In order to qualify as one, then you need to have watched all the movies on this list:
1. The Godfather 1972
2. The Godfather: Part II 1974
3. The Godfather: Part III 1990
4. Citizen Kane 1941
5. Vertigo 1958
6. Casablanca 1942
7. Psycho 1960
8. Raging Bull 1980
9. Notorious 1946
10. Taxi Driver 1976
11. Cinema Paradiso 1988
12. Sunset Blvd. 1950
13. A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
14. On the Waterfront 1954
15. The Shining 1980
16. Amadeus 1984
17. Seven Samurai 1954
18. City of God 2002
19. The Apartment 1960
20. All the President’s Men 1976
21. Scarface 1983
22. Paris, Texas 1984
23. Blue Velvet 1986
24. Pulp Fiction 1994
25. Léon: The Professional 1994
26. Lost Highway 1997
27. Forrest Gump 1994
28. The Usual Suspects 1995
29. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
30. Fight Club 1999
31. Run Lola Run 1998
32. Snatch. 2000
33. Europa 1991
34. Amores Perros 2000
35. Mulholland Dr. 2001
36. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
37. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
38. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
39. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
40. Sin City 2005
41. Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
42. The Science of Sleep 2006
43. Star Wars 1977
44. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back 1980
45. Heat 1995
46. Before Sunrise 1995
47. Before Sunset 2004
48. Elephant 2003
49. Match Point 2005
50. Volver 2006
51. The Insider 1999
52. Children of Men 2006
53. The Third Man 1949
54. The Great Dictator 1940
55. Amélie 2001
56. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
57. Rosemary’s Baby 1968
58. The White Ribbon 2009
59. Gandhi 1982
60. WALL·E 2008
61. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
62. Scent of a Woman 1992
63. The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006
64. Gone with the Wind 1939
65. The Graduate 1967
66. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
67. The Great Escape 1963
68. Scarecrow 1973
69. The Exterminating Angel 1962
70. The 400 Blows 1959
71. Persona 1966
72. The Phantom of Liberty 1974
73. Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989
74. The Double Life of Veronique 1991
75. Mamma Roma 1962
76. Dog Day Afternoon 1975
77. Double Indemnity 1944
78. East of Eden 1955
79. Hiroshima, mon amour 1959
80. Fugitive Pieces 2007
81. The Mission 1986
82. Gosford Park 2001
83. Serpico 1973
84. Platoon 1986
85. The Return 2003
86. Bicycle Thieves 1948
87. Hour of the Wolf 1968
88. Ikiru 1952
89. Blade Runner 1982
90. Carlito’s Way 1993
91. Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
92. 1900 1976
93. My Fair Lady 1964
94. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006
95. Insomnia 2002
96. Full Metal Jacket 1987
97. Natural Born Killers 1994
98. The Deer Hunter 1978
99. Ray 2004
100. Babel 2006
101. Rear Window 1954
102. The Painted Veil 2006
103. Love and Death 1975
104. Being There 1979
105. Bonnie and Clyde 1967
106. The Prestige 2006
107. The Shawshank Redemption 1994
108. Requiem for a Dream 2000
109. Lucky Number Slevin 2006
110. Chinatown 1974
111. Brazil 1985
112. L’avventura 1960
113. Wings of Desire 1987
114. The Piano 1993
115. Three Colors: Red 1994
116. Three Colors: Blue 1993
117. Three Colors: White 1994
118. The Last Emperor 1987
119. The Motorcycle Diaries 2004
120. The Lives of Others 2006
121. Gangs of New York 2002
122. Being John Malkovich 1999
123. Saving Private Ryan 1998
124. American History X 1998
125. Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
126. Hero 2002
127. Stranger Than Fiction 2006
128. Blood Diamond 2006
129. Shakespeare in Love 1998
130. Little Miss Sunshine 2006
131. The Sea Inside 2004
132. The Blair Witch Project 1999
133. Bitter Moon 1992
134. Ocean’s Eleven 2001
135. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
136. Midnight Cowboy 1969
137. L.A. Confidential 1997
138. Dancer in the Dark 2000
139. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring 2003
