Yesterday, I went through a list of must-read fiction books and discovered I had read about one-fifth of the list. Today, I’m going to continue to be inspired by Jason Kottke and examine a list of 1001 must-watch movies.

Most of you know me as a bit of a film nerd, so it’s probably not surprising that I’ve actually seen 411 of the 1001 movies on the original list. I’ve included my matches from the original list below (it is quite long), but like Kottke, I’ve added a little section on additions and subtractions immediately after the initial list, so keep scrolling.

I’ve also highlighted my favorites again with an (*) asterisk.

• The Great Train Robbery (1903)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915)
• Les Vampires (1915)
• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• Metropolis (1927) (*)
• Sunrise (1927)
• The General (1927)
• The Jazz Singer (1927)
• The Docks of New York (1928)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• Dracula (1931)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• Shanghai Express (1932)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• King Kong (1933)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Camille (1936) (*)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Olympia (1938)
• Stagecoach (1939)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Gone With the Wind (1939)
• Daybreak (1939)
• Wuthering Heights (1939)
• Fantasia (1940)
• The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• Pinocchio (1940) (*)
• Citizen Kane (1941) (*)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Dumbo (1941)
• Casablanca (1942) (*)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
• Brief Encounter (1946)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• Beauty and the Beast (1946)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
• Adam’s Rib (1949)
• On the Town (1949)
• Rashomon (1950) (*)
• All About Eve (1950)
• Sunset Blvd. (1950)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• The African Queen (1951)
• An American in Paris (1951)
• Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
• On the Waterfront (1954) (*)
• Animal Farm (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
• The Seven Samurai (1954) (*)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• The Man from Laramie (1955)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• 12 Angry Men (1957) (*)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• Mother India (1957)
• Cairo Station (1958)
• Gigi (1958)
• Vertigo (1958)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• La Dolce Vita (1960) (*)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Spartacus (1960)
• La Jetee (1961) (*)
• Lola (1961)
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
• The Hustler (1961)
• West Side Story (1961)
• A Dog’s Life (1962)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• Lolita (1962)
• Keeper of Promises (1962)
• The Birds (1963)
• The Nutty Professor (1963)
• 8 1/2 (1963) (*)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• Shock Corridor (1963)
• The Leopard (1963)
• The Haunting (1963)
• The Servant (1963)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Scorpio Rising (1964)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)
• A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
• Before the Revolution (1964)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• The War Game (1965)
• The Battle of Algiers (1965)
• The Sound of Music (1965) (*)
• Alphaville (1965)
• Pierrot Goes Wild (1965)
• Faster, Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• The Graduate (1967) (*)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Wavelength (1967)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• The Jungle Book (1967) (*)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• The Producers (1968)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• A Touch of Zen (1969)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Patton (1970)
• M*A*S*H (1970)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971) (*)
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) (*)
• Walkabout (1971)
• Harold and Maude (1971)
• Get Carter (1971)
• The French Connection (1971)
• Shaft (1971)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)
• The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
• Cabaret (1972)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972)
• Sleuth (1972)
• Deliverance (1972)
• Solaris (1972)
• The Godfather (1972) (*)
• Cries and Whispers (1972)
• Badlands (1973)
• American Graffiti (1973)
• Papillon (1973)
• Enter the Dragon (1973)
• Mean Streets (1973)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• Serpico (1973)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Harder They Come (1973)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Chinatown (1974) (*)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• The Godfather Part II (1974) (*)
• Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
• One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (*)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Nashville (1975)
• Jaws (1975)
• Carrie (1976)
• All the President’s Men (1976)
• Rocky (1976) (*)
• Taxi Driver (1976) (*)
• Ascent (1976)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Annie Hall (1977) (*)
• Saturday Night Fever (1977)
• Killer of Sheep (1977)
• Eraserhead (1977)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Grease (1978)
• Days of Heaven (1978)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Shaolin Master Killer (1978)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• Halloween (1978)
• Alien (1979)
• The Tin Drum (1979)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
• Life of Brian (1979)
• Apocalypse Now (1979) (*)
• The Jerk (1979)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Mad Max (1979)
• Nosferatu: Phantom Of The Night (1979)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• The Shining (1980) (*)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Airplane! (1980)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
• E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982) (*)
• The Thing (1982)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• The Evil Dead (1982)
• Tootsie (1982)
• Gandhi (1982)
• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• A Christmas Story (1983)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Big Chill (1983)
• Money (1983)
• Terms of Endearment (1983)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
• Scarface (1983)
• Amadeus (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• The Breakfast Club (1985) (*)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• Back to the Future (1985) (*)
• The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
• Brazil (1985)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
• The Quiet Earth (1985)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Manhunter (1986)
• Stand By Me (1986)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (*)
• She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
• The Fly (1986)
• Aliens (1986)
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) (*)
• A Room with a View (1986)
• Children of a Lesser God (1986)
• Platoon (1986)
• Caravaggio (1986)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
• Goodbye Children (1987)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Moonstruck (1987)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Fatal Attraction (1987)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
• The Vanishing (1988)
• Bull Durham (1988)
• Ariel (1988)
• The Thin Blue Line (1988)
• Akira (1988) (*)
• Cinema Paradiso (1988) (*)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• The Naked Gun (1988)
• Big (1988)
• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (*)
• Rain Man (1988)
• The Accidental Tourist (1988)
• Batman (1989)
• When Harry Met Sally (1989) (*)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (*)
• Do the Right Thing (1989) (*)
• Roger & Me (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
• Say Anything (1989)
• Goodfellas (1990) (*)
• Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
• King of New York (1990)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990) (*)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Boyz ‘n the Hood (1991)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• Thelma & Louise (1991)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• JFK (1991)
• Slacker (1991)
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
• Strictly Ballroom (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992) (*)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
• Candy Man (1992)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• Groundhog Day (1993) (*)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Age of Innocence (1993)
• Schindler’s List (1993) (*)
• Three Colors: Blue (1993)
• The Piano (1993)
• The Wedding Banquet (1993)
• Three Colors: Red (1994)
• Hoop Dreams (1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994) (*)
• Clerks (1994)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• The Lion King (1994)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (*)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Through the Olive Trees (1994)
• Casino (1995)
• Babe (1995)
• Toy Story (1995) (*)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Clueless (1995)
• Heat (1995)
• Seven (1995) (*)
• The Usual Suspects (1995) (*)
• Fargo (1996) (*)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Secrets and Lies (1996)
• The English Patient (1996)
• Lone Star (1996)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• Scream (1996)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Happy Together (1997)
• The Ice Storm (1997) (*)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Kundun (1997)
• The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
• Taste of Cherry (1997)
• Open Your Eyes (1997) (*)
• Mother and Son (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• The Celebration (1998)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) (*)
• Run Lola Run (1998) (*)
• Rushmore (1998) (*)
• Pi (1998)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• The Idiots (1998)
• Ring (1998)
• There’s Something About Mary (1998)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Beau Travail (1999)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• All About My Mother (1999)
• Three Kings (1999)
• The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
• Fight Club (1999) (*)
• Being John Malkovich (1999) (*)
• American Beauty (1999) (*)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• The Matrix (1999) (*)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Requiem for a Dream (2000) (*)
• Amores Perros (2000)
• Meet the Parents (2000)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• Traffic (2000)
• Memento (2000) (*)
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• Amelie (2001)
• And Your Mother Too (2001) (*)
• Kandahar (2001)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• The Piano Teacher (2001)
• No Man’s Land (2001)
• Moulin Rouge (2001)
• Monsoon Wedding (2001)
• Mulholland Dr. (2001)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (*)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• The Pianist (2002) (*)
• Talk to Her (2002)
• City of God (2002) (*)
• Chicago (2002)
• Adaptation (2002)
• Far from Heaven (2002)

