AFI's 10 Top 10

[abomb]

Thoughts?

Here's a rundown of the top 10 genre categories:

ANIMATION

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

FANTASY

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

GANGSTER

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 a Nation, 1932
7. Pulp Fiction, 1994
8. The Public Enemy, 1931
9. Little Caesar, 1930
10. Scarface, 1983

SCIENCE FICTION

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
2. Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, 1977
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
4. A Clockwork Orange, 1971
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951
6. Blade Runner, 1982
7. Alien, 1979
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956
10. Back to the Future, 1985

WESTERN

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 & Mrs. Miller, 1971
9. Stagecoach, 1939
10. Cat Ballou, 1965

SPORTS

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

MYSTERY

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

ROMANTIC COMEDY

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

COURTROOM DRAMA

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

EPIC

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

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I own 49 of those off of memory.

Anyone else find it weird that Field of Dreams is considered Fantasy vs. Sports?

 

[abomb]

I own 49 of those off of memory.

Anyone else find it weird that Field of Dreams is considered Fantasy vs. Sports?

Nah, Fantasy seems right, but then again, I dont care for the movie.

 

[Chaplin]

I own 83 of those movies on DVD, and while I have some disagreements, none are that major.

 

[FArting]

I have seen 18 of them.

 

[abomb]

Seen 46. Time to load up the Netflix.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Nice lists.

 

[bankybruce]

I would have liked to have seen "Remember the Titans" on the sports list over Jerry Maguire. I also put "Lion King" or "Toy Story" as number 1 of animated.

What about a top 10 cult classic list.

1. Repo Man
2. Office Space
3. Warriors
4. Evil Dead
5. Riki Oh
6. Slums of Beverly Hills
7. Breakin'
8. Thrashin'
9. Toxic Anvernger
10. Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[joeshmo]

They dont consider Horror to be a genre?

 

[Stout]

Yeah, the fantasy genre is all out of whack. That's sword and sorcery, in other words.

 

[Skkorpion]

Reds? I know the critics loved it and the Academy slathered it with love but did more than 17 people in the US watch it?

Minor disagreements with the rest. Breaker Morant and Ghandi aren't there anywhere but make my private list.

And maybe they need a War movie category for Platoon to be anywhere on there. For those of us in the military during Vietnam, Platoon struck chords and emotions even Saving Private Ryan didn't reach.

In animation, Lady and the Tramp thrilled me as a kid. Old Yeller and Shane scarred me for life.

 

[AZZenny]

Terminator 2 ?!

Yeah, where's Platoon, Lady and the Tramp? And I'd put the Director's cut of Apocalypse Now on the Epic list. I'd put Shakespeare in Love on Romantic Comedy WAY over Sleepless in Seattle.

 

[mojorizen7]

-A Clockwork Orange has no category.
-Hitchcock's monopoly on mysteries isn't a shock.
-Rocky is better than Raging Bull and where's The Longest Yard?
Jerry Maguire?(come on!)
-Where's Gladiator on the epics list? Granted...it's a tough list but....
-Phillip Kaufman's 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is superior to the
original AND any of the remakes.
-Bump The Godfather to the epic category and elevate GoodFellas to the top of the
gangster list.
-Fantasia isn't the #1 animated film of all time? Blasphemy.

 

[Nasser22]

I've seen 42, loved my Film Study class! For westerns, I hated the searchers, but loved Butch Cassidy and High Noon was pretty good too.

 

[Gaddabout]

I've always had a bone to pick with fans of The Third Man. It never lived up to my expectations. I feel like people give it too much weight because Orson Welles is in it, and many people assumed Orson Welles wrote/directed. He didn't. Carol Reed directed. Can't remember who wrote it.

Understanding this puts in jeopardy any credibility I have with cinema geeks, but I thought The Third Man was just OK -- in no way comparable to Citizen Kane or any Hitchcock effort.

 

[Chaplin]

I've always had a bone to pick with fans of The Third Man. It never lived up to my expectations. I feel like people give it too much weight because Orson Welles is in it, and many people assumed Orson Welles wrote/directed. He didn't. Carol Reed directed. Can't remember who wrote it.

