Which Should I Prioritize?

[Qrazy]

Cheers.

4. Way Down East (1920)
5. Within Our Gates (1920)
6. The Phantom Carriage (
7. La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922)
8. Strike (1924)
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
10. The Big Parade (1925)
11. October (1927)
12. The Jazz Singer (1927)
13. The Kid Brother (1927)
14. The Docks of New York (1928)
15. Storm over Asia (1928)
16. Pandora's Box (1929)
17. Little Caesar (1930)
18. Dracula (1931)
19. La Chienne (1931)
20. Vampyr (1932)
21. Love Me Tonight (1932)
22. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
23. Me and My Gal (1932)
24. 42nd Street (1933)
25. Footlight Parade (1933)
26. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
27. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
28. Queen Christina (1933)
29. King Kong (1933)
30. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
31. Sons of the Desert (1933)
32. It's a Gift (1934)
33. The Black Cat (1934)
34. Judge Priest (1934)
35. Swing Time (1936)
36. Sabotage (1936)
37. Dodsworth (1936)
38. The Story of a Cheat (1936)
39. Captains Courageous (1937)
40. Midnight Song (1937)
41. Stella Dallas (1937)
42. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
43. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
44. Jezebel (1938)
45. Olympia (1938)
46. The Baker's Wife (1938)
47. Babes in Arms (1939)
48. Destry Rides Again (1939)
49. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
50. Daybreak (1939)
51. Ninotchka (1939)
52. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
53. The Mortal Storm (1940)
54. The Bank (1940)
55. The Wolf Man (1941)
56. Sergeant York (1941)
57. High Sierra (1941)
58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
59. Fires Were Started (1943)
60. The Man in Grey (1943)
61. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
62. The Seventh Victim (1943)
63. Gaslight (1944)
64. Henry V (1944)
65. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
66. The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
67. Detour (1945)
68. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
69. Gilda (1946)
70. Odd Man Out (1947)
71. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
72. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
73. The Snake Pit (1948)
74. Paleface (1948)
75. Louisiana Story (1948)
76. The Reckless Moment (1949)
77. On the Town (1949)
78. Winchester '73 (1950)
79. Rio Grande (1950)
80. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
81. Angel Face (1952)
82. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
83. The Big Sky (1952)
84. The Bigamist (1953)
85. From Here to Eternity (1953)
86. The Naked Spur (1953)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
88. Voyage in Italy (1953)
89. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
90. Animal Farm (1954)
91. A Star Is Born (1954)
92. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
93. Silver Lode (1954)
94. Carmen Jones (1954)
95. Artists and Models (1955)
96. The Mad Masters (1955)
97. Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (1955)
98. Marty (1955)
99. The Man from Laramie (1955)
100. The Phenix City Story (1955)
101. The Wrong Man (1956)
102. Bigger Than Life (1956)
103. High Society (1956)
104. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
105. Man of the West (1958)
106. Cairo Station (1958)
107 The Defiant Ones (1958)
108. Horror of Dracula (1958)
109. The Music Room (1958)
110. Ride Lonesome (1959)
111. Saturday Night and sunday Morning (1960)
112. The Housemaid (1960)
113. Black Sunday (1960)
114. The Ladies Man (1961)
115. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
116. Mondo Cane (1962)
117. Keeper of Promises (1962)
118. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
119. The Nutty Professor (1963)
120. Blonde Cobra (1963)
121. The Cool World (1963)
122. The Leopard (1963)
123. Mediteranee (1963)
124. The House is Black (1963)
125. The Servant (1963)
126. Scorpio Rising (1964)
127. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
128. Gertrud (1964)
129. Black God, white Devil (1964)
130. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
131. Golden River (1965)
132. The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)
133. Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966)
134. Come Drink with Me (1966)
135. Report (1967)
136. Hombre (1967)
137. The Godson (1967)
138. Marketta Lazarova (1967)
139. The Jungle Book (1967)
140. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
141. David Holzman's Diary (1968)
142. Shame (1968)
143. Targets (1968)
144. Lucia (1969)
145. High School (1969)
146. Woodstock (1970)
147. Deep End (1970)
148. The Ear
149. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
150. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
151. Wanda (1971)
152. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
153. The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
154. Shaft (1971)
155. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
156. Fat City (1972)
157. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
158. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
159. 1900 (1976)
160. Ceddo (1977)
161. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
162. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
163. Shaolin Master Killer (1978)
164. Real Life (1979)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
166. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
167. Loulou (1980)
168. Chariots of Fire (1981)
169. Reds (1981)
170. Three Brothers (1981)
171. Man of Iron (1981)
172. Too Early, Too Late (1981)
173. Poltergeist (1982)
174. Yol (1982)
175. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
176. A Question of Silence (1982)
177. Utu (1983)
178. The Right Stuff (1983)
179. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
180. The Natural (1984)
181. Out of Africa (1985)
182. Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1985)
183. Shoah (1985)
184. Housekeeping (1987)
185. Moonstruck (1987)
186. Fatal Attraction (1987)
187. Ariel (1988)
188. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
189. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
190. A Tale of the Wind (1988)
191. The Story of Women (1988)
192. Roger & Me (1989)
193. Glory (1989)
194. Say Anything (1989)
195. No Fear, No Die (1990)
196. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
197. Europa Europa (1990)
198. Trust (1990)
199. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
200. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
201. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
202. Thelma & Louise (1991)
203. Tongues Untied (1991)
204. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
205. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
206. Candy Man (1992)
207. A Tale of Winter (1992)
208. The Crying Game (1992)
209. The Actress (1992)
210. Philadelphia (1993)
211. The Puppetmaster (1993)
212. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
213. The Wild Reeds (1994)
214. Riget (1994)
215. Deseret (1995)
216. Safe (1995)
217. Smoke (1995)
218. The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride (1995)
219. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
220. Lone Star (1996)
221. Sombre (1998)
222. Ring (1998)
223. Beau Travail (1999)
224. Rosetta (1999)
225. Time Regained (1999)
226. Kippur (2000)
227. Yi Yi (2000)
228. Signs & Wonders (2000)
229. The Gleaners and I (2000)
230. Kandahar (2001)
231. The Son's Room (2001)
232. Far From Heaven (2002)

