I started this project, my IMDb Top 250 Challenge, on the 1st of January 2013 having already seen 151 of the 250 movies in the Top 250 IMDb list at that time. My goal was to watch the remaining 99. I’m taking my time but, eight years later, I’ve managed to watch 65. Only 34 left to go!
I figured it was time to make more of an effort to watch the remaining 34. I’m putting a list together of those remaining, which I’ll post in a few days. Would like to hear from people on which of those 34 I should try to watch first. 🙂
I’ll also soon post about a new project, the Best Picture Project, which I know many people have done. A far easier project as that list always stays the same with just one new addition each year! There are only 31 Best Picture Oscar Winners I’ve not seen (not too bad, right?). There are also several films on both the Top 250 & Best Picture lists that I need to see so might as well kill two birds with one stone.
For now, I thought it was be fun to rank the 65 movies I’ve watched so far for the Top 250 challenge. So here are My IMDb Top 250 Project Movies Watched So Far (Ranked From Least Favorite To Very Favorite & With Links To My Reviews):
65-61:
65. Mary And Max – watched 7/6/13 – Rating: 4/10
64. Slumdog Millionaire – watched 28/4/13 – Rating: 5/10
63. Oldboy – watched 27/12/19 – Rating: 5.5/10
62. Manhattan – watched 15/10/16 – Rating: 6.5/10
61. Warrior – watched 22/8/15 – Rating: 6/10
60-51
60. Life Of Pi – watched 15/1/13 – Rating: 6.5/10
59. A Separation – watched 9/8/14 – Rating: 6.5/10
58. The Wild Bunch – watched 28/5/19 – Rating: 7/10
57. 3 Idiots – watched 9/11/19 – Rating: 7/10
56. The Night Of The Hunter – watched 15/8/17 – Rating: 6.5/10
55. Paths Of Glory – watched 22/8/15 – Rating: 6.5/10
54. On The Waterfront – watched 9/9/14 – Rating: 7/10
53. Touch Of Evil – watched 27/5/19 – Rating: 7/10
52. No Country For Old Men – watched 18/7/20 – Rating: 7/10
51. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? – watched 24/3/13 – Rating: 7/10
Top Fifty:
50. Raging Bull – watched 29/9/13 – Rating: 7/10
49. The Killing – watched 8/6/19 – Rating: 7/10
48. Unforgiven – watched 17/8/14 – Rating: 6.5/10
47. Dog Day Afternoon – watched 18/1/13 – Rating: 7/10
46. The King’s Speech – watched 25/2/18 – Rating: 7/10
45. Bringing Up Baby – watched 31/1/21 – Rating: 7/10
44. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid – watched 26/1/13 – Rating: 7/10
43. Anatomy Of A Murder – watched 2/8/15 – Rating: 7/10
42. Witness For The Prosecution – watched 12/1/13 – Rating: 7/10
41. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – watched 9/9/14 – Rating: 7/10
Top Forty:
40. Roman Holiday – watched 5/12/17 – Rating: 7/10
39. Sleuth – watched 5/2/13 – Rating: 7/10
38. City Of God – watched 18/1/14 – Rating: 7.5/10
37. Bicycle Thieves – watched 5/6/13 – Rating: 7.5/10
36. Notorious – watched 6/5/13 – Rating: 7.5/10
35. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) – watched 30/3/19 – Rating: 7.5/10
34. Sunset Boulevard – watched 7/11/15 – Rating: 7.5/10
33. Shadow Of A Doubt – watched 5/1/13 – Rating: 7.5/10
32. Citizen Kane – watched 13/1/18 – Rating: 7.5/10
31. A Fistful Of Dollars – watched 28/4/16 – Rating: 7.5/10
Top Thirty:
30. In The Heat Of The Night – watched 15/2/19 – Rating: 7.5/10
29. Rope – watched 4/1/13 – Rating: 7.5/10
28. For A Few Dollars More – watched 14/5/16 – Rating: 7.5/10
27. Nosferatu (1922) – watched 14/7/13 – Rating: 7.5/10
26. Some Like It Hot – watched 2/12/17 – Rating: 7.5/10
25. Rashômon – watched 16/8/14 – Rating: 8/10
24. It Happened One Night – watched 9/1/21 – Rating: 8/10
23. The Hustler – watched 7/1/17 – Rating: 8/10
22. Million Dollar Baby – watched 11/2/17 – Rating: 8/10
21. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) – watched 14/9/14 – Rating: 7.5/10
Top Twenty:
20. The Secret In Their Eyes – watched 23/3/13 – Rating: 8/10
19. Ip Man – watched 28/3/19 – Rating: 7.5/10
18. Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou) – watched 4/5/19 – Rating: 7.5/10
17. Full Metal Jacket – watched 11/5/14 – Rating: 8/10
16. M – watched 26/9/15 – Rating: 8/10
15. Once Upon A Time In The West – watched 02/07/13 – Rating: 8/10
14. Grave Of The Fireflies (Hotaru no haka) – watched 1/1/15 – Rating: 8/10
13. Yojimbo – watched 30/10/19 – Rating: 8/10
12. The Untouchables – watched 16/8/17 – Rating: 8/10
11. The Kid – watched 19/2/13 – Rating: 8.5/10
*****Top Ten:*****
10. Rocky – watched 12/2/17 – Rating: 8.5/10
9. Laputa: Castle In The Sky – watched 7/3/13 – Rating: 8/10
8. Metropolis – watched 11/5/18 – Rating: 8.5/10
7. The Great Escape – watched 28/10/13 – Rating: 8.5/10
6. Modern Times – watched 1/1/13 – Rating: 9/10
5. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – watched 16/2/16 – Rating: 8/10
4. Princess Mononoke – watched 25/1/13 – Rating: 8.5/10
3. The Bridge On The River Kwai – watched 23/6/13 – Rating: 9/10
2. City Lights – watched 15/2/13 – Rating: 9/10
1. Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (Kaze no tani no Naushika) – watched 2/11/14 – Rating: 9/10
In 2016, I did take the new IMDb Top 250 list to see if there were any new additions I’d not seen. There were lots of new ones but only 14 I’d not seen. I’m working through those too (as well as any on the current list), but the 2013 list is my first priority. Here are 5 of the 14 I’ve watched so far from the 2016 list:
***IMDb Top 250 New Additions As Of 01/01/2016 Watched:***
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel – watched 12/4/19 – Rating: 5/10
4. The Hunt (Jagten) – watched 20/4/19 – Rating: 7.5/10
3. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale – watched 20/5/20 – Rating: 7.5/10
2. Les Diaboliques – watched 20/2/21 – Rating: 7.5/10
1. Ikiru – watched 1/1/16 – Rating: 8/10
It’s annoying that I’ve not reviewed 4 or 5 of these, including the amazing Akira Kurosawa films as I wanted to do a specific Kurosawa project on this blog. Maybe someday…
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