Afi Top 100 U.s. Films

[CodeRed68]

in case you missed the show last night.. and don't feel like registering on their web site for the list...
From CNN.com :

AFI TOP 100 U.S. FILMS
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.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/21/afi.movies.ap/index.html

[SavageParrot]

Decided by whom? Out of interest.

I love chinatown, glad to see that up so high. I showed my family Brick recently which is basically a remake of Chinatown with high school kids. It's pretty good but the long and the short of it is that while watching it emerged that none of my family had ever watched Chinatown. A real omgwtf! momment, my family are phillistines...

[Lord ZOG]

I remember the last top 100. There are obviously places and films we'd all like to see higher or lower, but overall I think you can look at the placings generally;

Top 10
Top 25
Top 50.

There are some great movies here, too many to name or talk about. Apparently Godfather made a move on the number 1 slot, and Raging Bull jumped some 12 spots since the last list.

One nit-pick; Fucking Titanic #83? Are they effin kidding?

Steven King summed it up when he said, "I knew I had brain damage (from a bad accident he was in) when I cried while watching Titanic."

[SavageParrot]

One nit-pick; Fucking Titanic #83? Are they effin kidding?

Steven King summed it up when he said, "I knew I had brain damage (from a bad accident he was in) when I cried while watching Titanic."

LoL as much as I hate it, it's not unreasonable to have the highest grossing film of all time on the list of greatest movies. That's why I asked who compiled the list and based on what.

[CodeRed68]

LoL as much as I hate it, it's not unreasonable to have the highest grossing film of all time on the list of greatest movies. That's why I asked who compiled the list and based on what.

not sure about this exactly. ...but the American Film Institute puts out the list.. there is more information here at thier web site..
http://www.afi.com/about/whatis.aspx

I would guess thier board of directors and people from the entertainment industry help compile the list..

[SavageParrot]

"selected by a blue-ribbon panel of leaders from across the film community."

Whatever that means. Explains the number of ever so slightly pretentious productions on the list mind as I imagine a lot of whatever the american "luvvies" (if you have such a thing) got a vote

[Sabres]

wow i feel young reading that list...

[King]

Just think, in like, 10 years, Transformers is going to bump one of those movies from the list.

[Lord ZOG]

I have to admit, Transformers sounds gayer than Richard Simmons, but the previews and trailers I've seen look impressive.

[gowhitesox99]

no national lampoons vacation???

[SavageParrot]

Holiday whoaaaee oooa ooooa ooa ooooo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEqGsVREe0

[King]

Holiday whoaaaee oooa ooooa ooa ooooo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEqGsVREe0

Oh yeah, thats the stuff.

[Sabres]

Holiday whoaaaee oooa ooooa ooa ooooo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEqGsVREe0

You mean "Holiday Road"?

[cavalierlwt]

no national lampoons vacation???

I'm not ashamed to say I loved that movie! The sequels blew, but the original is classic 80s comedy.

I'm glad to see 'Jaws' made the list, it truly was great.

[CreepingCharlie]

What no Mel Brooks movies?