BoxOffice.com Presents... 1000 Movies to See Before You Die

[mahnamahna]

[*]A Voyage to the Moon (1902)

[*]The Great Train Robbery (1903)

[*]The Birth of a Nation (1915)

[*]Intolerance (1916)

[*]Judex (1916)

[*]The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

[*]Nosferatu (1922)

[*]The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

[*]Battleship Potempkin (1925)

[*]The Gold Rush (1925)

[*]The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

[*]Seven Chances (1925)

[*]The General (1927)

[*]Sunrise (1927)

[*]Metropolis (1928)

[*]Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

[*]All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

[*]The Blue Angel (1930)

[*]Dracula (1931)

[*]Frankenstein (1931)

[*]M (1931)

[*]The Public Enemy (1931)

[*]Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)

[*]The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

[*]King Kong (1933)

[*]It Happened One Night (1934)

[*]Triumph of the Will (1934)

[*]Modern Times (1936) 

[*]The Awful Truth (1937)

[*]Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

[*]The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

[*]Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

[*]Stagecoach (1939)

[*]The Wizard of Oz (1939)

[*]His Girl Friday (1940)

[*]The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

[*]The Philadelphia Story (1940)

[*]The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 

[*]Rebecca (1940)

[*]Citizen Kane (1941)

[*]Dumbo (1941)

[*]The Maltese Falcon (1941)

[*]Casablanca (1942)

[*]Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 

[*]Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 

[*]Double Indemnity (1944) 

[*]Ivan the Terrible Part 1 (1944) 

[*]National Velvet (1944)

[*]The Big Sleep (1946) 

[*]The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 

[*]It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

[*]The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

[*]Black Narcissius (1947)

[*]Miracle on 34^th Street (1947)

[*]Bicycle Thieves (1948)

[*]Rope (1948)

[*]The Third Man (1949) 

[*]All About Eve (1950)

[*]Rashomon (1950)

[*]The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

[*]Strangers on a Train (1951) 

[*]A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 

[*]Ikiru (1952)

[*]Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

[*]The Caine Mutiny (1954) 

[*]Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

[*]Gojira (1954)

[*]On the Waterfront (1954)

[*]Rear Window (1954)

[*]Seven Samurai (1954)

[*]Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

[*]12 Angry Men (1957) 

[*]The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 

[*]Paths of Glory (1957)

[*]The Seventh Seal (1957)

[*]Wild Strawberries (1957)

[*]The Hidden Fortress (1958)

[*]Ivan the Terrible Part 2 (1958) 

[*]Vertigo (1958)

[*]Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 

[*]Ben-Hur (1959)

[*]Les quatre cents coups (1959)

[*]North by Northwest (1959)

[*]À Bout de Souffle (1960)

[*]The Apartment (1960)

[*]The Bad Sleep Well (1960) 

[*]Psycho (1960)

[*]101 Dalmatians (1961) 

[*]The Hustler (1961) 

[*]Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 

[*]Carnival of Souls (1962) 

[*]Dr. No (1962)

[*]Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 

[*]The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

[*]The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance (1962) 

[*]Sanjuro (1962) 

[*]To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 

[*]8 1/2 (1963)

[*]The Great Escape (1963) 

[*]The Haunting (1963)

[*]High and Low (1963) 

[*]Dr. Strangelove (1964)

[*]Mary Poppins (1964)

[*]Doctor Zhivago (1965)

[*]The Battle of Algiers (1966)

[*]Fantastic Voyage (1966)

[*]The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

[*]Seconds (1966) 

[*]Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 

[*]The Graduate (1967)

[*]The Jungle Book (1967)

[*]Le Samourai (1967) 

[*]Point Blank (1967) 

[*]2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

[*]Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 

[*]Planet of the Apes (1968)

[*]Rosemary's Baby (1968) 

[*]Where Eagles Dare (1968) 

[*]Yellow Submarine (1968) 

[*]Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

[*]The Conformist (1970) 

[*]Five Easy Pieces (1970) 

[*]Patton (1970)

[*]A Clockwork Orange (1971)

[*]The French Connection (1971) 

[*]Get Carter (1971) 

