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A new decade, a new countdown. AFI reveals the (NEW) 100 greatest movies of all time.
American Film Institute ^ | December 2007 | AFI

Posted on 01/11/2008 8:10:32 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks

You've come to the right place to find official information and downloads for AFI's 100 Years . . .100 Movies series. Ten years after the very first list in the series -- the 100 greatest American films of all time -- AFI's experts have taken another look and movie lovers have been waiting for the result. Now, the new top 100 movies list has been revealed. The top 10 films are:

1 CITIZEN KANE

2 THE GODFATHER

3 CASABLANCA

4 RAGING BULL

5 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

6 GONE WITH THE WIND

7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

8 SCHINDLER'S LIST

9 VERTIGO

10 THE WIZARD OF OZ

Curious about the rest of the list? Take a colorful interactive tour of all 100 movies on the list, with key art and credits for each. Then, download the official enhanced list -- where you can see which films have moved up or down -- or dropped off altogether -- compared to the 1997 list. And, the download is designed to be used as a checklist for your own "100 Movies" viewing. Enjoy!



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To: sweet_diane

Slingblade didn’t even make top 400.

http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/Movies_ballot_06.pdf?docID=141


41 posted on 01/11/2008 9:10:44 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks (THERE'S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!©®™)
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To: Billthedrill

Don’t forget the gorgeous Asian gal.


42 posted on 01/11/2008 9:10:49 AM PST by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: Billthedrill
Flying Chinese wizards shooting sparks. What more could you want?

Tsui Hark's Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

43 posted on 01/11/2008 9:11:19 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Need more coffee!

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof oughta be there.
So should “The Verdict”, which is, imho, the best Newman performance ever.

And I think a very strong argument could be made for “Apollo 13”

One of my personal favorites has always been the original “Postman Always Rings Twice” with Lana Turner, but it’s simply too uneven for a 100 greatest list.
But she’s still fun to look at!!!


44 posted on 01/11/2008 9:11:36 AM PST by djf (...and dying in your bed, many years from now, did you donate to FR?)
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To: djf

Appolo 13 made the top 400.

Not sure where it finished.


45 posted on 01/11/2008 9:17:23 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks (THERE'S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!©®™)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

And once again “Ishtar” gets robbed. Is there no justice in the world????


46 posted on 01/11/2008 9:23:25 AM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: CougarGA7
Heavens no. Nor the dialogue -

Jack Burton: Okay, I get the picture White Tigers, Lords of Death, guys in funny suits throwing plastic explosives while poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of heaven shake, huh? Sure, okay, I see Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu and a hundred howlin' monkey temples, and that's just for starters, right? Fine! I'm back! I'm ready, goddammit let me at 'em!

Well, I thought it was stirring at the time...

47 posted on 01/11/2008 9:25:09 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rednesss

Biggest Flop ever...


48 posted on 01/11/2008 9:28:01 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks (THERE'S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!©®™)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
No "Glen or Glenda"! An outrage!

But seriously folks, where's "Casino"? One of my all-time Top Ten!
49 posted on 01/11/2008 9:29:39 AM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Big dog, big dog, bow-wow-wow! We'll crush crime, now, now, now!)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

50 posted on 01/11/2008 9:30:15 AM PST by redrunner (A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. -- Aesop)
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To: NCC-1701
“Godzilla” didn’t make the list? Geeesh, the vote was rigged.

Rigged indeed! How could such award winners like Farenheit 911 and Brokeback Mountain be left off the list?

To say nothing of the All-Time-most-award-winning-with-even-a-Nobel-Prize-to-its-credit "An Inconvenient Truth" not make the list?

51 posted on 01/11/2008 9:35:42 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
The list is lacking some prominent gangster movies. Godfather 1&2 and Goodfellas are it I think.

I’m kinda partial to The Firm.

52 posted on 01/11/2008 9:36:08 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks (THERE'S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!©®™)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

What about Urban Cowboy?

What? Thats one of my favorites....


53 posted on 01/11/2008 9:38:04 AM PST by shbox (BobbyHill: "What's the matter with those people, Dad?" HankHill: "They're hippies, son")
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Somewhat surprising that “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” finally made it - forty something years after it was released.

It truly is one that I would call a GREAT flick. Not easy to take, but they were all brilliant in that movie.

One of the few of my favorites that I don’t have.


54 posted on 01/11/2008 9:41:29 AM PST by djf (...and dying in your bed, many years from now, did you donate to FR?)
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To: redrunner
I've never understood the great critical acclaim for The Godfather. It was a snoozer for sure.

Also, Schindler's List is way overrated. A good movie, to be sure, but better than Vertigo?
55 posted on 01/11/2008 9:45:34 AM PST by UncleDick (Ron Paul '08)
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To: ken5050

100 Greatest AMERICAN movies,......

I think “Chariots Of Fire” is an English film and production.

For me, not having John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in “The Quiet Man” on the list is a serious omission. I don’t think I ever get tired of this movie.

Likewise “An American In Paris”

And how about “The Birds”?

I’m thankful that “North By Northwest” is on the list. The scene of Cary Grant on that lonely farm road and cornfield is one of the all times greatest film scenes ever!


56 posted on 01/11/2008 9:51:14 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Not even one “Carry On” movie? Outrageous! :-)


57 posted on 01/11/2008 9:51:30 AM PST by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society)
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To: shbox
What about Urban Cowboy?

What? Thats one of my favorites....


...and Smokey and The Bandit
58 posted on 01/11/2008 9:52:06 AM PST by shbox (BobbyHill: "What's the matter with those people, Dad?" HankHill: "They're hippies, son")
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To: Clint N. Suhks

“The General” deserves to be on the list! WOO-HOO


59 posted on 01/11/2008 10:02:52 AM PST by Fudd Fan (Vic-tor-ee-in-Ess-Cee! I'm conservative and I'm with FRED©®™!!)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
There was a lot of short sightedness there. From Disney to Pixar there are too many that should be represented...Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Shrek to Fantasia.

...and RATATOUILLE!

60 posted on 01/11/2008 10:04:55 AM PST by Fudd Fan (Vic-tor-ee-in-Ess-Cee! I'm conservative and I'm with FRED©®™!!)
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