mixtapes & cupcakes

the rules :

create an ultimate film “bucket list” complete of films you’ve always felt you’ve needed or wanted to watch.  research and see what’s on everyone’s “top 100″ list, what classic/award winning movie has everyone seen but you, what films do your favourite director’s and actors recommend, which films have you watched yet feel you might need to give it another shot (5 to 10 years can make a huge difference of you liking a film or not) or what are films you’ve just been curious to see (no matter how embarrassing it is.)

the ultimate test :

pretend you’re going on a date.  are you going to be embarrassed to say you haven’t seen star wars or the godfather?  do you want to impress your date with your wes anderson and kurosawa knowledge?  then put it on the list!

the outcome :

films in bold black are still to be seen, films in red have been crossed off the list, and if you want to create your own list, then scroll below the bucket list for my own list of films that i highly recommend should be on everyone’s bucket list.

the bucket list :

(from lowest * to highest *****)

1. Metropolis (1927)

2. It Happened One Night (1934)

3. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

4. Gone With the Wind (1939) ****

5. The Philadelphia Story (1940) ***1/2

6. Casablanca (1942) **1/2

7. National Velvet (1944)

8. Double Indemnity (1944)

9. All About Eve (1950) ****

10. Roman Holiday (1953) ****1/2

11. Rear Window (1954) ***1/2

12. Sabrina (1954) ****

13. On the Waterfront (1954)

14. To Catch a Thief (1955) **

15. Vertigo (1958) **1/2

16. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) ***

17. The 400 Blows (1959) *1/2

18. Black Orpheus (1959) **1/2

19. North by Northwest (1959) ****

20. Some Like It Hot (1959) ****1/2

21. Breathless (1960) **1/2

22. The Parent Trap (1961)

23. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) **1/2

24. My Fair Lady (1964) ***

25. Lolita (1962) ***1/2

26. 8 ½ (1963) **** – strictly for the lighting

27. Cleopatra (1963) **

28. Dr. Strangelove (1964) *1/2

29. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

30. Doctor Zhivago (1965) *1/2

31. Pierrot le Fou (1965)

32. How to Steal a Million (1965)

33. Alfie (1966)

34. Blow Up (1966)

35. Masculine Feminine (1966)

36. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) *

37. Two for the Road (1967)

38. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) *1/2

39 Funny Girl (1968)

40. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) ***

41. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *-beware of nightmares

42. Love Story (1970) *

43. The Last Picture Show (1971) *

44. The French Connection (1971) *1/2

45. Cabaret (1972) ***

46. The Godfather (1972) **

47. The Godfather, Part II (1974)

48. Chinatown (1974)

49. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) ***1/2

50. Manhattan (1979) **1/2

51. Grey Gardens (1975)

52. Annie Hall (1977) ***1/2

53. 3 Women (1977)

54. Animal House (1978) **

55. Apocalypse Now (1979)

56. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) **

57. Raging Bull (1980)

58. Raiders of the Lost Arc (1981) **1/2

59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

60. Victor Victoria (1982) *1/2

61. Blade Runner (1982) 1/2

62. Risky Business (1983) **

63. Rumble Fish (1983)

64. Scarface (1983)

65. Anne of Green Gables (1985)

66. Out of Africa (1985)

67. Stand By Me (1986) **

68. Blue Velvet (1986) 1/2 – ha! sorry! not my cup of tea.

69. Fatal Attraction (1987) **

70. Heathers (1988) ****

71. Cinema Paradiso (1988) ***

72. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

73. Goodfellas (1990) **1/2

74. Thelma and Louise (1991)

75. Silence of the Lambs (1991) *1/2

76. Basic Instinct (1992) **1/2

77. True Romance (1993) **

78. Dazed and Confused (1993)

79. Schindler’s List (1993)

80.The Shawshank Redemption (1994) ***** – maybe not a feel-good friday night film, but still amazing

81. Pulp Fiction (1994)

82. French Kiss (1995)

83. The Usual Suspects (1995) **

84. Pride and Prejudice (1995) ***1/2

85. Stealing Beauty (1996)

86. Emma (1996)

87. Great Expectations (1998) **

88. The Truman Show (1998) **

89. The Big Lebowski (1998) **1/2

90. The Last Days of Disco (1998)

91. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) ***** – fantastic!

92. In the Mood for Love (2000) ***1/2

93. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001)

94. Monsoon Wedding (2001)

95. Gosford Park (2001)

96. City of God (2002)

97. Frida (2002) ****

98.Kill Bill Part 1 (2003) ***1/2

99. Kill Bill Part 2(2004) ***

100. 2046 (2004) ***

101. A Single Man (2009) **1/2

102. Grey Gardens (2009) ***1/2

103. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

list recommendations :

believe me, i could recommend a billion chick flicks and 80′s movies, but you’ve probably already seen most of those.  also, i’m not so sure how much clueless or the breakfast club will deeply impact a change on your life (except make you incredibly happy) so this list is only complied of films I don’t believe the average person is familiar with or films i studied in film school that i found gratifying or my top top top top favourite films that i couldn’t imagine anyone not seeing. so just because never been kissed or dirty dancing isn’t on this list, don’t think for a second that they are not in my top 10. nobody puts baby in a corner.

1. City Lights (1931)

2. Psycho (1960)

3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

4. The Graduate (1967)

5. Harold and Maude (1971)

6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

7. Jaws (1975)

8. Taxi Driver (1976)

9. The Shining (1980)

10. Yentl (1983)

11. Amadeus (1984)

12. Back to the Future (1985)

13. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

14. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – The best movie of all time, IMO.

15. Before Sunrise (1995)

16. Empire Records (1995)

17. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

18. Trainspotting (1996)

19. Life is Beautiful (1997)

20. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

21. Rushmore (1998)

22. 200 Cigarettes (1999)

23. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

24. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

25. High Fidelity (2ooo)

26. American Psycho (2000)

27. Almost Famous (2000)

28. Amelie (2001)

29. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

30. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

31. Whale Rider (2002)

32. The Dreamers (2003)

33. Love Me If You Dare (2003)

34. Lost in Translation (2003)

35. Garden State (2004)

36. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

37. Match Point (2005)

38. Pride and Prejudice (2005) - Because it is my other absolute favourite.

39. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

40. The Science of Sleep (2006)

41. Penelope (2006)

42. The Fountain (2006)

43. The Fall (2006)- Story wise, it’s crap. Most visually beautiful film I’ve seen however.

44. Little Children (2006)

45. Once (2006)

46. Marie Antoinette (2006) - Don’t give me that “historical inaccuracy” excuse crap. Visually and lyrically this film is stunning and I feel sorry for the people who don’t view it that way.

47. Man on Wire (2008)

48. The Reader (2008)

49. Away We Go (2009)

50. Black Swan (2010)

51. Every John Hughes, Sofia Coppola, Woody Allen, and Wes Anderson film ever made.