100 Films to See Before You Die
20 categories of 5 films in each category. Movie can't be put down twice:
1. 5 of your personal favourites:
Rear Window, Rocky Balboa, Casablanca, Rocky II, It's a Wonderful Life
2. 5 movies that always show up on all the 'best of all time lists' that you agree with:
The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, 12 Angry Men, Schindler's List, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
3. 5 movies that have had the biggest pop culture impact:
Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Matrix,
4. 5 movies directed by women:
You've Got Mail, The Hurt Locker, Winter's Bone, Clueless, Wonder Woman,
5. 5 movies that are foreign language:
The Passion of the Christ, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Raid, Your Name, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
6. 5 movies made in the 30s/40s:
Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Rope, King's Row, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7. 5 movies made in the 50s:
Vertigo, The Ten Commandments, North by Northwest, Forbidden Planet, High Society
8. 5 movies made in the 60s:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Psycho, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Birds
9. 5 movies made in the 70s:
Rocky, Young Frankenstein, Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Superman
10. 5 movies made in the 80s:
Rocky IV, Rambo: First Blood part II, Airplane!, Die Hard, Batman
11. 5 movies made in the 90s:
The Quick and the Dead, Miracle on 34th Street, Independence Day, Demolition Man, Tombstone
12. 5 movies made in the 21st century:
Avengers: Endgame, Blade Runner 2049, Creed, The Lake House, Australia
13. 5 horror movies:
Army of Darkness, Odd Thomas, Scream, The Lost Boys, It
14. 5 comedy movies:
Groundhog Day, The Princess Bride, Overboard, Spaceballs, The Naked Gun
15. 5 animated movies:
The Peanuts Movie, Aladdin, Shrek, The Prince of Egypt, Suzume
16. 5 Sports Movies:
For Love of the Game, Hooisers, Warrior, The Sandlot, Field of Dreams
17. 5 arthouse or indie films:
The Machinist, Lost in Translation, Mulholland Drive, The Illusionist, Juno
18. 5 movies you think are criminally underseen:
The Game, Dark City, The Painted Vail, Open Range, The Founder
19. 5 movies that are bad movies you still like:
Rhinestone, Spy Kids 3, Showgirls, The 15:17 to Paris, The Ice Pirates
20. 5 movies you feel everyone should see at least once that you so far have not managed to squeeze into any of the aforementioned categories:
Top Gun: Maverick, Titanic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Memento, Gran Torino