AFI's 10 Top 10

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:37pm

I didn't watch the TV special, but here are the lists. They're better than most, as lists go, even if I don't agree with everything...

ANIMATION:

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King
5. Fantasia
6. Toy Story
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Shrek
9. Cinderella
10. Finding Nemo

ROMANTIC COMEDIES:

1. City Lights
2. Annie Hall
3. It Happened One Night
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Philadelphia Story
6. When Harry Met Sally...
7. Adam's Rib
8. Moonstruck
9. Harold and Maude
10. Sleepless in Seattle

WESTERN:

1. The Searchers
2. High Noon
3. Shane
4. Unforgiven
5. Red River
6. The Wild Bunch
7. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
9. Stagecoach
10. Cat Ballou

SPORTS:

1. Raging Bull
2. Rocky
3. The Pride of the Yankees
4. Hoosiers
5. Bull Durham
6. The Hustler
7. Caddyshack
8. Breaking Away
9. National Velvet
10. Jerry Maguire

MYSTERY:

1. Vertigo
2. Chinatown
3. Rear Window
4. Laura
5. The Third Man
6. The Maltese Falcon
7. North By Northwest
8. Blue Velvet
9. Dial M For Murder
10. The Usual Suspects

FANTASY:

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. King Kong
5. Miracle on 34th Street
6. Field of Dreams
7. Harvey
8. Groundhog Day
9. The Thief of Bagdad
10. Big

SCI-FI:

1. 2001: A Space Odessy
2. Star Wars (A New Hope)
3. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. Blade Runner
7. Alien
8. The Terminator
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
10. Back to the Future

(Hello... Close Enounters???)

GANGSTER:

1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather, Part II
4. White Heat
5. Bonnie and Clyde
6. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
7. Pulp Fiction
8. The Public Enemy
9. Little Caesar
10. Scarface

COURTROOM DRAMA:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. The Verdict
5. A Few Good Men
6. Witness For the Prosecution
7. Anatomy of a Murder
8. In Cold Blood
9. A Cry in the Dark
10. Judgment at Nuremberg

EPIC:

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Ben-Hur (Heston)
3. Schindler's List
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Spartacus
6. Titanic
7. All Quiet on the Western Front
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Reds
10. The Ten Commandments (Heston)

I guess there's no "Horror" genre, because this was a Prime Time TV special. Oh, well...

Still, something to chew on (and spit out, as the case may be).


AFI Link

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:42pm

No horror and no musicals, either. Hm. The two most difficult genres to master and they're left out. Typical AFI popularity contest.

EDIT

Of course SCHINDLER'S LIST is above GONE WITH THE WIND for PC's sake.

Updated On: 6/18/08 at 04:42 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:42pm

I disagreed with a few of their choices and placements...but was FURIOUS there was no horror genre!

I'd take "Lion King" out of the top ten and add Little Mermaid as #10 for starters.

"Judgement at Nuremberg" would be much higher.

"Groundhog Day"?

"Vertigo" would not be in my top ten.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:46pm

WHERE is 'The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly'? One of the greatest westerns, genre films, hell, one of the greatest films PERIOD of all time, and they won't list it? MAN that's disappointing. XP

And why wouldn't they do Horror or Musicals? It's really not that hard. Dammit, why are my favourite genres always missed off these things?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:47pm

I watched it last night. Some of these movies I have never seen or heard of, so I can't comment on them. But, what really surprises me is how "Citizen Kane" is not on any list. Or does it just not fit into any category listed? I mean, some are obvious. I just thought they would have to include it somehow, since apparently on the original top 100 list, and the new one from last year, it was #1.

And the animated list, I think it is really interesting how the only non Disney related one is "Shrek." I still don't understand why that is on the list. Same with "Toy Story." Oh well, at least "Fantasia," my second favorite Disney movie, got included.

And I am happy that "Roman Holiday" was included on the Romantic Comedy list. That is another really good movie.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:47pm

The only real surprise is City Lights being the #1 romcom.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:49pm

Citizen Kane would likely be on a "Drama" list... but hey, there's no Drama category either!

Yet, they have Courtroom Drama... a boob-tube favorite.

This was about creating a TV special and getting ratings, way more than it was about generating reputable lists.

I still say they're better than most... but I'm not sure how much that's saying in the long run.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:58pm

Very true. If it were up to me, I would have definitely included musicals.

