Friday, March 16, 2007

50 movies to watch before u die

This list is compiled by film critics, experts and personalities for Channel4's Film4. I have seen 10 of them. May be I would be seeing another 20 at max. There are similar lists at imdb's top 250, AFI's 100, TIME magazine's 100, Guardian's 100.
Here's the Channe4's list :

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. The Apartment (1960)
3. City of God (2002)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. Sexy Beast (2000)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. À bout de souffle (1959)
9. Donnie Darko (2001)
10. Back to the Future (1985)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Lost in Translation (2003)
13. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
14. Lagaan (2001)
15. Pulp Fiction (1994)
16. Touch of Evil (1958)
17. Walkabout (1971)
18. Black Narcissus (1947)
19. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
20. The Player (1992)
21. Come and See (1985)
22. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
23. A Night at the Opera (1935)
24. Erin Brockovich (2000)
25. Trainspotting (1996)
26. Hero (2002)
27. The Breakfast Club (1985)
28. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
29. Pink Flamingos (1972)
30. All About Eve (1950)
31. Scarface (1983)
32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
33. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
34. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
35. The Ladykillers (1955)
36. Fight Club (1999)
37. The Searchers (1956)
38. Mulholland Drive (2001)
39. The IPCRESS File (1962)
40. The King of Comedy (1983)
41. Manhunter (1986)
42. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
43. Princess Mononoke (1997)
44. Raising Arizona (1987)
45. Cabaret (1972)
46. This Sporting Life (1963)
47. Brazil (1985)
48. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
49. Secrets & Lies (1996)
50. Badlands (1973)

2 comments:

Tehzeeb said...

I jst saw only one :-(

Dinakar said...

Long time to go. My count is 9