by Adam Call Roberts
For the past several years I’ve been attempting, at an inconsistent rate, to see all 1,000 films on the celebrated They Shoot Pictures Don’t They compilation list. Since other bloggers have posted their countdowns up for all to see, here’s mine.
I’ve got a very good shot at completion before the end of the decade. We’ll see. Hopefully I’ll be aided when newer films replace older ones.
You can view the list and keep track of your own progress at iCheckMovies.com Feel free to add me as a friend – just mention that you read my blog.
428 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel) February 14, 2012
427 A Woman Is a Woman – Une femme est une femme (Jean-Luc Godard) February 8, 2012
426 The Fly (David Cronenberg) January 21, 2012
425 Monsieur Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin) January 17, 2012
The list was updated on January 7, 2012. I gained 9 films (Swing Time, Sleeper, Dodsworth, L’ Arrivée d’un train à la Ciotat, Russian Ark, My Man Godfrey, Atlantic City, The Incredibles, Louisiana Story) and I lost 11. (Das Boot, The Dark Knight, Hamlet, The Last Emperor, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Arsenic and Old Lace, Out of Africa, American Beauty, Amélie, Kill Bill Vol. 1)
426 Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti) December 28, 2011
425 A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester) December 10, 2011
424 Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch) October 29, 2011
423 Cul-de-sac (Roman Polanski) October 27, 2011
422 Zelig (Woody Allen) October 26, 2011
421 The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick) October 21, 2011
420 The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston) October 21, 2011
419 Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang) October 17, 2011
418 The Navigator (Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp) October 16, 2011
417 The Quiet Man (John Ford) October 10, 2011
416 The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang) October 3, 2011
415 Scarface (Howard Hawks) October 3, 2011
414 Red River (Howard Hawks) October 1, 2011
413 The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli) September 18, 2011
412 Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg) September 5, 2011
411 The Last Laugh (F. W. Murnau) August 29, 2011
410 Freaks (Tod Browning) August 22, 2011
409 Zemlya (Aleksandr Dovzhenko) August 18, 2011
408 Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica) July 13, 2011
407 The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick) July 11, 2011
406 7th Heaven (Frank Borzage) July 5, 2011
405 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu) July 4, 2011
404 In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard) June 14, 2011
403 Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) June 14, 2011
402 Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman) June 12, 2011
401 Deliverance (John Boorman) June 11, 2011
400 A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) May 15, 2011
399 The Thief of Bagdad (Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Vincent Korda, Zoltán Korda, William Cameron Menzies) May 15, 2011
398 Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel) May 8, 2011
397 Napoléon (Abel Gance) May 7, 2011
396 Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls) April 30, 2011
395 Viaggio in Italia (Roberto Rossellini) April 24, 2011
394 Elephant (Gus Van Sant) April 20, 2011
393 Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai) March 21, 2011
392 Hidden (Michael Haneke) March 20, 2011
391 The Crowd (King Vidor) January 30, 2011
390 The New World (Terrence Malick) January 29, 2011
389 Gun Crazy / Deadly is the Female (Joseph H. Lewis) January 27, 2011
Dodsworth (William Wyler) January 26, 2011
388 Suspiria (Dario Argento) January 25, 2011
387 The Big Parade (King Vidor) January 24, 2011
386 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (Preston Sturges) January 23, 2011
385Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch) January 22, 2011
384 It’s a Gift (Norman Z. McLeod) January 20, 2011
The list was updated on January 20, 2011. I gained 10 films (Forbidden Planet, The Thing, Das Boot, From Here to Eternity, Y tu mamá también, A History of Violence, Babe, The Last Emperor, Safety Last!, Arsenic and Old Lace) and lost 5. (Mothlight, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Song of Ceylon, The Truman Show, You Can’t Take it with You)
378 Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus) January 17, 2011
377 Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski) January 14, 2011
376 The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock) January 13, 2011
375 Three Colors: White (Krzysztof Kieślowski) January 12, 2011
374 Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski) January 8, 2011
373 Dekalog (Krzysztof Kieślowski) January 2, 2011
372 Festen (Thomas Vinterberg) December 6, 2010
371 Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda) November 26, 2010
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg) November 14, 2010
370 Mean Streets (Martin Scrosese) November 6, 2010
