Movies ~ Are You a Loser Like Me?

Supposedly, if you've seen over 85 movies, you're supposed to be in need of a real life. Well given my age and my love of movies (especially going to the movies!), I already know I'm a loser. That's only an average of basically two per year of my middle aged life.  I guess I need a new one now. Who decides these things?

Here's a list going around of 239 random films that have a broad appeal. How many have you seen?

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show 

(x) Grease 

(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 

( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest 

( ) Boondock Saints 

(x) Fight Club 

(x) Starsky and Hutch 

(x) Neverending Story 

(x) Blazing Saddles 

(x) Airplane 

Total: 8  

(x) The Princess Bride 

(x) Anchorman 

(x) Napoleon Dynamite 

( ) Labyrinth 

( ) Saw 

( ) Saw II 

() White Noise 

() White Oleander 

(x) Anger Management 

( ) 50 First Dates 

(x) The Princess Diaries 

(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 

Total so far: 14  

( ) Scream 

( ) Scream 2 

( ) Scream 3 

( ) Scary Movie 

( ) Scary Movie 2 

( ) Scary Movie 3 

( ) Scary Movie 4 

( ) American Pie 

( ) American Pie 2 

( ) American Wedding 

( ) American Pie Band Camp 

Total so far: 14 (wow, I haven't seen any of these!)  

