The 100 Movie Challenge (2012)

[blueorchid]

^ YoninahAliza, you should also try to find some films by Satyajit Ray too, for a different perspective in Indian cinema. They're not Bollywood or Hindi (they're Bengali) and a bit older, but some of his stuff is really great. I'd start with the Apu Trilogy, I don't think that they'd be that difficult to find. I think you'd like them though.

 

[YoninahAliza]

1. No Strings Attached
2. Rise of The Planet of The Apes
3. Tangled
4. The Artist
5. Eat, Pray, Love*
6. Mulan
7. Half Nelson
8. He's Just Not That Into You*
9. Albert Nobbs
10. Big Miracle
11. Miracle
12. Reel Injun (a documentary about how Native Americans are portrayed in film)
13. Anne of Green Gables
14. 50/50
15. Patch Adams*
16. The Kings Speech*
17. Easy A
18. Roman Holiday
19. A Single Man*
20. The Royal Tenenbaums
21. Never Let Me Go
22. Another Earth
23. Contagion
24. Hugo
25. Drive
26. Avatar*
27. The Hunger Games
28. The Kids Are Alright
29. Country Strong
30. The Adventures of Tin Tin
31. The Hours*
32. Chalet Girl
33. Janie Jones
34. My Week With Marilyn
35. Like Crazy
36. Fatal Attraction*
37. The Hammer
38. The Caine Mutiny*
39. Titanic (2012 mini-series)
40. I Capture The Castle
41. Grey Gardens (2009)
42. Temple Grandin
43. Crazy Heart
44. Psycho (1960)*
45. Chak De! India
46. Rang De Basanti
*Watched in my film class

Why didn't you warn me that Rang De Basanti was such an emotional film? Oh my goodness... I literally was sobbing during the last 1/2 hour of the film and for a while afterwards too. It was an amazing, amazing film. Wow! The acting was so spot on, the storyline was interesting and it definitely made me think. And to me, those are the best types of films. Blueorchid, I'll add his films to my ever growing list! Thanks

 

[Not Plain Jane]

1. Cassandra's Dream
2. Moneyball
3. An Education
4. Drive
5. Real Steel
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Morning Glory
8. Reality Bites
9. Sixteen Candles
10. Annie Hall
11. Mr. Brooks
12. Pride and Prejudice
13. The Help
14. Sylvia
15. Martha Marcy May Marlene
16. Hard Candy
17. Thinner
18. The Last Laugh (German, 1924)
19. SherryBaby
20. Hugo
21. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
22. Trafic (French, 1971)
23. She's the One
24. The Third Man (1949)
25. Young Adult
26. Persepolis
27. District 9
28. Carnage
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American)
30. Midnight in Paris
31. Lost in Translation
32. Case 39
33. The Ides of March
34. A Dangerous Method
35. Manhattan Murder Mystery
36. Along Came Polly
37. Kiss the Girls
38. We Need to Talk about Kevin
39. Manhattan
40. Fracture
41. Cracks
42. The Iron Lady
43. Primal Fear
44. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
45. The Raven
46. The Descendants
47. This is England
48. Something's Gotta Give
49. Broadway Danny Rose
50.Crimes and Misdemeanors
51. The Forgotten

 

[mmBop]

1. Horrible Bosses
2. I don't know how she does it
3. Kung Fu panda 2
4. Final destination 5
5. Fred Claus
6. Glee 3D movie
7. My best friend's girl
8. Water for elephants
9. The King's Speech
10. The Devil Wears Prada
11. New Year's Eve
12. Willard
13. City of angels
14. 3 metros sobre el cielo
15. I Spit on Your Grave
16. Johnny English 2
17. The Help
18. Scary movie 1
19. Scary movie 2
20. Scary movie 3
21. Scary movie 4
22. Scary Movie 5
23. A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Time
24. Temple Grandin
25. Turn Me On, Goddammit
26. Whats your number?
27. The Rum Diary
28. The girl with the dragon tattoo
29. Looking for Alibrandi
30. This means war
31. 50/50
32. Jack and Jill
33. The Woman in Black
34. Hugo
35. The Artist
36. In Time
37. The Hunger Games
38. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
39. The Pursuit of Happyness
40. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
41. Listy do M.
42. We bought a ZOO
43. Trick 'r Treat
44. Titanic
45. The Vow
46. Pride & Prejudice
47. Chalet Girl
48. Chicago
49. It's Complicated

 

[Mistique]

1. Bee Movie (2007)
2. Clash of the Titans (2010)
3. I'm Still Here (2010)
4. Frost/Nixon (2008)
5. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008)
6. Mary and Max (2009)
7. 50 First Dates (2004)
8. Revolutionary Road (2008)
9. And Now for Something Completly Different (1971)
10. The Bride Wore Black - La Mariée Était En Noir (1968)
11. Pigsty - Porcile (1969)
12. Rope (1948)
13. Repulsion (1965)
14. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
15. The Page Turner - La tourneuse de pages (2006)
16. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
17. Secrets & Lies (1996)
18. Life of Brian (1979)
19. Night on earth (1991)
20. 2 days in Paris (2007)
21. The Mummy (1932)
22. La Strada (1954)
23. Intermission (2003)
24. Fight Club (1999)
25. Whatever Works (2009)
26. Trainspotting (1996)
27. Blue Velvet (1986)
28. Miss Pettigrew lives for a day (2008)
29. Frozen (2010)
30. Daybreakers (2009)
31. Stripes (1981)
32. Monty Phyton and The Holy Grail (1974)
33. The Ironlady (2011)
34. Amélie - Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
35. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
36. The Actors (2003)
37. Away we go (2009)
38. An Education (2009)
39. All about Steve (2009)
40. Emma (1996)
41. Girl with a pearl earring (2003)
42. Elizabeth (1998)
43. Shakespeare in love (1998)
44. Our idiot brother (2011)
45. Grave of the fireflies - Hotaru no haka (1988)
46. Jane Eyre (2011)
47. The skin I live in - La piel que habito (2011)
48. Awake (2007)
49. Maybe baby (2000)
50. Taxi Driver (1976)
51. The rescuers down under (1990)
52. Peter Pan (1953)
53. The Hunger Games (2012)
54. Cape Fear (1962)
55. The Running Man (1987)
56. X-Men First Class (2011)
57. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
58. The Lovely Bones (2009)
59. Star Wars (1977)
60. Mulan (1998)
61. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
62. X-Men The Last Stand (2006)
63. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
64. Office Space (1999) - One of my favourite comedies.
65. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
66. Primal Fear (1996) - Highly recommend it.
67. Fatal Attraction (1987)
68. Strangers on a train (1951)
69. Solaris (1972)
70. The Avengers (2012) - My favourite character was Loki.
71. A Single Man (2009) - I really liked it.
72. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - better than I thought it was going to be.
73. Starter for 10 (2006) - James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch - what more do you want?!

 

[emilylin]

^ I thought no one likes Loki! When I told my friend I like him, they stared at me made me feel like I'm stupid

 

[Mistique]

^

, no you're not alone. He's the reason I now want to borrow my brother's copy of Thor on dvd.

 

[YoninahAliza]

1. No Strings Attached
2. Rise of The Planet of The Apes
3. Tangled
4. The Artist
5. Eat, Pray, Love*
6. Mulan
7. Half Nelson
8. He's Just Not That Into You*
9. Albert Nobbs
10. Big Miracle
11. Miracle
12. Reel Injun (a documentary about how Native Americans are portrayed in film)
13. Anne of Green Gables
14. 50/50
15. Patch Adams*
16. The Kings Speech*
17. Easy A
18. Roman Holiday
19. A Single Man*
20. The Royal Tenenbaums
21. Never Let Me Go
22. Another Earth
23. Contagion
24. Hugo
25. Drive
26. Avatar*
27. The Hunger Games
28. The Kids Are Alright
29. Country Strong
30. The Adventures of Tin Tin
31. The Hours*
32. Chalet Girl
33. Janie Jones
34. My Week With Marilyn
35. Like Crazy
36. Fatal Attraction*
37. The Hammer
38. The Caine Mutiny*
39. Titanic (2012 mini-series)
40. I Capture The Castle
41. Grey Gardens (2009)
42. Temple Grandin
43. Crazy Heart
44. Psycho (1960)*
45. Chak De! India
46. Rang De Basanti
47. My Name is Khan
48. Black Swan*
49. Jab We Met
50. Veer-Zaara
*Watched in my film class

I really liked both My Name is Khan and Veer-Zaara. Both are sad yet uplifting stories! And can I just say, how charismatic is Shahrukh Khan? Seriously, I can totally understand why he's so well-liked, however he (and his characters) set unrealistic expectations for love!
Also, guys... I made it to 50! Half-way there (I really thought I wouldn't even make it this far in the challenge)!

 

[Not Plain Jane]

^ Yay - half way!

1. Cassandra's Dream
2. Moneyball
3. An Education
4. Drive
5. Real Steel
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Morning Glory
8. Reality Bites
9. Sixteen Candles
10. Annie Hall
11. Mr. Brooks
12. Pride and Prejudice
13. The Help
14. Sylvia
15. Martha Marcy May Marlene
16. Hard Candy
17. Thinner
18. The Last Laugh (German, 1924)
19. SherryBaby
20. Hugo
21. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
22. Trafic (French, 1971)
23. She's the One
24. The Third Man (1949)
25. Young Adult
26. Persepolis
27. District 9
28. Carnage
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American)
30. Midnight in Paris
31. Lost in Translation
32. Case 39
33. The Ides of March
34. A Dangerous Method
35. Manhattan Murder Mystery
36. Along Came Polly
37. Kiss the Girls
38. We Need to Talk about Kevin
39. Manhattan
40. Fracture
41. Cracks
42. The Iron Lady
43. Primal Fear
44. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
45. The Raven
46. The Descendants
47. This is England
48. Something's Gotta Give
49. Broadway Danny Rose
50.Crimes and Misdemeanors
51. The Forgotten
52. Identity - meh.
53. Die Welle (The Wave) - wow this is something else.

 

[wild roses]

1. Wild Target (2010)
   [*] Cherrybomb (2009)
   [*] December Boys (2007)
   [*] 13Hrs (2010)
   [*] Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
   [*] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
   [*] Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
   [*] Desperado (1995)
   [*] Passion Fish (1992)
   [*] The Quiet American (2002)
   [*] Restoration (1995)
   [*] The Shipping News (2001)
   [*] The Life of David Gale (2003)
   [*] Donnie Brasco (1997)
   [*] Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (Amelie) (2001)
   [*] The Station Agent (2003)
   [*] A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1960)
   [*] Proof (2005)
   [*] Groundhog Day (1993)
   [*] In the Bedroom (2001)
   [*] Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog) (1985)
   [*] El Angel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel) (1962)
   [*] The Circus (1928)
   [*] Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) (1960)
   [*] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
   [*] City Lights (1931)
   [*] Somers Town (2008)
   [*] The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
   [*] Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) (1921)
   [*] La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (1928)
   [*] Häxan (Witchcraft through the Ages) (1922)
   [*] Play Time (1967)
   [*] Little Voice (1998)
   [*] Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
   [*] La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939)
   [*] Dick (1999)
   [*] L'Atalante (1934)
   [*] Doubt (2008)
   [*] All the Pretty Horses (2000)
   [*] Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) (1959)
   [*] The Fisher King (1991)
   [*] Immortal Beloved (1994)
   [*] L'Argent (Money) (1983)
   [*] Akasen Chitai (Street of Shame) (1956)
   [*] Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders) (1970)
   [*] Vivement dimanche! (Confidentially Yours) (1983)
   [*] Sanma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
   [*] Thunderpants (2002)
   [*] Taketori Monogatari (Princess from the Moon) (1987)
   [*] For Lovers Only (2010)
   [*] Carnival of Souls (1962)
   [*] Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
   [*] Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped, or The Winds Bloweth Where It Listeth) (1956)
   [*] Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) (1960)
   [*] I Married a Witch (1942)
   [*] Hausu (House) (1977)
   [*] Like Crazy (2011)
   [*] His Girl Friday (1940)
   [*] Swingers (1996)
   [*] Reservoir Dogs (1992)
   [*] Anna Karenina (1948)
   [*] Panic (2000)
   [*] Kurutta Kajitsu (Crazed Fruit) (1956)
   [*] Bacheha-Ye Aseman (Children of Heaven) (1997)
   [*] Driving Lessons (2006)
   [*] Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (From the Life of the Marionettes) (1980)
   [*] I Vitelloni (1953)
   [*] Fanny och Alexander (Fanny & Alexander) (1982)
   [*] Equinox (1970)
   [*] A Bucket of Blood (1959)

44-70 are adds since the last time I posted here back in March.

I've watched 25 foreign language films this year!

Is anybody on hulu? Can you point out the titles that are Bollywood films? (I know they have them, cuz they have UK, Latino, and Asian as well as Bollywood films, but they mix them altogether.)

