Jumat, 30 September 2011

AFI'S Top 10 Movies


In 2008, the American Film Institute unveiled a list of Top 10 films in 10 different genres. While it’s not exactly a list of Top 100 movies, I still felt it was important enough to warrant inclusion in this article.

10 Best Animation Movies

  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
  2. Pinocchio 1940
  3. Bambi 1942
  4. The Lion King 1994
  5. Fantasia 1940
  6. Toy Story 1995
  7. Beauty and the Beast 1991
  8. Shrek 2001
  9. Cinderella 1950
  10. Finding Nemo 2003
This is a solid enough list. Glad to see timeless classics like Snow White and Pinocchio get their due.

10 Best Romantic Comedies

  1. City Lights 1931
  2. Annie Hall 1977
  3. It Happened One Night 1934
  4. Roman Holiday 1953
  5. The Philadelphia Story 1940
  6. When Harry Met Sally… 1989
  7. Adam’s Rib 1949
  8. Moonstruck 1987
  9. Harold and Maude 1971
  10. Sleepless in Seattle 1993
Harold and Maude never seemed like a romantic comedy to me. In fact, I always figured it was more of a black comedy. I’d prefer to see some other film at the #1 spot.

10 Best Westerns

  1. The Searchers 1956
  2. High Noon 1952
  3. Shane 1953
  4. Unforgiven 1992
  5. Red River 1948
  6. The Wild Bunch 1969
  7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
  8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971
  9. Stagecoach 1939
  10. Cat Ballou 1965
I’d put The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven ahead of Shane. Cat Ballou wouldn’t even make my Top 20.

10 Best Sports Movies

  1. Raging Bull 1980
  2. Rocky 1976
  3. The Pride of the Yankees 1942
  4. Hoosiers 1986
  5. Bull Durham 1988
  6. The Hustler 1961
  7. Caddyshack 1980
  8. Breaking Away 1979
  9. National Velvet 1944
  10. Jerry Maguire 1996
I’d flip Hoosiers and The Pride of the Yankees. I would also replace Jerry Maguire with Field of Dreams.

10 Best Mystery Movies

  1. Vertigo 1958
  2. Chinatown 1974
  3. Rear Window 1954
  4. Laura 1944
  5. The Third Man 1949
  6. The Maltese Falcon 1941
  7. North by Northwest 1959
  8. Blue Velvet 1986
  9. Dial M for Murder 1954
  10. The Usual Suspects 1995
Either Chinatown or Rear Widow would make for a better #1. Drop Vertigo to #3. I’m amazed that The Usual Suspects made the Top 10.

10 Best Fantasy Movies

  1. The Wizard of Oz 1939
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
  3. It’s a Wonderful Life 1946
  4. King Kong 1933
  5. Miracle on 34th Street 1947
  6. Field of Dreams 1989
  7. Harvey 1950
  8. Groundhog Day 1993
  9. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
  10. Big 1988
Never considered Big a fantasy movie (or Groundhog Day, for that matter). I guess this list explains why Field of Dreams didn’t make the Top 10 sports movies. The Wizard of Oz is still the king, and I really can’t dispute that logic.

10 Best Science Fiction Movies

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
  2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 1977
  3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
  4. A Clockwork Orange 1971
  5. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
  6. Blade Runner 1982
  7. Alien 1979
  8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
  9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
  10. Back to the Future 1985
Alien should be ahead of The Day the Earth Stood Still, in my opinion. Any of the movies on the list are more deserving of the #1 spot than the uber-pretentious 2001: A Space Odyssey.

10 Best Gangster Movies

  1. The Godfather 1972
  2. Goodfellas 1990
  3. The Godfather Part II 1974
  4. White Heat 1949
  5. Bonnie and Clyde 1967
  6. Scarface 1932
  7. Pulp Fiction 1994
  8. The Public Enemy 1931
  9. Little Caesar 1931
  10. Scarface 1983
Where’s Reservoir Dogs? GoodFellas is the top gangster movie in my book, although the first two films in the Godfather trilogy certainly merit a high ranking.

10 Best Courtroom Movies

  1. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
  2. 12 Angry Men 1957
  3. Kramer vs. Kramer 1979
  4. The Verdict 1982
  5. A Few Good Men 1992
  6. Witness for the Prosecution 1957
  7. Anatomy of a Murder 1959
  8. In Cold Blood 1967
  9. A Cry in the Dark 1988
  10. Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
No complaints with this list. After all these years, To Kill a Mockingbird still stands the test of time.

10 Best Epic Movies

  1. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
  2. Ben-Hur 1959
  3. Schindler’s List 1993
  4. Gone with the Wind 1939
  5. Spartacus 1960
  6. Titanic 1997
  7. All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
  8. Saving Private Ryan 1998
  9. Reds 1981
  10. The Ten Commandments 1956
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Good Movies

Everyone has a different opinion when it comes to the top 100 movies ever made. Some lean towards older films, while others only include recent hits at the box office. But whatever the case may be, looking at lists of the top 100 movies can be a great way to expand your knowledge of film and get ideas for the next time you invite friends over.


