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1	Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) 1924, PG) Die Letzte Mann was a 1924 gem made by F. W. Murnau at time when it was greatly viewed as a success to the older generation who the world seem to be casting aside for younger, hipper, more modern thinking. The film shows the life, failure, loss and finally in a fantasy sequence, success of a doorman who is played by very able and flexible Emil Jannings. The Last Laugh (English title) show us that old people are worth much more then we sometimes treat them as.
2	The Public Enemy (1931) , Unrated)
3	Dinner at Eight 1933, Unrated)
4	The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941, Unrated)
5	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967, Unrated)
6	Eight Men Out 1988, PG)
7	2001: A Space Odyssey 1968, G) Stanley Kubrick single handedly reinvigorated the Science Fiction film with this amazing masterwork of technology vs. man, ritualistic beginnings of man and the power of myth. Exploring everything from space navigation to the very concept of time and space, the film was widely liked. Not always clear and sometimes downright "trippy" the film proved the cinema could be used to create wonder and awe once more. Semi avant grade in it's final forty minutes, the film has been mocked, praised, booed, heralded, criticized, lauded and honored, not bad for a little science fiction film the Kubrick never thought would catch on.
8	Good Night, And Good Luck 2005, PG)
9	Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (Bicycle Thieves) 1948, Unrated)
10	The Philadelphia Story 1940, Unrated)
11	Bringing Up Baby 1938, Unrated)
12	Scarface 1932, PG)
13	Guys and Dolls 1955, Unrated)
14	The Grapes of Wrath 1940, Unrated)
15	Of Mice and Men 1939, Unrated)
16	Pride and Prejudice 1940, Unrated)
17	Faust 1926, Unrated)
18	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989, PG-13)
19	All Quiet on the Western Front 1979, Unrated)
20	All the President's Men 1976, PG)
21	All of Me 1984, PG)
22	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004, PG)
23	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003, PG-13)
24	It's a Wonderful Life 1946, G)
25	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1953, Unrated)
26	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939, Unrated)
27	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936, Unrated)
28	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1962, G)
29	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948, Unrated)
30	Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939, Unrated)
31	Love Happy 1949, Unrated)
32	Room Service 1938, Unrated)
33	At the Circus 1939, Unrated)
34	Who's Minding the Store? 1963, Unrated)
35	Big Business 1988, PG)
36	Road to Singapore 1940, Unrated)
37	Road to Zanzibar 1941, Unrated)
38	Road to Morocco 1942, Unrated)
39	Road to Utopia 1946, Unrated)
40	Road to Rio 1947, Unrated)
41	Casanova's Big Night 1954, Unrated)
42	The Ghost Breakers 1940, Unrated)
43	Fancy Pants 1950, G)
44	Catch Me If You Can 2002, PG-13)
45	Cinderella 1950, G)
46	Coming to America 1988, R)
47	Aladdin 1992, G)
48	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982, PG) classic, story about friendship, encouragement for the future of mankind at the same time
49	Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004, R)
50	Forrest Gump 1994, PG-13)
51	Ghost 1990, PG-13)
52	Ghost Rider 2007, PG-13)
53	GoodFellas 1990, R)
54	Grease 1978, PG)
55	Hook 1991, PG)
56	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984, PG)
57	Jaws 1975, PG)
58	Jurassic Park 1993, PG-13)
59	Legally Blonde 2001, PG-13)
60	Liar Liar 1997, PG-13)
61	Little Miss Sunshine 2006, R)
62	Minority Report 2002, PG-13)
63	Million Dollar Baby 2004, PG-13)
64	Mrs. Doubtfire 1993, PG-13)
65	National Treasure 2004, PG)
66	Pretty in Pink 1986, PG-13) This is another of John Hughes' brilliant writing tour de forces. He simply understands the pain and triumph of love, and as corny as it sounds his films are so feel good that we believe in ourselves more then when we started watching the film. Hughes was the master at teenage, lovesick, sentimental, intelligently articulated patter and character design.
