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The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in American cinema. Jump to: navigation, search The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ...



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100 Years...100 Movies

The following is a list of the 100 greatest American movies as compiled by the American Film Institute.


The Complete List:

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

"This is an exciting moment in American film history," said AFI Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg. "As the end of this century approaches and we reflect on its defining achievements, among the most powerful and successful is, without question, the motion picture. Through the collective judgment of leaders from across the American film community, from both in front of and behind the camera, AFI has identified 100 movies which set the standard and mark the excellence of the first century of American cinema. Movies are an intensely personal experience, and it's certain that this list will generate a broad range of opinion and discussion. AFI welcomes this dialogue and hopes to achieve an increased regard, respect and appreciation for this great American art form." Jump to: navigation, search Citizen Kane is the first feature film directed by Orson Welles (he had directed two short films previously), and is loosely based on the lives of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the reclusive aerospace and movie mogul Howard Hughes, and the Chicago utilities magnate Samuel... Casablanca from space Hassan II Mosque A view on the Boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Parc de la Ligue Arabe Casablanca (Arabic: الدار البيضاء, transliterated ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Godfather is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name (see The Godfather (novel)) written by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gone with the Wind is considered as one of the greatest films of all time. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based loosely on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter OToole as the title character, directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Graduate is a novel by Charles Webb, made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and became a standard of its kind. ... Schindlers List is a 1993 movie based on the book Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally (the book was later renamed Schindlers List as well). ... Singin in the Rain, a 1952 Gene Kelly musical film, chronicled Hollywoods transition from silent films to talkies. The movie has an extraordinarily intelligent plot, which greatly contributes to the work being systematically classified as the best musical comedy ever. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd. ... The Bridge over the River Kwai (French:Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai) is a novel by Pierre Boulle, published in 1952, that won Frances Prix Ste Beuve. ... Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film by Billy Wilder. ... Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired from multiple myths and classic stories. ... Jump to: navigation, search All About Eve is a 1950 movie drama written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, from the story The Wisdom of Eve, by Mary Orr. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the movie. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the novel and the movies based on it. ... Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski. ... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman. ... Jump to: navigation, search The cover of The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath is a work of fiction written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. ... A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Poster of the 1941 Warner Brothers film version, directed by John Huston The Maltese Falcon is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, made into a quintessential film noir movie. ... Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ... Film poster for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (20th anniversary) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film that tells the story of the young boy Elliott who befriends an alien being trapped on Earth and trying to find his way home. ... For the hit 1987 single by Depeche Mode, see the album Music for the Masses Film poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film directed by Stanley Kubrick. ... Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who roamed the United States Southwest robbing banks during the Great Depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ... Mr. ... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in a fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the directors father) to prospect... Annie Hall is a 1977 film directed by Woody Allen from a script by Allen and Marshall Brickman. ... The Godfather, Part II is the sequel to The Godfather, released in 1974. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town sheriff, who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... Jump to: navigation, search To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy in which an elite socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in with a rogue reporter (Clark Gable). ... Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film written by Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by John Schlesinger. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ... Double Indemnity is a 1944 film noir It stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. ... Doctor Zhivago ( Доктор Живаго ) is a novel by Boris Pasternak, which was also adapted by Robert Bolt into a 1965 epic film. ... Jump to: navigation, search North by Northwest is a 1959 MGM thriller by Alfred Hitchcock and is generally considered one of his best works. ... West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... Rear Window (1954) is a motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on Cornell Woolrichs short story It Had to Be Murder (1942). ... King Kong is a classic 1933 Hollywood horror/adventure film from RKO about a gigantic prehistoric gorilla, brought from a remote island to New York City to be exhibited as a natural wonder, that escapes to cause mass destruction. ... The Birth of a Nation is a controversial, though highly influential and innovative silent film directed by D.W. Griffith, based on Thomas Dixons novels The Clansman (also a play) and The Leopards Spots. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams describing a culture clash between Blanche DuBois—a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South—and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Clockwork Orange book cover A Clockwork Orange is a science fiction 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, and forms the basis for the 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. ... Jump to: navigation, search Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Jaws (1975) is an American film, based upon a bestselling novel by Peter Benchley, which tells the story of a resort towns sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council. ... USPS stamp honoring Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 animated feature by The Walt Disney Company in which a jealous queen tries to have her stepdaughter murdered, but instead the girl is given shelter by seven dwarves who live deep in... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film which tells the story of two lighthearted outlaws who seem more inclined to trade quips than shots. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ... 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 at Pearl Harbor. ... Jump to: navigation, search Amadeus is the title of both a stage play and a film written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, both loosely based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, about the horrors of that war and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, seeks guidance from the Mother Abbess, played by Peggy Wood, in this scene from the 1965 film version. ... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... The Third Man (1949) is a film noir directed by Carol Reed. ... Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, the third in the Disney animated features canon, which was a Walt Disney experiment in animation and music. ... Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 film which tells the story of a rebellious teenager who comes to a new town, meets a girl, defies his parents, and faces the local gang. ... Jump to: navigation, search Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... Vertigo is a 1958 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Tootsie is a 1982 comedy film, which tells the story of a talented, but volatile actor who is pushing for 40. ... Jump to: navigation, search Buffalo soldiers guard a Concord style stagecoach somewhere in the American West, ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the film; for the classfication, see Close encounter. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... Network is a 1976 satirical film about a fictional television network named Union Broadcasting System (UBS) and its struggle with poor TV ratings. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Manchurian Candidate is a 1959 novel by Richard Condon. ... An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. ... Shane is a 1953 western film which tells the story of a gunfighter who comes to a town and sides with the farmers versus the cattle men. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin. ... Jump to: navigation, search Forrest Gump is the lead character of the eponymous 1985 novel by Winston Groom, and of the 1994 Paramount Pictures film based on the novel. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler and is, today, the best-known version of the film based on the 1880 book by Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. ... Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. ... The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. ... Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic film which tells the story of a United States cavalry officer in the 1860s who befriends a band of Lakota Indians, sacrificing his career and ties to his own people. ... Jump to: navigation, search City Lights is a 1931 film written by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. ... Rocky (1976) is a motion picture written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... This article is about the movie. ... Cast Crew Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. ... 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. ... Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. ... Fargo is a 1996 dramatic and dark comedy film created by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... Cover of Duck Soup DVD. Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, and Nat Perrin and directed by Leo McCarey. ... Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of a novel and several films based on the Mutiny on the Bounty, the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of HMAV Bounty in 1789. ... Frankenstein is a 1931 horror film from Universal Pictures loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ... Easy Rider, 1969 Easy Rider is a 1969 road movie directed by Dennis Hopper which many see as representing the embodiment of the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s. ... Patton is a 1970 biographical film which tells the story of General George Pattons commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden and Michael Bates. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie musical notable for being the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... A Place in the Sun is either Place in the SUN Video Site Video Presentations of property and artisans in France A Place in the Sun; a 1951 film A Place in the Sun; a Channel 4 property television programme Place in the sun, a term related to imperialism This... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... Goodfellas is a 1990 film about the mafia directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino and written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Grant and Hepburn Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film which tells the story of a scientist who winds up falling in love with a woman who tricks him into caring for a leopard, named Baby. ... Unforgiven is a 1992 Western film which tells the story of a retired gunslinger who takes on one more job for the money. ... Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is a 1967 award-winning comedy-drama movie starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton. ... 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. ...


