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1. Seven Movies X 10

1. Seven Westerns
2. Seven Action/Adventures
3. Seven Musicals
4. Seven Silent Movies
5. Seven Comedies
6. Seven Dramas
7. Seven War/Action Movies
8. Seven SciFi/Fantasy/Horror
9. Seven Crime & Punishment
10. Mysteries/Whodunit

JUST FOR FUN
Seven Movies that John Wayne died in
Seven Beach Movies
Seven Kung-Fu Movies (coming)
Seven Animated Movies#animated (coming)
Seven Series/Sequals/Installments (coming)
Seven Current Favorites (coming)

Seven Movies X 10

The American Film Institute likes to give you the top 100 films of all time in certain categories. Theirs is a noble cause and anyone who is film buff should do what they can to see as many of those films as they can. My lists are shorter, just seven films. All of the movies are pre-1970. Most our black and white, unless Ted Turner has ruined them. But for me, these are must see movies even if they didn't win an award or make the AFIs list. If you haven't seen them, your life is incomplete. There were directors and producers before Spielberg and Lucas became the dominant force in Hollywood.

You will note that Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane,Psycho, Its A Wonderful Life and some other very well known, considered great movies are missing. I'm going to refer to them as "Honorable Mentions" . I'm assuming you've already seen these so why tell you to watch them again? If you haven't seen them, what are you waitng for.

Also, The Godfather and Patton Fans, may wonder why these films aren't here. They came out in 1970 or later and missed the cut-off. I'll lump them as post 1969 honorable mentions.

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1. Seven Westerns
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
   Starring: James Stewart, John Wayne
   Directed by: John Ford

2. Fort Apache
   Starring: James Stewart, Henry Fonda
   Directed by: John Ford

3. Winchester '73 (1950)
   Starring: James Stewart
   Directed by: Anthony Mann

4. Destry Rides Again (1939)
   Starring: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
   Directed by: George Marshall

5. Stage Coach
   Starring: John Wayne (First major starring role)
   Directed by: John Ford

6. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
   Starring: Steve McQueen, Yul Brenner, Eli Wallach, James Coburn
   Directed by: John Sturges
   And don't bother telling me about the Shichinin no Samurai.

7. The Wild Bunch
   Starring: Willliam Holden, Ernest Borgnine,Warren Oates, Edmond O'Brien
   Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
   (Not for the queazy)
In short, if it is a western directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne , it is hard to go wrong. This would include, Rio Bravo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, the Searchers, and many more It was hard to leave off True Grit until I thought about Glen Campbell, and it was also difficult to skip Cat Ballou, but I have issues with Jane "the traitor" Fonda. Blazing Saddles is from 1974 as are the good Eastwood westerns. If you want a decent Made for Cable western, check out Crossfire Trails starring in Tom Selleck. A fun, gritty post 1970 to lok for would be The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

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2. Action/Adventure
1. Captain Blood
   Starring: Errol Flynn
   Directed by:

2. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
   Starring: Fay Wray, Joel McCrea, Robert Armstrong
   Directed by: Ernest, Schoedsack, Irving Picel
   Okay, this guy wrecks ships, rescues passengers, and then hunts them down like wild animals.

3. Jungle Book (1942)
   Starring:Sabu
   Directed by: Zoltan Korba
   Everyone should see at least one Sabu movie.

4. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
   Starring:Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger
   Directed by: Compton Bennett
   Before thier was Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain

5. Hatari
   Starring: John Wayne, Red Buttons
   Directed by: Howard Hawks

6. Sea Hawk
   Starring:Errol Flynn, brenda Marshall, Claud Rains
   Directed by: Michael Curtiz

7. Beau Geste
   Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milalnd, Robert Preston
   Directed by: William A. Wellman

Schoedsack was to the 1930s what Spielberg and Lucas were for the 1970s to the present. He new action and adventure. He brought us both Most Dangerous Game and King Kong and still later Mighty Joe Young. i could easily fill the list with Pirate/Swashbucklers and Errol Flynn movies. If that's you're genre, you need to see The Black Swan with Tyronne Powers and of course Robin Hood. The best recent swashbuckler is the made for cable version of Treasure Island (1990) starring Charton Heston and and Christain Bale.

