AFI: 100 Greatest Movies

[Hostile]

Gotcha beat! I've seen 89; and as you can see below, the vast majority of those films were made in the 1930's or earlier. Please don't ask me about E.T. Every time I've tried to sit down and watch it, I've gotten physically ill (no joke). uke:

Movies I haven't seen yet
11 CITY LIGHTS 1931
18 THE GENERAL 1927
24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
49 INTOLERANCE 1916
58 THE GOLD RUSH 1925
59 NASHVILLE 1975
60 DUCK SOUP 1933
78 MODERN TIMES 1936
82 SUNRISE 1927
85 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1935
90 SWING TIME 1936

I have seen 2 of the ones you haven't. "ET" and "Duck Soup." That one is a Marx Brothers classic. One night when I first got married it was on late and I couldn't sleep. I woke my wife up I was laughing so hard.

 

[Mavs Man]

I just like the second one better.

I like when they go back and have Robert Deniro playing the part. I like them switching between the two.

Yeah. The last shot in the second film is haunting.

 

[adamknite]

I'm sure you're not the only one, but for me, it's as perfect a movie as one can get.

That's cool, I'm not criticizing it, or anybody who likes it. It was just never my cup of tea really. I just have a weird taste for movies, I'm sure most of the movies I consider my favorites would never touch a list like that. lolZ, so what do I know.

Example: In recent movies a lot of my friends and people I know, loved Spider Man 2. Me? I hated it. I loved the first one however, the second one was just bland and uninteresting to me. So it's probably just me.

 

[DallasEast]

The Sixth Sense? You have got to be kidding me.

Sure, it could've been ranked lower, but I think it deserves a spot.

 

[Doomsday]

Any top 100 movie list that doesnt include the Matrix is pretty questionable at best.

 

[Cochese]

Sure, it could've been ranked lower, but I think it deserves a spot.

No M Night Shamamamalamamadingdongylan hackjob belongs in the top 100 list of anything other than the top 100 contrived and lifeless films of all time.

 

[jem88]

On another post somewhere, I believe that I commented that Reds beat Raiders for best picture. That was incorrect. I may have went a little nuts back then the moment Raiders lost. My bad.

Here were the nominees for Best Picture in 1981 (the winner :thumbdo: is marked with an *):

1981 (54th)
BEST PICTURE
Atlantic City -- Denis Heroux and John Kemeny, Producers
*Chariots of Fire -- David Puttnam, Producer
On Golden Pond -- Bruce Gilbert, Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Frank Marshall, Producer
Reds -- Warren Beatty, Producer

Hard to argue with Chariots of Fire winning that one.

 

[jem88]

Any top 100 movie list that doesnt include the Matrix is pretty questionable at best.

Any top 100 list that includes The Matrix would be extremely questionable at best.

 

[jem88]

I've always loved the American Film Institute's top film lists. Tonight, it released it's greatest 100 films of the last 100 years on CBS. Here's the list (I've highlighted the movies which are my all-time favorites in red and the ones in blue I've seen too many times to count ):

1 CITIZEN KANE 1941
2 THE GODFATHER 1972
3 CASABLANCA 1942
4 RAGING BULL 1980
5 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
6 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
8 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
9 VERTIGO 1958
10 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
11 CITY LIGHTS 1931
12 THE SEARCHERS 1956
13 STAR WARS 1977
14 PSYCHO 1960
15 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
16 SUNSET BLVD. 1950
17 THE GRADUATE 1967
18 THE GENERAL 1927
19 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954
20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
21 CHINATOWN 1974
22 SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959
23 THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940
24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
25 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
26 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939
27 HIGH NOON 1952
28 ALL ABOUT EVE 1950
29 DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
30 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979
31 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
32 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
33 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST 1975
34 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1937
35 ANNIE HALL 1977
36 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957 (Great, Great movie!)
37 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
38 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
39 DR. STRANGELOVE 1964
40 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1965
41 KING KONG 1933
42 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
43 MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969
44 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 1940
45 SHANE 1953
46 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
47 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951
48 REAR WINDOW 1954
49 INTOLERANCE 1916
50 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001
51 WEST SIDE STORY 1961
52 TAXI DRIVER 1976
53 THE DEER HUNTER 1978
54 M*A*S*H 1970
55 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
56 JAWS 1975
57 ROCKY 1976
58 THE GOLD RUSH 1925
59 NASHVILLE 1975
60 DUCK SOUP 1933
61 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 1941
62 AMERICAN GRAFFITI 1973
63 CABARET 1972
64 NETWORK 1976
65 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
66 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981 (Should have won best picture )
67 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966
68 UNFORGIVEN 1992
69 TOOTSIE 1982
70 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
71 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
72 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 1994
73 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969
74 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991
75 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 1967
76 FORREST GUMP 1994
77 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
78 MODERN TIMES 1936
79 THE WILD BUNCH 1969
80 THE APARTMENT 1960
81 SPARTACUS 1960
82 SUNRISE 1927
83 TITANIC 1997
84 EASY RIDER 1969
85 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1935
86 PLATOON 1986
87 12 ANGRY MEN 1957
88 BRINGING UP BABY 1938
89 THE SIXTH SENSE 1999
90 SWING TIME 1936
91 SOPHIE'S CHOICE 1982
92 GOODFELLAS 1990
93 THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971
94 PULP FICTION 1994
95 THE LAST PICTURE SHOW 1971
96 DO THE RIGHT THING 1989
97 BLADE RUNNER 1982
98 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942
99 TOY STORY 1995
100 BEN-HUR 1959 (I'm gonna be pissed when this classic is finally pushed out of the top 100)