[*]Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

[*]Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) 

[*]The Godfather (1972)

[*]Badlands (1973)

[*]Day for Night (1973) 

[*]The Day of the Jackal (1973) 

[*]Enter the Dragon (1973) 

[*]My Name is Nobody (1973)

[*]Soylent Green (1973)

[*]The Sting (1973)

[*]The Wicker Man (1973) 

[*]Blazing Saddles (1974)

[*]Chinatown (1974)

[*]The Godfather Part II (1974) 

[*]The Odessa Files (1974)

[*]Young Frankenstein (1974) 

[*]Jaws (1975) 

[*]Mirror (1975) 

[*]Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

[*]One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 

[*]Professione: reporter (1975) 

[*]The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

[*]Three Days on the Condor (1975) 

[*]All the President's Men (1976)

[*]Network (1976) 

[*]The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 

[*]Taxi Driver (1976) 

[*]Annie Hall (1977)

[*]A Bridge Too Far (1977)

[*]The Duelists (1977) 

[*]Eraserhead (1977) 

[*]Sorcerer (1977) 

[*]Star Wars (1977)

[*]Suspiria (1977) 

[*]Days of Heaven (1978) 

[*]Halloween (1978)

[*]Superman (1978)

[*]Alien (1979) 

[*]Apocalypse Now (1979) 

[*]Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

[*]The Muppet Movie (1979)

[*]Stalker (1979)

[*]The Elephant Man (1980)

[*]The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[*]Raging Bull (1980) 

[*]The Shining (1980) 

[*]An American Werewolf in London (1981) 

[*]Chariots of Fire (1981) 

[*]Das Boot (1981) 

[*]The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

[*]The Fox and the Hound (1981)

[*]Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

[*]The Road Warrior (1981) 

[*]E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

[*]First Blood (1982)

[*]Koyanisqaatsi (1982)

[*]The Secret of Nimh (1982) 

[*]Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan (1982)

[*]The Thing (1982)

[*]Tron (1982)

[*]A Christmas Story (1983)

[*]Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

[*]Videodrome (1983) 

[*]Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

[*]The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

[*]Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 

[*]Repo Man (1984)

[*]Sixteen Candles (1984)

[*]Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

[*]The Terminator (1984)

[*]Back to the Future (1985)

[*]Brazil (1985) 

[*]The Goonies (1985)

[*]Police Story (1985)

[*]Ran (1985)

[*]The Fly (1986)

[*]The Great Mouse Detective (1986) 

[*]Stand by Me (1986) 

[*]Angel Heart (1987) 

[*]The Brave Little Toaster (1987) 

[*]Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 

[*]The Princess Bride (1987)

[*]Raising Arizona (1987) 

[*]The Untouchables (1987)

[*]Wings of Desire (1987) 

[*]Withnail and I (1987) 

[*]Akira (1988) 

[*]Cinema Paradiso (1988) 

[*]Die Hard (1988)

[*]Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 

[*]Hotaru no Haka (1988)

[*]The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 

[*]My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

[*]Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

[*]Dead Poets Society (1989)

[*]Do the Right Thing (1989)

[*]Field of Dreams (1989)

[*]Glory (1989)

[*]Henry V (1989) 

[*]The Killer (1989) 

[*]Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

[*]Monsieur Hire (1989) 

[*]National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

[*]Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) 

[*]Edward Scissorhands (1990)

[*]Goodfellas (1990)

[*]The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) 

[*]The Hunt for Red October (1990)

[*]Beauty and the Beast (1991)

[*]Kafka (1991) 

[*]Naked Lunch (1991) 

[*]Rock-a-Doodle (1991) 

[*]Aladdin (1992)

[*]Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 

[*]Hard-Boiled (1992) 

[*]The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

[*]Reservoir Dogs (1992)

[*]Unforgiven (1992)

[*]Wayne’s World (1992)

[*]Army of Darkness (1993)

[*]Gettysburg (1993)

[*]The Fugitive (1993)

[*]Jurassic Park (1993)

[*]Menace II Society (1993)

[*]Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) 

[*]Schindler’s List (1993)

