I’m ashamed to admit, you’ve seen 13 more movies than I have off of Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list. I feel exposed as a so-called movie buff (exposed, buff… yes, put it together).
Movie Challenge
Roger Ebert’s Great Movies
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
- Babel (2006)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (196
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- 8 1/2 (1963)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939)
- After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
- The Age of Innocence (1993)
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Alien (1979)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Amadeus (1984)
- Amarcord (1974)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Apu Trilogy (1959)
- Atlantic City (1980)
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- Au Revoir, les Enfants (1987)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- The Bank Dick (1940)
- The Battle of Algiers (1967)
- The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- Beat the Devil (1954)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Being There (1979)
- Belle de Jour (1967)
- The Bicycle Thief (1949)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- The Big Red One (1980)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Blow-Up (1966)
- The Blue Kite (1993)
- Bob le Flambeur (1955)
- Body Heat (1981)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Breathless (1960)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- Cabiria (1914)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Cat People (1942)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Chimes at Midnight (1965)
- Chinatown (1974)
- A Christmas Story (1983)
- Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons (1953-1957)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Cries and Whispers (1972)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Crumb (1994)
- Dark City (2005)
- Day for Night (1973)
- Days of Heaven (197
- The Decalogue (198
- Detour (1945)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Don’t Look Now (1974)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Dracula (1931)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- El Norte (1983)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Killer of Sheep (1977)
- The Fall of the House of Usher (192
- Samurai Rebellion (1967)
- Fanny and Alexander (1983)
- Fargo (1996)
- Faust (1926)
- The Films of Buster Keaton (1923)
- The Firemen’s Ball (196
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Floating Weeds (1959)
- Forbidden Games (1952)
- Gates of Heaven (197
- The General (1927)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Gone With the Wind (1939)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (196
- GoodFellas (1991)
- Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Grand Illusion (1937)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Grave of the Fireflies (198
- Great Expectations (1946)
- Greed (1925)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- Hoop Dreams (1994)
- House of Games (1987)
- Howards End (1992)
- The Hustler (1961)
- Ikiru (1952)
- In Cold Blood (1967)
- Inherit the Wind (1960)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Jaws (1975)
- JFK (1991)
- Jules and Jim (1961)
- Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- King Kong (1933)
- Army of Shadows (1969)
- L’Atalante (1934)
- L’Avventura (1960)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- The Last Picture Show (1971)
- Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
- Late Spring (1972)
- Laura (1944)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Le Boucher / The Butcher (2003)
- Le Samourai (1967)
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- Leolo (1993)
- The Leopard (1963)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- The River (Le Fleuve) (1951)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- M (1931)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- The Man Who Laughs (192
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Manhattan (1979)
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Metropolis (1926)
- Mon Oncle (195
- Moolaade (2007)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
- The Music Room (195
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- My Dinner With Andre (1981)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- My Life to Live / Vivre sa Vie (1963)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
- Nanook of the North (1922)
- Nashville (1975)
- Network (1976)
- Night Moves (1975)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Notorious (1946)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Orpheus (1949)
- Out of the Past (1947)
- Pandora’s Box (192
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (192
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Patton (1970)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Persona (1966)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Pixote (1981)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
- Playtime (1967)
- The Producers (196
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Raise the Red Lantern (1990)
- Ran (1985)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Red River (194
- The Red Shoes (194
- Rififi (1954)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Ripley’s Game (2002)
- Romeo and Juliet (196
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Safety Last (1923)
- Santa Sangre (1989)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Say Anything (1989)
- Scarface (1983)
- The Scarlet Empress (1934)
- Schindler’s List (1993)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Seven Samurai (1954)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Shane (1953)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The Shining (1980)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Solaris (1972)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- Stroszek (1977)
- A Sunday in the Country (1984)
- Sunrise (192
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Swing Time (1936)
- A Tale of Winter (1992)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- The Terrorist (2000)
- The Dead (1987)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Third Man (1949)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (1993-1994)
- 3 Women (1977)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Top Hat (1935)
- Touch of Evil (195
- Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (194
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Umberto D (1952)
- Un Chien Andalou (192
- Unforgiven (1992)
- The Up Documentaries (1985)
- Vertigo (195
- Victim (1961)
- Walkabout (1971)
- West Side Story (1961)
- WR — Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Wings of Desire (198
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Woman in the Dunes (1964)
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- A Woman’s Tale (1992)
- Woodstock (1970)
- Written on the Wind (1956)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
- Yellow Submarine (196
- Yojimbo (1961)
To Watch List (Since 2006-present):
- 3:10 to Yuma
- 300
- Akeelah and the Bee
- All or Nothing
- American Photography: A Century of Images (Documentary)
- Amores Perros (Spanish)
- Antwone Fisher
- Apocalypto
- Aristocrats (BBC mini)
- Bad Santa
- Blood Diamond
- Bobby
- Boogie Nights
- Boys Don’t Cry
- Breaking the Waves
- Bridge to Terabitha
- Broken Trail (TV mini)
- Burden of Dreams (Documentary)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV mini)
- Calendar Girls
- Camille Claudel
- Capote
- Casino Royale (2005)
- The Celluloid Closet (Documentary)
- City of God (Spanish)
- The Contender
- Corpse Bride
- Deadwood: Season 1 (HBO series)
- Deadwood: Season 2 (HBO series)
- Deadwood: Season 3 (HBO series)
- Dear Frankie
- The Departed
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Disturbia
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Driving Lessons
- Elevator to the Gallows (French)
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- Elizabeth I (HBO mini)
- Factory Girl
- Girl on a Bridge (French)
- Girl with the Pearl Earrings
- Grey Gardens (Documentary)
- Hard Candy
- The History Boys
- A History of Violence
- Hotel Rwanda
- The House of Mirth
- Innocence (2001)
- Junebug
- King Kong (2005)
- The Last King of Scotland
- Little Children
- The Lives of Others (German, 2006)
- Lovely and Amazing
- The Madness of King George
- Maria Full of Grace (Spanish)
- Match Point
- Miss Potter
- Munich
- My Own Private Idaho
- The New World
- North by Northwest
- Only You
- The Painted Veil
- The People vs. Larry Flint
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Persuasion
- Possession
- The Princess and the Warrior (German)
- The Proposition
- Queen Margot (French)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Real Women have Curves
- The Red Violin
- Regency House (BBC)
- Restoration
- Robin Hood: Season 1 (BBC mini)
- Robin Hood: Season 2 (BBC mini)
- Rome: Season 1 (HBO mini)
- Rome: Season 2 (HBO mini)
- A Room with a View
- Run Lola Run (German)
- Scarface
- The Secret Garden (1993)
- Secret Window (2004)
- Serendipity
- Spanglish
- Streetwise (Documentary, 1984)
- Three Times (Chinese)
- Tristian & Isole
- V for Vendetta
- A Very Long Engagement (French)
- The Virgin Queen (BBC)
- Waking Life (2001)
- War of the Roses
- The Widow of Saint-Pierre (French)
- Zodiac
Responses
By: Jeremy on October 19, 2007
at 3:23 pm
I have seen alot of the older movies, but less of the newer ones only because of some of the material in them. I’m not that old.
By: Ruthanna on February 24, 2008
at 9:39 am
