Shoot the Glass

Each year, AFI presents another episode in its widely acclaimed series of CBS television specials — AFI’s 100 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 20 June, 2007, they presented a new, updated version of their AFI’s 100 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 my lists by clicking here.

Current Count: 85/100

• 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)

Dropped Out

• On the Waterfront (8)
• Doctor Zhivago (39)
• Birth of a Nation, The (44) | Read my review
• From Here to Eternity (52)
• Amadeus (53) | Read my review
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | Read my review
• Third Man, The (57)
• Fantasia (58)
• Rebel Without a Cause (59)
• Stagecoach (63)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (64)
• Manchurian Candidate, The (67)
• An American in Paris (68)
• Wuthering Heights (73)
• Dances with Wolves (75)
• American Graffiti (77) | Read my review
• Giant (82)
• Fargo (84)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (86)
• Frankenstein (87) | Read my review
• Patton (89)
• Jazz Singer, The (90)
• My Fair Lady (91)
• Place in the Sun, A (92)
• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (99)