Desert Island films (and the IMDB Top 100 meme)

IMDB’s Top 100 Best Movies of All Time – generate clunky table-heavy HTML for your own page at ObeytheFist.com.

1. Godfather, The (1972) – Not seen
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) – Finished It
3. Godfather: Part II, The (1974) – Not seen
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) – Finished It
5. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) – Finished It
6. Casablanca (1942) – Finished It
7. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) – Finished It
8. Schindler’s List (1993) – Finished It
9. Shichinin no samurai (1954) – Not seen
10. Star Wars (1977) – Finished It
11. Citizen Kane (1941) – Started It
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Started It
13. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) – Finished It
14. Rear Window (1954) – Finished It
15. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Finished It
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – Finished It
17. Memento (2000) – Not seen
18. Usual Suspects, The (1995) – Finished It
19. Pulp Fiction (1994) – Finished It
20. North by Northwest (1959) – Finished It
21. 12 Angry Men (1957) – Finished It
22. Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) – Finished It
23. Psycho (1960) – Finished It
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Finished It
25. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) – Finished It
26. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) – Finished It
27. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – Finished It
28. Goodfellas (1990) – Not seen
29. American Beauty (1999) – Finished It
30. Vertigo (1958) – Finished It
31. Sunset Blvd. (1950) – Not seen
32. Matrix, The (1999) – Finished It
33. Apocalypse Now (1979) – Finished It
34. Pianist, The (2002) – Not seen
35. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) – Finished It
36. C’era una volta il West (1968) – Finished It
37. Some Like It Hot (1959) – Finished It
38. Third Man, The (1949) – Finished It
39. Taxi Driver (1976) – Not seen
40. Paths of Glory (1957) – Finished It
41. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) – Not seen
42. Fight Club (1999) – Finished It
43. Boot, Das (1981) – Finished It
44. Double Indemnity (1944) – Not seen
45. L.A. Confidential (1997) – Finished It
46. Chinatown (1974) – Not seen
47. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – Finished It
48. Maltese Falcon, The (1941) – Finished It
49. M (1931) – Not seen
50. Requiem for a Dream (2000) – Not seen
51. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) – Finished It
52. All About Eve (1950) – Not seen
53. Se7en (1995) – Finished It
54. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – Finished It
55. Saving Private Ryan (1998) – Not seen
56. Cidade de Deus (2002) – Finished It
57. Raging Bull (1980) – Not seen
58. Rashômon (1950) – Not seen
59. Wizard of Oz, The (1939) – Finished It
60. Sting, The (1973) – Finished It
61. Alien (1979) – Finished It
62. American History X (1998) – Not seen
63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – Finished It
64. Léon (1994) – Finished It
65. Vita è bella, La (1997) – Finished It
66. Touch of Evil (1958) – Not seen
67. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) – Not seen
68. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Finished It
69. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) – Finished It
70. Great Escape, The (1963) – Finished It
71. Wo hu cang long (2000) – Finished It
72. Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Finished It
73. Clockwork Orange, A (1971) – Finished It
74. Amadeus (1984) – Finished It
75. Modern Times (1936) – Finished It
76. Ran (1985) – Not seen
77. Annie Hall (1977) – Finished It
78. Jaws (1975) – Finished It
79. On the Waterfront (1954) – Not seen
80. Braveheart (1995) – Not seen
81. High Noon (1952) – Finished It
82. Apartment, The (1960) – Finished It
83. Fargo (1996) – Finished It
84. Sixth Sense, The (1999) – Finished It
85. Aliens (1986) – Finished It
86. Shining, The (1980) – Finished It
87. Strangers on a Train (1951) – Finished It
88. Blade Runner (1982) – Finished It
89. Metropolis (1927) – Finished It
90. Duck Soup (1933) – Finished It
91. Finding Nemo (2003) – Not seen
92. Donnie Darko (2001) – Not seen
93. General, The (1927) – Not seen
94. City Lights (1931) – Not seen
95. Princess Bride, The (1987) – Finished It
96. Toy Story 2 (1999) – Not seen
97. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – Finished It
98. Great Dictator, The (1940) – Finished It
99. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) – Finished It
100. Lola rennt (1998) – Finished It

Finished 70, Started (but not finished) 2. Yes, I know that I’ve not seen any Scorsese…

Following ‘s post, I thought I’d try and list my top ten. There are quite a few films from my personal top ten that don’t appear in the IMDB meme, so in no particular order:

Funny Bones

A delight – much underrated British screwball comedy, with several seemingly unrelated plots that only gel after the first half hour. Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans and a cross-dressing Oliver Reed.

What’s Up, Doc?

Continuing the screwball comedy theme – snappy script, beat-perfect slapstick and some lovely turns from Streisand, O’Neil and Kahn (The Palm Beach Story is a runner-up for my favourite screwball comedy, but doesn’t make the top ten).

If….

Lindsay Anderson’s finest film, with revolution in an English public school and Malcolm McDowell. Unavailable on DVD, which is a crime.

All the President’s Men

Watergate docudrama starring Redford and Hoffman – gripping, even though the ending is known.

Exotica

A haunting Atom Egoyan film that I’ve seen exactly once.

Sleeper

Woody Allen stars as an unlikely Buck Rogers (plus the orgasmatron and the president’s nose).

Appearing in the IMDB meme were: Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Third Man, and Cidade de Deus/City of God.

Of course, this is this month’s list; I tend to waver quite a lot on some of these films, so my top ten at any other time may vary by as much as 30% from this list. In addition, I’ve not listed any of my favourite short films, but that’s fodder for a future post.