Señora H-B recently posted her progress on the 2007 version of the AFI 100-best list. Lady Steed and I once were working on the earlier lists, but haven't actively pursued said goal since having children. I thought though that it might be helpful to review our progress. (I'm only marking movies we have seen together.)
2. The Godfather, 1972*
4. Raging Bull, 1980
6. Gone With the Wind, 1939*
7. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
8. Schindler's List, 1993*
12. The Searchers, 1956
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968*
16. Sunset Blvd., 1950*
17. The Graduate, 1967*
19. On the Waterfront, 1954*
21. Chinatown, 1974
23. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940*
24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982*
25. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962*
28. All About Eve, 1950
30. Apocalypse Now, 1979*
31. The Maltese Falcon, 1941
32. The Godfather Part II, 1974
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
40. The Sound of Music, 1965*
41. King Kong, 1933*
42. Bonnie and Clyde, 1967
43. Midnight Cowboy, 1969
44. The Philadelphia Story, 1940*
45. Shane, 1953
47. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
49. Intolerance, 1916
51. West Side Story, 1961*
52. Taxi Driver, 1976
53. The Deer Hunter, 1978
54. M-A-S-H, 1970
56. Jaws, 1975*
57. Rocky, 1976
58. The Gold Rush, 1925*
59. Nashville, 1975
61. Sullivan's Travels, 1941
63. Cabaret, 1972
64. Network, 1976
65. The African Queen, 1951
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966
68. Unforgiven, 1992
70. A Clockwork Orange, 1971
71. Saving Private Ryan, 1998
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969*
74. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991*
75. In the Heat of the Night, 1967
76. Forrest Gump, 1994*
77. All the President's Men, 1976
79. The Wild Bunch, 1969
81. Spartacus, 1960
82. Sunrise, 1927
83. Titanic, 1997*
84. Easy Rider, 1969
85. A Night at the Opera, 1935*
86. Platoon, 1986
87. 12 Angry Men, 1957*
90. Swing Time, 1936
91. Sophie's Choice, 1982
92. Goodfellas, 1990
93. The French Connection, 1971
94. Pulp Fiction, 1994*
95. The Last Picture Show, 1971
96. Do the Right Thing, 1989
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
100. Ben-Hur, 1959
*Movies I'm fairly sure one or both of us has seen or that we own on DVD.
We all have our work cut out for us... Good thing movie 'work' is fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's also been years since I've made a concerted effort to make progress on such a list. A quick tally shows that I'm up to 60 on this particular iteration.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm just at 46. No excuse, really, now that we have Netflix.
Eureka! I found the picture while looking into my second guess (which, in retrospect, was a silly guess--though not as silly as the first).
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ReplyDeleteYou can't start a comment like this and leave out the salient details. What were your guesses?
I've seen at least 80 of the 100 but with the wife uh maybe 15.
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Is there a secret to getting through Annie Hall? For me, it's Woody Allen's greatest study in awkwardness--I can never make it all the way through because I just can't overcome my discomfort...
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ReplyDeleteI don't know. I haven't seen it in almost ten years, but I truly loved it then. Lady Steed and I saw Small Time Crooks at Movies 8 in the first few weeks of our marriage then got on a Woody Allen kick courtesy of the Orem Library's amazing film collection. Annie Hall was one of my favorites and I want to see it again. I'm not sure I can be more helpful than that until I do.....
Duly noted. I can't think of another Woody Allen movie that I didn't like...that one just utterly discomfits me, every. single. time...
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