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My Movie Bucket List | 50 Must See Movies In Your Lifetime

June 8, 2015Written by Christie | 43 Comments | Entertainment

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Need a list of the best movies of all time? Watch My Movie Bucket List | 50 Must See Movies In Your Lifetime. May contain commissioned links

Movie bucket list summer challenge

My Movie Bucket List | 50 Must See Movies In Your Lifetime

It’s the same conversation every time. “Have you seen this movie?” “Nope.” “What?! How could you not have seen this movie? Everyone has seen it!”

In light of yet another sad I-have-not-seen-that-movie” revelation this summer, I have come to the conclusion that I need to invoke a different response. Hence the creation of my movie bucket list and summer challenge. Come shake your head at me as I meekly reveal all of the movies that everyone else in the world has seen but me, and how I plan to remedy the situation with the 50 Must See Movies In Your Lifetime.

The perfect movie bucket list for the summer, these classic must-see films need to be on your list pronto.

Making A Movie Bucket List

Maybe it was a sheltered home life. Maybe I was too busy in college. Maybe I didn’t get a real LOVE for movies until I became a blogger that blogged about movies. But here I am today, finally talking about all of the sad instances where I have yet again missed another classic, all-time-favorite or any other movie that everyone has to see in their lifetime. I hang my head in shame as I admit that I only have seen It’s a Wonderful Life this past year. And with summer here and my love for a good challenge, I couldn’t help but create my movie bucket list. I’m sure this will keep changing and evolving (hoping my fans will keep me up to date on new movies I must see), but the end result is the same. To finally say “Yes, I have seen that movie.”

This post actually came about from a conversation with my husband and brother-in-law. Trying to pick a movie to watch for the 2 couples while our kids were busy taking advantage of summer, we went down yet another path of “Christie hasn’t seen this movie. We have to see it.” So I sat down and wrote out a list (with the help of IMDB, AFI, Rotten Tomatoes and family members) to create this ultimate of ultimates, my movie bucket list. Then I gave myself a challenge. I will watch at least 10 of these movies by the end of the summer. An obtainable goal, if I do say so myself. And with motivation in my pocket, I sat down and finally watched one of the greatest movies of all time. Can you guess which one?

1. Shawshank Redemption – finished as of 6/7. My first movie of the summer and a GOOD one! Loved it!

2. Field of Dreams – finished as of 6/11. Ok, this movie left me with more questions than answers. I get the dad connection thing. But saving the farm? Talking to dead people? Joy riding with James Earl Jones? Definitely an “interesting” movie

3. The Godfather

4. Any of the Rocky Movies

5. Casablanca

6. Gone with the Wind

7. Citizen Kane

8. Disney’s Up

9. Lawrence of Arabia

10. Raging Bull

11. Pulp Fiction

12. Rain Man

13. Alien – though I highly doubt I will ever have the guts to see this one!

14. Monty Python & The Holy Grail

15. 2001 Space Odyssey

16. Scarface

17. The Labyrinth

18. Cool Hand Luke

19. Fargo

20. Million Dollar Baby

21. The Grapes of Wrath

22. Unforgiven

23. Jaws

24. To Kill a Mockingbird

25. The Graduate

26. Dances with Wolves

27. The Maltese Falcon

28. Rear Window

29. The French Connection

30. Inception

31. The Usual Suspects

31. The King’s Speech

32. Terms of Endearment

33. American Grafitti

34. The Color Purple

35. Interstellar – sadly my husband rented and saw this movie…I fell asleep. Sigh, try again!

36. Goodfellas

37. Slumdog Millionaire

38. The Hurt Locker

39. L.A. Confidential

40. Blade Runner

41. Awakenings

42. 12 Monkeys

43. Driving Miss Daisy

44. Dr. Stranglove, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb

45. Philadelphia

46. Dr. Zhivago

47. A League of Their Own

49. Caddyshack

50. Ghost

Ok, summer! Bring on the movies!

So after you give me a finger point, head shake, and give me my overdue “I can’t believe she hasn’t seen these movies” talk, what movie would you add to my movie bucket list? Which ones do you dislike? What is one of your favorite movies of all time?

I’m looking forward to the controversy and discussion 🙂

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  1. Dave Everett says

    October 21, 2019 at 11:55 pm

    That is a great list. I would add (unless it’s there and I missed it):

    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
    The Princess Bride
    Groundhog Day
    Young Frankenstein (and/or Blazing Saddles)
    Toy Story (is better than Up) (and /or The Lion King)
    The Greatest Showman
    Gladiator
    Mr. Holland’s Opus
    True Grit (either the old one or the new one, both are fantastic)
    Silverado
    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    Dirty Harry
    The Terminator
    When Harry Met Sally (and/or Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail)
    Apollo 13
    City Slickers (don’t bother with the sequel)
    The Matrix (Matrix Reloaded is good, but then you’d have to watch the last one which is awful)
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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    • christie says

      October 22, 2019 at 8:08 am

      I appreciate the add. Most of these I had already seen, which is why they weren’t on the list.

  2. Brandy says

    July 12, 2020 at 11:53 pm

    Have watched all but 3 movies an would add Cloud Atlus.

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