Another Movie Meme (from cathouse_blues)

[quasigeostrophy]

This one isn't based on anyone's subjective list of what's a good move, just on raw facts: the highest grossing movies of all time, inflation adjusted.


1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. The Ten Commandments (1956)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. The Exorcist (1973) - Seen only parts.
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
11. 101 Dalmatians (1961)
12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Ben-Hur (1959) - Seen only parts.
14. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
15. The Sting (1973)
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Jurassic Park (1993)
18. The Graduate (1967)
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
20. Fantasia (1940)
21. The Godfather (1972)
22. Forrest Gump (1994) - Couldn't get very far into it.
23. Mary Poppins (1964)
24. The Lion King (1994)
25. Grease (1978)
26. Thunderball (1965)
27. The Jungle Book (1967)
28. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
29. Ghostbusters (1984)
30. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
31. Bambi (1942)
32. Independence Day (1996)
33. Love Story (1970)
34. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
35. Spider-Man (2002)
36. Home Alone (1990)
37. Pinocchio (1940)
38. Cleopatra (1963)
39. Goldfinger (1964)
40. Airport (1970)
41. American Graffiti (1973)
42. The Robe (1953) - Seen only parts.
43. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
44. Blazing Saddles (1974)
45. Batman (1989)
46. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) - Seen only parts.
47. The Towering Inferno (1974)
48. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
49. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
50. My Fair Lady (1964)
51. Let's Make Love (1960)
52. Back to the Future (1985)
53. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
55. Superman (1978)
56. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
57. The Sixth Sense (1999)
58. Finding Nemo (2003)
59. Tootsie (1982)
60. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
61. West Side Story (1961)
62. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
63. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/1980)
64. Twister (1996)
65. Rocky (1976)
66. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
67. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
68. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
69. Men in Black (1997)
70. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
71. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
72. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
73. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
74. M*A*S*H (1970)
75. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
76. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
77. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
78. Aladdin (1992)
79. Ghost (1990)
80. Duel in the Sun (1946)
81. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
82. House of Wax (1953)
83. Rear Window (1954)
84. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
85. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
86. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
87. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
88. Sergeant York (1941)
89. Toy Story 2 (1999)
90. Top Gun (1986)
91. Shrek (2001)
92. "Crocodile" Dundee (1986)
93. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
94. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
95. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
96. Young Frankenstein (1974)
97. Peter Pan (1953)
98. Gremlins (1984)
99. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
100. Funny Girl (1968)

The one I can't believe I haven't seen?
Doctor Zhivago

The one I really wish I had skipped?
Probably Home Alone.

Best flick?
Hmmm... from this list? Based on my interpretation of cinematic artistry, it's between The Godfather, The Graduate, and M*A*S*H. Subject to change without notice. No rights reserved. :-)

The one I actually *enjoyed* the most?
Possibly The Sting. It's got one of my favourite plot styles.

The most over-hyped?
Matrix: Reloaded. No contest. I haven't even seen it, but no movie could stand up to the hype I perceived before its release.

The movie I should have seen just because everyone else has?
I don't generally do that.

The movie that surprised me the most for its inclusion?
I'd have to say Mrs. Doubtfire, because I didn't think it was very big at the box office. None of the entries surprise me much, though.

Comments

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you haven't seen Finding Nemo, actually.

I don't know why. It just strikes me as a film you 'should' have seen.

I notice our lists aren't that different, and that we both had the same reaction upon seeing Zhivago on the list.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I figure I'll get around to Finding Nemo eventually. It isn't calling out, "See me... seeeeee meeee!" though. While I can appreciate the difficulties in and the results of computer animation of underwater settings, a story about fish didn't interest me that much. As a child in the days before Discovery Networks, we watched a lot of documentaries on PBS, particularly Nova and National Geographic specials. I tolerated the ones with Jacques Cousteau because they were never as fascinating to me as other topics.

I noticed the overall similarity between our lists, too. :-)

[firecat]

I thought that about Finding Nemo too (eh, a story about fish), but it was better than I expected.