at America Through the Movies
In 1996 the American Film Institute asked more than 1,500 members of the film community to pick the 100 best films of all time from a list of 400 movies nominated by the institute. The AFI Top 100 are listed below. The movies highlighted in gold are on the Images movie list.
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Citizen Kane (1941) * |
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2. |
Casablanca (1942) |
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3. |
The Godfather (1972)* |
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4. |
Gone with the Wind (1939) |
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5. |
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
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6. |
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
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7. |
The Graduate (1967) |
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8. |
On the Waterfront (1954) * |
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9. |
Schindler's List (1993) |
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10. |
Singin' in the Rain (1952) * |
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11. |
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
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12. |
Sunset Boulevard (1950) |
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13. |
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
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14. |
Some Like It Hot (1959) * |
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15. |
Star Wars (1977) |
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16. |
All About Eve (1950) |
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17. |
The African Queen (1951) |
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18. |
Psycho (1960) |
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19. |
Chinatown (1974) * |
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20. |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
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21. |
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
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22. |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) |
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23. |
The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
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24. |
Raging Bull (1980) |
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25. |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
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26. |
Dr. Strangelove (1964) * |
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27. |
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) |
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28. |
Apocalypse Now (1979) |
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29. |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) * |
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30. |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) |
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31. |
Annie Hall (1977) |
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32. |
The Godfather Part II (1974) |
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33. |
High Noon (1952) * |
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34. |
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) |
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35. |
It Happened One Night (1934) |
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36. |
Midnight Cowboy (1969) |
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37. |
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) |
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38. |
Double Indemnity (1944) * |
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39. |
Doctor Zhivago (1965) |
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40. |
North by Northwest (1959) |
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41. |
West Side Story (1961) * |
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42. |
Rear Window (1954) * |
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43. |
King Kong (1933) |
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44. |
The Birth of a Nation (1915) |
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45. |
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
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46. |
A Clockwork Orange (1971) |
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47. |
Taxi Driver (1976) |
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48. |
Jaws (1975) |
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49. |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) |
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50. |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) |
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51. |
The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
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52. |
From Here to Eternity (1953) |
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53. |
Amadeus (1984) |
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54. |
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
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55. |
The Sound of Music (1965) |
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56. |
M*A*S*H (1970) * |
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57. |
The Third Man (1949) |
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58. |
Fantasia (1940) |
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59. |
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
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60. |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
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61. |
Vertigo (1958) |
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62. |
Tootsie (1982) |
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63. |
Stagecoach (1939) |
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64. |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
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65. |
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
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66. |
Network (1976) * |
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67. |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
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68. |
An American in Paris (1951) |
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69. |
Shane (1953) |
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70. |
The French Connection (1971) |
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71. |
Forrest Gump (1994) |
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72. |
Ben-Hur (1959) |
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73. |
Wuthering Heights (1939) |
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74. |
The Gold Rush (1925) |
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75. |
Dances with Wolves (1990) |
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76. |
City Lights (1931) * |
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77. |
American Graffiti (1973) |
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78. |
Rocky (1976) |
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79. |
The Deer Hunter (1978) |
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80. |
The Wild Bunch (1969) |
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81. |
Modern Times (1936) |
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82. |
Giant (1956) |
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83. |
Platoon (1986) |
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84. |
Fargo (1996) |
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85. |
Duck Soup (1933) |
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86. |
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
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87. |
Frankenstein (1931) |
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88. |
Easy Rider (1969) |
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89. |
Patton (1970) |
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90. |
The Jazz Singer (1927) |
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91. |
My Fair Lady (1964) |
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92. |
A Place in the Sun (1951) |
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93. |
The Apartment (1960) |
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94. |
GoodFellas (1990) |
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95. |
Pulp Fiction (1994) |
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96. |
The Searchers (1956) * |
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97. |
Bringing Up Baby (1938)* |
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98. |
Unforgiven (1992) * |
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99. |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) * |
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100. |
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |