To Have and Have Not (1944)

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

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

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

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

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

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

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

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

Posted on August 11, 2014 by 4 Star Films

ANIMATION

1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

2 PINOCCHIO (1940)

3 BAMBI (1942)

4 LION KING, THE (1994)

5 FANTASIA (1942)

6 TOY STORY (1995)

7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

8 SHREK (2001)

9 CINDERELLA (1950)

10 FINDING NEMO (2003)

FANTASY

1 WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)

2 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

3 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1947)

4 KING KONG (1933)

5 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)

6 FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)

7 HARVEY (1950)

8 GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

9 THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE (1924)

10 BIG (1988)

GANGSTER

1 GODFATHER, THE (1972)

2 GOODFELLAS (1990)

3 GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)

4 WHITE HEAT (1949)

5 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

6 SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION (1932)

7 PULP FICTION (1994)

8 PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (1931)

9 LITTLE CAESAR (1931)

10 SCARFACE (1983)

SCIENCE FICTION

1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

2 STAR WARS: EPISODE IV- A NEW HOPE (1977)

3 E.T. – THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982)

4 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)

5 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)

6 BLADE RUNNER (1982)

7 ALIEN (1979)

8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)

9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

10 BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

WESTERN

1 SEARCHERS, THE (1956)

2 HIGH NOON (1952)

3 SHANE (1953)

4 UNFORGIVEN (1992)

5 RED RIVER (1948)

6 WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)

7 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

8 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971)

9 STAGECOACH (1939)

10 CAT BALLOU (1965)

SPORTS

1 RAGING BULL (1980)

2 ROCKY (1977)

3 PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (1943)

4 HOOSIERS (1986)

5 BULL DURHAM (1988)

6 HUSTLER, THE (1961)

7 CADDYSHACK (1980)

8 BREAKING AWAY (1979)

9 NATIONAL VELVET (1945)

10 JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)

MYSTERY

1 VERTIGO (1958)

2 CHINATOWN (1974)

3 REAR WINDOW (1954)

4 LAURA (1944)

5 THIRD MAN, THE (1950)

6 MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)

7 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

8 BLUE VELVET (1986)

9 DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

10 USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

1 CITY LIGHTS (1931)

2 ANNIE HALL (1977)

3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

4 ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)

5 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1941)

6 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (1989)

7 ADAM’S RIB (1949)

8 MOONSTRUCK (1987)

9 HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)

10 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)

COURTROOM DRAMA

1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963)

2 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

3 KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

4 VERDICT, THE (1982)

5 FEW GOOD MEN, A (1992)

6 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)

7 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)

