From: julietk	Date: November 24th, 2004 03:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

it's easier to find time to read, or to listen to music, because I can do them while doing other things.

Ah, see, I knit whilst watching films, so that's OK.

I've actually seen a surprisingly large number of those. Obviously living with film-geek for 3 years has meant *something* in terms of my filmic education, after all :-)

I know this is undoubtedly Non-Helpful since you are lacking in time to watch films anyway, but I cannot recommend strongly enough that you watch Dr Strangelove, which is a work of genius. Some Like It Hot is also utterly ace, especially for Marilyn Monroe's splendid frock. And the final line, which never fails to make me laugh immoderately.

	From: keirf	Date: November 24th, 2004 03:37 am (UTC)		(Link)

Gosh. How can you read while doing other things?

	From: setting_sun	Date: November 24th, 2004 04:09 am (UTC)		(Link)

What did you think of The Sting? It's one of my favourites of all time, but people usually go for Butch Cassidy in terms of Redford/Newman partnerships.

I'd be interested to hear what the 19 are that you want to see.

	From: oldbloke	Date: November 24th, 2004 04:51 am (UTC)		(Link)

Y=yes N=no W=want T=tv version P=stageplay version

Y Godfather, The (1972)
N Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Y Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
W Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
W Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
Y Casablanca (1942)
Y Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
Y Schindler's List (1993)
Y Shichinin No Samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954)
Y Star Wars (1977)
Y Citizen Kane (1941)
W One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Y Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Y Rear Window (1954)
Y Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Y Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
N Memento (2000)
Y Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Y Pulp Fiction (1994)
Y North by Northwest (1959)
Y 12 Angry Men (1957)
Y Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le [Amelie] (2001)
Y Psycho (1960)
Y Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Y Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] (1966)
Y Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
W It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
W Goodfellas (1990)
W American Beauty (1999)
Y Vertigo (1958)
N Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Y Matrix, The (1999)
N Apocalypse Now (1979)
Y Pianist, The (2002)
N To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Y C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968)
Y Some Like It Hot (1959)
Y Third Man, The (1949)
Y Taxi Driver (1976)
N Paths of Glory (1957)
N Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001)
N Fight Club (1999)
T Boot, Das (1981)
Y Double Indemnity (1944)
Y L.A. Confidential (1997)
Y Chinatown (1974)
Y Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Y Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
N M (1931)
N Requiem for a Dream (2000)
N Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
N All About Eve (1950)
Y Se7en (1995)
Y Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
N Saving Private Ryan (1998)
N Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002)
N Raging Bull (1980)
W Rashômon (1950)
Y Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Y Sting, The (1973)
Y Alien (1979)
N American History X (1998)
N Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
W Léon (1994)
W Vita è bella, La [Life is Beautiful] (1997)
N Touch of Evil (1958)
Y Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
Y 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Y Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
Y Great Escape, The (1963)
Y Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] (2000)
Y Reservoir Dogs (1992)
N Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Y Amadeus (1984)
Y Modern Times (1936)
Y Ran (1985)
Y Annie Hall (1977)
Y Jaws (1975)
Y On the Waterfront (1954)
Y Braveheart (1995)
Y High Noon (1952)
N Apartment, The (1960)
Y Fargo (1996)
Y Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Y Aliens (1986)
Y Shining, The (1980)
N Strangers on a Train (1951)
Y Blade Runner (1982)
Y Metropolis (1927)
Y Duck Soup (1933)
N Finding Nemo (2003)
N Donnie Darko (2001)
N General, The (1927)
Y City Lights (1931)
Y Princess Bride, The (1987)
W Toy Story 2 (1999)
W Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Y Great Dictator, The (1940)
P Sjunde inseglet, Det [The Seventh Seal] (1957)
N Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998)

	From: perdita_fysh	Date: November 24th, 2004 06:22 am (UTC)		(Link)

I've seen 26 of them, but what is interesting is that quite a few of those I've counted as having seen but I never set out to watch them, or I didn't make it all the way through. And as a finisher-completer, I don't do that much.

I think this means many of these top 100 are actually quite pants.

The ones I've not seen and have heard of I've mostly avoided deliberately because I don't like violent or particularly unpleasant films.

	From: hairyears	Date: November 24th, 2004 04:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Contagious, that meme. My answers are out of your way on the Hairy Ears LJ.

I've seen forty of them, for what it's worth, five of which I hated. What amazes me is that I actually went to see more than half of them. Generally films bore and irritate me, and I'd never never have guessed that I'd seen 40 of anybody's 'greatest films' list. I wonder what fraction of all the films I've ever seen that could be.

Woolgathering. Stop. My journal's the place for defluffing my ears, not yours!

Anyone up for hosting a 'Film Night'?