April 17, 2010

What are the 100 Modern Classics you need to see before you die?

Well, Yahoo Movies has compiled a list here for you to take a peek at (and believe it or not, I've seen all 100...and I'm not sure whether to be ashamed for proud of that fact), but I'd like to submit ten more films (in year order) that didn't make the list, just for fun:

Clerks
Chasing Amy
High Fidelity
Love Actually
Garden State
United 93
The Fountain
Into The Wild
The Wrestler
Up in the Air

-How many films from this essential 100 have you seen?

12 comments:

  1. It's weird to realize just how many movies you've seen when you look at lists like this one...

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  2. I've seen 66 out of the 100. The only years where I've seen all them were 99 and 01. I love every film they included in those respective years.

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  3. Don't be embarassed. I've seen all of the movies on this list, too, though some of their choices (Swingers?) are somewhat questionable. Here are ten films that I think they overlooked:

    Edward Scissorhands
    Eyes Wide Shut
    Far From Heaven
    Hoop Dreams
    JFK
    Lost in Translation
    Talk to Her
    The Thin Red Line
    Traffic
    The Wrestler

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  4. Good call Robert on Eyes Wide Shut, JFK, and Lost in Translation.

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  5. There are plenty of omissions, but no choices that really leave you scratching your head, in my opinion...

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  6. I didn't count, but I saw 9 or 10 on the list that I have yet to see. But, I didn't really like the list that much. Only around 20 or 25 of the films are on my list of top 100 from the last 20 years. I felt that they tried to put a lot of different kinds of films on the list to make it more well-rounded than listing the 100 best films.

    -Robbie

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  7. Robert Hamer- Forgot to mention that I love Swingers, but that's just me.

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  8. Robbie- I think it all depends on what people consider the "best". It doesn't match my top 100 too much either, but I don't think they included any films that are shockingly inept.

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  9. I get your point, and there were only 5 movies that I felt were shockingly inept. I get that its all just a matter of opinion, but its the glaring ommissions that make this a poor list in my eyes.

    Just a few for example:

    The Godfather, Part III
    Barton Fink
    JFK
    Glengarry Glen Ross
    Reservoir Dogs
    Jurassic Park
    Short Cuts
    True Romance
    Leon: The Professional
    The Lion King
    Quiz Show
    Braveheart
    Seven
    Jerry Maguire
    Good Will Hunting
    Fear and Loathing IN Las Vegas
    The Green Mile
    Magnolia
    Gladiator
    Requiem For A Dream
    Moulin Rouge!
    Gangs of New York
    Lord of The Rings II + III
    Kill Bill, Vol. 1 + 2
    Mystic River
    The Aviator
    The Incredibles
    Million Dollar Baby
    Sin City
    Babel
    The Departed
    The Assassination of Jesse James
    Atonement
    Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
    Juno
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Revolutionary Road
    Up
    Up In The Air

    Haha, that wasn't exactly just a few, but I only listed the ones that I feel the majority of people think are great films. There are many more that are just personal favorites of mine that I would list.

    Oh well, the list at least provided us with a fun discussion point.

    -Robbie

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  10. I know what you mean. These lists are never long enough.

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  11. Of the ones you mentioned, I agree that the following deserve a spot (or at least would be in an expanded list):

    JFK
    Reservoir Dogs
    Jurassic Park
    The Lion King
    Braveheart
    Seven
    Jerry Maguire
    Good Will Hunting
    The Green Mile
    Magnolia
    Requiem For A Dream
    Gangs of New York
    Kill Bill, Vol. 1 + 2
    Million Dollar Baby
    The Departed
    Juno
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Revolutionary Road
    Up In The Air

    But that's just me...

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