I’ve been watching a lot of old films recently which brings me closer to success in my attempt to watch all the films I haven’t seen in the IMDB top 100. I haven’t been reviewing them all but seeing as it’s the end of June, I thought I’d review the list of the 24 films I hadn’t seen:

  1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  2. Vertigo (1958)
  3. Paths of Glory (1957)
  4. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)(2001)
  5. Untergang, Der (Downfall) (2004)
  6. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  7. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  8. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  9. M (1931)
  10. Modern Times (1936)
  11. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  12. All About Eve (1950)
  13. Double Indemnity (1944)
  14. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  15. Crash (2004)
  16. City Lights (1931)
  17. Touch of Evil (1958)
  18. Rebecca (1940)
  19. On the Waterfront (1954)
  20. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  21. Ran (1985)
  22. The Apartment (1960)
  23. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  24. The Great Dictator (1940)

Only 8 down and 16 to go. To be honest, I thought I was doing better. Then again, I only joined up with a DVD by post scheme (who aren’t paying me to advertise so they will go unnamed) at the end of April so essentially that’s four a month (and they’ve also sent me crap like “King Kong” and “Doctor Who” in the meantime as well). City Lights has just been popped into the post (and I still haven’t watched the three films on the list that I own) so getting this done before the end of the year shouldn’t be a problem.

By way of a mass review, all the films on the list above that I’ve seen so far are fantastic and I recommend them all, with the exception of Double Indemnity which was okay but didn’t feel like a classic to me. Strangers on a Train was an absolute masterpiece in comparison.