100 Years...100 Stars

Actually not 100, but 50 greatest American screen legends named by the AFI Wednesday June 16, 1999


MEN

  1. Humphrey Bogart
  2. Cary Grant
  3. James Stewart
  4. Marlon Brando
  5. Fred Astaire
  6. Henry Fonda
  7. Clark Gable
  8. James Cagney
  9. Spencer Tracy
  10. Charlie Chaplin
  11. Gary Cooper
  12. Gregory Peck
  13. John Wayne
  14. Laurence Olivier
  15. Gene Kelly
  16. Orson Welles
  17. Kirk Douglas
  18. James Dean
  19. Burt Lancaster
  20. The Marx Brothers
  21. Buster Keaton
  22. Sidney Poitier
  23. Robert Mitchum
  24. Edward G. Robinson
  25. William Holden

Jump to: navigation, search Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Cary Grant Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986), was an English-American motion picture actor. ... Jimmy Stewart, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was... Jump to: navigation, search Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Fonda in the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. ... Clark Gable from the cover of Clark Gable: Biography, Filmography, Bibliography by Chrystopher J. Spicer William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 —November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jimmy Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ... Image:ST3. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chaplin in his costume as The Tramp Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema, and also a notable director. ... With Eleanor Roosevelt in 1950 Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor whose career spanned the from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916–June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly, born on August 23, 1912, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an Irish-American dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kirk Douglas in Champion Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his oft-imitated and parodied gravel ridden voice and his recurring roles as, who Douglas himself once called, sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood... Jump to: navigation, search James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was a charismatic American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... See Marx brothers (fencing) for the 16th century German brotherhood. ... Joseph Frank Keaton VI (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), always known as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent-film comic actor and filmmaker. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier, KBE (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian American actor. ... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. ... Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a American actor of stage and film. ... William Holden William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981, body found November 16, 1981) was an Oscar winning American film actor. ...

WOMEN

  1. Katharine Hepburn
  2. Bette Davis
  3. Audrey Hepburn
  4. Ingrid Bergman
  5. Greta Garbo
  6. Marilyn Monroe
  7. Elizabeth Taylor
  8. Judy Garland
  9. Marlene Dietrich
  10. Joan Crawford
  11. Barbara Stanwyck
  12. Claudette Colbert
  13. Grace Kelly
  14. Ginger Rogers
  15. Mae West
  16. Vivien Leigh
  17. Lillian Gish
  18. Shirley Temple
  19. Rita Hayworth
  20. Lauren Bacall
  21. Sophia Loren
  22. Jean Harlow
  23. Carole Lombard
  24. Mary Pickford
  25. Ava Gardner

Jump to: navigation, search Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic star of American film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... This article is about Bette Davis the actress; there is also a singer named Betty Davis. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adieu Audrey, one of several tribute books published after the actress death in 1993. ... Ingrid Bergman at 14 Ingrid Bergman   listen[?] (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was an American actress of the 20th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, (born February 27, 1932) is an Academy Award winning actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search Judy Garland, circa 1943. ... Jump to: navigation, search Marlene Dietrich in the 1920s Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901-May 6, 1992) also known as Maria Magdalena Dietrich was a German actress, entertainer and singer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Joan Crawford, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1948 Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American actress. ... Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937) Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was a French-American actress. ... Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Oscar-winning American film actress who, as a result of marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, became Her Serene Highness, Princess Grace of Monaco. ... Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) Ginger Rogers, (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995), was a legendary American actress and dancer. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 7, 1967) was an English actress who was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, India to Ernest Hartley (who was of English parentage) and Gertrude Robinson Yackje (of Irish descent). ... Lillian Gish Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993), was an American actress known as Lillian Gish. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shirley Temple in Glad Rags to Riches Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later known as Shirley Temple Black, was an American film child actress (considered by many to be the most famous child actor in history) and diplomat. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rita Hayworth Gilda poster Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), whose real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino, was an American actress of Spanish and Irish descent, who reached fame during the 1940s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lauren Bacall (born 16 September 1924) is an American film and stage actress and a former model. ... Sophia Loren in 1955 Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is considered to be the most famous Italian actress of all time. ... Jean Harlow, born as Harlean Carpenter, (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), US film actress, became known as the original blonde bombshell, predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol. ... Carole Lombard Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 - January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mary Pickford Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as Americas Sweetheart and the girl with the curl. ... Ava Gardner Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. ...

100 Years...100 Laughs

The 100 funniest American films. As named by the AFI on June 14 2000.

  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. M*A*S*H (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)

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DVD cover The Thin Man is the title of the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a hard-drinking and flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they easily solve crimes. ... Cast Crew Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. ... Groundhog Day is a 1993 comedy film starring Bill Murray as Phil Conners, an egocentric Pittsburgh weatherman who dreads his annual assignment covering Groundhog Day from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harvey is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning soldier or man-at-arms. It is thought to have come to England with the Bretonmercenaries of William the Conqueror as Herve. // Places Harvey is a common place-name in English-speaking... 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A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. ... To Be Or Not To Be is a 1942 comedy film about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. ... Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy Western film which tells the story of a woman who hires a famous gunman to avenge her fathers murder, but finds that the man she hires isnt what she expected. ... Classic Comedy from 1955, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. ... Ninotchka is a 1939 American film by Ernst Lubitsch Garbos first comedy, launched with the tagline Garbo laughs! Storyline Three Russians, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution. ... Arthur is a 1981 film which tells the story of a drunken playboy millionaire called Arthur Bach who can only inherit if he marries. ... 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100 Years...100 Thrills

The 100 most heart-pounding American films as described by the AFI on the evening of June 12, 2001.

  1. Psycho (1960)
  2. Jaws (1975)
  3. The Exorcist (1973)
  4. North by Northwest (1959)
  5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  6. Alien (1979)
  7. The Birds (1963)
  8. The French Connection (1971)
  9. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  11. The Godfather (1972)
  12. King Kong (1933)
  13. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  14. Rear Window (1954)
  15. Deliverance (1972)
  16. Chinatown (1974)
  17. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  18. Vertigo (1958)
  19. The Great Escape (1963)
  20. High Noon (1952)
  21. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  22. Taxi Driver (1976)
  23. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  24. Double Indemnity (1944)
  25. Titanic (1997)
  26. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  27. Star Wars (1977)
  28. Fatal Attraction (1987)
  29. The Shining (1980)
  30. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  31. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  32. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  33. The Fugitive (1993)
  34. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  35. Jurassic Park (1993)
  36. Bullitt (1968)
  37. Casablanca (1942)
  38. Notorious (1946)
  39. Die Hard (1988)
  40. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  41. Dirty Harry (1971)
  42. The Terminator (1984)
  43. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  44. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  45. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  46. Carrie (1976)
  47. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  48. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  49. Ben-Hur (1959)
  50. Marathon Man (1976)
  51. Raging Bull (1980)
  52. Rocky (1976)
  53. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  54. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  55. Wait Until Dark (1967)
  56. Frankenstein (1931)
  57. All the President's Men (1976)
  58. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  59. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  60. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  61. Cape Fear (1962)
  62. Spartacus (1960)
  63. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  64. Touch of Evil (1958)
  65. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  66. The Matrix (1999)
  67. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  68. Halloween (1979)
  69. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  70. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  71. Goldfinger (1964)
  72. Platoon (1986)
  73. Laura (1944)
  74. Blade Runner (1982)
  75. The Third Man (1949)
  76. Thelma & Louise (1991)
  77. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  78. Gaslight (1944)
  79. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  80. Rebecca (1940)
  81. The Omen (1976)
  82. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  83. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  84. Poltergeist (1982)
  85. Dracula (1931)
  86. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  87. The Thing From Another World (1951)
  88. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  89. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  90. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
  91. Braveheart (1995)
  92. Body Heat (1981)
  93. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  94. The China Syndrome (1979)
  95. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  96. Blue Velvet (1986)
  97. Safety Last (1923)
  98. Blood Simple (1984)
  99. Speed (1994)
  100. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the novel and the movies based on it. ... Jaws (1975) is an American film, based upon a bestselling novel by Peter Benchley, which tells the story of a resort towns sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council. ... Jump to: navigation, search ... Jump to: navigation, search North by Northwest is a 1959 MGM thriller by Alfred Hitchcock and is generally considered one of his best works. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, is an extremely popular and influential science fiction/horror film that spawned several sequels and imitators. ... The Birds (1963) is a horror film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a short story by Daphne Du Maurier. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin. ... Spoiler warning: Rosemarys Baby is the title of a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin, in which a young woman and her husband move into a New York City apartment next door to enthusiastic, oversolicitous neighbors. ... Jump to: navigation, search Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Godfather is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name (see The Godfather (novel)) written by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. ... King Kong is a classic 1933 Hollywood horror/adventure film from RKO about a gigantic prehistoric gorilla, brought from a remote island to New York City to be exhibited as a natural wonder, that escapes to cause mass destruction. ... Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who roamed the United States Southwest robbing banks during the Great Depression. ... Rear Window (1954) is a motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on Cornell Woolrichs short story It Had to Be Murder (1942). ... Deliverance Deliverance is a 1970 novel by American author James Dickey that was made by Warner Bros. ... Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Manchurian Candidate is a 1959 novel by Richard Condon. ... Vertigo is a 1958 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... For the Married. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town sheriff, who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Clockwork Orange book cover A Clockwork Orange is a science fiction 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, and forms the basis for the 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. ... Jump to: navigation, search Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based loosely on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter OToole as the title character, directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. ... Double Indemnity is a 1944 film noir It stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. ... Titanic is a 1997 dramatic movie released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. ... Poster of the 1941 Warner Brothers film version, directed by John Huston The Maltese Falcon is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, made into a quintessential film noir movie. ... Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired from multiple myths and classic stories. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fatal Attraction is a 1987 drama/thriller film which tells the story of a married man who has an affair, only to discover that the woman with whom he had the affair is not ready to let it end. ... The Shining can refer to: the Stephen King book: see The Shining (book) the Stanley Kubrick film based on the book: see The Shining (film) the ABC mini-series scripted by Stephen King: The Shining (mini-series) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the film; for the classfication, see Close encounter. ... Strangers on a Train is a film released in 1951 by Warner Bros. ... The Fugitive is a 1993 feature film, based on the television series The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, and Tommy Lee Jones as Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Gerard. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Night of the Hunter is a 1953 novel by American author, Davis Grubb. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jurassic Park is a novel written by Michael Crichton and published in 1991, which was later adapted as a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bullitt Bullitt is a 1968 Warner Bros. ... Casablanca is a 1942 movie set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. ... Notorious was a 1946 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Jump to: navigation, search Die Hard is an action film released in 1988, written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Sousa, starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman, William Atherton, directed by John McTiernan. ... A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Film box cover for Dirty Harry For the 1953 nuclear test nicknamed Dirty Harry, see Upshot-Knothole Harry [1] Dirty Harry is also the name of a song by virtual band Gorillaz. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Terminator is a 1984 sci-fi action film which became the break-through role for former body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Film poster for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (20th anniversary) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film that tells the story of the young boy Elliott who befriends an alien being trapped on Earth and trying to find his way home. ... Jump to: navigation, search Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, dealing with the World War II Battle of Normandy. ... Carrie (1974) was Stephen Kings first published novel and also one of his shortest. ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction film that tells the story of ordinary small town people whose bodies are taken over by aliens. ... Dial M for Murder (1954) is a U.S. film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland as a married couple. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler and is, today, the best-known version of the film based on the 1880 book by Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. ... Marathon Man is a 1974 paranoid thriller novel by William Goldman. ... Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ... Rocky (1976) is a motion picture written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino and written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film which tells the story of two lighthearted outlaws who seem more inclined to trade quips than shots. ... Hepburn, Crenna, Arkin and Weston Wait Until Dark is a 1966 film which tells the story of a blind woman terrorized by three criminals searching for drugs in her apartment. ... Frankenstein is a 1931 horror film from Universal Pictures loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ... All the Presidents Men is a 1974 non-fiction book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. ... The Bridge over the River Kwai (French:Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai) is a novel by Pierre Boulle, published in 1952, that won Frances Prix Ste Beuve. ... Planet of the Apes is a 1968 science fiction film in which an astronaut finds himself 2,000+ years in the future stranded on an earth-like planet, in which humans are enslaved by apes. ... The Sixth Sense (1999) is a film that tells the fictional story of a troubled, isolated boy (played by Haley Joel Osment) and a child psychologist (played by Bruce Willis) who tries to help him. ... Cape Fear is a 1962 film which tells the story of an attorney whose family is stalked by a criminal whom the attorney helped to send to jail. ... Spartacus is a 1960 film by Stanley Kubrick based on the historical novel of the same name by Howard Fast. ... What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 Warner Bros. ... Touch of Evil (1958), was one of the last and one of the greatest examples of film noir ever made. ... This article is about the well-known movie; Dirty Dozen may also refer to the rap group D12. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). ... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in a fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the directors father) to prospect... Michael Myers, unstoppable psycho-killer The Halloween films are a series of horror movies, of which the first film is considered one of the most important and influential of the genre. ... This article is about the movie. ... Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet, and written by Frank Pierson from a news article by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Goldfinger is the seventh novel by Ian Fleming, featuring James Bond, secret agent 007, published in 1959. ... Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. ... Laura is a 1944 film noir which tells the story of a police detective, investigating a womans murder, who falls in love with her portrait. ... Jump to: navigation, search Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, depicting a dystopic Los Angeles in November 2019. ... The Third Man (1949) is a film noir directed by Carol Reed. ... Thelma and Louise is a road movie from 1991 conceived and written by Callie Khouri, co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Geena Davis as Thelma, Susan Sarandon as Louise, and Harvey Keitel as a sympathetic detective trying to solve crimes that the two women find it easier... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... 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100 Years...100 Passions

The 100 greatest American love stories. As named by the AFI on June 11, 2002.

