The Definitive List of Additions, Re-additions, Removals, and Changes Made to the 1,001 Movies List By the 2013 Edition, Plus Where You Can Find Them

This would have been up hours ago, but I’ve been besieged by powerful thunderstorms all day.  Now and then my UPS/Surge Protector takes a hit and shuts things down to protect my computer.  After the third or fourth time it gets really annoying.  I’ve basically been typing between the lightning strikes.

Anyway.

I have now gone through the entire 2012 and 2013 Editions side by side and put together the list of all changes the latest edition made to the 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list.  I will list those below, along with where you can see them, as well as some thoughts and analysis on what got added and removed.  Overall, 47 films got added, 3 got re-added, 50 got removed, and one entry got changed.  The latter resulted in two more films being added, but without adding extra entries.  I will explain below.  The total list now contains 1,152 entries.

General Book Changes:

They are using a new, smaller font for the title of the films.  It looks better and it takes up less space.  They have also added the director’s name to the title line.  They also corrected the foreign language film titles to be lowercase after the first word.  Most of the page entries have been changed in one way or another.  Any that are a full page or two pages now include additional facts and quotes in the formerly unused space in the column beside the text.  They also have the original movie posters included.  They have fixed some typos, bad grammar, and incorrect years given for some of the films.  I noticed some errors still carried over to this edition, though.  Overall, you could tell they tried to clean up some of the mistakes, which is a good thing.  The section where the cast, crew, and awards are listed is now smaller and therefore harder to read – the only negative thing I have to say with all the changes.  They did a good job with the new page presentations.

Films That Were Added:

Note: The numbering system for the new list is yet to be determined, since almost the entire list will need to undergo numbering changes.  For now I have simply labeled the new films “2013.01, 2013.02, etc.”

Number	Title	Year	Can Be Seen/Comments
2013.01	The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed)	1926	Netflix DVD
2013.02	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	2003	Netflix Instant, Netflix DVD, Hulu Plus The book incorrectly lists the title as “Aileen Wuornos: The Life…”
2013.03	Amour	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.04	Argo	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.05	Bowling for Columbine	2002	Netflix DVD
2013.06	The Cabin in the Woods	2012	Netflix DVD, Netflix Instant The book incorrectly lists the year as 2011.
2013.07	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	2010	Netflix Instant, Netflix DVD
2013.08	Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si e fermato a Eboli)	1979	Netflix DVD
2013.09	The Consequences of Love (Le conseguenze dell'amore)	2004	Not on Netflix or Youtube.  It can be seen here: http://filenuke.com/78x8mv0auidn
2013.10	Dead Ringers	1988	Netflix DVD
2013.11	The Devils	1971	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- BK0s3A6d3Y&list=PLBDTxYbpPUJ EAqUQPsPdYzwvAvG3ipgzw
2013.12	Distant Voices, Still Lives	1988	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =zVAxAt0pDK4
2013.13	Diva	1981	Netflix DVD
2013.14	Django Unchained	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.15	The Draughtsman’s Contract	1982	Netflix DVD
2013.16	The Eagle	1925	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =2E7K596VuSo
2013.17	Elephant	2003	Netflix DVD
2013.18	The Exiles	1961	Netflix DVD
2013.19	The Exterminating Angel (El angel exterminidor)	1962	Netflix DVD, Hulu Plus
2013.20	F for Fake (Verites et mensonges)	1973	Netflix DVD, Hulu Plus
2013.21	Field of Dreams	1989	Netflix DVD
2013.22	Fireworks (Hana-Bi)	1997	Not on Netflix or Youtube.  It can be downloaded here: http://www.filestube.com/ b6GbU5bfLrwwQ9D4jNobbf
2013.23	The Goddess (Shen nu)	1934	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Vw-jEWy8HeQ
2013.24	The Great White Silence	1924	Not on Netflix or Youtube.  It can be downloaded here: http://avaxhome.ws/video/Format/ documentary/The.Great.White. Silence.1924.DVDRip.html
2013.25	The Hired Hand	1971	Netflix DVD
2013.26	The Lady Vanishes	1938	Netflix DVD, Netflix Instant, Hulu Plus
2013.27	Les Miserables	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.28	Life of Pi	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.29	Limite	1931	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vZ_Zwh3u2SI
2013.30	Lincoln	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.31	Local Hero	1983	Not on Netflix.  It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Nh0ja-BTpbk
2013.32	The Man with the Golden Arm	1955	Netflix DVD, Hulu Plus
2013.33	Mary Poppins	1964	Netflix DVD
2013.34	Moolaade	2004	Netflix DVD
2013.35	Mrs. Miniver	1942	Netflix DVD
2013.36	Oklahoma!	1955	Netflix DVD
2013.37	Osama	2003	Netflix DVD
2013.38	Peter Ibbetson	1935	Netflix DVD The book incorrectly lists the title as “Peter Ibbertson”.
2013.39	RoboCop	1987	Netflix DVD The book incorrectly lists the year as 1988.
2013.40	Skyfall	2012	Netflix DVD
2013.41	Sleeping Dogs	1977	Netflix DVD
2013.42	Some Came Running	1958	Netflix DVD
2013.43	Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika)	1953	Netflix DVD, Hulu Plus
2013.44	A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash)	1929	Netflix DVD, Netflix Instant
2013.45	The Towering Inferno	1974	Netflix DVD
2013.46	Toy Story 2	1999	Netflix DVD See Changed section below.
2013.47	Toy Story 3	2010	Netflix DVD See Changed section below.
2013.48	Wake in Fright	1971	Netflix DVD
2013.49	Wall Street	1987	Netflix DVD

