AFI's 10 Top 10

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AFI 100 Years… series
100 Movies – (1998) 100 Stars – (1999) 100 Laughs – (2000) 100 Thrills – (2001) 100 Passions – (2002) 100 Heroes and Villains – (2003) 100 Songs – (2004) 100 Movie Quotes – (2005) 100 Film Scores – (2005) 100 Musicals – (2006) 100 Cheers – (2006) 100 Movies (10th Anniversary) – (2007) AFI's 10 Top 10 – (2008)

AFI's 10 Top 10 honors the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres. Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI), the lists were unveiled on a television special broadcast by CBS on June 17, 2008.

Clint Eastwood, James Woods, Quentin Tarantino, Lesley Ann Warren, Gabriel Byrne, Kirk Douglas, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Astin, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Elizabeth Perkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Martin Scorsese, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Michael J. Fox, Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman, Amy Madigan, Dominic Monaghan, Rita Wilson, Andie MacDowell, Harold Ramis, Roman Polanski, Robert Loggia, Talia Shire, Susan Sarandon, Daniel Stern, Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet, Rob Reiner, Ray Liotta, and Jane Fonda discussed their admiration for and personal contributions to the films cited.

Like previous specials in the AFI 100 Years... series, the entire list of 500 nominated films is available on the American Film Institute website.

Contents 1 Animation 2 Romantic comedy films 3 Westerns 4 Sports 5 Mystery films 6 Fantasy films 7 Science fiction films 8 Gangster films 9 Courtroom dramas 10 Epics 11 List breakdown 12 External links

[edit] Animation

This list, presented by Jennifer Love Hewitt, includes seven films produced by Walt Disney Pictures, two produced by Pixar (also released by Disney), and one produced by DreamWorks Animation.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #49 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #10 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #19 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #34
2	Pinocchio	1940	AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #7 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #38
3	Bambi	1942	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #20
4	The Lion King	1994	AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #99
5	Fantasia	1942	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #58
6	Toy Story	1995	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) #99
7	Beauty and the Beast	1991	AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #34 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #62 AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals - #22
8	Shrek	2001
9	Cinderella	1950
10	Finding Nemo	2003

[edit] Romantic comedy films

Presented by Jessica Alba.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	City Lights	1931	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #76 AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #38 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #10 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #38 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #33 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #11
2	Annie Hall	1977	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #31 AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #4 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #11 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #90 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #55 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #35
3	It Happened One Night	1934	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #35 AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #8 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #38 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #46
4	Roman Holiday	1953	AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars - #3, #12 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #4
5	The Philadelphia Story	1941	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #51 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #44 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #44
6	When Harry Met Sally...	1989	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #23 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #25 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #60 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #33
7	Adam's Rib	1949	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #22
8	Moonstruck	1987	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #41 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #17 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #96
9	Harold and Maude	1971	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #45 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #69 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #89
10	Sleepless in Seattle	1993	AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #45

[edit] Westerns

Presented by Clint Eastwood.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	The Searchers	1956	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #96 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #12
2	High Noon	1952	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #33 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #20 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #5 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #25 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #10 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #27 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #27
3	Shane	1953	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #69 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #16 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #47 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #53 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #45
4	Unforgiven	1992	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #98 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #68
5	Red River	1948
6	The Wild Bunch	1969	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #80 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #69 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #79
7	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #50 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #54 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #20 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #23 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #73
8	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	1971
9	Stagecoach	1939	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #63
10	Cat Ballou	1965	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #50

[edit] Sports

Presented by Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	Raging Bull	1980	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #24 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #51 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #4
2	Rocky	1976	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #78 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #52 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #7 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #58 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #80 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #4 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #57
3	The Pride of the Yankees	1943	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #25 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #38 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #22
4	Hoosiers	1986	AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #13
5	Bull Durham	1988	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #97
6	The Hustler	1961
7	Caddyshack	1980	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #71 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #92
8	Breaking Away	1979	AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #8
9	National Velvet	1945	AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #24
10	Jerry Maguire	1996	AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #100 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #25, #52

