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Encyclopedia > AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
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Announced on January 18, 2007, this 10th installment of the American Film Institute's (AFI) Emmy Award-winning AFI 100 Years... series counted down the 100 greatest American movies of all time in a three-hour television event. Aired June 20, 2007 on CBS, it was hosted by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman. The program considered classic favorites and newly eligible films released from 1996 to 2006. AFI will undertake broadcasting a program like this every 10 years to mark changing cultural perspectives. is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... An Emmy Award. ... The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in United Statesian cinema. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ...


AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movies to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.

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Criteria

AFI asks jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process:

  • Feature-length: Narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length.
  • American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  • Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print, television, and digital media.
  • Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups, critics, guilds and major film festivals.
  • Popularity Over Time: This includes success at the box office, television and cable airings, and DVD/VHS sales and rentals.
  • Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative devices, technical innovation or other groundbreaking achievements.
  • Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.

The List

# Original 1998 List Change 10th Anniversary 2007 List
1. 300 (2007) 300 (2007)
2. Casablanca (1942) 1 1 The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather (1972) 1 1 Casablanca (1942)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939) 2 20 Raging Bull (1980)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 2 5 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 4 2 Gone with the Wind (1939)
7. The Graduate (1967) 10 2 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. On the Waterfront (1954) 11 1 Schindler's List (1993)
9. Schindler's List (1993) 1 52 Vertigo (1958)
10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 5 4 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 9 65 City Lights (1931)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 4 84 The Searchers (1956)
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 23 2 Star Wars (1977)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959) 8 4 Psycho (1960)
15. Star Wars (1977) 2 7 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. All About Eve (1950) 12 4 Sunset Boulevard (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951) 48 10 The Graduate (1967)
18. Psycho (1960) 4 NEW The General (1927)
19. Chinatown (1974) 2 11 On the Waterfront (1954)
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 13 9 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 2 2 Chinatown (1974)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7 8 Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8 2 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
24. Raging Bull (1980) 20 1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 1 9 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 13 3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 15 6 High Noon (1952)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979) 2 12 All About Eve (1950)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 3 9 Double Indemnity (1944)
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8 2 Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. Annie Hall (1977) 4 8 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974) The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. High Noon (1952) 6 13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 9 15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. It Happened One Night (1934) 11 4 Annie Hall (1977)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7 23 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. Double Indemnity (1944) 9 8 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) OFF 13 Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. North by Northwest (1959) 15 15 The Sound of Music (1965)
41. West Side Story (1961) 10 2 King Kong (1933)
42. Rear Window (1954) 6 15 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
43. King Kong (1933) 2 7 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915) OFF 7 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 2 24 Shane (1953)
46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 24 11 It Happened One Night (1934)
47. Taxi Driver (1976) 5 2 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Jaws (1975) 8 6 Rear Window (1954)
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 15 NEW Intolerance (1916)
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 23 NEW The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
51. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7 10 West Side Story (1961)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953) OFF 5 Taxi Driver (1976)
53. Amadeus (1984) OFF 26 The Deer Hunter (1978)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) OFF 2 M*A*S*H (1970)
55. The Sound of Music (1965) 15 15 North by Northwest (1959)
56. M*A*S*H (1970) 2 8 Jaws (1975)
57. The Third Man (1949) OFF 21 Rocky (1976)
58. Fantasia (1940) OFF 16 The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) OFF NEW Nashville (1975)
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 6 25 Duck Soup (1933)
61. Vertigo (1958) 52 NEW Sullivan's Travels (1941)
62. Tootsie (1982) 7 15 American Graffiti (1973)
63. Stagecoach (1939) OFF NEW Cabaret (1972)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) OFF 2 Network (1976)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 9 48 The African Queen (1951)
66. Network (1976) 2 6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) OFF NEW Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. An American in Paris (1951) OFF 30 Unforgiven (1992)
69. Shane (1953) 24 7 Tootsie (1982)
70. The French Connection (1971) 23 24 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Forrest Gump (1994) 5 NEW Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. Ben-Hur (1959) 28 NEW The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939) OFF 23 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Gold Rush (1925) 16 9 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
75. Dances with Wolves (1990) OFF NEW In the Heat of the Night (1967)
76. City Lights (1931) 65 5 Forrest Gump (1994)
77. American Graffiti (1973) 15 NEW All the President's Men (1976)
78. Rocky (1976) 21 3 Modern Times (1936)
79. The Deer Hunter (1978) 26 1 The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Wild Bunch (1969) 1 13 The Apartment (1960)
81. Modern Times (1936) 3 NEW Spartacus (1960)
82. Giant (1956) OFF NEW Sunrise (1927)
83. Platoon (1986) 3 NEW Titanic (1997)
84. Fargo (1996) OFF 4 Easy Rider (1969)
85. Duck Soup (1933) 25 NEW A Night at the Opera (1935)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) OFF 3 Platoon (1986)
87. Frankenstein (1931) OFF NEW 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Easy Rider (1969) 4 9 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
89. Patton (1970) OFF NEW The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927) OFF NEW Swing Time (1936)
91. My Fair Lady (1964) OFF NEW Sophie's Choice (1982)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951) OFF 2 Goodfellas (1990)
93. The Apartment (1960) 13 23 The French Connection (1971)
94. Goodfellas (1990) 2 1 Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. Pulp Fiction (1994) 1 NEW The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. The Searchers (1956) 84 NEW Do the Right Thing (1989)
97. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 9 NEW Blade Runner (1982)
98. Unforgiven (1992) 30 2 Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) OFF NEW Toy Story (1995)
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 2 28 Ben-Hur (1959)

