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Lists of must-do movies/books/food always fascinate me, for some reason. I suppose it's because I always end up wondering why that movie made someone's list.
This list is Yahoo's 100 Movies to See Before You Die: The Modern Classics. To play along with the meme, paste the list into your own journal, bolding the ones you've seen, and italicizing the ones you'd like to see.
Eta: gurdymonkey’s excellent suggestion to “strike through” any movie where you want your two hours back.

1990
Goodfellas, directed by: Martin Scorsese
Misery,  directed by: Rob Reiner
1991
Beauty and the Beast,  directed by: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
The Silence of the Lambs, directed by: Jonathan Demme
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by: James Cameron
Thelma & Louise, directed by: Ridley Scott
1992
Hard Boiled (Lat sau san taam), directed by: John Woo
Malcolm X, directed by: Spike Lee
The Player, directed by: Robert Altman
Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua), directed by: Zhang Yimou
Supercop (Ging chat goo si 3: Chiu kup ging chat), directed by: Stanley Tong
Unforgiven, directed by: Clint Eastwood
1993
Dazed and Confused, directed by: Richard Linklater
Groundhog Day, directed by: Harold Ramis

Schindler's List, directed by: Steven Spielberg
1994
Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam), directed by: Wong Kar-Wai
Ed Wood, directed by: Tim Burton
Forrest Gump, directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by: Mike Newell
Pulp Fiction, directed by: Quentin Tarantino

The Shawshank Redemption, directed by: Frank Darabont
Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge), directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
1995
Babe, directed by: Chris Noonan
Before Sunrise, directed by: Richard Linklater
Clueless, directed by: Amy Heckerling
Heat, directed by: Michael Mann
Living in Oblivion, directed by: Tom DeCillo
Sense and Sensibility, directed by: Ang Lee
Toy Story,  directed by: John Lasseter
The Usual Suspects, directed by: Bryan Singer
1996
Big Night, directed by: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Dead Man, directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Fargo, directed by: Joel Coen
Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku kidotai), directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Lone Star, directed by: John Sayles
Scream, directed by: Wes Craven
Secrets & Lies, directed by: Mike Leigh
Sling Blade, directed by: Billy Bob Thornton
Swingers, directed by: Doug Liman
Trainspotting, directed by: Danny Boyle
1997
Boogie Nights, directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Eve's Bayou, directed by: Kasi Lemmons
L.A. Confidential, directed by: Curtis Hanson
The Sweet Hereafter, directed by: Atom Egoyan
Titanic, directed by: James Cameron
1998
The Big Lebowski, directed by: Joel Coen
Fireworks (Hana-bi), directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Out of Sight, directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Saving Private Ryan, directed by: Steven Spielberg
There's Something About Mary, directed by: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
1999
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by: Pedro Almodovar
American Beauty, directed by: Sam Mendes
Being John Malkovich, directed by: Spike Jonze
Election, directed by: Alexander Payne
Fight Club, directed by: David Fincher
The Matrix, directed by: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime), directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), directed by: Tom Tykwer
The Sixth Sense, directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Three Kings, directed by: David O. Russell
2000
Almost Famous, directed by: Cameron Crowe
Best in Show, directed by: Christopher Guest
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long), directed by: Ang Lee
Yi Yi, directed by: Edward Yang
2001
Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain), directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Donnie Darko, directed by: Richard Kelly
In the Mood For Love (Fa yeung nin wa), directed by: Wong Kar-Wai
The Lord of the Rings, directed by: Peter Jackson
Memento, directed by: Christopher Nolan
Mulholland Drive, directed by: David Lynch
The Royal Tenenbaums, directed by: Wes Anderson
2002
The Pianist, directed by: Roman Polanski
Y Tu Mama Tambien, directed by: Alfonso Cuaron
2003
City of God (Cidade de Deus), directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Elephant, directed by: Gus Van Sant
Finding Nemo, directed by: Andrew Stanton
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, directed by: Adam McKay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by: Michel Gondry
Shaun of the Dead, directed by: Edgar Wright
Sideways, directed by: Alexander Payne
2005
The 40-Year-Old Virgin, directed by: Judd Apatow
Brokeback Mountain, directed by: Ang Lee
A History of Violence, directed by: David Cronenberg
Oldboy, directed by: Park Chan-wook
2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, directed by: Larry Charles
Children of Men, directed by: Alfonso Cuaron
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno), directed by: Guillermo del Toro
2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile), directed by: Cristian Mungiu
The Bourne Ultimatum, directed by: Paul Greengrass
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon), directed by: Julian Schnabel
Michael Clayton, directed by: Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men, directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood, directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
2008
The Dark Knight, directed by: Christopher Nolan
Slumdog Millionaire, directed by: Danny Boyle
WALL-E, directed by: Andrew Stanton

2009
Avatar, directed by: James Cameron
The Hurt Locker, directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds, directed by: Quentin Tarantino


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