Greetings Spill Members! (Insert cheesy "HALLELUJAH!" theme here)

Well, it took a great deal of sweat (digital), blood (metaphorical) and tears (....no comment), but your requests, numerous lists, and a bit of my own preferences have finally finished one year-long, 420-film calendar of classic cinema for 2011!

(Noise of rousing standing ovation can be heard)...No, please...thank you, thank you very much...

Don't worry, I am just kidding, guys.

In all seriousness, I want to thank everyone involved. Dozens and dozens of Spill members gave me hundreds of requests, and this would be nowhere near complete without them. I did what I could to add something that would please everyone who gave me ideas, but tough choices had to be made. So before I give my list and you all post your comments and (hopefully few) criticisms below, I have a couple points to add:

1. There are a number of points on this lists where you will see two films put together. Those will be CINE-DUEL days (name needs work), where two similar films will be compared (and often, one will be declared superior). This was done under one of two circumstances: 1) It gave a chance for me to show more perspective on two films that may often be grouped together, or may just not be distinct enough for their own day, and 2) Put more simply, sometimes I did not have enough room otherwise. There were points where I'd have 12 movies for a 10-film category, and I just could not see myself losing any of them. Consider this a "cheap-ish fix".

2. I am not by any means perfect in choosing worthy candidates, in spite of my efforts to become so through my efforts on this list. If a candidate is pointed out to me that is more deserving of recognition as a "classic film", I am more than willing to change it before the end of the month. The italicized and underlined choices at the bottom of each category are the ones most uncertain to me right now, and most liable to be changed. So even now, suggest away!

3. I could not let any one studio or franchise take over a category, for the sake of variety. Sorry PIXAR, you deserve a half dozen spots on this list, but I need to be fair to other studios as well.

4. Sometimes, in order to make room for everything, a film that might normally be fitted into one category was put in another instead (e.g. "The Fly" under Monster, or "Trainspotting" under Popular). So don't freak out if your favorite film looks like it's not here, it just might be hidden elsewhere!

5. Not every film on here is chosen because it is universally beloved, and some genres do have more attention than others. I sometimes chose films that I think would attract attention, pique interest, spark debate, or simply give me something fun to review. My ultimate purpose, however, is to try to create as much variety as possible, go for some goofy fun at some times and thought-provoking moments at others, and do as much as I can to reveal new films to as many people as possible. Some great choices did not make the cut for this reason.

6. You will notice 5 blank spots underneath "Guilty Pleasures/Special Requests", which are reserved for the big five animated dudes themselves. Hopefully, Korey, Cyrus, Leon, Co-Host and Carlyle can each pick out one film they want to see done that's not on here. If they don't have any particular ones in mind, we'll do something fun with them later on....Maybe we can have the Spill community pick the films for them!

And most of all, everyone, I am not going to ever present myself as the perfect critic. I may miss some major points in a film, some posts may be better laid-out than others, and it may take me less time to say what I have to say about one movie than another. Put simply, I am always looking to improve; so if any criticism of my work is warrented, making it corteous and constructive would be well-appreciated. So with all that said, read below, enjoy, and let me know what you all think.

365 Classic Films, 365 Days

ACTION

Enter the Dragon

Kill Bill, Vol. 1/2

Die Hard

Rambo: First Blood

Fist of Legend

Legend of Drunken Master

Terminator I/II

Dr. No/Goldfinger

Top Gun

Bullitt

Braveheart

Gladiator

The Hunt for Red October

Lethal Weapon

The Road Warrior

Superman/Batman

Equilibrium

300

Speed

Sin City

ADVENTURE

North By Northwest

Star Wars IV/V/VI

True Grit

Raiders of the Lost Ark/Last Crusade

Spartacus

Lawrence of Arabia

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Ben Hur

The Third Man

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Raising Arizona

Cast Away

Mad Max

Lonesome Dove

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Easy Rider

Into The Wild

The Abyss

Stand By Me

COMEDY

The Big Lebowski

My Cousin Vinny

Some Like It Hot

Airplane!

Animal House

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Mel Brook's History of the World: Part 1

Caddyshack

Groundhog Day

Spaceballs

Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Ghostbusters

Blazing Saddles

Young Frankenstein

Monty Python: Holy Grail/Life of Brian

Little Shop of Horrors

Modern Times

Wet Hot American Summer

Swingers

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Planes, Trains and Automobilies

The Producers

As Good As It Gets

Duck Soup

Beverly Hills Cop/Trading Places

The Great Dictator

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Gremlins

Oh God!

ROMANCE

Casablanca

Bull Durham

The Graduate

When Harry Met Sally

Gone With The Wind

The Philadelphia Story

Jerry Maguire

Titanic

The Notebook

Harold and Maude

Doctor Zhivago

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Annie Hall

Pretty Woman

Sleepless In Seattle

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Roman Hoiday

An Officer and a Gentleman

Shakespeare In Love

Kramer vs. Kramer/Sophie's Choice

DRAMA

Requiem For A Dream

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Godfather I/III/III

American History X

12 Angry Men

Taxi Driver

Malcolm X

The Hustler

Scent Of A Woman

American Beauty

Million Dollar Baby

Friday Night Lights/Green Street Hooligans

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The Green Mile

Good Will Hunting

Cool Hand Luke

Amadeus

Dog Day Afternoon

Roots

The Phantom of the Opera (Original)/Freaks (1932)

