The 100 Movie Challenge (2012)

[heyworld]

1. RED
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Avengers
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Scott Pilgrim vs The World
6. Monsieur Lazhar
7. Sunshine Cleaning
8. Our Idiot Brother
9. Cedar Rapids
10. Almost Famous
11. Awakenings
12. Brothers
13. Contagion
14. The Bucket List
15. The Darjeeling Limited
16. Rushmore
17. Tiny Furniture
18. Chilren of Heaven
19. Welcome to the Dollhouse
20. Midnight in Paris
21. Mission Imposible (newest)
22. 50/50
23. The Help
24. Hugo
25. Drive
26. Blue Valentine
27. The Hunger Games

 

[Karen0193]

100. Guzaarish(2010)
101. Kung Fu Panda(2011)
102. The Bang Bang Club(2011)
103. Memento(2000)
104. Any Given Sunday(1999)
105. Bridesmaids(2011)
106. Paris, Texas(1984)
107. Beetlejuice(1988)
108. Iron Man 2(2010)
109. Mr and Mrs Smith(2005)
110. Pretty in Pink(1986)
111. A Clockwork Orange(1971)

 

[blueorchid]

When you think you're ready for the 3-hour Griffith melodramas, you should definitely try Way Down East. I watched it twice in a row because... I was just too impressed.

To be honest I'm kind of afraid to watch the Griffith epics. I remember that I took a class where we had to read about The Birth of a Nation, and the way this author described it made it sound like the most thrilling movie ever. Then when we watched pieces of it it was just so... not what I was expecting. Don't even get me started on Intolerance!

I was thinking of starting with Broken Blossoms to ease into Griffith, but I'll look into your suggestion as well.

 

[Festat]

To be honest I'm kind of afraid to watch the Griffith epics. I remember that I took a class where we had to read about The Birth of a Nation, and the way this author described it made it sound like the most thrilling movie ever. Then when we watched pieces of it it was just so... not what I was expecting. Don't even get me started on Intolerance!

I was thinking of starting with Broken Blossoms to ease into Griffith, but I'll look into your suggestion as well.

Hahaha, I have my problems sitting through Intolerance as well, especially the Babylon segment. Lillian Gish rocking the cradle may be the most powerful image on Griffith's filmography, though. It's just so haunting.

I think you should try watching The Birth of a Nation from beginning to end. It is a great film with truly moving moments (or maybe I'm too easy). There is the battle scene which is impressive but can get a little tedious, but... it is a great movie overall, even with all the KKK controversy.

And, yes, I believe Broken Blossoms is a very good starting point. It is Griffith's most delicate film. And it's much shorter than his usual after TBOAN! Orphans of the Storm is a nice one too.

I also like The Battle of the Sexes, one of his last movies. It is very interesting to note the differences between Griffith's genuinely American melodrama movie and Murnau's European way in his Sunrise, as both treat basically about the same theme: fidelity, the lack of it, and diabolic women.

 

[Festat]

Question: will shorts and rewatchs count for the challenge or just newly approached feature films? Or it's up to me?

 

[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
024. Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine) l 2012
025. De rouille et d'os (Jacques Audiard) l 2012
026. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) l 2012
027. On The Road (Walter Salles) l 2012
028. Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg) l 2012
029. Sur mes lèvres (Jacques Audiard) l 2002
030. Time Out (Andrew Niccol) l 2011
031. The Game (David Fincher) l 1997
032. The Chronicles of Narnia I (Andrew Adamson) l 2005
033. Boy A (John Crowley) l 2007
034. Footloose (Herbert Ross) l 1984
035. The Pianist (Roman Polanski) l 2002
036. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard) l 2005
037. Chronicle (Josh Trank) l 2012
038. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan) l 2012

 

[ckgirlbr]

Question: will shorts and rewatchs count for the challenge or just newly approached feature films? Or it's up to me?

I think shorts count, as well as movies you've rewatched this year, but if you see the same movie more than once this year, it only counts as one.

 

[emilylin]

^ wow, then I should add Harry Potter series! I watched it twice this year

 

[blueorchid]

Question: will shorts and rewatchs count for the challenge or just newly approached feature films? Or it's up to me?

I think it depends how you define a short, truthfully I put them on my list as long as they're over 40 minutes.

I've been keeping a separate list of short films that I've seen this year to avoid "clutter." I kept a list for fun on another website last year and I included 7 minute long Looney Tunes cartoons for some reason, skewing my results drastically.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

To be honest I'm kind of afraid to watch the Griffith epics. I remember that I took a class where we had to read about The Birth of a Nation, and the way this author described it made it sound like the most thrilling movie ever. Then when we watched pieces of it it was just so... not what I was expecting. Don't even get me started on Intolerance!

I was thinking of starting with Broken Blossoms to ease into Griffith, but I'll look into your suggestion as well.