8 IN COLD BLOOD (1967)

9 CRY IN THE DARK, A (1988)

10 JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)

EPIC

1 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

2 BEN-HUR (1959)

3 SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

4 GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5 SPARTACUS (1960)

6 TITANIC (1997)

7 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

8 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

9 REDS (1981)

10 TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1956)

AFI Quotes

Posted on August 11, 2014 by 4 Star Films

#	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

AFI Songs

Posted on August 11, 2014 by 4 Star Films

#	SONG	MOVIE	YEAR
1	Over the Rainbow PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg	WIZARD OF OZ, THE	1939
2	As Time Goes By PERFORMER Dooley Wilson MUSIC/LYRICS Herman Hupfeld	CASABLANCA	1942
3	Singin’ in the Rain PERFORMER Gene Kelly MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN	1952
4	Moon River PERFORMER Audrey Hepburn MUSIC/LYRICS Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer	BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S	1961
5	White Christmas PERFORMER Bing Crosby MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin	HOLIDAY INN	1942
6	Mrs. Robinson PERFORMERS Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel MUSIC/LYRICS Paul Simon	GRADUATE, THE	1967
7	When You Wish Upon A Star PERFORMER Cliff Edwards MUSIC/LYRICS Leigh Harline/Ned Washington	PINOCCHIO	1940
8	Way We Were, The PERFORMER Barbra Streisand MUSIC/LYRICS Marvin Hamlisch/Alan and Marilyn Bergman	THE WAY WE WERE	1973
9	Stayin’ Alive PERFORMER The Bee Gees MUSIC/LYRICS Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb	SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER	1977
10	Sound of Music, The PERFORMER Julie Andrews MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II	SOUND OF MUSIC, THE	1965
11	Man That Got Away, The PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin	STAR IS BORN, A	1954
12	Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend PERFORMER Marilyn Monroe MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/Leo Robin	GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES	1953
13	People PERFORMER Barbra Streisand MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/Bob Merrill	FUNNY GIRL	1968
14	My Heart Will Go On PERFORMER Céline Dion MUSIC/LYRICS James Horner/Will Jennings	TITANIC	1997
15	Cheek to Cheek PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin	TOP HAT	1935
16	Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born) PERFORMER Barbra Streisand MUSIC/LYRICS Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams	STAR IS BORN, A	1976
17	I Could Have Danced All Night PERFORMER Audrey Hepburn (voiced by Marni Nixon) MUSIC/LYRICS Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner	MY FAIR LADY	1964
18	Cabaret PERFORMER Liza Minnelli MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb	CABARET	1972
19	Some Day My Prince Will Come PERFORMER Adriana Caselotti MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Churchill/Larry Morey	SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS	1937
20	Somewhere PERFORMERS Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant) MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim	WEST SIDE STORY	1961
21	Jailhouse Rock PERFORMER Elvis Presley MUSIC/LYRICS Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	JAILHOUSE ROCK	1957
22	Everybody’s Talkin’ PERFORMER Harry Nilsson MUSIC/LYRICS Fred Neil	MIDNIGHT COWBOY	1969
23	Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head PERFORMER B. J. Thomas MUSIC/LYRICS Burt Bacharach/Hal David	BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID	1969
24	Ol’ Man River PERFORMER Paul Robeson MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II	SHOW BOAT	1936
25	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin) PERFORMER Tex Ritter MUSIC/LYRICS Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington	HIGH NOON	1952
26	Trolley Song, The PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS	1944
27	Unchained Melody PERFORMER The Righteous Brothers MUSIC/LYRICS Alex North, Hy Zaret	GHOST	1990
28	Some Enchanted Evening PERFORMER Rossano Brazzi (voiced by Giorgio Tozzi) MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II	SOUTH PACIFIC	1958
29	Born To Be Wild PERFORMER Steppenwolf MUSIC/LYRICS Mars Bonfire	EASY RIDER	1969
30	Stormy Weather PERFORMER Lena Horne MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	STORMY WEATHER	1943
31	Theme from New York, New York PERFORMER Liza Minnelli MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb	NEW YORK, NEW YORK	1977
32	I Got Rhythm PERFORMER Gene Kelly MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin	AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN	1951
33	Aquarius PERFORMERS Ren Woods, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Galt MacDermot/Gerome Ragni, James Rado	HAIR	1979
34	Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin	SHALL WE DANCE	1937
35	America PERFORMERS Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim	WEST SIDE STORY	1961
36	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious PERFORMERS Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman	MARY POPPINS	1964
37	Swinging on a Star PERFORMER Bing Crosby MUSIC/LYRICS James Van Heusen/Johnny Burke	GOING MY WAY	1944
38	Theme from Shaft PERFORMERS Isaac Hayes, Chorus MUSIC/LYRICS Isaac Hayes	SHAFT	1971
39	Days of Wine and Roses PERFORMER Chorus MUSIC/LYRICS Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer	DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES	1962
40	Fight the Power PERFORMER Public Enemy MUSIC/LYRICS Carlton Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee	DO THE RIGHT THING	1989
41	New York, New York PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden, Adolph Green	ON THE TOWN	1949
42	Luck Be A Lady PERFORMERS Marlon Brando, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Loesser	GUYS AND DOLLS	1955
43	Way You Look Tonight, The PERFORMER Fred Astaire MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields	SWING TIME	1936
44	Wind Beneath My Wings PERFORMER Bette Midler MUSIC/LYRICS Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar	BEACHES	1988
45	That’s Entertainment PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant MUSIC/LYRICS Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz	BAND WAGON, THE	1953
46	Don’t Rain On My Parade PERFORMER Barbra Streisand MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/ Bob Merrill	FUNNY GIRL	1968
47	Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah PERFORMER James Baskett MUSIC/LYRICS Allie Wrubel/Ray Gilbert	SONG OF THE SOUTH	1947
48	Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) PERFORMER Doris Day MUSIC/LYRICS Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE	1956