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3. Seven Musicals
1. West Side Story
   Starring: Natalie Wood, Ri ta Moreno
   Directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

2. The Sound Of Music
   Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
   Directed by: Robert Wise

3. Singin' In The Rain
   Starring: Gene Kelly, donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
   Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

4. Easter Parade
   Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire
   Directed by: Charles Walters

5. Going My Way
   Starring: Bing Crosby
   Directed by: Leo McCarey

6. Mary Poppins
   Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke.
   Directed by: Robert Stevenson

7. White Christmas
   Starring: Bing crosby, Danny Kaye
   Directed by: George Curtiz

Of course I can't help but also mention Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli, Judy's Daughter. It missed the cut off date coming out in 1972, but it is probably one of the best muscials ever made. You also should see the Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland Movies. Easy to spot. most start with the phrase "Babes in...". It was also dificult not include "An American in Paris" it ials o difficult to skip some of Frank Sinatra's musicals. Yes I know I've missed all the Striesand movies. You either hate her or love her. You've either seen all of her movies or you'll never watch them no matter what anyone says. The only Rogers and Hammerstein musical I took is Sound of Music. I skipped South Pacific Show Boat, and many more, as well as Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. They belong on broadway. If you can't see them there, then rent the movie.

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4. Seven Silent Movies
1. Greed
   Starring: Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt.
   Directed by: Erich von Stroheim's

2. Metropolis
   Starring: Alfred Abel ,Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm.
   Directed by: Fritz Lang

3. The Wind
   Starring: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love.
   Directed by: Victor Sjöström

4. Ben Hur
   Starring: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
   Directed by: Charles Brabin(uncredited), J.J. Cohn, Fred Niblo

5. Noferatu
   Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim.
   Directed by: F.W. Murnau

6. The Gold Rush
   Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Georgia Hale.
   Directed by: Charlie Chaplin

7. My Best Girl
   Starring: Mary Pickford, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sunshine Hart
   Directed by: Sam Taylor

No, I did not recommend D. W. Griffith's, Birth Of A Nation. I know of it's historical importance, but I'm not a big fan of the movie.

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5. Seven Comedies
1. Duck Soup
   (Or any other Marx Brothers movie not starring Marilyn Monroe)
   Marx Brothers

2. No Time For Sargeants
   Andy Griffith

3. Trouble Along the Way
   Starring: John Wayne, Sherry Jackson Directed by: Michael Curtiz

4. The Trouble with Angels
   Ida Lupino, Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills

5. The Philadelphia Story
   Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart

6. Harvey
   James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow

7. Mister Roberts
   Starring: Henry Fonda
   Directed by: John Ford

If I were to recommend After 1970s, Comedies the one at the Top would probably be Young Frankenstein. People should also see Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World , at least one Bob Hope "Road Movie" with pal Bing Crosby. I guess no one remembers the old phrase "Like Hope and Crosby" I'd suggest Road to Morocco. And as I said just about any Marx Brother movie Beyond Duck Soup, you have Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera,.A Day At The Races, A Night in Casablanca, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, Cocoanuts, and Day at the Circus. Skip Love Happy, Even the Brothers wished they would've skipped it..

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6. Seven Dramas
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
   Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell
   Directed by: Elia Kazan

2. African Queen
   Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
   Directed by: John Houston

3. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
   Starring: Humphey Bogart
   Directed by: John Huston

4. The Joker is Wild
   Starring: Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert
   Directed by: George Vidor

5. Boys Town
   Starring: Spenser Tracy, Mckey Rooney Directed by: Norman Taurog

6. Bells of St. Mary
   Starring: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman
   Directed by: Leo M. McCarey

7. Flight of the Phoenix
   Starring: James Stewart Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine
   Directed by: Robert Aldrich

This list will probably change more than any. It is so hard to choose seven great dramas. I've tried to grab some really good stories that are off the beaten track, Of course, in the case of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Bells of St. Mary", I just chose them because I can't watch them enough. Even when you know whats going to happen, you still want to watch the story again. Still, there needs to be more Spenser Tracy movie in there somewhere.

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7. Seven War/Action Movies
1. Sahara (1943)
   Starring:Humphrey Bogart
   Directed by: Zoltan Korda

2. Sands of Iwo Jima
   Starring:John Wayne
   Directed by: Alan Dwan

3. To Hell and Back
   Starring:Audie Murphy as himself
   Directed by: Jesse Hibbs

4. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
   Starring:Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
   Directed by: John huston

5. Twelve O'Clock High
   Starring:Gregory Peck
   Directed by: Henry King

6. The Dawn Patrol
   Starring:Errol Flynn,Basil Rathbone, David Niven
   Directed by: Howard Hawks

7. Stalag 17
   Starring:William Holden
   Directed by: Billy Wilder

I'm assuming you've seen The Longest Day, Sand Pebbles, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen and Zulu. I've skipped all but one of the war time propoganda movies but they really are a must for any war flick fan. If only they'd release them with a war time cartoon as pre-film lead-in.

