The LAN 100

[fflo]

Here, in vaguely chronological order, are 100 of my Favorite Movies. The ones with 2 stars are in the Top 10; the ones with one star are in the Top 25 (but not Top 10).

Dinner at Eight
Grand Hotel
Frankenstein
* It Happened One Night
** My Man Godfrey

The Joy Of Living
Bringing Up Baby
My Favorite Wife
The Awful Truth
** Holiday

** The Thin Man [and/or After The Thin Man, Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, & Song of the Thin Man]
The Philadelphia Story
Citizen Kane
* Now Voyager
They Drive By Night

His Girl Friday
Casablanca
* To Have and Have Not
** The Big Sleep (1946)
The Hitch-Hiker

Key Largo
D.O.A.
Singin' in the Rain
The Seven Samurai
** All About Eve

High Noon
The African Queen
North By Northwest
* Rear Window
The Trouble With Harry

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Some Like It Hot
Lawrence of Arabia
* The Pajama Game
** The Music Man

The Apartment
* To Kill a Mockingbird
** The Manchurian Candidate
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mary Poppins

Send Me No Flowers
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
The Hustler
Cool Hand Luke
Dr. Strangelove

* What a Way To Go
Hello Down There
Planet Of The Apes
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
M*A*S*H

Harold and Maude
All The President's Men
Jeremiah Johnson
Arthur
Manhattan

Life of Brian
Young Frankenstein
Annie Hall
Norma Rae
* Diva

Brazil
Kiss of the Spider Woman
* Desert Hearts
Shirley Valentine
Tootsie

American Dreamer
Tampopo
The Shining
Crossing Delancey
Moonstruck

* Bull Durham
Hannah and Her Sisters
** Manhattan Murder Mystery
Wings of Desire
** Babette's Feast

* Night On Earth
** Dead Again
Blood Simple
* When Night Is Falling
Mystery Train

The Wedding Banquet
Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
* Groundhog Day
* Fargo

* Antonia's Line
Hairspray
The Big Lebowski
Pecker
Howard's End

Gods and Monsters
Dead Man
Boys Don't Cry
Fight Club
Drumline


Okay---got to stop fiddling with it. I'm sure I'll think of more later. It's light on the foreign films, too, and on classic horror and musicals and animation and a few other sorts. Like lesbian films. It's hard to stop at 100, that's for sure. I'm leaving off LOTR for now; have to digest it longer.

Comments

and just the top ten here

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Here are the top ten only:

** My Man Godfrey
** Holiday
** The Thin Man [and/or After The Thin Man, Another ..., Shadow of ..., etc.]
** The Big Sleep (1946)
** All About Eve
** The Music Man
** The Manchurian Candidate
** Manhattan Murder Mystery
** Babette's Feast
** Dead Again

Cool Movies!

[groovesinorbit]

Still working on mine--60 down, 40 to go. Ones I haven't seen on your list include:

Dinner at Eight
Joy of Living
My Favorite WIfe
The Awful Truth
Lawrence of Arabia
What a Way to Go
Hello Down There
parts of Jeremiah Johnson
Diva
Shirley Valentine
American Dreamer (which one did you mean?)
Tampopo
The Shining
Wings of Desire
Babette's Feast
Night on Earth
When Night is Falling
Mystery Train
Wedding Banquet (I assume you mean the 1990 one? I haven't seen either.)
Howard's End
Gods and Monsters
Boys Don't Cry
Drumline
(I'm assuming you mean the 1950 D.O.A.? I've seen that one, but none of the others with that name.)

So, I've seen about 3/4 of your list. Lots of stuff I agree with on there, too. And a nice selection I still have to check out. Cool!