The Essential Dubsism List of Classic Movies

I know, this is a sports blog, but classic cinema gets referenced here all the time. I’ve used movie parodies countless times to illustrate things from the world of sports.  Where else can you get a journey through coaches of the 2000’s Southeastern Conference or the birth of a star whose since fallen other than here at Dubsism?

There’s a simple reason for that; sports and movies both have a quasi-universal appeal. That’s a strength and a weakness.

For purposes of this discussion, let’s stick to building away from the weakness.  Sports and movies have one crucially important thing in common. Millions of people call themselves sports fans, and most of them are mouth-breathing fucktards who couldn’t tell the difference between a free throw and a first down.  Likewise, the world is full of self-described movie “fans,” and again, most of them could fit what they know about movies in their ass and still have plenty of room left for their head.

That’s why I’m here once again to help you people.  If you own every “Star Trek” movie ever made, you aren’t a film buff.  You are likely a friendless weirdo who only otherwise owns a collection of movies with the word “Anal” in the title. You’re gross.

Seriously, if you want to be a baseball fan who is taken seriously by other baseball fans, you have to know about the history of the game. The same applies to calling yourself a movie fan.  That’s why I made a list 225 classic films with which all people who want to call themselves fans of classic films should at least be familiar.  I’m not saying you need to have seen all the films on this list, but you should at least know about them.  Out of 225 films on this, I would expect that anybody who has the nads to consider themselves a classic film buff to have seen at least 100.

So, let’s talk about the list.  You will notice it spans all times and all major motion picture genres.  More importantly…it’s MY list.  Disagree all you want; fuck, make your own list if you so desire.  IMDB.com is full of such lists.  The point here isn’t if you agree with this list, or even if a movie you would put on your list isn’t on mine.  This isn’t the first time I’ve discussed this list publicly; I already know the movies people get all over my shit for not including.  Dive in if you must; again, you’re missing the point.

It also isn’t a ranking; the movies are listed alphabetically.  It’s about there’s no way ANYBODY who legitimately calls themselves a “classic film fan” wouldn’t have seen 100 movies on this list AND agree those 100 were classics.

Having said all that, here’s how to read this list: Title – Year of Release, Country of Origin, Star, Co-Star, Director

1. 9 to 5 – 1980, Comedy, US, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Colin Higgins
2. 12 Angry Men – 1957, Drama, US, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Sidney Lumet
3. 1941 – 1979, Comedy, US, John Belushi, John Candy, Steven Spielberg
4. 1984 – 1984, Drama, UK, John Hurt, Richard Burton, Michael Bradford
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968, Drama, US, Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Stanley Kubrick
6. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – 1948, Comedy, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Barton
7. Adam’s Rib – 1950, Comedy, US, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, George Cukor
8. African Queen, The – 1951, Drama, Humphery Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, John Huston
9. Alien – 1979, Suspense, US, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ridley Scott
10. Airplane! – 1980, Comedy, US, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays,  Zucker/Abrahams
11. All About Eve – 1950, Drama, Sweden, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
12. All The President’s Men – 1976, Drama, US, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Alan J. Pakula
13. All Quiet On The Western Front – 1930, War/Drama, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Lewis Milestone
14. American Grafitti – 1973, Drama, US, Richard Dreyfus, Ron Howard, George Lucas
15. American History X – 1998, Drama, US, Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Tony Kaye
16. Amadeus – 1984, Drama, US, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Milos Forman
17. Annie Hall – 1977, Drama, US, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen
18. Animal House – 1978, Comedy, US, John Belushi, Karen Allen, John Landis
19. Apartment, The – 1960, Comedy, US, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
20. Apocalypse Now –  1979, Drama, US, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola
21. Asphalt Jungle, The – 1950, Drama, US, Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe, John Huston
22. Bad News Bears, The – 1976, Comedy, US, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Michael Ritchie
23. Bananas – 1971, Comedy, US, Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Woody Allen
24. Being There – 1979, Drama, UK, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Hal Ashby
25. Ben-Hur -1959, Drama, US, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, William Wyler
26. Best Years Of Our Lives, The – 1946, Drama, Frederick March, Dana Andrews, William Wyler
27. Bicycle Thieves – 1940, Drama, Italy, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Vittorio DiSica
28. Big Lebowski, The – 1998, Comedy, US, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman,  Coen/Coen
29. Big Sleep, The – 1946, Drama, US, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall,  Howard Hawks
30. Birth of a Nation – 1915, Drama, US, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, D.W. Griffith
31. Blazing Saddles – 1974, Comedy, US, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
32. Bonnie and Clyde – 1968, Drama, ,Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn
33. Breaker Morant – 1980, War/Drama, Australia, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bruce Beresford
34. Braveheart – 1995, UK, War/Drama, Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Mel Gibson
35. Bridge on the River Kwai – 1957, War/Drama, UK, Alec Guiness, William Holden, David Lean
36. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia – 1974, Western, US, Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Sam Peckinpah
37. Bringing Up Baby – 1938, Comedy, US, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Howard Hawks
38. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -1969, Western, US, Pawl Newman, Robert Redford,  George Roy Hill
39. Caine Mutiny, The –  1954, War/Drama, US, Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Edward Dmytryk
40. Caddyshack – 1980, Comedy, US, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Harold Ramis
41. Candidate, The – 1972, Drama, Ireland, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle
42. Casablanca – 1942, Drama, US, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz
43. Cat Ballou – 1965, Comedy, US, Lee Marving, Jane Fonda, Elliot Silverstien
44. Champion – 1949, Drama, US, Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Mark Robson
45. Chinatown – 1974, Drama, US, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski
46. Christmas Story, A – 1983, Comedy, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Bob Clark
47. Citizen Kane – 1941, Drama, US, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
48. City Lights – 1931, Comedy, US, Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherril, Charlie Chaplin
49. Clock, The – 1945, Drama, US, Judy Garland, Robert Walker, Vincente Minnelli
50. Clockwork Orange, A – 1971, Drama,  UK, Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Stanley Kubrick
51. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 1977, Drama, US, Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Steven Spielberg
52. Command Decision – 1948, War/Drama, US, Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Sam Wood
53. Cool Hand Luke – 1967, Drama, US, Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Stuart Rosenberg
54. Das Boot – 1981, War/Drama, Germany, Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Wolfgang Petersen
55. Day at the Races, A – 1937, Comedy, US, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Sam Wood
56. Deer Hunter, The – 1978, Drama, US, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Micheal Cimino
57. Defiant Ones, The – 1958, Drama, US, Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Stanley Kramer
58. Departed, The – 2006, Drama, US, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese
59. Dial M For Murder – 1954, Suspense, US, Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock
60. Die Hard -1988, Action, US, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, John McTiernan
61. Dirty Dozen, The – 1967, War/Drama, US, Lee Marvin, George Kennedy, Robert Aldrich
62. Dirty Harry – 1971, Drama, US, Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Don Siegel
63. Dog Day Afternoon – 1975, Drama, Al Pacino, John Cazale, Sidney Lumet
64. Double Indemnity – 1944, Drama, US, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder
65. Dr. Strangelove –  1964, Comedy, UK, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Stanley Kubrick
66. Duck Soup – 1933, Comedy, US, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Leo McCarey
67. Eating Raoul -1982, Comedy, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel
68. Elephant Man, The – 1980, Drama, US, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, David Lynch
69. Exorcist, The – 1973, Suspense, US, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, William Friedkin
70. Fail-Safe – 1964, War/Drama, US, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Sidney Lumet
71. Fast Times at Ridgemont High – 1982, Comedy, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amy Heckerling
72. Father of the Bride – 1950, Comedy, US, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Vincente Minnelli
73. Fiddler on the Roof – 1971, Musical, US, Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Norman Jewison
74. Fistful of Dollars, A – 1964, Western, Italy, Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Sergio Leone
75. Ffolkes – 1979, Action, UK, Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, Andrew V. McLaglen
76. First Family – 1980, Comedy, US, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Buck Henry