67	Pretty Woman 1990, R) julia roberts and richard gere who could ask for anything more
68	Platoon 1986, R)
69	Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
70	Rudy 1993, PG)
71	Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993, PG-13)
72	Scary Movie 2000, R) stupid, but hilarious
73	Spider-Man 2002, PG-13) action packed
74	Spider-Man 2 2004, PG-13)
75	Stand by Me 1986, R)
76	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999, PG)
77	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002, PG)
78	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005, PG-13) reinvigorated star wars legacy
79	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977, PG)
80	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980, PG)
81	The Lion King 1994, G)
82	Steel Magnolias 1989, PG)
83	Taxi Driver 1976, R)
84	Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991, R)
85	The Color Purple 1985, PG-13)
86	The Devil Wears Prada 2006, PG-13)
87	The Godfather 1972, R)
88	The Godfather, Part II 1974, R)
89	The Goonies 1985, PG)
90	The Little Mermaid 1989, G)
91	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, PG-13)
92	The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, R)
93	The Truman Show 1998, PG)
94	Top Gun 1986, PG)
95	Trainspotting 1996, R)
96	When Harry Met Sally 1989, R)
97	X-Men 2000, PG-13)
98	Young Frankenstein 1974, PG)
99	What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993, PG-13)
100	To Kill A Mockingbird 1962, Unrated)
101	Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill (Prelude to Murder) 1946, Unrated)
102	The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939, Unrated)
103	Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit To Algiers 1945, Unrated)
104	Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942, Unrated)
105	Sherlock Holmes in Pearl of Death 1944, Unrated)
106	Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942, Unrated)
107	Sherlock Holmes - The House of Fear 2003, Unrated)
108	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939, Unrated)
109	Scarlet Street 1945, PG)
110	M 1931, Unrated)
111	Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit) (Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime) 1922, Unrated)
112	Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (Kriemhild's Revenge) 1924, Unrated)
113	Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Siegfried's Death) 1924, Unrated)
114	Destiny (Der mude Tod) (The Weary Death) (Between Two Worlds) 1921, Unrated)
115	Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) 1922, Unrated)
116	The Crowd 1928, Unrated)
117	The Errand Boy 1961, Unrated)
118	The Bellboy 1960, Unrated)
119	The Ladies Man 1961, Unrated)
120	The Patsy 1964, Unrated)
121	The Family Jewels 1965, Unrated)
122	The Nutty Professor 1963, Unrated)
123	The Stooge 1952, Unrated)
124	At War with the Army 1950, G)
125	The Geisha Boy 1958, Unrated)
126	Man of the Year 2006, PG)
127	The Delicate Delinquent 1956, Unrated)
128	The First Wives Club 1996, PG)
129	The Little Foxes 1941, PG-13)
130	Mr. Skeffington 1944, Unrated)
131	Dark Victory 1939, Unrated)
132	The Letter 1940, Unrated)
133	Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte 2005, Unrated)
134	Ruthless People 1986, R)
135	Hocus Pocus 1993, PG)
136	The Nanny 1965, Unrated)
137	Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977, PG)
138	That Touch of Mink 1962, Unrated)
139	Notorious 1946, Unrated)
140	Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, Unrated)
141	People Will Talk 1951, Unrated)
142	The Ruling Class 1972, PG)
143	The Lion in Winter 1968, PG)
144	The Longest Day 1962, G)
145	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966, R)
146	Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders 1996, Unrated)
147	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) 1984, R)
148	Let It Be 1970, G)
149	A Star Is Born 1954, PG)
150	The Last Starfighter 1984, PG)
151	Flash Gordon (Space Soldiers) 2000, Unrated)
152	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938, Unrated)
153	Batman Returns 1992, PG-13)
154	Batman 1989, PG-13)
155	The Batman (An Evening with Batman and Robin) 1943, Unrated)
156	Batman - Return to the Batcave 2003, Unrated)
157	Adventures of Captain Marvel 1941, Unrated)
158	Buck Privates 1941, Unrated)
159	The Rescuers Down Under 1990, G)
160	The Goat 1921, Unrated)
161	Balloonatic 1923, Unrated)