  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 (1938)
  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)

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An Affair to Remember is a 1957 movie, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as a couple who meet on an ocean liner and promise to reunite in six months at the top of the Empire State Building if they still love each other. ... The Way We Were is a 1973 film which tells the story of a Jewish woman who marries a WASP following World War II, at the height of McCarthyism; their political differences eventually drive them apart. ... Doctor Zhivago ( Доктор Живаго ) is a novel by Boris Pasternak, which was also adapted by Robert Bolt into a 1965 epic film. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Love Story is a 1970 romance motion picture drama directed by Arthur Hiller that tells the story of two college students: Oliver, the emotionally vacant son of rich parents; and the girl he falls in love with, Jenny, a brassy music major at Radcliffe. ... Jump to: navigation, search City Lights is a 1931 film written by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... Annie Hall is a 1977 film directed by Woody Allen from a script by Allen and Marshall Brickman. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... This article is about the novel and the film; for the African-origin theory of human evolution sometimes referred to as the Out of Africa theory, see single-origin hypothesis. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the movie. ... Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. ... Singin in the Rain, a 1952 Gene Kelly musical film, chronicled Hollywoods transition from silent films to talkies. The movie has an extraordinarily intelligent plot, which greatly contributes to the work being systematically classified as the best musical comedy ever. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 1987 films | AFI 100 Laughs | AFI 100 Passions | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actress Oscar (film) | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee (film) | Best Supporting Actress Oscar (film) ... Vertigo is a 1958 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Ghost was a 1990 comedy romantic fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn and Rick Aviles, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. ... 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 at Pearl Harbor. ... 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An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. ... Ninotchka is a 1939 American film by Ernst Lubitsch Garbos first comedy, launched with the tagline Garbo laughs! Storyline Three Russians, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution. ... ... Alla Tarasova as Anna Karenina. ... A Star Is Born is the title of several successful movies. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ... Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 movie, directed by Nora Ephron, based on the book by Jeff Arch. ... To Catch a Thief is a movie made in 1955, and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams. ... Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 film which tells the story of a girl in a small town in Kansas in 1928 who expresses her moral principles by refusing to give in to her boyfriends demands for sex. ... Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a soon-to-be-married Parisian woman. ... The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 novel by James M. Cain that was made into three movies. ... Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 motion picture. ... Grant and Hepburn Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film which tells the story of a scientist who winds up falling in love with a woman who tricks him into caring for a leopard, named Baby. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Graduate is a novel by Charles Webb, made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. ... 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Jump to: navigation, search Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde clowning. ... Jump to: navigation, search Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams describing a culture clash between Blanche DuBois—a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South—and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. ... Whats Up, Doc? is a classic, lighthearted and feel-good screwball comedy directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan ONeal, and Madeline Kahn. ... Harold and Maude is a 1971 movie, directed by Hal Ashby. ... Sense and Sensibility book cover Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen that was first published in 1811. ... Roxanne is a film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah. ... The Ghost and Mrs. ... 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100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains

The AFI announced the 50 greatest American movie heroes and the 50 greatest American movie villains on June 3, 2003. In several cases the characters on the lists are seen in two or more films. The primary or original (if possible) film that character(s) was in is listed, or that film that was given particular attention during the special.


HEROES

  1. Atticus Finch - (To Kill a Mockingbird)
  2. Indiana Jones - (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  3. James Bond - (Dr. No)
  4. Rick Blaine - (Casablanca)
  5. Will Kane - (High Noon)
  6. Clarice Starling - (The Silence of the Lambs)
  7. Rocky Balboa - (Rocky)
  8. Ellen Ripley - (Aliens)
  9. George Bailey - (It's a Wonderful Life)
  10. T. E. Lawrence - (Lawrence of Arabia)
  11. Jefferson Smith - (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
  12. Tom Joad - (The Grapes of Wrath)
  13. Oskar Schindler - (Schindler's List)
  14. Han Solo - (Star Wars)
  15. Norma Rae Webster - (Norma Rae)
  16. Shane - (Shane)
  17. Harry Callahan - (Dirty Harry)
  18. Robin Hood - (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
  19. Virgil Tibbs - (In the Heat of the Night)
  20. Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid - (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
  21. Mahatma Gandhi - (Gandhi)
  22. Spartacus - (Spartacus)
  23. Terry Malloy - (On the Waterfront)
  24. Thelma & Louise - (Thelma & Louise)
  25. Lou Gehrig - (The Pride of the Yankees)
  26. Superman - (Superman)
  27. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - (All the President's Men)
  28. Juror #8 - (12 Angry Men)
  29. George Patton - (Patton)
  30. Luke Jackson - (Cool Hand Luke)
  31. Erin Brockovich - (Erin Brockovich)
  32. Philip Marlowe - (The Big Sleep)
  33. Marge Gunderson - (Fargo)
  34. Tarzan - (Tarzan the Ape Man)
  35. Alvin York - (Sergeant York)
  36. Rooster Cogburn - (True Grit)
  37. Obi-Wan Kenobi - (Star Wars)
  38. The Tramp - (The Kid)
  39. Lassie - (Lassie Come Home)
  40. Frank Serpico - (Serpico)
  41. Arthur Chipping - (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
  42. Father Flanagan - (Boys Town)
  43. Moses - (The Ten Commandments)
  44. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle - (The French Connection)
  45. Zorro - (The Mark of Zorro)
  46. Batman - (Batman)
  47. Karen Silkwood - (Silkwood)
  48. Terminator - (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
  49. Andrew Beckett - (Philadelphia)
  50. General Maximus Decimus Meridus - (Gladiator)

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Weaver in Alien: Resurrection. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aliens is a 1986 science fiction movie starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), professionally known as T.E. Lawrence and, later, T.E. Shaw, but most famously known as Lawrence of Arabia, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based loosely on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter OToole as the title character, directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... 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Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small Southern town who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works. ... Shane is a 1953 western film which tells the story of a gunfighter who comes to a town and sides with the farmers versus the cattle men. ... Film box cover for Dirty Harry For the 1953 nuclear test nicknamed Dirty Harry, see Upshot-Knothole Harry [1] Dirty Harry is also the name of a song by virtual band Gorillaz. ... Film box cover for Dirty Harry For the 1953 nuclear test nicknamed Dirty Harry, see Upshot-Knothole Harry [1] Dirty Harry is also the name of a song by virtual band Gorillaz. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor. ... 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VILLAINS

