AFI re-ranks the top 100 American films

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  1. titanbuoy

    titanbuoy medium rare ®

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    City of God is a Brazillian flick, this is the top 100 American films (or else we'd be seeing Seven Samurai, Battleship Potemkin, 8 1/2, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly etc on the list).

    Crash is an interesting omission. It's a polarizing film, either you love it or hate... apparently enough hate it at AFI to keep it off of the list.

    This is Toy Story's first appearance in the AFI top 100.

    The best thing about these lists is the discussion that surrounds them. Other than that they are of course completely subjective and of no real value.
     
  2. Bobo

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    Quite a few movies on that list I haven't seen, but that's one I'd have up there for my list. I'd have to go with another Pitt movie up there as well, Seven.
     
  3. titanbuoy

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    Wow, after studying the list I'm surprised that I've seen all but twelve...

    Red - unseen
    Blue - owned

    Sorry for the self indulgent post, it will be a handy reference point for me

    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
    11. City Lights
    12. The Searchers
    13. Star Wars
    14. Psycho
    15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
    16. Sunset Boulevard
    17. The Graduate
    18. The General*
    19. On the Waterfront
    20. It's a Wonderful Life
    21. Chinatown
    22. Some Like It Hot
    23. The Grapes of Wrath
    24. E.T.
    25. To Kill a Mockingbird
    26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    27. High Noon
    28. All About Eve
    29. Double Indemnity
    30. Apocalypse Now
    31. The Maltese Falcon
    32. The Godfather Part II
    33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest
    34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    35. Annie Hall
    36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
    37. The Best Years of Our Lives
    38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    39. Dr. Strangelove
    40. The Sound of Music
    41. King Kong
    42. Bonnie and Clyde
    43. Midnight Cowboy
    44. The Philadelphia Story
    45. Shane
    46. It Happened One Night
    47. A Streetcar Named Desire
    48. Rear Window
    49. Intolerance* odd that this made the list yet not Birth of a Nation (which I haven't seen either.... booo)
    50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*
    51. West Side Story I'm pretty sure I watched this when i was a kid
    52. Taxi Driver
    53. The Deer Hunter
    54. M*A*S*H
    55. North by Northwest
    56. Jaws
    57. Rocky
    58. The Gold Rush
    59. Nashville*
    60. Duck Soup
    61. Sullivan's Travels* Really want to see this!
    62. American Graffiti
    63. Cabaret* I might have seen this one back in the day, can't recall
    64. Network
    65. The African Queen
    66. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
    68. Unforgiven
    69. Tootsie
    70. A Clockwork Orange
    71. Saving Private Ryan
    72. The Shawshank Redemption*
    73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    74. The Silence of the Lambs
    75. In the Heat of the Night*
    76. Forrest Gump
    77. All the President's Men*
    78. Modern Times
    79. The Wild Bunch
    80. The Apartment
    81. Spartacus*
    82. Sunrise*
    83. Titanic*
    84. Easy Rider
    85. A Night at the Opera*
    86. Platoon
    87. 12 Angry Men*
    88. Bringing Up Baby
    89. The Sixth Sense*
    90. Swing Time*
    91. Sophie's Choice*
    92. Goodfellas
    93. The French Connection
    94. Pulp Fiction
    95. The Last Picture Show*
    96. Do the Right Thing*
    97. Blade Runner*
    98. Yankee Doodle Dandy
    99. Toy Story*
    100. Ben-Hur
     
  4. Hoffa

    Hoffa Freak you you freakin' freak

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    You own a lot of movies.
     
  5. RyansTitans

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    72. The Shawshank Redemption

    Best movie Ive ever seen.
     
  6. titanbuoy

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    Shawshank Redemption has a huge following. It's ranks #2 on IMDb user ratings.

    IMDb Top 10 (based on user ratings)

    1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 219,916 (# of votes)
    2. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 261,783
    3. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 125,037
    4. 8.8 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (The Good, The Bad...) (1966) 66,587
    5. 8.8 Pulp Fiction (1994) 224,322
    6. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 153,961
    7. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 102,668
    8. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 163,985
    9. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 201,736
    10. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) (1954) 56,499
     
  7. PhiSlammaJamma

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    1. Titanic
    2. Shawshank Redemption
    3. Forrest Gump
     
  8. RyansTitans

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    Shawshank never ever ever gets old to me. That movie will always be great.
     
  9. Where the hell is Spaceballs?!?! :ha:
     
  10. Bobo

    Bobo Guest

    Ha that came to my mind too :ha:
     
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