103 Movies You Have To See or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Poll

[MartyS (Gromit)]

I get all my music on wax cylinders you guys.

I've got a few of them also, but nothing to play them.  Edison also made his own type of disc (I only have one of those), but the player was too complicated so it lost out to the simpler design used on 78s.  His designs didn't wear out the grove as fast but to do that the player had to mechanically track the grove.

[lassieface]

I get all my music on wax cylinders you guys.

I've got a few of them also, but nothing to play them.  Edison also made his own type of disc (I only have one of those), but the player was too complicated so it lost out to the simpler design used on 78s.  His designs didn't wear out the grove as fast but to do that the player had to mechanically track the grove.

Yeah, suck on that, lassieface!

The wax cylinders? They taste awful.

[Russell]

I haven't seen:

4 - Seven Samurai
10 - Toy Story
21 - Once Upon A Time In The West
23 - The Third Man
25 - Casablanca
26 - The Wizard Of Oz
29 - The Bridge On The River Kwai
30 - King Kong (1933)
32 - Vertigo
43 - Rear Window
44 - The Bride Of Frankenstein
46 - It's A Wonderful Life
49 - Network
50 - Godzilla (1954)
61 - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
62 - Evil Dead II
63 - The African Queen
64 - The Maltese Falcon
65 - Singing In The Rain
68 - Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
70 - Night Of The Living Dead
71 - The Incredibles
73 - The Exorcist
80 - Fitzcarraldo
82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
85 - Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
90 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
91 - Up
93 - Hedwig And The Angry Inch
94 - Charlie Chaplin's The Kid
101 - It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

[lassieface]

My embarrassing list:

5 - Deep Throat
13 - Duck Soup
17 - Apocalypse Now
19 - Blues Brothers
21 - Once Upon A Time In The West
23 - The Third Man
29 - The Bridge On The River Kwai
30 - King Kong (1933)
37 - The Great Escape
40 - Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure
43 - Rear Window
44 - The Bride Of Frankenstein
45 - Forbidden Planet
50 - Godzilla (1954)
55 - Metropolis
56 - The Godfather Part II
57 - Superman
62 - Evil Dead II
63 - The African Queen
64 - The Maltese Falcon
68 - Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
73 - The Exorcist
74 - Life Of Brian
75 - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
77 - Patton
78 - Stand By Me
80 - Fitzcarraldo
82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
83 - MASH
84 - Gremlins
85 - Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
86 - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
87 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
90 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
92 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
93 - Hedwig And The Angry Inch
94 - Charlie Chaplin's The Kid
98 - Animal House
100 - Boogie Nights
101 - It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
103 - The Big Lebowski

[Johnny Unusual]

I missed out on this one, but here's my must see list:

4 - Seven Samurai
5 - Deep Throat
9 - Blade Runner (technically I did see it, but there are so many cuts.  The Director's one is the best, right?)
13 - Duck Soup
18 - 12 Angry Men
23 - The Third Man
26 - The Wizard Of Oz
29 - The Bridge On The River Kwai
30 - King Kong (1933)
37 - The Great Escape
44 - The Bride Of Frankenstein
45 - Forbidden Planet
46 - It's A Wonderful Life
55 - Metropolis
59 - Fantasia
65 - Singing In The Rain
67 - Pulp Fiction
77 - Patton
80 - Fitzcarraldo
82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
83 - MASH
85 - Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
90 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
92 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (I've seen about 50% of it and what I have seen I didn't really care for, but I'll give it another try... someday).
93 - Hedwig And The Angry Inch
100 - Boogie Nights
101 - It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Ooo, I only need to see 27.  Not bad.

[wurwolf]

I'd like to see this thread stickied so we can refer to it and comment on the movies we've seen. Is that a thing that could happen?

[D.B. Barnes]

I missed out on this one...

Well, don't miss out on Albums!

[Johnny Unusual]

I missed out on this one...

Well, don't miss out on Albums!

You're not the boss of me.  Also, I am.

