AFI 100

Each year, AFI presents another episode in its widely acclaimed series of CBS television specials — AFI’s Years…100 Movies, which launched AFI’s on-going celebration of the cinema centennial. Each special honors a different aspect of excellence in American film. This is my attempt at completing their list of the best movies. Every time I watch a movie on the list, I will write a review of that movie, and then tick it off the list.

On June, 2007, they presented a new, updated version of their AFI’s Years…100 Movies called the 10th Anniversary Edition. Because of this, some movies have dropped off my list, and others have been added. I have added, in brackets, the movie’s position on the old list, as well as (at the bottom of this page), the movies that dropped out. I will not continue to watch and review the movies that dropped out.

You can still see the old version of the list by clicking here.

Current Status

The List

1. Citizen Kane (1)
2. Godfather, The (3)
3. Casablanca (2)
4. Raging Bull (24)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (10) | Read my review
6. Gone with the Wind (4)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (5)
8. Schindler’s List (9)
9. Vertigo (61)
10. Wizard of Oz, The (6)
11. City Lights (76)
12. Searchers, The (96)
13. Star Wars (15)
14. Psycho (18)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (22)
16. Sunset Blvd. (12)
17. Graduate, The (7)
18. General, The (New)
19. On the Waterfront (8)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (11)
21. Chinatown (19)
22. Some Like It Hot (14)
23. Grapes of Wrath, The (21)
24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (25)
25. To Kill a Mockingbird (34)
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (29)
27. High Noon (33) | Read my review
28. All About Eve (16)
29. Double Indemnity (38)
30. Apocalypse Now (28)
31. Maltese Falcon, The (23)
32. Godfather: Part II, The (32)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (20)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (49)
35. Annie Hall (31)
36. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (13)
37. Best Years of Our Lives, The (37) | Read my review
38. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (30)
39. Dr. Strangelove (26)
40. Sound of Music, The (55)
41. King Kong (43) | Read my review
42. Bonnie and Clyde (27) | Read my review
43. Midnight Cowboy (36)
44. Philadelphia Story, The (51)
45. Shane (69)
46. It Happened One Night (35)
47. Streetcar Named Desire, A (45) | Read my review
48. Rear Window (42)
49. Intolerance (New)
50. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (New)
51. West Side Story (41)
52. Taxi Driver (47)
53. Deer Hunter, The (79) | Read my review
54. MASH (56)
55. North by Northwest (40)
56. Jaws (48)
57. Rocky (78)
58. Gold Rush, The (74) | Read my review
59. Nashville (New)
60. Duck Soup (85)
61. Sullivan’s Travels (New)
62. American Graffiti (77) | Read my review
63. Cabaret (New)
64. Network (66)
65. African Queen, The (17) | Read my review
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (60)
67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (New)
68. Unforgiven (98)
69. Tootsie (62)
70. Clockwork Orange, A (46)
71. Saving Private Ryan (New)
72. Shawshank Redemption, The (New)
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (50)
74. Silence of the Lambs, The (65)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967) | Read my review
76. Forrest Gump (71)
77. All the President’s Men (New)
78. Modern Times (81)
79. Wild Bunch, The (80)
80. Apartment, The (93) | Read my review
81. Spartacus (New)
82. Sunrise (New)
83. Titanic (New)
84. Easy Rider (88)
85. Night at the Opera, A (New) | Read my review
86. Platoon (83)
87. 12 Angry Men (New)
88. Bringing Up Baby (97)
89. Sixth Sense, The (New)
90. Swing Time (New)
91. Sophie’s Choice (New)
92. Goodfellas (94)
93. French Connection, The (70)
94. Pulp Fiction (95)
95. Last Picture Show, The (New)
96. Do the Right Thing (New)
97. Blade Runner (New) | Read my review
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (100)
99. Toy Story (New)
100. Ben-Hur (72)