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Home Recommendation “Must-See” Flicks (iluvcinema Edition)

May 14, 2011 By iluvcinema 2 Comments

“Must-See” Flicks (iluvcinema Edition)

One consequence of my building out the meme of A Life in Movies is that I realized just how many films I have seen over the course of my life and of those how many I actually enjoyed. So while this blog-a-thon is great fun to take part of, my mind wanders and I keep on remembering what I have not put on the list. But that has not prevented from thinking about other movie lists to put together.

Lo and behold, the other day i was doing my customary scouring of the internets to look for yet more movie resources. I then ran across another blog list entitled 60 Must See Films. The blogger established the following criteria for each film to make the list:

  • Directing
  • Acting
  • Writing
  • Photography

I decided that this kind of list would be fun too but I made a couple of changes, including:

  1. expanding the list to 100 films
  2. (1-60) are still films remaining must-see
  3. (61-100) are films that I have been told are” must-see” (meeting above criteria) but I have not seen them.

Because this is a huge (and likely dynamic) undertaking, I decided to create a new page and not simply a blog post. Over time I am sure that items on the list will change. Even as I write this I am making notations about films that have been left off. But for the sake of my mental sanity, I will leave everything frozen in time (for now).

The most active portion of the list I foresee as being in the bottom half (items 61-100). As I watch each of the films in that list, I will cross it off and add another set of films that still meet that “must-see” categorization.

All of this is in good fun of course but it should be noted that even with this established criteria of excellence in the 4 basic areas of filmmaking, there is a lot of subjectivity. No one could ever create a purely empirical, universally accepted list of 60 must see films without sparking some degree of debate. For instance I struggled with whether or not Gone With the Wind should make the list (right now it is there).

So visit the page, take a look at my suggestions and feel free to add comments and feedback.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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  1. Anna says

    May 30, 2011 at 1:40 am

    Love your list, a great idea to have this in a blog and when it’s must see you don’t really have to worry to much about the order of things. I’ve been trying to work on one as well, it’s a daunting task : – )

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  2. iluvcinema says

    May 30, 2011 at 11:12 am

    @Anna Thanks all credit to the originator of the blog. It is a daunting task but I tried to give myself a little wiggle room by including films I have not seen in the list. I made several edits with many films I do think are kind of “essential” still off the list. A couple of examples I left off are “Dead of Night” and “The Devil and Daniel Webster.” But I figure based on my “rules” some of the films in the bottom portion of the list will not ultimately make my essentials.

    Can’t wait to see yours!

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