99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

I loved this movie! It was really well done, incredibly well thought-out, and a pretty cool movie for it's time. The beginning reminded me of watching an episode of Mad Men, with the cars, outfits, and setting.

There were lots of great lines, but I thought it was really interesting to hear the vocabulary. In movies today, you would hardly ever hear black people referred to as "negro" or "colored". However, in this movie, those were the only words that were used to describe black people.

It reminded me, in part, of how Obama's family must have felt when his mother brought home his future father.

I gave this movie 5 stars for it's humor, topic, and I also loved the ending.

100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

I'm going to be honest, I'm not quite sure why this movie was on the top 100. I actually fell asleep a couple times. Maybe it was on there for historical purposes? The film was about George M. Cohan, who was a playwright, author, musician, and actor from the early 1910's to 1930's. Black and white, kind of corny, but just okay. I only gave it 3 stars on Netflix.

The Storyline

Last weekend I realized that there are tons of movies that I've never seen, so I decided to challenge myself to watch the top 100 films of all time. There's lots of different lists out there, so I am going to work off of the American Film Institute list.

Here's a link to the list

I'm starting from the bottom, and I'll work my way to the top. I'm blogging about it so that I can remember each movie once I'm done.

Let's get started!