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Network is a 1976 satirical New Hollywood film about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS), and its struggle with poor ratings. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... The African Queen is a 1951 film made by Horizon Pictures and Romulus Films, and distributed by United Artists. ... Network is a 1976 satirical New Hollywood film about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS), and its struggle with poor ratings. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... This article is about the film. ... The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is a Cold War political thriller film adapted from the 1959 thriller novel, by Richard Condon, directed by John Frankenheimer, and features Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, and Janet Leigh. ... Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee. ... An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film inspired by the 1928 classical composition by George Gershwin. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the 1992 film. ... Shane is a 1953 western film made by Paramount Pictures. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... George Fields and Dorothy Michaels at the Russian Tea Room Tootsie is a 1982 comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult makes it hard for him to find work. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... This article is about the film. ... For the main character of the same name, see Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom and the name of the title character of both. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the third version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... For the novella, see Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film that tells the story of bank robber Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and his partner The Sundance Kid (played by Robert Redford). ... The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic film which tells the story of a United States cavalry officer from the Civil War who travels into the Dakota Territory, near a Sioux tribe. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern Black police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. ... City Lights is a 1931 film written by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... For the main character of the same name, see Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom and the name of the title character of both. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the 1976 film. ... For other uses, see Rocky (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. ... For other uses, see Deer Hunter. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the live-action fiction movie. ... This article is about the live-action fiction movie. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Spartacus is a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. ... Giant is a 1956 film which tells the story of rival ranchers and oilmen in West Texas in the middle years of the 20th century. ... Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (aka Sunrise) is a 1927 American film directed by F.W. Murnau. ... Platoon is an Academy Award winning 1986 Vietnam War film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and John C. McGinley. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, produced and edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wyatt, Mary (Toni Basil), Billy and Karen (Karen Black) wandering the streets of a parade filled New Orleans. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A Night at the Opera is a 1935 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Platoon is an Academy Award winning 1986 Vietnam War film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and John C. McGinley. ... Frankenstein is a 1931 science fiction film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Wyatt, Mary (Toni Basil), Billy and Karen (Karen Black) wandering the streets of a parade filled New Orleans. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bringing up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy which tells the story of a scientist who winds up in various predicaments with a woman who has a unique sense of logic and a leopard named Baby. ... Patton (UK: Patton: Lust for Glory) is a 1970 epic biographical film which tells the story of General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. ... For the ability sometimes referred to as sixth sense, see Extra-sensory perception. ... The Jazz Singer (1927) is a U.S. movie musical and the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ... This article is about the film. ... My Fair Lady is an Academy Award-winning 1964 film adaptation of the stage musical, My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. ... Sophies Choice is a 1982 film that tells the story of a beautiful Polish immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn. ... A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women, one who works in his wealthy uncles factory and the other the daughter of the same uncle. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote the film with Roger Avary. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote the film with Roger Avary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. ... The Searchers is a 1956 epic Western film directed by John Ford, which tells the story of Ethan Edwards, a bitter, middle-aged loner and Civil War veteran played by John Wayne, who spends years looking for his abducted niece. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the 1989 film. ... Bringing up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy which tells the story of a scientist who winds up in various predicaments with a woman who has a unique sense of logic and a leopard named Baby. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the 1982 film. ... This article is about the 1992 film. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. ... Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Academy Award-winning comedy-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Houghton. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the third version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ...

