TV Guide 50 Greatest Films
Empire’s 100 Best Films of World Cinema
1. Seven Samurai
2. Amelie
3. Battleship Potemkin
4. The Bicycle Thief
5. Pan’s Labyrinth
6. The Battle of Algiers
7. City of God
8. The Seventh Seal
9. The Wages of Fear
10. Spirited Away
11. La Dolce Vita
12. Metropolis
13. The Rules of the Game
14. Three Colors Trilogy (Blue/White/Red)
15. Let The Right One In
16. Tokyo Story
17. The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali/Aparajito/The World of Apu)
18. Oldboy
19. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien
21. Nosferatu
22. Rashomon
23. The Spirit of The Beehive
24. Come and See
25. Das Boot
26. Beauty And The Beast
27. Cinema Paradiso
28. Raise the Red Lantern
29. The 400 Blows
30. Infernal Affairs
31. Godzilla
32. La Haine
33. M
34. Waltz With Bashir
35. The Grand Illusion
36. The Decalogue
37. Rome, Open City
38. Ashes and Diamonds
39. Le Samourai
40. L’Avventura
41. My Neighbour Totoro
42. In the Mood for Love
43. Cyrano de Bergerac
44. Ikiru
45. Suspiria
46. Jules and Jim
47. Ten
48. Downfall
49. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
50. Closely Watched Trains
51. Akira
52. Touki Bouki
53. All About My Mother
54. The Celebration
55. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
56. Belle de Jour
57. Central Station
58. Persepolis
59. Heimat
60. Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources
61. Knife in the Water
62. 8 1/2
63. A Prophet
64. Wings of Desire
65. Un Chien Andalou
66. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
67. The Vanishing
68. Solaris
69. Ringu
70. Hard Boiled
71. Persona
72. Ten Canoes
73. Cache
74. Devdas
75. Breathless
76. The Idiots
77. House of Flying Daggers
78. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
79. Band of Outsiders
80. Mother India
81. The Host
82. Battle Royale
83. Xala
84. Orpheus
85. The Conformist
86. Run Lola Run
87. Andrei Rublev
88. Leningrad Cowboys Go America
89. Loves of a Blonde
90. Rififi
91. Good Bye, Lenin!
92. Ghost in the Shell
93. The Fourth Man
94. Yeelen/Brightness
95. Way Of The Dragon
96. Delicatessen
97. Farewell My Concubine
98. Ran
99. Iron Monkey
100. Night Watch
Village Voice Top 100
2. The Rules Of The Game (1939)
3. Vertigo (1958)
4. The Searchers (1956)
5. The Man With A Movie Camera (1929)
6. Sunrise (1927)
7. L’ Atalante (1934)
8. The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
9. Balthazar (1966)
10. Rashomon (1950)
11. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
12. The Godfather (1972)
13. Song Of The Little Road (1955)
14. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
15. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
16. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
17. The Word (1955)
18. Intolerance (1916)
19. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
20. Psycho (1960)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. M (1931)
23. The Seven Samurai (1954)
24. Madame de… (1953)
25. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
26. A Man Escaped (1956)
27. Broken Blossoms (1919)
28. Greed (1924)
29. Ugetsu (1953)
30. The Third Man (1949)
31. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
32. The General (1926)
33. The Seventh Seal (1957)
34. Taxi Driver (1967)
35. The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
36. Tokyo Story (1953)
37. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
38. City Lights (1931)
39. King Kong (1933)
40. Metropolis (1926)
41. My Life To Live (1962)
42. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
43. Aguirre: The Wrath Of God (1972)
44. Duck Soup (1933)
45. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
46. Barry Lyndon (1975)
47. The 400 Blows (1959)
48. Steamboat Bill, Jr (1928)
49. Contempt (1963)
50. The Gold Rush (1925)
51. North By Northwest (1959)
52. Hold Me While I’m Naked (1966)
53. The Rise of Louis XIV (1966)
54. The Apu Trilogy (1955-59)
55. Touch Of Evil (1958)
56. A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
57. The Lady Eve (1941)
58. The Conformist (1970)
59. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
60. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
61. Pickpocket (1959)
62. An Actor’s Revenge (1963)
63. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
64. Close-Up (1990)
65. The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1965)
66. The Pier (1961)
67. Modern Times (1936)
68. October (1927)
69. The Forgotten Ones (1950)
70. Paisan (1946)
71. Performance (1970)
72. Shoah (1985)
73. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
74. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1966)
75. Umberto D (1952)
76. The Vampires (1915)
77. All About Eve (1950)
78. All That Heaven Allows (1956)
79. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
80. Notorious (1946)
81. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
82. Fox And His Friends (1975)
83. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
84. A Trip To The Moon (1902)
85. Wavelength (1967)
86. Ashes And Diamonds (1958)
87. Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
88. The Golden Coach (1952)
89. Salo (1975)
90. Celine And Julie Go Boating (1974)
91. Masculine-Feminine (1966)
92. Nosferatu (1922)
93. Star Wars (1977)
94. Blade Runner (1982)
95. Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
96. Jules And Jim (1961)
97. Landscape In The Mist (1968)
98. Mean Streets (1973)
99. Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
100. Suspiria (1977)
100 Greatest Films by TIME Magazine
The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Baby Face (1933)
Bande à part (1964)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Brazil (1985)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Camille (1936)
Charade (1963)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chinatown (1974) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
Chungking Express (1994)
Citizen Kane (1941) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
City of God (2002)
The Crowd (1928)
Day for Night (1973)
The Decalogue (1989) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
Detour (1945)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Drunken Master II (1994)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
8 1/2 (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
GoodFellas (1990)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Ikiru (1952) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
In A Lonely Place (1950)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
It’s A Gift (1934)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Kandahar (2001)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
King Kong (1933)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Last Command (1928)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Léolo (1992)
The Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
The Man With a Camera (1929)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Metropolis (1927) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Nayakan (1987)
Notorious (1946)
Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Out of the Past (1947)
Persona (1966) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
Pinocchio (1940)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Pyaasa (1957)
Raging Bull (1980)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Sunrise (1927)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Swing Time (1936)
Talk to Her (2002) – BEST FILM OF ITS DECADE
Taxi Driver (1976)
Tokyo Story (1953)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
Ugetsu (1953)
Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)
Umberto D (1952)
Unforgiven (1992)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Yojimbo (1961)
WGA 101 Best Screenplays
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CASABLANCA
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THE GODFATHER
