AFI Top 100 U.S. Films

CBS - ( I think ) hosted the top 100 films again last night. I didn't watch all of it, but here are the results.

1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "The Godfather," 1972.
3. "Casablanca," 1942.
4. "Raging Bull," 1980.
5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
6. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
7. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.
8. "Schindler's List," 1993.
9. "Vertigo," 1958.
10. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
11. "City Lights," 1931.
12. "The Searchers," 1956.
13. "Star Wars," 1977.
14. "Psycho," 1960.
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
16. "Sunset Blvd.", 1950.
17. "The Graduate," 1967.
18. "The General," 1927.
19. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
20. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
21. "Chinatown," 1974.
22. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
23. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940.
24. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
25. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.
26. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939.
27. "High Noon," 1952.
28. "All About Eve," 1950.
29. "Double Indemnity," 1944.
30. "Apocalypse Now," 1979.
31. "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
32. "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
33. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975.
34. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937.
35. "Annie Hall," 1977.
36. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957.
37. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946.
38. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
39. "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
40. "The Sound of Music," 1965.
41. "King Kong," 1933.
42. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
43. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
44. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
45. "Shane," 1953.
46. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
48. "Rear Window," 1954.
49. "Intolerance," 1916.
50. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001.
51. "West Side Story," 1961.
52. "Taxi Driver," 1976.
53. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
54. "M-A-S-H," 1970.
55. "North by Northwest," 1959.
56. "Jaws," 1975.
57. "Rocky," 1976.
58. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
59. "Nashville," 1975.
60. "Duck Soup," 1933.
61. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941.
62. "American Graffiti," 1973.
63. "Cabaret," 1972.
64. "Network," 1976.
65. "The African Queen," 1951.
66. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," 1981.
67. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1966.
68. "Unforgiven," 1992.
69. "Tootsie," 1982.
70. "A Clockwork Orange," 1971.
71. "Saving Private Ryan," 1998.
72. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994.
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969.
74. "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.
75. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.
76. "Forrest Gump," 1994.
77. "All the President's Men," 1976.
78. "Modern Times," 1936.
79. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
80. "The Apartment, 1960.
81. "Spartacus," 1960.
82. "Sunrise," 1927.
83. "Titanic," 1997.
84. "Easy Rider," 1969.
85. "A Night at the Opera," 1935.
86. "Platoon," 1986.
87. "12 Angry Men," 1957.
88. "Bringing Up Baby," 1938.
89. "The Sixth Sense," 1999.
90. "Swing Time," 1936.
91. "Sophie's Choice," 1982.
92. "Goodfellas," 1990.
93. "The French Connection," 1971.
94. "Pulp Fiction," 1994.
95. "The Last Picture Show," 1971.
96. "Do the Right Thing," 1989.
97. "Blade Runner," 1982.
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
99. "Toy Story," 1995.
100. "Ben-Hur," 1959.

*Caps lock title edit

[edit on 21-6-2007 by dbates]

I find it odd that films moved around as much as they did. Other than additions to the list, thereby knocking some films down the list, how could a movie from the first list move up by so many notches? How could Godfather 2 swap places with Casablanca? What happened in the last ten years that would result in one being better than the other now and not then?

just an opportunity to sell old movies.

83. "Titanic," 1997.
84. "Easy Rider," 1969.

cough

and does your cough explain how casablanca and godfather 2 could suddeny swap places? #2 and # 3 were both made long before the last decade began and now an updated list comes out with some additions but nothing cracking the top 3 and yet the top three change. how does the second best movie of the last 100 years flip flop with the third best movie of the last 100 years? what makes one better now than it was ten years ago?

cough

HEY!

Wheres Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas!...And Scarface!!!

Originally posted by Crakeur
and does your cough explain how casablanca and godfather 2 could suddeny swap places?

No..it was just a cough.

What I pointed out was more of a paradox in the space-time continuum.

Originally posted by Crakeur
what makes one better now than it was ten years ago?

Different people making the list that have different opinions?

I'm not really motivated enough (go figure) to check the AFI's site to see how they determined "Top Films". Since it doesn't say "Best Movies" I can't get too squeezed.

But anyone who can seriously claim there are 99 movies better than Ben Hur needs to have their opinion card revoked.

Originally posted by yeahright
But anyone who can seriously claim there are 99 movies better than Ben Hur needs to have their opinion card revoked.

yeahright, do you like gladiator movies?
you ever been in a turkish prison?

Now that you mention it, I don't see "Airplane" on there, either.


Spartacus at 81. I can see that. But Ben Hur barely making the cut? You've GOT to see how ludicrous that is.

Spartacus? Ben Hur? what are you trying to tell us?

You brought up gladiator movies, eh? I just found one on the list. The ol' "sword and sandal" epic.

But if I must come out, yes I am a movie fan.

#28 All About Eve- wake me when it's over

#35 Annie Hall- ditto

#37 The Best Years of Our Lives- poignant for its time, but top100? No.

#59 Nashville - who the hell even saw it?

#61 Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges satire. Seriously, rent that and tell me it's one of the top 100.

I'd replace about 30% of that list. And move the other 70 around.

Plus, not a single Steve Reeves flick mentioned. WTF?

I never bothered to look at the entire list. I know Porky's isn't on it and I know I Spit On Your Grave is also missing so why bother?

I guess "Kiss the Blood Off My Nephew" must've been 101.