We all love the movies, especially on those Saturday nights when we want to simply relax by curling up on the sofa with a good movie and a soft blanket (or person!). I have several movie loving friends and I want to share with them (and all of you) this list I found in the newspaper earlier this year (1998).
This is especially for you, Nancy and Margaret!!
1. Citizen Kane (1941) |
51. The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
| 2. Casablanca (1942) | 52. From Here to Eternity (1953) |
| 3. The Godfather (1972) | 53. Amadeus (1984) |
| 4. Gone With the Wind (1939) | 54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
| 5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 55. The sound of Music (1965) |
| 6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 56. M*A*S*H (1970) |
| 7. The Graduate (1967) | 57. The Third Man (1949) |
| 8. On the Waterfront (1954) | 58. Fantasia (1940) |
| 9. Schindler's List (1993) | 59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
| 10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
| 11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 61. Vertigo (1958) |
| 12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) | 62. Tootsie (1982) |
| 13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 63. Stagecoach (1939) |
| 14. Some Like it Hot (1959) | 64. Close Encoutners of the Third Kind (1977) |
| 15. Star Wars (1977) | 65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
| 16. All About Eve (1950) | 66. Network (1976) |
| 17. The African Queen (1951) | 67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
| 18. Psycho (1960) | 68. An American in Paris (1951) |
| 19. Chinatown (1974) | 69. Shane (1953) |
| 20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 70. The French Connection (1971) |
| 21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 71. Forrest Gump (1994) |
| 22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 72. Ben-Hur (1959) |
| 23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 73. Wuthering Heights (1939) |
| 24. Raging Bull (1980) | 74. The Gold Rush (1925) |
| 25. E.T. - the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | 75. Dances With Wolves (1990) |
| 26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) | 76. City Lights (1931) |
| 27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | 77. American Graffiti (1973) |
| 28. Apocalypse Now (1979) | 78. Rocky (1976) |
| 29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 79. The Deer Hunter (1978) |
| 30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1946) | 80. The Wild Bunch (1969) |
| 31. Annie Hall (1977) | 81. Modern Times (1936) |
| 32. The Godfather, Part II (1974) | 82. Giant (1956) |
| 33. High Noon (1952) | 83. Platoon (1986) |
| 34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 84. Fargo (1996) |
| 35. It Happened One Night (1934) | 85. Duck Soup (1933) |
| 36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) | 86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
| 37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 87. Frankenstein (1931) |
| 38. Double Indemnity (1944) | 88. Easy Rider (1969) |
| 39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) | 89. Patton (1970) |
| 40. North by Northwest (1959) | 90. The Jazz Singer (1927) |
| 41. West Side Story (1961) | 91. My Fair Lady (1964) |
| 42. Rear Window (1954) | 92. A Place in the Sun (1951) |
| 43. King Kong (1933) | 93. The Apartment (1960) |
| 44. The Birth of a Nation (1915) | 94. Good Fellas (1990) |
| 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 95. Pulp Fiction (1994) |
| 46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 96. The Searchers (1956) |
| 47. Taxi Driver (1976) | 97. Bringing up Baby (1938) |
| 48. Jaws (1975) | 98. Unforgiven (1992) |
| 49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | 99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) |
| 50. Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid (1969) | 100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |
A few of my favorites on this list are:
Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, The African Queen (can you tell I'm a Bogart fan),
Forrest Gump, Dances With Wolves, A Place in the Sun.
What are your favorites? If you have time, drop a note in my guestbook on your all time favorite movie. Did it make the list? If not, don't you wonder why? Especially with your good taste in movies!
The 20 Scariest Movies ever!
| 1. The Exorcist (1973 | 11. Blue Velvet (1986) |
| 2. Psycho (1960) | 12. King Kong (1933) |
| 3. Alien (1979) | 13. Scream (1996) |
| 4. Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 14. Masque of the Red Death (1964) |
| 5. The Birds (1963) | 15. Young Frankenstein (1974) |
| 6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 16. Invasion of the Body Santchers (1956) |
| 7. The Shining (1980) | 17. Halloween (1978) |
| 8. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 18. Near Dark (1987) |
| 9. Frankenstein (1931) | 19. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) |
| 10. Dracula (1931) | 20. The Wolf Man (1941) |
