The Lists

Tomorrow is my last day of work at my 9 to 5 job. My husband and I are expecting our first baby within the next few weeks. So, while I'm waiting for him to arrive, I decided that now would be a great time to catch up on some movies. So now the big question...what do I watch?

I googled "must see movies" and came up with tons of lists! Yahoo has a 100 movies to see before you die, Will Ferrell has a list of his top 14, and it seems like everyone and their brother has an opinion on what you NEED to see! So, I thought rather than take advice from Yahoo, why not ask those closest to me what they enjoy.

I emailed a few of my friends (movie buffs especially) and asked them what their Top 10 MUST SEE movies were. Boy did I not know what I was in for!

First of all, I found out most people can't limit it to 10. While a few started out with 10, most just gave me lists of ALL of their favorites. Some were even nice enough to categorize them! However, then they'd think some more and send me additions. Ooh! And you have to see this one! And this one too!!

What I did get were some great lists. Some overlapped, some I'd seen, some I'd never even heard of! But all in all some great suggestions, and I think more movies than I could watch in a year!

Here's a synopsis of what I got:

From Tiffany
Drama
Flatliners
A Few Good Men
The Lost Boys
Pretty In Pink
The Godfather
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rocky
The Shawshank Redemption
Unforgiven
Vertigo
The Sixth Sense
Say Anything
Schindler's List
Legends of the Fall
Seven Years in Tibet
Twelve Monkeys
The Breakfast Club
Charade
Tombstone
Ordinary People
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight

Fantasy/Sci Fi
Labyrinth
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars (the original three)
All of the Harry Potters
Legend

Musical
The Sound of Music
Godspell
Jesus Christ Superstar
Into the Woods
Annie
My Fair Lady
The Producers (the original)
The Prince of Egypt

Comedy (some dark)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Death To Smoochy
This Is Spinal Tap
Better Off Dead
Snatch
Annie Hall
Top Secret!
UHF
Drop Dead Gorgeous

From Sara
Comedy
Extras (Seasons 1&2)
Jeeves & Wooster (TV show)
Black Adder (TV show)
The Full Monty
Raising Arizona
Driving Lessons
Waking Ned Divine
The Big Lebowski
Strictly Ballroom
Stranger Than Fiction
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Holiday

Documentary
Mad Hot Ballroom
Wordplay
The Aristocrats
Jesus Camp
Spellbound

Action/Drama
Richard III (w/ Ian McClellan)
L4yer Cake
DeLovely
The Departed
Good Night and Good Luck
Match Point
Shopgirl
Charlie Wilson’s War
Sleuth
Alfie
Children of Men
RocknRolla

Foreign
Motorcycle Diaries
Amelie
Chocolat (I don’t know if this is really foreign)
Paris J’Taime

Indie
Junebug
Smart People
The Squid and the Whale
Darjeeling Unlimited
The Syrian Bride
Quinceanera
Shortbus

From Christi
The Proposal
Up
Count of Monte Cristo
Gran Torino
Big Fish
The Holiday
The Bourne Movies
Holes

From Carlie
Amelie
Children of Men
Paul Blart Mall Cop
Stardust
The Secret Life of Bees
All of Weeds/Big Love/Carnivale Seasons
Son of Rambow
The Fall
I Love You Man
Year One
Any Molly Ringwald 80's flick

From Whitney
Flight of the Navigator
Labyrinth
Best in Show
The Great Gatsby
The O.C. (tv)
Big Love (tv)
Gossip Girl (tv)
Greek (tv)
West Side Story
Bring it On
All of the X-Men movies
All of the Spiderman movies
Parenthood
That Thing You Do
The Princess Bride
The Three Amigos
Life is Beautiful
Dan in Real Life
Amelie
Hope Floats
Serendipity
Moulin Rouge
Jesus Christ Superstar
Business of Being Born
Pearl Harbor
Singing in the Rain
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
All four Indiana Jones
All three Mighty Ducks
Fargo

From Stacia
Ghost Ship
Cube
The Life of David Gale
Matchstick Men
White Oleander
Brazil
The Departed
The Prestige
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

So, I haven't even decided how I'm going to begin to choose which ones to watch first. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Needless to say, I have a huge project ahead of me.... Let the movie watching begin!