
About This Challenge:
This exercise was originally part of my first 1001 Day Project, and has been expanded on in my second list. The mission is to see all top films from the most reputable lists available (and also some fun lists!). I originally included the American and British Film Institutes top 100, the popular IMDB Top 250, past winners from the Cannes Film Festival and Acadamy Awards, plus the top 100 films ranked by MetaCritic. Since then I have added in numerous other lists included the mammoth 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list from Steven Jay Schneider's book.
In total, I have 576 films left to see and have seen 757 films since November 2003. You can see my mini reviews in the Film Log. Also check out the Five Star 100 for my personal list of top films.
This exercise was originally part of my first 1001 Day Project, and has been expanded on in my second list. The mission is to see all top films from the most reputable lists available (and also some fun lists!). I originally included the American and British Film Institutes top 100, the popular IMDB Top 250, past winners from the Cannes Film Festival and Acadamy Awards, plus the top 100 films ranked by MetaCritic. Since then I have added in numerous other lists included the mammoth 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list from Steven Jay Schneider's book.
In total, I have 576 films left to see and have seen 757 films since November 2003. You can see my mini reviews in the Film Log. Also check out the Five Star 100 for my personal list of top films.
| LIST | LEFT TO SEE | ON LIST | PROGRESS | |
| Internet Movie Database (IMDB) Top 250: | 7 | 251 | ||
| American Film Institute (AFI) Top 100: | 3 | 100 | ||
| British Film Institute (BFI) Top 100: | 9 | 100 | ||
| Metacritic Top 100: | 5 | 93 | ||
| Past Oscar Winners: | 6 | 78 | ||
| Palm D'Or Winners from last 30 years: | 11 | 44 | ||
| Independant Spirit Award Winners: | 1 | 20 | ||
| Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 Before You Die: | 513 | 1001 | ||
| IMDB Top 50 Westerns: | 14 | 50 | ||
| Top 100 Grossing Films of All Time: | 11 | 100 | ||
| Daily Mail's 50 films you should see by the age of 14: | 11 | 50 | ||
| Barry Norman's Top 100: | 15 | 100 | ||
| Leonard Maltin's Top 100 of the 20th Century: | 19 | 101 | ||
| Ebert's 102 Must See Films: | 14 | 102 | ||
| Best Director Winning Oscars: | 1 | 52 | ||
| European Film Award Winners: | 9 | 19 | ||
| BAFTA Award Winners: | 0 | 41 |
| DECADE: | LEFT TO SEE: | ON LIST: | PROGRESS |
| 1900-9: | 2 | 2 | |
| 1910-19: | 3 | 4 | |
| 1920-29: | 36 | 44 | |
| 1930-39: | 66 | 97 | |
| 1940-49: | 57 | 107 | |
| 1950-59: | 73 | 150 | |
| 1960-69: | 112 | 194 | |
| 1970-79: | 78 | 167 | |
| 1980-89: | 74 | 197 | |
| 1990-99: | 72 | 233 | |
| 2000-09: | 56 | 227 |

