#33 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher

I really liked this movie a lot... Another one I haven't seen but knew references about, knew a little about the story... and that was it.  Nicholson plays RP McMurphy, a convict who tries to fake insanity to get out of prison work detail.  He arrives on the floor of the Nurse Ratched's ward and witnesses (and unfortunately is subject to) the physical and emotional abuse of the patients.  McMurphy riles up the other patients to take a stand against Ratched and the outcomes are unexpected.  Excellent acting all around, and loved seeing the faces of Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito & Vincent Schiavelli. And I loved Brad Dourif as Billy (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.)
This movie won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Trivia: With the exception of the fishing segment (which was filmed last), the film was shot in sequence. 

# 34 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937

Voice of: Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White

Disney's first full-length feature film, Snow White is a classic.  It's so simple.  I think it's the only animated movie on the list!

Trivia: Was the first of many Disney films to have its premiere engagement at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. At the end of the film's initial engagement there, all the velvet seat upholstery had to be replaced. It seems that young children were so frightened by the sequence of Snow White lost in the forest that they wet their pants, and consequently the seats, at each and every showing of the film. Also, there's a hidden Mickey Mouse that's Formed by three stones on the wall behind the Queen as she strides down to the basement to perform her spell.

Up Next: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#35 Annie Hall

1977
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

I never had any desire to see this movie before.  And now I know why, I was bored out of my mind.  I get why people like it, it's just not my kind of movie.
The story follows the neurotic relationship of Annie and Alvy, and shows to good and the bad.

Trivia: Diane Keaton's real name is Diane Hall and her nickname is Annie. 

Up Next: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

#36 The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957
Director: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa

Loved this movie!! It follows the story of British POW's in a Japanese work camp.  The Japanese colonel uses them to complete his task of building a bridge over the Kwai river.  Alec Guinness plays opposite Sessue Hayakawa and the two are perfect.  Guinness's character, Nicholson, insists that if they are being used to build the bridge then it will be done perfectly.  When an escapee from the camp to destroy the bridge, I was rooting for the bridge...

Trivia: The actual Major Saito, unlike the character portrayed in the film by Sessue Hayakawa, was said by some to be one of the most reasonable and humane of all of the Japanese officers, usually willing to negotiate with the POWs in return for their labor. Such was the respect between Saito and the real-life Lieutenant-Colonel Toosey that Toosey spoke up on Saito's behalf at the war-crimes tribunal after the war, saving him from the gallows. Ten years after Toosey's 1975 death, Saito made a pilgrimage to England to visit his grave.

Up Next: Annie Hall

#37 The Best Years of Our Lives

1946
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Myrna Loy, Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Harold Russell

Three soldiers of various positions in society return from World War 2 to resume their lives.  Each has their own troubles.  I wasn't sure what to expect from this one, but I ended up really liking it.  I thought all of the characters were believable and the acting was amazing.  (Both March and Russell won Oscars for their roles.)

Trivia: For his performance as Homer Parrish, Harold Russell became the only actor to win two Academy Awards for the same role. The Academy Board of Governors thought he was a long shot to win, so they gave him an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance." Later that ceremony he won for Best Supporting Actor. 

Up Next: The Bridge on the River Kwai

#38 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Two Americans are poor and homeless in Mexico when they decide to take a chance with an old gold prospector.  After working tirelessly, they strike it big... but doubts and fear about losing their shares drives them crazy, especially Bogarts character.  He imagines that the other two are going to steal his gold... in the end, bandits, the weather and just bad luck gets the best of them.

Trivia: The movie's line "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" was voted as the #36 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).

Did I like it? Yes, but I didn't love it.  Next up is The Best Years of Our Lives (1948)

#39 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964
Director: Stanely Kubrick
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden

One commander in the US Military is convinced that the Soviets are using the nations water supply to poison the American people and orders a bombing without authority.  He is the only one who knows the code to recall the bombers and has locked himself inside his office.  In the war room, top officials meet on how to solve this problem.  Peter Sellers plays 3 different roles, including Dr, Strangelove.  Completely indifferent to this movie. Didn't love it, didn't hate it.

Trivia: Peter Sellers improvised most of his lines and this was James Earl Jones' screen debut.


Up Next: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre