Tuesday, November 02, 2010

My Yearly Movie List - 92 and Counting

A few years back, I began to make a list of movies that I hadn't seen.  The list started as a list of current or somewhat current movies going back 4 or 5 years.  Then the list grew to movies I missed in the 1990s then 1980s then classics from earlier than that.  Needless to say, the list grew to more than 300 movies which I have made a point to watch.  Its my cultural duty, right?  (I'm promoting the art of film making. At least that's what I tell my wife)

Even if I average 100 movies a year (which I reached last year), we are still talking more than 3 years to finish the list.   This also doesn't count adding new movies to the list which I do invariably each each year. 

Here is the list so far in no particular order:  The movies in BOLDFACE are recommended flicks

92 and counting

The Insider
Deadman
Ed Wood
Brazil
Jacobs Ladder

Sherlock Holmes
Up in the Air
Public Enemies
Quiz Show
The Informant!

Inglorious Basterds
Moon
The Hurt Locker

Heist
Network

A Serious Man
The Conversation
The Lovely Bones
Ground Hog Day
An Education

The Verdict
Crazyheart
The Blind Side
Zodiac
Man on Wire

Invictus
Mulholland Drive
Silent Running
Cloverfield
The Road

Following
Traffic
Trainspotting
Ironman 2
Wartapes

Taxi to the Darkside
Serenity
Precious
Trinity and Beyond
The Mosquito Coast

Downfall
The Messenger
Donnie Brasco
The Godfather
Solaris

Casino
The War Room
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
The Watchmen
America: The story of us (ep 1-3)

America: The story of us (ep 4-6)
Fargo
Grizzly Man
The Usual Suspects
Boiler Room

The A-team
The Butterfly Effect
Good Night, Good Luck
Hut Tub Time Machine
Fight Club

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
The Cruise
Moon 44
Echelon Conspiracy
11:14

Puzzlehead
Collapse
Rabbit Proof Fence
I am Legend
Fail-Safe

Flight 93
The Machinist

Dune
Shooter
Videodrome

Darkened Room
Shattered Glass
Touching the Void
Control Room
Windtalkers

Owl: Legend of the Guardians
The Mist
The Peacemaker
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Shutter Island

Babylon A.D.
The Killing Fields
Manhunter
The Score
Ken Burns: 10th Inning

Wordplay
Oldboy

The Expendables

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