AFI Top 100 American Films

 

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)

 

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