AFI’s new “Top 100”

The American Film Institute has come up with a new “Top 100 American movies” list to replace their 1997 one. In case you haven’t already seen this somewhere, here’s the new list:

#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: A Song of Two Humans

#81: Sparticus

#80: The Apartment

#79: The Wild Bunch

#78: Modern Times

#77: All the Presidents Men

#76: Forest Gump

#75: In the Heat of the Night

#74: Silence of the Lambs

#73: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

#72: The Shawshank Redemption

#71: Saving Private Ryan

#70: A Clockwork Orange

#69: Tootsie

#68: Unforgiven

#67: Who’s Afraid of Virgina 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: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring

#49: Intolerance

#48: Rear Window

#47: A Streetcar Named Desire

#46: It Happened One Night

#45: Shane

#44: The Philadelphia Story

#43: Midnight Cowboy

#42: Bonnie and Clyde

#41: King Kong (33)

#40: The Sound of Music

#39: Dr. Strangelove

#38: The Treasue of 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: Apocalypse 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. The Extra-Terrestrial

#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 Blvd.

#15: 2001 A Space Odyssey

#14: Psycho

#13: Star Wars

#12: The Searchers

#11: City Lights

#10: The Wizard of Oz

#09: Vertigo

#08: Schindler’s List

#07: Lawrence of Arabia

#06: Gone With The Wind

#05: Singing in the Rain

#04: Raging Bull

#03: Casablanca

#02: The Godfather

#01: Citizen Kane

Some I think shouldnt be listed(sixth sense), other need to be father down or up(shawshank top 5) the list, but overall a nice list of American movies.

Glad to see one of my favorites Casablanca breaking the top 3, as for Citizen Kane it was a important film for the time, how it was made, its topic matter, and innovative directing. A top 100 for sure but I dont think it deserves #1, I cant understand, what people find in that movie.

Did I count right Kubrick with the most mentions and then Hitchcock ?

And speaking of lists, popmaster has a list of most own DVDs, I agree with 60% of them, but atleast Kurosawa gets two mentions

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/series/284/

I missed the actual TV show counting down the list this time, but it was a big deal back in 1997 for a young starry eyed movie geek.

It isn’t a bad list really, it was just what I would expect from AFI, although I am really surprised about “The Sixth Sense.” I consider that to be a very mediocre film.

Frankly I find a lot of these films boring.

And I’m sorry I hope I don’t offend anyone but I really hate “The Wizard Of Oz.” I will never understand why that film is so beloved. I am a fan of the books though.