AFI 100 movies

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jellibean posted a list of the top movies from AFI and bolded the films she had seen. Sounded like fun!




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. (I feel bad, my parents love this movie and own it, but I don't think I ever watched it all)
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 Blvd.", 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. -- we watched this in my 11th grade english class! I had a mini-crush on Henry Fonda after that.
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. -- I barely remember it though, I think I was too young and it all went over my head
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. -- Don't ask me how I've avoided it, I just have! Odd thing is, I think I've seen every other R&H musical ever!
41. "King Kong," 1933.
42. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
43. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
44. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
45. "Shane," 1953. -- It's been spoiled for me, so whats the point!
46. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
48. "Rear Window," 1954.
49. "Intolerance," 1916.
50. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001.
51. "West Side Story," 1961.
52. "Taxi Driver," 1976. -- Had to watch it for a film class otherwise I never would have bothered
53. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
54. "M-A-S-H," 1970.
55. "North by Northwest," 1959.
56. "Jaws," 1975. -- I love this movie, spawned another mini-crush, this one on Richard Dreyfuss
57. "Rocky," 1976.
58. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
59. "Nashville," 1975.
60. "Duck Soup," 1933.
61. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941.
62. "American Graffiti," 1973. -- I need this on DVD, only have my old video.
63. "Cabaret," 1972.
64. "Network," 1976. -- never seen it, but I know the line I need to know ("I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!") so what's the point?
65. "The African Queen," 1951.
66. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," 1981. -- Oh Indy, I loves you.
67. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1966.
68. "Unforgiven," 1992.
69. "Tootsie," 1982.
70. "A Clockwork Orange," 1971.
71. "Saving Private Ryan," 1998. -- in the theater too.
72. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994. -- SO GOOD! I don't own it though, because TNT ran it into the ground (My favorite line is when Andy gives the one guy a copy of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and he tries to read the author, pronoucing it "Alexadray Dum-ass"...I have to resist doing that every time I give that book to a patron)
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969. -- good movie but WTF was up with 'Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head'? Random!
74. "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991. -- Jodie Foster as the Dana Scully prototype. Frakking amazing movie.
75. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.
76. "Forrest Gump," 1994. -- overrated.
77. "All the President's Men," 1976.
78. "Modern Times," 1936.
79. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
80. "The Apartment, 1960.
81. "Spartacus," 1960. -- No, I'm Spartacus! No, it's ME!
82. "Sunrise," 1927.
83. "Titanic," 1997.
84. "Easy Rider," 1969.
85. "A Night at the Opera," 1935. -- I know I've seen Marx Brothers films...I'll just check this one off now because it feels right
86. "Platoon," 1986.
87. "12 Angry Men," 1957. -- this was watched during the Henry Fond mini-crush phase mentioned above. Still good.
88. "Bringing Up Baby," 1938. -- watched this for a film class paper on screwball comedies
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. -- I may have left the room during some bits, but I've seen enough of it.
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.

46/100 - not too shabby. :D