Film School

Welcome to The Vintage Project Film School!

There is something very special about film.  About going into a quiet, dark theatre, or just drawing the curtains in your living room, and being transported to a different place and time.  I've always loved that experience... 

LIFE Magazine, 1952
As with the Book Club, I will be making a concerted effort to watch films that are considered great and influential.  This originally started with a list of the top 100 movies put out by the American Film Institute.  I then stumbled across the 10th Anniversary edition of that list (which had a surprising amount of differences), AMC's Greatest 100 list, and also IMDB's list of the top 250 rated films.  I have combined the various titles into one consolidated list, much like in the Book Club.  My original list has grown considerably since I've added all the new titles from the second and third lists below and many from the last one.  Now I've got a REALLY long list!  I've taken out the duplicates and the titles that were too recent, but clearly I still have a LOT of movies to watch.  Kittens, are you as excited as I am??

After viewing, titles are moved to the bottom of the page in an attempt to keep some semblance of order.

American Film Institute's Top 100 Movies
American Film Institute's Top 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary
AMC's The Greatest 100 Movies of All Time
IMDB Top 250 Movies

Citizen Kane, 1941
Casablanca, 1942
The Godfather, 1972
Gone with the Wind, 1939
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
On the Waterfront, 1954
Schindler's List, 1993
Singin' in the Rain, 1952
It's a Wonderful Life, 1946
Sunset Blvd., 1950
The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
Some Like It Hot, 1959
Star Wars, 1977
All About Eve, 1950
The African Queen, 1951
Psycho, 1960
Chinatown, 1974
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
The Grapes of Wrath, 1940
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
Raging Bull, 1980
E.T The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
Dr. Strangelove, 1964
Bonnie and Clyde, 1967
Apocalypse Now, 1979
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
The Treasure of Sierra Madre, 1948
Annie Hall, 1977
The Godfather Part II, 1974
High Noon, 1952
To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
It Happened One Night, 1934
Midnight Cowboy, 1969
The Best Years of our Lives, 1946
Double Indemnity, 1944
Doctor Zhivago, 1965
North by Northwest, 1959
West Side Story, 1961
Rear Window, 1954
King Kong, 1933
The Birth of a Nation, 1915
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
A Clockwork Orange, 1971
Taxi Driver, 1976
Jaws, 1975
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969
The Philadelphia Story, 1940
From Here to Eternity, 1953
Amadeus, 1984
All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930
The Sound of Music, 1965
M*A*S*H, 1970
The Third Man, 1949
Fantasia, 1940
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
Vertigo, 1958
Tootsie, 1982
Stagecoach, 1939
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
Network, 1976
The Manchurian Candidate, 1962
An American in Paris, 1951
Shane, 1953
The French Connection, 1971
Forrest Gump, 1994
Ben-Hur, 1959
Wuthering Heights, 1939
The Gold Rush, 1925
Dances With Wolves, 1990
City Lights, 1931
American Graffiti, 1973
Rocky, 1976
The Deer Hunter, 1978
The Wild Bunch, 1969
Modern Times, 1936
Giant, 1956
Platoon, 1986
Fargo, 1996
Duck Soup, 1933
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935
Frankenstein, 1931
Easy Rider, 1969
Patton, 1970
The Jazz Singer, 1927
My Fair Lady, 1964
A Place in the Sun, 1951
The Apartment, 1960
Goodfellas, 1990
Pulp Fiction, 1994
The Searchers, 1956
Bringing Up Baby, 1938
Unforgiven, 1992
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967
Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
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The Wizard of Oz, 1939
The General, 1927
Intolerance, 1916
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
Nashville, 1975
Sullivan's Travels, 1941
Cabaret, 1972
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966
