Again, from Kottke, we've got a list of 1,001 things to do/see before you die. Although the most recent movie is from 2005 (missing out on The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, and, inexplicably, both Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure), it's still pretty comprehensive. Bottom line? For an english major, I've watched way too many movies, and haven't read enough good books.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)Sideways (2004)
Frahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Mulholland Dr.(2001)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Spirited Away (2001)
Amelie (2001)
Memento (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
The Matrix (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Scream (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Shine (1996)
Fargo (1996)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Seven (1995)
Heat (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Crying Game (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Player (1992)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
JFK (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Boyz 'n the Hood (1991)
Total Recall (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Say Anything (1989)
Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
Roger & Me (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
My Left Foot (1989)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Batman (1989)
Rain Man (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Big (1988)
The Naked Gun (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Akira (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
Moonstruck (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Top Gun (1986)
Platoon (1986)
A Room with a View (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Aliens (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Color Purple (1985)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Natural (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Paris, Texas (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Scarface (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Big Chill (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
A Question of Silence (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
Diner (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Thing (1982)
E.T. : The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Reds (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Gallipoli (1981)
The Boat (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raging Bull (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
Mad Max (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Jerk (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Being There (1979)
Breaking Away (1979)
Alien (1979)
Halloween (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Grease (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rocky (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Jaws (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The Wall (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Sting (1973)
High Plains Drifter (1972)
Cabaret (1972)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Patton (1970)
Easy Rider (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Blowup (1966)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
The Birds (1963)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
West Side Story (1961)
The Hustler (1961)
Psycho (1960)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Casablanca (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Pinocchio (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Thin Man (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
King Kong (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Frankenstein (1931)
Metropolis (1927)
Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
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