[Sven]

I deleted all that I hadn't seen or didn't like.

9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
12. The Jazz Singer (1927)
14. The Docks of New York (1928)
16. Pandora's Box (1929)
17. Little Caesar (1930)
18. Dracula (1931)
19. La Chienne (1931)
21. Love Me Tonight (1932)
26. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
32. It's a Gift (1934)
33. The Black Cat (1934)
35. Swing Time (1936)
36. Sabotage (1936)
43. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
49. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
64. Henry V (1944)
67. Detour (1945)
68. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
69. Gilda (1946)
73. The Snake Pit (1948)
77. On the Town (1949)
82. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
91. A Star Is Born (1954)
101. The Wrong Man (1956)
107 The Defiant Ones (1958)
114. The Ladies Man (1961)
119. The Nutty Professor (1963)
125. The Servant (1963)
127. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
130. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
142. Shame (1968)
143. Targets (1968)
146. Woodstock (1970)
149. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
150. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
153. The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
154. Shaft (1971)
155. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
156. Fat City (1972)
157. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
159. 1900 (1976)
164. Real Life (1979)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
166. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
169. Reds (1981)
173. Poltergeist (1982)
175. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
178. The Right Stuff (1983)
179. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
182. Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1985)
183. Shoah (1985)
185. Moonstruck (1987)
192. Roger & Me (1989)
193. Glory (1989)
194. Say Anything (1989)
196. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
201. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
202. Thelma & Louise (1991)
204. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
205. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
206. Candy Man (1992)
208. The Crying Game (1992)
210. Philadelphia (1993)
217. Smoke (1995)
220. Lone Star (1996)
227. Yi Yi (2000)

[Boner M]

Have you been scanning through my viewing log? :P

Here's the cream of a delectable crop, with things I think you'd especially enjoy bolded:

67. Detour (1945)
70. Odd Man Out (1947)
101. The Wrong Man (1956)
102. Bigger Than Life (1956)
113. Black Sunday (1960)
118. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
122. The Leopard (1963)
125. The Servant (1963)
126. Scorpio Rising (1964)
128. Gertrud (1964)
133. Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966)
145. High School (1969)
147. Deep End (1970)
148. The Ear (1970)
149. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
156. Fat City (1972)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
167. Loulou (1980)
201. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
214. Riget (1994)
216. Safe (1995)
223. Beau Travail (1999)
224. Rosetta (1999)
227. Yi Yi (2000)

[Melville]

Are those the films you've yet to see from the 1001 films to see before you die list (or whatever list you're working through)? Pretty soon you'll be ready to die happy.

Anyway, these are great:
8. Strike (1924)
11. October (1927)
16. Pandora's Box (1929)
20. Vampyr (1932)
126. Scorpio Rising (1964)
128. Gertrud (1964)
204. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
216. Safe (1995)
220. Lone Star (1996)
223. Beau Travail (1999)

These are awful:
154. Shaft (1971)
210. Philadelphia (1993)

[DSNT]

Now that's a big list. I'll just recommend a few:

22. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
122. The Leopard (1963)
178. The Right Stuff (1983)
220. Lone Star (1996)
232. Far From Heaven (2002)

[Philosophe_rouge]

Of the few I've seen, these the ten most worth your time
16. Pandora's Box (1929)
21. Love Me Tonight (1932)
26. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
28. Queen Christina (1933)
49. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
61. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
73. The Snake Pit (1948)
82. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

[Qrazy]

Are those the films you've yet to see from the 1001 films to see before you die list (or whatever list you're working through)? Pretty soon you'll be ready to die happy.


I know right, I have my ritual suicide dagger all sharpened up and ready to go.

[Qrazy]

87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Aggggh I'm sorrrrry! I swear I'm getting on it within the next two weeks.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Aggggh I'm sorrrrry! I swear I'm getting on it within the next two weeks.
You better :evil:

[Melville]

I know right, I have my ritual suicide dagger all sharpened up and ready to go.
So, who's closest to cheerful seppuku? I've seen about 500 of the 1000. Here's the full list (I think):

http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.20774

[Bosco B Thug]

The following are pretty much personal favorites of mine. Ordered, too!