49	Make ‘Em Laugh PERFORMER Donald OÕConnor MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN	1952
50	Rock Around the Clock PERFORMERS Bill Haley and the Comets MUSIC/LYRICS Bill Haley and the Comets	BLACKBOARD JUNGLE	1955
51	Fame PERFORMER Irene Cara MUSIC/LYRICS Michael Gore/Dean Pitchford	FAME	1980
52	Summertime PERFORMER Diahann Carroll (voiced by Loulie Jean Norman) MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward	PORGY AND BESS	1959
53	Goldfinger PERFORMER Shirley Bassey MUSIC/LYRICS John Barry/Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	GOLDFINGER	1964
54	Shall We Dance PERFORMERS Deborah Kerr (voiced by Marni Nixon), Yul Brynner MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II	KING AND I, THE	1956
55	Flashdance…What a Feeling PERFORMER Irene Cara MUSIC/LYRICS Giorgio Moroder/Keith Forsey, Irene Cara	FLASHDANCE	1983
56	Thank Heaven for Little Girls PERFORMER Maurice Chevalier MUSIC/LYRICS Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner	GIGI	1958
57	Windmills of Your Mind, The PERFORMER Noel Harrison MUSIC/LYRICS Michel Legrand/Alan and Marilyn Bergman	THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE	1968
58	Gonna Fly Now PERFORMERS DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford MUSIC/LYRICS Bill Conti/Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins	ROCKY	1976
59	Tonight PERFORMERS Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant) MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim	WEST SIDE STORY	1961
60	It Had to Be You PERFORMERS Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Jr. MUSIC/LYRICS Isham Jones/Gus Kahn	WHEN HARRY MET SALLY	1989
61	Get Happy PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler	SUMMER STOCK	1950
62	Beauty and the Beast PERFORMER Angela Lansbury MUSIC/LYRICS Alan Menken/Howard Ashman	BEAUTY AND THE BEAST	1991
63	Thanks for the Memory PERFORMERS Bob Hope, Shirley Ross MUSIC/LYRICS Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin	BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, THE	1938
64	My Favorite Things PERFORMER Julie Andrews MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II	SOUND OF MUSIC, THE	1965
65	I Will Always Love You PERFORMER Whitney Houston MUSIC/LYRICS Dolly Parton	BODYGUARD, THE	1992
66	Suicide is Painless PERFORMER Johnny Mandel MUSIC/LYRICS Johnny Mandel/Mike Altman	MAS*H	1970
67	Nobody Does it Better PERFORMER Carly Simon MUSIC/LYRICS Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager	SPY WHO LOVED ME, THE	1977
68	Streets of Philadelphia PERFORMER Bruce Springsteen MUSIC/LYRICS Bruce Springsteen	PHILADELPHIA	1993
69	On the Good Ship Lollipop PERFORMER Shirley Temple MUSIC/LYRICS Richard A. Whiting/Sidney Clare	BRIGHT EYES	1934
70	Summer Nights PERFORMERS John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey	GREASE	1978
71	Yankee Doodle Boy, The PERFORMER James Cagney MUSIC/LYRICS George M. Cohan	YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942
72	Good Morning PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald OÕConnor MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN	1952
73	Isn’t it Romantic? PERFORMERS Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart	LOVE ME TONIGHT	1932
74	Rainbow Connection PERFORMER Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson) MUSIC/LYRICS Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher	MUPPET MOVIE, THE	1979
75	Up Where We Belong PERFORMERS Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes MUSIC/LYRICS Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie/Will Jennings	OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN	1982
76	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS	1944
77	Shadow of Your Smile, The PERFORMER Chorus MUSIC/LYRICS Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster	SANDPIPER, THE	1965
78	9 To 5 PERFORMER Dolly Parton MUSIC/LYRICS Dolly Parton	9 TO 5	1980
79	Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) PERFORMER Christopher Cross MUSIC/LYRICS Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen	ARTHUR	1981
80	Springtime for Hitler PERFORMER Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Mel Brooks	PRODUCERS, THE	1968
81	I’m Easy PERFORMER Keith Carradine MUSIC/LYRICS Keith Carradine	NASHVILLE	1975
82	Ding Dong the Witch is Dead PERFORMER Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg	WIZARD OF OZ, THE	1939
83	Rose, The PERFORMER Bette Midler MUSIC/LYRICS Amanda McBroom	ROSE, THE	1979
84	Put the Blame on Mame PERFORMER Rita Hayworth (voiced by Anita Ellis) MUSIC/LYRICS Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts	GILDA	1946
85	Come What May PERFORMERS Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor MUSIC/LYRICS David Baerwald	MOULIN ROUGE!	2001
86	(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life PERFORMERS Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz/Frank Previte	DIRTY DANCING	1987
87	Buttons and Bows PERFORMER Bob Hope MUSIC/LYRICS Jay Livingston/Ray Evans	PALEFACE, THE	1948
88	Do Re Mi PERFORMERS Julie Andrews, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II	SOUND OF MUSIC, THE	1965
89	Puttin’ on the Ritz PERFORMERS Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin	YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN	1974
90	Seems Like Old Times PERFORMER Diane Keaton MUSIC/LYRICS Carmen Lombardo/John Jacob Loeb	ANNIE HALL	1977
91	Let the River Run PERFORMER Carly Simon MUSIC/LYRICS Carly Simon	WORKING GIRL	1988
92	Long Ago and Far Away PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth (voiced by Martha Mears) MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin	COVER GIRL	1944
93	Lose Yourself PERFORMER Eminem MUSIC/LYRICS Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto/Eminem	8 MILE	2002
94	Ain’t Too Proud to Beg PERFORMER The Temptations MUSIC/LYRICS Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield	BIG CHILL, THE	1983
95	(We’re Off on the) Road to Morocco PERFORMERS Bing Crosby, Bob Hope MUSIC/LYRICS Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke	ROAD TO MOROCCO	1942
96	Footloose PERFORMER Kenny Loggins MUSIC/LYRICS Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford	FOOTLOOSE	1984
97	42nd Street PERFORMERS Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ensemble MUSIC/LYRICS Harry Warren/Al Dubin	42nd STREET	1933
98	All That Jazz PERFORMERS Catherine Zeta-Jones, RenŽe Zellweger MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb	CHICAGO	2002
99	Hakuna Matata PERFORMERS Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams MUSIC/LYRICS Elton John/Tim Rice	LION KING, THE	1994
100	Old Time Rock and Roll PERFORMERS Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lip-synched by Tom Cruise) MUSIC/LYRICS George Jackson, Tom Jones III	RISKY BUSINESS	1983

