Jim Emerson's 102 Movies to Become Movie Literate

Stolen from Chris by way of Liz:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (hated the first hour and a half)
The 400 Blows
8 1/2
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
2. Alien (great horror movie that just happens to take place in space)
3. All About Eve
4. Annie Hall (meh, not a fan of Woody Allen)
5. Apocalypse Now (still don't know if this is one of the all-time best or all-time worst movies I've ever seen)
6. Bambi (hated it)
The Battleship Potemkin
7. Blue Velvet (Dennis Hopper at his creepiest)
8. Bonnie and Clyde (little movie that could; was in release for over a year before it really found its audience-- you won't see that happen in theaters any more)
Breathless
9. Bringing Up Baby
10. Carrie (that ending still makes me jump)
11. Casablanca (an all-time classic)
Un Chien Andalou
Children of Paradise
12. Chinatown (Jack is in nearly every frame of this picture)
13. Citizen Kane
14. A Clockwork Orange (I hope we avoid this future. Some would argue we lived it and have gone well beyond now)
15. The Crying Game (It's just a piece of flesh, like any other)
16. The Day the Earth Stood Still (a classic sci-fi. Gotta love Klatu)
Days of Heaven
17. Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
18. Do the Right Thing (overrated, even for its time, but a good discourse on race)
19. La Dolce Vita
Double Indemnity
20. Dr. Strangelove (incredible; Peter Sellers at his best)
21. Duck Soup
22. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
23. Easy Rider
24. The Empire Strikes Back
25. The Exorcist
26. Fargo (didn't get it, don't get it, don't understand why this is considered a classic)
27. Fight Club
28. Frankenstein (have to watch it with the flower girls death scene in it-- makes the story more real and poignant)
The General
29. The Godfather
The Godfather, Part 2
30. Gone With the Wind (I found it tripe)
31. Goodfellas
32. The Graduate
33. Halloween (incredible horror; later versions and franchise took things over the top and made it a violent cartoon, but this is fairly understated and creepy)
A Hard Day's Night
Intolerance
It's a Gift
34. It's a Wonderful Life
35. Jaws (an all-time favorite)
The Lady Eve
36. Lawrence of Arabia (incredible movie; David Lean at his best)
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37. Mad Max 2
38. The Maltese Falcon
39. The Manchurian Candidate
40. Metropolis
41. Modern Times
42. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
The Night of the Hunter
43. Night of the Living Dead
North by Northwest
44. Nosferatu (closer to Bram Stoker's vision than "Dracula" was)
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Persona
Pink Flamingos
45. Psycho
46. Pulp Fiction (piece of crap; waste of celluloid)
Rashomon
47. Rear Window
48. Rebel Without a Cause (never finished it)
Red River
Repulsion
The Rules of the Game
49. Scarface
The Scarlet Empress
50. Schindler's List (incredible movie)
51. The Searchers
The Seven Samurai
52. Singin' in the Rain
53. Some Like It Hot
54. A Star Is Born
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
The Third Man
Tokyo Story
Touch of Evil
55. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (great portrayal of madness and greed)
Trouble in Paradise
Vertigo
56. West Side Story (I just met a girl named Maria!)
The Wild Bunch
57. The Wizard of Oz (an all-time favorite of mine; can you imagine being in the first showing of this in the theater when she leaves the house and everything was in such vibrant color??)

Some of these I have seen parts of, but never sat down and watched the entire movie. One (Godfather 2) is borrowed from Jay and will be watched in the next week and a half.