What I've seen of...Gerald Peary's 100 FILMS FOR FILM LITERACY

Submitted by RosieCotton on Fri, 05/27/2005 - 02:17
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  1. DOCUMENTARY

  2. NANOOK OF THE NORTH
  3. TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
  4. MAN OF ARAN
  5. 24 UP
  6. HIGH SCHOOL
  7. SALESMAN
  8. THE THIN BLUE LINE

  9. SILENT

  10. THE BIRTH OF A NATION
  11. INTOLERANCE
  12. THE GENERAL
  13. SHERLOCK,JR.
  14. THE GOLD RUSH
  15. CITY LIGHTS
  16. GREED
  17. SUNRISE
  18. THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
  19. NOSFERATU
  20. METROPOLIS
  21. POTEMKIN
  22. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA

  23. 30s

  24. THE BLUE ANGEL
  25. ZERO DE CONDUIT
  26. RULES OF THE GAME
  27. GRAND ILLUSION
  28. THE GOLD DIGGERS OF 33 or TOP HAT
  29. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
  30. STAGECOACH
  31. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
  32. HIS GIRL FRIDAY or BRINGING UP BABY

  33. 40s

  34. CITIZEN KANE
  35. THE MIRACLE AT MORGAN'S CREEK
  36. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
  37. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
  38. THE MALTESE FALCON
  39. THE BIG SLEEP
  40. CASABLANCA
  41. ADAM'S RIB
  42. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
  43. OPEN CITY
  44. BICYCLE THIEF

  45. 50s

  46. LA STRADA
  47. RASHOMON
  48. IKIRU
  49. UGETSU
  50. LOS OLVIDADOS
  51. WILD STRAWBERRIES
  52. A TOUCH OF EVIL
  53. THE SEARCHERS
  54. SOME LIKE IT HOT
  55. VERTIGO
  56. WRITTEN ON THE WIND
  57. IMITATION OF LIFE
  58. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
  59. ON THE WATERFRONT
  60. THE 400 BLOWS
  61. L'AVVENTURA
  62. BREATHLESS
  63. ASHES AND DIAMONDS
  64. PATHER PANCHALI
  65. SHADOWS

  66. 60s

  67. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
  68. KNIFE IN THE WATER
  69. THE GOOD, BAD, AND THE UGLY
  70. LOVES OF A BLONDE
  71. PERSONA
  72. BONNIE AND CLYDE
  73. BLOW-UP
  74. PSYCHO
  75. LA DOLCE VITA
  76. CONTEMPT
  77. VIVRE SA VIE
  78. JULES AND JIM
  79. ANDREI RUBLEV
  80. VIRIDIANA
  81. BELLE DE JOUR
  82. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
  83. DR. STRANGELOVE
  84. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
  85. THE GRADUATE
  86. THE CHELSEA GIRLS

  87. 70s

  88. TAXI DRIVER
  89. GODFATHER
  90. NASHVILLE
  91. ANNIE HALL or MANHATTAN
  92. RAN
  93. AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD
  94. THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS or
  95. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL
  96. AN AMERICAN FRIEND
  97. or ALICE IN THE CITIES
  98. THE PASSENGER or
  99. THE CONFORMIST
  100. WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM
  101. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

  102. 80s

  103. DIVA
  104. NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS,THE
  105. AIRPLANE
  106. DO THE RIGHT THING
  107. RAGING BULL
  108. KING OF COMEDY
  109. BLUE VELVET
  110. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
  111. INDIANA JONES
  112. BLADE RUNNER
  113. THE DEAD

  114. 90s

  115. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
  116. NAKED
  117. PULP FICTION
  118. RAISE THE RED LANTERN
  119. WHOSE HOME IS THIS ANYWAY?
Author Comments: 

Where there's an "either, or", he suggests you see one or the other. If there's a number, I've seen both. Where's there's not a number, I've seen neither. Where I've seen one and not the other, I separated them. I like this list, because I agree with most of it, and I've seen more than half already. Credit goes to Gerald Peary via List of Bests