The FRFI 100 Movies To See Before You Die

Will do Geez.

go right ahead

Here's my 100:

12 Angry Men
400 Blows
A Clockwork Orange
Airplane!
Alien
American Beauty
Annie Hall
Back To The Future
Batman (1989)
Beauty and the Beast
Big
Braveheart
Brick
Bringing Up Baby
Brokeback Mountain
Casablanca
Casino Royale
Chicago
Cool Hand Luke
Dark Knight
Deer Hunter
Departed
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Duck Soup
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Exorcist
Field of Dreams
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Fugitive
Godfather I
Godfather II
Gold Rush
Gone Baby Gone
Good Will Hunting
Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Goodfellas
Grease
Gunfighter
Halloween
Harvey
Hustler
In the Heat of the Night
It Happened One Night
It's A Wonderful Life
Jaws
JFK
Jurassic Park
King Kong
Last of the Mohicans
Life Is Beautiful
Lion King
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells
M
Maltese Falcon
Matrix
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
My Cousin Vinny
North By Northwest
On the Waterfront
Paths of Glory
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Platoon
Poltergeist
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Rear Window
Rebel Without A Cause
Requiem For A Dream
Rocky
Rudy
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Se7en
Shane
Shawshank Redemption
Shining
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense
Sleepless in Seattle
Sound of Music
Spider-Man 2
Sweeny Todd
Terminator 1
Terminator 2
There Will Be Blood
Thing
Third Man
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Toy Story
Unforgiven
Village
West Side Story
When We Were Kings
Wild Strawberries
Wizard Of Oz

UPDATED

8 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
400 Blows
A Clockwork Orange
A Woman Under The Influence
Aguirre - The Wrath Of God
Airplane!
Akira
Alien
All About My Mother

Amelie
Annie Hall
Apartment
Apocalypse Now
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Back To The Future
Batman (1989)
Battle of Algiers
Beauty and the Beast
Big Lebowski

Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Brazil
Brokeback Mountain
Casablanca
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
City Of God
Conversation
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Dances with wolves
Das Boot
Deer Hunter
Dekalog
Die Hard
Do The Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Duck Soup
Edward Scissorhands
Elephant Man

Eraserhead
Exorcist
Fargo
Gattaca
Godfather Part 1
Godfather Part 2
Gone With the Wind
Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Goodfellas
Grand Illusion

Great Dictator
Groundhog Day
Hate (La Haine)
High Noon
His Girl Friday
In the Heat of the Night
In The Mood For Love
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
It's A Wonderful Life
Jaws

Jurassic Park
Kill Bill-The whole damn thing
Lawrence of Arabia
M
Maltese Falcon
Memento
Metropolis
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mulholland Drive
Night Of The Living Dead

No Country for Old Men
Nosferatu
Oldboy
Once Upon A Time In The West
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Pink Flamingos
Princess Mononoke
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull

Rashomon
Rear Window
Royal Tenenbaums
Schindler's List
Seven Samaurai
Seventh Seal
Sin City
Some Like It Hot
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Sunset Boulevard

Taxi Driver
Terminator
Terminator 2
Thin red line
Third Man
This Is Spinal Tap!
Touch Of Evil
Toy Story
Vertigo
Young Frankenstein

Okay, here lies a question, I broke up Terminator and The Godfather, where as number 99 has them as 1 as well as Star Wars 1-6. Should those count as 1 or individuals?

On the list I'm compiling I have them split into individual movies.

I have as well. Split the movies (except Kill Bill, I'll never split it into 2!)

I was just basing it on the list of 500 made previously. I'll amend and split the Star Wars and Godfather films. I agree with Geez, Kill Bill was made as 1 film so it should be one. Damn, I'm gonna have to find 5 or 6 films to cut

These are some great movies, I might print the list out and make it a mission to watch all these someday. Especially with the Blu Ray player I've just acquired...

here are my 100, but i suggest that we change the title to "Top 50 movies to see before you die" and really pare it down to the absolute essentials