140. The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964
141. 8½ 1963
142. Short Cuts 1993
143. Fargo 1996
144. The Game 1997
145. The Seventh Seal 1957
146. La Dolce Vita 1960
147. The Big Lebowski 1998
148. Wild at Heart 1990
149. The Pianist 2002
150. Kafka 1991
151. Belle de Jour 1967
152. American Beauty 1999
153. Eyes Wide Shut 1999
154. The King of Comedy 1982
155. Some Like It Hot 1959
156. Once Upon a Time in America 1984
157. Dead Man 1995
158. Dead Man Walking 1995
159. Underground 1995
160. Lolita 1962
161. Inglourious Basterds 2009
162. Braveheart 1995
163. Strangers on a Train 1951
164. Apocalypto 2006
165. Easy Rider 1969
166. The Apartment 1996
167. Solaris 1972
168. Straw Dogs 1971
169. The Decameron 1971
170. Wild Strawberries 1957
171. A Separation 2011
172. A History of Violence 2005
173. High Noon 1952
174. Broken Flowers 2005
175. Annie Hall 1977
176. Schindler’s List 1993
177. The Hustler 1961
178. The Searchers 1956
179. Walk the Line 2005
180. Goya’s Ghosts 2006
181. Ghostbusters 1984
182. Rashomon 1950
183. Throne of Blood 1957
184. Ed Wood 1994
185. The Princess and the Warrior 2000
186. Million Dollar Baby 2004
187. Gladiator 2000
188. Crash 2004
189. Talk to Her 2002
190. Saw 2004
191. Memento 2000
192. Halloween 1978
193. North by Northwest 1959
194. 12 Angry Men 1957
195. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007
196. Magnolia 1999
197. Le Samouraï 1967
198. Ben-Hur 1959
199. American Gangster 2007
200. Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
201. Tootsie 1982
202. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984
203. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
204. Scream 1996
205. The Breakfast Club 1985
206. Youth Without Youth 2007
207. The Lion King 1994
208. True Romance 1993
209. La Strada 1954
210. Night Watch 2004
211. 21 Grams 2003
212. Day Watch 2006
213. Black Cat, White Cat 1998
214. Last Tango in Paris 1972
215. Lord of War 2005
216. …And Justice for All. 1979
217. The Ring 2002
218. Cloverfield 2008
219. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961
220. Renaissance 2006
221. 36th Precinct 2004
222. Rope 1948
223. Basic Instinct 1992
224. Adaptation. 2002
225. The Jacket 2005
226. Legends of the Fall 1994
227. Lethal Weapon 1987
228. Malèna 2000
229. Persepolis 2007
230. The Dreamers 2003
231. Mystic River 2003
232. Mission: Impossible 1996
233. Dracula 1992
234. The Sixth Sense 1999
235. Modern Times 1936
236. The Italian Job 1969
237. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999
238. It Happened One Night 1934
239. Dead Poets Society 1989
240. Once Upon a Time in the West 1968
241. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
242. A Clockwork Orange 1971
243. City Lights 1931
244. Into the Wild 2007
245. Toy Story 1995
246. The Kid 1921
247. Mary and Max 2009
248. Sherlock Jr. 1924
249. There Will Be Blood 2007
250. Pi 1998
251. Tokyo Story 1953
252. Apocalypse Now 1979
253. Dirty Harry 1971
254. The Wild Bunch 1969
255. The Manchurian Candidate 1962
256. Spirited Away 2001
257. Breathless 1960
258. Dark City 1998
259. Inception 2010
260. Oldboy 2003
261. Donnie Darko 2001
262. Metropolis 1927
263. Memories of Murder 2003
264. The Fall 2006
265. Detachment 2011
266. Goodfellas 1990
267. Mad Max 1979
268. Moon 2009
269. No Country for Old Men 2007
270. Open Your Eyes 1997
271. In the Name of the Father 1993
272. A Canterbury Tale 1944
273. M 1931
274. Network 1976
275. The Tree of Life 2011
276. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
277. The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985
278. K-PAX 2001
279. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow 2004
280. The Devil’s Advocate 1997
281. Red Cliff 2008
282. Red Cliff II 2009
283. Life Is Beautiful 1997
284. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
285. Alien 1979
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This page was last updated on July 28, 2013.
Wow! A great list. Seems like I got a to do list for next year or so.