| # | FILM | YEAR | STUDIO |
| 1 | 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 |
Author Archives: 4 Star Films
AFI Cheers
| # | MOVIE | YEAR |
| 1 | IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE | 1946 |
| 2 | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 1962 |
| 3 | SCHINDLER’S LIST | 1993 |
| 4 | ROCKY | 1976 |
| 5 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON | 1939 |
| 6 | E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL | 1982 |
| 7 | THE GRAPES OF WRATH | 1940 |
| 8 | BREAKING AWAY | 1979 |
| 9 | MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET | 1947 |
| 10 | SAVING PRIVATE RYAN | 1998 |
| 11 | THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES | 1946 |
| 12 | APOLLO 13 | 1995 |
| 13 | HOOSIERS | 1986 |
| 14 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | 1957 |
| 15 | THE MIRACLE WORKER | 1962 |
| 16 | NORMA RAE | 1979 |
| 17 | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST | 1975 |
| 18 | THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK | 1959 |
| 19 | THE RIGHT STUFF | 1983 |
| 20 | PHILADELPHIA | 1993 |
| 21 | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | 1967 |
| 22 | THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES | 1942 |
| 23 | THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION | 1994 |
| 24 | NATIONAL VELVET | 1944 |
| 25 | SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS | 1941 |
| 26 | THE WIZARD OF OZ | 1939 |
| 27 | HIGH NOON | 1952 |
| 28 | FIELD OF DREAMS | 1989 |
| 29 | GANDHI | 1982 |
| 30 | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | 1962 |
| 31 | GLORY | 1989 |
| 32 | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 33 | CITY LIGHTS | 1931 |
| 34 | ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN | 1976 |
| 35 | GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER | 1967 |
| 36 | ON THE WATERFRONT | 1954 |
| 37 | FORREST GUMP | 1994 |
| 38 | PINOCCHIO | 1940 |
| 39 | STAR WARS | 1977 |
| 40 | MRS. MINIVER | 1942 |
| 41 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC | 1965 |
| 42 | 12 ANGRY MEN | 1957 |
| 43 | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| 44 | SPARTACUS | 1960 |
| 45 | ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 |
| 46 | LILIES OF THE FIELD | 1963 |
| 47 | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY | 1968 |
| 48 | THE AFRICAN QUEEN | 1951 |
| 49 | MEET JOHN DOE | 1941 |
| 50 | SEABISCUIT | 2003 |
| 51 | THE COLOR PURPLE | 1985 |
| 52 | DEAD POET’S SOCIETY | 1989 |
| 53 | SHANE | 1953 |
| 54 | RUDY | 1993 |
| 55 | THE DEFIANT ONES | 1958 |
| 56 | BEN-HUR | 1959 |
| 57 | SERGEANT YORK | 1941 |
| 58 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND | 1977 |
| 59 | DANCES WITH WOLVES | 1990 |
| 60 | THE KILLING FIELDS | 1984 |
| 61 | SOUNDER | 1972 |
| 62 | BRAVEHEART | 1995 |
| 63 | RAIN MAN | 1988 |
| 64 | THE BLACK STALLION | 1979 |
| 65 | A RAISIN IN THE SUN | 1961 |
| 66 | SILKWOOD | 1983 |
| 67 | THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL | 1951 |
| 68 | AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN | 1982 |
| 69 | THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS | 1957 |
| 70 | COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER | 1980 |
| 71 | COOL HAND LUKE | 1967 |
| 72 | DARK VICTORY | 1939 |
| 73 | ERIN BROCKOVICH | 2000 |
| 74 | GUNGA DIN | 1939 |
| 75 | THE VERDICT | 1982 |
| 76 | BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ | 1962 |
| 77 | DRIVING MISS DAISY | 1989 |
| 78 | THELMA & LOUISE | 1991 |
| 79 | THE TEN COMMANDMENTS | 1956 |
| 80 | BABE | 1995 |
| 81 | BOYS TOWN | 1938 |
| 82 | FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | 1971 |
| 83 | MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN | 1936 |
| 84 | SERPICO | 1973 |
| 85 | WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT | 1993 |
| 86 | STAND AND DELIVER | 1988 |
| 87 | WORKING GIRL | 1988 |
| 88 | YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 1942 |
| 89 | HAROLD AND MAUDE | 1972 |
| 90 | HOTEL RWANDA | 2004 |
| 91 | THE PAPER CHASE | 1973 |
