Happy Fourth!!

Hey guys,
Short and sweet blog today as I'm enjoying the holiday with the hubby. I can't wait to tell you all about the weekend. We did so many fun things and took lots of pictures. Stay tuned!

In the mean time, here is a blog I was saving for a "rainy" day.

I got this idea from my sister's blog. Her goal is to see all of the movies in the IMDB's top 250 movies and read all of the books on the BBC's top 100 list. It got me curious about how many of the movies and books I have already seen or read. I recently got a great deal on classic novels for my Nook Color (25 books for 99 cents), so I bought 75 to help me catch up on my classic novels.

I must say though, some of the IMDB movies I don't agree with being in the top 250. And the BBC is a little biased towards Jane Austin (obviously). I am currently reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables" and I personally think that (so far) it's better than "Pride & Prejudice".

IMDB's Top 250:
I have seen 39 of the 250 movies. Pitiful, I know, but it only goes to prove that I really don't sit around and watch movies very often. Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of movies on this list that I want to see, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. But there are a lot of movies I don't care to see either. I highlighted the ones I have seen already.

1.9.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)609,123
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)468,257
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)286,922
4.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)192,277
5.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)482,869
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)145,655
7.8.9Schindler's List (1993)321,031
8.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)251,732
9.8.8Inception (2010)371,212
10.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)544,767
11.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)421,713
12.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)316,103
13.8.8Seven Samurai (1954)110,527
14.8.8Fight Club (1999)450,260
15.8.7Goodfellas (1990)266,575
16.8.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)359,967
17.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)444,428
18.8.7Casablanca (1942)187,830
19.8.7City of God (2002)196,925
20.8.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)88,419
21.8.7Rear Window (1954)136,126
22.8.7The Matrix (1999)441,214
23.8.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)274,510
24.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)302,872
25.8.7Psycho (1960)166,122
26.8.7The Silence of the Lambs (1991)288,259
27.8.6Se7en (1995)331,385
28.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)116,742
29.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)377,084
30.8.6Memento (2000)320,677
31.8.6Forrest Gump (1994)361,640
32.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)63,620
33.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)240,285
34.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)173,231
35.8.6Toy Story 3 (2010)138,587
36.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)196,602
37.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)153,273
38.8.5American History X (1998)265,349
39.8.5North by Northwest (1959)105,383
40.8.5American Beauty (1999)333,976
41.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)276,228
42.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)184,060
43.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)312,858
44.8.5Alien (1979)206,945
45.8.5Vertigo (1958)104,416
46.8.5Amélie (2001)212,541
47.8.5Spirited Away (2001)123,187
48.8.5The Shining (1980)209,367
49.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)51,863
50.8.5City Lights (1931)34,351
51.8.5WALL·E (2008)224,488
52.8.5The Pianist (2002)160,191
53.8.5Double Indemnity (1944)43,141
54.8.5M (1931)45,940
55.8.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)88,793
56.8.5The Lives of Others (2006)90,775
57.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)222,409
58.8.4The Departed (2006)310,134
59.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)92,902
60.8.4Aliens (1986)192,423
61.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)217,681
62.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)256,400
63.8.4Das Boot (1981)78,394
64.8.4Modern Times (1936)42,914
65.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)243,851
66.8.4The Third Man (1949)56,950
67.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)129,259
68.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)184,914
69.8.4Chinatown (1974)89,787
70.8.4Back to the Future (1985)240,277
71.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)37,786
72.8.4The Prestige (2006)253,032
73.8.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)173,847
74.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)53,493
75.8.4The Green Mile (1999)239,045
76.8.3Raging Bull (1980)103,005
77.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)84,292
78.8.3Rashomon (1950)45,703
79.8.3Pan's Labyrinth (2006)183,050
80.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)76,645
81.8.3Amadeus (1984)111,544
82.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)62,987
83.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)66,575
84.8.3All About Eve (1950)39,345
85.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)176,934
86.8.3The Great Dictator (1940)43,970
87.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)32,837
88.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)181,136
89.8.3Braveheart (1995)277,292
90.8.3The Apartment (1960)42,216
91.8.3Gladiator (2000)328,318
92.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)234,893
93.8.3Metropolis (1927)46,465
94.8.3Downfall (2004)97,339
95.8.3Oldboy (2003)117,171
96.8.3Black Swan (2010)142,622
97.8.3Unforgiven (1992)115,242
98.8.3The Sting (1973)75,259
99.8.3Up (2009)154,076
100.8.3Gran Torino (2008)164,719
101.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)67,771
102.8.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)37,539
103.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)57,513
104.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)238,990
105.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)46,799
106.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)194,678
107.8.3Rebecca (1940)39,904
108.8.3Princess Mononoke (1997)76,657
109.8.3Die Hard (1988)210,916
110.8.3Sin City (2005)291,071
111.8.3The Great Escape (1963)70,813
112.8.3The Seventh Seal (1957)43,912
113.8.2Batman Begins (2005)311,115
114.8.2The King's Speech (2010)94,937
115.8.2The General (1926)23,234
116.8.2Fargo (1996)185,555
117.8.2Heat (1995)166,982
118.8.2Blade Runner (1982)207,839
119.8.2Yojimbo (1961)33,503
120.8.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)53,427
121.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)107,519
122.8.2Jaws (1975)159,136
123.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)233,459
124.8.2Grave of the Fireflies (1988)41,796