The American Film Institute (AFI) originally released their list entitled “100 Years…100 Movies” in 1998. The top 100 movies were selected by culling the list down to 400 and then distributing ballots to 1,500 various critics, actors, directors, historians and screenwriters. Here’s the 1998 list:

  1. Citizen Kane
  2. Casablanca
  3. The Godfather
  4. Gone with the Wind
  5. Lawrence of Arabia
  6. The Wizard of Oz
  7. The Graduate
  8. On the Waterfront
  9. Schindler’s List
  10. Singin’ in the Rain
  11. It’s a Wonderful Life
  12. Sunset Boulevard
  13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
  14. Some Like It Hot
  15. Star Wars
  16. All About Eve
  17. The African Queen
  18. Psycho
  19. Chinatown
  20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  21. The Grapes of Wrath
  22. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  23. The Maltese Falcon
  24. Raging Bull
  25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  27. Bonnie and Clyde
  28. Apocalypse Now
  29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  31. Annie Hall
  32. The Godfather Part II
  33. High Noon
  34. To Kill a Mockingbird
  35. It Happened One Night
  36. Midnight Cowboy
  37. The Best Years of Our Lives
  38. Double Indemnity
  39. Doctor Zhivago
  40. North by Northwest
  41. West Side Story
  42. Rear Window
  43. King Kong
  44. The Birth of a Nation
  45. A Streetcar Named Desire
  46. A Clockwork Orange
  47. Taxi Driver
  48. Jaws
  49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  51. The Philadelphia Story
  52. rom Here to Eternity
  53. Amadeus
  54. All Quiet on the Western Front
  55. The Sound of Music
  56. MASH
  57. The Third Man
  58. Fantasia
  59. Rebel Without a Cause
  60. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  61. Vertigo
  62. Tootsie
  63. Stagecoach
  64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  65. The Silence of the Lambs
  66. Network
  67. The Manchurian Candidate
  68. An American in Paris
  69. Shane
  70. The French Connection
  71. Forrest Gump
  72. Ben-Hur
  73. Wuthering Heights
  74. The Gold Rush
  75. Dances with Wolves
  76. City Lights
  77. American Graffiti
  78. Rocky
  79. The Deer Hunter
  80. The Wild Bunch
  81. Modern Times
  82. Giant
  83. Platoon
  84. Fargo
  85. Duck Soup
  86. Mutiny on the Bounty
  87. Frankenstein
  88. Easy Rider
  89. Patton
  90. The Jazz Singer
  91. My Fair Lady
  92. A Place in the Sun
  93. The Apartment
  94. Goodfellas
  95. Pulp Fiction
  96. The Searchers
  97. Bringing Up Baby
  98. Unforgiven
  99. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
  100. Yankee Doodle Dandy
A decade later, the AFI released their updated list. Every ten years, an updated version of the list will be unveiled in order to keep up with changing trends in cinema. Here’s the list from 2007:
  1. Citizen Kane
  2. The Godfather
  3. Casablanca
  4. Raging Bull
  5. Singin’ in the Rain
  6. Gone with the Wind
  7. Lawrence of Arabia
  8. Schindler’s List
  9. Vertigo
  10. The Wizard of Oz
  11. City Lights
  12. The Searchers
  13. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  14. Psycho
  15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  16. Sunset Boulevard
  17. The Graduate
  18. The General
  19. On the Waterfront
  20. It’s a Wonderful Life
  21. Chinatown
  22. Some Like It Hot
  23. The Grapes of Wrath
  24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  25. To Kill a Mockingbird
  26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  27. High Noon
  28. All About Eve
  29. Double Indemnity
  30. Apocalypse Now
  31. The Maltese Falcon
  32. The Godfather Part II
  33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  35. Annie Hall
  36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
  37. The Best Years of Our Lives
  38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  39. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  40. The Sound of Music
  41. King Kong
  42. Bonnie and Clyde
  43. Midnight Cowboy
  44. The Philadelphia Story
  45. Shane
  46. It Happened One Night
  47. A Streetcar Named Desire
  48. Rear Window
  49. Intolerance
  50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  51. West Side Story
  52. Taxi Driver
  53. The Deer Hunter
  54. MASH
  55. North by Northwest
  56. Jaws
  57. Rocky
  58. The Gold Rush
  59. Nashville
  60. Duck Soup
  61. Sullivan’s Travels
  62. American Graffiti
  63. Cabaret
  64. Network
  65. The African Queen
  66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  68. Unforgiven
  69. Tootsie
  70. A Clockwork Orange
  71. Saving Private Ryan
  72. The Shawshank Redemption
  73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  74. The Silence of the Lambs
  75. In the Heat of the Night
  76. Forrest Gump
  77. All the President’s Men
  78. Modern Times
  79. The Wild Bunch
  80. The Apartment
  81. Spartacus
  82. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  83. Titanic
  84. Easy Rider
  85. A Night at the Opera
  86. Platoon
  87. 12 Angry Men
  88. Bringing Up Baby
  89. The Sixth Sense
  90. Swing Time
  91. Sophie’s Choice
  92. Goodfellas
  93. The French Connection
  94. Pulp Fiction
  95. The Last Picture Show
  96. Do the Right Thing
  97. Blade Runner
  98. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  99. Toy Story
  100. Ben-Hur

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