1-IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
2-TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
3-SCHINDLER'S LIST
4-ROCKY
5-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
6-E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
7-THE GRAPES OF WRATH
8-BREAKING AWAY
9-MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
10-SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
11-THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
12-APOLLO 13
13-HOOSIERS
14-THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
15-THE MIRACLE WORKER
16-NORMA RAE
17-ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
18-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
19-THE RIGHT STUFF
20-PHILADELPHIA
21-IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
22-THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
23-THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
24-NATIONAL VELVET
25-SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
26-THE WIZARD OF OZ
27-HIGH NOON
28-FIELD OF DREAMS
29-GANDHI
30-LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
31-GLORY
32-CASABLANCA
33-CITY LIGHTS
34-ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
35-GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
36-ON THE WATERFRONT
37-FORREST GUMP
38-PINOCCHIO
39-STAR WARS
40-MRS. MINIVER
41-THE SOUND OF MUSIC
42-12 ANGRY MEN
43-GONE WITH THE WIND
44-SPARTACUS
45-ON GOLDEN POND
46-LILIES OF THE FIELD
47-2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
48-THE AFRICAN QUEEN
49-MEET JOHN DOE
50-SEABISCUIT
51-THE COLOR PURPLE
52-DEAD POET'S SOCIETY
53-SHANE
54-RUDY
55-THE DEFIANT ONES
56-BEN-HUR
57-SERGEANT YORK
58-CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
59-DANCES WITH WOLVES
60-THE KILLING FIELDS
61-SOUNDER
62-BRAVEHEART
63-RAIN MAN
64-THE BLACK STALLION
65-A RAISIN IN THE SUN
66 -SILKWOOD
67-THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
68-AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
69-THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
70-COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
71-COOL HAND LUKE
72-DARK VICTORY
73-ERIN BROCKOVICH
74-GUNGA DIN
75-THE VERDICT
76-BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
77-DRIVING MISS DAISY
78-THELMA & LOUISE
79-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
80-BABE
81-BOYS TOWN
82-FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
83-MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
84-SERPICO
85-WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
86-STAND AND DELIVER
87-WORKING GIRL
88-YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
89-HAROLD AND MAUDE
90-HOTEL RWANDA
91-THE PAPER CHASE
92-FAME
93-A BEAUTIFUL MIND
94-CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
95-PLACES IN THE HEART
96-SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER
97-MADAME CURIE
98-THE KARATE KID
99-RAY
100-CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Nice list, but I would have rated Shawshank much higher. Lots of stuff to watch..
You really should watch Fiddler on the Roof. Lots of mad East Europeans running around and shouting a lot.
ReplyDeleteSearching for Bobby Fischer should be a lot higher up, imo. I thought it was really good. If Shane is inspirational, then "Once Upon a Time in the WEst" should be on that list, for *exactly* the same reasons.
Um..Shane was inspirational for the lone cowboy coming in and kicking everyone's ass, being a hero to that boy, etc. Was ole Harmonica that inspirational? Brilliant movie of course, but I'm not sure I was inspired by it.
ReplyDeleteRamesh Sippy, on the other hand, definitely was ;)
I'd like to meet the chaps who were inspired by Forrest Gump and Star Wars.
ReplyDeleteI thought you already met them at the airport.
ReplyDeleteThe list doesn't have:
ReplyDelete1) Almost Famous
2) Finding Forrester
3) Goodwill Hunting
And that's just three that I think should be on that list...
I wasn't thinking about the Hero to boys angle at all. The theme of both movies is very similar- rugged gunslingers following the Code of the West, fading into history and gracefuly (in the case of Shane, not so with Jack Palance's character) handing over to settlers with the Protestant Work Ethic build America. The point being that both movies reiterate stirring myths of How American was built. Nostalgia *and* patriotism. That sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteRamesh Sippy, definitely. I've always wanted to be evil and Gabbar Singh just fired that ambition.
Ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, perfect.
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