12 Days Of Christmas Giveaways: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die From Barrons

Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 30th, 2011

Gino Sassani

Gino Sassani is a member of the Southeastern Film Critic's Association (SEFCA) and The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF). He is a film and television critic based in Tampa, Florida. He's also the Senior Editor here at Upcomingdiscs. Gino started reviewing films in the early 1990's as a segment of his local television show Focus. He's an award-winning recording artist for Omega Records. Gino is currently working on his 8th album Merchants & Mercenaries. Gino took over Upcomingdiscs Dec 1, 2008. He works out of a home theater he calls The Reel World. Favorite films: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Body Snatcher (Val Lewton film with Karloff and Lugosi, not the pod people film), Unforgiven, Gladiator, The Lion King, Jaws, Son Of Frankenstein, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, and Monsters, Inc.

136 Comments

  1. Gary
    12/30/2011 @ 2:13 pm

    1. Desperado (1995)
    2. Star Wars (1977)
    3. The Fifth Element (1997)
    4. The Fast and The Furious (2001)
    5. The Blues Brothers (1980)

  2. joni
    12/30/2011 @ 2:52 pm

    1. Pretty Woman (1990)
    2. Knight’s Tale (2001)
    3. The Wedding Date (2005)
    4. Two Much (1995)
    5. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

  3. Garnet L
    12/30/2011 @ 4:45 pm

    The Blues brothers
    Courageous
    Lion King
    Titanic
    Rocky

  4. Mark Rutledge
    12/30/2011 @ 5:22 pm

    1.The Goonies
    2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    3.The Man who would be King
    4.Ronin
    5.Nottingham Hill

  5. Patricia Boyle
    12/30/2011 @ 7:37 pm

    The Odd Couple
    Star Wars
    2001: Space Odessey
    Trains, Planes and Automobiles
    Uncle Buck

  6. charley merritt
    12/30/2011 @ 7:37 pm

    the blues brothers
    where’s poppa
    north and south
    forest gump
    gone with the wind

  7. Daniel M
    12/30/2011 @ 9:22 pm

    terminator 2
    the matrix
    aliens
    avatar
    predator

  8. Deb Philippon
    12/30/2011 @ 9:53 pm

    Casablanca
    African Queen
    Wizard of Oz
    Night of the Generals
    Let the Right One In

  9. Anita
    12/30/2011 @ 9:57 pm

    1. The Wizard of Oz
    2. Slingblade
    3. Wuthering Heights (1939)
    4. Harold & Maude
    5. To Kill A Mockingbird

  10. Braydon Regimbald
    12/31/2011 @ 5:25 am

    donnie darko
    children of men
    drive
    The greatest movie ever sold
    Idiocracy

  11. Debbie Bashford
    12/31/2011 @ 7:02 am

    The Fifth Element
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Shawshank Redemption
    The Green Mile
    Forest Gump

  12. Evan
    12/31/2011 @ 7:08 am

    The Wizard Of Oz
    The Godfather
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Star Wars
    Goodfellas

  13. John
    12/31/2011 @ 10:14 am

    Blade Runner
    Matrix
    Amadeus
    Terminator
    Duck Soup

  14. Dan
    12/31/2011 @ 12:24 pm

    Forest Gump
    Casablanca
    avatar
    Star Wars
    The Blues Brothers

  15. Ben S
    12/31/2011 @ 12:54 pm

    The Godfather
    The Godfather Part II
    Back to the Future
    Animal House
    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

  16. LEONA BULGIN
    12/31/2011 @ 12:59 pm

    TITANIC
    GONE WITH THE WIND
    101 DALMATIONS
    LION KING
    AVATAR

  17. Kurt Meyer
    12/31/2011 @ 1:04 pm

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    A fist full of Dollars
    For a few dollars more
    Dirty Harry
    The Godfather

  18. bruce sommer
    12/31/2011 @ 1:10 pm

    the shawshank redemption
    forrest gump
    amadeus
    star wars
    the green mile

  19. Beth Sellick
    12/31/2011 @ 1:12 pm

    Silence of the Lambs
    The Godfather
    House of Sand and Fog
    Gone With the Wind
    Forest Gump

  20. John Crawley
    12/31/2011 @ 1:14 pm

    The Great Escape
    One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    To Kill A Mockingbird
    The Godfather

  21. Lora Thompson
    12/31/2011 @ 1:45 pm

    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    On Golden Pond
    Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    Wizard of Oz
    Gone With the Wind

  22. Gail Mullen
    12/31/2011 @ 2:31 pm

    Diehard
    Wizard of Oz
    Star Wars
    Bullitt
    It’s a Wonderful Life

  23. diane k
    12/31/2011 @ 2:33 pm

    hot to trot
    avatar
    the wedding date
    sound of music
    indiana jones trilogy