Understanding this puts in jeopardy any credibility I have with cinema geeks, but I thought The Third Man was just OK -- in no way comparable to Citizen Kane or any Hitchcock effort.

Completely disagree. The Third Man is a magnificent film and the best part of it is the fact that Orson Welles doesn't appear in it until halfway through. By the time he does show up, he's a myth, and that makes the end all the more better.

I love The Third Man. Written by Graham Greene, one of the great novel writers of the 20th century.

But to say that any Hitchcock effort is better than the Third Man is craziness! Trouble with Harry, Frenzy, Topaz, come on!

 

[Chaplin]

-A Clockwork Orange has no category.
-Hitchcock's monopoly on mysteries isn't a shock.
-Rocky is better than Raging Bull and where's The Longest Yard?
Jerry Maguire?(come on!)
-Where's Gladiator on the epics list? Granted...it's a tough list but....
-Phillip Kaufman's 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is superior to the
original AND any of the remakes.
-Bump The Godfather to the epic category and elevate GoodFellas to the top of the
gangster list.
-Fantasia isn't the #1 animated film of all time? Blasphemy.

Wow, I pretty much disagree with every one of your opinions except 2.

Rocky is better than Raging Bull? Are you serious? Raging Bull is the best film to never win an Oscar ever.

Gladiator COULD have replaced Reds or The Ten Commandments. I must say, Reds is a curious choice there.

Goodfellas is a great, great movie, but it is not better than The Godfather.

You think Fantasia should be the #1 animated film of all time? I would think that the one they picked (Snow White) would be the biggest no-brainer of the bunch.

 

[joeshmo]

I think I am the only person in America to think the Godfathers are highly overratted. Just never enjoyed them and I have tried to give them a chance on more then one occasion.

 

[joeshmo]

Where is Braveheart?

I Think Alien should be in the Sci-Fi somewhere.

Curious to see just how few movies are on that list that where made from 1990 on. I think it shows two things. One, some movies are still considered to be great and have reached a sort got caught up in their own mythical status hype. Two, movies now a days got to focused on special effects, blood guts and gore, and the "IT" actors no matter the skill. And got away from the story and good actors.

 

[Chaplin]

Where is Braveheart?

I like Braveheart, but I would never consider a top 10 epic movie. It's got some great action set pieces, but the slow parts are really, really slow. Add to that the fact that there really is only one character who goes through any kind of change (Robert the Bruce), it's not especially deep. Plus, it's Mel Gibson, whose reputation is less than stellar nowadays.

 

[UncleChris]

Casino isn't on the Gangster list??? Absolutely scurrilous!!!!!


I own about half of these..

 

[UncleChris]

Reds? I know the critics loved it and the Academy slathered it with love but did more than 17 people in the US watch it?

I couldn't agree more... An absolute snore-fest. For whatever reason, the academy is in love with Warren Beatty.... But this film took 3 hours from me that I'll never get back.....

 

[joeshmo]

Add to that the fact that there really is only one character who goes through any kind of change (Robert the Bruce), it's not especially deep.

Huh?

His wife being murdered. His best friends dad falling in battle, big man crying that was a great scene. The internal confliction of the princess. The speeches, the final death scene. It was chock full of deepness.

 

[Skkorpion]

Where is Braveheart?

I Think Alien should be in the Sci-Fi somewhere.

Curious to see just how few movies are on that list that where made from 1990 on. I think it shows two things. One, some movies are still considered to be great and have reached a sort got caught up in their own mythical status hype. Two, movies now a days got to focused on special effects, blood guts and gore, and the "IT" actors no matter the skill. And got away from the story and good actors.

Agree on all counts. Just because a movie was great for its time, maybe even revolutionary, doesn't mean it deserves permanent placement at the top of all-time great lists.

Citizen Kane? The Third Man? I tried hard to appreciate them both. However, Chaplin, I'm with you on Graham Geene. Wonderful writer.

 

[abomb]

I think I am the only person in America to think the Godfathers are highly overratted. Just never enjoyed them and I have tried to give them a chance on more then one occasion.

You are the only person I know to ever say this.