8 1/2
13 Conversations About One Thing
A Christmas Story
American Graffiti
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Assassination of Jesse James
Back To The Future
Barry Lyndon
Be Here to Love Me
Big Lebowski
Bottle Rocket
Brave Little Toaster
Braveheart
Brazil
Breakfast Club
Buffalo '66
Caddyshack
Children of Men
Citizen Kane
Clue
The Conversation
Cool Hand Luke
Dark City
The Dark Knight
Dawn Of The Dead
Dead Man
The Deer Hunter
The Departed
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Die Hard
Dog Day Afternoon
Double Indemnity
Down by Law
Dr. Strangelove
Ed Wood
The Empire Strikes Back
Eraserhead
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fantasia
Fargo
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Fox and the Hound
Full Metal Jacket
Ghostbusters
Glory
Godfather
Godfather Part II
Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Goodfellas
Harold and Maude
Harvey
Host
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Iron Giant
Jackie Brown
Mad Max
Maltese Falcon
Mean Streets
Miller's Crossing
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mystery Train
Nashville
Network
Night Of The Living Dead
No Country for Old Men
Nosferatu
Office Space
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Pan's Labyrinth
Paths of Glory
Patton
Prestige
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raging Bull
Ran
Rashomon
Reservoir Dogs
Return of the Jedi
Road to Perdition
Robocop
Rocky
Rope
The Royal Tenenbaums
Se7en
Seven Samaurai
The Seventh Seal
The Shining
Stand by Me
Star Wars
Stranger Than Paradise
Taxi Driver
Terminator
The Last Temptation of Christ
Thin Red Line
To Kill a Mockingbird
Vertigo
Wall-E

The more the Merrier!

12 Angry Men
A Christmas Story
Aladdin
American History X
Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
Back To The Future
Bad News Bears
Beauty and the Beast
Big Lebowski
Blade Runner
Blow
Blues Brothers
Boondock Saints
Braveheart
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Caddyshack
Cinderella Man
Citizen Kane
Cool Runnings
Dark Knight
Departed
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dumb and Dumber
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Exorcist
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Field of Dreams
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Gone Baby Gone
Good Will Hunting
Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Goonies
Graduate
Home Alone
Hoosiers
Hurricane
Independence Day
Jaws
JFK
Jurassic Park
Karate Kid
Kill Bill
Last of the Mohicans
Lion King
Little Mermaid
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King
Matrix
Memento
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mrs. Doubtfire
My Cousin Vinny
No Country for Old Men
North By Northwest
Ocean's 11
Office Space
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Poseiden Adventure
Prestige
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ratatouille
Ray
Rear Window
Rebel Without A Cause
Reservoir Dogs
Rocky
Rounders
Sandlot
Saving Private Ryan
Saw
Scarface
Schindler's List
Se7en
Shaun of the Dead
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sin City
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Taxi Driver
Terminator 2
Toy Story
Training Day
Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wizard Of Oz
The Wrestler

We've only got 4 people's 100 so far but a few interesting notes:

So far all these are 4/4

Back to the Future
Die Hard
Dr. Strangelove
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Psycho
Pulp Fiction

Let's get some more list in, I think we're trying to get at least 10 and then we can narrow down from there.

8 1/2
12 Angry Men
400 Blows
A Clockwork Orange
Abre los ojos (Open your eyes)
Akira
Aladdin
Alien
Amelie
American Beauty
American Graffiti
Animal House
Apollo 13
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Redford
Back To The Future
Beauty and the Beast
Big Fish
Big Lebowski
Blue Velvet
Braveheart
Brazil
Breakfast Club
Brick
Casablanca
Chaplin
Chariots of Fire
Children of Men
Citizen Kane
City Of God
Clue
Cool Hand Luke
Dances with wolves
Dark City
Dark Knight
Dawn Of The Dead
Die Hard
Dog Day Afternoon
Dogville
Double Indemnity
Downfall
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
E.T - The Extra Terrestrial
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fargo
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Godfather 1
Gone With the Wind
Home Alone
Hoosiers
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Infernal Affairs
Jaws
JSA
Jurassic Park
Last House on the Left
Leon
Life Is Beautiful
Lion King
Matrix
Memento
Memories of murder
Miracle on 34th Street
Motorcycle Diaries
Mystic River
Night Of The Living Dead
North By Northwest
Office Space
Oldboy
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Pan's Labyrinth
Planet of the Apes
Platoon
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Rashomon
Requiem For A Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Robocop
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixteen Candles
Sixth Sense
Spartacus
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Sweeney Todd
Taxi Driver
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Toy Story
Usual Suspects
Vertigo
West Side Story
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wizard Of Oz

Jacko, thanks for the list, but, you actually have 110 films selected, anyway you could cut this down to 10, it could be the sequels you have selected that throwing you off.