Here are the 25 movies I’ve seen that were added in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th edition of the list:

• Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
• Shine (1996)
• The Big Lebowski (1998) (*)
• Bus 174 (2002)
• Hero (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
• Oldboy (2003) (*)
• Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Best of Youth (2003)
• Lost in Translation (2003) (*)
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• Sideways (2004)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)
• Collateral (2004)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Cache (2005) (*)
• Paradise Now (2005)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005) (*)
• Tsotsi (2005)
• The Constant Gardener (2005)

And while I don’t know what the very latest edition of the book has added or deleted (since I don’t have a copy of the changes), I’ve seen all ten of the films Kottke has seen, at least. And if I may quote him for one minute: “Removing Caché for Apocalypto? No fucking way.” Here are the ten added films that Kottke lists on his blog that I’ve also seen:

• Crash (2004)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• The Prestige (2006)
• United 93 (2006) (*)
• Children of Men (2006) (*)
• El Laberinto del Fauno (2006) (*)
• The Queen (2006)
• Apocalypto (2006)
• The Departed (2006) (*)
• Volver (2006)

There are 446 movies mentioned in this post, so if you’re looking for some suggestions on what to rent this weekend, this might be a good place to start. And if you have seen them all, how about feeding me some suggestions as to what to check out next?

How many of the 1001+ have you seen? Are there any I missed that you consider a must-see? Let me know.