162	The Three Ages 1923, Unrated)
163	Battling Butler 1926, Unrated)
164	The Electric House 1922, Unrated)
165	Neighbors 1920, Unrated)
166	The 'High Sign' 1921, Unrated)
167	The Scarecrow 1920, Unrated)
168	The Saphead 1920, Unrated)
169	The Boat 1921, Unrated)
170	Long Day's Journey Into Night 1962, Unrated)
171	Adam's Rib 1949, Unrated)
172	How to Steal a Million 1966, Unrated)
173	Desk Set 1957, Unrated)
174	Roman Holiday 1953, Unrated)
175	Captains Courageous 1937, PG)
176	Boys Town 1938, Unrated)
177	Inherit the Wind 1960, PG)
178	Father's Little Dividend 1951, Unrated)
179	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963, G)
180	Woman of the Year 1942, Unrated)
181	Father of the Bride 1950, Unrated)
182	THX 1138 1971, PG)
183	American Graffiti 1973, PG)
184	The Terminal 2004, PG-13)
185	Duel 1972, PG)
186	Schindler's List 1993, R)
187	Empire of the Sun 1987, PG)
188	A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001, PG-13)
189	1941 1979, PG)
190	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004, Unrated)
191	The Quiet Man 1952, Unrated)
192	Rio Grande 1950, Unrated)
193	My Darling Clementine 1946, G)
194	How Green Was My Valley 1941, Unrated)
195	In Harm's Way 1965, Unrated)
196	The Pride of the Yankees 1942, Unrated)
197	Meet John Doe 1941, Unrated)
198	Apollo 13 1995, PG)
199	The Shootist 1976, PG)
200	Willow 1988, PG)
201	The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze 1963, Unrated)
202	The Graduate 1967, PG)
203	Tootsie 1982, PG)
204	Runaway Jury 2003, PG-13)
205	Midnight Cowboy 1969, R)
206	Finding Neverland 2004, PG)
207	Death of a Salesman 1985, PG)
208	A Bronx Tale 1993, R)
209	Ordinary People 1980, R)
210	A River Runs Through It 1992, PG)
211	Frankenstein 1931, Unrated)
212	Drácula (Dracula, Spanish Version) 1931, Unrated)
213	The Music Box 1932, PG)
214	Blockheads 1938, Unrated)
215	The Flying Deuces (Flying Aces) 1939, G)
216	Sons of the Desert (Fraternally Yours) 1933, Unrated)
217	Babes in Toyland (1934) , Unrated)
218	Way Out West 1937, G)
219	A Chump at Oxford 1940, Unrated)
220	The Kid 1921, Unrated)
221	A King in New York 1957, G)
222	Chaplin 1992, PG-13)
223	The Best Years of Our Lives 1946, Unrated)
224	This Is Spinal Tap 1984, R)
225	The Jerk 1979, R)
226	Julia 1977, PG) First, we must get past the fact that we are dealing directly with two of this nations best 20th Century writers, Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett. Aside from that we get insights into the privacy and self respect that the Nazis devastated through out Germany, Austria, France, and all points east. It is something that is hard for some to wrap around, and understandably. This is not an easy film at any level and and it is not quaint and it is not small or minimal in any sense of imagination. This is a HUGE film by a HUGE director, the incomparably brilliant, talented, and deep Fred Zinnemann (High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, A Nun's Story). Zinnemann was never any easy artist to take, and as in all his films his scenes are chock full of depth, psychology, and mise en scene. There are several plots here actually and all of them interlink with each other, as in most Zinnemann films. The various threads all revolve around Lili, but from beyond that we see that real life is generally more thrilling and adventurous then "reel" life. Turns out the French New Wavers were right. Great turns by Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and a young, beautifully snobbish Meryl Streep. Nominated for elven Oscars and won three.
227	The Nun's Story 1959, Unrated)
228	From Here to Eternity 1953, Unrated)
229	Oklahoma! 1955, G)
230	Feet First 1930, Unrated)
231	High Noon 1952, Unrated)
232	Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964, Unrated)
233	The Cat's-Paw 1934, Unrated)
234	Safety Last! 1923, Unrated) Lloyd's masterpiece most assuredly. Not his first or last "scare" films. Though he tried many times and many ways, many believe he never topped hanging on the hands of a clock on the side of department store building he was forced to climb. Lloyd, has some wonderful bits aside from and we must also think of all the nostalgia of a twenties department store we privy to. Lloyd as always the over qualified athlete was able to make it look hard, where as Keaton made it easy looking. As a result we suffer far more with Lloyd's hardships.
235	Seven Chances 1925, Unrated)
236	The Circus 1928, G)
237	Monsieur Verdoux 1947, Unrated)
238	Johnny Belinda 1948, Unrated)
239	The Play House 1921, Unrated)
240	The Immigrant (A Modern Columbus) (Broke) (Hello U.S.A.) (The New World) 1917, Unrated)
241	The Kid Brother 1927, Unrated)
242	The Sound of Music 1965, G)
243	Lawrence of Arabia 1962, PG)
244	Our Hospitality 1923, Unrated)
245	The General 1926, Unrated)
246	City Lights 1931, G)
247	Dark Passage 1947, Unrated)
248	The Haunted House 1921, Unrated)
249	The Pilgrim 1923, Unrated)
250	The Freshman (College Days) 1925, Unrated)
251	The Big Store 1941, Unrated)
252	A Day at the Races 1937, Unrated)
253	Go West 1925, Unrated)
254	Daydreams 1922, Unrated)
255	Shoulder Arms 1917, Unrated)
256	Never Weaken 1921, Unrated)
257	Cops 1922, Unrated)
258	Animal Crackers 1930, G) Perhaps the closest we will ever know what the Marxes were like on stage. The Coconuts, while not a bad film is too stodgy and ill paced to qualify. Animal Crackers on the other hand has the perfect blend of song, dance, comedy, plot, and jokes. This is how theatre stagings were for comedy in the 1920's. The brothers were quickly becoming and more liked among the privileged set. We also are allowed to see how the Marxes completely ripped their supporting players apart on stage and at the same time allowed them to funny even though they are saying very "unfunny" lines.
259	Go West 1940, Unrated)
260	Three Stooges: Stooges and the Law 2004, Unrated)
261	Monkey Business 1931, Unrated)
262	The Navigator 1924, Unrated)
263	One Week 1920, Unrated)
264	Convict 13 1920, Unrated)
265	The Three Stooges: Three Smart Saps 1942, Unrated)
266	The Three Stooges: Spook Louder 1943, Unrated)
267	All the World's a Stooge 1941, Unrated)
268	A Streetcar Named Desire 1951, PG)
269	On the Waterfront 1954, Unrated)
270	Gentleman's Agreement 1947, PG)
271	A Face in the Crowd 1957, Unrated) What price success? Is a man born to talent and fame or does he mold and develop under the hands of others? We get a little closer to that answer with A Face in the Crowd. Greatly helping the success of this analysis of the man known as Lonesome Rhodes and the shooting success and spiraling downfall of his career. Is evil inherent or does one accumulate it from media handed stardom. Andy Griffith is perfect as the megalomaniacal Rhodes who's seemingly nice disposition sours into resentful desire and greed for everything. At the height of influence, he crashes and burns into a pile of self pity. The tragedy of Lonesome is he loses not only his career, but his wife, his friends, his writer, his manager, his cast, his crew, his audience, his drive, his voice and his life. Written by the multi- talented Budd Schulberg ( Nothing Sacred, On the Waterfront) who also wrote songs and novels. Watch for the lovely and very sympathetic Patricia Neal, dry Walter Matthau, wise Burl Ives, and witty Bennett Cerf.
272	The Wizard of Oz 1939, G) Perhaps the ultimate "children's" film ever made, Oz helps us find the kid in all of us again. The mythical tale, based on Frank L. Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes superbly to life in MGM's grand epic structure. Over fourteen screenwriters, five directors, scores of technicians, lighting , sound, and musicians brought the 1939 classic triumph together. Most likely Judy Garland's most beloved character turn, she was thought too old for the part, but she not only pulled it off, she made us redefine what it is to be young and scared and alone, and a good friend.
273	Citizen Kane 1941, PG) Citizen Kane is without much doubt the most debated and most revered film of anyone who has ever seriously taken up film study. A Director's film, it is lavish, over the top, expensive and expansive. It is a legend in the annals of Hollywood Studio Filmmaking in the early 1940's. Never has anything come to the screen like it and probably never will. A bold proposition that poked fun at real life tycoon William Randolph Hearst, it ripped apart big business and politics at a time when it was taboo to do so.
