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Yahoo! released a list of 100 movies you should see before you die. So I decided to check how many I need to watch:

• 12 Angry Men (1957)
  
  Watched it. Both versions (original and the new one.) Absolutely amazing. I know that the list is in alphabetical order, but it surely deserves, in my opinion, to be on the top of the list.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  
  Yup, I did. I still don’t understand the ending, no matter how many times I watch it.
• The 400 Blows (1959)
• 8 ½ (1963)
• A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
  
  A very vague “maybe’ here. I saw a lot of Beatles movies (I blame my mum), but I can’t be sure if I watched it or not. I surely remember Yellow Submarine, but this one…
• The African Queen (1952)
• Alien (1979)
  
  Watched it, but I don’t think it’s that impressive. Sure, it opened the doors for sci-fi horror genre (or, at least, put it on a visible place) but… I don’t know, maybe anything horror related is not my type.
• All About Eve (1950)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
  
  Yup. It’s weird, but not as close as 2001. Maybe I should watch it again.
• The Battle of Algiers (1967)
• The Bicycle Thief (1948)
• Blade Runner (1982)
  
  Watched it. Also watched the 3D photo in it. I still didn’t watch the director’s cut (which apparently have a complete different ending.)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
  
  I look at the pictures on IMDB and I have that feeling that “Hey, I think I remember that”, but I really can’t say if I watched it fully or not. Counting as “no”.
• Blow Up (1966)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
  
  Again, a vague “maybe”. I’m counting as “no”.
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  
  I kinda remember Warren Beatty on this, but every time I try to remember him acting, I come with “Dick Tracy”. Counting as “no”.
• Breathless (1960)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  
  I fucking know the main theme, and all the plot and I suspect I can pull some scenes from my mind, but I can’t really say that I watched it all.
• Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  
  Again, vague “maybe”. Again, counting as “no”.
• Casablanca (1942)
  
  Some scenes, I don’t know which song Sam have to play all the time, so “no”.
• Chinatown (1974)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
  
  That’s one movie that it is on my list for a long time and I never watched.
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  
  Yes. And no, I didn’t think it was silly that people could walk up or stand still on bamboos.
• Die Hard (1988)
  
  Yippie Kai Yay.
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
  
  I remember that there was a big announcement about this movie and it made the name “Spike Lee” appear everywhere at the time, but I haven’t watched it.
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  
  Yup. And, at the end, I was scared that I would cross E.T. everywhere (hey, I was just a kid at the time and I saw on the cinema.)
• Enter the Dragon (1973)
  
  Again, scenes, most of the story but I don’t think I saw the whole thing. I’m making a “no”, although it’s a probable “yes”.
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
• The French Connection (1971)
  
  Michael Caine, right? [Checks IMDB] No, Gene Hackman. It’s a “no”. (Hey, what’s the name of that movie where they steal bars of gold and run in small cars and, in the end, their truck is about to fall in a cliff?)
• The Godfather (1972)
• The Godfather, Part II (1974)
• Goldfinger (1964)
  
  All 007 movies. When I found the first one in the movie rental shop, I started renting one of the series every week (I couldn’t watch movies on the VHS on weekdays.)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)
  
  Also in my list, but due everyone mentioning the name. Still haven’t watched it.
• Goodfellas (1990)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Grand Illusion (1938)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
  
  Yup. More than once. Bill Murray was absolutely fantastic.
• In the Mood For Love (2001)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  
  This move is my list since forever. I saw one of the last scenes (when the guy gets in the house and around his family) but I haven’t watched it yet.
• Jaws (1975)
  
  Pieces there and there, but not the whole thing. No.
• King Kong (1933)
  
  Pieces there and there, but not the whole thing. And yes, I know it’s the original one and I’m not kidding.
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003)
  
  Guiltyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
• M (1931)
• M*A*S*H (1970)
  
  I saw some episodes of the series, but never the movie.
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Matrix (1999)
  
  Yup.
• Modern Times (1936)
  
  Scenes there and there, but not the whole thing.
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  
  I did, but it’s only a model.
• National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
• Network (1976)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
• Paths of Glory (1958)
• Princess Mononoke (1999)
• Psycho (1960)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)

Sure. English motherfucker, do you speak it?

• Raging Bull (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  
  Yes and I never actually found out why asps? Why there always have to be asps?
• Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
• Rashomon (1951)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Rocky (1976)
  
  Yup. Me and AAADRIAAAAANNNNNNN!!!
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  
  Yup, and I made it worth it.
• Schindler’s List (1993)
  
  Yes. (no funny quote this time.)
• The Searchers (1956)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  
  Yes.
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  
  Yes, dear Clarice.
• Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  
  Believe it or not, yes. And he sings and dances just ONCE in the whole movie.
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  
  Yes.
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
  
  Parts there and there, but not the whole thing. Also, the pieces I watched were enough to convince me that Marilyn Monroe was not an actress.
• The Sound of Music (1965)
  
  Yes, and I still sing the “Good night” song from time to time.
• Star Wars (1977)
  
  Yes.
• Sunset Blvd. (1950)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  
  Yes.
• The Third Man (1949)
• This is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Titanic (1997)
  
  Yes. Boring.
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Toy Story (1995)
  
  Watched it to infinity and beyond!
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Vertigo (1958)
• When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
  
  Yes. And the last scene, when Harry tells how he feels to Sally is truly one of the things I wish I could have the guts and the memory to tell someone. That and the scene in “L.A. Story”, when Steve Martin tells how he would change a lot of stuff to not let the girl go away.
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• Wings of Desire (1988)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  
  Yes, but it was the re-colorized version (whatever they call it.)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  
  Vague “maybe” again…
• The World of Apu (1959)

Yup, lot’s to watch. I can’t die yet.