Last year, Yahoo Movies published a list called “100 Movies To See Before You Die: The Modern Classics.” This list spanned films from the last 20 years. The films listed were either widely critically acclaimed, groundbreaking, or influential in some large aspect. I sought to compile my own list. Since I just finished it, I decided to include 2010. Have any movies to add? See anything on here that is heretical? Let me know what you think. Leave a comment.
The original list can be found here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die-modern-classics.html
Enjoy –
Nate
Disclaimers:
- Most of these movies are really important to me. Some of the picks are simply influential or groundbreaking moments in filmmaking. Some are personal soap boxes. Most are just flat-out GREAT movies.
- There were a few movies that frequented other’s lists that I could not include because I just didn’t like them that much. Some examples are No Country for Old Men, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, The Royal Tenenbaums, Children of Men, Borat, etc.
- Some movies that also frequented other lists were not included because I simply have not seen the movie (for one reason or another). Some examples are Brokeback Mountain, Thelma and Louise, Mulholland Drive, Before Sunrise, The Big Lebowski, Almost Famous, Lost in Translation, City of God, Shaun of the Dead, A History of Violence, etc
- An asterisk * after a title means it appears on Yahoo’s original list as well as my own.
- The Town (2010)
- The Fighter (2010)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The King’s Speech (2010)
- Inception (2010)
- Avatar (2009)*
- The Hangover (2009)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Dark Knight (2008)*
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008)*
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)*
- There Will Be Blood (2007)*
- 300 (2007)
- Transformers (2007)
- The Departed (2006)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)*
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- King Kong (2005)
- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)*
- Crash (2005)
- Anchorman (2004)*
- Spiderman 2 (2004)
- Saw (2004)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- The Notebook (2004)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)*
- Mystic River (2003)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Elf (2003)
- Finding Nemo (2003)*
- Gangs of New York (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- The Pianist (2002)*
- Harry Potter Series (2001-2011)
- The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)*
- Memento (2001)*
- Moulin Rouge (2001)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Shrek (2001)
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Gladiator (2000)
- The Patriot (2000)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)*
- Remember the Titans (2000)
- Meet the Parents (1999)
- The Boondock Saints (1999)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- The Matrix (1999)*
- The Sixth Sense (1999)*
- Fight Club (1999)*
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)*
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- American History X (1998)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)*
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Titanic (1997)*
- Men in Black (1997)
- The Rock (1996)
- Fargo (1996)*
- Independence Day (1996)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- The English Patient (1996)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)*
- Se7en (1995)
- Toy Story (1995)*
- Babe (1995)*
- Forrest Gump (1994)*
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)*
- The Lion King (1994)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)*
- Speed (1994)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Schindler’s List (1993)*
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Rudy (1993)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Groundhog Day (1993)*
- Unforgiven (1992)*
- Aladdin (1992)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)*
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)*
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)*
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Dances With Wolves (1990)
- Goodfellas (1990)*
- Home Alone (1990)
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