America’s Greatest Movies
America’s Greatest Movies
AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES (1998) – This is the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest Movies selected by AFI’s blue-ribbon panel of more than 1500 leaders of the American movie community.
10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
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)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY & 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)
56. M*A*S*H(1970)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
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)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
74. GOLD RUSH THE (1925)
78. ROCKY (1976)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936) – Charlie Chaplin goes against the grain by making a silent film with sound effects many years after the advent of "talkies". This movie is an allegory about how man has become too dependent and/or obsessed with machines and technology in general as the tramp struggles to survive in "modern times". Paulette Goddard plays the girl in this one. The skating scene in the department store is unforgettable. Also #33 on AFI’s 100 Funniest Movies list.
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933) – this Marx Brothers classic (the last one with Zeppo) perhaps their best has Groucho playing Rufus T. Firefly the new president of Freedonia so appointed by the richest woman (played by Margaret Dumont of course) in the small country. He declares war on a large neighboring country that of Louis Calhern and spy Raquel Torres (looking an awful lot like Dolores del Rio). Many of the gags and/or lines are classics which have survived and become part of our culture. Directed by Leo McCarey the film was added to the National Film Registry in 1990. Also #5 on AFI’s 100 Funniest Movies list.
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)