Watch and See – My Top 101 Films: The Complete List

1. 12 Angry Men/Anatomy of a Murder (1957/1959) | Directed by Sidney Lumet/Otto Preminger
2. The 400 Blows (1959) | Directed by François Truffaut
3. A Christmas Story (1983) | Directed by Bob Clark
4. Alien/Aliens (1979/1986) | Directed by Ridley Scott/James Cameron
5. Annie Hall (1977) | Directed by Woody Allen
6. Army of Shadows  (1969) | Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
7. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Directed by Frank Capra
8. La Belle et la Bête (1946) | Directed by Jean Cocteau
9. Being John Malkovich (1999) | Directed by Spike Jonze
10. Bicycle Thieves (1948) | Directed by Vittorio De Sica
11. The Big Lebowski (1996) | Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
12. Black Swan (2010) | Directed by Darren Aronofsky
13. Blue Valentine (2010) | Directed by Derek Cianfrance
14. Brick (2005) | Directed by Rian Johnson
15. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | Directed by James Whale
16. Bringing Up Baby*  (1938) | Directed by Howard Hawks
17. Burn After Reading (2008) | Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
18. Cabaret (1972) | Directed by Bob Fosse
19. The Cabin in the Woods (2012) | Directed by Drew Goddard
20. Casablanca* (1942) | Directed by Michael Curtiz
21. Casino Royale* (2006) | Directed by Martin Campbell
22. Cast Away (2000) | Directed by Robert Zemeckis
23. Charade (1963) | Directed by Stanley Donen
24. Chungking Express (1994) | Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
25. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Directed by Steven Spielberg
26. Clue (1985) | Directed by Jonathan Lynn
27. Dancer in the Dark (2000) | Directed by Lars von Trier
28. Death Proof (2007) | Directed by Quentin Tarantino
29. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | Directed by David Frankel
30. Diabolique (1955) | Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
31. District 9 (2009) | Directed by Neill Blomkamp
32. Dogville (2005) | Directed by Lars von Trier
33. Down with Love (2003) | Directed by Peyton Reed
34. Dr. No (1962) | Directed by Terrence Young
35. Drive (2011) | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
36. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | Directed by Ang Lee
37. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | Directed by Michel Gondry
38. The Exorcist (1973) | Directed by William Friedkin
39. Fanny and Alexander* (1982) | Directed by Ingmar Bergman
40. Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (1940/2000) | Directed by Walt Disney/Roy E. Disney
41. Fargo (1996) Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
42. GoldenEye (1995) | Directed by Martin Campbell
43. In the Loop (2009) | Directed by Armando Iannucci
44. Kill Bill (2003/2004) | Directed by Quentin Tarantino
45. King Kong (2005) | Directed by Peter Jackson
46. Kuroneko (1968) | Directed by Kaneto Shindo
47. The Lady Vanishes (1938) | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
48. Lady Vengeance (2005) | Directed by Park Chan-wook
49. The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions (2001 – 2003) | Directed by Peter Jackson
50. Lost in Translation (2003) | Directed by Sofia Coppola
51. M (1931) | Directed by Fritz Lang
52. Manhattan* (1979) | Directed by Woody Allen
53. The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | Directed by Jonathan Demme
54. Mean Girls (2004) | Directed by Mark Waters
55. Melancholia* (2011) | Directed by Lars von Trier
56. Memento (2000) | Directed by Christopher Nolan
57. Midnight in Paris (2011) | Directed by Woody Allen
58. Modern Times (1936) | Directed by Charlie Chaplin
59. Moon (2009) | Directed by Duncan Jones
60. Nights of Cabiria/Vivre sa Vie* (1957/1962) | Directed by Federico Fellini/Jean-Luc Godard
61. Nosferatu (1927) | Directed by F.W. Murnau
62. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) | Directed by Steven Soderbergh
63. Oldboy (2004) | Directed by Park Chan-wook
64. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) | Directed by Guillermo del Toro
65. Paper Moon (1973) | Directed by Peter Bogdonavich
66. Paths of Glory (1957) | Directed by Stanley Kubrick
67. Pleasantville (1998) | Directed by Gary Ross
68. The Prestige (2006) | Directed by Christopher Nolan
69. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) | Directed by Woody Allen
70. Radio Days (1987) | Directed by Woody Allen
71. Rango (2011) | Directed by Gore Verbinski
72. Rear Window (1954) | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
73. The Red Balloon (1965) | Directed by Albert Lamorisse
74. Saw (2004) | Directed by James Wan
75. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) | Directed by Edgar Wright
76. Scream (1996) | Directed by Wes Craven
77. The Seventh Seal (1957) | Directed by Ingmar Bergman
78. Sherlock Jr. (1924) | Directed by Buster Keaton
79. The Shining (1980) | Directed by Stanley Kubrick
80. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) | Directed by François Truffaut
81. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | Directed by Jonathan Demme
82. Sin City (2004) | Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
83. Singin’ in the Rain* (1952) | Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
84. The Social Network (2010) | Directed by David Fincher
85. Some Like it Hot/The Apartment (1959/1960) | Directed by Billy Wilder
86. Star Wars* (1977) | Directed by George Lucas
87. Stranger Than Fiction* (2006) | Directed by Marc Forster
88. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | Directed by Tim Burton
89. Taxi Driver (1976) | Directed by Martin Scorsese
90. This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) | Directed by Kirby Dick
91. Three Colors Trilogy (1993 – 1994) | Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
92. There Will Be Blood (2007) | Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
93. Toy Story (1995) | Directed by John Lasseter
94. The Tree of Life (2011) | Directed by Terrence Malick
95. The Truman Show (1998) | Directed by Peter Wei
96. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) | Directed by Wes Craven
97. His Girl Friday (1940) | Directed by Howard Hawks
98. When Harry Met Sally… (1989) | Directed by Rob Reiner
99. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) | Directed by Robert Zemeckis
100. Young Adult (2011) | Directed by Jason Reitman
101. Young Frankenstein (1974) | Directed by Mel Brooks

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