| 92 | FAME | 1980 |
| 93 | A BEAUTIFUL MIND | 2001 |
| 94 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS | 1937 |
| 95 | PLACES IN THE HEART | 1984 |
| 96 | SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER | 1993 |
| 97 | MADAME CURIE | 1943 |
| 98 | THE KARATE KID | 1984 |
| 99 | RAY | 2004 |
| 100 | CHARIOTS OF FIRE | 1981 |
AFI Scores
| # | FILM | YEAR | STUDIO | COMPOSER |
| 1 | STAR WARS | 1977 | Twentieth Century Fox | John Williams |
| 2 | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 | Selznick/MGM | Max Steiner |
| 3 | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | 1962 | Columbia | Maurice Jarre |
| 4 | PSYCHO | 1960 | Paramount | Bernard Herrmann |
| 5 | THE GODFATHER | 1972 | Paramount | Nino Rota |
| 6 | JAWS | 1975 | Universal | John Williams |
| 7 | LAURA | 1944 | Twentieth Century Fox | David Raksin |
| 8 | THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | 1960 | United Artists | Elmer Bernstein |
| 9 | CHINATOWN | 1974 | Paramount | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 10 | HIGH NOON | 1952 | United Artists | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 11 | THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD | 1938 | Warner Bros. | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 12 | VERTIGO | 1958 | Paramount | Bernard Herrmann |
| 13 | KING KONG | 1933 | RKO | Max Steiner |
| 14 | E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL | 1982 | Universal | John Williams |
| 15 | OUT OF AFRICA | 1985 | Universal | John Barry |
| 16 | SUNSET BLVD. | 1950 | Paramount | Franz Waxman |
| 17 | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 1962 | Universal | Elmer Bernstein |
| 18 | PLANET OF THE APES | 1968 | Twentieth Century Fox | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 19 | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 1951 | Warner Bros. | Alex North |
| 20 | THE PINK PANTHER | 1964 | United Artists | Henry Mancini |
| 21 | BEN-HUR | 1959 | MGM | Miklos Rozsa |
| 22 | ON THE WATERFRONT | 1954 | Columbia | Leonard Bernstein |
| 23 | THE MISSION | 1986 | Warner Bros. | Ennio Morricone |
| 24 | ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 | Universal | Dave Grusin |
| 25 | HOW THE WEST WAS WON | 1962 | MGM, Cinerama Releasing | Alfred Newman |
World War II Films
The Hill
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, and with director Howard Hawks, this film is very reminiscent of Casablanca. On the small Vichy-controlled island of Martinique, a hardened seaman spends his days steering his boat and his nights at the local hotel. The French resistance stir up his life by asking for his help but he refuses. Everything changes however when he meets a mysterious young woman (Bacall). Their playful banter eventually leads them to a mutual affection. Wanting to help his new found girl get home, Harry Morgan finally does agree to help the French and in the process he shows his true colors. Cementing Bogey and Bacall as a star couple, and immortalizing a certain line about how to whistle, this film is a good one. It has everything you come to expect with Bogart and it gives you something special in Bacall.
4/5 Stars
In honor of Lauren Bacall
Key Largo (1948) – Film-Noir
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, with director John Huston, the film takes place on a sweltering day during the hurricane season. Bogart is passing through Florida to say hello to the relations of a dead war buddy. In the process he and the others at the hotel are held hostage by the mobster Johnny Rocco (Robinson). Bogart seems to back away from conflict but he is only biding his time with the villainous gangster. Through a series of events the war veteran is supposed to pilot the mobsters to Cuba, however he ultimately turns on them and brings justice. This is a fairly good film with Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, and Jay Silverheels in support. It must be mentioned that this was the final film pairing of Bogey and Bacall. Get ready to sweat it out in Key Largo.
