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rose_cat ([personal profile] rose_cat) wrote2009-09-26 10:58 pm
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Fifty Movies Meme

I ganked this meme from [profile] ren_geek.

A few years ago, the British Film Institute created a list of 50 movies every child should see by the age of 14.

While you may not remember which movies you've seen before 14, go ahead and cross off any that you have seen.

The Top Ten:

1. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
3. Kes (1969)
4. The 400 Blows (1959)
5. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
6. Show Me Love (1998)
7. Spirited Away (2001)
8. Toy Story (1995)
9. Where is My Friend's House? (1987)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The following 40, in alphabetical order:

• A Day at the Races (1937)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Beauty and the Beast (1946)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• To Be and to Have (2002)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
• The Kid (1921)

• King Kong (1933)
• Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
• My Life as a Dog (1985)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• The Outsiders (1983)
• Pather Panchali (1955)
• Play Time (1967)
• The Princess Bride (1987)

• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• The Railway Children (1970)
• The Red Balloon (1956)
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)

• The Secret Garden (1993)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• A Trip to the Moon (1902)
• Walkabout (1971)

• Whale Rider (2002)
• Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
• The White Balloon (1995)

[identity profile] rengeek.livejournal.com 2009-09-27 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Not a Disney person, I take it?

I'm more intrigued that a Who fan has not seen one of the most essential time travel movies ever made.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2009-09-28 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing special against Disney, although the saccharine tone of some of the movie adaptations of classic stories does turn my stomach. (Speaking of which: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Magic

Yes, I never did get around to seeing "Back to the Future." I probably will, someday. Have you ever seen "The Time Machine"?

[identity profile] rengeek.livejournal.com 2009-09-28 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Which one? I've seen both the most recent one and the classic movie.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2009-09-28 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking of the classic one. How is the remake?

[identity profile] rengeek.livejournal.com 2009-09-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't so bad. Not a fan of the end, but I dunno.