  1. Hannibal Lecter - (The Silence of the Lambs)
  2. Norman Bates - (Psycho)
  3. Darth Vader - (Star Wars)
  4. The Wicked Witch of the West - (The Wizard of Oz)
  5. Nurse Ratched - (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
  6. Mr. Potter - (It's a Wonderful Life)
  7. Alex Forrest - (Fatal Attraction)
  8. Phyllis Dietrichson - (Double Indemnity)
  9. Regan MacNeil - (The Exorcist)
  10. The Queen - (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
  11. Michael Corleone - (The Godfather)
  12. Alex DeLarge - (A Clockwork Orange)
  13. HAL 9000 - (2001: A Space Odyssey)
  14. The Alien - (Alien)
  15. Amon Goeth - (Schindler's List)
  16. Noah Cross - (Chinatown)
  17. Annie Wilkes - (Misery)
  18. The Shark - (Jaws)
  19. Captain Bligh - (Mutiny on the Bounty)
  20. Man - (Bambi)
  21. Mrs. John Iselin - (The Manchurian Candidate)
  22. Terminator - (The Terminator)
  23. Eve Harrington - (All About Eve)
  24. Gordon Gekko - (Wall Street)
  25. Jack Torrence - (The Shining)
  26. Cody Jarrett - (White Heat)
  27. Martians - (The War of the Worlds)
  28. Max Cady - (Cape Fear)
  29. Reverend Harry Powell - (The Night of the Hunter)
  30. Travis Bickle - (Taxi Driver)
  31. Mrs. Danvers - (Rebecca)
  32. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker - (Bonnie and Clyde)
  33. Count Dracula - (Dracula)
  34. Doctor Szell - (Marathon Man)
  35. J. J. Hunsecker - (Sweet Smell of Success)
  36. Frank Booth - (Blue Velvet)
  37. Harry Lime - (The Third Man)
  38. Caesar Enrico Bandello - (Little Caesar)
  39. Cruella De Vil - (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
  40. Freddy Krueger - (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
  41. Joan Crawford - (Mommie Dearest)
  42. Tom Powers - (The Public Enemy)
  43. Regina Giddons - (The Little Foxes)
  44. Baby Jane Hudson - (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)
  45. The Joker - (Batman)
  46. Hans Gruber - (Die Hard)
  47. Tony Camonte - (Scarface)
  48. Verbal Kint - (The Usual Suspects)
  49. Auric Goldfinger - (Goldfinger)
  50. Alonzo Harris - (Training Day)

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100 Years...100 Songs

The AFI listed the 100 greatest American movie songs on June 22, 2004.


Singin' in the Rain and West Side Story tie for the most recognition, each with three songs on the list. No other movie has more than one spot, though one song is recognized for two different movies (it only has one position, though).

  1. Over the Rainbow - (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. As Time Goes By - (Casablanca)
  3. Singin' in the Rain - (Singin' in the Rain)
  4. Moon River - (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
  5. White Christmas - (Holiday Inn)
  6. Mrs. Robinson - (The Graduate)
  7. When You Wish Upon a Star... - (Pinocchio)
  8. The Way We Were - (The Way We Were)
  9. Stayin' Alive - (Saturday Night Fever)
  10. The Sound of Music - (The Sound of Music)
  11. The Man that Got Away - (A Star is Born)
  12. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend - (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
  13. People - (Funny Girl)
  14. My Heart Will Go On - (Titanic)
  15. Cheek to Cheek - (Top Hat)
  16. Evergreen - (A Star is Born)
  17. I Could Have Danced All Night - (My Fair Lady)
  18. Cabaret - (Cabaret)
  19. Some Day My Prince Will Come - (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
  20. Somewhere - (West Side Story)
  21. Jailhouse Rock - (Jailhouse Rock)
  22. Everybody's Talkin' - (Midnight Cowboy)
  23. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head - (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
  24. Ol' Man River - (Show Boat)
  25. Do Not Forsake Me - (High Noon)
  26. The Trolley Song - (Meet Me in St. Louis)
  27. Unchained Melody - (Ghost)
  28. Some Enchanted Evening - (South Pacific)
  29. Born to Be Wild - (Easy Rider)
  30. Stormy Weather - (Stormy Weather)
  31. Theme From 'New York, New York' - (New York, New York)
  32. I Got Rhythm - (An American in Paris)
  33. Age of Aquarius - (Hair)
  34. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - (Shall We Dance)
  35. America - (West Side Story)
  36. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - (Mary Poppins)
  37. Swinging on a Star - (Going My Way)
  38. Theme From 'Shaft' - (Shaft)
  39. Days of Wine and Roses - (Days of Wine and Roses)
  40. Fight the Power - (Do the Right Thing)
  41. New York, New York - (On the Town)
  42. Luck Be a Lady - (Guys and Dolls)
  43. The Way You Look Tonight - (Swing Time)
  44. Wind Beneath My Wings - (Beaches)
  45. That's Entertainment - (The Band Wagon)
  46. Don't Rain on My Parade - (Funny Girl)
  47. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - (Song of the South)
  48. Que Sera, Sera - (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
  49. Make'em Laugh - (Singin' in the Rain)
  50. Rock Around the Clock - (Blackboard Jungle)
  51. Fame - (Fame)
  52. Summertime - (Porgy and Bess)
  53. Goldfinger - (Goldfinger)
  54. Shall We Dance? - (The King and I)
  55. Flashdance...What a Feeling - (Flashdance)
  56. Thank Heaven for Little Girls - (Gigi)
  57. The Windmills of Your Mind - (The Thomas Crown Affair)
  58. Gonna Fly Now - (Rocky)
  59. Tonight - (West Side Story)
  60. It Had To Be You - (When Harry Met Sally...)
  61. Get Happy - (Summer Stock)
  62. Beauty and the Beast- (Beauty and the Beast)
  63. Thanks for the Memory - (The Big Broadcast of 1938)
  64. My Favorite Things - (The Sound of Music)
  65. I Will Always Love You - (The Bodyguard)
  66. Suicide is Painless - (M*A*S*H)
  67. Nobody Does it Better - (The Spy Who Loved Me)
  68. Streets of Philadelphia - (Philadelphia)
  69. The Good Ship Lollipop - (Bright Eyes)
  70. Summer Nights - (Grease)
  71. The Yankee Doodle Boy - (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
  72. Good Morning - (Singin' in the Rain)
  73. Isn't it Romantic - (Love Me Tonight)
  74. The Rainbow Connection - (The Muppet Movie)
  75. Up Where We Belong - (An Officer and a Gentleman)
  76. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - (Meet Me in St. Louis)
  77. The Shadow of Your Smile - (The Sandpiper)
  78. 9 to 5 - (9 to 5)
  79. Arthur's Theme - (Arthur)
  80. Springtime for Hitler - (The Producers)
  81. I'm Easy - (Nashville)
  82. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - (The Wizard of Oz)
  83. The Rose - (The Rose)
  84. Put the Blame on Mame - (Gilda)
  85. Come What May - (Moulin Rouge!)
  86. I've Had the Time of My Life - (Dirty Dancing)
  87. Buttons and Bows - (The Paleface)
  88. Do Re Mi - (The Sound of Music)
  89. Puttin' on the Ritz - (Young Frankenstein) & (Blue Skies)
  90. Seems Like Old Time - (Annie Hall)
  91. Let the River Run - (Working Girl)
  92. Long Ago and Far Away - (Cover Girl)
  93. Lose Yourself - (8 Mile)
  94. Ain't Too Proud to Beg - (The Big Chill)
  95. Road to Morocco - (Road to Morocco)
  96. Footloose - (Footloose)
  97. 42nd Street - (42nd Street)
  98. All That Jazz - (Chicago)
  99. Hakuna Matata - (The Lion King)
  100. Old Time Rock and Roll - (Risky Business)

