Diary of a Wolfeman

Ok, so I’m a sheep sometimes. Sue me.

In the interest of my sanity, however, I’ll stop at 100. Movies I have seen are in bold, and the list is an excerpt of the IMDB Top 250 Movies of All Time.

1 Godfather, The (1972)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) (The first half is tough, but the last is great)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
5 Schindler’s List (1993)
6 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) (Bought it, haven’t watched it yet)
7 Shichinin no samurai (1954)
8 Casablanca (1942) (Who hasn’t?)
9 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
10 Star Wars (1977) (Again, who hasn’t?)
11 Citizen Kane (1941)
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
13 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Duh.)
14 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
15 Rear Window (1954)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17 Pulp Fiction (1994)
18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) (I loved it so much I bought it twice – VHS and DVD)
19 Memento (2000) (Odd, but good)
20 North by Northwest (1959)
21 12 Angry Men (1957)
22 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
23 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
24 Psycho (1960)
25 Fabuleux destin d’Am?lie Poulain, Le (2001)
26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) (The first time was ok. The subsequent repetition was my ex’s fault.)
27 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)(How can you avoid it?)
28 Goodfellas (1990)
29 American Beauty (1999) (Scared me how much I identified with the dad)
30 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31 Vertigo (1958)
32 Matrix, The (1999) (And it sucked.)
33 Cidade de Deus (2002)
34 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (This was required in gradeschool english.)
35 C’era una volta il West (1968)
36 Apocalypse Now (1979) (Charlie still don’t surf.)
37 Pianist, The (2002)
38 Third Man, The (1949)
39 Paths of Glory (1957)
40 Taxi Driver (1976) (You talkin’ to me?)
41 Fight Club (1999) (And someone gave me a copy. You want it?)
42 Some Like It Hot (1959)
43 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (Loved it with subtitles, hated it dubbed.)
44 Double Indemnity (1944)
45 Boot, Das (1981)
46 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
47 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
48 Chinatown (1974)
49 L.A. Confidential (1997) (Damn good flick)
50 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) (If you haven’t figured it out yet, I love caper flicks.)
51 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
52 All About Eve (1950)
53 M (1931)
54 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) (And I can still whistle it.)
55 Se7en (1995) (Unfortunately.)
56 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (And a lovely bit of fluff it is.)
57 Rash?mon (1950)
58 Saving Private Ryan (1998) (I give them points for realism.)
59 Raging Bull (1980)
60 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) (My daughter loves this.)
61 Alien (1979) (Once or twice by choice, ump-teen more times by proximity.)
62 American History X (1998) (Another 1-1/2 hours the ex owes me.)
63 Sting, The (1973) (Duh.)
64 L?on (1994)
65 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
66 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
67 Vita ? bella, La (1997)
68 Touch of Evil (1958)
69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
70 Finding Nemo (2003) (I have kids. Of course I have seen it.)
71 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (SciFi fan? Me? Never!)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
73 Great Escape, The (1963)
74 Modern Times (1936)
75 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (Not all of it, but the parts I saw bored me to tears.)
76 Amadeus (1984)
77 On the Waterfront (1954)
78 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (QT is the man!)
79 Ran (1985)
80 Annie Hall (1977)
81 Wo hu cang long (2000)
82 Jaws (1975) (And it never kept me from swimming – I live on the West coast.)
83 Braveheart (1995) (Crying? Me? I never cry!)
84 Apartment, The (1960)
85 High Noon (1952)
86 Aliens (1986) (Sigourney kicks ASS!)
87 Fargo (1996) (So, you were in bed wit’ da little guy…)
88 Strangers on a Train (1951)
89 Shining, The (1980) (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, All work…)
90 Metropolis (1927)
91 Blade Runner (1982) (The first movie I ever bought)
92 Sixth Sense, The (1999)
93 Donnie Darko (2001)
94 City Lights (1931)
95 Duck Soup (1933)
96 Great Dictator, The (1940)
97 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
98 General, The (1927)
99 Princess Bride, The (1987) (thankfully my daughter loves it as much as I do.)
100 Dogville (2003)

45 out of 100. Not bad, I suppose, but that means the thousand or so other movies I’ve seen weren’t on there, and I think maybe should have been. (With the exception of nine-tenths of the indie flicks my ex wife made me watch. I figure she owes me about 150 hours of my life back for those.)

When it comes down to preferences, they are:

Now, with that in mind, can you predict my top five movies? Winner gets a prize!

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