For some reason, I find it sort of funny that "Titanic" was included too. It was good the first 2 or 3 times, but that's it. Parts of it are very cheesy too.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:07pm

I disliked Titanic when it was first released. It's very poorly written.
Some of my favorites are on the various lists, but I feel that listing To Kill a Mockingbird as a 'courtroom drama' cheapens that movie. It's a whole lot more than that.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:18pm

Okay, I'll do my OWN missing categories, and then you can all throw tomatoes at me!

HORROR:

1. The Exorcist
2. Psycho
3. Frankenstein (1931)
4. Nosferatu
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
6. Pan's Labyrinth
7. The Haunting
8. Carrie
9. The Sixth Sense
10. The Shining


DRAMA:

1. Citizen Kane
2. Greed
3. On the Waterfront
4. All the King's Men (1949)
5. Midnight Cowboy
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7. A Place in the Sun
8. Mrs. Miniver
9. Now, Voyager
10. How Green Was My Valley

MUSICAL:

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Sound of Music
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. West Side Story
5. Oliver!
6. Meet Me In St. Louis
7. The King and I
8. My Fair Lady
9. An American In Paris
10. Chicago

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:25pm

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:26pm

*ducks*

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:26pm

I've only seen:

ANIMATION:
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King
6. Toy Story
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Shrek
9. Cinderella
10. Finding Nemo


FANTASY:
1. The Wizard of Oz
10. Big

SCI-FI:
3. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial

COURTROOM DRAMA:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird

EPIC:
3. Schindler's List

Wow. All in all it was an interesting special. I like Entertainment Weekley's Top 100 Films of the Past 25 Years better.

And my crack at Musicals:

MUSICAL:

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Sound of Music
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. West Side Story
5. Oliver!
6. Chicago
7. The King and I
8. My Fair Lady
9. Cabaret
10. Dreamgirls

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:37pm

AFI has already done a list of the top musicals:

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 MGM
2 WEST SIDE STORY 1961 United Artists
3 WIZARD OF OZ, THE 1939 MGM
4 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE 1965 Twentieth Century-Fox
5 CABARET 1972 Allied Artists
6 MARY POPPINS 1964 Disney
7 STAR IS BORN, A 1954 Warner Bros.
8 MY FAIR LADY 1964 Warner Bros.
9 AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN 1951 MGM
10 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 1944 MGM
11 KING AND I, THE 1956 Twentieth Century-Fox
12 CHICAGO 2002 Miramax
13 42ND STREET 1933 Warner Bros.
14 ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 Twentieth Century-Fox
15 TOP HAT 1935 RKO
16 FUNNY GIRL 1968 Columbia
17 BAND WAGON, THE 1953 MGM
18 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942 Warner Bros.
19 ON THE TOWN 1949 MGM
20 GREASE 1978 Paramount
21 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 1954 MGM
22 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991 Disney
23 GUYS AND DOLLS 1955 MGM
24 SHOW BOAT 1936 Universal
25 MOULIN ROUGE! 2001 Twentieth Century Fox

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:39pm

I'd add CABARET to your musicals list best, but I agree pretty much otherwise.

I do find it odd there is no drama, musical, or horror category. I'd consider those very definitive genres, moreso than something like courtroom drama.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:42pm

Oh besty! You can not leave off Night Of The Living Dead!!

I would also add Alien (although some would call it sci-fi)
and The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:49pm

I guess they left off all the categories they already did- that's why there's no musicals and no comedy or drama.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 6:04pm

On the Epic front, I cannot see leaving out Dr Zhivago & El Cid

[Taryn]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 7:29pm

My brother pointed out an oddity: some of these films are on the AFI 100 Greatest Films list in opposite order than they're on here. As in, Butch Cassidy is #50 and Unforgiven is #98, yet on this list Unforgiven is rated higher. Doesn't make much sense.

The animation list is HORRIBLE. And I can't believe Star Wars is on the list when Empire Strikes Back isn't. Everyone and their mom knows that ESB is the best Star Wars film.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 7:56pm

Any Fantasy category that excludes Mary Poppins, is worthless.

[cfmiller]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 8:00pm

How many more of these lists is AFI going to put out? Geesh.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 8:06pm

It's just another list. Anyone can make 'em.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 8:19pm

D'oh! I left Mary Poppins off my Musicals list too, JB2, and that's just wrong.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 8:44pm

Any list of great motion pictures that does not include Bride of the Monster with Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson is worthless. Worthless, I say!

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 9:43pm

Any list that does not include the musical film of "Lost Horizon" is a gargantuan piece of poo, I say!