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Yeah, yeah, yeah….I know. You’ve seen this everywhere and we’ve all stolen it from Avitable. Why argue with genius? He took the top 100 movies of the last 25 years, as stated by Entertainment Weekly. Then he bold-faced the ones that he has seen and asterisked the ones he liked. I’m a copycat, so I did too.
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)**
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)**
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)**
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)**
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)**
9. Die Hard (1988)**
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)**
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)****
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)**
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)**
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)**
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)**
21. Schindler’s List (1993)**
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)**
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)**
30. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)****
34. Fargo (1996)**
35. The Incredibles (2004)****
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)**
37. Pretty Woman (1990)**
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)****
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)****
42. Clueless (1995)**
43. Gladiator (2000)**
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)**
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)**
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)**
50. The Piano (1993)**
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)**
55. Risky Business (1983)**
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)**
58. Ghostbusters (1984)**
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)****
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)**
63. Big (1988)**
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)****
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)**
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)**
72. Thelma and Louise (1991)**
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)**
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)****
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)**
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)**
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)**
91. Back to the Future (1985)**
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)**
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)****
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut (1999)
Where is Braveheart? What about Stand By Me? Sin City? Shaun of the Dead? 21 Grams? No SuperBad??? ANY MOVIE MADE BEFORE 1980???
But I digress….
Just from this list, I’ve seen seventy-nine. With an average running time of two hours each……that’s one hundred fifty-eight hours. That is roughly six and a half days–almost a week watching just these movies. That is not even counting the time spent watching them over and over again! Add to that the time spent watching so many, many, many, many other movies…..
I need a life!
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Amber
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 08:32 pmYeah… but how many of those movies did you START to watch, then kids wanted food or needed a diaper changed or hubby wanted some lovin’ or the dryer went off… ETC.?
Because that is probably why you had to re-watch them in so many of the cases (unless, of course, you really just loved the movie) sooooo…
I guess the point is that you’re not AS big of a movie-whorin’ slacker as you think
. (haha)
Now, doesn’t that make you feel better? (lol)
So, if you’ll excuse me… my movie’s comin’ on and I gots to go!
Ambers last blog post..Princepessa on: Jester’s Impromptu Show
Nobody™
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 08:40 pmI’ve only seen 31 of them, and of those, over half of them sucked. I totally didn’t get Napoleon Dynamite. Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
Avitable
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 08:42 pmYou didn’t like Casino Royale, Memento, Aliens, When Harry Met Sally, Fight Club, or Naked Gun?
Avitables last blog post..Why I’m the best boss ever.
libragirl
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 08:43 pmHow have you not seen Blue Velvet or Eternal Sunshine
ESotSM was AWESOME
Drugstore Cowbopy was so great you need to see them
of course this is from the girl who never saw Titanic
libragirls last blog post..These are a few of my favorite things
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 09:06 pmAmber-All of those movies I did watch-in full-or I didn’t count them.(I’m honest like that.)I actually own about half of those(plus a zillion more).So yeah,movie-whorin’ slacker-that’s me!
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 09:08 pmNobody-I liked Napoleon Dynamite because I KNOW people who are just like the characters in that movie–dumb as dirt!
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 09:14 pmAvitable-I liked the Casino Royale with David Niven. I do not like Daniel Craig at all.(The move listed was 2006) When Harry Met Sally annoyed the shit out of me. Memento and Fight Club were meh.The others-just no.
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 09:16 pmlibragirl-I tried to watch Blue Velvet and Drugstore Cowboy-several times-but I just couldn’t get into it.ESotSM is on the list for me and Babygirl to watch this summer.
Fantastagirl
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 11:06 pmI need to get out more, cause I haven’t heard of half of these, and have seen even less.
Fantastagirls last blog post..I passed (or so I think)
Matt-Man
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 07:04 amAnd not a damn one of them a porn flick. That’s just outrageous, Cheers!!
Finn
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 08:49 amI think you may hold the record for seeing the most of these. And damn if there are so many that are missing. And so many that probably dont’ belong on that list.
And I feel compelled to point out that it’s the best of the last 25 years… hence nothing prior to 1983.
Finns last blog post..Thursday Photo: Flower Power
Metalmom
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 08:57 amFantastagirl-Maybe you can catch up on a few when you are recovering. They certainly do take your mind off things.
Metalmom
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 09:01 amMattMan-I KNOW,RIGHT?? Where’s “Saving Ryan’s Private”, “Glad He Ate Her”, or “Ed Woody”?
Metalmom
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 09:05 amFinn-I’ve seen the kiddie flicks with all the kids I watch, all the action ones with Hubs, all the stupid comedies with my sons and the horror and foreign films in the middle of the night when I’ve got insomnia. I catch alot of ‘chickflicks’ with Babygirl now that she’s older.
By the end of the list, I was so annoyed that many didn’t make the list, that I forgot it was the LAST 25 YEARS!
Robin
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 09:29 amBlech, Braveheart.
Robins last blog post..Losing The Future
Metalmom
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 03:16 pmRobin-Really? You didn’t like Braveheart?
SJ
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 03:41 pmSJs last blog post..Breathe
Metalmom
said:
on June 26, 2008 at 04:29 pmSJ-I agree. I think as we get older, we are going to see more ’shit’ getting Oscars. The younger “stars” seem to have little or no talent, and yet are given movie roles based on their “cute factor” on Nickelodeon or Disney. The same can be said for the movies themselves. There are some real clinkers in this list.