American Film Institute

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The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an independent, non-profit US organization based in Hollywood , Los Angeles . It was brought into being in 1965 by a mandate from then American President Lyndon B. Johnson and founded in 1967.

The institute has three main objectives:

  • Guarantee the legacy of American film
  • promote the education of the next generation of filmmakers
  • to honor the artists and their work

The institute's motto is derived from this: to honor, preserve and educate - to honor, preserve and educate.

history

Today's AFI campus in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts , the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Ford Foundation , the American Film Institute was established in 1967 to record the nation's film products , preserve American film heritage , and promote the advancement of cinematic art to investigate the effects of media on society. The institute is financed through donations from private individuals and through memberships.

The first, 22-member board of directors was chaired by actor Gregory Peck and by actor Sidney Poitier as vice chairman. Other members were the director Francis Ford Coppola , the film historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and the lobbyist Jack Valenti, as well as other representatives of the art and academic circles.

In the early years, a training program for filmmakers (The Center for Advanced Film Studies) was developed. Over the years, the program has developed into the renowned AFI Conservatory. The original “Presentation of Authors' Films” has developed into the two film festivals AFI Fest and AFI Docs . The institute moved to its current campus in downtown Hollywood in 1981.

Field of activity

AFI's field of activity includes:

  • AFI Life Achievement Award - a tradition since 1973 and a prestigious award for a career in film
  • AFI Conservatory - two year Masters program led by experienced filmmakers
  • AFI Directing Workshop for Women - a production-based program for professional female film directors
  • AFI Film Festivals - AFI Fest & AFI Docs
  • AFI Awards - a tribute to creative collaboration and the most successful film and television productions of the year
  • AFI Catalog of Feature Films and AFI Archive - the written genesis of all films over the first 100 years of the film art form, accessible online for free
  • AFI 100 Years ... - Reference Lists for Notable Films
  • AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center - a historic cinema with a classic and modern film program
  • American Film - formerly a magazine about the art of film, now a blog on AFI.com

AFI Conservatory

The American Film Institute (AFI) established the Center for Advanced Film Studies in 1969 . The very first classes were attended by filmmakers Terrence Malick , Caleb Deschanel and Paul Schrader , among others . The film program developed over the years into the renowned AFI Conservatory, in the center of Hollywood, Los Angeles.

The Conservatory now offers six Master of Fine Arts courses: cinematography, film directing, editing, production, production design and screenwriting. The training focuses strongly on the practical experience of filmmaking and reflects real production conditions. The students, who are often already experienced in film, - the so-called AFI Fellows - produce more films over two years than any other master’s program. Admission to the film school is very selective and only takes place at the invitation of the faculty, with a maximum of 140 students per year.

In 2013, Emmy and Oscar-winning director, producer and writer James L. Brooks ( As Good as It Gets , Broadcast News , The Simpsons ) joined the AFI Conservatory as Artistic Director. He succeeded Daniel Petrie , Jr., Robert Wise and Frank Pierson . Since 2017 the school has been under the direction of producer Richard Gladstein .

The American Film Institute Conservatory regularly takes top positions in the ranking of the best international film schools.

AFI Fellow David Lynch

Well-known graduates

The AFI Conservatory graduates form the worldwide network of AFI Fellows .

Fellows: Andrea Arnold , ( Red Road , Fish Tank ), David Lynch ( Mulholland Drive , Blue Velvet ), Darren Aronofsky ( Requiem for a Dream , Black Swan ), Patty Jenkins ( Monster , Wonder Woman ), Janusz Kamiński ( Lincoln , Schindler's List , Saving Private Ryan ), Carl Colpaert ( Gas Food Lodging , Hurlyburly , Swimming with Sharks ), Doug Ellin ( Entourage ), Todd Field ( In the Bedroom , Little Children ), Jack Fisk ( Badlands , Days of Heaven , There Will Be Blood ), Carl Franklin ( One False Move , Devil in a Blue Dress , House of Cards ), Matthew Libatique ( Noah , Black Swan ), Terrence Malick ( Days of Heaven , The Thin Red Line , The Tree of Life ), Victor Nuñez , ( Ruby in Paradise , Ulee's Gold ), Wally Pfister ( Memento , The Dark Knight , Inception ), Robert Richardson ( Platoon , JFK , Django Unchained ) and many more ...

AFI Life Achievement Award

See: Main article AFI Life Achievement Award With the AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute (AFI) honors the life's work of filmmakers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of film art . The award was established by the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute in 1973. The recipient is honored at an annual celebration at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

AFI 100 Years ... lists

The following lists, which the institute has published since 1998 on the occasion of the centenary of American film, attracted a great deal of attention. AFI honored the most outstanding aspects of American film history.