 

[modelista]

082. Protektor (2009 -foreign/czech) - beautiful movie.. Beautiful, yet tragic
083. The Architect (2006)
084. Rachel Getting Married (2009)
085. Black Swan (2010)
086. Remember Me (2010) - Robert's acting here is much better here, not great but good.. It was a decent script, solid story but I felt the ending was lazy, if you know what I mean.. Like they couldn't figure out how to end it so they just picked a random plot twist
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087. Tower Heist (2012) - I usually don't like/get Eddie Murphy & Ben Stiler but this was surprisingly funny
088. Last Night (2011) - so beautiful
089. Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene (2011)
090. Birdsong (2012) - Eddie Redmayne is soooo talented ugh, I'm in love
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[YoninahAliza]

1. 
   
   Is anybody on hulu? Can you point out the titles that are Bollywood films? (I know they have them, cuz they have UK, Latino, and Asian as well as Bollywood films, but they mix them altogether.)

1. 
   
   From what I can tell hulu categorizes Bollywood/Indian films as musicals. Which to be honest, is a little bit insulting, not every Indian film is a Bollywood film. I don't understand why it doesn't have it's own category like the other foreign films. But I did a quick search and if you type in Hindi, Indian, or Bollywood into the search box it will bring up these film titles.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

1. Cassandra's Dream
2. Moneyball
3. An Education
4. Drive
5. Real Steel
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Morning Glory
8. Reality Bites
9. Sixteen Candles
10. Annie Hall
11. Mr. Brooks
12. Pride and Prejudice
13. The Help
14. Sylvia
15. Martha Marcy May Marlene
16. Hard Candy
17. Thinner
18. The Last Laugh (German, 1924)
19. SherryBaby
20. Hugo
21. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
22. Trafic (French, 1971)
23. She's the One
24. The Third Man (1949)
25. Young Adult
26. Persepolis
27. District 9
28. Carnage
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American)
30. Midnight in Paris
31. Lost in Translation
32. Case 39
33. The Ides of March
34. A Dangerous Method
35. Manhattan Murder Mystery
36. Along Came Polly
37. Kiss the Girls
38. We Need to Talk about Kevin
39. Manhattan
40. Fracture
41. Cracks
42. The Iron Lady
43. Primal Fear
44. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
45. The Raven
46. The Descendants
47. This is England
48. Something's Gotta Give
49. Broadway Danny Rose
50.Crimes and Misdemeanors
51. The Forgotten
52. Identity
53. Die Welle (The Wave)
54. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
55. No Strings Attached

 

[blueorchid]

128. World on a Wire (1973)
129. Blood Simple (1984)
130. Carnage (2011)
131. Miller's Crossing (1990)
132. A Dangerous Method (2011)
133. The Orphanage (2007)

 

[ChrissyM]

1: The Help (2011)
2: Shutter Island (2010)
3: Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
4: The Artist (2011)
5: Moneyball (2011)
6: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
7: Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
8: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
9: Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire (2009)10: Super 8 (2011)
11: Midnight in Paris (2011)
12: Bad Teacher (2011)
13: Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
14: Hud (1963)
15: Lemon Tree (2008)
16: Friends With Benefits (2011)
17: 50/50 (2011)
18: Step Brothers (2008)
19: Hideous Kinky (1999)
20: The Hunger Games (2012)
21: Unzipped (1995)
22: Dial M for Murder (1954)
23: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
24: The Seven Year Itch (1955) - the second Marilyn Monroe film I took in... the clothes she wore were lovely, but the story was really weak. She played the female lead but it felt like more of a supporting role to me, and the main character (a man) wasn't really working for me. I don't know if voice over would have helped but he spoke all of his thoughts out loud and I found that to be really awkward. Plus the whole story/plot just didn't work for me at all.
25: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) - This was a nice behind-the-scenes look at Joan Rivers' life. We all see her as the brash, provocative red carpet celeb critic but she's such an incredibly hard worker and this film really humanized her. She's incredibly resilient, so smart, and in the end, I think she's actually really likable. You get a peak at her vulnerability and can't begrudge her any of her successes.
26: Young Adult (2011) - I wasn't really a fan of this. I don't think I realized how dark the humor was beforehand so I was caught slightly off guard. I watched it with two other people and none of us connected to or liked it.

*changing colors above denote movies watched per month.

 

[TanyaKiller]

39. The Avengers [***]
40. Adventureland [****]

I don't get all the hype behind The Avengers. I feel rather indifferent towards it.