[*]Three Colors: Blue (1993) 

[*]Chungking Express (1994) 

[*]Clerks (1994)

[*]Ed Wood (1994) 

[*]Forrest Gump (1994)

[*]Fresh (1994)

[*]Giorgino (1994) 

[*]Heavenly Creatures (1994) 

[*]Leon: The Professional (1994) 

[*]The Lion King (1994)

[*]Pulp Fiction (1994)

[*]Quiz Show (1994) 

[*]The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

[*]Apollo 13 (1995) 

[*]Before Sunrise (1995) 

[*]Clueless (1995)

[*]Dead Man (1995) 

[*]Happiness (1995) 

[*]Heat (1995)

[*]Outbreak (1995)

[*]Se7en (1995) 

[*]Toy Story (1995)

[*]The Usual Suspects (1995) 

[*]Whispers of the Heart (1995) 

[*]Breaking the Waves (1996)

[*]Fargo (1996)

[*]Schizopolis (1996) 

[*]Suburbia (1996) 

[*]Trainspotting (1996)

[*]The Butcher Boy (1997) 

[*]Cube (1997) 

[*]Gattaca (1997)

[*]L.A. Confidential (1997) 

[*]Lost Highway (1997) 

[*]Princess Monokoke (1997) 

[*]Titanic (1997)

[*]American History X (1998) 

[*]The Big Lebowski (1998) 

[*]Dark City (1998)

[*]Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 

[*]Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 

[*]The Prince of Egypt (1998)

[*]Rushmore (1998)

[*]Saving Private Ryan (1998)

[*]The Truman Show (1998) 

[*]Audition (1999)

[*]Being John Malkovich (1999) 

[*]Election (1999) 

[*]Fight Club (1999) 

[*]The Green Mile (1999)

[*]The Insider (1999) 

[*]The Iron Giant (1999) 

[*]The Matrix (1999) 

[*]The Limey (1999) 

[*]Pola X (1999) 

[*]The Sixth Sense (1999)

[*]Amores Perros (2000)

[*]Battle Royale (2000)

[*]Battlefield Earth (2000) 

[*]The Beach (2000) 

[*]Chicken Run (2000)

[*]Gladiator (2000) 

[*]In the Mood for Love (2000) 

[*]Memento (2000) 

[*]O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 

[*]Snatch (2000) 

[*]A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 

[*]Amelie (2001)

[*]A Beautiful Mind (2001) 

[*]Black Hawk Down (2001) 

[*]The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

[*]Moulin Rouge! (2001) 

[*]The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 

[*]My Sassy Girl (2001)

[*]Shrek (2001)

[*]Spirited Away (2001)

[*]Vanilla Sky (2001) 

[*]Waking Life (2001)

[*]Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

[*]25th Hour (2002)

[*]28 Days Later (2002) 

[*]Adaptation (2002)

[*]Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) 

[*]City of God (2002) 

[*]The Bourne Identity (2002)

[*]Gerry (2002) 

[*]Internal Affairs (2002) 

[*]Irreversible (2002) 

[*]The Pianist (2002) 

[*]Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 

[*]American Splendor (2003) 

[*]Dogville (2003) 

[*]Elf (2003)

[*]Finding Nemo (2003)

[*]The Fog of War (2003)

[*]Jeux d'enfants (2003)

[*]Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)

[*]Lost in Translation (2003)

[*]Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

[*]Matchstick Men (2003)

[*]Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[*]Oldboy (2003)

[*]The Return (2003) 

[*]Shara (2003)

[*]Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

[*]Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

[*]Garden State (2004) 

[*]The Incredibles (2004) 

[*]Sennen Joyu (2004)

[*]Shaun of the Dead (2004) 

[*]Spider-Man 2 (2004)

[*]Windstruck (2004) 

[*]The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005) 

[*]Brick (2005) 

[*]The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)

[*]Jarhead (2005) 

[*]Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 

[*]Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

[*]The Proposition (2005) 

[*]Wallace and Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

[*]Barnyard - The Original Party Animals (2006) 

[*]Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Believe Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) 

[*]Children of Men (2006) 

[*]Click (2006) 