[edit] Mystery films

This list, presented by Gabriel Byrne, included four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	Vertigo	1958	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #61 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #18 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #18 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #12 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #9
2	Chinatown	1974	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #19 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #16 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #16 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #74 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #9 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #21
3	Rear Window	1954	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #42 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #14 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #48
4	Laura	1944	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #73 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #7
5	The Third Man	1950	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #57 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #75 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #37
6	The Maltese Falcon	1941	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #23 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #26 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #14 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #31
7	North by Northwest	1959	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #40 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #4 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #55
8	Blue Velvet	1986	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #96 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #36
9	Dial M for Murder	1954	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #48
10	The Usual Suspects	1995	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #48

[edit] Fantasy films

Presented by Sean Astin.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	The Wizard of Oz	1939	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #6 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #43 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #4 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #1, #82 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #4, #23, #99 AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals - #3 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #26 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #10
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #50
3	It's a Wonderful Life	1947	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #11 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #8 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #6, #9 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #1 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #20
4	King Kong	1933	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #43 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #12 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #24 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #84 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #13 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #41
5	Miracle on 34th Street	1947	AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #9
6	Field of Dreams	1989	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #39 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #28
7	Harvey	1950	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #35
8	Groundhog Day	1993	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #34
9	The Thief of Bagdad	1924
10	Big	1988	AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs - #42

[edit] Science fiction films

Presented by Sigourney Weaver.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #22 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #40 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #13 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #78 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #47 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #15
2	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	1977	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #15 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #27 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #14, #37 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #8 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #1 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #39 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #13
3	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #25 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #44 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #15 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #14 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #6 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #24
4	A Clockwork Orange	1971	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #46 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #21 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #12 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #70
5	The Day the Earth Stood Still	1951	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #82 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #67
6	Blade Runner	1982	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #74 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #97
7	Alien	1979	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #6 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #14
8	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #77 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #48 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #76
9	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #47
10	Back to the Future	1985

[edit] Gangster films

Presented by Quentin Tarantino.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	The Godfather	1972	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #3 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #11 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #2 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #5 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #2
2	Goodfellas	1990	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #94 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #92
3	The Godfather Part II	1974	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #32 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #11 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #58 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #32
4	White Heat	1949	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #26 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #18
5	Bonnie and Clyde	1967	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #27 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #13 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #65 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #32 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #41 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #42
6	Scarface: The Shame of a Nation	1932	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #47
7	Pulp Fiction	1994	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #95 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #53 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #94
8	The Public Enemy	1931	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #42
9	Little Caesar	1931	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #38 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #73
10	Scarface	1983	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #61

[edit] Courtroom dramas

Presented by James Woods.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	To Kill a Mockingbird	1963	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #34 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #1 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #17 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #2 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #25
2	12 Angry Men	1957	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #88 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #28 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #42 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #87
3	Kramer vs. Kramer	1979
4	The Verdict	1982	AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #75
5	A Few Good Men	1992	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #29
6	Witness for the Prosecution	1957
7	Anatomy of a Murder	1959
8	In Cold Blood	1967
9	A Cry in the Dark	1988
10	Judgment at Nuremberg	1961

[edit] Epics

Presented by Kirk Douglas.

