Watching the 100 Greatest Movies ... from a bike
I like films, but definitely wouldn’t class myself as any kind of expert and there are plenty of ‘must see’ films that I’ve not seen.
Years ago, I’d thought about trying to change this by taking a credible list of top movies and working my way through it. This didn’t go anywhere at the time, but recently seeing Empire Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movies feature on a shelf made me think I should try again.
The biggest problem nowadays is finding time to watch all of these films, but I’ve come up with a cunning plan to justify it.
At the moment I need to be spending as much time on my bike as possible in order to lose some weight and gain fitness - so why not combine the activities?
If I can do a session on the turbo trainer (tempo-pace; I’m not insane) for each film in that list, then that’s going to be 200+ hours of training; and a fair amount of kms.
All while expanding my cultural knowledge through watching popular films - what could possibly go wrong?
The Empire List is as follows - I’ll update this page with links to each workout and mini-reviews as I get through them.
Wish me luck!
Empire Magazine - The 100 Greatest Movies
- The Godfather (1972)
- Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- GoodFellas (1990)
- Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
- Jaws (1975)
- Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977)
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
- Back To The Future (1985)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Inception (2010)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Die Hard (1988)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Heat (1995)
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Seven (1995)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Schindler’s List (1993)
- Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
- The Shining (1980)
- The Departed (2006)
- John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Drive (2011)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Interstellar (2014)
- The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
- Psycho (1960)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Whiplash (2014)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- La La Land (2016)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Avengers Assemble (2012)
- Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983)
- Memento (2000)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Fargo (1996)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Oldboy (2003)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- The Social Network (2010)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- True Romance (1993)
- Rocky (1976)
- Léon (1994)
- Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
- Predator (1987)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
- No Country For Old Men (2007)
- The Prestige (2006)
- The Terminator (1984)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Lost In Translation (2003)
- Arrival (2016)
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- Amélie (2001)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Stand By Me (1986)