*Posted in r/moviecritic as well.
As the title says, I made a goal this year to watch 500 movies this year, roughly 40-50 from each decade to broaden my movie horizons, and while it required DAILY dedication, I finally finished today. In fact, I watched 505 as I also viewed a few bonus movies.
I built the list from Best Picture winners from the big award shows. (Academy Awards, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, etc.) I also used every “Top 100” list I could find, and even used a helpful post here on Reddit that compiled the top 250 based on users scores, which helped find foreign movies.
I made a rule for myself that I had to finish every movie, even if I hated it. (Which gave me the chance to change my mind on a few, like “Holy Motors,” etc.)
So, here’s my Top 5 from each decade, except the 20s which only got 4, and the 2000s, which had too many great movies and gets 11. The movies are only listed in order of title length, except the first one, which was the best in my opinion.
Very excited for next year's viewing list, which is the exact opposite of all this critical acclaim and made up of almost exclusively my Arrow Video Boxsets and Vinegar Syndrome purchases. (Although I am only doing 400 for an easier pace.)
*EDIT* I did include an image that showed the list of the 505 movies I watched. As I said in comments, if anyone wants the excel file for their own list, let me know and its all yours.
*EDIT* I made a mistake with the date for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I have it listed as 1998, but it is actually 1988. My bad.
The 20s
BEST – The General
Man With a Movie Camera
Safety Last!
Metropolis
The 30s
BEST – King Kong
You Can’t Take It with You
Gone With the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Modern Times
The 40s
BEST – Double Indemnity
The Best Years of Our Lives
To Be or Not to Be
The Great Dictator
Citizen Kane
The 50s
BEST – 12 Angry Men
Singin’ In the Rain
A Man Escaped
Diabolique
Limelight
The 60s
BEST – Sanjuro
The Great Escape
High and Low
Le Trou
Becket
The 70s
BEST – The Godfather
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Apocalypse Now
The Sting
Network
The 80s
BEST – Robocop
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Moved from 80s List)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Jean De Florette
Raging Bull
Die Hard
The 90s
BEST – Schindler’s List
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Actually 1988)
Saving Private Ryan
L.A. Confidential
Casino
The 2000s
BEST – The Dark Knight
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Memories of Murder
There Will Be Blood
The Lives of Others
Metropolis (2001)
Tokyo Godfathers
Spirited Away
The Departed
Paprika
Oldboy
The 2010s
BEST – Parasite
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Spotlight
Birdman
The 2020s
BEST – All Quiet on The Western Front (2022)
Hundreds of Beavers
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Bullet Train
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