77. For a Few Dollars More – 1965, Western Italy, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Sergio Leone
78. Frankenstein – 1931, Suspense, US, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, James Whale
79. French Connection, The – 1971, Action, US, Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, William Friedkin
80. From Here To Eternity – 1953, US, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Fred Zinnemann
81. Full Metal Jacket– 1987, War/Drama, US, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Stanley Kubrick
82. Gandhi – 1982, Drama, UK, Ben Kingsley, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Richard Attenborough
83. Gaslight – 1944, Suspense, US, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, George Cukor
84. General, The – 1927, Comedy, US, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Buster Keaton/Clyde Bruckman
85. Getaway, The – 1972, Action, US, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Sam Peckinpah
86. Glengarry Glen Ross – 1993, Drama, US, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, James Foley
87. Great Dictator, The – 1940, Comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin
88. Godfather, The – 1972, Drama, US, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola
89. Godfather II, The – 1974 Drama, US, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro Francis Ford Coppola
90. Gold Rush, The – 1925, Comedy, US, Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charlie Chaplin
91. Goldfinger – 1964, Drama, US, Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Guy Hamilton
92. Gone With the Wind – 1939, Drama, US, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Victor Fleming
93. GoodFellas – 1990. Drama, US, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese
94. Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The – 1966, Western, Italy, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Sergio Leone
95. Graduate, The – 1967, Drama, US, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Mike Nichols
96. Great Escape, The – 1966, Drama, UK, Steve McQueen, James Garner, John Sturges
97. Grapes of Wrath, The – 1940, Drama, US, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Ford
98. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? – 1967, Drama, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer
99. Heartbreak Kid, The – 1972, Comedy, US, Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepard, Elaine May
100. High and the Mighty, The–  1954, Drama, US, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, William Wellman
101. High Noon – 1952, Western, US, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Fred Zinnemann
102. His Girl Friday – 1940, Comedy, US, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Howard Hawks
103. Horse Feathers – 1932, Comedy, US, Groucho Marx, Thelma Todd, Norman Z. McLeod
104. Hunt For Red October  The – 1990, War/Drama, US, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, John McTiernan
105. Hustler, The –  1961, Drama, US, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Robert Rossen
106. Hud – 1963, Drama, US, Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Martin Ritt
107. Inherit the Wind – 1960, Dram,a US, Spencer Tracy, Frederic March, Stanley Kramer
108. It Happened One Night – 1934, Comedy, US, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra
109. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – 1962, Comedy, US, Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Stanley Kramer
110. Jaws – 1975, Drama, US, Roy Schieder, Robert Shaw, Steven Spielberg
111. Jazz Singer – 1927, Drama, US, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Alan Crosland
112. Judgement at Nuremberg – 1961, Drama, US, Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Stanley Kramer
113. Killing, The – 1956, Drama, US, Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Stanley Kubrick
114. King Kong – 1930, Drama, US, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Cooper/Schoedsack
115. King of Comedy, The – 1982, Drama, US, Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorsese
116. Koyanniqatsi – 1983, Documentary, US, N/A, N/A, Godfrey Reggio
117. L.A. Confidential – 1997, Drama, US, Kevin spacey, Russell Crowe, Curtis Hanson
118. Lawrence of Arabia – 1962, Drama, UK, Peter O’Toole, Alec Guiness, David Lean
119. Life of Brian – 1979, Comedy, UK, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones
120. Little Big Man – 1970, Comedy, US, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn
121. Lost Weekend, The – 1945, Drama, US, Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Billy Wilder
122. M – 1931, Drama, Germany, Peter Lorre, Ellen Widman, Fritz Lang
123. Magnificent Seven, The – 1960, Western, US, Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, John Sturges
124. Maltese Falcon, The – 1941, Drama, US, Humphery Bogart, Mary Astor, John Huston
125. Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The – 1956, Drama, US, Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Nunnally Johnson
126. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The – 1963, Western, US, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, John Ford
127. Manchurian Candidate, The – 1962, Drama, US, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, John Frankenheimer
128. MASH – 1970, Comedy, US, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, R0bert Altman
129. Metropolis – 1927, Drama, Germany, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Fritz Lang
130. Midnight Cowboy – 1969, Drama, US, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger
131. Mississippi Burning – 1988, Drama, US, Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Alan Parker
132. Mister Roberts – 1955, Comedy, US, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, John Ford
133. Modern Times – 1936, Comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin
134. Monty Python and the Holy Grail – 1975, Comedy, UK, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones
135. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – 1939, Drama, US, Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra
136. Music Man, The – 1962, Musical, US, Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Morton DaCosta
137. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935, Drama, US, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Frank Lloyd
138. My Darling Clementine – 1946, Western, US, Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, John Ford
139. Nashville – 1975, Dram, US, Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Robert Altman
140. Natural, The -1984, Drama, US, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Barry Levinson
141. Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad – 1988, Comedy, US, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
142. Network – 1976, Drama, US, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Sidney Lumet
143. Night at the Opera, A – 1935, Comedy, US, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Sam Wood
144. No Time For Sergeants – 1958, Comedy, US, Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Mervyn Leroy
145. North by Northwest – 1959, Suspense, US, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Alfred Hitchcock
146. Notorious – 1946, Suspense, US, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock
147. Nutty Professor, The – 1963, Comedy, US, Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Jerry Lewis
148. Odd Couple, The – 1968, Comedy, US, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Gene Saks
149. On the Waterfront – 1954, Drama, US, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Elia Kazan
150. Once Upon A Time in the West – 1968, Western, Italy, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Sergio Leone
151. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975, Drama, US, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman
152. Paths of Glory – 1957, War/Drama, US, Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Stanley Kubrick
153. Patton – 1970, War/Drama, US, George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Franklin J. Schaffner
154. Philadelphia Story, The – 1940, Comedy, US, Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, George Cukor
155. Place in the Sun – 1951, Drama, US, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, George Stevens
156. Pickup on South Street – 1953, Drama, US, Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Samuel Fuller
157. Pink Panther, The – 1963, Comedy, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Blake Edwards
158. Platoon – 1986, War/Drama, US, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Oliver Stone
159. Play Misty For Me – 1971, Drama, US, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Clint Eastwood
160. Producers, The – 1968, US, Comedy, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
161. Psycho – 1960, Suspense, US, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock
162. Pulp Fiction -1994, Drama, US, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Quentin Tarentino
163. Quiet Man, The – 1952, Drama, US, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, John Ford
164. Raging Bull – 1980, Drama, US Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese
165. Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981, Drama, US, Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Steven Spielberg
166. Raising Arizona – 1987, Comedy, US, Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter, Coen/Coen
167. Rashomon – 1950, Drama, Japan, Toshiro Mifune, Machiko, Kyo, Akira Kurosawa
168. Rear Window – 1954, Suspense, US, Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock
169. Rebel Without A  Cause – 1955, Drama, US, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Nicholas Ray
170. Red River -1948, Western, US, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Howard Hawks
171. Reservoir Dogs – 1992, Drama, US, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Quentin Tarentino
172. Requiem For A Heavyweight – 1962, Drama, US, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Ralph Nelson
173. Ride The High Country – 1962, Western, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Sam Peckinpah
174. Right Stuff, The -1983, Drama, US, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Philip Kaufman
175. Rocky – 1976, Drama, US, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone
176. Roman Holiday – 1953, Drama, US, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, William Wyler
177. Sands of Iwo Jima – 1949, War/Drama, US, John Wayne, John Agar, Allan Dwan
178. Saving Private Ryan – 1998, War/Drama, US, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Steven Spielberg
179. Schindler’s List – 1993, War/Drama, US, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Steven Spielberg
180. Shane – 1950, Western, US, Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, George Stevens
181. Searchers, The – 1956, Western, US, John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford
182. Sergeant York – 1941, War/Drama, US, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Howard Hawks
183. Seven Samurai, The – 1954, Action, Japan, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa
184. Shawshank Redemption, The – 1994, Drama, US, Tim Robbons, Morgan Freeman, Frank Darabont
185. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – 1949, Western, US, John Wayne, John Agar, John Ford
186. Shining, The  – 1980, Suspense, US, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick
187. Shock Corridor – 1963, Drama, US, Peter Breck, Constance Evans, Samuel Fuller
188. Shot in the Dark, A – 1964, Comedy, UK, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Blake Edwards
189. Singin’ In The Rain – 1952, Musical, US, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly
190. Slap Shot – 1977, Comedy, US, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, George Roy Hill
191. Some Like it Hot – Comedy, US, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Billy Wilder
192. Sound Of Music, The – 1965, Musical, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Robert Wise
193. Spartacus – 1960, Drama, US, Kirk Douglas, Charles Laughton, Stanley Kubrick
194. Stagecoach – 1939, Western, US, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, John Ford
195. Stalag 17 – 1953, Drama, US, William Holden, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder
196. Star Is Born, A – 1954, Musical, US, Judy Garland, James Mason, George Cukor
197. Star Wars – 1977, Drama, US, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, George Lucas
198. Sting, The – 1974, Drama, US, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, George Roy Hill
199. Strangers on a Train – 1951, Drama, US, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Alfred Hitchcock
200. Streetcar Named Desire, A – 1951, Drama, US, Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Elia Kazan
201. Sunset Boulevard – 1950, Drama, US William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder
202. Taxi Driver – 1976, Drama, US, Robert DeNiro, Jody Foster, Martin Scorsese
203. Terms of Endearment – 1983, Drama, US, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, James L. Brooks
204. They Were Expendable – 1945, War/Drama, US, John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, John Ford
205. Third Man, The – 1949, Drama, US, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Carol Reed
206. This is Spinal Tap – 1984, Comedy, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner
207. To Have and Have Not – 1944, Drama, US, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Howard Hawks
208. To Kill a Mockingbird – 1962, Drama, US, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Robert Mulligan
209. Trainspotting – 1996, Drama, UK, Ewan MacGregor, Ewen Bremner, Danny Boyle
210. Touch of Evil – 1958, Drama, Charlton Heston, Orson WElles, Orson Welles
211. Treasure of the Sierra Madre – 1948, Drama, US, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, John Huston
212. Twelve O’Clock High – 1949, War/Drama, US, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Henry King
213. Unforgiven, The – 1992, Western, US, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood
214. Vacation – 1983, Comedy, US, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Harold Ramis
215. Vertigo – 1958, Suspense, US, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak
216. Witness for the Prosection – 1957, Drama, US, Tyrome Power, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder
217. West Side Story – 1961, Musical, US, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise
218. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – 1966, Drama, US, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Nichols
219. Wild Bunch, The – 1969, Western, US, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Sam Peckinpah
220. Wild One, The – 1953, Drama, US, Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin, Laszlo Benedek
221. Wizard of Oz, The – 1939, Musical, US, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Victor Fleming
222. Wuthering Heights – 1939, Drama, US, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, William Wyler
223. Year of Living Dangerously – 1982, Drama, Australia, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Peter Weir
224. Yojimbo -1961, Japan, Drama, Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Akira Kurosawa
225. Young Frankenstein – 1974, Comedy, US, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks

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42. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 81: “The Disaster Double-Header” | Dubsism

43. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 81: “Dawn Patrol” | Dubsism

44. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 82: “Dog Day Afternoon” | Dubsism

45. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Dubsism | MovieRob

46. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 83: “Captain Boycott” | Dubsism

47. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 23: “A Gathering of Eagles” | Dubsism

48. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate: Episode 3 – “Grease” | Dubsism

49. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 85: “The Three Musketeers” | Dubsism

50. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 86: “Forty Guns” | Dubsism

51. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 8: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” | Dubsism

52. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies: Episode 19 – The Various Versions of “A Star Is Born” | Dubsism

53. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 87: “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” | Dubsism

54. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 88: “Foreign Correspondent” | Dubsism

55. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 9: “Blow Out” | Dubsism

56. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 89: “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” | Dubsism

57. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 90: “A Woman Called Golda” | Dubsism

58. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 91: “ffolkes” | Dubsism

59. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 92: “The Great Santini” | Dubsism

60. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 93: “Pride of the Marines” | Dubsism

61. Pingback: Point-Counterpoint: What Kind of Movie Is Star Wars? | Dubsism

62. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 94: “The African Queen” | Dubsism

63. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 95: “The Why I’m Thankful For The Comedy of Jonathan Winters Double-Header” | Dubsism

64. Pingback: Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 5 – “Buick Riviera” | Dubsism

65. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 96: “Von Ryan’s Express” | Dubsism

66. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 97: “A Christmas Story” | Dubsism

67. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 98: “Apollo 13” | Dubsism

68. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 99: “Big Jake” | Dubsism

69. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 100: “Romeo and Juliet” | Dubsism

70. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 101: “Johnny Be Good” | Dubsism

71. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 102: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Dubsism

72. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – Dubsism | MovieRob

73. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 103: “The Bravados” | Dubsism

74. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 104: “The Rockford Files – Drought at Indianhead River” | Dubsism

75. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 105: “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Dubsism

76. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 106: “Great Expectations” | Dubsism

77. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 107: “The Man Who Knew Too Much” | Dubsism

78. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 108: “National Lampoon’s Vacation” | Dubsism

79. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 10: “The Jackie Robinson Story” | Dubsism

80. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 109: “1941” | Dubsism

81. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 110: “Dr. Strangelove” | Dubsism

82. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – Dubsism | MovieRob

83. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 11: “The Sound of Music” | Dubsism

84. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 29: “Mister Roberts” | Dubsism

85. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 111: “Dreams” | Dubsism

86. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 112: “ADAM-12 – Camp” | Dubsism

87. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – ADAM-12 – Camp (1974) – Dubsism | MovieRob

88. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 113: “Personal Best” | Dubsism

89. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 114: “A Guy Named Joe” | Dubsism

90. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 115: “Battleground” | Dubsism

91. Pingback: Classic Movies My Wife Hates – Episode 5: “Doctor Zhivago” | Dubsism

92. Pingback: Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 6 – “Father Goose” | Dubsism

93. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Father Goose (1964) – Dubsism | MovieRob

94. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 116: “3:10 to Yuma” | Dubsism

95. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 117: “Ten Seconds To Hell” | Dubsism

96. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 118: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” | Dubsism

97. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 119: “Gus” | Dubsism

98. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Gus (1976) – Dubsism | MovieRob

99. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 120: “The Wild Geese” | Dubsism

100. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 121: “Beavis and Butthead Do America” | Dubsism

101. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) – Dubsism | MovieRob

102. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 122: “Battle of the Bulge” | Dubsism

103. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 123: “Strange Brew” | Dubsism

104. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 26: “Earthquake” | Dubsism

105. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Strange Brew (1983) – Dubsism | MovieRob

106. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 125: “Jaws 2” | Dubsism

107. Pingback: Classic Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate: Episode 12: “Rudy” | Dubsism

108. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Rudy (1993) – Dubsism | MovieRob

109. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 125: “Excalibur” | Dubsism

110. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 126: “The Wild Bunch” | Dubsism

111. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 127: “The Rockford Files – Foul on the First Play” | Dubsism

112. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 128: “Do Not Disturb” | Dubsism

113. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 129: “The Devil’s Brigade” | Dubsism

114. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 13: “For The Love Of The Game” | Dubsism

115. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – For the Love of the Game (1999) – Dubsism | MovieRob

116. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 130: “Airport” | Dubsism

117. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 131: “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” | Dubsism

118. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 132: “No Time For Sergeants” | Dubsism

119. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 14: “E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial” | Dubsism

120. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 133: “A Bucket of Blood “ | Dubsism

121. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial (1982) – Dubsism | MovieRob

122. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 134: “Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia” | Dubsism

123. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 135: “The Big Bus” | Dubsism

124. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 136: “Walking to the Waterline” | Dubsism

125. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Walking to the Waterline (1998) – Dubsism | MovieRob

126. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 15: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” | Dubsism

127. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 137: “The Godfather” | Dubsism

128. Pingback: Genre Grandeur November Finale – The Godfather (1972) – Dubsism | MovieRob

129. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 138: “Battle of Britain” | Dubsism

130. Pingback: Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 16: “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” | Dubsism

131. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 139: “Glengarry Glen Ross” | Dubsism

132. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 140: “Mommie Dearest ” | Dubsism

133. Pingback: Genre Grandeur – Anzio (1968) – Dubsism | MovieRob

134. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 142: “The Rockford Files – Heartaches of a Fool” | Dubsism

135. Pingback: Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 8 – “Fargo” | Dubsism

136. Pingback: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 141: “Anzio” | Dubsism

137. Pingback: Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 9 – “A League Of Their Own” | Dubsism

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