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8. Seven SciFi/Fantasy/Horror
1. King Kong (1933)
   Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Victor Wong
   Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack    
   My Persoanl favorite!

2. The Day the Earth Stood Still
   Starring: Michael Renney, Patricia Neal Directed by: Robert Wise

3. Jason and the Argonauts
   Starring: Todd Armstrong, Nacny Kovack
   and the special effects of Ray Harryhausen
   Directed by: Cy Enfield

4. Creature From The Black Lagoon
   Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams
   Directed by:Jack Arnold

5. Pit and and the Pendulum
   Starring: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele
   Directed by: Roger Corman

6. Frankenstein
   Starring: Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive
   Directed by: James Whael

7. Time Machine
   Starring: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux
   Directed by: George Pal

Roger Corman directed horror flicks are a must. If it has Vincent Price in it and shares the title with an Edgar Alan Poe story/poem, you shcould probably see it. Price knows how to camp things up. George Pal is almost a requisite for good sci-fi fantasy direction. and Ray Harryhausen is a must for stop action special effects. It was hard to skip his Campy Mysterious Island from the 1960s., I know what you're going to say! how did you skip War of the Worlds? There is a whole set of Universal Monster movies that are a must. Recent movies that live up to the classics in style are


Sommers' "The Mummy" (1999), "The Mummy Returns" (2001)
Coppala's "Bram Stoker's Dracula"(1992) ,
Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" (1999)

Science Fiction and Fantasy changed completely with the release of Star Wars. They just don't make'em like they used to.

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9. Seven Crime & Punishment
1. "M"
   Starring: Peter Lorre
   Directed by: Fritz Lang

2. I Confess
   Starring Montgomery Clift
   Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
   (Suppose it could've been a whodunit but you know who did it early on.)

3. 12 Angry Men
   Starring: Henry Fonda Directed by: Sidney Lumet

4. The Roaring Twenites
   Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart

5. To Kill A Mockingbird
   Starring Gregory Peck

6. Night Of The Generals
   Starring:Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif
   Directed by: Antole Litvak

7. Bullitt
   Starring: Steve McQueen Directed by: Peter Yates

Did I miss the original Oceans 11 with the Rat Pack? Shame on Me. You shouldn't! Couldn't Choose Chinatown, with Jack Nicholson, it came out in 1974. I confess is the only Alfred Hitchcock movie I chose. Many Hitchcock fans haven't seen it and it isn't his normal type film. I've pretty much ignored Hitchcock in my lists but you shouldn't He does for Thrillers what ford did to Westerns. He made them a true art form.

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10. Mysteries/Whodunit
1. Maltese Falcon (1941)
   Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
   Directed by: John Huston

2. Call Northside 777
   Starring James Stewart
   Directed by: Henry Hathaway

3. The Big Sleep
   Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
   Directd by: Howard Hawks

4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
   Starring:Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
   Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
   Best version, could also be considered a horror film.

5. Charlie Chan in Honolulu
   Starring: Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung
   Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
   Introduces "Number One Son"

6. In Like Flynt
   Starring: James Coburn
   Directed by: Theodore J. Flicker
   Okay its a comedy. So what? It also a secret agent moive.

7. Shot in the Dark
   Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommoers
   Directed by: Blake Edwards
   okay, another comedy. So what? We're talkin ginspector Clouseau, here!

Seven Movies in which "The Duke" died

Most people think he was invincible. It is actually hard to believe "The Duke" John Wayne actually died in seven movies. (I mean besides critical but not on screen death of Ghenghis Kahn)

As with so many legendary actors, John Wayne's star is fading these days, being replaced by the likes of Bruce Willis, and George Clooney. But for many, "the Duke" will always be the number one rugged individual. He defined the character that so many aspired to be.

It's surprising he died in seven movies.

1. The Wake Of the Red Witch (Drowns doing something heroic)
2. The Fighting Sea Bees (Drives a bulldozer into a pile of explosives)
3. The Alamo (Carries a flaming torch into the pwder stockade)
4. The Cowboys (Shot in the back by a coward)
5. The Sands Of Iwo Jima (Shot in the Back by a Japanese Sniper)
6. The Shootist (Gunfight with Richard Boone but at least he wasn't a coward)
7. Reap The Wild Wind (Drowns doing something heroic)
Honorable Mentions
1. The Sea Chase, though he dies off screen
2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence but it was of Old Age