MY LIST OF SHAME, ACCORDING TO IMDB TOP 250

So I’m a weird blogger/critic (I’ve resigned myself to that title if you happen to use it). I love movies, but at the same there are a LOT of movies out there that I’ve yet to see. Every so often, like right now, I take a moment to note for my own personal, for lack of a better word, growth take a look at which film those are to try and remind myself where I need to focus most of my attention.

While I don’t consider it the greatest resource for what makes a movie great, currently they have The Avengers in the top 50 on the list, I do use the IMDB Top 250 as a fuzzy measuring stick so as for me to see what I have and have not seen so far. I did however exclude any films released within the last five years that happened to fall in the list because those I either skipped on purpose or know I will be getting to. I just feel like a certain amount of time should pass before any movie begins to get the 100% serious “greatest movie of all time” treatment.

Anyways here’s the Top 25 of My List:

  1. Schindler’s List (1993) (#7)
  2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (#10)
  3. City of God (2002) (#18)
  4. City Lights (1931) (#43)
  5. M (1931) (#50)
  6. Modern Times (1936) (#53)
  7. Double Indemnity (1944) (#56)
  8. L.A. Confidential (1997) (#76)
  9. The Great Dictator (1940) (#77)
  10. Amadeus (1984) (#85)
  11. All About Eve (1950) (#87)
  12. Metropolis (1927) (#89)
  13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (#93)
  14. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (#105)
  15. The Great Escape (1963) (#112)
  16. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (#118)
  17. Wild Strawberries (1957) (#125)
  18. Touch of Evil (1958) (#129)
  19. The Deer Hunter (1978) (#132)
  20. It All Happened One Night (1934) (#138)
  21. Strangers on a Train (1951) (#144)
  22. The Kid (1921) (#145)
  23. The Wages of Fear (1953) (#146)
  24. The Gold Rush (1925) (#149)
  25. Sunrise (1927) (#157)

Which film should I watch first? What’s on your list of shame?

Andrew Robinson

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  1. SJHoneywell

    Aside from The Avengers, my only two misses in the top 50 are City of God (#18) and Once Upon a Time in the West (#21).

    For the list as a whole, I've seen about 220, and many of my misses are from the last three years. Not too bad.Of yours, Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil, and Wages of Fear are all incredible.

    • Andrew Robinson

       Once Upon a Time in the West is one of my all-time fav westerns… that movie rules. I'd almost go so far as to say it's better than The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

      I think I'm going to try and make my Top 5 (those of the Top 50 I've yet to see) into a little marathon watch over the weekend. I'll see how far I get into it.

  2. TheElusiveAlexT

    M is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time.  Criminal Existentialism 101 – Why killers kill, examining human morality, Freudianism in action.  The film was released when serial killers were terrorizing Germany too. There is also the whole pre-nazi theme (the film was then strangely used as Nazi propaganda).  German cinema is probably my favorite thing that the Criterion collection introduced me to.  I also noticed Metropolis is on that list.  You should check out Fritz Lang, I should watch more of his films as well.

    • Andrew Robinson

       I have some knowledge of the expressionistic German cinema of the 30s, but I haven't delved into Fritz Lang's work just yet… I realize Chaplin is another blindspot of myself here. I've never seen a Chaplin film… i'm sure that's punishable by death somewhere in the world.

  3. Lesya

    Well, all those movies are so good that I don't even know what to recommend to see first. So I'll name the films that I personally love most: City Lights, Double Indemnity and It Happened One Night. But really they all are amazing, except for Strangers on a Train, it's the only Hitchcock movie that I disliked.

    • Andrew Robinson

      I've been meaning to do a Chaplin marathon for a long time… City Lights being the #1 film I've been looking towards seeing, just never seem to hit play on them. I've yet to see one of his films.

  4. Steven Flores

    Of that 25, there's 14 in that list I haven't seen.  I would totally recommend watching Metropolis, The Wages of Fear, Wild Strawberries, and those Charlie Chaplin films.

  6. Steven Flores

     Some are but some range around over 90 to 120-minutes.  Depending on what film you're seeing.

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