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Simon Pegg’s Stalker<\/a> is hoping to have seen all of the IMDb<\/a>‘s Top 100 films by the end of the year. With 25% to go, that’s a reasonable but achievable task. I’m shocked to discover that I’ve not seen 56 of these films.<\/p>\n

Looking through the list, though, there are a number which I’ve taken a conscious decision in the past not to watch. The Shawshank Redemption<\/em> has never appealed to me. Nor have Casablanca<\/em> or The Matrix<\/em> (does the latter make me a faux geek?). Still, there are a handful I’d like to watch so I’ll aim to have seen more than half of the list by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)<\/strong>
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
5. Shichinin no samurai (1954) (The Seven Samurai)
6. Casablanca (1942)
7. Schindler\u2019s List (1993)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
9. Citizen Kane (1941)
10. Star Wars (1977)
11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest (1975)
12. Pulp Fiction (1994)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
14. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
15. Rear Window (1954)<\/strong>
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
17. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly)
18. The Usual Suspects (1995)
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)<\/strong>
20. Cidade de Deus (2002)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. Memento (2000)
23. Psycho (1960) <\/strong>
24. C\u2019era una volta il West (1968)
25. North by Northwest (1959)<\/strong>
26. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
27. Fabuleux destin d\u2019Am\u00e9lie Poulain, Le (2001)
28. Goodfellas (1990)
29. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)<\/strong>
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31. It\u2019s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. American Beauty (1999)<\/strong>
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
34. Apocalypse Now (1979)
35. The Matrix (1999)
36. Paths of Glory (1957)
37. Fight Club (1999)
38. Vertigo (1958)
39. The Third Man (1949)<\/strong>
40. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (Spirited Away)
41. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)<\/strong>
42. Singin\u2019 in the Rain (1952)
43. Double Indemnity (1944)
44. Boot, Das (1981)
45. Taxi Driver (1976)
46. M (1931)
47. The Pianist (2002)
48. Rash\u00f4mon (1950)
49. Se7en (1995)<\/strong>
50. All About Eve (1950)
51. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
52. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
53. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
54. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)<\/strong>
55. Chinatown (1974)
56. Some Like It Hot (1959)
57. L.A. Confidential (1997)
58. L\u00e9on (1994)<\/strong>
59. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
60. Alien (1979)<\/strong>
61. American History X (1998)
62. Modern Times (1936)
63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
64. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
65. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
66. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
67. The Sting (1973)<\/strong>
68. On the Waterfront (1954)
69. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)<\/strong>
70. Raging Bull (1980)
71. Ran (1985)
72. Amadeus (1984)
73. Vita \u00e8 bella, La (1997)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. The Great Escape (1963)
76. A Clockwork Orange (1971)<\/strong>
77. City Lights (1931)
78. Reservoir Dogs (1992)<\/strong>
79. The Apartment (1960)
80. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
81. Metropolis (1927)<\/strong>
82. The Shining (1980)
83. High Noon (1952)
84. Jaws (1975)
85. Aliens (1986)
86. Finding Nemo (2003)<\/strong>
87. Annie Hall (1977)
88. Braveheart (1995)
89. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
90. Wo hu cang long (2000) (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)<\/strong>
91. Fargo (1996)
92. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)<\/strong>
93. Oldboy (2003)
94. Yojimbo (1961)
95. The Incredibles (2004)
96. Blade Runner (1982)
97. Strangers on a Train (1951)
98. Donnie Darko (2001)
99. The Sixth Sense (1999)
100. The Princess Bride (1987)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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