The Alamo 100

Alamo Drafthouse put out a list of 100 movies they’d want on a desert island back in 2020. Sourced from all their creative directors across the country.

I thought it was an interesting place to find new movies, and was tracking my watches privately. Why private? Who knows. Now it’s public. You’re welcome.

Edit Last updated April 6th 2024.

Movies I haven’t seen

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. Beaches of Agnes
  3. Big
  4. Black Lizard
  5. Bottle Rocket
  6. Carnival of Souls
  7. Daisies
  8. Danger: Diabolik
  9. Dirty Harry
  10. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The
  11. Hausu
  12. Johnny Guitar
  13. Jules and Jim
  14. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
  15. Leon: The Professional
  16. Napoleon
  17. Night To Dismember, A
  18. Ninotchka
  19. Notorious
  20. Pride & Prejudice
  21. Sixteen Candles
  22. Sons Of The Desert
  23. Step Up 2: The Streets
  24. Streets of Fire
  25. Succubus
  26. Testament of Dr. Mabuse
  27. Vampires, Les
  28. Woman Is A Woman, A aka Une Femme Est Une Femme

Movies I’ve already seen

These are movies on the list that I’ve personally seen at least once.

  1. 10 Things I Hate About You
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. 400 Blows, The
  4. Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The
  5. Alien
  6. Apartment, The
  7. Back to the Future
  8. Best Years of Our Lives, The
  9. Big Trouble in Little China
  10. Blade Runner
  11. Brazil
  12. Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, The
  13. Casablanca
  14. City Lights
  15. Christmas Story, A
  16. Clockwork Orange, A
  17. Clueless
  18. Dark Knight, The
  19. Dazed and Confused
  20. Delicatessen
  21. Double Indemnity
  22. Dr. Strangelove
  23. Duck Soup
  24. E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial
  25. Ed Wood
  26. Empire Strikes Back, The
  27. Escape From New York
  28. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  29. Evil Dead 2
  30. Fantastic Mr. Fox, The
  31. For A Few Dollars More
  32. General, The
  33. Ghostbusters
  34. Godfather II, The
  35. Godfather, The
  36. Gold Rush, The
  37. Goonies, The
  38. Hannah And Her Sisters
  39. Home Alone
  40. Joe vs the Volcano
  41. Lord of the Rings, The
  42. Love Actually
  43. Mean Girls
  44. Modern Times
  45. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  46. Night of the Hunter, The
  47. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
  48. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
  49. Plan 9 From Outer Space
  50. Playtime
  51. Princess Bride, The
  52. Pulp Fiction
  53. Raging Bull
  54. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  55. Raising Arizona
  56. Road Warrior, The
  57. Robocop
  58. Royal Tennenbaums, The
  59. Rushmore
  60. Singin’ in the Rain
  61. Some Like it Hot
  62. Star Wars: A New Hope
  63. Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The
  64. Tommy Boy
  65. UHF
  66. Uncle Buck
  67. Vertigo
  68. Waiting for Guffman
  69. Warriors, The
  70. Wayne’s World
  71. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  72. You’ve Got Mail

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