369 Come and See (Elem Klimov) October 23, 2010
368 Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray) October 21, 2010
367 Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard) October 19, 2010
366 Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur) October 17, 2010
365 The Trial (Orson Welles) October 13, 2010
364 Black Narcissus (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) October 12, 2010
363 The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse) October 12, 2010
362 Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott) October 4, 2010
361 The Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov) October 3, 2010
360 Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick) October 2, 2010
359 Greed (Erich von Stroheim) September 22, 2010
358 Paisan (Roberto Rossellini) September 19, 2010
357 The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles) September 16, 2010
356 Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer) September 12, 2010
355 Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger) August 18, 2010
354 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel) August 15, 2010
353 Un chant d’amour (Jean Genet) August 9, 2010
352 Hiroshima, mon amour (Alain Resnais) August 8, 2010
351 Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi) August 2, 2010
350 Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais) July 29, 2010
349 Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith) July 28, 2010
348 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) July 25, 2010
347 Viridiana (Luis Buñuel) July 24, 2010
346 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford) July 18, 2010
345 My Darling Clementine (John Ford) July 18, 2010
344 Land Without Bread (Luis Buñuel) July 15, 2010
343 Roma, città aperta (Roberto Rossellini) July 13, 2010
342 Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard) July 11, 2010
341 Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar) July 11, 2010
340 The Song of Ceylon (Basil Wright) July 11, 2010
339 The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges) July 6, 2010
338 Il Gattopardo (Luchino Visconti) July 5, 2010
337 Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi) Jun 27, 2010
336 The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles) Jun 27, 2010
335 My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki) Jun 27, 2010
334 The Elephant Man (David Lynch) Jun 25, 2010
333 Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher) Jun 22, 1010
332 Days of Heaven (Terrence Malik) Jun 21, 2010
331 Rose Hobart (Joseph Cornell) Jun 21, 2010
330 La Battaglia di Algeri (Gillo Pontecorvo) Jun 20, 2010
329 Listen to Britain (Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister) Jun 20, 2010
328 Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock) Jun 20, 2010
327 Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata) Jun 18, 2010
326 The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock) Jun 16, 2010
325 Ed Wood (Tim Burton) Jun 14, 2010
324 L’ Âge d’Or (Luis Buñuel) Jun 11, 2010
323 Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer) Jun 10, 2010
322 Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren) Jun 10, 2010
321 Mothlight (Stan Brakhage) Jun 10, 2010
320 Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky) Jun 9, 2010
319 Casino (Martin Scorsese) Jun 7, 2010
318 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet) Jun 5, 2010
317 Heat (Michael Mann) May 31, 2010
316 Once Upon a Time in America (Martin Scorsese) May 29, 2010
315 Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore) May 25, 2010
314 Partie de campagne (Jean Renoir) May 17, 2010
313 Ran (Akira Kurosawa) May 17, 2010
Safety Last (Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor) May 11, 2010
312 The Great Escape (John Sturges) May 11, 2010
311 La jetée (Chris Marker) May 5, 2010
310 The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges) May 5, 2010
309 Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa) May 5, 2010
308 Les vampires (Louis Feuillade) May 4, 2010
307 The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks) May 3, 2010
306 Yi yi (Edward Yang) May 3, 2010
305 Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale) Apr 30, 2010
304 Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot) Apr 27, 2010
303 Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa) Apr 27, 2010
302 Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) Apr 27, 2010
301 Nuit et brouillard (Alain Resnais) Apr 25, 2010
The Thing (John Carpenter) April 22, 2010
300 Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky) Apr 21, 2010
299 The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola) Apr 16, 2010
298 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Werner Herzog) Apr 6, 2010
297 Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) Mar 16, 2010
296 Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman) Mar 15, 2010
295 Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone) Feb 23, 2010
294 Oldboy (Chan-wook Park) Feb 12, 2010
293 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot) Feb 11, 2010
