Things to do before you 'kick the bucket'

The results of a new survey discovers what things the British public want to do before they ‘Kick the Bucket’ and add to their own Bucket Lists. The survey was conducted to coincide with the release of the film The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, out on DVD and Blu-ray this week.

When faced with their own mortality, the British population would rather watch all their DVDs (13%) than do a sky dive (11.8%), sleep with a supermodel or celebrity (8.3%) or win an Oscar (3.6%). Proving that it pays to be nice to Mum and Dad, an alarming 13% of respondents want to squander their children’s inheritance.

What do the British population want to do before they Kick the Bucket?

1. Visit the Seven Wonders of the World
2. Swim with Dolphins
3. Go on Safari
4. Learn to speak more than one language fluently
5. Write a best-selling novel
6. Take a trip in a hot air balloon
7. Scuba dive off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
8. Watch all their DVDs
9. Do a sky-dive
10. Make amends with a friend of family member they have fallen out with

Others just wanted to be content or be happy, whilst others had goals to bring many people to the Lord Jesus, finish my patchwork quilt, loose weight, get married and have children, go into space, go whale watching, have group sex, learn to play the bagpipes, rule the world and win the lottery.

For the two characters in the film The Bucket List who learn they are terminally ill, the items on their Bucket List include racing car driving, followed by sky diving, climbing the Pyramids, a lion safari in Africa and a trip to the Taj Mahal.

When asked which films they must see on DVD before they ‘Kick the Bucket’ the population was obsessed with Harry Potter. The top ten films were...

1. All of the Harry Potter Films
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
4. Schindler’s List
5. Gone with the Wind
6. The Green Mile
7. All of the Star Wars Films
8. The Godfather Trilogy
9. Casablanca
10. A Brief Encounter

Other popular films included the entire James Bond collection, The Matrix Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Dirty Dancing and The Sound of Music.


The survey by Opinion Matters / Tickbox.net of 1,519 UK adults aged 18+ was commissioned by Warner Home Video to mark the release of The Bucket List on DVD and Blu-ray.