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The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... Cabaret is a 1972 film. ... Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... Jailhouse Rock is a hit song by the American musician Elvis Presley. ... Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 film starring Elvis Presley, as Vince Everett, an ex-convict working in the music industry. ... Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film written by Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by John Schlesinger. ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film which tells the story of two lighthearted outlaws who seem more inclined to trade quips than shots. ... Ol Man River (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat that tells the story of African American hardship and struggles at the time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, the lyrics of which were written by P. G. Wodehouse). ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town sheriff, who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... Meet Me in St. ... Unchained Melody is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions. ... Ghost was a 1990 comedy romantic fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn and Rick Aviles, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. ... Some Enchanted Evening is a popular song from the musical South Pacific, written by Richard Rodgers (music), and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics). ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ... Born to be Wild is a song by the band Steppenwolf, initially released in 1968, but subsequently released on about 100 different collections, the first one being the movie Easy Rider. ... Easy Rider, 1969 Easy Rider is a 1969 road movie directed by Dennis Hopper which many see as representing the embodiment of the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s. ... Stormy Weather is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. ... Stormy Weather is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. ... Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In is a medley of the songs Aquarius and The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) from the musical Hair, originally released by The 5th Dimension as a single which held the #1 position on the U.S. charts for six weeks in 1969. ... Hair is a 1979 film based on the musical of the same name. ... The title Shall We Dance? may refer to one of the following. ... West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... Jump to: navigation, search Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is the 34 lettered song title from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mary Poppins is the central character in a series of childrens books written by P. L. Travers and illustrated by Mary Shepard, which were subsequently adapted for film, and the stage. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... A shaft can be an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; his parting shot was `drop dead; she threw shafts of sarcasm; she takes a dig at me every chance she gets slang, meaning to receive unfair treatment a hole... 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DVD cover Footloose is a (1984) musical that tells the story of Ren McCormack (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago and moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. ... DVD cover Footloose is a (1984) musical that tells the story of Ren McCormack (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago and moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. ... For the film of this name, see 42nd Street (film). ... All That Jazz is a 1979 musical film and semi-autobiographical fantasy by and about Bob Fosse. ... Chicago is a movie musical released in 2002 about celebrity and money in Jazz age 1920s Chicago. ... Hakuna matata is a Swahili saying meaning no worries (literally translated, it means There are no concerns here. ... 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100 Years...100 Movie Quotes

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Casablanca has more quotes on the list than any other movie, with six.


Fourteen different actors, ten men and four women, each have two or more quotes attributed to them. Leading all is Humphrey Bogart, who had five quotes, four of which are from Casablanca. Bette Davis had more quotes than any other actress, with three. Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino also have three each. James Cagney, Sean Connery, Faye Dunaway, Clint Eastwood, Vivian Leigh, Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gloria Swanson each have two.

