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Old 03-12-05 | 10:42 AM
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How many of IMDB's top 250 do you own?

how many of the movies listed in IMDB's top 250 do you own on DVD?
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Old 03-12-05 | 10:54 AM
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52 ..55 if you count 3 that a family member "owns" that I do not consider part of my collection..
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69 including family members, which is only like shrek and monster's inc.
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68 of them.

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Old 03-12-05 | 11:04 AM
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35.. still working on it
Old 03-12-05 | 11:07 AM
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16 for me. I never buy what's in the top anything lists. I buy what I like.
Old 03-12-05 | 11:13 AM
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Currently, out of my collection of 250 films, 89 are on this list. There are about 40-45 more that I am planning to get either when they get better DVD treatment or when I can set aside the funds.

It's a suprisingly decent list, although about 50 of those films are schmaltzy feel-good entertainment masquerading as good cinema, and another 30 or so are only on there because they're recent and thus still fresh in people's minds.

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Old 03-12-05 | 11:18 AM
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Just 23 right now. I'll own em' all one day.
Old 03-12-05 | 11:20 AM
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I have 33, and I see a few that I still need to get. How about we add to this game and also tell how many you have on the bottom 100 list?

I have 4, Smokey and the Bandit 3 and 3 Police Academys, I don't feel ashamed of those, I bought the sets. Although I did enjoy City Under Seige, should I feel bad??

http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom
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51 here, several more on my want list. Some still on VHS
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I have 42 of them, but there are a bunch i'm planning to buy.
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I own 80 from the list (I'm including The Incredibles since it'll be out on Tues)
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The Godfather (1972)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Star Wars (1977)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodfellas (1990)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Matrix (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Se7en (1995)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Léon (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Alien (1979)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
The Great Escape (1963)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Aliens (1986)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Braveheart (1995)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Incredibles (2004)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Duck Soup (1933)
Unforgiven (1992)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Patton (1970)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Back to the Future (1985)
The Green Mile (1999)
Platoon (1986)
Shrek (2001)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Mystic River (2003)
Die Hard (1988)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Life of Brian (1979)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Gladiator (2000)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Terminator (1984)
Toy Story (1995)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Brazil (1985)
Almost Famous (2000)
Rain Man (1988)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Snatch. (2000)
The Right Stuff (1983)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Untouchables (1987)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
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I see that the special edition DVDs for the Leone movies brought them higher on the list. A few years ago, I remember that Good/Bad/Ugly was somewhere in the 50's and Once/West was around 80.

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I have 33, and I see a few that I still need to get. How about we add to this game and also tell how many you have on the bottom 100 list?

I have 4, Smokey and the Bandit 3 and 3 Police Academys, I don't feel ashamed of those, I bought the sets. Although I did enjoy City Under Seige, should I feel bad??

http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom
have 5 on the "bottom" list..
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I have 72 counting some that I have on order.
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92, at least if I counted right. A few of them were blind buys, but most of them I bought because I really like the movies. There are many more on the list that I hope to own pending better releases/more funds.
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61, however as much as I love IMDb, I pretty much hate their Top250 lists, there are way too many current movies there that definately do not belong.
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Originally Posted by neilo13
I have 33, and I see a few that I still need to get. How about we add to this game and also tell how many you have on the bottom 100 list?

I have 4, Smokey and the Bandit 3 and 3 Police Academys, I don't feel ashamed of those, I bought the sets. Although I did enjoy City Under Seige, should I feel bad??

http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom
I'm not ashamed to admit I have 5 of them: Hercules in New York, Robocop 3, Police Academy 5 & 6, and Superman IV.
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71. 72 counting The Incredibles. A few more on my wishlist that I haven't gotten around to buying yet.
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68 of them. pretty surprising
Old 03-12-05 | 12:09 PM
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77 or so. Two things about this list, though:

1. I was surprised by how many good movies are out there I still "keep meaning to pick up."

2. I don't trust the IMDB Top 250 anymore. Something about the way they tally votes just doesn't add up in my book to a true top 250 list. I think it has to do with how many flicks from the last year get on it so quickly simply due to the number of votes. Finding Neverland is good, but not one of the best 250 films ever made. Even if you took every best picture nominee (also not an indicator of the best 250 films ever made), there's over 350 of them, and I'm not sure if it would be in the top 250.
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I own 65, but with a few more releases on the horizon (Incredibles, MDB, Sideways, Hotel Rwanda, etc ...) that number will increase.


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