The movie list

In 2006, I put together a list of the films I had not seen that I most wanted to see. Or more accurately, three lists. It was inspired mostly by the book 1001 Movie You Should See Before You Die. The number of films on that list I has seen was in the high 300s. I wanted to see more. So I started off to make lists.

My cutoff was last century. Any film from 2000 forward was not on the lists. Instead, I made a general list of 100 films missed each year since 2000, after a couple of years to reflect. At this date, the last of the yearly lists in 2007.

Also, since I already had a Disney list, no Disney film was on the list. However, since the Disney list concluded at January 1, 2000, Disney films can be on the yearly lists.


The second list, also 1000 films, included notable films from each year, primarily Oscar nominees, with a few box office hits sprinkled in.

The third list was just my curiousity factor. Films I an interest in, or was just curious, or something notable, or just what I pleased. Also 1000 films.

I am not crazy. With the yearly lists, these films number 3800. I'll never see them all. But its a fun goal.

But I haven't been heading to the goal much. From the end of 2006 to the end of 2009, I had only watched 22 films. So part of my idea behind this blog is to motivate myself to watch more of these films. So I will note these films, none of which I have seen, under the new label movie list.