11.22.2005

second in a series

The American Film Institute's list of the 100 Most Thrilling American films. I was surprised to note how many of these I had seen, or that I would like to see.

(Key: Seen It, Own It, Loved It, Want It)
  1. Psycho 1960
  2. Jaws 1975
  3. The Exorcist 1973
  4. North by Northwest 1959 [updated 5-8-07]
  5. The Silence of the Lambs 1991
  6. Alien 1979
  7. The Birds 1963
  8. The French Connection 1971
  9. Rosemary's Baby 1968
  10. Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
  11. The Godfather 1972 [updated 5-8-07]
  12. King Kong 1933
  13. Bonnie and Clyde 1967
  14. Rear Window 1954
  15. Deliverance 1972
  16. Chinatown 1974
  17. The Manchurian Candidate 1962
  18. Vertigo 1958
  19. The Great Escape 1963
  20. High Noon 1952
  21. A Clockwork Orange 1971
  22. Taxi Driver 1976
  23. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
  24. Double Indemnity 1944
  25. Titanic 1997
  26. The Maltese Falcon 1941
  27. Star Wars 1977
  28. Fatal Attraction 1987
  29. The Shining 1980
  30. The Deer Hunter1978
  31. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
  32. Strangers on a Train 1951
  33. The Fugitive 1993
  34. The Night of the Hunter 1955
  35. Jurassic Park 1993
  36. Bullitt 1968
  37. Casablanca 1942 [updated 5-8-07]
  38. Notorious 1946 [updated 5-8-07]
  39. Die Hard 1988
  40. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
  41. Dirty Harry 1971
  42. The Terminator 1984
  43. The Wizard of Oz 1939
  44. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982
  45. Saving Private Ryan 1998
  46. Carrie 1976
  47. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
  48. Dial M for Murder 1954
  49. Ben-Hur 1959
  50. Marathon Man 1976
  51. Raging Bull 1980
  52. Rocky 1976
  53. Pulp Fiction 1994
  54. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
  55. Wait Until Dark 1967
  56. Frankenstein 1931
  57. All the President's Men 1976
  58. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
  59. Planet of the Apes 1968
  60. The Sixth Sense 1999
  61. Cape Fear 1962
  62. Spartacus 1960
  63. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
  64. Touch of Evil 1958
  65. The Dirty Dozen 1967
  66. The Matrix 1999
  67. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
  68. Halloween 1978
  69. The Wild Bunch 1969
  70. Dog Day Afternoon 1975
  71. Goldfinger 1964
  72. Platoon 1986
  73. Laura 1944
  74. Bladerunner 1982 [updated 5-8-07]
  75. The Third Man 1949
  76. Thelma & Louise 1991
  77. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
  78. Gaslight 1944
  79. The Magnificent Seven 1960
  80. Rebecca 1940
  81. The Omen 1976
  82. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
  83. The Phantom of the Opera 1925
  84. Poltergeist 1982
  85. Dracula 1931
  86. The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945
  87. The Thing from Another World 1951
  88. 12 Angry Men 1957
  89. The Guns of Navarone 1961
  90. The Poseidon Adventure 1972
  91. Braveheart 1995
  92. Body Heat 1981
  93. Night of the Living Dead 1968
  94. The China Syndrome 1979
  95. Full Metal Jacket 1987
  96. Blue Velvet 1986 [updated 5-8-07]
  97. Safety Last 1923
  98. Blood Simple 1984 [updated 5-8-07]
  99. Speed 1994
  100. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
Anyone else?

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