Here’s the dilemma. I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB. I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next. In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me. Here’s how it goes.
For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006. Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005. Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc. The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting. (I'm going by IMDB as my source for release years)
I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films. I decided this might be a good time to start fooling around with this spoutblog I have until now left unutilized. So I’ll try to start writing a little blurb or so about each movie I watch in this process.
My only limitation here is of course movies that are available on Netflix. Which sadly excludes several I know are available on DVD, and have been longing to see for a long time, but Netflix just doesn’t seem to have available. It’d sort of annoying how they do list quite a few movies that that you can put in your queue under “saved”, yet they obviously do not have available. I have countless movies in that unavailable but saved queue, and I’m not sure that a single one has ever become available. What’s the point I wonder.
But if anyone has any recommendations, I'll take that into consideration. THANK YOU!
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New addition to this post:
Today is Tuesday March 13, and I have completed a preliminary list of all of the movie I will be watching. Unfortunately many of them were not available on Netflix. I will hunt those down some day. I'm don't doubt that as I make my way through the list I will make a few more changes depending on my mood and other factors, but for now, here it is:
1. Art School Confidential (2006)
2. The Comedians of Comedy (2005)
3. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
4. Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (Last Life in the Universe) (2003)
5. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin (Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary) (2002)
6. El Espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone) (2001)
7. Werckmeister harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies) (2000)
8. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
9. Buffalo '66 (1998)
10. In the Company of Men (1997)
11. Hard Core Logo (1996)
12. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
13. Hoop Dreams (1994)
14. Short Cuts (1993)
15. In the Soup (1992)
16. Surviving Desire (1991)
17. Misery (1990)
18. Der Siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) (1989)
19. Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the Mist) (1988)
20. Evil Dead II (1987)
21. Ying hung boon sik (1986)
22. Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) (1985)
23. Sixteen Candles (1984)
24. Videodrome (1983)
25. Chan Is Missing (1982)
26. Coup de torchon (1981)
27. The Ninth Configuration (1980)
28. Hardcore (1979)
29. Halloween (1978)
30. Pumping Iron (1977)
31. Logan's Run (1976)
32. Tommy (1975)
33. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
34. The Exorcist (1973)
35. Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru (Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance) (1972)
36. Get Carter (1971)
37. Il Conformista (The Conformist) (1970)
38. Hsia nu (A Touch of Zen) (1969)
39. Fando y Lis (1968)
40. Dutchman (1967)
41. Kenka erejii (Fighting Elegy) (1966)
42. Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript) (1965)
43. Sei donne per l'assassino (Blood and Black Lace) (1964)
44. The Great Escape (1963)
45. Cape Fear (1962)
46. Yojimbo (1961)
47. Plein soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)
48. Some Like It Hot (1959)
49. Mon oncle (1958)
50. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
51. Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) (1956)
52. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
53. Gojira (Godzilla) (1954)
54. Ugetsu monogatari (1953)
55. Ikiru (1952)
56. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
57. D.O.A. (1950)
58. White Heat (1949)
59. Rope (1948)
60. Born to Kill (1947)
61. Black Narcissus (1946)
62. And Then There Were None (1945)
63. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
64. Le Corbeau (1943)
65. Cat People (1942)
66. The Wolf Man (1941)
67. Road to Singapore (1940)
68. Gone with the Wind (1939)
69. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
70. Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure de Docteur Molyneux (1937)
71. Flash Gordon (1936/I)
72. Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) (1935)
73. The Thin Man (1934)
74. The Invisible Man (1933)
75. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
76. City Lights (1931)
77. Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) (1930)
78. Chelovek s kino-apparatom (The Man with a Movie Camera) (1929)
79. La Chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) (1928)
80. The King of Kings (1927)
81. Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (1926)
82. Stachka (Strike) (1925)
83. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
84. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
85. Häxan (1922)
86. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
87. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)
88. Blind Husbands (1919)