[*]Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

[*]The Prestige (2006) 

[*]The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) 

[*]United 93 (2006) 

[*]V for Vendetta (2006) 

[*]4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)

[*]Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) 

[*]The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

[*]Bridge to Terabithia (2007) 

[*]Into the Wild (2007)

[*]Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)

[*]Live Free or Die Hard (2007) 

[*]Persepolis (2007)

[*]Ratatouille (2007)

[*]Rescue Dawn (2007) 

[*]There Will Be Blood (2007) 

[*]Zodiac (2007) 

[*]Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) 

[*]In Bruges (2008) 

[*]Mamma Mia (2008) 

[*]Synecdoche, New York (2008)

[*]WALL-E (2008)

[*]The Wrestler (2008)

[*](500) Days of Summer (2009) 

[*]Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Squeakuel (2009) 

[*]A Serious Man (2009) 

[*]A Single Man (2009)

[*]Avatar (2009)

[*]Coraline (2009) 

[*]District 9 (2009) 

[*]Dogtooth (2009) 

[*]Inglorious Basterds (2009)

[*]Mary and Max (2009)

[*]Moon (2009)

[*]The Road (2009) 

[*]Star Trek (2009)

[*]Watchmen (2009) 

[*]Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

[*]Carlos (2010) 

[*]Despicable Me (2010)

[*]Inception (2010) 

[*]Mr. Nobody (2010) 

[*]The Social Network (2010)

[*]Shrek Forever After (2010) 

[*]Tangled (2010) 

[*]Toy Story 3 (2010) 

[*]50/50 (2011) 

[*]Another Earth (2011)

[*]A Separation (2011)

[*]Detachment (2011)

[*]Happy Feet Two (2011) 

[*]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (2011)

[*]The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)

[*]Melancholia (2011) 

[*]The Turin Horse (2011) 

[*]We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 

[*]Warrior (2011) 

[*]The Avengers (2012)

[*]Cloud Atlas (2012)

[*]The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

[*]End of Watch (2012) 

[*]Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) 

[*]Les Miserables (2012) 

[*]Life of Pi (2012) 

[*]The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 

[*]Skyfall (2012)

[*]Ted (2012)

[*]Wreck-it Ralph (2012) 

[*]After Earth (2013) 

[*]Despicable Me 2 (2013)

[*]The Great Gatsby (2013)

[*]Grown Ups 2 (2013) 

[*]Monsters University (2013)

[*]Side Effects (2013)

[*]Upstream Color (2013)

451 films as of late, 549 films until 1000 and 1049 until the 1500 limit. And it's about time 1943 got an entry   

 

Participants at the moment 

 

1. mahnamahna (myself)

2. Spaghetti 

3. Telemachos

4. ThatMovieGuy

5. Dexter of Suburbia

6. Phil of the Rim

7. XenoZodiac

8. Films

9. lisa

10. Jake Gittes

11. ChD

12. 4815162342

13. JohnnY

14. Punishment

15. Simonski 

 

With Blankments planning to enter one 

Edited August 16, 2013 by mahnamahna

[ChD]

Grown Ups 2? DAFUQ.

[mahnamahna]

Grown Ups 2? DAFUQ.

XenoZodiac posted it as a joke but I put it on anyways since we need 1200 nominees haha  it's not gonna be on the official list

[Dementeleus]

I think BATTLEFIELD:EARTH should be included. It's not a "best movies ever" list, after all.

[ThatMovieGuy]

25 more from me: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)The Hustler (1961)Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Sanjuro (1962)To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Tengoku to Jigoku [High and Low] (1963)Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Where Eagles Dare (1968)Get Carter (1971)The Day of the Jackal (1973)The Sting (1973)The Odessa File (1974)Young Frankenstein (1974)Three Days of the Condor (1975)The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)The Road Warrior (1981)Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Henry V (1989)Hard Boiled (1992)Quiz Show (1994)The Pianist (2002)Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)United 93 (2006)Rescue Dawn (2007)

 

I already Picked Young Frankenstein, I think this means you get to choose another movie

[4815162342]

I already Picked Young Frankenstein, I think this means you get to choose another movie

Hmm. Stuck between Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil.

