Darn kottke had to go ahead and post a list of the “1001 Movies That You Must See Before You Die” (plus an addendum). Like the book list, the selections are highly debatable, particularly in the past couple decades. (e.g., The Constant Gardener?)

I’ve seen 302 of the movies, so I’m batting 30%, three times better than with the book list. Same drill: the full list of movies I’ve seen on the list is after the jump, with asterisks next to my favorites.

Metropolis (1927) An Andalusian Dog (1928) Frankenstein (1931) M (1931) Triumph of the Will (1934) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Rules of the Game (1939) Fantasia (1940) Pinocchio (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Dumbo (1941) Casablanca (1942) The Big Sleep (1946) Great Expectations (1946) Notorious (1946) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) The Bicycle Thief (1948) The Third Man (1949) Rashomon (1950) Los Olvidados (1950) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Strangers on a Train (1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Rear Window (1954) La Strada (1954) *The Seven Samurai (1954) Guys and Dolls (1955) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) The Ten Commandments (1956) *The Seventh Seal (1957) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Paths of Glory (1957) Touch of Evil (1958) *Vertigo (1958) The 400 Blows (1959) North by Northwest (1959) La Dolce Vita (1960) The Adventure (1960) Psycho (1960) The Apartment (1960) La Jetee (1961) *Jules and Jim (1961) West Side Story (1961) *Lawrence of Arabia (1962) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Lolita (1962) The Birds (1963) 8 1/2 (1963) Contempt (1963) Goldfinger (1964) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) *Dr. Strangelove (1964) Doctor Zhivago (1965) The Sound of Music (1965) Blowup (1966) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Persona (1966) The Graduate (1967) *Playtime (1967) Belle de Jour (1967) Cool Hand Luke (1967) The Jungle Book (1967) Planet of the Apes (1968) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) The Producers (1968) *2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Midnight Cowboy (1969) Easy Rider (1969) The Wild Bunch (1969) Patton (1970) MASH (1970) *A Clockwork Orange (1971) *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Walkabout (1971) Harold and Maude (1971) The French Connection (1971) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) Sleuth (1972) *The Godfather (1972) *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) The Sting (1973) Badlands (1973) Mean Streets (1973) *The Wicker Man (1973) Sleeper (1973) Serpico (1973) The Exorcist (1973) The Conversation (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974) *Chinatown (1974) Blazing Saddles (1974) *The Godfather Part II (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) The Wall (1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Barry Lyndon (1975) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Nashville (1975) Jaws (1975) Carrie (1976) All the President’s Men (1976) Rocky (1976) Taxi Driver (1976) *Network (1976) The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) Star Wars (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Annie Hall (1977) Eraserhead (1977) Suspiria (1977) The Deer Hunter (1978) Grease (1978) Alien (1979) Being There (1979) Life of Brian (1979) *Apocalypse Now (1979) Manhattan (1979) Ordinary People (1980) The Shining (1980) *Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raging Bull (1980) *Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981) E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982) The Thing (1982) Poltergeist (1982) Blade Runner (1982) The Evil Dead (1982) Gandhi (1982) A Christmas Story (1983) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) The Right Stuff (1983) *Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Scarface (1983) Amadeus (1984) The Terminator (1984) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Ghostbusters (1984) *The Breakfast Club (1985) Ran (1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Back to the Future (1985) *Brazil (1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) The Color Purple (1985) Stand By Me (1986) Blue Velvet (1986) The Fly (1986) Aliens (1986) *Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Platoon (1986) Top Gun (1986) Raising Arizona (1987) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Withnail and I (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) *The Princess Bride (1987) Moonstruck (1987) The Untouchables (1987) Fatal Attraction (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) The Vanishing (1988) The Thin Blue Line (1988) Cinema Paradiso (1988) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) The Naked Gun (1988) Big (1988) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) *The Decalogue (1988) *Die Hard (1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Rain Man (1988) Batman (1989) When Harry Met Sally (1989) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) My Left Foot (1989) The Killer (1989) *Do the Right Thing (1989) Roger & Me (1989) Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) Say Anything (1989) *Goodfellas (1990) Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Dances with Wolves (1990) Pretty Woman (1990) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990) Total Recall (1990) Boyz ‘n the Hood (1991) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Delicatessen (1991) Thelma & Louise (1991) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) JFK (1991) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) The Double Life of Veronique (1991) Strictly Ballroom (1992) The Player (1992) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Unforgiven (1992) The Crying Game (1992) Man Bites Dog (1992) Groundhog Day (1993) Short Cuts (1993) Philadelphia (1993) Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler’s List (1993) Three Colors: Blue (1993) The Piano (1993) Three Colors: Red (1994) Forrest Gump (1994) Clerks (1994) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) The Lion King (1994) Natural Born Killers (1994) *Pulp Fiction (1994) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Chungking Express (1994) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Casino (1995) Babe (1995) Toy Story (1995) Braveheart (1995) Clueless (1995) *Heat (1995) *Seven (1995) Smoke (1995) Dead Man (1995) The Usual Suspects (1995) *Fargo (1996) Independence Day (1996) Breaking the Waves (1996) The English Patient (1996) Lone Star (1996) Trainspotting (1996) Scream (1996) Shine (1996) Deconstructing Harry (1997) L.A. Confidential (1997) *Princess Mononoke (1997) The Butcher Boy (1997) The Ice Storm (1997) *Boogie Nights (1997) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Titanic (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Run Lola Run (1998) *Rushmore (1998) Pi (1998) Happiness (1998) The Thin Red Line (1998) *The Big Lebowski (1998) There’s Something About Mary (1998) *Magnolia (1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) All About My Mother (1999) Three Kings (1999) Fight Club (1999) *Being John Malkovich (1999) American Beauty (1999) The Sixth Sense (1999) *The Matrix (1999) In the Mood for Love (2000) Gladiator (2000) *Requiem for a Dream (2000) Amores Perros (2000) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Traffic (2000) Memento (2000) Dancer in the Dark (2000) Amelie (2001) And Your Mother Too (2001) *Spirited Away (2001) Moulin Rouge (2001) Mulholland Dr. (2001) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) The Pianist (2002) Talk to Her (2002) *The Best of Youth (2003) Oldboy (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) A Very Long Engagement (2004) Sideways (2004) Caché (2005) *Brokeback Mountain (2005) The Constant Gardener (2005)