1001 Movies to See Then You Die

I received this book for Christmas, but was reminded of it by kottke.

Here’s the original list, and there have been some additions for the later editions.

My final count: 292 of 1001. I bet there are some who can do better. I lost the entire 60s and early 70s.

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
14. Nanook of the North (1922)
15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
27. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
28. The Gold Rush (1925)
31. Sunrise (1927)
32. The General (1927)
46. Pandora’s Box (1929)
55. Dracula (1931)
56. Frankenstein (1931)
59. M (1931)
61. The Vampire (1932)
75. Duck Soup (1933)
78. King Kong (1933)
86. It Happened One Night (1934)
91. The 39 Steps (1935)
98. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
106. Grand Illusion (1937)
107. Stella Dallas (1937)
110. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
113. Jezebel (1938)
118. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
123. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
130. The Rules of the Game (1939)
132. His Girl Friday (1940)
133. Rebecca (1940)
134. Fantasia (1940)
135. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
138. Pinocchio (1940)
141. Citizen Kane (1941)
142. The Lady Eve (1941)
143. The Wolf Man (1941)
145. Sergeant York (1941)
148. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
150. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
152. Casablanca (1942)
154. Cat People (1942)
161. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
162. The Seventh Victim (1943)
164. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
168. Laura (1944)
169. Gaslight (1944)
172. Double Indemnity (1944)
178. Open City (1945)
193. Notorious (1946)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
196. Gilda (1946)
207. Rope (1948)
217. Adam’s Rib (1949)
222. On the Town (1949)
225. Rashomon (1950)
229. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
241. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
245. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
246. To Live (1952)
257. Tokyo Story (1953)
259. Wages of Fear (1953)
267. Shane (1953)
274. Rear Window (1954)
278. The Seven Samurai (1954)
291. Marty (1955)
296. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
307. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
309. All That Heaven Allows (1956)
310. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
314. The Ten Commandments (1956)
320. Throne of Blood (1957)
321. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
324. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
326. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
334. Vertigo (1958)
339. The 400 Blows (1959)
340. North by Northwest (1959)
348. Breathless (1959)
349. Ben-Hur (1959)
351. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
364. Revenge of the Vampire / Black Sunday (1960)
366. The Apartment (1960)
370. La Jetee (1961)
376. Viridiana (1961)
381. West Side Story (1961)
390. Lolita (1962)
396. The Birds (1963)
406. The Great Escape (1963)
407. Shock Corridor (1963)
415. Goldfinger (1964)
418. Marnie (1964)
437. The Sound of Music (1965)
449. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
459. The Graduate (1967)
463. Belle de Jour (1967)
467. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
470. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
479. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
480. Planet of the Apes (1968)
482. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
488. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
491. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
495. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
496. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
525. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
527. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
531. Harold and Maude (1971)
536. Dirty Harry (1971)
546. High Plains Drifter (1972)
548. Deliverance (1972)
550. The Godfather (1972)
556. Pink Flamingos (1972)
560. Badlands (1973)
563. Enter the Dragon (1973)
568. Don’t Look Now (1973)
571. The Exorcist (1973)
584. Chinatown (1974)
587. The Godfather Part II (1974)
590. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
593. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
594. The Wall (1975)
595. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
605. Jaws (1975)
607. Carrie (1976)
610. Rocky (1976)
611. Taxi Driver (1976)
617. Star Wars (1977)
618. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
620. Annie Hall (1977)
624. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
633. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
635. The Deer Hunter (1978)
636. Grease (1978)
638. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
640. Up in Smoke (1978)
641. Halloween (1978)
646. Alien (1979)
647. Breaking Away (1979)
651. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
652. Life of Brian (1979)
653. Apocalypse Now (1979)
654. The Jerk (1979)
657. Mad Max (1979)
662. The Shining (1980)
663. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
664. The Elephant Man (1980)
665. The Big Red One (1980)
667. Airplane! (1980)
668. Raging Bull (1980)
669. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
672. Chariots of Fire (1981)
673. Body Heat (1981)
675. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
679. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
680. E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
681. The Thing (1982)
682. Poltergeist (1982)
683. Blade Runner (1982)
684. The Evil Dead (1982)
685. Tootsie (1982)
687. Diner (1982)
693. A Christmas Story (1983)
696. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
697. The Big Chill (1983)
705. The Right Stuff (1983)
707. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
708. Scarface (1983)
710. Amadeus (1984)
711. The Terminator (1984)
713. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
714. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
715. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
716. Ghostbusters (1984)
719. The Killing Fields (1984)
720. The Natural (1984)
721. The Breakfast Club (1985)
722. Ran (1985)
725. Out of Africa (1985)
727. Back to the Future (1985)
729. Brazil (1985)
730. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
731. The Quiet Earth (1985)
736. The Color Purple (1985)
738. Stand By Me (1986)
739. Blue Velvet (1986)
743. The Fly (1986)
744. Aliens (1986)
745. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
746. Down by Law (1986)
749. Platoon (1986)
751. Tampopo (1986)
753. Salvador (1986)
754. Top Gun (1986)
761. Raising Arizona (1987)
762. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
764. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
768. The Princess Bride (1987)
770. The Untouchables (1987)
773. Fatal Attraction (1987)
774. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
776. The Vanishing (1988)
777. Bull Durham (1988)
779. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
780. Akira (1988)
781. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
783. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
784. The Naked Gun (1988)
785. Big (1988)
787. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
790. Die Hard (1988)
792. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
793. Rain Man (1988)
795. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
797. Batman (1989)
798. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
803. The Killer (1989)
804. Do the Right Thing (1989)
805. Roger & Me (1989)
806. Glory (1989)
814. Goodfellas (1990)
815. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
817. Dances with Wolves (1990)
819. Pretty Woman (1990)
823. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
824. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
825. Total Recall (1990)
827. Boyz ‘n the Hood (1991)
829. Delicatessen (1991)
831. Naked Lunch (1991)
835. Thelma & Louise (1991)
836. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
837. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
838. JFK (1991)
841. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
844. The Player (1992)
845. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
848. Unforgiven (1992)
849. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
858. Groundhog Day (1993)
861. Jurassic Park (1993)
862. The Age of Innocence (1993)
865. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
869. Three Colors: Red (1994)
871. Forrest Gump (1994)
872. Clerks (1994)
873. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
874. The Lion King (1994)
876. Natural Born Killers (1994)
877. The Last Seduction (1994)
878. Pulp Fiction (1994)
887. Casino (1995)
888. Deseret (1995)
889. Babe (1995)
890. Toy Story (1995)
891. Strange Days (1995)
892. Braveheart (1995)
894. Clueless (1995)
895. Heat (1995)
897. Seven (1995)
907. Fargo (1996)
908. Independence Day (1996)
914. Trainspotting (1996)
915. Scream (1996)
917. L.A. Confidential (1997)
919. Princess Mononoke (1997)
923. Boogie Nights (1997)
930. Titanic (1997)
933. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
936. Run Lola Run (1998)
937. Rushmore (1998)
940. The Thin Red Line (1998)
944. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
945. Magnolia (1999)
947. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
950. All About My Mother (1999)
951. Three Kings (1999)
955. Fight Club (1999)
956. Being John Malkovich (1999)
957. American Beauty (1999)
960. The Sixth Sense (1999)
961. The Matrix (1999)
966. Gladiator (2000)
971. Meet the Parents (2000)
973. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
976. Memento (2000)
978. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
983. Spirited Away (2001)
991. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
992. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
993. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
996. Talk to Her (2002)
999. Chicago (2002)
1001. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

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