Still no addition of the classic and iconic Harold Lloyd film Safety Last.  That’s the one that surprised me the most.  If it didn’t make it this time it probably will never make the list.  Do yourselves a favor and watch it anyway, if you have not already seen it.

Films That Were Re-added:

Number	Title	Year	Can Be Seen/Comments
927	Boogie Nights	1997	Netflix DVD Originally removed in 2011.
1000	Gangs of New York	2002	Netflix DVD Originally removed in 2006.
1004	Russian Ark (Russkiy kovcheg)	2002	Netflix DVD Originally removed in 2006.

That’s it?  They gutted the 2000s in the earlier editions of the books because they didn’t want to have to change too many pages, so I was hoping they would return some of the ones unjustly removed.  I think most people would agree Boogie Nights deserves to come back, but the other two?  And where are any or all of Amelie, Hero, Adaptation, The Barbarian Invasions, Children of Men, Volver, and The Wrestler?

Entries That Were Changed:

893. Toy Story has been changed to the Toy Story Trilogy.  This is similar to when the three Lord of the Rings movies were combined into a single entry in 2008 except that Toy Story 2 and 3 have never been on the list.  This results in two more movies being added, but no net entry changes for them.

Films That Were Removed:

Nbr.	Title	Year	Comments
8	Way Down East	1920	Original list entry
25	Seven Chances	1925	Original list entry
53	Le Million (The Million)	1931	Original list entry
60	La Chienne (The Bitch)	1931	Original list entry
69	Me and My Gal	1932	Original list entry
85	Judge Priest	1934	Original list entry
100	Sabotage	1936	Original list entry
121	Babes in Arms	1939	Original list entry
137	Dance, Girl Dance	1940	Original list entry
161	I Walked with a Zombie	1943	Original list entry
175	Spellbound	1945	Original list entry
187	The Stranger	1946	Original list entry
199	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir	1947	Original list entry
244	Angel Face	1952	Original list entry
249	The Big Sky	1952	Original list entry
268	Beat the Devil	1953	Original list entry
271	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	Original list entry
273	Animal Farm	1954	Original list entry
295	The Man from Laramie	1955	Original list entry
307	The Man Who Knew Too Much	1956	Original list entry
360	The Young One (La joven)	1960	Original list entry
371	One-Eyed Jacks	1961	Original list entry
404	Winter Light (Nattvardsgasterna)	1963	Original list entry
462	Hombre	1967	Original list entry
615	1900 (Novecento)	1976	Original list entry
633	Five Deadly Venoms (Wu du)	1978	Original list entry
676	Three Brothers (Tre fratelli)	1981	Original list entry
699	Last Battle, The (Le dernier combat)	1983	Original list entry
701	Utu	1983	Original list entry
724	Official Story, The (La historia oficial)	1985	Original list entry
767	Housekeeping	1987	Original list entry
788	Landscape in the Mist (Topio stin omichli)	1988	Original list entry
794	Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes)	1988	Original list entry
797	Drowning By Numbers	1988	Added in 2005
810	Say Anything	1989	Original list entry
814	Reversal of Fortune	1990	Original list entry
816	Jacob’s Ladder	1990	Original list entry
832	Naked Lunch	1991	Original list entry
853	Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer	1992	Original list entry
890	Casino	1995	Original list entry
942	Pi	1998	Original list entry
982	Dancer in the Dark	2000	Original list entry
987	Kandahar (Safar e Ghandehar)	2001	Original list entry
1054	La Vie en Rose	2007	Added in 2008
1070	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	2008	Added in 2010
1089	True Grit	2010	Added in 2011
1095	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Added in 2012
1098	War Horse	2011	Added in 2012
1101	The Descendants	2011	Added in 2012
1102	Hugo	2011	Added in 2012

Honestly, other than Seven Chances, The Official Story, and Hugo I don’t really mind seeing any of those fifty being removed.

