AFI's list of the 100 most-inspiring movies

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[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

[fatnotlazy]

Duck Soup?

Ok...I'll throw in Animal Crackers too. That was inspirational too. LOL

[FearlessFreep]

"It's my way or the highway."

"If you're going to have a pet, keep it on a leash."

[dawn53]

Life is Beautiful...didn't see that one on the list, definitely inspirational.

[posterchild]

Easy Rider inspired me to make a chopper out of my Schwinn Stingray. One wonders where all those extra bicycle forks came from. I thought that Easy Rider had a couple of conservative moments, such as when the riders encounter a family living on a ranch and commends them on their ability to make a living on their own, and when they come upon a farming commune of people choosing to live on the land independent of outside society.

[steve8714]

AFI is queer for "To Kill A Mockingbird".
Not all that as I remember.

[posterchild]

Where is Caddyshack??? It inspired me to be a groundskeeper.

[Straight Vermonter]

96. Searching for Bobby Fischer, 1993

I'll bet my kids watched this one over 500 times.

[steve8714]

..Thelma and Louise? The Defiant Ones?

[condi2008]

And U-571. And Cinderella Man. And Life is Beautiful.

[FearlessFreep]

American Pie? Inspired me to do Stiffler's mom.

[steve8714]

Bataan?

[Argh]

I think it was supposed to inspire you to bump off some Krauts. However, I understand that sort of behaviour is frowned on today.

[durasell]

In the Heat of the Night? Probably a "perfect" movie, but not inspiring.

[Fiji Hill]

The Wizard of OZ? It's been a long time, but just what was so inspirational about it?

I noticed that the 1939 version of this film is listed. I prefer the 1925 version, starring Larry Seman and Oliver Hardy. It's a lot funnier.

[cloud8]

> The Wizard of OZ? It's been a long time, but just what was so inspirational about it?

It's just a list of movies made up by the usual suspects. Some are good, some bad, some ugly, but nothing is particularly inspirational about them. And frankly, my dear, I go to the movies to be entertained, not inspired.

[ThomasThomas]

Is there a Speilberg movie that didn't make it?
Duel!

Yes, a very inspiring movie about how a lone common car driver can over come and vanquish the evil tanker truck driver. I am sure that there was oil in that evil truck.

[King Moonracer]

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

[Fiji Hill]

Lilies of the Field made the list, but how about Lizzies of the Field (1924), a film about an auto race starring Billy Bevan?

[stylin19a]

bah ! What have these buffoons gone and done now ?
no "West Side Story" ?
no "Great Escape" ?

no Caddyshack...?

[veronica]

34. All the President's Men, 1976

????

Kind of a dumb list. Too many PC films listed.