#	Film	Year	Also listed in:
1	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #5 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #23 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #10 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #3 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #30 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #7
2	Ben-Hur	1959	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #72 AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #49 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #21 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #56 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #100
3	Schindler's List	1993	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #9 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #13, #15 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #3 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #8
4	Gone with the Wind	1939	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #4 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #2 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #1, #31, #59 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - #2 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #43 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #6
5	Spartacus	1960	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #62 AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #22 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #44 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #81
6	Titanic	1997	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #25 AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #37 AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs - #14 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - #100 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #83
7	All Quiet on the Western Front	1930	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies - #54
8	Saving Private Ryan	1998	AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills - #45 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #10 AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - #71
9	Reds	1981	AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions - #55
10	The Ten Commandments	1956	AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains - #43 AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers - #79

[edit] List breakdown

• Alfred Hitchcock has a record number of movies in the mystery category, with four films he directed: Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, and Dial M for Murder.
• Steven Spielberg has directed two epics on the list with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and one science fiction film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
• Stanley Kubrick directed multiple films on the lists with 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange on the science fiction list, and Spartacus on the epic films list.
• The Walt Disney Company has more films per category on the list than any other director or producer. In the animation category, they had nine animated films that they either produced (seven) or released under their Walt Disney Pictures banner (two produced by Pixar). The only non-Disney animated film on the list is Shrek.
• James Stewart is the most represented leading actor with six films. He makes his mark in four categories: fantasy with It's a Wonderful Life and Harvey, mystery with Vertigo and Rear Window, romantic comedy with The Philadelphia Story, and courtroom drama with Anatomy of a Murder.
• Tom Hanks stars in four ranking films, each in a different genre: fantasy with Big, romantic comedy with Sleepless in Seattle, epic with Saving Private Ryan, and animation with Toy Story.
• Gene Hackman appears in four of the list's films: the gangster movie Bonnie and Clyde, the epic Reds, the sports film Hoosiers, and the Western Unforgiven.
• Diane Keaton also appears in four ranking films: gangster with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, romantic comedy with Annie Hall, and epic with Reds. She had a lead role in Annie Hall and Reds, but only a supporting role in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.
• Actors John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Talia Shire, and James Earl Jones each have three films on the list.
• John Ford directed 2 of the films in the Western Catogory, Stagecoach and The Searchers.
• Ward Bond appears in five films on these lists: It Happened One Night, Gone with the Wind, The Searchers, The Maltese Falcon, and It's a Wonderful Life, but all of them in varying degrees of support.
• There are a total of thirteen Academy Award Best Picture winners in six categories that appear on the lists: Rocky in sports, Unforgiven in the westerns, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II in the gangsters, Annie Hall and It Happened One Night in the romantic comedies, Kramer vs. Kramer in the courtroom dramas, and finally, Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur, Schindler's List, Gone with the Wind, Titanic, and All Quiet on the Western Front in the epics.
• The most recently released film on the list is Finding Nemo (2003). The oldest film on the list is The Thief of Bagdad (1924). They were released seventy-nine years apart.
• Warner Bros. owns some or all rights (for certain films, in certain countries only) to 26 films on the list- more than any other studio. This includes the eight pre-1986 MGM films on the list, DVD rights to City Lights, and rights in certain countries to King Kong and Stagecoach.
• Eight films on the romantic comedy list (Annie Hall, City Lights, Harold and Maude, Moonstruck, Adam's Rib, The Philadelphia Story, It Happened One Night, and When Harry Met Sally...) are on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list, and nine of them (Annie Hall, Harold and Maude, Sleepless in Seattle, The Philadelphia Story, It Happened One Night, Roman Holiday, Moonstruck, City Lights, and When Harry Met Sally...) are on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list (see above).
• Of all the films on the list, none were made prior to the 1920s, 1 is from the 1920s, 11 are from the 1930s, 14 are from the 1940s, 17 are from the 1950s, 11 are from the 1960s, 12 are from the 1970s, 16 are from the 1980s, 15 are from the 1990s, and 3 are from the 2000s.
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and City Lights (1931) are the only silent films on the list. They are also the oldest on the list.
• 33 of the films on the list were filmed in black-and-white, and the other 67 were filmed in color, although a few (such as It's a Wonderful Life) were filmed in black-and-white but colorized later on.
• Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott each have two films represented on the "Sci-Fi" list; Kubrick directed 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, while Scott directed Blade Runner and Alien.

[edit] External links

• AFI's 10 Top 10