AFI Heroes and Villains

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#	HEROES	VILLAINS
1	Atticus Finch (in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD)	Dr. Hannibal Lecter (in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)
2	Indiana Jones (in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)	Norman Bates (in PSYCHO)
3	James Bond (in DR. NO)	Darth Vader (in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)
4	Rick Blaine (in CASABLANCA)	The Wicked Witch of the West (in THE WIZARD OF OZ)
5	Will Kane (in HIGH NOON)	Nurse Ratched (in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST)
6	Clarice Starling (in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)	Mr. Potter (in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE)
7	Rocky Balboa (in ROCKY)	Alex Forrest (in FATAL ATTRACTION)
8	Ellen Ripley (in ALIENS)	Phyllis Dietrichson (in DOUBLE INDEMNITY)
9	George Bailey (in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE)	Regan MacNeil (in THE EXORCIST)
10	T. E. Lawrence (in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA)	The Queen (in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS)
11	Jefferson Smith (in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON)	Michael Corleone (in THE GODFATHER: PART II)
12	Tom Joad (in THE GRAPES OF WRATH)	Alex De Large (in CLOCKWORK ORANGE)
13	Oskar Schindler (in SCHINDLER’S LIST)	HAL 9000 (in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)
14	Han Solo (in STAR WARS)	The Alien (in ALIEN)
15	Norma Rae Webster (in NORMA RAE)	Amon Goeth (in SCHINDLER’S LIST)
16	Shane (in SHANE)	Noah Cross (in CHINATOWN)
17	Harry Callahan (in DIRTY HARRY)	Annie Wilkes (in MISERY)
18	Robin Hood (in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD)	The Shark (in JAWS)
19	Virgil Tibbs (in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT)	Captain Bligh (in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY)
20	Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)	Man (in BAMBI)
21	Mahatma Gandhi (in GANDHI)	Mrs. John Iselin (in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE)
22	Spartacus (in SPARTACUS)	Terminator (in THE TERMINATOR)
23	Terry Malloy (in ON THE WATERFRONT)	Eve Harrington (in ALL ABOUT EVE)
24	Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer (in THELMA & LOUISE)	Gordon Gekko (in WALL STREET)
25	Lou Gehrig (in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES)	Jack Torrance (in THE SHINING)
26	Superman (in SUPERMAN)	Cody Jarrett (in WHITE HEAT)
27	Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (in ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN)	Martians (in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS)
28	Juror #8 (in 12 ANGRY MEN)	Max Cady (in CAPE FEAR)
29	General George Patton (in PATTON)	Reverend Harry Powell (in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER)
30	Luke Jackson (in COOL HAND LUKE)	Travis Bickle (in TAXI DRIVER)
31	Erin Brockovich (in ERIN BROCKOVICH)	Mrs. Danvers (in REBECCA)
32	Philip Marlowe (in THE BIG SLEEP)	Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker (in BONNIE AND CLYDE)
33	Marge Gunderson (in FARGO)	Count Dracula (in DRACULA)
34	Tarzan (in TARZAN THE APE MAN)	Dr. Szell (in MARATHON MAN)
35	Alvin York (in SERGEANT YORK)	J.J. Hunsecker (in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS)
36	Rooster Cogburn (in TRUE GRIT)	Frank Booth (in BLUE VELVET)
37	Obi-Wan Kenobi (in STAR WARS)	Harry Lime (in THE THIRD MAN)
38	The Tramp (in CITY LIGHTS)	Caesar Enrico Bandello (in LITTLE CAESAR)
39	Lassie (in LASSIE COME HOME)	Cruella De Vil (in ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS)
40	Frank Serpico (in SERPICO)	Freddy Krueger (in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET)
41	Arthur Chipping (in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS)	Joan Crawford (in MOMMIE DEAREST)
42	Father Edward (in BOYS TOWN)	Tom Powers (in THE PUBLIC ENEMY)
43	Moses (in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS)	Regina Giddens (in THE LITTLE FOXES)
44	Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (in THE FRENCH CONNECTION)	Baby Jane Hudson (in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE)
45	Zorro (in THE MARK OF ZORRO)	The Joker (in BATMAN)
46	Batman (in BATMAN)	Hans Gruber (in DIE HARD)
47	Karen Silkwood (in SILKWOOD)	Tony Camonte (in SCARFACE)
48	Terminator (in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY)	Verbal Kint (in THE USUAL SUSPECTS)
49	Andrew Beckett (in PHILADELPHIA)	Auric Goldfinger (in GOLDFINGER)
50	General Maximus Decimus Meridus (in GLADIATOR)	Alonzo Harris (in TRAINING DAY)