Changes by Decade:

Note: the total of the Added column is two greater than the total of the Removed column because of Toy Story 2 and 3.

Decade	Added	Removed	Net Change
1900s	0	0	0
1910s	0	0	0
1920s	4	2	+2
1930s	4	6	-2
1940s	1	5	-4
1950s	4	7	-3
1960s	3	4	-1
1970s	7	2	+5
1980s	8	9	-1
1990s	3	6	-3
2000s	8	4	+4
2010s	10	5	+5
Totals	52	50	+2

Pairings in the Additions and Removals:

From looking at what got added and what got removed it’s easy to see that they approached many of them as “Let’s add Movie ABC and take away Movie XYZ, which is roughly equivalent.”  Here are some examples:

Movie Added	Movie Removed	Pairing Relationship
The Adventures of Prince Achmed	Animal Farm	The only animated films added or removed.
The Eagle	Judge Priest	Exchanging famous personalities Will Rogers for Rudolph Valentino.
The Lady Vanishes	Sabotage	1930s Hitchcock films
Summer with Monika	Winter Light	Both directed by Ingmar Bergman
The Man with the Golden Arm	Angel Face	Both directed by Otto Preminger
Oklahoma!	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Big mid-1950s musicals
The Exiles	Hombre	Westerns about the Indian experience
The Exterminating Angel	The Young One	Both directed by Luis Bunuel
F for Fake	The Stranger	Both directed by Orson Welles
Local Hero	Housekeeping	Quirky mid-1980s movies
Dead Ringers	Naked Lunch	Both directed by David Cronenberg
Gangs of New York	Casino	Both directed by Martin Scorcese
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer	Self explanatory
Osama	Kandahar	Experiences of women in strongly Muslim countries
Cave of Forgotten Dreams	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Recent documentaries
Field of Dreams	Say Anything	Popular late 1980s movies
The Draughtsman’s Contract	Drowning By Numbers	Both directed by Peter Greenaway
Lincoln	War Horse	Both directed by Steve Spielberg
1981-1983 3 added	1981-1983 3 removed	It’s as if they started doing
1987 1 added	1987 1 removed	the 1980s as if they were
1988 3 added	1988 3 removed	doing a smaller change then
1989 1 added	1989 1 removed	expanded to the entire book.

September 13, 2013 Edit: It's been pointed out to me by Peter Stanley, who maintains the 1,001 Movies list on Letterboxd (you can see it here), that there is a better connection between Local Hero and Housekeeping.  Both were directed by Bill Forsyth.  It turns out these two films are another of the director swaps that were done.

Most Represented Directors Net Changes:

In my post where I speculated on what the 2013 edition might change (you can read it here) I pointed out that a relatively few directors represented a disproportionate number of the entries in the book.  I suggested that dropping them down to more reasonable levels like all the other directors would open up all kinds of possibilities for other films to make it onto the list.  Let’s see what happened to them:

Alfred Hitchcock (18): 3 removed, 1 added, net loss of two films

Howard Hawks (11): 1 removed, 0 added, net loss of one film

Ingmar Bergman (10): 1 removed, 1 added, no net loss

Stanley Kubrick (10): 0 removed, 0 added, no net loss

Luis Bunuel (9): 1 removed, 1 added, no net loss

John Ford (9): 0 removed, 0 added, no net loss

John Huston (9): 1 removed, 0 added, net loss of one film

Martin Scorcese (9): 2 removed, 1 added, net loss of one film

Steven Spielberg (9): 1 removed, 1 added, no net loss

Jean-Luc Godard (8): 0 removed, 0 added, no net loss

These ten directors represented over 100 films in the list (102 to be exact).  After the latest edition with the changes up and down the entire list they now represent 97 films in the list – a whopping reduction of five whole movies.  I hope the editors didn’t pull something from such a strenuous restructuring.

That’s all for now.  I’m sure as I continue to sift through the changes I’ll notice other things of interest, but I’m all done tonight.

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