Two obsessions: movies and lists!

I'm a big movie buff - for a while in college I was a double major, history and communications with a focus on film, until the course load became too much and it was apparent that I was going to have to either drop a major or continue on for a fifth year. I was determined to finish in four years and what can you really do with a double major in history and film communications, besides teach? I didn't want to teach, so I dropped it. But I loved taking film courses and as a result have ended up with a very diverse film collection. But I'm always looking to broaden my film experience, so it seems imperative to me that I see everything on every top 100 list I can find. Here is the AFI (American Film Institute)'s 10 Top 10 (top ten of ten genres) with selections I need to see in RED:

ANIMATION

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
2. Pinocchio (1940)
3. Bambi (1942)
4. The Lion King (1994)
5. Fantasia (1942)
6. Toy Story (1995)
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
8. Shrek (2001)
9. Cinderella (1950)
10. Finding Nemo (2003

I've seen all of these, even own several. Moving on...

FANTASY

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
4. King Kong (1933)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
6. Field of Dreams (1989)
7. Harvey (1950)
8. Groundhog Day (1993)
9. Thief of Bagdad (1924)
10. Big (1988)

Okay, I've seen a King Kong and a Thief of Bagdad, just not these specifically. And I know what they're about... I still feel pretty good about how my movie experience is stacking up against the list.

GANGSTER - my viewing record is going to start slipping here...

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. White Heat (1949)
5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
6. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)*
8. The Public Enemy (1931)
9. Little Caesar (1931
10. Scarface (1983)

*I took my dad to see this for his birthday when I was 15. Not the best of decisions and we walked out of the theater, only to see it separately. I still haven't seen the "gimp" scene as my prom date deemed it too uncomfortable to watch together and my husband has seen no reason to rectify this situation...

SCIENCE FICTION - I redeem myself slightly with this category

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
3. E.T - The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
6. Blade Runner (1982)
7. Alien (1979)
8. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
10. Back to the Future (1985)

I was warned once by an authority I trust never to watch "A Clockwork Orange." So I may never finish this category. We'll see. I'm very impressionable...

WESTERN - my father would be so displeased. Let's not tell him!

1. The Searchers (1956)
2. High Noon (1952)
3. Shane (1953)
4. Unforgiven (1992)
5. Red River (1948)
6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
8. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
9. Stagecoach (1939)
10. Cat Ballou (1965) - now that I think of it, I might have seen it. But it doesn't come off the list until I'm sure!

Ironically, I've seen a ton of Westerns. Just not the best ones, I guess.

SPORTS

1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Rocky (1977)
3. The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
4. Hoosiers (1986)
5. Bull Durham (1988)
6. The Hustler (1961)
7. Caddyshack (1980)
8. Breaking Away (1979) - this is the bike movie, right?
9. National Velvet (1945)
10. Jerry Maguire (1996)

Somewhat better...I'm not surprised I haven't seen the ones I haven't seen...

MYSTERY

1. Vertigo (1958) viewed 1/12/2010
2. Chinatown (1974)
3. Rear Window (1954)
4. Laura (1944)
5. The Third Man (1950)
6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
7. North By Northwest (1959) - my dvr erased it before I got to it... :(
8. Blue Velvet (1986)
9. Dial M for Murder (1954)
10. The Usual Suspects (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

1. City Lights(1931)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
4. Roman Holiday (1953)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1941)
6. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
7. Adam's Rib (1949)
8. Moonstruck (1987)
9. Harold and Maude (1971)
10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

I'm not sure about Adam's Rib... I might have seen it. And Harold and Maude? I didn't get it. I admit it.

COURTROOM DRAMA

1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1963)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
4. The Verdict (1982)
5. A Few Good Men (1992)
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
7. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
8. In Cold Blood (1967)
9. A Cry in the Dark (1988)
10. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

It's like Westerns, all over again...

EPIC

1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939)
5. Spartacus (1960)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
9. Reds (1981)
10. The Ten Commandments

All in all, I'd say I'm pretty well rounded. But I need to complete the list- all 45 movies, not counting "A Clockwork Orange" - hence the obsession tag. So I'll be working on it, starting - NOW!

Luckily for me, I have a Netflix subscription and just about all of the movies I'm missing are available - some instantly too. In fact, as I composed and completed this post, I watched Vertigo. I think I'll start with the ones available instantly as that would be the best use of my time. And as my husband is gone right now, I'm going to pick the one that would drive him the craziest - the silent "Thief of Bagdad".