AFI's 10 Top 10
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| AFI 100 Years... series:
100 Movies – (1998) |
AFI's 10 Top 10 honors the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres. Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI), the lists were unveiled on a television special broadcast by CBS on June 17, 2008.
Clint Eastwood, James Woods, Quentin Tarantino, Lesley Ann Warren, Gabriel Byrne, Kirk Douglas, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Astin, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Elizabeth Perkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Michael J. Fox, Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman, Amy Madigan, Dominic Monaghan, Rita Wilson, Andie MacDowell, Harold Ramis, Roman Polanski, Robert Loggia, Talia Shire, Susan Sarandon, Daniel Stern, Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet, Rob Reiner, Ray Liotta, and Jane Fonda discussed their admiration for and personal contributions to the films cited.
Like previous specials in the AFI 100 Years... series, the entire list of 500 nominated films is available on the American Film Institute website.
Contents |
[edit] Animation
Presented by Jennifer Love Hewitt.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| 2 | Pinocchio | 1940 |
| 3 | Bambi | 1942 |
| 4 | The Lion King | 1994 |
| 5 | Fantasia | 1940 |
| 6 | Toy Story | 1995 |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 |
| 8 | Shrek | 2001 |
| 9 | Cinderella | 1950 |
| 10 | Finding Nemo | 2003 |
[edit] Romantic comedy films
Presented by Jessica Alba.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Lights | 1931 |
| 2 | Annie Hall | 1977 |
| 3 | It Happened One Night | 1934 |
| 4 | Roman Holiday | 1953 |
| 5 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 |
| 6 | When Harry Met Sally... | 1989 |
| 7 | Adam's Rib | 1949 |
| 8 | Moonstruck | 1987 |
| 9 | Harold and Maude | 1971 |
| 10 | Sleepless in Seattle | 1993 |
[edit] Westerns
Presented by Clint Eastwood.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Searchers | 1956 |
| 2 | High Noon | 1952 |
| 3 | Shane | 1953 |
| 4 | Unforgiven | 1992 |
| 5 | Red River | 1948 |
| 6 | The Wild Bunch | 1969 |
| 7 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 |
| 8 | McCabe and Mrs. Miller | 1971 |
| 9 | Stagecoach | 1939 |
| 10 | Cat Ballou | 1965 |
[edit] Sports
Presented by Cuba Gooding, Jr.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raging Bull | 1980 |
| 2 | Rocky | 1976 |
| 3 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 |
| 4 | Hoosiers | 1986 |
| 5 | Bull Durham | 1988 |
| 6 | The Hustler | 1961 |
| 7 | Caddyshack | 1980 |
| 8 | Breaking Away | 1979 |
| 9 | National Velvet | 1944 |
| 10 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 |
[edit] Mystery films
Presented by Gabriel Byrne.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertigo | 1958 |
| 2 | Chinatown | 1974 |
| 3 | Rear Window | 1954 |
| 4 | Laura | 1944 |
| 5 | The Third Man | 1949 |
| 6 | The Maltese Falcon | 1941 |
| 7 | North by Northwest | 1959 |
| 8 | Blue Velvet | 1986 |
| 9 | Dial M for Murder | 1954 |
| 10 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 |
[edit] Fantasy films
Presented by Sean Astin.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 |
| 3 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
| 4 | King Kong | 1933 |
| 5 | Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 |
| 6 | Field of Dreams | 1989 |
| 7 | Harvey | 1950 |
| 8 | Groundhog Day | 1993 |
| 9 | The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 |
| 10 | Big | 1988 |
[edit] Science fiction films
Presented by Sigourney Weaver.
