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100 Films

Inspired by Turtle’s Paradise, and their 100 Novels challenge, I have decided to try and make my way through the Top 100 Bucket List Movies, as suggested by IMDB in February 2026.

  1. The Shawshank Redemption
  2. The Godfather
  3. The Dark Knight
  4. The Godfather Part II
  5. 12 Angry Men
  6. Schindler’s List
  7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  8. Pulp Fiction
  9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  11. Forrest Gump
  12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  13. Fight Club
  14. Inception
  15. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  16. The Matrix
  17. GoodFellas
  18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  19. Seven
  20. Interstellar
  21. It’s a Wonderful Life
  22. Seven Samurai
  23. The Silence of the Lambs
  24. Saving Private Ryan
  25. City of God
  26. Life Is Beautiful
  27. The Green Mile
  28. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  29. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
  30. Back to the Future
  31. Spirited Away
  32. The Pianist
  33. Parasite
  34. Psycho
  35. Dune: Part Two
  36. Gladiator
  37. The Lion King
  38. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  39. The Departed
  40. Leon
  41. American History X
  42. Whiplash
  43. The Prestige
  44. Grave of the Fireflies
  45. Harakiri
  46. The Usual Suspects
  47. Casablanca
  48. Untouchable
  49. Cinema Paradiso
  50. Modern Times
  51. Rear Window
  52. Once Upon a Time in the West
  53. Alien
  54. City Lights
  55. Django Unchained
  56. Apocalypse Now
  57. Memento
  58. WALL·E
  59. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  60. 12th Fail
  61. The Lives of Others
  62. Sunset Blvd.
  63. Avengers: Infinity War
  64. Paths of Glory
  65. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  66. Witness for the Prosecution
  67. The Shining
  68. The Great Dictator
  69. Aliens
  70. Inglourious Basterds
  71. The Dark Knight Rises
  72. Coco
  73. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  74. Amadeus
  75. Oldboy
  76. American Beauty
  77. Toy Story
  78. Avengers: Endgame
  79. Das Boot
  80. Braveheart
  81. Good Will Hunting
  82. Princess Mononoke
  83. Joker
  84. Your Name.
  85. High and Low
  86. 3 Idiots
  87. Once Upon a Time in America
  88. Singin’ in the Rain
  89. Capernaum
  90. Come and See
  91. Requiem for a Dream
  92. Toy Story 3
  93. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
  94. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  95. The Hunt
  96. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  97. Reservoir Dogs
  98. Ikiru
  99. Lawrence of Arabia
  100. Oppenheimer

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