(x) Harry Potter 1 

(x) Harry Potter 2 

(x) Harry Potter 3 

(x) Harry Potter 4 

( ) Resident Evil 1 

( ) Resident Evil 2 

(x) The Wedding Singer 

( ) Little Black Book 

( ) The Village 

(X) Lilo & Stitch 

Total so far: 22

(x) Finding Nemo 

( ) Finding Neverland 

( ) Signs 

(x) The Grinch 

(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 

( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 

( ) White Chicks 

( ) Butterfly Effect 

(x) 13 Going on 30 

( ) I, Robot 

( ) Robots 

Total so far: 25  

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 

( ) Universal Soldier 

( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events 

(x) Along Came Polly 

(x) Deep Impact 

( ) KingPin 

(x) Never Been Kissed 

(x) Meet The Parents 

(x) Meet the Fockers 

( ) Eight Crazy Nights 

( ) Joe Dirt 

(x) King Kong 

Total so far: 32

(x) A Cinderella Story 

( ) The Terminal 

( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie 

( ) Passport to Paris 

(x) Dumb & Dumber 

(x) Dumber & Dumberer 

( ) Final Destination 

( ) Final Destination 2 

( ) Final Destination 3 

(x) Halloween 

(x) The Ring 

( ) The Ring 2 

( ) Surviving Christmas 

(x) Flubber 

Total so far: 38  

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle 

(x) Practical Magic 

(x) Chicago 

( ) Ghost Ship 

( ) From Hell 

( ) Hellboy 

( ) Secret Window 

(x) I Am Sam 

( ) The Whole Nine Yards 

( ) The Whole Ten Yards 

Total so far: 39  

(x) The Day After Tomorrow 

( ) Child's Play 

( ) Seed of Chucky 

( ) Bride of Chucky 

(x) Ten Things I Hate About You 

(x) Just Married 

( ) Gothika 

(x) Nightmare on Elm Street 

(x) Sixteen Candles 

(x) Remember the Titans 

( ) Coach Carter 

( ) The Grudge 

( ) The Grudge 2 

(x) The Mask 

( ) Son Of The Mask 

Total so far: 46  

( ) Bad Boys 

( ) Bad Boys 2 

( ) Joy Ride 

( ) Lucky Number Slevin 

(x) Ocean's Eleven 

(x) Ocean's Twelve 

(x) Bourne Identity 

(x) Bourne Supremacy 

( ) Lone Star 

(x) Bedazzled 

(x) Predator I 

(x) Predator II 

( ) The Fog 

(x) Ice Age 

(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown 

( ) Curious George 

Total so far: 55  

(x) Independence Day 

(x) Cujo 

( ) A Bronx Tale 

( ) Darkness Falls 

(x) Christine 

(x) ET 

(x) Children of the Corn 

( ) My Boss's Daughter 

(x) Maid in Manhattan 

( ) War of the Worlds 

(x) Rush Hour 

(x) Rush Hour 2 

( ) Rush Hour 3 

Total so far: 63

( ) Best Bet 

(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 

(x) She's All That 

(x) Calendar Girls 

(x) Sideways 

( ) Mars Attacks 

(x) Event Horizon 

(x) Ever After 

(x) Wizard of Oz 

(x) Forrest Gump 

(x) Big Trouble in Little China 

(x) The Terminator 

(x) The Terminator 2 

(x) The Terminator 3 

Total so far: 75  

( ) X-Men 

( ) X-2 

( ) X-3 

(x) Spider-Man 

(x) Spider-Man 2 

( ) Spider-Man 3 

( ) Sky High 

( ) Jeepers Creepers 

( ) Jeepers Creepers 2 

( ) Catch Me If You Can 

(x) The Little Mermaid 

(x) Freaky Friday 

( ) Reign of Fire 

( ) The Skulls 

( ) Cruel Intentions 

( ) Cruel Intentions 2 

( ) The Hot Chick 

(x) Shrek 

(x) Shrek 2 

(x) Shrek 3 

Total so far: 82  

(x) Swimfan 

(x) Miracle on 34th street 

(x) Old School 

(x) The Notebook 

( ) K-Pax 

(x) Krippendorf's Tribe 

(x) A Walk to Remember 

(x) Ice Castles 

( ) Boogeyman 

(x) The 40-year-old Virgin 

Total so far: 90

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring 

(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 

( ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King 

(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 

(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 

(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 

( ) Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull 

Total so far: 95

( ) Baseketball 

( ) Hostel 

( ) Waiting for Guffman 

( ) House of 1000 Corpses 

( ) Devils Rejects 

(x) Elf 

(x) Highlander 

( ) Mothman Prophecies 

( ) American History X 

( ) Three Total so Far: 97  

( ) The Jacket 

( ) Kung Fu Hustle 

( ) Shaolin Soccer 

(x) Night Watch 

(x) Monsters Inc. 

(x) Titanic 

(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail 

( ) Shaun Of the Dead 

(x) Willard 

Total so far: 102  

( ) High Tension 

( ) Club Dread 

( ) Hulk 

(x) Dawn Of the Dead 

(x) Hook 

( ) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 

( ) 28 days later 

( ) Orgazmo 

( ) Phantasm 

(x) Waterworld 

Total so far: 105

 

(x) Kill Bill vol 1 

(x) Kill Bill vol 2 

( ) Mortal Kombat 

( ) Wolf Creek 

(x) Kingdom of Heaven 

( ) the Hills Have Eyes 

( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman 

( ) The Last House on the Left 

( ) Re-Animator 

( ) Army of Darkness 

Total so far: 107

( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace 

( )Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones 

(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith 

(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope 

(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back 

(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi 

( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage 

( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor 

Total so far: 111 

(x) The Matrix 

(x) The Matrix Reloaded 

(x) The Matrix Revolutions 

( )Animatrix 

( ) Evil Dead 

( ) Evil Dead 2 

( ) Team America: World Police 

( ) Red Dragon 

(x) Silence of the Lambs 

(x) Hannibal 

So that's it, and my grand loser total is.....116!  That's a little less than half.  I'd like to know who came up with this list, because they sure missed a LOT of great movies. Besides Blazing Saddles, Dodgeball, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Oceans 11, are there any great movies on this list?  No offense to all of you LOTR fans out there of course.....

Comments

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[Patty]

I'm too lazy to count, but you've gotta see "50 First Dates." It's a sweet little feel-good movie -- and Adam Sandler is actually likeable in it.

[sonja]

I made 50...so that's not all that bad after all :-)

[Amanda]

I'm a huge loser at 136. O course I live with all boys, so I've seen EVERY Star Wars and Indiana Jones movie, plus Spiderman, and the other "boy stuff." Being in the age group for the Scream and American Pie movies didn't help me either.

Other than the movies you mentioned, I'd only add The Whole Nine Yards. It's one we tend to watch over and over.

[Donna]

I made it to 115, wow that was FUN!!!

[Jen Davis]

Oh, this is fun! I'm going to have to do this, but just by looking it over I know I'm a HUGE loser cuz I've seen A LOT of them! =)

[amy a.]

Loser here - 110!! Great list!!

[sally aka cellomom]

Omgosh...LOL!! 87 for me, so I just make it into the loser column!! LOL!! fun list!!!

[Kim]

phew what a list, I was at 30 something somewhere in half, then I lost count :) Guess I'm a loser too!

[Jason]

ok... I'm a bigger loser.... I've seen 131 of these. ugh... I need a life!

[Carla]

Only 36. But my tastes run more toward Blazing Saddles and Airplane rather than the scary stuff. They missed all the good stuff!

[Joni]

Gosh..I have seen almost all of these! WHAT A LOSER!!!!

[Tammy]

Well Barb, I would be a looser too. Just looking at the list, I know I have seen 3/4 of them!!! But then again, with my age as you talked about, you are going to see a lot of movies. We can hang our heads in shame together. *s*

[Jan Connair]

My first date with Dennis was a movie, "Heaven Can Wait." I'll bet we went to the movies at least twice a month for years. For me, this list is a good starting point, but it doesn't go back far enough, 'cause I'm OLD! What about "Animal House"? "Poseidon Adventure" (the first one, with Shelly Winters and Gene Hackman)? And the Disney movie count alone would probably put me over the top, lol.

I don't think I'm a loser because I like to go to the movies, though. At least I'm getting out of the house! And the movies used to be a good place to make out on dates . . .

[Sally]

LOL,this was a fun post :)
I am a total loser... i had seen 110 of these :P

[Andrea]

Ummmm ... my grand total is ... 45.

**ducks head in shame**