AFI Top 100 Challenge

I’m back dedicated readers, all 3 of you with renewed vim and vinegar. Today’s post is a challenge from my friend Hannah. She’s taking the AFI Challenge to watch the top 100 movies of all time. I decided to list those that I’ve watched are in my own top 10 list, and dedicate myself to watch the rest by the end of April. Think I can do it? Let’s go.





Here’s my Top 10:
01 The Godfather 2
02 Singing in the Rain
03 Lawrence of Arabia
04 Sunset Blvd.
05 Chinatown
07 To Kill a Mockinbird
08 Maltese Falcon
09 It Happened One Night
10 Taxi Driver

Here are the candidates that I have surprisingly not watched:
4 RAGING BULL (1980)
11 CITY LIGHTS (1931)
12 SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
17 GRADUATE, THE (1967)
18 GENERAL, THE (1927)
19 ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
23 GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
26 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
27 HIGH NOON (1952)
28 ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
36 BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
37 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38 TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (1948)
42 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
43 MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
44 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1940)
45 SHANE (1953)
47 STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
49 INTOLERANCE (1916)
51 WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
53 DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
58 GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
59 NASHVILLE (1975)
64 NETWORK (1976)
67 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)
70 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
73 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
75 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
77 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
78 MODERN TIMES (1936)
79 WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
80 APARTMENT, THE (1960)
82 SUNRISE (1927)
84 EASY RIDER (1969)
87 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
90 SWING TIME (1936)
91 SOPHIE’S CHOICE (1982)
95 LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1971)

I’ll list my post-challenge top 10 to see if any changed.