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IMDB's Top 250

While I can’t claim to be a huge movie buff, I do think I tend to watch more movies than the average person. Upon discovering that I’ve seen most Academy Award-nominated films made in the last 5 decades, I’ve decided to return to my previous goal of watching every movie on IMDB’s Top 250. I’ve seen most of the movies on this list made in the last two decades, and I mean, I know it’s a pretty arbitrary list, but I like to watch good movies and it’s helpful in at least pointing me in the right direction.

This entry is really more for my own personal record than your enjoyment.

Strike = Seen it 
Bold = Seen it, but in high school, so should probably watch again

  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. The Godfather (1972)
  3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  6. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  7. Schindler’s List (1993)
  8. The Dark Knight (2008)
  9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  12. Fight Club (1999)
  13. Inception (2010)
  14. Seven Samurai (1954)
  15. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  16. Goodfellas (1990)
  17. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
  18. City of God (2002)
  19. Casablanca (1942)
  20. The Matrix (1999)
  21. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  22. Rear Window (1954)
  23. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  25. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  26. Se7en (1995)
  27. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  28. Forrest Gump (1994)
  29. Psycho (1960)
  30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  31. Leon: The Professional (1994)
  32. Memento (2000)
  33. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  34. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  36. American History X (1998)
  37. North by Northwest (1959)
  38. Citizen Kane (1941)
  39. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  40. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  41. American Beauty (1999)
  42. Toy Story 3 (2010)
  43. Alien (1979)
  44. Taxi Driver (1976)
  45. City Lights (1931)
  46. Spirited Away (2001)
  47. Vertigo (1958)
  48. The Shining (1980)
  49. Paths of Glory (1957)
  50. M (1931)
  51. The Pianist (2002)
  52. Amélie (2001)
  53. The Departed (2006)
  54. Double Indemnity (1944)
  55. WALL·E (2008)
  56. Modern Times (1936)
  57. The Lives of Others (2006)
  58. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  59. Aliens (1986)
  60. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  61. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  62. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
  63. Back to the Future (1985)
  64. Das Boot (1981)
  65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  66. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  67. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  68. A Separation (2011)
  69. The Third Man (1949)
  70. The Prestige (2006)
  71. The Green Mile (1999)
  72. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  73. Chinatown (1974)
  74. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  75. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  76. The Great Dictator (1940)
  77. Gladiator (2000)
  78. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  79. Rashomon (1950)
  80. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
  81. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  82. Amadeus (1984)
  83. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  84. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  85. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  86. Raging Bull (1980)
  87. All About Eve (1950)
  88. Braveheart (1995)
  89. Metropolis (1927)
  90. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  91. Oldboy (2003)
  92. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  93. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
  94. The Apartment (1960)
  95. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
  96. Unforgiven (1992)
  97. The Sting (1973)
  98. Downfall (2004)
  99. Princess Mononoke (1997)
  100. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  101. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  102. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  103. The Lion King (1994)
  104. On the Waterfront (1954)
  105. Up (2009)
  106. Die Hard (1988)
  107. The Elephant Man (1980)
  108. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  109. The Seventh Seal (1957)
  110. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  111. The Great Escape (1963)
  112. Gran Torino (2008)
  113. Rebecca (1940)
  114. Yojimbo (1961)
  115. Batman Begins (2005)
  116. The Artist (2011)
  117. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  118. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  119. The General (1926)
  120. Snatch. (2000)
  121. Heat (1995)
  122. Fargo (1996)
  123. Blade Runner (1982)
  124. Sin City (2005)
  125. Ran (1985)
  126. Wild Strawberries (1957)
  127. Touch of Evil (1958)
  128. Toy Story (1995)
  129. Jaws (1975)
  130. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  131. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  132. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  133. Black Swan (2010)
  134. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  135. The King’s Speech (2010)
  136. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  137. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  138. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  139. Ikiru (1952)
  140. It Happened One Night (1934)
  141. Scarface (1983)
  142. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  143. Annie Hall (1977)
  144. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  145. The Kid (1921)
  146. The Wages of Fear (1953)
  147. Warrior (2011)
  148. High Noon (1952)
  149. Platoon (1986)
  150. The Gold Rush (1925)
  151. Trainspotting (1996)
  152. Into the Wild (2007)
  153. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  154. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  155. Donnie Darko (2001)
  156. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
  157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  158. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
  159. Notorious (1946)
  160. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  161. The Thing (1982)
  162. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  163. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  164. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  165. Casino (1995)
  166. Life of Brian (1979)
  167. Amores Perros (2000)
  168. Diabolique (1955)
  169. Groundhog Day (1993)
  170. Ben-Hur (1959)
  171. Finding Nemo (2003)
  172. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  173. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  174. The Big Sleep (1946)
  175. The Terminator (1984)
  176. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  177. The Graduate (1967)
  178. V for Vendetta (2006)
  179. Stand by Me (1986)
  180. Good Will Hunting (1997)
  181. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  182. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  183. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  184. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  185. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  186. Network (1976)
  187. District 9 (2009)
  188. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  189. The 400 Blows (1959)
  190. Gandhi (1982)
  191. Mary and Max (2009)
  192. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  193. Persona (1966)
  194. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  195. 8½ (1963)
  196. The Princess Bride (1987)
  197. The Killing (1956)
  198. The Wrestler (2008)
  199. La Strada (1954)
  200. Harakiri (1962)
  201. The Hustler (1961)
  202. Ratatouille (2007)
  203. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  204. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  205. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  206. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
  207. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
  208. The Exorcist (1973)
  209. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  210. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  211. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  212. Stalag 17 (1953)
  213. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  214. Barry Lyndon (1975)
  215. Rocky (1976)
  216. Star Trek (2009)
  217. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  218. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930
  219. The Truman Show (1998)
  220. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  221. Infernal Affairs (2002)
  222. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  223. Roman Holiday (1953)
  224. Rope (1948)
  225. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  226. Tokyo Story (1953)
  227. Avatar (2009)
  228. Ip Man (2008)
  229. Mystic River (2003)
  230. The Celebration (1998)
  231. Let the Right One In (2008)
  232. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  233. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  234. Manhattan (1979)
  235. Magnolia (1999)
  236. Stalker (1979)
  237. The Intouchables (2011)
  238. Big Fish (2003)
  239. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  240. The Incredibles (2004)
  241. Drive (2011)
  242. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
  243. 3 Idiots (2009)
  244. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  245. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
  246. In Bruges (2008)
  247. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
  248. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
  249. Nosferatu (1922)
  250. Shutter Island (2010)

More of this list will be crossed off by the end of Christmas break. SO BORED AND ALONE IN SF, BLAH.