AFI Passions

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#	MOVIE	YEAR
1	CASABLANCA	1942
2	GONE WITH THE WIND	1939
3	WEST SIDE STORY	1961
4	ROMAN HOLIDAY	1953
5	AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	1957
6	THE WAY WE WERE	1973
7	DOCTOR ZHIVAGO	1965
8	IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE	1946
9	LOVE STORY	1970
10	CITY LIGHTS	1931
11	ANNIE HALL	1977
12	MY FAIR LADY	1964
13	OUT OF AFRICA	1985
14	THE AFRICAN QUEEN	1951
15	WUTHERING HEIGHTS	1939
16	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN	1952
17	MOONSTRUCK	1987
18	VERTIGO	1958
19	GHOST	1990
20	FROM HERE TO ETERNITY	1953
21	PRETTY WOMAN	1990
22	ON GOLDEN POND	1981
23	NOW, VOYAGER	1942
24	KING KONG	1933
25	WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…	1989
26	THE LADY EVE	1941
27	THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1965
28	THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER	1940
29	AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN	1982
30	SWING TIME	1936
31	THE KING AND I	1956
32	DARK VICTORY	1939
33	CAMILLE	1937
34	BEAUTY AND THE BEAST	1991
35	GIGI	1958
36	RANDOM HARVEST	1942
37	TITANIC	1997
38	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934
39	AN AMERICAN IN PARIS	1951
40	NINOTCHKA	1939
41	FUNNY GIRL	1968
42	ANNA KARENINA	1935
43	A STAR IS BORN	1954
44	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940
45	SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE	1993
46	TO CATCH A THIEF	1955
47	SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS	1961
48	LAST TANGO IN PARIS	1972
49	THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE	1946
50	SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE	1998
51	BRINGING UP BABY	1938
52	THE GRADUATE	1967
53	A PLACE IN THE SUN	1951
54	SABRINA	1954
55	REDS	1981
56	THE ENGLISH PATIENT	1996
57	TWO FOR THE ROAD	1967
58	GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER	1967
59	PICNIC	1955
60	TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT	1944
61	BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S	1961
62	THE APARTMENT	1960
63	SUNRISE	1927
64	MARTY	1955
65	BONNIE AND CLYDE	1967
66	MANHATTAN	1979
67	A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	1951
68	WHAT’S UP, DOC?	1972
69	HAROLD AND MAUDE	1971
70	SENSE AND SENSIBILITY	1995
71	WAY DOWN EAST	1920
72	ROXANNE	1987
73	THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR	1947
74	WOMAN OF THE YEAR	1942
75	THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT	1995
76	THE QUIET MAN	1952
77	THE AWFUL TRUTH	1937
78	COMING HOME	1978
79	JEZEBEL	1939
80	THE SHEIK	1921
81	THE GOODBYE GIRL	1977
82	WITNESS	1985
83	MOROCCO	1930
84	DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944
85	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING	1955
86	NOTORIOUS	1946
87	THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING	1988
88	THE PRINCESS BRIDE	1987
89	WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?	1966
90	THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY	1995
91	WORKING GIRL	1988
92	PORGY AND BESS	1959
93	DIRTY DANCING	1987
94	BODY HEAT	1981
95	LADY AND THE TRAMP	1955
96	BAREFOOT IN THE PARK	1967
97	GREASE	1978
98	THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME	1939
99	PILLOW TALK	1959
100	JERRY MAGUIRE	1996