Battleship Potemkin is a must - the Soviets drew a fair bit on Griffith's experiments, but Eisenstein really took it to a new level.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Rewatches count if they aren't in the same year I think.

 

[Festat]

Oh, I won't count shorts or rewatches then. Watching 100 new feature films in 6 months will be much more challenging for me.


001. The Suspect, 1944, by Robert Siodmak. USA.
002. Flamingo Road, 1949, by Michael Curtiz. USA.
003. Murder, My Sweet, 1944, by Edward Dmytryk. USA.
004. Decoy, 1946, by Jack Bernhard. USA.
005. My Name Is Julia Ross, 1945, by Joseph H. Lewis. USA.
006. The Woman in the Window, 1944, by Fritz Lang. USA.
007. High Sierra, 1941, by Raoul Walsh. USA.
008. Johnny Eager, 1941, by Mervyn LeRoy. USA.
009. The Hitch-Hiker, 1953, by Ida Lupino. USA.
010. The Shanghai Gesture, 1941, by Josef von Sternberg. USA.
011. Ministry of Fear, 1944, by Fritz Lang. USA.
012. I Wake Up Screaming, 1941, by H. Bruce Humberstone. USA.
013. D.O.A., 1950, by Rudolph Maté. USA.
014. They Drive by Night, 1940, by Raoul Walsh. USA.
015. Scarlet Street, 1945, by Fritz Lang. USA.

 

[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
024. Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine) l 2012
025. De rouille et d'os (Jacques Audiard) l 2012
026. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) l 2012
027. On The Road (Walter Salles) l 2012
028. Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg) l 2012
029. Sur mes lèvres (Jacques Audiard) l 2002
030. Time Out (Andrew Niccol) l 2011
031. The Game (David Fincher) l 1997
032. The Chronicles of Narnia I (Andrew Adamson) l 2005
033. Boy A (John Crowley) l 2007
034. Footloose (Herbert Ross) l 1984
035. The Pianist (Roman Polanski) l 2002
036. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard) l 2005
037. Chronicle (Josh Trank) l 2012
038. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan) l 2012
039. Benny & Joon (Jeremiah S. Chechik) l 1993

 

[Natashaaa]

1. Love Actually
2. About a Boy
3. Last Life in the Universe
4. Petit Tailleur
5. Dead Poets Society
6. Be Kind Rewind
7. Mes Copains
8. One Day
9. 50/50
10. Carnage
11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (swedish version)
12. Contagion
13. Perfect Sence
14. Penelope
15. The Skin I Live In
16. Certified Copy
17. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US version)
18. The Kid with a Bike
19. The Ghost Writer
20. Unmade Beds
21. Last Night
22. The Page Turner
23. Million Dollar Baby
24. My Little Princess
25. Burn After Reading
26. L'enfant
27. Rabbit Hole
28. Se7en
29. Blindness
30. A Woman Is a Woman
31. Sliding Doors
32. Lars and the Real Girl
33. Another Year
34. Funny Games U.S.
35. Cloverfield
36. Delirious
37. Suicide Room
38. Mother
39. The Meaning of Life
40. The Day After Tomorrow
41. Another Earth
42. Cracks
43. Melancholia
44. The Artist
45. Oslo, August 31st
46. The Usual Suspects
47. Bowling for Columbine
48. Memoirs of a Geisha
49. Detachment
50. Stranger Than Fiction
51. The Descendants
52. Hugo
53. Turn Me On, Dammit!
54. The Hunger Games
55. Weekend
56. Like Crazy
57. Shame
58. Talking Heads
59. Juno
60. Three Colors: White
61. Slumdog Millionaire
62. An Education
63. God Bless America
64. Together
65. The Bourne Identity
66. Tomboy
67. Lord of the Flies
68. Goodbye Lenin!
69. Adaptation.
70. Amador
71. Camera Buff
72. Take This Waltz
73. (Untitled)
74. Summer with Monika
75. The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
76. The Salt of Life
77. Avé
78. The Art of Love
79. Bachelor Days are Over
80. Scabbard Samurai
81. Stockholm East
82. Skylab
83. Twilight Portrait
84. Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
85. Clip
86. Tiny Furniture
87. Huddersfield
88. When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo
89. Trust
90. Insomnia
91. Magnolia
92. Margaret
93. Delicacy
94. Eyes Wide Shut
95. Paris, Texas
96. Annie Hall
97. The Girlfriend Experience
98. The Big Lebowski
99. Deconstructing Harry
100. Horrible Bosses
101. 2 Days in Paris
102. The Girl in the Park
103. Sidewalls
104. L.A. Confidential
105. Young Adult
106. Manhattan Murder Mystery
107. S1m0ne
108. Heartless
109. My Girl
110. The Girl

 

[Teja]

01. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
02. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
03. L'enfant Sauvage (1970)
04. The Hangover Part ll (2011)
05. New Year's Eve (2011)
06. We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
07. One for The Money (2011)
08. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
09. My Week with Marilyn (2011)
10. Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
11. Midnight in Paris (2011)
12. The Smurfs (2011)
13. Monte Carlo (2011)
14. From Prada to Nada (2011)
15. Horrible Bosses (2011)
16. Puss in Boots (2011)
17. The Help (2011)
18. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
19. Couples Retreat (2009)
20. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
21. Wanderlust (2011)
22. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
23. American Psycho (2000)
24. Bridesmaids (2011)
25. The Rum Diary (2011)

 

[TanyaKiller]

71. The Amazing Spider-Man [****] > Better than the first Spider-Man with Tobey Maguire. Let's wait and see if the second movie can beat Spider-Man 2, one of the best super-heroes flicks I watched along with The Dark Knight.
72. War of the Buttons [****] > The new frech version. Almost an overdose of sweetness.
73. Little White Lies [*****] > So witty! I laughed so much with it and didn't expect the end. A smart movie about hipocrisy.
74. On the Road [***] > Quite disappointed. The women only talked about sex and men, they barely had a character of their own.
75. The Ides of March [***] > It didn't quite work as an allegory or criticism for Obama's election imo. And it has such moralistic undertones.
76. Tell No One [**] > Dull and full of stupid twists and turns. Too forced.

77. The Dark Knight Rises [****] > Somewhat disappointed but it's hard to top Heath Ledger's Joker.
78. The Life of Fish [****] > Such a delicate bittersweet movie! Just lovely.
79. Kick-*** [****] > I just laughed so hard with this one!
80. La Chance de Ma Vie [****] > I love french romantic comedies, they are much more original and less predictable!

 

[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
024. Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine) l 2012
025. De rouille et d'os (Jacques Audiard) l 2012
026. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) l 2012
027. On The Road (Walter Salles) l 2012
028. Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg) l 2012
029. Sur mes lèvres (Jacques Audiard) l 2002
030. Time Out (Andrew Niccol) l 2011
031. The Game (David Fincher) l 1997
032. The Chronicles of Narnia I (Andrew Adamson) l 2005
033. Boy A (John Crowley) l 2007
034. Footloose (Herbert Ross) l 1984
035. The Pianist (Roman Polanski) l 2002
036. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard) l 2005
037. Chronicle (Josh Trank) l 2012
038. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan) l 2012
039. Benny & Joon (Jeremiah S. Chechik) l 1993
040. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) l 2007

 

[Tinetush]

Tinetush - what did you think of Die Welle (Germany, 2008)? I watched it and thought the acting was very powerful and the storyline shocking. Good film imo.

Sorry I completely missed your post. But yeah I really liked it too. It was a nice surprise as I just happened to catch it on the Telly. I really like it when lesser known films are shown, I like to be surprised. But I agree the acting was splendid, and the story was compelling

Haven't seen many films lately. Have to admit that all of my time spent in front of the Telly is used for watching the Olympics.

 

[Belowen]

01: Back To The Future II
02: The Hangover Part II
03: Poltergeist
04: Sex And The City
05: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
06: The Muppets
07: Prom Night
08: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
09: The Beach
10: Gothika
11: Trading Places
12: Enchanted
13: My Week With Marilyn
14: I Am Number Four
15: The Boondock Saints
16: The Blue Lagoon
17: Dawn Of The Dead
18: The Hunger Games
19: Fright Night
20: A Dangerous Method
21: Final Destination
22: Silent Hill
23: True Lies
24: Silence of the Lambs
25: The Darkest Hour
26: Monsters
27: Chronicle
28: Aliens
29: Alien 3
30: Prometheus
31: The Secret Garden
32: The Amazing Spiderman
33: The Invasion
34: Source Code
35: Cowboys and Aliens
36: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
37: X Men: First Class
38: The Dark Knight Rises
39: The Bourne Identity
40: The Bourne Supremacy
41: Urban Legend
42: Cosmopolis

 

[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
55. The Way Back
56. The Three Musketeers
57. Clueless
58. Midnight In Paris
59. Dirty Girl
60. 2 Days In Paris
61. Marie Antoinette
62. Mean Girls
63. The Iron Lady
64. Timer
65. Zoolander
66. The Whistleblower
67. The Avengers
68. Toast
69. Thor
70. Abduction
71. Young Adult
72. Ever After
73. Smoke Signals
74. Brave
75. Sleepless In Seattle
76. The Decoy Bride
77. A League Of Their Own
78. The Amazing Spider-Man
79. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
80. Bride & Prejudice
81. Moonrise Kingdom
82. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird
83. The Decedents
84. The Little Mermaid
*Watched in my film class

I could have sworn I had added The Decedents to my list ages ago but I guess not (unless I'm just clearly not seeing it). Side-note, I haven't been watching any movies lately, watching the olympics instead...I feel like I'm slacking cause I haven't watched anything.