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What movies would make your all-time list?

By Catherine Toth Fox • December 2, 2013 • Musings, The Daily Dish

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I found a website called List Challenges that has lists of everything from the the Top 50 Best Books for Kids to the 83 Desserts To Try Before You Die. You click on the ones you’ve seen or the places you’ve been to, then you post your score to Facebook for others to see.

The one I did recently — and was thoroughly depressed about — was the Top 250 Movies of All Time. I saw only 97 of them. That’s pretty pathetic.

I thought about why I haven’t seen more movies. All I can think of is that in the last few years I’ve given up on going to the movie theater — too expensive, takes too long, I don’t like sticky theater floors — and I never seem to have a couple of hours to spare to watch Netflix. (I’ve had “Crazy, Stupid, Love” for something like five months.)

But that’s no excuse.

Some of these movies are classics like “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and “The Grapes of Wrath.” And others are just cult favorites such as “Pulp Fiction,” “The Big Lebowski” and “Princess Mononoke.” And still others are quasi-new like “Inglourious Basterds” and “Intouchables.”

Sadly, of the ones I just mentioned, I’ve only seen three.

The list was interesting, to say the least. There were horror films, animated movies, romantic comedies, dramas, even sequels.

Check it out.

What movies would make your all-time list?

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10 Comments

  • Reply Dennis December 2, 2013 at 6:12 am

    Hi Cat! Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Affair to Remember (Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr), Regarding Henry, Sound of Music, & Back to the Future. Have a great Cyber Monday!

  • Reply jaydee December 2, 2013 at 7:15 am

    My top three movies….so many but:

    Silence of the Lambs
    Shawshank Redemption
    Pulp Fiction

    So many more; Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, but the list would go on and on and on…

  • Reply Glenn D December 2, 2013 at 7:24 am

    Lucky Number Sleven is my favorite. I had that on my phone for the longest time and watched it over and over. I too find myself not being able to find 2 hours to sit and watch a movie at home. I’ve given up going to the theaters because of all the inconsiderate people on the phone talking, texting or doing everything but watch the movie.

  • Reply Eric December 2, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Problem with lists like these are that there are a lot of less than classic current films that were voted in. From this list I’d say only about 200-225 would be truly memorable films.

    I’d say that unless one is a film buff the tendency is to have seen movies from one’s lifetime plus a few classic outliers like It’s a Wonderful Life that always shows up around the holidays.

    I’m surprised of the number of films I’ve never seen, though I’ve probably heard of (only saw 124 of the list) Even with channels like TCM and Sundance i’ve missed a whole bunch of classic & foreign films.

    Some of my all time favorites:
    Goodfellas
    Godfather, Part 2
    It’s a Wonderful Life
    Bringing up Baby
    From Here to Eternity
    Tora, Tora, Tora
    Downfall
    The Wild Bunch
    2001
    Kwaidan
    Pulp Fiction
    Singin in the Rain
    Sound of Music

  • Reply rayboyjr December 2, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Hey Cat … so much to think of … need a list to choose from … I’ll go with a few that, for me, is fun and just makes me smile … not the usual all-time type of favorites … but they are on my list …

    … Grease …
    … Jerry Maguire …
    … Little Shop of Horrors …
    … My Cousin Vinny …
    … Spaceballs …

    … just off the top of my head …

  • Reply travelmonkey December 2, 2013 at 11:07 am

    The Blues Brothers
    Sixteen Candles
    Grease
    Autumn in New York
    Seven Pounds

  • Reply Gloria Abaya (MauiTriGirl) December 2, 2013 at 11:35 am

    HI! Cat…I’m an avid user of Netflix and Hulu. Since being at home alot with NHL I’ve done alot of catching up with movies and the guilty pleasure of reading books that i’ve ordered previously on Kindle and now have time to read.
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    Classic movies that I love is the Color Purple, GodFather, Original Clash of the Titans, Interview with a Vampire and any historical events.

    Favorite foreign film; Best of Youth (Italian), Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain), films by Pablo Almodovar (Spanish/Italian) you won’t be disappointed, their all available on Netfix and Hulu streaming

  • Reply Brian Park-Siart December 2, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    1. Pulp Fiction
    2. Reservoir Dogs
    3. Kill Bill 1 & 2
    4. Memento
    5. Shawshank Redemption
    6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    7. Henry Portrait of a Killer
    8. Truly Madly Deeply
    9. La Femme Nikita
    10. Diva
    11. Au Revoir Les Enfants
    12 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    13. Casablanca
    14. Betty Blue
    15. Closer

  • Reply Annoddah Dave December 3, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    CAT: Mine are – The Graduate, Jerry Maguire (which is homage to Mike Nichols The Graduate), Ran, Rashomon, Hara-Kiri, Lincoln, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Schindler’s List.

  • Reply Ken December 4, 2013 at 11:38 am

    1. Saving Private Ryan.
    2. Brave Heart
    3. It’s a Wonderful Life
    4. The Princess Bride
    5. True Grit (John Wayne)
    6. Sleepless in Seattle
    7. Rob Roy
    8. The Seven Samurai
    9. Pale Rider
    10. Operation Petticoat

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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