AFI Laughs

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#	MOVIE	YEAR
1	SOME LIKE IT HOT	1959
2	TOOTSIE	1982
3	DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB	1964
4	ANNIE HALL	1977
5	DUCK SOUP	1933
6	BLAZING SADDLES	1974
7	*MASH**	1970
8	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934
9	THE GRADUATE	1967
10	AIRPLANE!	1980
11	THE PRODUCERS	1968
12	A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1935
13	YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN	1974
14	BRINGING UP BABY	1938
15	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940
16	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN	1952
17	THE ODD COUPLE	1968
18	THE GENERAL	1927
19	HIS GIRL FRIDAY	1940
20	THE APARTMENT	1960
21	A FISH CALLED WANDA	1988
22	ADAM’S RIB	1949
23	WHEN HARRY MET SALLY	1989
24	BORN YESTERDAY	1950
25	THE GOLD RUSH	1925
26	BEING THERE	1979
27	THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY	1998
28	GHOSTBUSTERS	1984
29	THIS IS SPINAL TAP	1984
30	ARSENIC AND OLD LACE	1944
31	RAISING ARIZONA	1987
32	THE THIN MAN	1934
33	MODERN TIMES	1936
34	GROUNDHOG DAY	1993
35	HARVEY	1950
36	NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE	1978
37	THE GREAT DICTATOR	1940
38	CITY LIGHTS	1931
39	SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS	1941
40	IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD	1963
41	MOONSTRUCK	1987
42	BIG	1988
43	AMERICAN GRAFFITI	1973
44	MY MAN GODFREY	1936
45	HAROLD AND MAUDE	1972
46	MANHATTAN	1979
47	SHAMPOO	1975
48	A SHOT IN THE DARK	1964
49	TO BE OR NOT TO BE	1942
50	CAT BALLOU	1965
51	THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH	1955
52	NINOTCHKA	1939
53	ARTHUR	1981
54	THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK	1944
55	THE LADY EVE	1941
56	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN	1948
57	DINER	1982
58	IT’S A GIFT	1934
59	A DAY AT THE RACES	1937
60	TOPPER	1937
61	WHAT’S UP, DOC?	1972
62	SHERLOCK, JR.	1924
63	BEVERLY HILLS COP	1984
64	BROADCAST NEWS	1987
65	HORSE FEATHERS	1932
66	TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN	1969
67	MRS. DOUBTFIRE	1993
68	THE AWFUL TRUTH	1937
69	BANANAS	1971
70	MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN	1936
71	CADDYSHACK	1980
72	MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE	1948
73	MONKEY BUSINESS	1931
74	9 TO 5	1980
75	SHE DONE HIM WRONG	1933
76	VICTOR/VICTORIA	1982
77	THE PALM BEACH STORY	1942
78	ROAD TO MOROCCO	1942
79	THE FRESHMAN	1925
80	SLEEPER	1973
81	THE NAVIGATOR	1924
82	PRIVATE BENJAMIN	1980
83	FATHER OF THE BRIDE	1950
84	LOST IN AMERICA	1985
85	DINNER AT EIGHT	1933
86	CITY SLICKERS	1991
87	FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH	1982
88	BEETLEJUICE	1988
89	THE JERK	1979
90	WOMAN OF THE YEAR	1942
91	THE HEARTBREAK KID	1972
92	BALL OF FIRE	1941
93	FARGO	1996
94	AUNTIE MAME	1958
95	SILVER STREAK	1976
96	SONS OF THE DESERT	1933
97	BULL DURHAM	1988
98	THE COURT JESTER	1956
99	THE NUTTY PROFESSOR	1963
100	GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM	1987