4/5 Stars
In honor of Lauren Bacall
Dark Passage (1947) – Film-Noir
Starring Humprey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, the film opens with a man escaping San Quentin prion for supposedly killing his wife. Along the way he is helped by a sympathetic young artist, a friendly cabbie, and a plastic surgeon. He must evade the police while getting mixed up with another murder and some nosy people. Ultimately, he does find the actual killer but he has no way of proving it. He flees to South America where he is finally reunited with his love. This film is memorable for being shot from Bogart’s perspective early on. It makes good use of San Francisco scenery and some of the supporting characters are enjoyable to watch. However, the film’s ending seemed anticlimactic and abrupt without any real closure.
3.5/5 Stars
In honor of Lauren Bacall
The Big Sleep (1946) – Film-Noir
This noir, crime-drama starring Bogey and Bacall with director Howard Hawks, follows private eye Phillip Marlowe (Bogart) in Los Angeles. His difficult and ever changing case has him interrogating every one under the sun and following every lead. In typical Bogart fashion, Marlowe is a tough guy who does not shy away from danger and he has the eye of many a woman. What starts off as a normal case quickly turns deadly, setting the plot off. The constant twists and new characters complicate Marlowe’s case and get him in numerous messes. However, thanks to his grit and wit he comes out on top, falling for the girl, and overcoming his adversary. One word that sums up this film is incomprehensible. Despite the confusion with the plot, this film is very enjoyable and seems to work itself out.
4.5/5 Stars
In honor of Lauren Bacall
AFI Top 10s
AFI Quotes
| # | FILM | YEAR | STUDIO |
| 1 | Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| 2 | I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. | THE GODFATHER | 1972 |
| 3 | You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. | ON THE WATERFRONT | 1954 |
| 4 | Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. | THE WIZARD OF OZ | 1939 |
| 5 | Here’s looking at you, kid. | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 6 | Go ahead, make my day. | SUDDEN IMPACT | 1983 |
| 7 | All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up. | SUNSET BLVD. | 1950 |
| 8 | May the Force be with you. | STAR WARS | 1977 |
| 9 | Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. | ALL ABOUT EVE | 1950 |
| 10 | You talking to me? | TAXI DRIVER | 1976 |
| 11 | What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. | COOL HAND LUKE | 1967 |
| 12 | I love the smell of napalm in the morning. | APOCALYPSE NOW | 1979 |
| 13 | Love means never having to say you’re sorry. | LOVE STORY | 1970 |
| 14 | The stuff that dreams are made of. | THE MALTESE FALCON | 1941 |
| 15 | E.T. phone home. | E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL | 1982 |
| 16 | They call me Mister Tibbs! | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | 1967 |
| 17 | Rosebud. | CITIZEN KANE | 1941 |
| 18 | Made it, Ma! Top of the world! | WHITE HEAT | 1949 |
| 19 | I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore! | NETWORK | 1976 |
| 20 | Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 21 | A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. | THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS | 1991 |
| 22 | Bond. James Bond. | DR. NO | 1962 |
| 23 | There’s no place like home. | THE WIZARD OF OZ | 1939 |
| 24 | I am big! It’s the pictures that got small. | SUNSET BLVD. | 1950 |
| 25 | Show me the money! | JERRY MAGUIRE | 1996 |
| 26 | Why don’t you come up sometime and see me? | SHE DONE HIM WRONG | 1933 |
| 27 | I’m walking here! I’m walking here! | MIDNIGHT COWBOY | 1969 |
| 28 | Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’ | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 29 | You can’t handle the truth! | A FEW GOOD MEN | 1992 |
| 30 | I want to be alone. | GRAND HOTEL | 1932 |
| 31 | After all, tomorrow is another day! | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| 32 | Round up the usual suspects. | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 33 | I’ll have what she’s having. | WHEN HARRY MET SALLY | 1989 |
| 34 | You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. | TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT | 1944 |
| 35 | You’re gonna need a bigger boat. | JAWS | 1975 |
| 36 | Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges! | THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE | 1948 |
| 37 | I’ll be back. | THE TERMINATOR | 1984 |
| 38 | Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. | THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES | 1942 |
| 39 | If you build it, he will come. | FIELD OF DREAMS | 1989 |