Yeah, I think we need to adjust the master list to separate them, people are getting confused.

Done!

Here's my 100 from the list. There were some tough cuts to make. The last three to cut were Leaving Las Vegas, Good Will Hunting, and Eraserhead.

8 1/2
A Clockwork Orange
Amelie
American Hardcore
American History X
An American Werewolf in London
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Army of Darkness
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bad News Bears (I take it we're discssing the original)
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Bonnie and Clyde
Boondock Saints
Bowling for Columbine
Boyz in the Hood
Breathless
Brokeback Mountain
Buffalo '66
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Carrie
Cecil B. Dememted
City of God
Clerks
Contact
Coraline
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dancer in the Dark
Dawn of the Dead
Day the Earth Stood Still
Do the Right Thing
Dogville
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Fog of War
Full Metal Jacket
Funny Games
Godfather I
Godfather II
Good, Bad, and The Ugly
Goodfellas
Graduate
Groundhog Day
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Hustle and Flow
Irreversible
JFK
Kagemusha
Karate Kid
Knocked Up
L.A. Confidential
La Femme Nikita
Last House on the Left
Last King of Scotland
Lost HIghway
Lost in Translation
Mean Streets
Memento
Million Dollar Baby
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mystery Train
Mystic River
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Living Dead
Nixon
Nosferatu
Office Space
Once Upon a Time in America
Pan's Labyrinth
Pink Flamingos
Planet of the Apes
Punk: Attitude
Raging Bull
Ran
Reader
Rebel Without a Cause
Repo: The Genetic Opera
Requiem for a Dream
Revolutionary Road
Right Stuff
Salo
Salvador
Scarface
Sin City
Star Wars Ep IV
Star Wars Ep V
Star Wars Ep VI
Stranger than Paradise
Sunset Boulevard
Superbad
Last Temptation of Christ
Thin Blue Line
Twelve Monkeys
Unforgiven
Usual Suspects
Wild Bunch
Wild Strawberries
Z

Okay we got 6 lists so far, our goal was 10. Does anyone else want to submit their 100 from our nominee's list?

So far only one movie shows up on all 6 list:

Dr. Strangelove

Interesting piece of info, if I say so myself

Raging Bull would be 6/6 if it wasn't for me, maybe I need to wipe the dust off that movie and watch it again.

No rush pack, lets let people get them in, I know there were more people that submitted names to the list of contenders. That is interesting about Dr. Strangelove. I didn't even think it was that special. But then I think about when it was made and it holds up better than just about any film out there.

so i have to make a list of a hundred from the list that we already have?

You got it!

undeadmonkey wrote:so i have to make a list of a hundred from the list that we already have?

You'll find the list towards the bottom of page 5

I'll eventually have time to go through all of that. Right now I have to watch a 3 year old...

Well out of those 500 or so this is the list that i think that everyone should view at least once. Of course from that 500 there are quite a few that i havent seen



28 Days Later
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Aladdin
Amelie
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Redford
Batman (1989)
Big Fish
Black Hawk Down
Blood Diamond
Bourne Identity
Brick
Casablanca
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Cold Mountain
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dark Knight
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Finding Neverland
Forrest Gump
Fox and the Hound
Gattaca
Ghandi
Gladiator
Gone Baby Gone
Gone With the Wind
Good Will Hunting
Hero
House Of Flying Daggers
Howl's moving castle
Jaws
Jungle Book
Jurassic Park
King Kong
Lady and the Tramp
Last King of Scotland
Lion King
Little Children
Little Mermaid
Lord of the Rings 1
Lord of the Rings 2
Lord of the Rings 3
Matrix
Munich
Ocean's 11
Pan's Labyrinth
Pianist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Prestige
Pride and Prejudice
Princess Mononoke
Ratatouille
Revolutionary Road
Saving Private Ryan
Saw
Schindler's List
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Shrek
Sixth Sense
Snow White And The Seven Dwarves
Sound of Music
Speed
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars IV
Star Wars Episode V
Star Wars Episode VI
Superman
Sweeny Todd
Terminator 1
Terminator 2
There Will Be Blood
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Toy Story
V for Vendetta
Village
Wall-E