Starting Now, It All Changes

Goal: 101 Films in 1001 Days

To Date: (69/101)
Start Date: October 3, 2009
End Date: June 30, 2012

Most recently watched film:  The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966)

*Denotes a suggestion from family or friends (7 of required 10)

AFI Top 100 Films Composite Lists (1998 & 2007)
(Viewed 22 of the missing 38 to date.)

1. All About Eve (1950) – 4/5 Stars – (7.24.2011)
2. Chinatown (1974) – 3.5/5 Stars - (3.13.2011)
3. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – 3/5 Stars – (8.8.2011)
4. The Maltese Falcon (1941) – 4.5/5 Stars – (3.16.2010) 
5. Midnight Cowboy (1969) - 3.5/5 Stars – (3.8.2011)
6. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
7. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – 3.5/5 Stars – (7.22.2011)
8. Taxi Driver (1976) – 3/5 Stars – (2.13.2010)
9. Network (1976)
10. Shane (1953)
11. The Gold Rush (1925) – 3.5/5 Stars – (4.3.2011)
12. The Wild Bunch (1969) – 3/5 Stars – (10.19.2010)
13. Modern Times (1936) – 5/5 Stars – (1.30.2010)
14. Duck Soup (1933) – 3.5/5 Stars – (9.14.2010)
15. Unforgiven (1992) – 5/5 Stars – (3.10.2010)
16. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) – 4/5 Stars – (1.1.2010)
17. From Here to Eternity (1953) – 5/5 Stars – (3.20.2011)
18. Amadeus (1984) – 3.75/5 Stars – (4.4.2011)
19. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
20. The Third Man (1949)
21. Stagecoach (1939) – 5/5 Stars – (4.11.2010)
22. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
23. Wuthering Heights (1939)
24. Giant (1956) - 3.5/5 Stars – (7.21.2010)
25. Frankenstein (1931)
26. The Jazz Singer (1927)
27. My Fair Lady (1964) – 2/5 Stars – (7.28.2011)
28. A Place in the Sun (1951)
29. Intolerance (1916) – 3/5 Stars – (4.7.2011)
30. Nashville (1975)
31. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) – 4/5 Stars – (7.30.2011)
32. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) – 2/5 Stars – (7.27.2010)
33. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
34. Sunrise (1927)
35. A Night at the Opera (1935) – 4/5 Stars (11.19.2009)
36. Swing Time (1936) – 4/5 Stars – (3.15.2011)
37. The Last Picture Show (1971)
38. Do the Right Thing (1989)
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    Unseen Films (Or, shocking oversights)
    # Denotes IMBD Top 15 of the new millenium
    ^ Denotes IMDB Top 100 Films by User Rating
    + Denotes a foreign language film (4 of required 10)
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39. Requiem for a Dream (2000)# – 3/5 Stars – (4.4.2010)
40. Spirited Away (2001)#+ – 3.5/5 Stars – (7.30.2011)
41. Das Leben der Anderen [The Lives of Others] (2006)#+
42. The Departed (2006)# – 4/5 Stars – (1.15.2010)
43. Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002)#+
44. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966)^ – 3.75/5 Stars – (8.9.2011)
45. Shichinin no samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954)^+ – 5/5 Stars – (5.24.2011)
46. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)^ – 5/5 Stars – (3.25.2011)
47. Alien (1979) – 3/5 Stars – (5.28.11)
48. Aliens (1986) – 3/5 Stars – (5.28.11)
49. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 4/5 Stars – (5.26.11)
50. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
51. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
52. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)* (Thanks Val!) – 4/5 Stars –  (9.4.2010)
53. Zombieland (2009) – 5/5 Stars – (10.18.2009)
54. Antikörper [Antibodies] (2005) *+ (Thanks Amanda!)
55. Where the Wild Things Are (2009) – 5/5 Stars – (11.11.2009)
56. Les Choristes [The Chorus] (2004)+ – 4/5 Stars – (11.15.2009)
57. Brüno (2009) – 3/5 Stars – (11.21.2009)
58. Bolt (2008) – 4/5 Stars – (11.27.2009)
59. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) – 4/5 Stars – (12.1.2009)
60. The International (2009) – 2.5/5 Stars – (12.12.2009)
61. The Brothers Bloom (2008) – 3.75/5 Stars – (12.21.2009)
62. Sherlock Holmes (2009) – 5/5 Stars – (12.26.2009)
63. W. (2008) – 3.5/5 Stars – (12.26.2009)
64. The Wrestler (2008) – 3/5 Stars – (12.29.2009)
65. The Darjeeling Limited (2007) – 4/5 Stars – (1.3.2010)
66. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) – 3.5/5 Stars – (1.5.2010)
67. Nine (2009) – 2.5/5 Stars – (1.6.2009)
68. Lost in Austen (2008) – 5/5 Stars – (1.21.2010)
69. Rachel Getting Married (2008) – 3/5 Stars – (1.27.2010)
70. In the Name of the Father (1993) – 4/5 Stars – (1.31.2010)
71. Daybreakers (2010) – 5/5 Stars – (2.5.2010)
72. The Book of Eli (2010) – 4/5 Stars – (2.14.2010)
73. Avatar (2009)  4/5 Stars – (2.19.2010)
74. The Hurt Locker (2008) 4.5/5 Stars – (3.2.2010)
75. District 9 (2009) – 4/5 Stars – (3.9.2010)
76. 9 (2009) – 3/5 Stars – (3.14.2010)
77. The Big Chill (1983)* – (Thanks Megan & Liz P!) – 3/5 Stars – (8.16.2010)
78. The Magnificent Seven (1960)* – (Thanks Mom!) – 3.5/5 Stars – (4.6.2010)
79. The Proposal (2009) – 3/5 Stars – (9.1.2010)
80. Dinner for Schmucks – 4/5 Stars – (9.2.2010)
81. Gallipoli (1981) – 4/5 Stars –  (9.5.2010)
82. Kick-Ass (2010)* -(Thanks Shannon!) 5/5 Stars – (9.8.2010)
83. Let the Right One In – 4/5 Stars (9.8.2010)+
84. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010) – 4/5 Stars – (9.24.2010)
85. The King’s Speech (2010) – 5/5 Stars – (1.8.2011)
86. True Grit (2010) – 4/5 Stars – (1.17.2011)
87. Bridesmaids (2011)* – Thanks Andi! 4/5 Stars – (5.13.2011)
88. Super 8 (2011) – Thanks, Jess! 3.5/5 Stars – (7.2.2011)
89. Iron Giant (1999) – 4.5/5 Stars – (7.23.2011)
90. Billy Elliot (2000) – 5/5 Stars – (8.8.2011)

Ratings: 1-5 Stars
1 Star – I Hated It!, 2 Stars – It Was Pretty Bad, 3 Stars – It Was Okay, 4 Stars – It Was Very Good!, 5 Stars – It Was Excellent!

This list is not complete!
If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear from you below, or here! Old, new, or upcoming movies — I’m looking to add friend favorites, classics – and new movies I see that are so good they’re worth talking about.

Just a note: If you noticed I only need to watch 38 AFI Top 100 films from the composite lists, then you might have realized it’s because I’ve already watched the other 85! I love movies! I’m open to try most anything. I’m particularly fond of well made: action/adventure, comedy, quirky romance, and foreign films.

Check out my collection at DVD Aficionado to see where I’ve been. My Netflix account claims I’ve rated 1000+ films, but until that can be viewed publicly, my DVDAF will have to do.