AFI Top 100 American
Films
Top
1 - 25
Top
26 - 50
Top
51 - 75
Top
76 -100
In June of 1998, the American Film Institute celebrated 100 years of
moviemaking by publishing a list of the top 100 American films. The winning
films were selected by 1,500 leaders in the American film community, and reflect
the rich history a century of cinema has brought to the viewing public.
Top 1 - 25
1. Citizen Kane (1941) (on
VHS and
DVD)
2. Casablanca (1943) (on
VHS and
DVD)
3. The Godfather (1972) (on
VHS and
DVD)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939) (on
VHS and
DVD)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (on
VHS and
DVD)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (on
VHS and
DVD)
7. The Graduate (1967) (on
VHS and
DVD)
8. On the Waterfront (1954) (on
VHS and
DVD)
9. Schindler's List (1993) (on
VHS and
DVD)
10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) (on
VHS and
DVD)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1947) (on
VHS and
DVD)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) (on
VHS and
DVD)
13. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (on
VHS and
DVD)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959) (on
VHS and
DVD)
15. Star Wars (1977) (on
VHS and
DVD)
16. All About Eve (1950) (on
VHS and
DVD)
17. The African Queen (1951) (on
VHS and
DVD)
18. Psycho (1960) (on
VHS and
DVD)
19. Chinatown (1974) (on
VHS and
DVD)
20. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (on
VHS and
DVD)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) (on
VHS and
DVD)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (on
VHS and
DVD)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (on
VHS and
DVD)
24. Raging Bull (1980) (on
VHS and
DVD)
25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (on
VHS and
DVD)
Top 26 - 50
26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) (on
VHS and
DVD)
27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (on
VHS and
DVD)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979) (on
VHS and
DVD)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (on
VHS and
DVD)
30. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (on
VHS and
DVD)
31. Annie Hall (1977) (on
VHS and
DVD)
32. The Godfather, Part II (1974) (on
VHS and
DVD)
33. High Noon (1952) (on
VHS and
DVD)
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (on
VHS and
DVD)
35. It Happened One Night (1934) (on
VHS and
DVD)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) (on
VHS and
DVD)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (on
VHS and
DVD)
38. Double Indemnity (1944) (on
VHS and
DVD)
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) (on
VHS and
DVD)
40. North by Northwest (1959) (on
VHS and
DVD)
41. West Side Story (1961) (on
VHS and
DVD)
42. Rear Window (1954) (on
VHS and
DVD)
43. King Kong (1933) (on
VHS and
DVD)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (on
VHS and
DVD)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (on
VHS and
DVD)
46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) (on
VHS and
DVD)
47. Taxi Driver (1976) (on
VHS and
DVD)
48. Jaws (1975) (on
VHS and
DVD)
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (on
VHS and
DVD)
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (on
VHS and
DVD)
Top 51 - 75
51. The Philadelphia Story (1950) (on
VHS and
DVD)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953) (on
VHS and
DVD)
53. Amadeus (1984) (on
VHS and
DVD)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (on
VHS and
DVD)
55. The Sound of Music (1965) (on
VHS and
DVD)
56. M*A*S*H (1970) (on
VHS and
DVD)
57. The Third Man (1949) (on
VHS and
DVD)
58. Fantasia (1940) (on
VHS and
DVD)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (on
VHS and
DVD)
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (on
VHS and
DVD)
61. Vertigo (1958) (on
VHS and
DVD)
62. Tootsie (1982) (on
VHS and
DVD)
63. Stagecoach (1939) (on
VHS and
DVD)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (on
VHS and
DVD)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (on
VHS and
DVD)
66. Network (1976) (on
VHS and
DVD)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (on
VHS and
DVD)
68. An American in Paris (1951) (on
VHS and
DVD)
69. Shane (1953) (on
VHS and
DVD)
70. The French Connection (1971) (on
VHS and
DVD)
71. Forrest Gump (1994) (on
VHS and
DVD)
72. Ben-Hur (1959) (on
VHS and
DVD)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939) (on
VHS and
DVD)
74. The Gold Rush (1925) (on
VHS and
DVD)
75. Dances with Wolves (1990) (on
VHS and
DVD)
Top 76 -100
76. City Lights (1931) (on
VHS and
DVD)
77. American Graffiti (1973) (on
VHS and
DVD)
78. Rocky (1976) (on
VHS and
DVD)
79. The Deer Hunter (1978) (on
VHS and
DVD)
80. The Wild Bunch (1969) (on
VHS and
DVD)
81. Modern Times (1936) (on
VHS and
DVD)
82. Giant (1956) (on
VHS and
DVD)
83. Platoon (1986) (on
VHS and
DVD)
84. Fargo (1996) (on
VHS and
DVD)
85. Duck Soup (1933) (on
VHS and
DVD)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (on
VHS and
DVD)
87. Frankenstein (1931) (on
VHS and
DVD)
88. Easy Rider (1969) (on
VHS and
DVD)
89. Patton (1970) (on
VHS and
DVD)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927) (on
VHS and
DVD)
91. My Fair Lady (1964) (on
VHS and
DVD)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951) (on
VHS and
DVD)
93. The Apartment (1960) (on
VHS and
DVD)
94. GoodFellas (1990) (on
VHS and
DVD)
95. Pulp Fiction (1994) (on
VHS and
DVD)
96. The Searchers (1956) (on
VHS and
DVD)
97. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (on
VHS and
DVD)
98. Unforgiven (1992) (on
VHS and
DVD)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) (on
VHS and
DVD)
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (on
VHS and
DVD)