274	Sherlock Jr. 1924, Unrated) Perhaps the most under appreciated of Keaton's comedies, the 1924 classic parodied detectives, films and idle mindedness all at the same time. It helped paint a picture of what film could do when not strapped down to straight forward narrative conventions. Keaton brought new life to the screen comedy and showed us more than ever that he was not above insulting or diminishing his pride to make us laugh.
275	Metropolis 1927, PG-13) It has been called the film that launched Science Fiction films as a genre, well if you do not count such films as a Trip to the Moon by George Milies. However, it can be said that it helped develop a sense of panic the shape and position modern man in technological times. Perhaps more a keen to Blade Runner or The Matrix in a even more technological turmoiled world shows us that Metropolis still holds as much weight in 2008 as it did in 1927.
276	The Great Dictator 1940, G) Chaplin was never ever one to shy away from being controversial. He also never one to take the medium of film lightly. Though he almost exclusively produced and directed comedies in his whirlwind Hollywood film career, he was nevertheless aware of the power and scope cinema could have. No surprise then that he chose as his victim of ridicule in 1940 the personage of Hitler the then revered German Dictator and the plight of the Jewish people of Europe. Called a traitor by some of his own friends at the time, Chaplin was not at all praising Hitler as some thought but was rather pointing out the obvious fact that the Hitler like all Dictators and Emperors would eventually lose the power that he took from his people and country.
277	Modern Times 1936, G) Modern Times is perhaps Chaplin's most apt and correct jab at modern life and modern man. Still as poignant as ever, the 1936 classic taught us the technology is not always a good thing and that even more important, most times the simple things are the best. The mocking of labor, communism, fascism, police, insanity, and prison life is nothing short of genius.
278	Duck Soup 1933, Unrated) Not since the Greeks and The Trojan Women have we seen such a complete lack and total disregard for the futility, fatality, fallacy, and fickleness of war and government. The Marxes pulled out all the stops in this 1933 parody on modern warfare. Freedonia is driven to the point of destruction by his Excellency Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) because someone, who happens to be the Ambassador of the country Slyvainia calls him an upstart. The absurdness of this event plunges the countries into war and off we go to make fun of the battlefield and the likes of Washington, Paul Revere and on and on till the zany end.
279	Horse Feathers 1932, Unrated) This is the Marxes at their absolute height. By this point they had complete control over their films and indeed this began back with Monkey Business, rolled into Horse Feathers, and crashed and burned with the box office bomb of Duck Soup. But for the time being they could do nothing wrong or too outlandish. Looking back now Groucho's (Wagstaff, even the name is very risque) lines insult someone: men, women, children, college heads, intellectuals, and even mobsters. No one was above reproach. Despite these knocks at higher learning and smart asses, they were the darlings of the elite set and were extremely popular with college students. Norman Z. McLeod paces this perfectly with hardly a moment's pause or scene without a crack or visual pun or joke.
280	Saving Private Ryan 1998, R)
281	Back to the Future 1985, PG)
282	Wonder Boys 2000, R)
283	Spiderman 1990, Unrated)
284	Down with Love 2003, PG-13)
285	North by Northwest 1959, Unrated)
286	All Quiet on the Western Front 1930, Unrated)
287	All About Eve 1950, PG)
288	In the Good Old Summertime 1949, Unrated)
289	Mr. Mom 1983, PG)
290	War Games 1998, PG)
291	Sixteen Candles 1984, PG)
292	The Breakfast Club 1985, R)
293	Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986, PG)
294	The Prestige 2006, PG-13)
295	Blade Runner 1982, R)
296	The Milky Way (1936) 1936, Unrated)
297	Why Worry? (1923) , Unrated)
298	Speedy 1928, Unrated)
299	Becket 1964, PG-13)
300	Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961, PG)
301	Funny Face 1957, Unrated)
302	My Fair Lady 1964, G)
303	West Side Story 1961, PG)
304	East of Eden 1955, PG)