292 Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki) Feb 10, 2010
291 Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) Feb 10, 2010
L’ Arrivée d’un train à la Ciotat (Auguste Lumière) Jan 31, 2010
290 Cidade de Deus (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund) Jul 26, 2009
289 Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero) Jul 18, 2009
Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov) Jul 9, 2009
288 Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson) Jul 8, 2009
287 Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero) Jul 5, 2009
286 The Earrings of Madame De… (Max Ophüls) Jul 2, 2009
285 Play Time (Jacques Tati) Jun 16, 2009
284 Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton) May 19, 2009
283 Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton) May 19, 2009
282 Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) May 13, 2009
281 Pickpocket (Robert Bresson) May 13, 2009
280 Fellini – Satyricon (Federico Fellini) May 11, 2009
279 Il conformista (Bernardo Bertolucci) May 6, 2009
278 Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson) May 5, 2009
277 Zerkalo (Andrei Tarkovsky) Apr 16, 2009
276 Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks) Apr 14, 2009
275 Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky) Apr 13, 2009
274 Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard) Mar 10, 2009
273 Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer) Feb 10, 2009
272 Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen) Feb 3, 2009
271 The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton) Feb 2, 2009
270 La Grande illusion (Jean Renoir) Dec 18, 2008
269 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks) Dec 15, 2008
268 Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carné) Dec 11, 2008
267 To Be or Not to Be (Ernst Lubitsch) Dec 6, 2008
266 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson) Dec 2, 2008
265 Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard) Nov 28, 2008
264 Touch of Evil (Orson Welles) Nov 25, 2008
My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava) Nov 24, 2008
263 RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven) Nov 12, 2008
262 Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) Nov 9, 2008
261 Blue Velvet (David Lynch) Nov 4, 2008
260 Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu) Nov 3, 2008)
259 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman) Oct 23, 2008
258 White Heat (Raoul Walsh) Oct 14, 2008
257 Jules et Jim (François Truffaut) Oct 14, 2008
256 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai) Oct 7, 2008
255 Top Hat (Mark Sandrich) Sep 18, 2008
The Incredibles (Brad Bird) Sep 1, 2008
254 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman) Aug 17, 2008
253 Rushmore (Wes Anderson) Aug 15, 2008
Louisiana Story (Robert J. Flaherty) Aug 10, 2008
Atlantic City (Louis Malle) Aug 8, 2008
From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann) Aug 8, 2008
252 Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg) Aug 8, 2008
251 La Terra trema (Luchino Visconti) Aug 8, 2008
250 Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson) Aug 8, 2008
249 The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers) July 29, 2008
248 Laura (Otto Preminger) July 23, 2008
247 Ivan the Terrible – Pt. 2 (Sergei Eisenstein) July 22, 2008
246 The Dark Knight (Christoper Nolan) July 19, 2008
245 Ivan the Terrible – Pt. 1 (Sergei Eisenstein) July 17, 2008
244 Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock) Jun 28, 2008
243 Roman Holiday (William Wyler) Jun 23, 2008
242 Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock) Jun 18, 2008
241 You Can’t Take It with You (Frank Capra) Jun 11, 2008
240 Le Voyage dans la lune (Georges Méliès) Jun 10, 2008
Swing Time (George Stevens) Apr 28, 2008
Sleeper (Woody Allen) Apr 21, 2008
239 Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) Apr 21, 2008
238 How Green Was My Valley (John Ford) Mar 25, 2008
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci) Feb 28, 2008
237 There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) Jan 26, 2008
236 Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni) Dec 14, 2007
235 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Dec 12, 2007
234 Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman) Nov 23, 2007
233 Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton) Nov 19, 2007
232 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau) Oct 23, 2007
231 Brazil (Terry Gilliam) Oct 20, 2007
230 The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen) Oct 19, 2007
229 Nashville (Robert Altman) Sep 3, 2007
228 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet) Sep 1, 2007
227 The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich) Aug 31, 2007
226 Le Notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini) Aug 31, 2007
225 Shame (Ingmar Bergman) Aug 29, 2007
224 Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman) Aug 4, 2007
223 An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey) July 27, 2007
222 Cabaret (Bob Fosse) July 19, 2007
