Sunday, January 22, 2006

Eric's Top 100 Must See Movies

Here's my top 100 must-see movies. I've included in there the Yahoo Movies ratings in brackets. (Note: a rating of "A-/B+" means that the critics gave an "A-" and the users gave a rating of "B+". Ratings of "x" mean no rating given.)

1930s (3 movies)

Frankenstein (1931) (x/B+)
King Kong (1933) (A-/B+)
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) (A/B+)

1940s (5 movies)

Citizen Kane (1941) (A/B+)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) (A/B+)
Casablanca (1942) (A/B+)
Double Indemnity (1944) (x/B)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (A/B+)

1950s (8 movies)


An American in Paris (1951) (x/B+)
Shane (1953) (x/B+)
Rear Window (1954) (A/B+)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (x/B+)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (x/B)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of A Murder (1959) (A/B+)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (x/B+)

1960s (12 movies)

Psycho (1960) (A-/B+)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) (x/B+)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (A-/B+)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) (A-/B+)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) (x/B+)
The Sound Of Music (1965) (x/B+)
The Graduate (1967) (B+/B+)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (x/B+)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (A/B)
Easy Rider (1969) (x/B)
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967) (x/B+)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (A-/B+)

1970s (20 movies)

M*A*S*H (1970) (A/B)
A Clockwork Orange (1971) (A-/B)
The French Connection (1971) (x/B)
The Godfather (1972) (A/A-)
American Graffiti (1973) (A-/B+)
Chinatown (1974) (A/B+)
The Godfather Part II (1974) (A/A-)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (A-/B+)
Jaws (1975) (A-/B+)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (B+/B+)
Taxi Driver (1976) (A/B+)
Network (1976) (x/B+)
Rocky (1976) (B+/B+)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (A-/B+)
Star Wars (1977) (A-/A-)
Halloween (1978) (x/B+)
The Deer Hunter (1978) (x/B+)
Apocalypse Now (1979) (x/B+)
Alien (1979) (A-/B+)
Amittyville Horror (x/B-)

1980s (20 movies)

Empire Strikes Back (A/A-)
The Shining (1980) (x/B+)
Raging Bull (1980) (A/B+)
Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981) (a/A-)
Tootsie (1982) (A-/B)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (A-/B+)
Pink Floyd the Wall (1982) (x/B)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (x/B)
Return Of The Jedi (1983) (A-/B+)
Scarface (1983) (x/B+)
Amadeus (1984) (A/B+)
Ghostbusters (1984) (A-/B+)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (x/B+)
The Terminator (1984) (A-/B+)
Brazil (1985) (x/B)
Platoon (1986) (A-/B+)
Stand by Me (1986) (x/B+)
Aliens (1986) (x/B+)
The Fly (1986) (x/B-)
Blue Velvet (1986) (x/B)


1990s (21 movies)

Dances with Wolves (1990) (A-/B)
Goodfellas (1990) (A-/B+)
JFK (1991) (x/B+)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) (A-/B+)
Unforgiven (1992) (A/B+)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (B+/B+)
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (x/A-)
Schindler's List (1993) (A/A-)
Tombstone (1993) (x/B+)
Forrest Gump (1994) (B+/B+)
Pulp Fiction (1994) (A/B+)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (A-/A-)
Braveheart (1995) (B+/B+)
Seven (1995) (B/B+)
Toy Story (1995) (A/B+)
Kids (1995) (B+/B)
The Usual Suspects (1995) (B/B+)
Fargo (1996) (x/B)
Mission Impossible (1996) (B-/B)
The Matrix (1999) (B+/B+)
Fight Club (1999) (B/B+)
Eye Wide Shut (1999) (x/C+)

2000s (10 movies)

Gladiator (2000) (B/B+)
Traffic (2000) (x/B)
The Bourne Identity (2002) (B/B+)
The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (A/A-)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (A-/A-)
The Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King (2003) (A-/A-)
Kill Bill vol 1 (2003) (B/B+)
Kill Bill vol 2 (2004) (B+/B)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (B/B+)
Super Size Me (2004) (B+/B)

Did I miss your "must-see" movie? If so, please write a comment and let me know what it is.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, one must see movie is brand new and not even in Kingston; however, it was one of the best movies I have ever seen. YOu know a movie is excellent when you are still thinking about it hours later. Brokeback Mountain (aka the gay cowboy movie) did just that. Some people may be uncomfortable with the theme, but you have to get past that and see the movie for how superb it is. A definite must see.

Anonymous said...

Hey Eric!

I love many of your movies in your Top Ten and have to agree with Alexis - I just saw Brokeback for the second time and can't stop thinking about it. Definitely have to catch it a third and possibly fourth time.
Mary Beth (MB)

Eric said...

Two people voting for Brokeback Mountain. Hmmm. I might have to check it out as a result. Thanks for the recommendation guys.