Nearly one year after making my first list, I posted my second on one of my message boards. A lot of it had changed, but also remained the same. I was a lot more serious about writing, but still not really confidant in my abilities. I would adopt a very structured format for reviewing, but hardly enjoyable to read, and offered very little insight into why I liked films, or generaly anything about them. Here was my list:
100. Key Largo (1948)
99. From Here To Eternity (1953)
98. Design for Living (1933)
97. Citizen Kane (1941)
96. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
95. The Circus (1928)
94. Hamlet (1948)
93. The Apartment (1960)
92. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
91. Libeled Lady (1936)
90. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
89. Le Cercle rouge (1970)
88. The Night of the Iguana (1964)
87. Gone with the Wind (1939)
86. The Blue Angel (1930)
85. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
84. Love and Death (1975)
83. North by Northwest (1959)
82. Metropolis (1927)
81. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
80. Pepe Le Moko (1937)
79. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
78. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
77. The Exorcist (1973)
76. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. Lolita (1962)
74. The Public Enemy (1931)
73. To Kill a Mockinbird (1962)
72. Once Upon a Time in the West
71. I Confess (1953)
70. Capote (2005)
69. Goodfellas (1990)
68. Modern Times (1936)
67. Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
66. The General (1927)
65. Charade (1963)
64. All About Eve (1964)
63. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
62. The Big Sleep (1946)
61. The Misfits (1961)
60. Fire Over England (1937)
59. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
58. Amadeus (1984)
57. Spirited Away (2001)
56. Les Parapluies d Cherbourg (1964)
55. Repulsion (1965)
54. The Eagle and thee Hawk (1933)
53. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
52. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
51. Belle de Jour (1967)
50. Blade Runner (1982)
49. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
48. Princess Mononoke (1997)
47. Laura (1944)
46. Black Narcissus (1947)
45. In Cold Blood (1967)
44. The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
43. White Heat (1949)
42. Stalag 17 (1953)
41. The Bad and the Beautiful (1951)
40. The New World (2005)
39. Queen Christina (1933)
38. Band of Outsiders (1964)
37. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
36. Schindler’s List (1993)
35. Wuthering Heights (1935)
34. M (1931)
33. Grand Hotel (1932)
32. Rear Window (1954
31. Paths of Glory (1957)
30. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
29. Le Quai Des Brumes (1938)
28. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
27. Duck Soup (1933)
26. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
25. Life of Brian (1979)
24. Taxi Driver (1976)
23. Le Notti Bianche (1957)
22. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
21. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
20. Le Mepris (1963)
19. Apocalypse Now (1979)
18. Casablanca (1942)
17. La Grande Illusion (1937)
16. My Man Godfrey (1936)
15. Pandora’s Box (1929)
14. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
13. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
12. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
11. The Red Shoes (1948)
10. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
9. Baby Doll (1956)
8. 8 1/2 (1963)
7. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
6. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Loved the Bomb (1964)
5. Notorious (1946)
4. Some Like it Hot (1959)
3. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
2. City Lights (1931)
1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