Changes from the previous list

  • Twenty-three films from 1998's list were replaced:
  1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (54)
  2. Amadeus (1984) (53)
  3. An American in Paris (1951) (68)
  4. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (44)
  5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (64)
  6. Dances with Wolves (1990) (75)
  7. Doctor Zhivago (1965) (39)
  8. Fantasia (1940) (58)
  9. Fargo (1996) (84)
  10. Frankenstein (1931) (87)
  11. From Here to Eternity (1953) (52)
  12. Giant (1956) (82)
  13. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) (99)
  14. The Jazz Singer (1927) (90)
  15. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (67)
  16. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (86)
  17. My Fair Lady (1964) (91)
  18. Patton (1970) (89)
  19. A Place in the Sun (1951) (92)
  20. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (59)
  21. Stagecoach (1939) (63)
  22. The Third Man (1949) (57)
  23. Wuthering Heights (1939) (73)

All Quiet on the Western Front is an Academy Award-winning film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front. ... Amadeus is a 1984 film directed by Miloš Forman. ... An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film inspired by the 1928 classical composition by George Gershwin. ... For the 1982 film of the same name, see Birth of a Nation (1982 film). ... This article is about the film; for the definition of the UFO related phenomenon, see Close encounter. ... Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic film which tells the story of a United States cavalry officer from the Civil War who travels into the Dakota Territory, near a Sioux tribe. ... Doctor Zhivago (Russian: Доктор Живаго) is a 1965 film directed by David Lean and loosely based on the famous novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak. ... Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, produced by Walt Disney and first released on November 13, 1940 in the United States. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Frankenstein is a 1931 science fiction film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Giant is a 1956 film which tells the story of rival ranchers and oilmen in West Texas in the middle years of the 20th century. ... Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Academy Award-winning comedy-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Houghton. ... The Jazz Singer (1927) is a U.S. movie musical and the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ... The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is a Cold War political thriller film adapted from the 1959 thriller novel, by Richard Condon, directed by John Frankenheimer, and features Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, and Janet Leigh. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... My Fair Lady is an Academy Award-winning 1964 film adaptation of the stage musical, My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. ... Patton (UK: Patton: Lust for Glory) is a 1970 epic biographical film which tells the story of General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. ... A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women, one who works in his wealthy uncles factory and the other the daughter of the same uncle. ... Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 film directed by Nicholas Ray that tells the story of a rebellious teenager who comes to a new town, meets a girl, defies his parents, and faces the local high school bullies. ... Stagecoach is a 1939 western film, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. ... The Third Man (1949) is a British film noir directed by Carol Reed. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

1998 List And 2007 List Comparison

  • Of the films that remained on the list, 36 improved their ranking and 38 saw their ranking decline.
  • Three films maintained the same positions as ten years ago: Citizen Kane, The Godfather Part II and The Best Years of Our Lives.
  • The oldest film to be dropped was D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), from #44. Coincidentally, the oldest film to be added to the new list was Griffith's Intolerance (1916), ranked at #49.
  • The highest-ranking film that fell from the previous list was Doctor Zhivago (1965), from #39; the highest-ranking debut on the new list was The General (1927), at #18.
  • The films that improved their standings by the most dramatic leaps were The Searchers (+84), City Lights (+65), Vertigo (+52), Unforgiven (+30), and The Deer Hunter (+26).
  • The African Queen suffered the largest rankings tumble, dropping 48 slots to #65.
  • Raging Bull (#4) and Vertigo (#9) made their Top 10 debuts in the new list, ousting The Graduate (formerly #7) and On the Waterfront (formerly #8).
  • Two pairs of films switched each other in rank: North by Northwest and The Sound of Music (fifteen positions between #40 and #55); and Casablanca and The Godfather (one position between #2 and #3).
  • Duck Soup, featuring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont, was replaced at #85 by another film starring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont -- A Night at the Opera. Duck Soup itself remained on the list, moving up 25 positions to #60.
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (#99) was replaced by another Sidney Poitier film, In the Heat of the Night, at #75.
  • 73 of the films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and 30 won the award, including Sunrise (1927) which won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production (a now defunct category that was given only in the first ceremony). The Original list has 75 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees and 33 winners.
  • 8 of the top 10 films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, of which 5 won the award. In the original list, 9 out of the top 10 were Best Picture nominees, and 6 were winners.