221 The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) July 17, 2007
220 Tom Jones (Tony Richardson) July 5, 2007
219 Amarcord (Federico Fellini) Jun 19, 2007
218 Ugetsu monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi) Jun 19, 2007
217 A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann) Jun 9, 2007
216 Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby) Jun 9, 2007
215 Persona (Ingmar Bergman) May 26, 2007
214 Carrie (Brian DePalma) May 25, 2007
213 Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper) May 17, 2007
212 L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni) May 10, 2007
211 La Strada (Federico Fellini) May 2, 2007
Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón) March 15, 2007
210 L’Atalante (Jean Vigo) Apr 25, 2007
209 Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee) Apr 22, 2007
208 Ordinary People (Robert Redford) Apr 14, 2007
207 The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa) Apr 12, 2007
206 A Place in the Sun (George Stevens) Apr 11, 2007
205 Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges) Apr 8, 2007
204 The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock) Apr 8, 2007
203 La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer) Apr 3, 2007
202 Memento (Christopher Nolan) Mar 31, 2007
201 Brief Encounter (David Lean) Mar 28, 2007
200 The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey) Mar 27, 2007
199 The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah) Mar 27, 2007
198 Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa) Mar 24, 2007
197 An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli) Mar 20, 2007
196 National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Landis) Mar 15, 2007
195 The Searchers (John Ford) Feb 27, 2007
194 Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) Feb 15, 2007
193 Stagecoach (John Ford) Feb 14, 2007
192 Shane (George Stevens) Feb 6, 2007
191 Network (Sidney Lumet) Feb 1, 2007
190 His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks) Feb 1, 2007
189 Being There (Hal Ashby) Jan 26, 2007
188 Manhattan (Woody Allen) Jan 25, 2007
187 Raising Arizona (Coen Brothers) Jan 22, 2007
186 Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau) Jan 22, 2007
185 Great Expectations (David Lean) Jan 21, 2007
184 The French Connection (William Friedkin) Jan 18, 2007
183 The 400 Blows (François Truffaut) Jan 5, 2007
182 A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood) Jan 4, 2007
181 Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch) Dec 13, 2006
180 The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler) Dec 12, 2006
179 The Red Shoes (Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell) Dec 9, 2006
178 La dolce vita (Federico Fellini) Nov 25, 2006
177 Dirty Harry (Don Siegel) Nov 13, 2006
176 Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) Nov 8, 2006
175 Intolerance (D. W. Griffith) Oct 28, 2006
174 8½ (Federico Fellini) Oct 16, 2006
173 The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica) Oct 14, 2006
172 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel) Oct 11, 2006
171 The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir) Oct 7, 2006
170 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone) Oct 3, 2006
169 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) Oct 2, 2006
168 The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino) Sep 30, 2006
167 Duck Soup (Leo McCarey) Sep 19, 2006
166 Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger) Sep 13, 2006
165 Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski) Aug 16, 2006
164 Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn) Aug 9, 2006
163 Brazil (Terry Gilliam) July 31, 2006
162 A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton) July 18, 2006
161 The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris) July 17, 2006
160 All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) July 8, 2006
159 Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack) July 4, 2006
158 Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood) June 24, 2006
157 Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) June 14, 2006
156 The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese) May 14, 2006
155 Modern Times (Charles Chaplin) May 10, 2006
154 City Lights (Charles Chaplin) April 11, 2006
153 The Killing (Stanley Kubrick) March 11, 2006
152 GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese) January 28, 2006
151 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards) January 21, 2006
150 Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) January 18, 2006
149 American Graffiti (George Lucas) January 10, 2006
148 The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor) January 8, 2006
147 Chinatown (Roman Polanski) January 1, 2006
146 West Side Story (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins) December 23, 2005
145 The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola) December 17, 2005
144 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman) December 10, 2005
Before this date, I wasn’t nearly as OCD about logging views.