[edit] Gangster films
Presented by Quentin Tarantino.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather | 1972 |
| 2 | Goodfellas | 1990 |
| 3 | The Godfather Part II | 1974 |
| 4 | White Heat | 1949 |
| 5 | Bonnie and Clyde | 1967 |
| 6 | Scarface: The Shame of the Nation | 1932 |
| 7 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 |
| 8 | The Public Enemy | 1931 |
| 9 | Little Caesar | 1931 |
| 10 | Scarface | 1983 |
[edit] Courtroom dramas
Presented by James Woods.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 |
| 2 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
| 3 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 1979 |
| 4 | The Verdict | 1982 |
| 5 | A Few Good Men | 1992 |
| 6 | Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 |
| 7 | Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 |
| 8 | In Cold Blood | 1967 |
| 9 | A Cry in the Dark | 1988 |
| 10 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 |
[edit] Epics
Presented by Kirk Douglas.
| Rank | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
| 2 | Ben-Hur | 1959 |
| 3 | Schindler's List | 1993 |
| 4 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 |
| 5 | Spartacus | 1960 |
| 6 | Titanic | 1997 |
| 7 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 |
| 8 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 |
| 9 | Reds | 1981 |
| 10 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 |
[edit] List breakdown
- Alfred Hitchcock has a record number of movies in the mystery category, with four films he directed: Vertigo, Rear Window, North By Northwest, and Dial M for Murder.
- Steven Spielberg has directed two epics on the list with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and one science fiction film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
- Stanley Kubrick directed multiple films on the lists with 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange on the science fiction list, and Spartacus on the epic films list.
- The Walt Disney Company has more films per category on the list than any other director or producer. In the animation category, they had nine animated films that they either produced (seven) or released under their Walt Disney Pictures banner (two produced by Pixar). The only non-Disney animated film on the list is Shrek.
- James Stewart is the most represented leading actor with six films. He makes his mark in four categories: fantasy with It's a Wonderful Life and Harvey, mystery with Vertigo and Rear Window, romantic comedy with The Philadelphia Story, and courtroom drama with Anatomy of a Murder.
- Tom Hanks stars in four ranking films: fantasy with Big, romantic comedy with Sleepless in Seattle, epic with Saving Private Ryan, and animation with Toy Story.
- Gene Hackman appears in four of the list's films: the gangster movie Bonnie & Clyde, the epic Reds, the sports film Hoosiers, and the Western Unforgiven.
- Diane Keaton also appears in four ranking films: gangster with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, romantic comedy with Annie Hall, and epic with Reds. She had a lead role in Annie Hall and Reds, but only a supporting role in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.
- Actors John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Warren Beatty and James Earl Jones each have three films on the list.
- Ward Bond appears in five films on these lists: It Happened One Night, Gone with the Wind, The Searchers, The Maltese Falcon, and It's a Wonderful Life, but all of them in varying degrees of support.
- There are a total of thirteen Academy Award Best Picture winners in six categories that appear on the lists: Rocky in sports, Unforgiven in the westerns, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II in the gangsters, Annie Hall and It Happened One Night in the romantic comedies, Kramer vs. Kramer in the courtroom dramas, and finally, Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur, Schindler's List, Gone with the Wind, Titanic, and All Quiet on the Western Front in the epics.
- The most recently released film on the list is Finding Nemo (2003). The oldest film on the list is The Thief of Bagdad (1924). They were released seventy-nine years apart.
- Warner Bros. owns some or all rights (for certain films, in certain countries only) to 26 films on the list - more than any other studio - this includes the eight pre-1986 MGM films on the list, DVD rights to City Lights, and rights in certain countries to King Kong and Stagecoach, in addition to those films from WB themselves.
- Eight films on the romantic comedy list (Annie Hall, City Lights, Harold and Maude, Moonstruck, When Harry Met Sally..., Adam's Rib, The Philadelphia Story, and It Happened One Night) are on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list, and another nine (Annie Hall, Harold and Maude, Sleepless in Seattle, The Philadelphia Story, It Happened One Night, When Harry Met Sally..., Moonstruck, Roman Holiday, and City Lights) are on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list.
