Posted on 06/16/2006 5:11:46 AM PDT by Grig
The following is a list of AFI's 100 most-inspiring movies, with film title and year of release:
1. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
3. Schindler's List, 1993
4. Rocky, 1976
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
7. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940
8. Breaking Away, 1979
9. Miracle on 34th Street, 1947
10. Saving Private Ryan, 1998
11. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
12. Apollo 13, 1995
13. Hoosiers, 1986
14. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
15. The Miracle Worker, 1962
16. Norma Rae, 1979
17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
18. The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959
19. The Right Stuff, 1983
20. Philadelphia, 1993
21. In the Heat of the Night, 1967
22. The Pride of the Yankees, 1942
23. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
24. National Velvet, 1944
25. Sullivan's Travels, 1941
26. The Wizard of Oz, 1939
27. High Noon, 1952
28. Field of Dreams, 1989
29. Gandhi, 1982
30. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
31. Glory, 1989
32. Casablanca, 1942
33. City Lights, 1931
34. All the President's Men, 1976
35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967
36. On the Waterfront, 1954
37. Forrest Gump, 1994
38. Pinocchio, 1940
39. Star Wars, 1977
40. Mrs. Miniver, 1942
41. The Sound of Music, 1965
42. 12 Angry Men, 1957
43. Gone With the Wind, 1939
44. Spartacus, 1960
45. On Golden Pond, 1981
46. Lilies of the Field, 1963
47. 2001: a Space Odyssey, 1968
48. The African Queen, 1951
49. Meet John Doe, 1941
50. Seabiscuit, 2003
51. The Purple, 1985
52. Dead Poet's Society, 1989
53. Shane, 1953
54. Rudy, 1993
55. The Defiant Ones, 1958
56. Ben-Hur, 1959
57. Sergeant York, 1941
58. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
59. Dances With Wolves, 1990
60. The Killing Fields, 1984
61. Sounder, 1972
62. Braveheart, 1995
63. Rain Man, 1988
64. The Black Stallion, 1979
65. A Raisin in the Sun, 1961
66. Silkwood, 1983
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951
68. An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982
69. The Spirit of St. Louis, 1957
70. Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980
71. Cool Hand Luke, 1967
72. Dark Victory, 1939
73. Erin Brockovich, 2000
74. Gunga Din, 1939
75. The Verdict, 1982
76. Birdman of Alcatraz, 1962
77. Driving Miss Daisy, 1989
78. Thelma & Louise, 1991
79. The Ten Commandments, 1956
80. Babe, 1995
81. Boys Town, 1938
82. Fiddler on the Roof, 1971
83. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936
84. Serpico, 1973
85. What's Love Got to Do With It, 1993
86. Stand and Deliver, 1988
87. Working Girl, 1988
88. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
89. Harold and Maude, 1972
90. Hotel Rwanda, 2004
91. The Paper Chase, 1973
92. Fame, 1980
93. A Beautiful Mind, 2001
94. Captains Courageous, 1937
95. Places in the Heart, 1984
96. Searching for Bobby Fischer, 1993
97. Madame Curie, 1943
98. The Karate Kid, 1984
99. Ray, 2004
100. Chariots of Fire, 1981
...the poison goblet, "...never bet against a Sicilian with life on the line...never start a land war in China".
Absolutely the best movie ever.
Whenever you are feeling down, you must get that movie out.
Arguably the best film adapted from a novel. Totally faithful to the book, equally brilliant in every way. Gone With Wind is another one. To Kill A Mockingbird is an extraordinary film IMO, and very "inspirational" though that's not necessarily a criteria by which to judge the greatness of a film.
???????? A film about two bored ladies who blow away a rapist and go on a crime spree is inspiring? A well made film, certainly. Groundbreaking perhaps. But inspirational?
What a weird list. Too many recent movies. Where is How Green Was My Valley?? Bah.
There was some fantastic typology in the movie.
Consider Babe as a type of would-be christian wanting to be the shepherd of a flock. Consider Farmer Hogett as a type of God the father.
In the end when Hogett looks down on Babe, with that pleased look, the sun breaking through the sky, what does he say?
"That'll do pig"
Or more appropriately, "Well done though good and faithful servant"
That's one of the top 100 hints that your are in a dive.
Numbers three through six should be way farther down the list, if on the list at all. IMO.
101 "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
102 "Them"
103 "It"
104 "Gator"
105 "Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
It looked like every Sidney Poitier movie was on the list execpt for A Soldier's Story and some stupid CIA caper.
It looked like every Sidney Poitier movie was on the list execpt for A Soldier's Story and some stupid CIA caper.
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Lillies of the Field remains one of my all-time favorites of his movies.
Go back and watch a Sidney Poitier movie and you'll remember just how good he was.
2. Enemy at the Gates.
3. Eldorado/Rio Grand (same movie).
4. The Replacement Killers (I just like Mira).
5. The Professional.
6. All Godfathers movies.
Gary Oldman was amazing as the psycho cop.
Jean Reno as the professional...and of course Natalie Portman as the child Mathilda.
The bitterness in your post says it all...
LOL!
No "Dude, Where's My Car?"
I loved that movie. After the show, people were spinning out in the parking lots and showing off their muscle cars...........those were the days............
I agree. A couple were way to violent.
I also can't believe Passion of Christ did not make the top 100. Causes it to lose credibility.
What about "Duel"? Doesn't that inspire people to drive trucks and have fun doing it?
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