  24. Dan Adamson
    12/31/2011 @ 2:40 pm

    Gone with the wind
    Dr. Zhivago
    Grapes of Wrath
    Wizard of Oz
    The Shawshank Redemption

  25. Rose
    12/31/2011 @ 3:55 pm

    The Godfather
    Rocky
    On the Waterfront
    Sunset Boulevard
    Love Actually

  26. Rico
    12/31/2011 @ 3:57 pm

    The Godfather
    Indian Jones
    Dirty Harry
    Rocky
    Shane

  27. Andrea Amy
    12/31/2011 @ 4:19 pm

    1- A Walk to Remember
    2 – The Change Up
    3 – Real Genius
    4 – One
    5 – the entire Harry Potter series

  28. Connie Lewis
    12/31/2011 @ 4:41 pm

    Dumb and Dumber
    Beauty and the Beast
    Forest Gump
    Jungle Book
    Lion King

  29. Rick
    12/31/2011 @ 4:54 pm

    Hunt for Red October
    Spys Like Us
    Total Recall
    Weird Science
    Mr. Destiny

  30. Shirley
    12/31/2011 @ 5:10 pm

    Love Actually
    Sound of Music
    Wizard of Oz
    Titanic
    The Princess and the Frog

  31. Carol Ames
    12/31/2011 @ 5:12 pm

    1. Gone With the Wind
    2. Jane Eyre
    3. The Piano
    4. Sophie’s Choice
    5. Schindler’s List

  32. ray laprade
    12/31/2011 @ 5:42 pm

    bridge on the river kwai
    avatar
    in the heat of the night
    ten commandments
    zulu

  33. judy cunningham
    12/31/2011 @ 5:46 pm

    1.around the world in 80 days
    2.gone with the wind
    3.independance day
    4.forest gump
    5.philidelphia

  34. loridee
    12/31/2011 @ 6:05 pm

    Avatar
    Benjamin Buttons
    Cast Away
    Schindler’s List
    Saving Private Ryan

  35. Craig Hinchey
    12/31/2011 @ 6:06 pm

    1. Avatar
    2. Gone with the Wind
    3. A Christmas Carol (1951)
    4. The Fifth Element
    5. Sound of Music

  36. sean pynaert
    12/31/2011 @ 6:55 pm

    private resort
    rv
    star trek
    gladiator
    back to the future

  37. Ariel Chiu
    12/31/2011 @ 8:06 pm

    1. a walk to remember
    2. phantom of the opera
    3. titanic
    4. jeux d’enfants
    5. a la folie pas du tout

  38. Norm B
    12/31/2011 @ 9:32 pm

    Lord of the Rings Trilogy

    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Terminator

    Alien

    A Christmas Carol (1951)

  39. Jeannie Smyth
    12/31/2011 @ 9:34 pm

    Some Like It Hot
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    The Awful Truth
    My Man Godfrey
    Gallipoli

  40. Basil James
    12/31/2011 @ 11:07 pm

    1. Star Wars Episode IV
    2. Rocky
    3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    4. Crash (2004)
    5. The Hurt Locker

  41. ANITA F
    12/31/2011 @ 11:50 pm

    The Shining
    The Dead Zone
    Stand By Me
    The Stand
    The Green Mile

  42. Ryan Betesta
    01/01/2012 @ 12:06 am

    1. The Dark Knight
    2. Iron Man
    3. The Prestige
    4. Batman Begins
    5. REmember the Titans

  43. JEREMY C
    01/01/2012 @ 12:39 am

    Terminator
    Star wars
    Salem’s Lot
    The Langoliers
    Storm of the Century

  44. Miriam
    01/01/2012 @ 7:11 am

    1. Gone With The Wind
    2. Casablanca
    3. Shindler’s List
    4. The Wizard Of Oz
    5. Some Like It Hot

  45. Robert Wise
    01/01/2012 @ 12:18 pm

    The Shining
    American Psycho
    Seven
    Snatch
    Memento

  46. Vesper
    01/01/2012 @ 12:27 pm

    L.A. Confidential
    The Big Sleep
    Lord of the Rings
    Star Trek
    The Maltese Falcon

  47. DaveO
    01/01/2012 @ 2:27 pm

    Blues Brothers
    Star Trek (2009)
    Pulp Fiction
    The Matrix
    Brain Candy

  48. Piero G.
    01/01/2012 @ 3:12 pm

    1) The Hustler
    2) Bullitt
    3) Lawrence Of Arabia
    4) Glory
    5) Raging Bull

  49. Monique Seibel
    01/01/2012 @ 3:25 pm

    1)Magnolia
    2)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    3)Rosemary’s Baby
    4)Almost Famous
    5) Breakfast at Tiffanys

  50. David Luhoway
    01/01/2012 @ 4:21 pm

    1.Lord of the Rings
    2.Alien
    3.The Green Mile
    4.WarHorse
    5.Fifth Element