Jon Vs. The AFI Top 100
The American Film Institute regularly releases lists of "Best of's", the most famous of which is the "100 Greatest Movies in American Cinema History". There have been two lists made, one in 1997 and the latest in 2007. I, not wanting a social life, have decided to start off and watch these 100 films and see just how accurate I find the AFI to be. They will be like normal reviews for now, and I will rate them with a letter grade. At the end of this, I will have a final thoughts section where I will rank the Top 100 based on my grades (don't expect this any time soon, as some of these movies I admit I have no real interest in other than this list). I'm also not going to go in order, because I don't feel like it (part of the fun of having your own site I guess).
Below is a list of the 100 Best American Films. As I review them, each title will become a link and you can click it and check out my review. I won't set a Julie and Julia-like timetable; this is more of a spare time kind of thing (although I hope I can get at least half way before the 2017 list ruins everything). Okay? Okay!
Below is a list of the 100 Best American Films. As I review them, each title will become a link and you can click it and check out my review. I won't set a Julie and Julia-like timetable; this is more of a spare time kind of thing (although I hope I can get at least half way before the 2017 list ruins everything). Okay? Okay!
The AFI Top 100 Films
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972) 3. Casablanca (1942) 4. Raging Bull (1980) 5. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 6. Gone With the Wind (1939) 7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8. Schindler's List (1993) 9. Vertigo (1958) 10. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 11. City Lights (1931) 12. The Searchers (1956) 13. Star Wars (1977) 14. Psycho (1960) 15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 16. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 17. The Graduate (1967) 18. The General (1927) 19. On the Waterfront (1954) 20. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 21. Chinatown (1974) 22. Some Like it Hot (1959) 23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 24. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) 25. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 27. High Noon (1952) 28. All About Eve (1950) 29. Double Indemnity (1944) 30. Apocalypse Now (1979) 31. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 32. The Godfather Part II (1974) 33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 35. Annie Hall (1977) 36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 39. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 40. The Sound of Music (1965) 41. King Kong (1933) 42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 43. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 44. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 45. Shane (1953) 46. It Happened One Night (1934) 47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 48. Rear Window (1954) 49. Intolerance (1916) 50. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) |
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver (1976) 53. The Deer Hunter (1978) 54. M-A-S-H (1970) 55. North by Northwest (1959) 56. Jaws (1975) 57. Rocky (1976) 58. The Gold Rush (1925) 59. Nashville (1975) 60. Duck Soup (1933) 61. Sullivan's Travels (1941) 62. American Graffiti (1973) 63. Cabaret (1972) 64. Network (1976) 65. The African Queen (1951) 66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 67. Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (1966) 68. Unforgiven (1992) 69. Tootsie (1982) 70. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 71. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 75. In The Heat of the Night (1967) 76. Forrest Gump (1994) 77. All the President's Men (1976) 78. Modern Times (1936) 79. The Wild Bunch (1969) 80. The Apartment (1960) 81. Spartacus (1960) 82. Sunrise (1927) 83. Titanic (1997) 84. Easy Rider (1969) 85. A Night at the Opera (1935) 86. Platoon (1986) 87. 12 Angry Men (1957) 88. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 89. The Sixth Sense (1999) 90. Swing Time (1936) 91. Sophie's Choice (1982) 92. Goodfellas (1990) 93. The French Connection (1971) 94. Pulp Fiction (1994) 95. The Last Picture Show (1971) 96. Do the Right Thing (1989) 97. Blade Runner (1982) 98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 99. Toy Story (1995) 100. Ben Hur (1959) |