Inherit The Wind

He Got Game/Remember The Titans

Persepolis/Waltz With Bashir

Hotel Rwanda

FILM NOIR

The Maltese Falcon

Strangers On A Train

Sunset Boulevard

Touch Of Evil

The Killing

MYSTERY

Fight Club

Rear Window

Psycho

Memento

Se7en

Murder on the Orient Express

Dark City

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Forbidden Planet

THRILLER/SUSPENSE

Blade Runner

The Sixth Sense

The Silence of the Lambs

Donnie Darko

Chinatown

Vertigo

Fatal Attraction

Miller's Crossing

Sunshine

Cape Fear

ANIMATED

The Iron Giant

The Secret of NImh

Spirited Away

Beauty and the Beast

The Thief and the Cobbler (Recobbled Cut)/Aladdin

The Prince of Egypt

Toy Story 1/2/3

Fantasia

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Shrek

FANTASY

The Neverending Story

Interview with the Vampire

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

The Princess Bride

Excalibur

Time Bandits

Edward Scissorhands

Clash of the Titans (Original)

Conan The Barbarian

Harry Potter Series

SCIENCE FICTION

Alien/Aliens

Metropolis

2001: A Space Odyssey

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Planet of the Apes (Original)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (Original)

Robocop

Serenity

Moon

INSPIRATIONAL

The Shawshank Redemption

It's A Wonderful Life

Rudy

Finding Forrester

Rocky

Breaking Away

Billy Elliot

Cinderella Man

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Rain Man/Defendor

SPORTS

Hoosiers

The Natural

Raging Bull

Field of Dreams

The Sandlot

WAR

Full Metal Jacket

The Deer Hunter

Platoon

Apocolypse Now

The Great Escape

Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)

A Few Good Men

Patton

The Pianist

Das Boot

WESTERN

Unforgiven

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Tombstone

The Searchers

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

High Noon

Once Upon A Time In The West

The Magnificent Seven

The Last of the Mohicans

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

CRIME

The Usual Suspects

Pulp Fiction

Dirty Harry

Scarface

Heat

Reservoir Dogs

Goodfellas

Once Upon A Time In America (International Version)

Layer Cake/Snatch

Ocean's 11 (Original vs. Remake)

POLITICAL/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Ed Wood

Schindler's List

A Beautiful Mind

United 93

The Manchurian Candidate (Original)

Gandhi

Apollo 13

JFK

The Elephant Man

DOCUMENTARY

Hoop Dreams

Man On Wire

American Movie

Spellbound

March of the Penguins

INDEPENDENT

Sideways

The Blair Witch Project

Brokeback Mountain

sex, lies and videotape

Clerks

Lost In Translation

THX-1138

Cube

Eraserhead

Shallow Grave

FOREIGN

Pan's Labyrinth

City Of God

Y Tu Mama Tambien

The Seven Samurai

Princess Mononoke

Downfall

Run Lola Run

Amelie

8 1/2

El Mariachi/Desperado

HORROR

Suspiria

Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari

The Shining

The Wicker Man (Original)

The Exorcist/Poltergeist

The Thing (Remake)

Halloween

The Evil Dead Trilogy

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre/The Hills Have Eyes (Original)

Oldboy/Audition

A Nightmare On Elm Street/Friday The 13th

Saw/Scream

Rosemary's Baby

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Cat People

MONSTER

Night of tThe Living Dead

Nosferatu/Dracula

Jaws/Jurassic Park

An American Werewolf In London

The Wolf Man

King Kong/Godzilla

Bride of Frankenstein

The Fly

28 Days Later/Dawn of the Dead

The Descent

FAMILY

Miracle On 34th Street

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

The Wizard of Oz

The Goonies

Bambi

E.T.

Heidi

The Sound of Music

Wallace and Gromit In: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Old Yeller

The Pride of the Yankees

The Karate Kid/Cool Runnings

The Muppet Movie

Angels in the Outfield/The Mighty Ducks

Home Alone

Babe I/II

Footloose

Whale Rider

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

A Charlie Brown Christmas

MUSICAL

Singin' In The Rain

Mary Poppins

Top Hat

Oliver!

West Side Story

Jailhouse Rock

Grease/Saturday Night Live

Once

Almost Famous

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

SOCIAL COMMENTARY/PHILOSOPHICAL

A Clockwork Orange

The Truman Show

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Brazil

The Matrix

Being John Malkovich

Death Race 2000/Battle Royale

Children of Men

Waking Life

The Seventh Seal

The Fountain

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Total Recall

Gattaca

Pleasantville

K-PAX

Samsara

Crash

Dogville

The Butterfly Effect

HOLIDAYS

President's Day: All The President's Men

Valentine's Day: Love Actually

St. Patrick's Day: The Boondock Saints

April Fools Day: Alone In The Dark

Passover: The 10 Commandments

Easter: The Last Temptation of Christ/The Passion of the Christ

Memorial Day: Saving Private Ryan

Independence Day: The Patriot

Labor Day:Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Columbus Day: Avatar

Halloween: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Veterans Day: Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima

Thanksgiving: Dances With Wolves

Christmas: A Christmas Story

New Year's Eve: Citizen Kane

POPULAR

The Breakfast Club

Back to the Future I/II/III

Fargo

This Is Spinal Tap

Trainspotting

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Kingpin

Office Space

Old School/Van Wilder

Forrest Gump

Wayne's World/Dazed And Confused

Big

The Dark Knight

Father of the Bride

Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle

GUILTY PLEASURES

Plan 9 From Outer Space

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Short Circuit

Dragonheart

Happy Gilmore/Zoolander

SPILL CREW REQUESTS

CARLYLE: to be determined

CO-HOST 3000: to be determined

CYRUS: to be determined

KOREY: to be determined

LEON: to be determined

Well, there it is, folks! Here's to remembering film's roots, starting 1 month from now!!!!