[LucasM]

Last night I managed to see 'Magnificent Seven' (in lieu of 'Seven Samurai').

I can now say that I've seen a Western where I not only enjoyed it, but that I was interested in knowing 'what happens next', AND where I lost track of time while watching it. 



Oh, and a reminder to anyone who hasn't seen # 82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune ["Trip to the Moon"] by Georges Méliès (or to anyone who wants to see it again): it will probably be among the 17 Méliès shorts aired on Turner Classic Movies between Midnight and 2AM on Monday the 16th.

[a pretty girl is like]

Magnificent 7 is the first movie I remember watching.  And it's pretty much my favorite movie of all time.  You picked a good one.

[Relaxing Dragon]

Last night I managed to see 'Magnificent Seven' (in lieu of 'Seven Samurai').

I can now say that I've seen a Western where I not only enjoyed it, but that I was interested in knowing 'what happens next', AND where I lost track of time while watching it. 



Oh, and a reminder to anyone who hasn't seen # 82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune ["Trip to the Moon"] by Georges Méliès (or to anyone who wants to see it again): it will probably be among the 17 Méliès shorts aired on Turner Classic Movies between Midnight and 2AM on Monday the 16th.

Glad you liked that one! I actually watched Magnificent Seven before I saw Seven Samurai, and I recall enjoying it quite a bunch. Gonna have to see about watching it again one of these days, come to think of it.

And as for A Trip to the Moon, as an alternate alternate idea, I'm pretty sure the entire thing is on YouTube. What with it being less than 20 minutes long and all.

[LucasM]

I missed out on this one, but here's my must see list:
9 - Blade Runner (technically I did see it, but there are so many cuts.  The Director's one is the best, right?)

Yes.  My personal belief is that one of the studio execs was afraid to admit he didn't comprehend what was going on in the film, so he required that there be a 'noir' voice-over on the theatrical release.  For anyone with the ability to comprehend science fiction/action film memes, the voice-over is not only redundant, but generally considered annoying.

Last night I managed to see 'Magnificent Seven' (in lieu of 'Seven Samurai').

I can now say that I've seen a Western where I not only enjoyed it, but that I was interested in knowing 'what happens next', AND where I lost track of time while watching it. 



Oh, and a reminder to anyone who hasn't seen # 82 - Le Voyage Dans La Lune ["Trip to the Moon"] by Georges Méliès (or to anyone who wants to see it again): it will probably be among the 17 Méliès shorts aired on Turner Classic Movies between Midnight and 2AM on Monday the 16th.

Glad you liked that one! I actually watched Magnificent Seven before I saw Seven Samurai, and I recall enjoying it quite a bunch. Gonna have to see about watching it again one of these days, come to think of it.

And as for A Trip to the Moon, as an alternate alternate idea, I'm pretty sure the entire thing is on YouTube. What with it being less than 20 minutes long and all.

Yeah... I was astonished, given how much I've disliked Westerns in the past, that I actually could see myself watching that one again at some point!  THAT is a good film (of any genre).  [side note: The only other Western I ever liked was 'Last of the Wild Horses' on MST3K, and that was only because the riffing in it is so superb.  It's one of the 14 MST3Ks that I consider 5-star riffing.  (For comparison: there have been over 25 RiffTrax with what I consider 5-star riffing at this point, and they are still about 30 films shy of the scripted MST3K ouvre [i.e. 'not counting the KTMA ones'].) ...but I digress [a lot].]  Hopefully there will be a dubbed version of Seven Samurai someday, so I can enjoy it, too.


True, A Trip to the Moon probably is on YouTube, but I believe that the Méliès films on Turner Classic Movies this Monday are recently-restored versions, so likely considerably better quality picture.  [Of course, if someone records them off TCM Monday and uploads an HD copy to YouTube, that comment will become moot. ]

[Tripe]

Magnificent 7 is the first movie I remember watching.

Weirdly, one of the first I remeber watching was Battle Beyond the Stars

[LucasM]

[a pretty girl is like]

I nominate The Dark Knight Rises.