Saving Private Ryan, 1998
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
All the President's Men, 1976
Spartacus, 1960
Sunrise, 1927
Titanic, 1997
A Night at the Opera, 1935
12 Angry Men, 1957
The Sixth Sense, 1999
Swing Time, 1936
Sophie's Choice, 1982
The Last Picture Show, 1971
Do the Right Thing, 1989
Blade Runner, 1982
Toy Story, 1995
Notorious, 1946
Rebecca, 1940
The Quiet Man, 1952
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938
Red River, 1948
The Big Sleep, 1946
Paths of Glory, 1957
My Darling Clementine, 1946
Touch of Evil, 1958
His Girl Friday, 1940
The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935
Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
Top Hat, 1935
A Star is Born, 1937
The Lady Eve, 1941
The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942
42nd Street, 1933
Out of the Past, 1947
Ninotchka, 1939
Greed, 1924
Trouble in Paris, 1932
Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1948
The Crowd, 1928
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, 1966
The Dark Knight, 2008
Fight Club, 1999
Seven Samurai, 1954
The Matrix, 1999
Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968
Se7en, 1995
The Usual Suspects, 1995
Léon: The Professional, 1994
Memento, 2000
American History X, 1998
Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991
Saving Private Ryan, 1998
Alien, 1979
The Shining, 1980
Back to the Future, 1985
The Pianist, 2002
M, 1931
American Beauty, 1999
Life is Beautiful, 1997
Amélie, 2001
The Green Mile, 1999
The Prestige, 2006
The Great Dictator, 1940
Resevoir Dogs, 1992
Das Boot, 1981
Requiem for a Dream, 2000
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004
Cinema Paradiso, 1988
Once Upon a Time in America, 1984
Full Metal Jacket, 1987
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975
Metropolis, 1927
Bicycle Thieves, 1948
Unforgiven, 1992
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
The Sting, 1973
Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
Die Hard, 1988
Grave of the Fireflies, 1988
Pan's Labyrinth, 2006
Downfall, 2004
Snatch, 2000
The Great Escape, 1963
Inglourious Basterds, 2008
Up, 2008
The Elephant Man, 1980
The Seventh Seal, 1957
Heat, 1995
Wild Strawberries, 1957
The Kid, 1921
Scarface, 1983
The Big Lebowski, 1998
Ran, 1985
Cool Hand Luke, 1967
Strangers on a Train, 1951
No Country for Old Men, 2007
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, 1998
The Thing, 1982
Casino, 1995
Trainspotting, 1996
Good Will Hunting, 1997
Life of Brian, 1979
V for Vendetta, 2005
Finding Nemo, 2003
Dial M for Murder, 1954
Million Dollar Baby, 2004
There Will Be Blood, 2007
The Night of the Hunter, 1955
Stand By Me, 1986
Donnie Darko, 2001
Groundhog Day, 1993
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Twelve Monkeys, 1995
Amores Perros, 2000
The 400 Blows, 1959
Persona, 1966
Gandhi, 1982
The Killing, 1956
The Princess Bride, 1987
8 1/2, 1963
The Artist, 2011
A Beautiful Mind, 2001
The Hustler, 1961
La strada, 1954
Rocky, 1976
Anatomy of a Murder, 1959
The Exorcist, 1973
Rope, 1948
Sleuth, 1972
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962
Barry Lyndon, 1975
District 9, 2009
The Truman Show, 1998
Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
Ratatouille, 2007
In the Name of the Father, 1993
Monsters, Inc. 2001
Rosemary's Baby, 1968
Harvey, 1950
Rain Man, 1988
Nosferatu, 1922
Mystic River, 2003
Big Fish, 2003
Shadow of a Doubt, 1943
The Untouchables, 1987
In the Heat of the Night, 1967
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A Room with a View, 1985  05.22.2014
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961  02.07.2013
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958  02.20.2013
Coco Before Chanel, 2009  01.01.2013
Dorian Gray, 2009 03.02.2014
Hitchcock, 2012  03.24.2014
L.A. Confidential, 1997  08.30.2013
Less Than Zero, 1987  03.12.2013
Rebel Without a Cause, 1955  02.15.2013
Roman Holiday, 1953  04.26.2014
Sabrina, 1954    05.04.14
The Graduate, 1967  09.23.2013
The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946  01.11.2013
There Will Be Blood, 2007  04.23.2013






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