1. I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
2. The Seventh Victim (1943)
3. Candyman (1992)
4. Safe (1995)
5. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
6. Poltergeist (1982)
7. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
8. Targets (1968)
9. Love Me Tonight (1932)

Haven't seen much more than what I've above, though. Although films like Ring, Henry, and Hills Have Eyes are worth a watch whenever just as above average horror films.

[monolith94]

4. Way Down East (1920)
8. Strike (1924)
11. October (1927)
14. The Docks of New York (1928)
15. Storm over Asia (1928)
16. Pandora's Box (1929)
18. Dracula (1931)
20. Vampyr (1932)
22. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
26. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
29. King Kong (1933)
39. Captains Courageous (1937)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
137. The Godson (1967)
157. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
192. Roger & Me (1989)
232. Far From Heaven (2002)

Of the films on the list that I have seen, I can personally vouch for these. I think they're all essential. 137 is the same as Le Samourai, right?

[Spinal]

Four-star films:

20. Vampyr (1932)
90. Animal Farm (1954)
145. High School (1969)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
173. Poltergeist (1982)
214. Riget (1994)

[Philosophe_rouge]

So, who's closest to cheerful seppuku? I've seen about 500 of the 1000. Here's the full list (I think):

http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.20774

I've only seen 350 give or take a few

[Qrazy]

Of the films on the list that I have seen, I can personally vouch for these. I think they're all essential. 137 is the same as Le Samourai, right?

Oh sweet, yes it is, another one scratched off the list.

I've seen roughly 770 Melville, as you may have surmised.

[Melville]

Oh sweet, yes it is, another one scratched off the list.

I've seen roughly 770 Melville, as you may have surmised.
I ball-parked it. How many had you seen when you first thought of purposefully trying to see them all?

[jesse]

I love these
44. Jezebel (1938)
49. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
67. Detour (1945)
69. Gilda (1946)
91. A Star Is Born (1954)
126. Scorpio Rising (1964)
128. Gertrud (1964)
130. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
150. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
225. Time Regained (1999)


Good Stuff
43. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
82. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
92. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
94. Carmen Jones (1954)
101. The Wrong Man (1956)
103. High Society (1956)
115. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
125. The Servant (1963)
142. Shame (1968)
159. 1900 (1976)
223. Beau Travail (1999)


Nah and/or kinda not good
28. Queen Christina (1933)
37. Dodsworth (1936)
51. Ninotchka (1939)
63. Gaslight (1944)
98. Marty (1955)
136. Hombre (1967)
168. Chariots of Fire (1981)


Would Like to See Myself:
21. Love Me Tonight (1932)
24. 42nd Street (1933)
25. Footlight Parade (1933)
30. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
52. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
53. The Mortal Storm (1940)
72. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
88. Voyage in Italy (1953)
102. Bigger Than Life (1956)
151. Wanda (1971)
152. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
189. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
201. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
229. The Gleaners and I (2000)

etc.

[Qrazy]

I ball-parked it. How many had you seen when you first thought of purposefully trying to see them all?

Probably about 400 around 2 years ago.

[Qrazy]

51. Ninotchka (1939)
168. Chariots of Fire (1981)


Yeah, I really haven't heard much praise for these.

[origami_mustache]

The Cool World (1963)
Scorpio Rising (1964)
Report (1967)
Little Caesar (1930)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Woodstock (1970)
Dracula (1931)
Vampyr (1932)
Footlight Parade (1933)

[Qrazy]

Thanks for the feedback folks, guess I'll look into these first...

Gertrud
Garden of the...
Vampyr
I Walked with a Zombie
I am a Fugitive...
October
Strike
Time Regained
Beau Travail
Pandora's Box
Poltergeist
Safe
Bad and the Beautiful

[Dillard]

122. The Leopard (1963)
220. Lone Star (1996)
227. Yi Yi (2000)

These three.

[Grouchy]

Love:
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
20. Vampyr (1932)
29. King Kong (1933)
67. Detour (1945)
69. Gilda (1946)
81. Angel Face (1952)
101. The Wrong Man (1956)
105. Man of the West (1958)
108. Horror of Dracula (1958)
113. Black Sunday (1960)
127. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
158. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
165. All That Jazz (1979)
179. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
208. The Crying Game (1992)
222. Ring (1998)
232. Far From Heaven (2002)

Like:
55. The Wolf Man (1941)
57. High Sierra (1941)
58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
85. From Here to Eternity (1953)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
149. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
157. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
205. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Dislike:
18. Dracula (1931)
88. Voyage in Italy (1953)
92. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
173. Poltergeist (1982)

All the rest I haven't seen.

[soitgoes...]

Best of films I've seen by decade.

13. The Kid Brother (1927)

50. Daybreak (1939)

58. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

82. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

143. Targets (1968)

166. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

191. The Story of Women (1988)

201. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

227. Yi Yi (2000)