David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... This article is about the comedian siblings. ... Margaret Dumont (born October 20, 1889; died March 6, 1965) was an American comedic actress. ... Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (IPA pronunciation: ) (born February 20, 1927), is an Academy Award-winning Bahamian American actor, film director, and activist. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production has also been known as Best Artistic Quality of Production. It was only awarded during the first year of the Oscars, and may be considered as a redundant variation of Best Picture. ...

2007 List trivia

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  • The 1970s is the most represented decade with 20 entries.
  • Three years tie for most represented year, each with four films: 1982 (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, Blade Runner, Sophie's Choice); 1976 (Network, Taxi Driver, Rocky, All the President's Men); 1969 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, The Wild Bunch).
  • The earliest film represented is Intolerance (1916) and the most recent is The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
  • Six silent films are featured on the list—and three are new additions: The General (#18), Intolerance (#49) and Sunrise (#82). Charles Chaplin's City Lights, The Gold Rush, and Modern Times round out the list at #11, #58, and #78, respectively.
  • Of the films released between 1997-2006, four were added to AFI list: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (#50), Saving Private Ryan (#71), Titanic (#83), and The Sixth Sense (#89); of these, only The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is from the 2000s.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (#34) and Toy Story (#99) represent the two animated films on the list.
  • There are seven musicals on the list: Cabaret, Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Swing Time, West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
  • There are also six westerns on the list: The Searchers (#12), High Noon (#27), Shane (#45), Unforgiven (#68), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (#73), and The Wild Bunch (#79).
  • Star Wars (#13), 2001: A Space Odyssey (#15), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#24), A Clockwork Orange (#70), and Blade Runner (#97) round out the five science-fiction films on the list.
  • The eighteen comedies on the list are as follows: City Lights (#11), The Graduate (#17), The General (#18), Some Like It Hot (#22), Annie Hall (#36), Dr. Strangelove (#39), The Philadelphia Story (#44), It Happened One Night (#46), M*A*S*H (#54), The Gold Rush (#58), Duck Soup (#60), Sullivan's Travels (#61), American Graffiti (#62), Tootsie (#69), Modern Times (#78), The Apartment (#80), A Night at the Opera (#85), and Bringing Up Baby (#88).

Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Kubrick redirects here. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... This article is about the film director. ... For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer). ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (b. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... James Stewart is the name of: // Actors James Stewart (actor) (1908–1997), Hollywood movie star, widely known as Jimmy Stewart. ... Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic American actress of film, television and stage. ... Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, director and producer. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-, two-time Emmy Award-, and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor and director. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a Southern Gothic bildungsroman novel by Harper Lee. ... MASH is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. ... This article is about the 1972 film. ... The Godfather Part II is a 1974 motion picture directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script he co-wrote with Mario Puzo. ... Look up network, networking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Apocalypse Now is a 1979 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning American film set during the Vietnam War. ...

About the 400 nominees

Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... This article is about the British actor. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ... Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... For the singer, see Betty Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ... George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ... Ernest Lehman (born December 8, 1915 in New York City - died July 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood. ... For the 1982 film of the same name, see Birth of a Nation (1982 film). ... Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... The Cheat is a 1915 film about a woman who steals charity money in order to invest it in stocks. ... Crash is an Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... This article is about the motion picture. ... Good Night, and Good Luck. ... The first of the AFI 100 Years. ...

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