At first glance, I don't think Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Shawshank Redemption nor Sixth Sense should be on there. I'll be back later with notable omissions.

 

[jem88]

Three notable emissions: Dog Day Afternoon, Chariots of Fire, American Beauty (unless I missed them on there.)

 

[jem88]

I'd also be tempted to include City of God and Memento.

 

[DallasEast]

The 23 movies which were included on the 1st 100 Movies 100 Years list ten years ago...

Doctor Zhivago
Birth of a Nation
From Here to Eternity
Amadeus
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Third Man
Fantasia
Rebel Without A Cause
Stagecoach
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Manchurian Candiate
An American in Paris
Wuthering Heights
Dances With Wolves
Giant
Fargo
Mutiny on the Bounty
Frankenstein
Patton
The Jazz Singer
My Fair Lady
A Place In the Sun
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

...and the 23 movies which replaced them:

Toy Story
Blade Runner
Do the Right Thing
The Last Picture Show
Sophie’s Choice
Swing Time
The Sixth Sense
Twelve Angry Men
A Night at the Opera
Titanic
Sunrise
Spartacus
All The President’s Men
In the Heat of the Night
The Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cabaret
Sullivan’s Travels
Nashville
The Fellowship of the Ring
Intolerance
The General

 

[DallasEast]

Any top 100 movie list that doesnt include the Matrix is pretty questionable at best.

Luckily for AFI , The Matrix made their 100 Movies 100 Thrills list at #66. Here's the complete list ( LINK ):

1. PSYCHO 1960

2. JAWS 1975
3. THE EXORCIST 1973
4. NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
5. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991
6. ALIEN 1979
7. THE BIRDS 1963
8. THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971
9. ROSEMARY'S BABY 1968
10. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981
11. THE GODFATHER 1972
12. KING KONG 1933
13. BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
14. REAR WINDOW 1954
15. DELIVERANCE 1972
16. CHINATOWN 1974
17. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1962
18. VERTIGO 1958
19. THE GREAT ESCAPE 1963
20. HIGH NOON 1952
21. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
22. TAXI DRIVER 1976
23. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
24. DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
25. TITANIC 1997
26. THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
27. STAR WARS 1977
28. FATAL ATTRACTION 1987
29. THE SHINING 1980
30. THE DEER HUNTER 1978
31. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977
32. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951
33. THE FUGITIVE 1993
34. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 1955
35. JURASSIC PARK 1993
36. BULLITT 1968
37. CASABLANCA 1942
38. NOTORIOUS 1946
39. DIE HARD 1988
40. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
41. DIRTY HARRY 1971
42. THE TERMINATOR 1984
43. THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
44. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
45. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
46. CARRIE 1976
47. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956
48. DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954
49. BEN-HUR 1959
50. MARATHON MAN 1976
51. RAGING BULL 1980
52. ROCKY 1976
53. PULP FICTION 1994
54. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969
55. WAIT UNTIL DARK 1967
56. FRANKENSTEIN 1931
57. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
58. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
59. PLANET OF THE APES 1968
60. THE SIXTH SENSE 1999
61. CAPE FEAR 1962
62. SPARTACUS 1960
63. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 1962
64. TOUCH OF EVIL 1958
65. THE DIRTY DOZEN 1967
66. THE MATRIX 1999
67. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
68. HALLOWEEN 1978
69. THE WILD BUNCH 1969
70. DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975
71. GOLDFINGER 1964
72. PLATOON 1986
73. LAURA 1944
74. BLADE RUNNER 1982
75. THE THIRD MAN 1949
76. THELMA & LOUISE 1991
77. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991
78. GASLIGHT 1944
79. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1960
80. REBECCA 1940
81. THE OMEN 1976
82. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951
83. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925
84. POLTERGEIST 1982
85. DRACULA 1931
86. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1945
87. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 1951
88. 12 ANGRY MEN 1957
89. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE 1961
90. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE 1972
91. BRAVEHEART 1995
92. BODY HEAT 1981
93. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968
94. THE CHINA SYNDROME 1979
95. FULL METAL JACKET 1987
96. BLUE VELVET 1986
97. SAFETY LAST 1923
98. BLOOD SIMPLE 1984
99. SPEED 1994
100. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1938​

