sideways (2004) 1. Charade (1963) 1. The African Queen (1951) 1. Mystic River (2003) 1. Life of Brian (1979) 1. To Be or Not to Be (1942) 1. Gladiator (2000) 1. Untergang, Der (2004) 1. The Killing (1956) 1. The Searchers (1956) 1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 1. A Christmas Story (1983) 1. Amores perros (2000) 1. Big Fish (2003) 1. A Night at the Opera (1935) 1. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 1. Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, La (1928) 1. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 1. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 1. Young Frankenstein (1974) 1. The Wild Bunch (1969) 1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 1. Strada, La (1954) 1. Harvey (1950) 1. The Hustler (1961) 1. Stalag 17 (1953) 1. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 1. The Straight Story (1999) 1. Magnolia (1999) 1. The Terminator (1984) 1. Monsters, Inc. (2001) 1. Laura (1944) 1. Lost in Translation (2003) 1. The Lion in Winter (1968) 1. Spartacus (1960) 1. Hable con ella (2002) 1. 8½ (1963) 1. Finding Neverland (2004) 1. Ed Wood (1994) 1. Toy Story (1995) 1. Groundhog Day (1993) 1. Sling Blade (1996) 1. The Station Agent (2003) 1. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 1. Trainspotting (1996) 1. Persona (1966) 1. Fanny och Alexander (1982) 1. Brazil (1985) 1. All the President’s Men (1976) 1. King Kong (1933) 1. Almost Famous (2000) 1. The Insider (1999) 1. The 39 Steps (1935) 1. Stagecoach (1939) 1. Stand by Me (1986) 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 1. The Exorcist (1973) 1. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 1. Gandhi (1982) 1. The Conversation (1974) 1. Festen (1998) 1. Rio Bravo (1959) 1. Roman Holiday (1953) 1. Per qualche dollaro in più – For a Few Dollars More (1965) 1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 1. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 1. The Thin Man (1934) 1. Being John Malkovich (1999) 1. Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 1. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) 1. Mulholland Dr. (2001) 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 1. Rain Man (1988) 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 1. Dogville (2003) 1. In the Heat of the Night (1967) 1. Barry Lyndon (1975) 1. The Big Lebowski (1998) 1. Spider-Man 2 (2004) 1. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 1. Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 1. Snatch. (2000) 1. The Last Picture Show (1971) 1. Red River (1948) 1. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 1. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 1. Fa yeung nin wa (2000) 1. Sleuth (1972) 1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 1. 21 Grams (2003) 1. Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 1. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) 1. Kumonosu jô (1957) 1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 1. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 1. Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)
I make that 103 films that I have seen and 45 that I (/we) own, out of 250. Not bad!