41. It's Kind of a Funny Story [**]
42. The Color Purple [***]
43. Lorenzo's Oil [*****]
44. A Man Comes Home [***]
45. Cyrus [**]

I feel like I'm on this pour your heart out marathon in the last few weeks.
I cried so much with The Color Purple and Lorenzo's Oil.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

1. Cassandra's Dream
2. Moneyball
3. An Education
4. Drive
5. Real Steel
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Morning Glory
8. Reality Bites
9. Sixteen Candles
10. Annie Hall
11. Mr. Brooks
12. Pride and Prejudice
13. The Help
14. Sylvia
15. Martha Marcy May Marlene
16. Hard Candy
17. Thinner
18. The Last Laugh (German, 1924)
19. SherryBaby
20. Hugo
21. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
22. Trafic (French, 1971)
23. She's the One
24. The Third Man (1949)
25. Young Adult
26. Persepolis
27. District 9
28. Carnage
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American)
30. Midnight in Paris
31. Lost in Translation
32. Case 39
33. The Ides of March
34. A Dangerous Method
35. Manhattan Murder Mystery
36. Along Came Polly
37. Kiss the Girls
38. We Need to Talk about Kevin
39. Manhattan
40. Fracture
41. Cracks
42. The Iron Lady
43. Primal Fear
44. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
45. The Raven
46. The Descendants
47. This is England
48. Something's Gotta Give
49. Broadway Danny Rose
50.Crimes and Misdemeanors
51. The Forgotten
52. Identity
53. Die Welle (The Wave)
54. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
55. No Strings Attached
56. Deconstructing Harry
57. The Jane Austen Book Club
58. The Dreamers

 

[blueorchid]

134. White Zombie (1932)
135. Tiny Furniture (2010)
136. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
137. The Addiction (1995)

 

[YoninahAliza]

1. No Strings Attached
2. Rise of The Planet of The Apes
3. Tangled
4. The Artist
5. Eat, Pray, Love*
6. Mulan
7. Half Nelson
8. He's Just Not That Into You*
9. Albert Nobbs
10. Big Miracle
11. Miracle
12. Reel Injun (a documentary about how Native Americans are portrayed in film)
13. Anne of Green Gables
14. 50/50
15. Patch Adams*
16. The Kings Speech*
17. Easy A
18. Roman Holiday
19. A Single Man*
20. The Royal Tenenbaums
21. Never Let Me Go
22. Another Earth
23. Contagion
24. Hugo
25. Drive
26. Avatar*
27. The Hunger Games
28. The Kids Are Alright
29. Country Strong
30. The Adventures of Tin Tin
31. The Hours*
32. Chalet Girl
33. Janie Jones
34. My Week With Marilyn
35. Like Crazy
36. Fatal Attraction*
37. The Hammer
38. The Caine Mutiny*
39. Titanic (2012 mini-series)
40. I Capture The Castle
41. Grey Gardens (2009)
42. Temple Grandin
43. Crazy Heart
44. Psycho (1960)*
45. Chak De! India
46. Rang De Basanti
47. My Name is Khan
48. Black Swan*
49. Jab We Met
50. Veer-Zaara
51. Dil Bole Hadippa!
52. Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
53. Band Baaja Baaraat
54. Cemetery Junction

*Watched in my film class

Cemetery Junction was surprisingly good. A great cast (including Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Ricky Gervais, Christian Cooke, & Emily Watson) and a funny/sweet coming of age story of sorts set in the 70's.

 

[GinAndTonic]

001. A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg) l 2011
002. Submarine (Richard Ayoade) l 2010
003. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski) l 1968
004. Lolita (Adrian Lyne) l 1997
005. Stay (Marc Forster) l 2005
006. Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols) l 2011
007. J.Edgar (Clint Eastwood) l 2011
008. The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo (David Fincher) l 2011
009. Crazy, Stupid, Love (John Requa / Glenn Ficarra) l 2011
010. Brighton Rock (Rowan Joffe) l 2010
011. Another Happy Day (Sam Levinson) l 2011
012. The Iron Lady (Phyllida Lloyd) l 2011
013. Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo Garcia) l 2011
014. Oslo, 31st August (Joaquim Trier) l 2011
015. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin) l 2011
016. Bye Bye Blondie (Virginie Despentes) l 2012
017. My Week with Marilyn (Simon Curtis) l 2011
018. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater) l 1995
019. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) l 2004
020. Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola) l 2011
021. Super (James Gunn) l 2010
022. Pardonnez-moi (Maïwenn) l 2006
023. Dark Shadows (Tim Burton) l 2012