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American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Movies"

This list was compiled by the AFI in 1998 and represents a wide range of movies that were judged on several criteria, including their critical recognition, popularity over time, historical significance, and cultural impact.

(found at: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx)

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1. Citizen Kane
by Orson Welles
 
2. Casablanca
by Michael Curtiz
 
3. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
by Francis Ford Coppola
 
4. Gone with the Wind
by Victor Fleming
 
5. Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition)  
6. The Wizard of Oz
by Victor Fleming
 
7. The Graduate (Special Edition)
by Mike Nichols
 
8. On the Waterfront (Special Edition)  
9. Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
 
10. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
 
11. It's a Wonderful Life
by Frank Capra
 
12. Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
 
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Limited Edition)  
14. Some Like It Hot (Special Edition)  
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Star Wars (1977)
by George Lucas
 
16. All About Eve
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 
17. The African Queen
by John Huston
 
18. Psycho (Collector's Edition)  
19. Chinatown  
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Milos Forman
 
21. The Grapes of Wrath
by John Ford
 
22. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
by Stanley Kubrick
 
23. The Maltese Falcon
by John Huston
 
24. Raging Bull  
25. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Full Screen Collector's Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
 
26. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
 
27. Bonnie and Clyde
by Arthur Penn
 
28. Apocalypse Now  
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
by Frank Capra
 
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by John Huston
 
31. Annie Hall  
32. The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by Francis Ford Coppola
 
33. High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
 
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
by Robert Mulligan
 
35. It Happened One Night
by Frank Capra
 
36. Midnight Cowboy
by John Schlesinger
 
37. The Best Years of Our Lives
by William Wyler
 
38. Double Indemnity
by Billy Wilder
 
39. Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by David Lean
 
40. North by Northwest  
41. West Side Story (Special Edition DVD Collector's Set)
by Jerome Robbins
 
42. Rear Window (Collector's Edition)  
43. King Kong (1933) (Single-Disc Edition)  
44. The Birth of a Nation  
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Director's Version)
by Elia Kazan
 
46. A Clockwork Orange
by Stanley Kubrick
 
47. Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)  
48. Jaws (Widescreen Anniversary Collector's Edition)  
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by David Hand
 
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Special Edition)
by George Roy Hill
 
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Created by holliday on Sep 25, 2006.