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I’ve done a movie meme in the past two months, but I saw this on James DiBenedetto‘s webpage and thought, Why not? Of the American Film Institute’s top 100 films, which have I seen? Let’s take a look, shall we?

  • CITIZEN KANE (1941)
  • CASABLANCA (1942)
  • THE GODFATHER (1972)
  • GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
  • LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
  • THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
  • THE GRADUATE (1967)
  • ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
  • SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
  • SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
  • IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
  • SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
  • THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
  • SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
  • STAR WARS (1977)
  • ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
  • THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
  • PSYCHO (1960)
  • CHINATOWN (1974)
  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
  • 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
  • THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
  • RAGING BULL (1980)
  • E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
  • DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
  • BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
  • APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
  • MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
  • THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
  • ANNIE HALL (1977)
  • THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
  • HIGH NOON (1952)
  • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
  • IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
  • MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
  • THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
  • DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
  • DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
  • NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
  • WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
  • REAR WINDOW (1954)
  • KING KONG (1933)
  • THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
  • A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
  • A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
  • TAXI DRIVER (1976)
  • JAWS (1975)
  • SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
  • BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
  • THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
  • FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
  • AMADEUS (1984)
  • ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
  • THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
  • M*A*S*H (1970)
  • THE THIRD MAN (1949)
  • FANTASIA (1940)
  • REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
  • RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
  • VERTIGO (1958)
  • TOOTSIE (1982)
  • STAGECOACH (1939)
  • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
  • THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
  • NETWORK (1976)
  • THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
  • AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
  • SHANE (1953)
  • THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
  • FORREST GUMP (1994)
  • BEN-HUR (1959)
  • WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
  • THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
  • DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
  • CITY LIGHTS (1931)
  • AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
  • ROCKY (1976)
  • THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
  • THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
  • MODERN TIMES (1936)
  • GIANT (1956)
  • PLATOON (1986)
  • FARGO (1996)
  • DUCK SOUP (1933)
  • MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
  • FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
  • EASY RIDER (1969)
  • PATTON (1970)
  • THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
  • MY FAIR LADY (1964)
  • A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
  • THE APARTMENT (1960)
  • GOODFELLAS (1990)
  • PULP FICTION (1994)
  • THE SEARCHERS (1956)
  • BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
  • UNFORGIVEN (1992)
  • GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
  • YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Honestly, not as many as I might have thought.

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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

2 thoughts on “More on Movies

  1. Out of the 100, I’ve seen 78.

    In my defence, I did do a degree in the history of art and film so can be justified in having seen that many. I did a similar meme with the top 100 books from the BBC Big Read and came out at about 60.

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