The AFI updates their 10-year-old list of the 100 Greatest Films

[ute4ever]

1. "Citizen Kane" (1941) 1
2. "The Godfather" (1972) 3
3. "Casablanca" (1942) 2
4. "Raging Bull" (1980) 24
5. "Singin' In The Rain" (1952) 10
6. "Gone With The Wind" (1939) 4
7. "Lawrence Of Arabia" (1962) 5
8. "Schindler's List" (1993) 9
9. "Vertigo" (1958) 61
10. "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) 6
11. "City Lights" (1931) 76
12. "The Searchers" (1956) 96
13. "Star Wars" (1977) 15
14. "Psycho" (1960) 18
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) 22
16. "Sunset Blvd." (1950) 12
17. "The Graduate" (1967) 7
18. "The General" (1927) NEW
19. "On The Waterfront" (1954) 8
20. "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946) 11
21. "Chinatown" (1974) 19
22. "Some Like It Hot" (1959) 14
23. "The Grapes Of Wrath" (1940) 21
24. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 25
25. "To Kill A Mockingbird" (1962) 34
26. "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" (1939) 29
27. "High Noon" (1952) 33
28. "All About Eve" (1950) 16
29. "Double Indemnity" (1944) 38
30. "Apocalypse Now" (1979) 28
31. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) 23
32. "The Godfather Part II" (1974) 32
33. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) 20
34. "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 49
35. "Annie Hall" (1977) 31
36. "The Bridge On The River Kwai" (1957) 13
37. "The Best Years Of Our Lives" (1946) 37
38. "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" (1948) 30
39. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) 26
40. "The Sound Of Music" (1965) 55
41. "King Kong" (1933) 43
42. "Bonnie And Clyde" (1967) 27
43. "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) 36
44. "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) 51
45. "Shane" (1953) 69
46. "It Happened One Night" (1934) 35
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) 45
48. "Rear Window" (1954) 42
49. "Intolerance" (1916) NEW
50. "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" (2001) NEW
51. "West Side Story" (1961) 41
52. "Taxi Driver" (1976) 47
53. "The Deer Hunter" (1978) 79
54. "MASH" (1970) 56
55. "North By Northwest" (1959) 40
56. "Jaws" (1975) 48
57. "Rocky" (1976) 78
58. "The Gold Rush" (1925) 74
59. "Nashville" (1975) NEW
60. "Duck Soup" (1933) 85
61. "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) NEW
62. "American Graffiti" (1973) 77
63. "Cabaret" (1972) NEW
64. "Network" (1976) 66
65. "The African Queen" (1951) 17
66. "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" (1981) 60
67. "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) NEW
68. "Unforgiven" (1992) 98
69. "Tootsie" (1982) 62
70. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) 46
71. "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) NEW
72. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) NEW
73. "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" (1969) 50
74. "The Silence Of The Lambs" (1991) 65
75. "In The Heat Of The Night" (1967) NEW
76. "Forrest Gump" (1994) 71
77. "All The President's Men" (1976) NEW
78. "Modern Times" (1936) 81
79. "The Wild Bunch" (1969) 80
80. "The Apartment" (1960) 93
81. "Spartacus" (1960) NEW
82. "Sunrise" (1927) NEW
83."Titanic" (1997) NEW
84. "Easy Rider" (1969) 88
85. "A Night At The Opera" (1935) NEW
86. "Platoon" (1986) 83
87. "12 Angry Men" (1957) NEW
88. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) 97
89. "The Sixth Sense" (1999) NEW
90. "Swing Time" (1936) NEW
91. "Sophie's Choice" (1982) NEW
92. "Goodfellas" (1990) 94
93. "The French Connection" (1971) 70
94. "Pulp Fiction" (1994) 95
95. "The Last Picture Show" (1971) NEW
96. "Do The Right Thing" (1989) NEW
97. "Blade Runner" (1982) NEW
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) 100
99. "Toy Story" (1995) NEW
100. "Ben-Hur" (1959) 72

