The AFI posts their 100 Greatest Films of all tine

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:14pm

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

[tazber]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:16pm

didn't they do this recently? How many times can you make the same list and call it new?

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:18pm

The Sixth Sense????? What the hell?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:19pm

I believe that it has been updated.

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:20pm

They expanded the scope of films to include more recent entries, and used a different panel of 'experts'. There were some huge disparities.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:22pm

Speilbergs on that list quite a bit.... um "Saving Private Ryan" was an aweful film.

Wizard of Oz that low? Star Wars? Forrest Gump?

Toy Story ??????? What about Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast?

These lists seem to surface and change every week. So meeningless when they do that.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:36pm

It seems odd that 'The Wizard of Oz' is only 10...but oh well.


Sad to say I have only seen about 10-12 of those. eep.


Is 'Toy Story' really that great??

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:37pm

They lost their credibility with including Forrest Gump into the mix. That movie sucked!

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:41pm

It was a great show-- this is the "Updated" list, where they re-polled people and came up with this list with quite a few changes. The Top ten for example, only had one film in the same place as 1997 (Citizen Kane stayed at #1).

I too was surprised that Oz dropped so (I think it was #2 last time) and really had to ponder if Singing in the Rain is a better film than The Wizard of Oz. That's a conversation starter for sure.

I think it's interesting to see how FEW recent films did well. I think you have to go all the way down to 50 to get a film made in the last ten years.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:42pm

I agree with SNAFU.
I'm proud to say I've seen 89 of those films.
Or maybe that's an indication that I need to get out more.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:46pm

89!? wow.

I should make it a point to see some of these movies.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:47pm

These AFI lists are just a self-congratulatory joke.

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:48pm

I don't think there's a film on the list that isn't worth watching, actually. Even a movie that I don't like at all (Gump, ugh!) has some value- it's amazing visual effects and a peep into that weird 90's view of history.

[jenna2]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:49pm

My sister and I decided a few months back to watch all Top 100 (because we're big geeks that way). Of the films we've seen thus far, some notable removals from the 1997 list are Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Giant, and Rebel Without a Cause.

Of the new list, all I can say is I'm glad Titanic isn't higher up on the list.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:50pm

;( giant.. i love that. I wish i could marry James dean.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:50pm

I can't believe rebel was dropped.

I love Giant as well. My uncle was supposed to be in that film- but was told he was 'too pretty to be a mexican.'

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:51pm

I've seen 25 of the films on that list, and am rather ashamed by some of the ones that I haven't seen. Maybe that should be my goal for the rest of the summer? I know that I own at least 15 of the movies I haven't seen...

[jenna2]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:51pm

I adore James Dean. I was really looking forward to making my sister watch him (she's never seen any of his movies).

[tazber]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:54pm

JoeK you have a good point. Every movie has some value to it. Even if it's just a trashy genre flick, it still captures where we are politically, socially and technologically.

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:02pm

Tootsie made the list.

[peach]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:06pm

I've seen 46 of the films on the list. I guess I have some work to do!

I'm surprised Goodfellas isn't higher on the list, but was glad to see The Godfather land where it did (even if I think it's better than Citizen Kane, but I digress).

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:07pm

I prefer Goodfellas to The Godfather, peach.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:09pm

I can't believe GONE WITH THE WIND dropped to number 6. Kind of sad.

[peach]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:09pm

I like Goodfellas a little better too. But I love them both! Whet's cool about the Godfather is how layered the family is. I think Godfather 2 makes Godfather 1 even better (if that makes sense).

But yes, Goodfellas is one of my all time favorite movies. I like mobster movies!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:11pm

I'm always surprised how high Annie Hall places. And Appocalypse now should be higher IMO.