125.8.2Ran (1985)38,740
126.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)21,161
127.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)36,668
128.8.2Snatch. (2000)205,227
129.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)118,133
130.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)25,106
131.8.2The Lion King (1994)170,069
132.8.2Slumdog Millionaire (2008)216,071
133.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)100,419
134.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)274,417
135.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)207,738
136.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)52,105
137.8.2Annie Hall (1977)74,793
138.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)39,614
139.8.2Toy Story (1995)185,220
140.8.2Donnie Darko (2001)243,380
141.8.2It Happened One Night (1934)28,711
142.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)268,940
143.8.2High Noon (1952)38,681
144.8.2Platoon (1986)125,056
145.8.2Into the Wild (2007)128,591
146.8.1District 9 (2009)194,033
147.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)168,216
148.8.1Scarface (1983)179,058
149.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)152,482
150.8.1Trainspotting (1996)173,565
151.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)24,882
152.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)65,633
153.8.1Notorious (1946)35,366
154.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)90,842
155.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)26,802
156.8.1Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)13,474
157.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)159,703
158.8.1Ikiru (1952)18,733
159.8.1The Kid (1921)18,099
160.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)66,996
161.8.1Amores Perros (2000)70,456
162.8.1The Wages of Fear (1953)16,487
163.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)32,329
164.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)32,149
165.8.1The Graduate (1967)89,154
166.8.1Life of Brian (1979)109,076
167.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)199,614
168.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)148,308
169.8.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)38,259
170.8.1The Terminator (1984)208,526
171.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)19,566
172.8.1Casino (1995)127,122
173.8.1The Thing (1982)93,590
174.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)174,990
175.8.1Stand by Me (1986)103,304
176.8.1The Wrestler (2008)117,009
177.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)194,066
178.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)80,740
179.8.1V for Vendetta (2006)267,377
180.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)69,444
181.8.1Diabolique (1955)17,451
182.8.1Avatar (2009)329,543
183.8.1Gandhi (1982)59,423
184.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)38,898
185.8.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)16,812
186.8.1Ratatouille (2007)160,596
187.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)177,633
188.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)29,512
189.8.1 (1963)34,184
190.8.0Network (1976)40,630
191.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)136,210
192.8.0The Battle of Algiers (1966)16,262
193.8.0The 400 Blows (1959)27,840
194.8.0The Killing (1956)28,414
195.8.0The Hustler (1961)28,893
196.8.0Star Trek (2009)164,534
197.8.0La Strada (1954)20,496
198.8.0Mary and Max (2009)23,569
199.8.0The Social Network (2010)130,525
200.8.0Dial M for Murder (1954)35,481
201.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)23,496
202.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)38,011
203.8.0The Exorcist (1973)122,584
204.8.0Persona (1966)19,789
205.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)38,656
206.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)35,224
207.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)23,018
208.8.0The Incredibles (2004)188,284
209.8.0In Bruges (2008)120,383
210.8.0Fanny and Alexander (1982)16,842
211.8.0The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)12,875
212.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)24,648
213.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)15,037
214.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)45,106
215.8.0Rocky (1976)118,407
216.8.0The Truman Show (1998)189,442
217.8.0Ed Wood (1994)83,474
218.8.0Let the Right One In (2008)75,520
219.8.0Mystic River (2003)139,788
220.8.0Big Fish (2003)163,729
221.8.0Magnolia (1999)134,112
222.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)60,805
223.8.0Nights of Cabiria (1957)13,529
224.8.0Children of Men (2006)183,064
225.8.0Sherlock Jr. (1924)9,183
226.8.0Manhattan (1979)44,159
227.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)40,805
228.8.0The Celebration (1998)30,496
229.8.0Howl's Moving Castle (2004)56,062
230.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)36,297
231.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)277,809
232.8.0Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)212,888
233.8.0Patton (1970)44,319
234.8.0Rope (1948)37,168
235.8.0Sleuth (1972)20,327
236.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)25,777
237.8.0Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)67,587
238.8.0His Girl Friday (1940)23,435
239.8.0Duck Soup (1933)30,098
240.8.0X-Men: First Class (2011)55,183
241.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)143,851
242.8.0Harvey (1950)26,415
243.8.0Shutter Island (2010)164,785
244.8.0Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)33,523
245.8.0Rain Man (1988)124,692
246.8.0Anatomy of a Murder (1959)18,692
247.8.0Tokyo Story (1953)9,469
248.8.0Ip Man (2008)23,361
249.8.0Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)22,450
250.8.0Grand Illusion (1937)13,612

BBC Top 100:
The BBC says that most people have only read six of the following 100 books. So far, I have read 13 1/2 (1/2 because one of the books is the complete works of Shakespeare and I've only read some). How do you stack up? Again, I highlighted the ones I read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible - Never straight through, but pieces here and there
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - read some
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy.
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth.
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt.
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 

2 comments:

The Wanderer said...


It's interesting about the BBC list...the one I found is different than this. Actually I like this list better. I'd probably read some of these ones over the other list I have. I wonder why there are different lists to begin with?

Bonnie said...


Since you still live in the area, you should go to the original House of Seven Gables in Salem, MA. We went there yrs ago on a Boston/Salem trip. I bought the book (though have not read it yet!) and a Tshirt, too! Check it out!



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