Kottke posted a list of movies he’s watched from Stephen Jay Schneider’s 1001 Movies To See Before You Die. He’s seen 214/1001 and I’ve seen 236/1001.
Here’s the original list and a list of additions and subtractions since that list was made. If you count the additions and ignore the subtractions, I’ve seen 248/1039.
What I’ve Seen:
- 15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
31. Sunrise (1927)
41. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
59. M (1931)
75. Duck Soup (1933)
78. King Kong (1933)
87. The Thin Man (1934)
90. A Night at the Opera (1935)
91. The 39 Steps (1935)
97. My Man Godfrey (1936)
100. Sabotage (1936)
110. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
119. Stagecoach (1939)
122. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
123. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
133. Rebecca (1940)
134. Fantasia (1940)
138. Pinocchio (1940)
140. The Bank Dick (1940)
141. Citizen Kane (1941)
144. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
146. Dumbo (1941)
152. Casablanca (1942)
172. Double Indemnity (1944)
186. My Darling Clementine (1946)
188. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
193. Notorious (1946)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
207. Rope (1948)
212. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
221. The Third Man (1949)
223. Orpheus (1949)
225. Rashomon (1950)
226. Winchester ‘73 (1950)
228. All About Eve (1950)
229. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
234. Strangers on a Train (1951)
235. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
239. An American in Paris (1951)
241. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
250. High Noon (1952)
259. Wages of Fear (1953)
267. Shane (1953)
272. Les Diaboliques (1954)
274. Rear Window (1954)
275. A Star Is Born (1954)
278. The Seven Samurai (1954)
290. The Ladykillers (1955)
304. The Searchers (1956)
315. 12 Angry Men (1957)
316. The Seventh Seal (1957)
327. Paths of Glory (1957)
330. Touch of Evil (1958)
334. Vertigo (1958)
339. The 400 Blows (1959)
340. North by Northwest (1959)
341. Some Like It Hot (1959)
352. Rio Bravo (1959)
363. Psycho (1960)
365. Peeping Tom (1960)
370. La Jetee (1961)
373. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
387. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
396. The Birds (1963)
397. The Nutty Professor (1963)
400. 8 1/2 (1963)
406. The Great Escape (1963)
407. Shock Corridor (1963)
417. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
421. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
437. The Sound of Music (1965)
439. Alphaville (1965)
449. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
453. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
473. The Jungle Book (1967)
479. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
480. Planet of the Apes (1968)
482. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
485. The Producers (1968)
488. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
491. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
495. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
503. The Wild Bunch (1969)
525. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
527. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
528. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
529. Walkabout (1971)
531. Harold and Maude (1971)
534. The French Connection (1971)
544. Cabaret (1972)
547. Sleuth (1972)
548. Deliverance (1972)
549. Solaris (1972)
550. The Godfather (1972)
558. The Sting (1973)
569. Sleeper (1973)
571. The Exorcist (1973)
580. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
583. Young Frankenstein (1974)
584. Chinatown (1974)
586. Blazing Saddles (1974)
587. The Godfather Part II (1974)
590. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
593. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
595. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
599. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
605. Jaws (1975)
607. Carrie (1976)
609. All the President’s Men (1976)
610. Rocky (1976)
611. Taxi Driver (1976)
617. Star Wars (1977)
618. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
620. Annie Hall (1977)
626. Eraserhead (1977)
631. Suspiria (1977)
635. The Deer Hunter (1978)
638. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
641. Halloween (1978)
646. Alien (1979)
650. Being There (1979)
651. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
652. Life of Brian (1979)
653. Apocalypse Now (1979)
654. The Jerk (1979)
655. The Muppet Movie (1979)
656. Manhattan (1979)
657. Mad Max (1979)
662. The Shining (1980)
663. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
664. The Elephant Man (1980)
667. Airplane! (1980)
668. Raging Bull (1980)
669. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
675. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
680. E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
682. Poltergeist (1982)
683. Blade Runner (1982)
684. The Evil Dead (1982)
685. Tootsie (1982)
688. Fitzcaraldo (1982)
693. A Christmas Story (1983)
696. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
704. The King of Comedy (1983)
705. The Right Stuff (1983)
706. Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
711. The Terminator (1984)
713. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
714. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
716. Ghostbusters (1984)
721. The Breakfast Club (1985)
727. Back to the Future (1985)
729. Brazil (1985)
734. Vagabond (1985)
738. Stand By Me (1986)
743. The Fly (1986)
744. Aliens (1986)
745. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
761. Raising Arizona (1987)
762. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
763. Withnail and I (1987)
768. The Princess Bride (1987)
780. Akira (1988)
781. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
783. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
784. The Naked Gun (1988)
785. Big (1988)
787. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
790. Die Hard (1988)
792. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
797. Batman (1989)
805. Roger & Me (1989)
814. Goodfellas (1990)
816. King of New York (1990)
823. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
836. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
837. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
839. Slacker (1991)
845. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
847. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
848. Unforgiven (1992)
858. Groundhog Day (1993)
861. Jurassic Park (1993)
864. Schindler’s List (1993)
871. Forrest Gump (1994)
872. Clerks (1994)
874. The Lion King (1994)
876. Natural Born Killers (1994)
878. Pulp Fiction (1994)
879. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
887. Casino (1995)
890. Toy Story (1995)
892. Braveheart (1995)
895. Heat (1995)
897. Seven (1995)
904. The Usual Suspects (1995)
907. Fargo (1996)
908. Independence Day (1996)
913. Lone Star (1996)
914. Trainspotting (1996)
915. Scream (1996)
916. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
917. L.A. Confidential (1997)
919. Princess Mononoke (1997)
923. Boogie Nights (1997)
933. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
935. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
936. Run Lola Run (1998)
937. Rushmore (1998)
938. Pi (1998)
940. The Thin Red Line (1998)
944. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
945. Magnolia (1999)
947. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
951. Three Kings (1999)
955. Fight Club (1999)
956. Being John Malkovich (1999)
957. American Beauty (1999)
959. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
961. The Matrix (1999)
966. Gladiator (2000)
969. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
971. Meet the Parents (2000)
973. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
974. Traffic (2000)
976. Memento (2000)
978. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
979. Amelie (2001)
983. Spirited Away (2001)
987. Moulin Rouge (2001)
990. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
991. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
992. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
993. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
994. Gangs of New York (2002)
1001. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Additions I’ve Seen:
- United 93 (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
El Laberinto del Fauno (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
The Departed (2006)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Sideways (2004)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
I’ve been alive 9,858 days, so I’ve managed to see 1 of my allotted 1001 movies approximately every 6 weeks since birth. At this rate, I’ll live to 114! No need to rush on catching up, then.
