This is the IMDB Meme or something like that. I stole it from Joke, who swiped it from Poppy. I have to agree with Poppy about this, " who picked these movies?" There is no Thin Man, No Quiet Man, The Dirty Dozen, The Ref, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Madame X, Imitation of Life. And don't get me started on why The Searchers is all the way down at the bottom of the list-truly one of the best films EVER made!

1. The Godfather (1972)

2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

5. Pulp Fiction (1994)

6. Schindler’s List (1993)

7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

8.The Empire Strikes Back (1980) I saw this at the movies when it came out. At the time they were the coolest thing going. Lordy-I feel old!

9. Casablanca (1942)I love this one, Bogey should have had an Oscar for this. You can see the hurt in his eyes when he confronts Ilsa.

10. Seven Samurai (1954)

11. Star Wars (1977)

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

13. 12 Angry Men (1957)

14. Rear Window (1954)Love Grace Kelly, Love Hitchcock!

15. Goodfellas (1990)

16. Cidade de Deus (2002)

17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

19. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

20. The Usual Suspects (1995)

21. Psycho (1960)

22. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

23. Fight Club (1999)

24. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles is so handsome and charming in this. So sad that we all have to get old and fat!

25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Honest to G-d, I always watch this movie when I need to go on a diet. Cures me from eating for a couple of days. Maybe I need to have it running on a loop, at all times.

26. North by Northwest (1959) Love Cary Grant!

27. Memento (2000)

28. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

29. Sunset Blvd. (1950) I LOVE this one! I am pretty much obsessed with it!

30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

31. The Matrix (1999)

32. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

33. There Will Be Blood (2007)

34. Se7en (1995)

35. Apocalypse Now (1979)

36. Taxi Driver (1976)

37. American Beauty (1999)

38. Léon (1994)

39. Vertigo (1958)

40. Amelie (2001)

41. American History X (1998)

42. No Country for Old Men (2007)

43. The Departed (2006) Strangely enough even with all of the bloodshed, I really liked this one.

44. Paths of Glory (1957)

45. M (1931)

46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

47. Chinatown (1974)

48. The Third Man (1949) I LOVE this one. The music is haunting. And more handsome young Orson!

49. Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) The Lives of Others

50. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

52. Alien (1979)

53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

54. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)

55. The Shining (1980)

56. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) Spirited Away

57. The Pianist (2002)

58. Double Indemnity (1944)

59. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) I don't understand what the whole MP thing is about. My husband and his nerdy friends think this crappe is brilliant. I am not impressed.

60. Forrest Gump (1994)

61. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

62. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

63. L.A. Confidential (1997)

64. Boot, Das (1981)

65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

67. Untergang, Der (2004)

68. Aliens (1986)

69. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

70. Raging Bull (1980)

71. Metropolis (1927)

72. Rashômon (1950)

73. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

74. Modern Times (1936)

75. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

76. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

77. Sin City (2005)

78. Rebecca (1940) My first introduction to Hitchcock. I love this movie and have since I was about nine. I even read the book. One of my favorites.

79. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Again, I don't understand the appeal of Kubrick.

80. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)

81. All About Eve (1950)

82. Some Like It Hot (1959)

83. City Lights (1931)

84. Amadeus (1984)

85. Vita è bella, La (1997)

86. On the Waterfront (1954)If you haven't seen young Marlon, (before he got old and fat), he's a hunk. He does over-act somewhat.

87. The Great Escape (1963)

88. Touch of Evil (1958)

89. The Prestige (2006)

90. The Elephant Man (1980)

91. Jaws (1975)

92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

93. The Sting (1973)

94. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

95. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

96. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)This is another favorite.

97. The Apartment (1960)

98. Braveheart (1995)

99. Blade Runner (1982) Saw this at the movies, didn't get it then, still don't.

100. The Great Dictator (1940)

101. Strangers on a Train (1951)

102. Batman Begins (2005)

103. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

104. Ladri di biciclette (1948) Bicycle Thieves

105. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) Wages of Fear

106. High Noon (1952)

107. Ran (1985)

108. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

109. The Big Sleep (1946)

110. The Wizard of Oz (1939) Another all-time favorite.

111. Notorious (1946)

112. Back to the Future (1985)

113. Fargo (1996)

114. Oldboy (2003)

115. Unforgiven (1992)

116. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

117. Donnie Darko (2001)

118. Ratatouille (2007)

119. Mononoke-hime (1997)

120. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

121. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

122. Yojimbo (1961)

123. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)

124. The Green Mile (1999) I LOVE this book and movie.

125. Million Dollar Baby (2004)I LOVE Clint Eastwood and if he chose to film himself reading the phone book outloud, I would watch it.

126. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

127. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)

128. Gladiator (2000)

129. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)

130. Annie Hall (1977) Never have understood the appeal of Woody Allen.

131. Die Hard (1988)

132. Into the Wild (2007)

133. Ben-Hur (1959)Especially timely since this Easter weekend. If you haven't seen it you should. Heston+DeMille=Genius!

134. The Deer Hunter (1978)

135. The Sixth Sense (1999)

136. It Happened One Night (1934)

137. The General (1927)

138. Platoon (1986)

139. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

140. Life of Brian (1979) Again Monty Python-why waste the celluloid?

141. The Killing (1956)

142. Smultronstället (1957) Wild Strawberries

143. Amores perros (2000) Love's a B'tch

144. Finding Nemo (2003)

145. Diaboliques, Les (1955)

146. The Incredibles (2004)

147. V for Vendetta (2005)

148. The Wild Bunch (1969)

149. Heat (1995)

150. Children of Men (2006)

151. Brief Encounter (1945)

152. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

153. Juno (2007)

154. The Princess Bride (1987)

155. 8½ (1963)

156. The Graduate (1967)

157. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

158. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)My grandfather that raised me was a WWII vet of the Pacific Theatre, I really don't want to see the other side of the coin.

159. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

160. The Big Lebowski (1998)Not impressed with the Cohen brothers.

161. Crash (2004/I)

162. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

163. Stand by Me (1986)

164. Gandhi (1982) Saw it at the movies and was not impressed.

165. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

166. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

167. Snatch. (2000) Meh, I don't get what is so great about Madonna's husband. Yawn.

168. Harvey (1950)

169. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

170. The African Queen (1951)

171. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

172. The Thing (1982)

173. Trainspotting (1996)

174. Gone with the Wind (1939)One of my favorites, OH how I love Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. But the book is better.

175. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) I HATE this movie and the book! UGH! When I want to see a movie, I want to escape. I could show you some poverty.

176. Wo hu cang long (2000) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

177. Belle et la bête, La (1946)

178. The Gold Rush (1925)

179. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) I loved this look at disfunction, especially the end!

180. Groundhog Day (1993)

181. The Conversation (1974)

182. American Gangster (2007)

183. Scarface (1983)I own this on DVD, but haven't yet had the chance to watch it.

184. Patton (1970)

185. Duck Soup (1933)

186. Toy Story (1995)

187. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

188. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

189. Twelve Monkeys (1995)

190. The Terminator (1984)

191. Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)

192. Sleuth (1972)

193. The Hustler (1961)

194. Umberto D. (1952)

195. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

196. Stalker (1979)

197. Glory (1989)

198. Ed Wood (1994)

199. King Kong (1933)

200. Grindhouse (2007)

201. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

202. The Exorcist (1973)

203. The Lion King (1994)

204. Hotaru no haka (1988)

205. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

206. Spartacus (1960)

207. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

208. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

209. The Lost Weekend (1945)

210. Stalag 17 (1953)

211. Magnolia (1999)

212. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

213. Lola rennt (1998) Run Lola Run

214. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

215. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

216. Frankenstein (1931)

217. Out of the Past (1947)

218. Big Fish (2003)

219. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

220. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

221. Casino (1995) Joe Pesci offs someone with a ballpoint pen! EEEKK!! But still a gripping story!

222. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) CREEPY as hell! I just read that someone is going to remake this one! ICK!

223. Toy Story 2 (1999)

224. Mystic River (2003)

225. Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)

226. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

227. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

228. Hot Fuzz (2007)

229. A Christmas Story (1983) "Fra-gi-le, must be Italian." Love this line.

230. Ikiru (1952)

231. Mou gaan dou (2002)

232. Manhattan (1979)

233. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)Again, Marlon young and hunky and OVERACTING.

234. Young Frankenstein (1974)

235. Dial M for Murder (1954)

236. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Lee Marvin+John Wayne+ directed by John Ford= PERFECTION!

237. Rope (1948)

238. Once (2006)

239. Roman Holiday (1953) Never have understood what is so great about Audrey Hepburn, but I do like the movie.

240. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) The 400 Blows

241. The Searchers (1956)Now for my money this should be the number one movie. John Wayne should have had an Oscar for this. This is one of the best films ever made. If you haven't seen it on a big screen, go buy a big ass TV and do it.

242. In Cold Blood (1967)

243. Ying xiong (2002)

244. His Girl Friday (1940)

245. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

246. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) This was an ok movie, but all through I just kept comparing everything to ERROL FLYNN and DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, they were the masters of the swashbukling!

247. Samouraï, Le (1967)

248. Strada, La (1954)

249. Harold and Maude (1971)

250. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) Aguire, The Wrath of God