  1. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. (Gone with the Wind)
  2. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. (The Godfather)
  3. You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. (On the Waterfront)
  4. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. (The Wizard of Oz)
  5. Here's looking at you, kid. (Casablanca)
  6. Go ahead, make my day. (Sudden Impact)
  7. All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up. (Sunset Boulevard)
  8. May the Force be with you! (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
  9. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night! (All About Eve)
  10. You Talkin' to Me? (Taxi Driver)
  11. What we've got here is failure to communicate. (Cool Hand Luke)
  12. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. (Apocalypse Now)
  13. Love means never having to say you're sorry. (Love Story)
  14. The stuff that dreams are made of. (The Maltese Falcon)
  15. E.T. Phone Home. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
  16. They call me Mr. Tibbs! (In the Heat of the Night)
  17. Rosebud! (Citizen Kane)
  18. Made it, Ma! Top of the world! (White Heat)
  19. I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (Network)
  20. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. (Casablanca)
  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)
  22. Bond. James Bond. (Dr. No)
  23. There's no place like home. (The Wizard of Oz)
  24. I am big! It's the pictures that got small. (Sunset Boulevard)
  25. Show me the money! (Jerry Maguire)
  26. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? (She Done Him Wrong)
  27. I'm walking here! I'm walking here! (Midnight Cowboy)
  28. Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.' (Casablanca)
  29. You can't handle the truth! (A Few Good Men)
  30. I want to be alone. (Grand Hotel)
  31. After all, tomorrow is another day! (Gone with the Wind)
  32. Round up the usual suspects. (Casablanca)
  33. I'll have what she's having. (When Harry Met Sally...)
  34. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. (To Have and Have Not)
  35. You're gonna need a bigger boat. (Jaws)
  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)
  37. I'll be back. (The Terminator)
  38. Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. (The Pride of the Yankees)
  39. If you build it, he will come. (Field of Dreams)
  40. My mama always said, "life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." (Forrest Gump)
  41. We rob banks. (Bonnie and Clyde)
  42. Plastics. (The Graduate)
  43. We'll always have Paris. (Casablanca)
  44. I see dead people. (The Sixth Sense)
  45. Stella! Hey, Stella! (A Streetcar Named Desire)
  46. Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars. (Now, Voyager)
  47. Shane! Shane! Come back! (Shane)
  48. Well, nobody's perfect. (Some Like It Hot)
  49. It's alive! It's alive! (Frankenstein)
  50. Houston, we have a problem. (Apollo 13)
  51. You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? (Dirty Harry)
  52. You had me at "hello." (Jerry Maguire)
  53. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. (Animal Crackers)
  54. There's no crying in baseball! (A League of Their Own)
  55. La-dee-da, la-dee-da. (Annie Hall)
  56. A boy's best friend is his mother. (Psycho)
  57. Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. (Wall Street)
  58. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. (The Godfather II)
  59. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again. (Gone with the Wind)
  60. Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into! (Sons of the Desert)
  61. Say "hello" to my little friend! (Scarface)
  62. What a dump. (Beyond the Forest)
  63. Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you? (The Graduate)
  64. Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
  65. Elementary, my dear Watson. (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
  66. Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape. (Planet of the Apes)
  67. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. (Casablanca)
  68. Here's Johnny! (The Shining)
  69. They're here! (Poltergeist)
  70. Is it safe? (Marathon Man)
  71. Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet! (The Jazz Singer)
  72. No wire hangers, ever! (Mommie Dearest)
  73. Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico? (Little Caesar)
  74. Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. (Chinatown)
  75. I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. (A Streetcar Named Desire)
  76. Hasta la vista, baby. (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
  77. Soylent Green is people! (Soylent Green)
  78. Open the pod bay doors, HAL. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
  79. Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious…and don't call me Shirley. (Airplane!)
  80. Yo, Adrian! (Rocky)
  81. Hello, gorgeous. (Funny Girl)
  82. Toga! Toga! (National Lampoon's Animal House)
  83. Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. (Dracula)
  84. Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. (King Kong)
  85. My precious. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
  86. Attica! Attica! (Dog Day Afternoon)
  87. Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star! (42nd Street)
  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)
  89. Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper. (Knute Rockne, All American)
  90. A vodka martini. Shaken, not stirred. (Goldfinger)
  91. Who's on first. (The Naughty Nineties)
  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)
  93. Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! (Auntie Mame)
  94. I feel the need - the need for speed! (Top Gun)
  95. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. (Dead Poets Society)
  96. Snap out of it! (Moonstruck)
  97. My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you. (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
  98. Nobody puts Baby in a corner. (Dirty Dancing)
  99. I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! (The Wizard of Oz)
  100. I'm king of the world! (Titanic)

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100 Years...100 Film Scores

The AFI listed the top 25 film scores

  1. Star Wars (1977) - John Williams
  2. Gone with the Wind (1939) - Max Steiner
  3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre
  4. Psycho (1960) - Bernard Herrmann
  5. The Godfather (1972) - Nino Rota
  6. Jaws (1975) - John Williams
  7. Laura (1944) - David Raksin
  8. The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein
  9. Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
  10. High Noon (1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin
  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  12. Vertigo (1958) - Bernard Herrmann
  13. King Kong (1933) - Max Steiner
  14. E.T. (1982) - John Williams
  15. Out of Africa (1985) - John Barry
  16. Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Franz Waxman

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Jump to: navigation, search Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: ) (May 10, 1894 - November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... The Adventures of Robin Hood is the title of: a 1938 movie, starring Errol Flynn: see The Adventures of Robin Hood (movie) a television series of the 1950s, starring Richard Greene: see The Adventures of Robin Hood (series) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 - November 29, 1957) was a composer. ... Vertigo can refer to a number of things: Vertigo is a form of dizziness often associated with balance disorder. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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