My life is one big list. There is a never ending to-do list running through my head. There is a list written on a sticky note sitting on my desk at work. I keep a grocery list on my phone (thanks to the ShopShop app). With Christmas on its way I am desperately trying to cover everyone on my gift list.
Then there are "The Lists". The AFI Top 100 Movies of All Time list and the LIFE: 100 Places To See in Your Lifetime list. These lists were lovingly introduced to me by Dan and I (we) have been busy checking things off ever since. Below you will find the two most important lists. A word of caution- the lists have been known to strongly influence your movie watching choices and even cause you to reevaluate your travel plans, because quite frankly, the person with the most checks wins. I invite you to join the fun and see how many check marks you can make!
List #1AFI Top 100 Movies of All Time
-Movies in white we have seen.-Movies in blue are yet to be viewed.
| # | MOVIE | YEAR |
| 1 | CITIZEN KANE, 1941 | 1941 |
| 2 | THE GODFATHER, 1972 | 1972 |
| 3 | CASABLANCA, 1942 | 1942 |
| 4 | RAGING BULL, 1980 | 1980 |
| 5 | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 1952 | 1952 |
| 6 | GONE WITH THE WIND, 1939 | 1939 |
| 7 | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 1962 | 1962 |
| 8 | SCHINDLER'S LIST, 1993 | 1993 |
| 9 | VERTIGO, 1958 | 1958 |
| 10 | THE WIZARD OF OZ, 1939 | 1939 |
| 11 | CITY LIGHTS, 1931 | 1931 |
| 12 | THE SEARCHERS, 1956 | 1956 |
| 13 | STAR WARS, 1977 | 1977 |
| 14 | PSYCHO, 1960 | 1960 |
| 15 | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, 1968 | 1968 |
| 16 | SUNSET BLVD., 1950 | 1950 |
| 17 | THE GRADUATE, 1967 | 1967 |
| 18 | THE GENERAL, 1927 | 1927 |
| 19 | ON THE WATERFRONT, 1954 | 1954 |
| 20 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 1946 | 1946 |
| 21 | CHINATOWN, 1974 | 1974 |
| 22 | SOME LIKE IT HOT, 1959 | 1959 |
| 23 | THE GRAPES OF WRATH, 1940 | 1940 |
| 24 | E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, 1982 | 1982 |
| 25 | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, 1962 | 1962 |
| 26 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, 1939 | 1939 |
| 27 | HIGH NOON, 1952 | 1952 |
| 28 | ALL ABOUT EVE, 1950 | 1950 |
| 29 | DOUBLE INDEMNITY, 1944 | 1944 |
| 30 | APOCALYPSE NOW, 1979 | 1979 |
| 31 | THE MALTESE FALCON, 1941 | 1941 |
| 32 | THE GODFATHER PART II, 1974 | 1974 |
| 33 | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, 1975 | 1975 |
| 34 | SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 1937 | 1937 |
| 35 | ANNIE HALL, 1977 | 1977 |
| 36 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, 1957 | 1957 |
| 37 | THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, 1946 | 1946 |
| 38 | THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, 1948 | 1948 |
| 39 | DR. STRANGELOVE, 1964 | 1964 |
| 40 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 1965 | 1965 |
| 41 | KING KONG, 1933 | 1933 |
| 42 | BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1967 | 1967 |
| 43 | MIDNIGHT COWBOY, 1969 | 1969 |
| 44 | THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, 1940 | 1940 |
| 45 | SHANE, 1953 | 1953 |
| 46 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, 1934 | 1934 |
| 47 | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 1951 | 1951 |
| 48 | REAR WINDOW, 1954 | 1954 |
| 49 | INTOLERANCE, 1916 | 1916 |
| 50 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, 2001 | 2001 |
| 51 | WEST SIDE STORY, 1961 | 1961 |
| 52 | TAXI DRIVER, 1976 | 1976 |
| 53 | THE DEER HUNTER, 1978 | 1978 |
| 54 | M*A*S*H, 1970 | 1970 |
| 55 | NORTH BY NORTHWEST, 1959 | 1959 |
| 56 | JAWS, 1975 | 1975 |
| 57 | ROCKY, 1976 | 1976 |
| 58 | THE GOLD RUSH, 1925 | 1925 |
| 59 | NASHVILLE, 1975 | 1975 |
| 60 | DUCK SOUP, 1933 | 1933 |
| 61 | SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, 1941 | 1941 |
| 62 | AMERICAN GRAFFITI, 1973 | 1973 |
| 63 | CABARET, 1972 | 1972 |
| 64 | NETWORK, 1976 | 1976 |
| 65 | THE AFRICAN QUEEN, 1951 | 1951 |
| 66 | RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, 1981 | 1981 |
| 67 | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, 1966 | 1966 |
| 68 | UNFORGIVEN, 1992 | 1992 |
| 69 | TOOTSIE, 1982 | 1982 |
| 70 | A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 1971 | 1971 |
| 71 | SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, 1998 | 1998 |
| 72 | THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, 1994 | 1994 |
| 73 | BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, 1969 | 1969 |
| 74 | THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1991 | 1991 |
| 75 | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, 1967 | 1967 |
| 76 | FORREST GUMP, 1994 | 1994 |
| 77 | ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, 1976 | 1976 |
| 78 | MODERN TIMES, 1939 | 1936 |
| 79 | THE WILD BUNCH, 1969 | 1969 |
| 80 | THE APARTMENT, 1960 | 1960 |
| 81 | SPARTACUS, 1960 | 1960 |
| 82 | SUNRISE, 1927 | 1927 |
| 83 | TITANIC, 1997 | 1997 |
| 84 | EASY RIDER, 1969 | 1969 |
| 85 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, 1935 | 1935 |
| 86 | PLATOON, 1986 | 1986 |
| 87 | 12 ANGRY MEN, 1957 | 1957 |
| 88 | BRINGING UP BABY, 1938 | 1938 |
| 89 | THE SIXTH SENSE, 1999 | 1999 |
| 90 | SWING TIME, 1936 | 1936 |
| 91 | SOPHIE'S CHOICE, 1982 | 1982 |
| 92 | GOODFELLAS, 1990 | 1990 |
| 93 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION, 1971 | 1971 |
| 94 | PULP FICTION, 1994 | 1994 |
| 95 | THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, 1971 | 1971 |
| 96 | DO THE RIGHT THING, 1989 | 1989 |
| 97 | BLADE RUNNER, 1982 | 1982 |
| 98 | YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, 1942 | 1942 |
| 99 | TOY STORY, 1995 | 1995 |
| 100 | BEN-HUR, 1959 | 1959 |
Thanks to AFI I've learned:
- I like the Marx Brothers- I surprisingly enjoyed both "The Godfather I and II"- "Bringing Up Baby" is one of my new favorite movies (LOVE Katharine Hepburn)- With the exception of "The General", silent movies are not my thing- I now know where all of the famous quotes really come from- "A Clockwork Orange" was just as strange as I'd suspected- Men dressed as women were even funnier in '59 and '82- Nothing beats a good musical
List #2LIFE: 100 Places To See in Your Lifetime
The book covers places all over the world. The 100 are as follows (in no particular order):
1. The Grand Canyon
2. Katmai
3. Kuai
4. Lake Tahoe
5. Nantucket
6. Big Sur
7. Acadia
8. Charleston
9. Denali
10. Monument Valley
11. Hoh Rainforest
12. The Great Smoky Mountains
13. The Florida Keys
14. Mount Rushmore
15. The San Francisco Bay Area
16. Yellowstone
17. Natchez Trace
18. Mammoth Cave
19. Yosemite
20. The Statue of Liberty
21. The Acropolis
22. The Great Wall of China
23. The Galapagos Islands
24. South Georgia Island
25. Venice
26. Angkor Wat
27. The Cyclades
28. The Lake District
29. The Namib Desert
30. The Amazon
31. Geiranger Fjord
32. Easter Island
33. The Australian Outback
34. Bali
35. St. Petersburg
36. Abu Simbel
37. Iguacu Falls
38. Madagascar
39. Amsterdam
40. Belize
41. Stonehenge
42. Hong Kong
43. The Serengeti
44. The Giant's Causeway
45. New Zealand
46. Istanbul
47. Mont Blanc
48. Prague
49. Barcelona
50. The Great Barrier Reef
51. The Dingle Peninsula
52. Bruges
53. Torres del Paine
54. Bhaktapur
55. The Mausoleum of Antiochus
56. The Sea of Galilee
57. Kyoto
58. The Great Pyramid
59. Tallinn
60. Rio de Janeiro
61. Petra
62. The Black Forest
63. Guilin
64. The Okavango Delta
65. Machu Picchu
66. The Colosseum
67. Barbados
68. Iceland
69. The Seychelles
70. Churchill
71. The Taj Mahal
72. Lake Lucerne
73. London
74. Bermuda
75. Guadalajara
76. The Potala Palace
77. Tasmania
78. Sydney Harbor
79. The Maldives
80. Jigokundani
81. Dubrovnik
82. Buenos Aires
83. Tuscany
84. The Isle of Wight
85. Monte Alban
86. Tikal
87. Paris
88. Copenhagen
89. Fez
90. The Lot
91. Cartagena
92. Krabi
93. Antibes
94. Vancouver
95. Phan Thiet
97. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
98. Budapest
99. Vienna
100. Mount Kilamanjaro
*101. New Orleans
I have only marked 8 off of my list so far; most recently a once in a lifetime trip to Cartagena, Colombia, but the planning is always underway for the next big adventure.
Cartagena, Colombia
Mammoth Cave, KY
(Thanks Dan for making another trip so I could mark it off!)
The Statue of Liberty
Great Smoky Mountains
San Francisco Bay
Big Sur, CA
The Grand Canyon
*Copenhagen not pictured
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