AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES OF ALL TIME

[perkele]

The Complete List:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

My favorites from that list above.

 

[Atomic Punk]

I saw that list a few months back, and decided to rent the ones in the Top 10, to see if I thought they were worthy of their rank. The first one I rented was "Citizen Kane". What a fucking disappointment that one was! What the hell were they thinking ranking that crap #1?? I'll never know. The next was "Casablanca". I have to say that this was indeed one of the best movies I have ever seen. Even what, 60-odd years later-it still holds up. I really liked it alot.

I'm still working on the rest, although I have seen "The Wizard of Oz", "The Godfather", and "Shindlers List". I always did think that Shindlers was a crappy flick. I think that people in the AFI feel it is entitled its rank, because of the films content. If it was about the Jamaican Bobsled Team, I doubt it would be in the top 10, if you get my drift. Over rated.

 

[perkele]

I saw that list a few months back, and decided to rent the ones in the Top 10, to see if I thought they were worthy of their rank. The first one I rented was "Citizen Kane". What a fucking disappointment that one was! What the hell were they thinking ranking that crap #1?? I'll never know. The next was "Casablanca". I have to say that this was indeed one of the best movies I have ever seen. Even what, 50-odd years later-it still holds up. I really liked it alot.

I'm still working on the rest, although I have seen "The Wizard of Oz", "The Godfather", and "Shindlers List". I always did think that Shindlers was a crappy flick. I think that people in the AFI feel it is entitled its rank, because of the topic therein. If it was about the Jamaican Bobsled Team, I doubt it would be in the top 10, if you get my drift. Over rated.

Schindlers list is very overrated piece or crap. Reason? Well I hate German's who speak English in 1930's Germany.

I've only seen a part of Citizen Kane but enough I guess to say it's bit overrated, like most movies from the early days of cinema.

For me the all-time #1 is The Godfather.

 

[SAGAT]

for fuck's sake where the fuck is terminator on that list?BOOOO HISSSS

 

[vangoghh]

Where is Shawshank Redemption and Good Will Hunting?

 

[Atomic Punk]

for fuck's sake where the fuck is terminator on that list?BOOOO HISSSS

It's on their list of "100 Greatest Thrills", and I'm sure that The Terminator is on the list of "100 Greatest Villains". The AFI has a bunch of "100 Greatest" lists. Here's the site, if you want to check them out. They are on the right-hand side.

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/100yearslist.aspx