I've got a HUGE catch up to do as we enter the Top 10.
Amusingly, I have only one of this 13 films that was actually on my list, though I have seen all but one.
12 Angry Men The premise of a lone juror sticking to their guns against and, eventually persuading others has become so ingrained into nearly every jury-based story and this is the iconic film that started it all.
The Shining Like with soooo many others, the book IS better but D@MN if this isn't a great scary ride.
The Thing Speaking of great scary rides. Carpenter's masterpiece.
Vertigo One more from Hitchcock's top ranking films I have yet to see.
The Big Lebowski (1998) Making my list at #10 as well as on my Countless Rewatch List. Packed with quotable lines it is my favorite Coen Brothers film.
Chinatown It has been a decade or more since my last viewing but I do remember how great a neo-noir film this is.
The Shawshank Redemption There was a time that I would watch this film over and over again and somehow drifted away from and could very easily return to.
Lawrence of Arabia An amazing film that it has been FAR FAR too long since I've last experienced it.
Taxi Driver Too be honest I never could get into this film. Respect it. But. . . not a fan.
Alien While I do see the second installment quite a few times more than this, it merits a higher respect from me.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Played with a seriousness that creates comedy out of a dark place with incredible design and innovation. Like with so many of his films, Kubrick should be applauded for that creative talent and insight. Even more so for doing it at such a precarious time of history as well as remaining equally poignant, over fifty years later.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Of the trilogy this is my favorite. While the following two are epic in their battles and struggles, this is the introduction to it all. To Middle Earth. The One Ring. The Shire. Gandalf. All of it. This was the film that gave me a sigh of relief realizing that Peter Jackson was The Guy to bring JRR Tolkien's world to celluloid.
Citizen Kane This is the ideal film to set the bar for the Top Ten. I'd delve deeper but it has been written quite eloquently already.
And eloquent, me ain't.
Leaving, like many, a cobweb filled List of what made the actual list; with, I'm guessing, possibly two more, three at the most before we close shop.
Movies Watched 74 out of 91 (81.32%)
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23. Metropolis (1927) #73
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25. Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) One Pointer
Rectification List
Day of the Jackal (1973) One Pointer
To Kill A Mockingbird (#85) *rewatch*