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Quiz: Movie countdown

posted by Nell Minow | 9:19am Thursday July 3, 2008

This is an astonishing compilation of 100 movie clips — all from well-known films — counting down the numbers from 100-1. How many of these films can you name?



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Alicia

posted July 3, 2008 at 1:03 pm


Great clips, but I lost count of the films. They make me want to spend the 4th of July weekend at the movies.



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Nell Minow

posted July 6, 2008 at 8:34 pm


What’s amazing is that they are all mainstream, highly respected movies! It is amazing how many of my favorites are included.
I’ll do the first ten to pique your interest:
100: “Night of the Living Dead”
99: “Laura”
98: “Dead Poets Society”
97: “Blade Runner”
96: “The Lost Weekend”
95: “Oceans 11″
94: “Star Wars”
93: “Midnight Run”
92: “It Came From Outer Space” (I think)
91: “The Right Stuff”
90: “The Fugitive”



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Nell Minow

posted July 9, 2008 at 3:46 pm


And 10 more:
89 French Connection
88 Back to the Future
87 Castaway
86 Quiz Show
85 Silence of the Lambs
84 Titanic
83 The Magnificent Seven
82 Rain Man
81 Galaxy Quest
80 Harold and Maude



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