100 Essential Films Series

In 2018, a friend gave me a really cool gift. It’s a scratch-off poster featuring 100 movies that someone (whoever put the poster together) considers essential viewing. We all know how these kinds of lists work: they’re extremely subjective. But, I have the poster, and it’s a good set of films. I figured, why not write a little about each one as I watch them and (literally) scratch them off the list? There are a lot I’ve never seen, and a fair amount that I have. This will be a great way to catch up with the former, as well as a good way to revisit and get on record with the latter. This is an ongoing series, and I’ll update the list here as I publish each review.

1. Intolerance

2. The General

3. City Lights

4. King Kong

5. It Happened One Night

6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

7. The Wizard of Oz

8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

9. Gone with the Wind

10. The Grapes of Wrath

11. The Philadelphia Story

12. Citizen Kane