Movies by the Numbers

“Look who’s got a bad case of Dark Prince envy…..And where’d you get that accent, Sesame Street?  [mocking accent]  Vun, two, three ––– three victims!  Mwah, ha, ha, ha!” – Xander Harris to Dracula, Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show

Did you ever notice how many movies have some kind of number in the title?  You can pretty much find a movie with every number from 1 all the way up to 50 in the name.  I’ve decided to do a large series of posts reviewing movies from 1 to 50, plus any other numbers that I find worthy.

To do this I could use your help.  I’m pretty much set for numbers 1 to 13 on movies I’ve both seen and would recommend, but I have no idea what to write about for 14.  Other numbers up to 50 I could use some suggestions for are 18, 20, 22-27, 29, 31-33, 38, 41, and 43-47.  In addition, I’ve seen Less Than Zero, but didn’t feel it was a three star movie.  I have not seen either Zerophilia or The Zero Effect.  Would anyone recommend either of those?

A few guidelines:

1. No numbers from sequels (and yes, there are sequel numbers that go that high for anime and Inspector Morse movies.)
2. Variations on numbers are okay (i.e. Fourteenth, Forty-Seventh, etc.)
3. Numbers that are part of a larger number would not count (i.e. 1492 would not count for 14.) 
4. Numbers included with letters would count (i.e. District B13 would count for 13.)
5. Please suggest movies you think are actually worth watching.  I’ve already found movies with numbers from 1 to 50; the problem is I either haven’t seen them (i.e. Code 46), or wouldn’t really recommend them (i.e. Love and a .45).
6. Even though I didn’t ask for recommendations for many of the numbers, if you have a movie that you think would be great for any of them, please let me know about it.  It may be one I have never seen and I always appreciate good recommendations.

I’m going to be leaving for a hiking vacation after I post this, so I will check back in a week or so.  Hopefully now that I’ve got some serious movie fans as Followers I can get some interesting suggestions on movies to see and write about.

As I post for each number I will update the table below with a link to the movie.  I have already populated it with links for numbered movies that I have previously posted.  This list is not set in stone.  I may add more numbers to it, and I may not end up doing some of them, if no good candidate can be found.  One other note – the movies I pick will not necessarily be the “greatest” movie for that number.  I may pick some lesser known movies that I feel deserve to be seen.

0	Zero Effect
1	It Happened One Night Not One Less
2	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
3	The Third Man
3.14159	Pi
4	Born on the Fourth of July
5	Henry V
6	Six-String Samurai
7	Seven Samurai
8	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Dinner at Eight
8 ½	Only here to forestall suggestions – I didn’t care for 8 ½ that much.
9	Love Potion #9
9 ½	9 1/2 Weeks
10	10 Things I Hate About You
11	Ocean's Eleven
12	12 Angry Men
13	District B13
14	14 Hours
15	Quinceanera
16	Sixteen Candles
17	Stalag 17
18	Hangar 18
19	K-19: The Widowmaker
20	Twenty Bucks
21	21 Grams
22	Catch-22
23	The Number 23
24	24 Hour Party People
25	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
26	No Movie for 26 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 10,000 Views
27	27 Dresses
28	28 Days Later
29	Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
30	30 Minutes or Less
31	Oslo, August 31st (guest review by Bob Turnbull)
32	32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
33	No Movie for Number 33
34	Miracle on 34th Street
35	35 Up and the "Up" Series
36	36 Fillette
37	To Gillian on her 37th Birthday
38	38 Special: Live at Sturgis
39	Glorious 39
40	The 40 Year Old Virgin
41	Sum 41: Introduction to Destruction
42	42nd Street Summer of '42
43	No Movie for Number 43
44	Class of '44
45	Janice Beard 45 WPM
46	Code 46
47	47 Ronin
48	48 Hrs.
49	49th Parallel
50	50/50
57
60
80
100
101
127	127 Hours
281
300	300
310
500	(500) Days of Summer
1114
1900
1941
1984
2001
2010
2012
2046
20000
1000000

On to the reviews…

Dec 12, 2011 Update - I am suspending this at number 50.  I may pick this category up at a later date.  You can read more about it here.