| 40 | My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. | FORREST GUMP | 1994 |
| 41 | We rob banks. | BONNIE AND CLYDE | 1967 |
| 42 | Plastics. | THE GRADUATE | 1967 |
| 43 | We’ll always have Paris. | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 44 | I see dead people. | THE SIXTH SENSE | 1999 |
| 45 | Stella! Hey, Stella! | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 1951 |
| 46 | Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars. | NOW, VOYAGER | 1942 |
| 47 | Shane. Shane. Come back! | SHANE | 1953 |
| 48 | Well, nobody’s perfect. | SOME LIKE IT HOT | 1959 |
| 49 | It’s alive! It’s alive! | FRANKENSTEIN | 1931 |
| 50 | Houston, we have a problem. | APOLLO 13 | 1995 |
| 51 | You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk? | DIRTY HARRY | 1971 |
| 52 | You had me at “hello.” | JERRY MAGUIRE | 1996 |
| 53 | One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. | ANIMAL CRACKERS | 1930 |
| 54 | There’s no crying in baseball! | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | 1992 |
| 55 | La-dee-da, la-dee-da. | ANNIE HALL | 1977 |
| 56 | A boy’s best friend is his mother. | PSYCHO | 1960 |
| 57 | Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. | WALL STREET | 1987 |
| 58 | Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. | THE GODFATHER II | 1974 |
| 59 | As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again. | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| 60 | Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into! | SONS OF THE DESERT | 1933 |
| 61 | Say “hello” to my little friend! | SCARFACE | 1983 |
| 62 | What a dump. | BEYOND THE FOREST | 1949 |
| 63 | Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you? | THE GRADUATE | 1967 |
| 64 | Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room! | DR. STRANGELOVE | 1964 |
| 65 | Elementary, my dear Watson. | THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES | 1939 |
| 66 | Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape. | PLANET OF THE APES | 1968 |
| 67 | Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| 68 | Here’s Johnny! | THE SHINING | 1980 |
| 69 | They’re here! | POLTERGEIST | 1982 |
| 70 | Is it safe? | MARATHON MAN | 1976 |
| 71 | Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet! | THE JAZZ SINGER | 1927 |
| 72 | No wire hangers, ever! | MOMMIE DEAREST | 1981 |
| 73 | Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico? | LITTLE CAESAR | 1930 |
| 74 | Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown. | CHINATOWN | 1974 |
| 75 | I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 1951 |
| 76 | Hasta la vista, baby. | TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY | 1991 |
| 77 | Soylent Green is people! | SOYLENT GREEN | 1973 |
| 78 | Open the pod bay doors, HAL. | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY | 1968 |
| 79 | Striker: Surely you can’t be serious. Rumack: I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley. |
AIRPLANE! | 1980 |
| 80 | Yo, Adrian! | ROCKY | 1976 |
| 81 | Hello, gorgeous. | FUNNY GIRL | 1968 |
| 82 | Toga! Toga! | LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE | 1978 |
| 83 | Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. | DRACULA | 1931 |
| 84 | Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. | KING KONG | 1933 |
| 85 | My precious. | THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS | 2002 |
| 86 | Attica! Attica! | DOG DAY AFTERNOON | 1975 |
| 87 | Sawyer, you’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star! | 42ND STREET | 1933 |
| 88 | Listen to me, mister. You’re my knight in shining armor. Don’t you forget it. You’re going to get back on that horse, and I’m going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we’re gonna go, go, go! | ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 |
| 89 | Tell ’em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper. | KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN | 1940 |
| 90 | A martini. Shaken, not stirred. | GOLDFINGER | 1964 |
| 91 | Who’s on first. | THE NAUGHTY NINETIES | 1945 |
| 92 | Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac…It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! | CADDYSHACK | 1980 |
| 93 | Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! | AUNTIE MAME | 1958 |
| 94 | I feel the need – the need for speed! | TOP GUN | 1986 |
| 95 | Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. | DEAD POETS SOCIETY | 1989 |
| 96 | Snap out of it! | MOONSTRUCK | 1987 |
| 97 | My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you. | YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 1942 |
| 98 | Nobody puts Baby in a corner. | DIRTY DANCING | 1987 |
| 99 | I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! | WIZARD OF OZ, THE | 1939 |
| 100 | I’m the king of the world! | TITANIC | 1997 |