[4815162342]

Obviously this endeavor goes beyond just a "best films" list so some of my submissions are meant to highlight staples of iconic eras, in my case the pulp genre thrillers of the late 60s through mid 70s.

[luna]

i'm a bit worried that some will just vote off something like avatar cuz they hate it...because there's no way it should be left off a list like this, even if it's shit.

[Dementeleus]

i'm a bit worried that some will just vote off something like avatar cuz they hate it...because there's no way it should be left off a list like this, even if it's shit.

 

I'm less concerned about that than I am something like STAR TREK getting on the list simply because people liked it.

Edited August 17, 2013 by Telemachos

[Michael Gary Scott]

I'm less concerned about that than I am something like STAR TREK getting on the list simply because people liked it.

star trek>the movie in your avatar

[4815162342]

star trek>the movie in your avatar

I'm jumping in the foxhole for this one.

[Dementeleus]

My finger is twitching on the "ban" button.

Edited August 17, 2013 by Telemachos

[Michael Gary Scott]

You cant ban me who would you have to make fun of then

[riczhang]

You cant ban me who would you have to make fun of then

 

Baumer? Can't ban a mod  

[riczhang]

My Modern List: (A classic list will be up shortly)

[*]Funny Games (1997) [*]Chocolat (2000) [*]La Pianiste/The Piano Teacher (2001) [*]Adaptation (2003) [*]Before Sunset (2004) [*]Cache/Hidden (2005) [*]Casino Royale (2006) [*]The Devil Wears Prada (2006) [*]The Queen (2006) [*]No Country for Old Men (2007) [*]Doubt (2008) [*]Quantum of Solace (2008) [*]Das Weisse Bande/The White Ribbon (2009) [*]J'ai tue ma mere/I Killed my Mother (2009) [*]The King's Speech (2010) [*]Of Gods and Men (2010) [*]Hugo (2011) [*]Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) [*]The Tree of Life (2011) [*]Weekend (2011) [*]Anna Karenina (2012) [*]Amour (2012) [*]En Kongelig Affaere/A Royal Affair (2012) [*]Before Midnight (2013) [*]The Kings of the Summer (2013)

[riczhang]

i'm a bit worried that some will just vote off something like avatar cuz they hate it...because there's no way it should be left off a list like this, even if it's shit.

 

Well be prepared for a lot of voting off  

[riczhang]

Just Fixing some egregious mistakes. I mean no brokeback and no Gone with the Wind? That's just ridiculous. 

[*]Greed (1924) [*]Napoleon (1927) [*]Man with a Movie Camera (1929) [*]Les Miserables (1934) [*]Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) [*]Gone With the Wind (1939) [*]La Regle du Jeu/The Rules of the Game (1939) [*]Wuthering Heights (1939) [*]The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) [*]Les Enfants du Paradis/Children of Paradise (1945) [*]Nuit et Brouillard/Night and Fog (1955) [*]Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) [*]West Side Story (1961) [*]Therese Desqueyroux (1962) [*]The Sound of Music (1965) [*]The Lion in Winter (1968) [*]Midnight Cowboy (1969) [*]On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) [*]The Deer Hunter (1979) [*]Kramer vs. Karmer (1979) [*]Gandhi (1982) [*]Sophie's Choice (1982) [*]My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) [*]Hoop Dreams (1994) [*]Brokeback Mountain (2005)

[riczhang]

[*]Steamboat Willie (1928)

[*]Morning Glory (1932)

[*]Fantasia (1940)

[*]Sunset Boulevard (1950)

[*]Goldfinger (1964)

[*]Thunderball (1965)

[*]A Passage to Indie (1984)

[*]Maurice (1987)

[*]Three Colors Red: (1994)

[*]Three Colors White (1994)

[*]Shakespeare in Love (1998)

[*]Chicago (2003)

[4815162342]

I'm shocked that ric included so many films from 2000 onward. How plebian.

[riczhang]

I'm shocked that ric included so many films from 2000 onward. How plebian.

 

There's room for another 999 films or so. There's plenty of pre-1910 films to come