50 Films to see before you die

[binidj]

Films in bold are the ones I've seen:

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Bout de Souffle
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Alien
All About Eve
Apartment, The
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Black Narcissus
Boyz N the Hood
Brazil
Breakfast Club, The
Cabaret
Chinatown
City of God
Come and See
Dawn of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Erin Brockovich
Fanny and Alexander
Fight Club
Heavenly Creatures
Hero
Ipcress File, The
King of Comedy, The
Ladykillers, The
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Lost in Translation
Manhattan
Mulholland Drive
Night at the Opera
North by Northwest
Pink Flamingos
Player, The
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Scarface
Searchers, The
Secrets and Lies
Sexy Beast
Shawshank Redemption, The
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This Sporting Life
Three Colours Blue
Touch of Evil
Trainspotting
Walkabout

27/50 ... not too bad.

Comments

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

I'd highly recommend Badlands.

I've seen bits of Aguirre and The Apartment - both of which look like they're well worth a watch.
And apparently part of Black Narcissus was filmed in Horsham's Causeway (I think the only claim to fame my hometown has)

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Horsham you say? Who are you?

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm London based now.

I played Tyburn in the aborted Neverwhere game.

[dragonzgrace.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to say (especially in my line of work) that I've only seen 40 of those. But it is a most impressive list. I have given you the eyes from Black Narcissus in return.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Heh, I wondered how many you'd have seen ... thank you for the eyes though, I adore Black Narcissus.

[hybridartifacts.livejournal.com]

Did you watch the 50 films teaser show on channel 4? It really annoyed me-they gace away the twists and endings of many of the films. While I had seen most of them at some time in the past, Suzette has not so it has really spoilt our enjoyment of them-we had to turn the channel to avoid the blasted shows spoilers! Grrrr!

[binidj.livejournal.com]

No, thankfully I avoided that particular bit of foolishness.