About

In late 2014, Adam and Ross created a list of 52 films for their friend Vinh. The list was a collection of iconic movies he had never seen before. After completing the final list, the three of them decided to watch the movies together every Sunday night for a year. Friends eventually started showing up each week, often with food related to the movie (e.g. cannolis for The Godfather), sparking the beginning of what we called Sunday Night Cinema (RIP).

This website is a memento and reference document for that period of time as “the list” comes up in conversation with surprising frequency. If you’re looking for movie recommendation, you really can’t go wrong with anything from the list below.

The Rules

The List

1940s

The Great Dictator (1940)

Director: Charlie Chaplin

United States

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Director: John Huston

United States

Casablanca (1942)

Director: Michael Curtiz

United States

Double Indemnity (1944)

Director: Billy Wilder

United States

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Director: John Huston

United States

The Third Man (1949)

Director: Carol Reed

United Kingdown

1950s

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Director: Billy Wilder

United States

High Noon (1952)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

United States

Tokyo Story (1953)

Director: Yazujiro Uzo

Japan

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Sweden

North by Northwest (1959)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

United States

The 400 Blows (1959)

Director: Francois Truffaut

France

1960s

Psycho (1960)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

United States

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Director: David Lean

United Kingdom

8 1/2 (1963)

Director: Federico Fellini

Italy

From Russia with Love (1963)

Director: Terence Young

United Kingdom

The Great Escape (1963)

Director: John Sturges

United States

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

United Kingdom

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

United States

The Graduate (1967)

Director: Mike Nichols

United States

Rosemary's Baby (1969)

Director: Roman Polanski

United States

1970s

Gimmie Shelter (1970)

Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

United States

The Exorcist (1973)

Director: William Friedkin

United States

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Director: Mel Brooks

United States

The Godfather (1975)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

United States

Jaws (1975)

Director: Steven Spielberg

United States

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Director: Jim Sharman

United States

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (1975)

Director: Milos Forman

United States

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Director: Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones

United Kingdown

Annie Hall (1977)

Director: Woody Allen

United States

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Director: Michael Cimino

United States

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

United States

Mad Max (1979)

Director: George Miller

Australia

Chinatown (1980)

Director: Roman Polanski

United States

1980s

The Shining (1980)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

United States

Airplane! (1980)

Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

United States

The Thing (1982)

Director: John Carpenter

United States

The Right Stuff (1983)

Director: Philip Kaufman

United States

The Princess Bride (1987)

Director: Rob Reiner

United States

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Director: John Hughes

United States

1990s

Goodfellas (1990)

Director: Martin Scorsese

United States

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Director: Jonathan Demme

United States

Unforgiven (1992)

Director: Clint Eastwood

United States

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Director: Richard Linklater

United States

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

United States

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Director: Frank Darabont

United States

Trainspotting (1996)

Director: Danny Boyle

United Kingdom

Scream (1996)

Director: Wes Craven

United States

Titanic (1997)

Director: James Cameron

United States

American History X (1998)

Director: Tony Kaye

United States

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Director: Coen Brothers

United States

2000s

Donnie Darko (2001)

Director: Richard Kelly

United States