 

[Cochese]

Luckily for AFI , The Matrix made their 100 Movies 100 Thrills list at #66. Here's the complete list ( LINK ):

1. PSYCHO 1960

2. JAWS 1975
3. THE EXORCIST 1973
4. NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
5. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991
6. ALIEN 1979
7. THE BIRDS 1963
8. THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971
9. ROSEMARY'S BABY 1968
10. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981
11. THE GODFATHER 1972
12. KING KONG 1933
13. BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
14. REAR WINDOW 1954
15. DELIVERANCE 1972
16. CHINATOWN 1974
17. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1962
18. VERTIGO 1958
19. THE GREAT ESCAPE 1963
20. HIGH NOON 1952
21. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
22. TAXI DRIVER 1976
23. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
24. DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
25. TITANIC 1997
26. THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
27. STAR WARS 1977
28. FATAL ATTRACTION 1987
29. THE SHINING 1980
30. THE DEER HUNTER 1978
31. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977
32. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951
33. THE FUGITIVE 1993
34. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 1955
35. JURASSIC PARK 1993
36. BULLITT 1968
37. CASABLANCA 1942
38. NOTORIOUS 1946
39. DIE HARD 1988
40. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
41. DIRTY HARRY 1971
42. THE TERMINATOR 1984
43. THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
44. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
45. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
46. CARRIE 1976
47. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956
48. DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954
49. BEN-HUR 1959
50. MARATHON MAN 1976
51. RAGING BULL 1980
52. ROCKY 1976
53. PULP FICTION 1994
54. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969
55. WAIT UNTIL DARK 1967
56. FRANKENSTEIN 1931
57. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
58. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
59. PLANET OF THE APES 1968
60. THE SIXTH SENSE 1999
61. CAPE FEAR 1962
62. SPARTACUS 1960
63. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 1962
64. TOUCH OF EVIL 1958
65. THE DIRTY DOZEN 1967
66. THE MATRIX 1999
67. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
68. HALLOWEEN 1978
69. THE WILD BUNCH 1969
70. DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975
71. GOLDFINGER 1964
72. PLATOON 1986
73. LAURA 1944
74. BLADE RUNNER 1982
75. THE THIRD MAN 1949
76. THELMA & LOUISE 1991
77. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991
78. GASLIGHT 1944
79. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1960
80. REBECCA 1940
81. THE OMEN 1976
82. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951
83. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925
84. POLTERGEIST 1982
85. DRACULA 1931
86. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1945
87. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 1951
88. 12 ANGRY MEN 1957
89. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE 1961
90. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE 1972
91. BRAVEHEART 1995
92. BODY HEAT 1981
93. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968
94. THE CHINA SYNDROME 1979
95. FULL METAL JACKET 1987
96. BLUE VELVET 1986
97. SAFETY LAST 1923
98. BLOOD SIMPLE 1984
99. SPEED 1994
100. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1938​

Wow.


I like the film, but its probably the slowest paced movie of all time.

 

[DallasEast]

Hard to argue with Chariots of Fire winning that one.

Chariots was a great inspirational movie. For me (and a few Academy voters), it wasn't the better of the two movies. Chariots won the Oscar, but the popularity of Raiders has endured the test of time.

 

[DallasEast]

Wow.


I like the film, but its probably the slowest paced movie of all time.

I loved 2001, but I have to agree with you about the pace of the movie.

 

[Cochese]

I loved 2001, but I have to agree with you about the pace of the movie.

Its only a thriller if you are on massive amounts of psychadelics.

 

[DallasEast]

Its only a thriller if you are on massive amounts of psychadelics.

:laugh2:

"Hello, Dave."

 

[Doomsday]

Any top 100 list that includes The Matrix would be extremely questionable at best.

You really going to try and tell me that Silence of the Lambs, Unforgiven and the Sixth Sense, to name a few, are better movies then the Matrix? That is laughable, the last 2 Matrix movies left a bad taste in a lot peoples mouths but the original was an excellent movie.

 

[Cochese]

You really going to try and tell me that Silence of the Lambs, Unforgiven and the Sixth Sense, to name a few, are better movies then the Matrix? That is laughable, the last 2 Matrix movies left a bad taste in a lot peoples mouths but the original was an excellent movie.

The Sixth Sense isnt good. I dont know why anyone thinks it is.