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CHINATOWN
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CITIZEN KANE
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ALL ABOUT EVE
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ANNIE HALL
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SUNSET BLVD.
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NETWORK
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SOME LIKE IT HOT
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THE GODFATHER II
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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
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DR. STRANGELOVE
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THE GRADUATE
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
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THE APARTMENT
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PULP FICTION
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TOOTSIE
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ON THE WATERFRONT
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
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NORTH BY NORTHWEST
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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
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GONE WITH THE WIND
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
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THE WIZARD OF OZ
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DOUBLE INDEMNITY
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27.
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GROUNDHOG DAY
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28.
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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
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SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS
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UNFORGIVEN
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HIS GIRL FRIDAY
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FARGO
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THE THIRD MAN
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THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY
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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
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AMERICAN BEAUTY
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THE STING
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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
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GOODFELLAS
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
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TAXI DRIVER
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THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
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THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
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THE MALTESE FALCON
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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
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SCHINDLER’S LIST
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50.
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THE SIXTH SENSE
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51.
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BROADCAST NEWS
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52.
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THE LADY EVE
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53.
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ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
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54.
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MANHATTAN
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55.
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APOCALYPSE NOW
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56.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
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58.
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ORDINARY PEOPLE
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IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
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60.
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L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
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61.
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
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62.
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MOONSTRUCK
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63.
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JAWS
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64.
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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
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66.
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JERRY MAGUIRE
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E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
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STAR WARS
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON
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THE AFRICAN QUEEN
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THE LION IN WINTER
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THELMA & LOUISE
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AMADEUS
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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
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HIGH NOON
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RAGING BULL
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ADAPTATION
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ROCKY
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THE PRODUCERS
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WITNESS
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BEING THERE
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COOL HAND LUKE
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REAR WINDOW
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE
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LA GRANDE ILLUSION
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HAROLD & MAUDE
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8 1/2
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FIELD OF DREAMS
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FORREST GUMP
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SIDEWAYS
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THE VERDICT
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PSYCHO
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DO THE RIGHT THING
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PATTON
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HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
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THE HUSTLER
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THE SEARCHERS
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THE GRAPES OF WRATH
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THE WILD BUNCH
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MEMENTO
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NOTORIOUS
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AFI Musicals
| # | 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 |
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
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