23 films dropped off of the previous list:

Doctor Zhivago (1965) 39
The Birth of a Nation (1915) 44
From Here to Eternity (1953) 52
Amadeus (1984) 53
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 54
The Third Man (1949) 57
Fantasia (1940) 58
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 59
Stagecoach (1939) 63
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 64
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 67
An American in Paris (1951) 68
Wuthering Heights (1939) 73
Dances With Wolves (1990) 75
Giant (1956) 82
Fargo (1996) 84
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 86
Frankenstein (1931) 87
Patton (1970) 89
The Jazz Singer (1927) 90
My Fair Lady (1964) 91
A Place in the Sun (1951) 92
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 99

[TripletDaddy]

Very hard for me to count all of them, but I have seen all 10 of the Top 10 and 16 of the Top 20.

I am weak in the pre-1955 category.

I still don't get how The Wizard of Oz is a top 10 movie. I much prefer The Wiz, which was the all black adaptation starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsy Russell, and Richard Pryor as the the Wizard.

War the Godfather, Citizen Kane, and Raging Bull being top 5.

[il Padrino Ute]

No Strange Brew?
No Caddyshack?
No Animal House?

This list is a sham.

[il Padrino Ute]

Does AFI have a "Worst 100 List"?

If not, I can provide several for it, including a substantial number that are on it's Best list.

[8ballrollin]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

No Strange Brew?
No Caddyshack?
No Animal House?

This list is a sham.

No Deuce Bigalow?

[creekster]

This shows how silly the list is. For example, Amadeus and Patton, both great movies, are moved off the list, not because they were bumped down by something added later, but apparently because tastes changed. This is a popularity contest and little else and I wouldn't put too much stock in it outside of the first ten or 12 movies.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by creekster

This shows how silly the list is. For example, Amadeus and Patton, both great movies, are moved off the list, not because they were bumped down by something added later, but apparently because tastes changed. This is a popularity contest and little else and I wouldn't put too much stock in it outside of the first ten or 12 movies.

That's why I prefer lists like this:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

It is based on thousands (in some cases hundreds of thousands) of votes by viewers. Still a "popularity contest" in essence, but more meaningful and certainly less volatile.

[ute4ever]

Originally Posted by creekster

This shows how silly the list is. For example, Amadeus and Patton, both great movies, are moved off the list, not because they were bumped down by something added later, but apparently because tastes changed. This is a popularity contest and little else and I wouldn't put too much stock in it outside of the first ten or 12 movies.

I thought that same thing when seeing a 77-year-old film (City Lights) climb from #76 to #11, while a 43-year-old film (Doctor Zhivago) drop from #39 to off of the list. It makes no sense.

[MikeWaters]

Ones I've seen in bold. Obviously some significant gaps for me.

Originally Posted by ute4ever

1. "Citizen Kane" (1941) 1
2. "The Godfather" (1972) 3
3. "Casablanca" (1942) 2
4. "Raging Bull" (1980) 24
5. "Singin' In The Rain" (1952) 10
6. "Gone With The Wind" (1939) 4
7. "Lawrence Of Arabia" (1962) 5
8. "Schindler's List" (1993) 9
9. "Vertigo" (1958) 61
10. "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) 6
11. "City Lights" (1931) 76
12. "The Searchers" (1956) 96
13. "Star Wars" (1977) 15
14. "Psycho" (1960) 18
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) 22
16. "Sunset Blvd." (1950) 12
17. "The Graduate" (1967) 7
18. "The General" (1927) NEW
19. "On The Waterfront" (1954) 8
20. "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946) 11
21. "Chinatown" (1974) 19
22. "Some Like It Hot" (1959) 14
23. "The Grapes Of Wrath" (1940) 21
24. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 25
25. "To Kill A Mockingbird" (1962) 34
26. "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" (1939) 29
27. "High Noon" (1952) 33
28. "All About Eve" (1950) 16
29. "Double Indemnity" (1944) 38
30. "Apocalypse Now" (1979) 28
31. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) 23
32. "The Godfather Part II" (1974) 32
33. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) 20
34. "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 49
35. "Annie Hall" (1977) 31
36. "The Bridge On The River Kwai" (1957) 13
37. "The Best Years Of Our Lives" (1946) 37
38. "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" (1948) 30
39. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) 26
40. "The Sound Of Music" (1965) 55
41. "King Kong" (1933) 43
42. "Bonnie And Clyde" (1967) 27
43. "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) 36
44. "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) 51
45. "Shane" (1953) 69
46. "It Happened One Night" (1934) 35
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) 45
48. "Rear Window" (1954) 42
49. "Intolerance" (1916) NEW
50. "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" (2001) NEW
51. "West Side Story" (1961) 41
52. "Taxi Driver" (1976) 47
53. "The Deer Hunter" (1978) 79
54. "MASH" (1970) 56
55. "North By Northwest" (1959) 40
56. "Jaws" (1975) 48
57. "Rocky" (1976) 78
58. "The Gold Rush" (1925) 74
59. "Nashville" (1975) NEW
60. "Duck Soup" (1933) 85
61. "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) NEW
62. "American Graffiti" (1973) 77
63. "Cabaret" (1972) NEW
64. "Network" (1976) 66
65. "The African Queen" (1951) 17
66. "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" (1981) 60
67. "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) NEW
68. "Unforgiven" (1992) 98
69. "Tootsie" (1982) 62
70. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) 46
71. "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) NEW
72. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) NEW
73. "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" (1969) 50
74. "The Silence Of The Lambs" (1991) 65
75. "In The Heat Of The Night" (1967) NEW
76. "Forrest Gump" (1994) 71
77. "All The President's Men" (1976) NEW
78. "Modern Times" (1936) 81
79. "The Wild Bunch" (1969) 80
80. "The Apartment" (1960) 93
81. "Spartacus" (1960) NEW
82. "Sunrise" (1927) NEW
83."Titanic" (1997) NEW
84. "Easy Rider" (1969) 88
85. "A Night At The Opera" (1935) NEW
86. "Platoon" (1986) 83
87. "12 Angry Men" (1957) NEW
88. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) 97
89. "The Sixth Sense" (1999) NEW
90. "Swing Time" (1936) NEW
91. "Sophie's Choice" (1982) NEW
92. "Goodfellas" (1990) 94
93. "The French Connection" (1971) 70
94. "Pulp Fiction" (1994) 95
95. "The Last Picture Show" (1971) NEW
96. "Do The Right Thing" (1989) NEW
97. "Blade Runner" (1982) NEW
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) 100
99. "Toy Story" (1995) NEW
100. "Ben-Hur" (1959) 72

23 films dropped off of the previous list:

Doctor Zhivago (1965) 39
The Birth of a Nation (1915) 44
From Here to Eternity (1953) 52
Amadeus (1984) 53
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 54
The Third Man (1949) 57
Fantasia (1940) 58
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 59
Stagecoach (1939) 63
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 64
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 67
An American in Paris (1951) 68
Wuthering Heights (1939) 73
Dances With Wolves (1990) 75
Giant (1956) 82
Fargo (1996) 84
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 86
Frankenstein (1931) 87
Patton (1970) 89
The Jazz Singer (1927) 90
My Fair Lady (1964) 91
A Place in the Sun (1951) 92
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 99

[ute4ever]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

That's why I prefer lists like this:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

It is based on thousands (in some cases hundreds of thousands) of votes by viewers. Still a "popularity contest" in essence, but more meaningful and certainly less volatile.

I perused through the 10 lowest rated films by decade. The only one that I'd even heard of was "Mormon Temple Film" in the 1960's list, and I suspect that very few voters have seen it.