100 Movies - The 100 Best American Movies of All Time

Note: The AFI interprets the selection criteria for "American" films very broadly. An American financier or American actor, among others, is sufficient, even if the film is otherwise a purely British production.

Movie year Director Placed in
1998 		Placement in
2007
... because they don't know what they're doing 1955 Nicholas Ray 59.
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 22nd 15th
African Queen 1951 John Huston 17th 65.
Everything about Eva 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 16. 28.
Amadeus 1984 Miloš Forman 53.
American graffiti 1973 George Lucas 77. 62.
An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 68.
Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 28. 30th
The apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 93. 80.
Asphalt cowboy 1969 John Schlesinger 36. 43.
Ben Hur 1959 William Wyler 72. 100.
The best years of our life 1946 William Wyler 37. 37.
Blade runner 1982 Ridley Scott 97.
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 27. 42.
Ambassadors of Fear 1962 John Frankenheimer 67.
Twilight Boulevard 1950 Billy Wilder 12. 16.
The bridge on the Kwai 1957 David Lean 13. 36.
Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse 63.
Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 2. 3.
Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 19th 21st
Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 1. 1.
The one, who dances with the wolf 1990 Kevin Costner 75.
Those who go through hell 1978 Michael Cimino 79. 53.
Do the right thing 1989 Spike Lee 96.
Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 39.
Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 26th 39.
The third man 1949 Carol Reed 57.
ET - The Alien 1982 Steven Spielberg 25th 24.
Easy rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 88 84.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest 1975 Miloš Forman 20th 33.
End of the line longing 1951 Elia Kazan 45. 47.
Merciless 1992 Clint Eastwood 98 68.
It happened in one night 1934 Frank Capra 35. 46.
Fantasia 1940 James Algar
Samuel Armstrong 		58.
Fargo 1996 Ethan Coen
Joel Coen 		84.
The fist on the neck 1954 Elia Kazan 8th. 19th
The window to the courtyard 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 42. 48.
Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 71. 76.
Frankenstein 1931 James Whale 87.
Woman without a conscience 1944 Billy Wilder 38. 29
French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point 1971 William Friedkin 70. 93.
Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 21st 23.
The birth of a nation 1915 DW Griffith 44.
The general 1926 Buster Keaton
Clyde Bruckman 		18th
Giants 1956 George Stevens 82.
Gold rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 74. 58.
Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia 1990 Martin Scorsese 94. 92.
The Lord of the Rings: The Companions 2001 Peter Jackson 50.
nothing new in the West 1930 Lewis Milestone 54.
In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 75.
intolerance 1916 DW Griffith 49.
The life is wonderful, is not it? 1946 Frank Capra 11. 20th
Hunter of the lost treasure 1981 Steven Spielberg 60. 66.
The jazz singer 1927 Alan Crosland 90.
King Kong and the white woman 1933 Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack 		43. 41.
war of stars 1977 George Lucas 15th 13.
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 5. 7th
You don't kiss leopards 1938 Howard Hawks 97. 88
The last performance 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 95.
City lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 76. 11.
Some like it hot 1959 Billy Wilder 14th 22nd
The Marx Brothers at war 1933 Leo McCarey 85. 60.
Scandal in the opera 1935 Sam Wood 85.
MASH 1970 Robert Altman 56. 54.
My great friend Shane 1953 George Stevens 69. 45.
My songs, my dreams 1965 Robert Wise 55. 40.
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 86.
modern times 1936 Charles Chaplin 81. 78.
Mr. Smith is going to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 29 26th
My fair lady 1964 George Cukor 91.
The night before the wedding 1940 George Cukor 51. 44.
Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 59.
Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 66. 64.
The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 3. 2.
The Godfather - Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 32. 32.
Patton - rebel in uniform 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner 89.
Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 83. 86.
A place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 92.
Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 18th 14th
pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 95. 94.
Guess who comes to eat 1967 Stanley Kramer 99
The matriculation examination 1967 Mike Nichols 7th 17th
Ringo 1939 John Ford 63.
Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 78. 57.
The treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 30th 38.
Schindlers List 1993 Steven Spielberg 9. 8th.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David D. Hand 49. 34.
The black hawk 1956 John Ford 96. 12.
The silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 65. 74.
Singin 'in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen
Gene Kelly 		10. 5.
The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 89.
The soldier James Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 71.
Sunrise - song of two people 1927 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 82.
Sophie's decision 1982 Alan J. Pakula 91.
Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 81.
The falcon's trail 1941 John Huston 23. 31.
The city neurotic 1977 Woody Allen 31. 35.
Storm height 1939 William Wyler 73.
Sullivan's travels 1941 Preston Sturges 61.
Swing time 1936 George Stevens 90.
Taxi driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 47. 52.
Titanic 1997 James Cameron 83.
Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 62. 69.
Toy story 1995 John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton 		99
Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 46. 70.
The incorruptible 1976 Alan J. Pakula 77.
Close encounter of the third kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 64.
the invisible third 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 40. 55.
Damn to all eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 52.
Vertigo - From the realm of the dead 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 61. 9.
The condemned 1994 Frank Darabont 72.
Blown by the wind 1939 Victor Fleming 4th 6th
The White shark 1975 Steven Spielberg 48. 56.
Who disturbs the nightingale 1962 Robert Mulligan 34. 25th
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Mike Nichols 67.
West Side Story 1961 Robert Wise
Jerome Robbins 		41. 51.
Like a wild bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 24. 4th
The Wild Bunch - They knew no law 1969 Sam Peckinpah 80. 79.
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Michael Curtiz 100. 98
The magical land 1939 Victor Fleming 6th 10.
Two bandits 1969 George Roy Hill 50. 73.
The twelve jurors 1957 Sidney Lumet 87.
Twelve noon 1952 Fred Zinnemann 33. 27.

Compared to the list published in 1998, a total of 23 new films have been added. Of these, Der General (position 18) achieved the highest ranking. In addition, Intolerance (49) and The Lord of the Rings: The Companions of the Rings (50) are placed in the top fifty.

The 23 new recordings include three films that hit theaters after the 1998 list was released: Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

The 2007 list includes films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Frankenstein and ... because they don't know what they're doing, however, no longer include. Fargo (1996) and Dances with the Wolf (1990) are the most recent films that could not be placed in positions 1-100 either.

The 50 greatest American movie stars

Published June 16, 1999

Top 25 male movie stars

Top 25 female movie stars

100 Laughs - Top 100 American Comedies Of All Time

Published June 14, 2000

  1. Some like it hot (1959)
  2. Tootsie (1982)
  3. Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb (1964)
  4. The Urban Neurotic (1977)
  5. The Marx Brothers at War (1933)
  6. The Wild Wild West (1974)
  7. M * A * S * H (1970)
  8. It happened in one night (1934)
  9. The final exam (1967)
  10. The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Plane (1980)
  11. Spring for Hitler (1968)
  12. Scandal in the Opera (1935)
  13. Frankenstein Junior (1974)
  14. You don't kiss leopards (1938)
  15. The Night Before the Wedding (1940)
  16. Singin 'in the Rain (1952)
  17. Strange Couple (1968)
  18. The General (1926)
  19. His Girl for Special Occasions (1940)
  20. The Apartment (1960)
  21. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  22. Marital War (1949)
  23. Harry and Sally (1989)
  24. It's not from yesterday (1950)
  25. Gold Rush (1925)
  26. Welcome Mr. Chance (1979)
  27. Crazy About Mary (1998)
  28. Ghostbusters (1984)
  29. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  30. Arsenic and lace cap (1944)
  31. Arizona Junior (1987)
  32. The Thin Man (1934)
  33. Modern Times (1936)
  34. Groundhog Day (1993)
  35. My friend Harvey (1950)
  36. I think a horse will kick me (1978)
  37. The great dictator (1940)
  38. City Lights (1931)
  39. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
  40. A totally, totally crazy world (1963)
  41. Moonstruck (1987)
  42. Big (1988)
  43. American Graffiti (1973)
  44. My Man Godfrey (1936)
  45. Harold and Maude (1972)
  46. Manhattan (1979)
  47. Shampoo (1975)
  48. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
  49. To be or not to be (1942)
  50. Cat Ballou - You Shall Hang in Wyoming (1965)
  51. The 7th year itch (1955)
  52. Ninotschka (1939)
  53. Arthur - No Sadness Child (1981)
  54. Sensation in Morgan's Creek (1944)
  55. The Gambler (1941)
  56. Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
  57. American Diner (1982)
  58. This is a gift (1934)
  59. The Marx Brothers in the Circus (1937)
  60. Topper - The Blonde Ghost (1937)
  61. Is' what, doc? (1972)
  62. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
  63. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
  64. News Fever - Broadcast News (1987)
  65. Blooming Nonsense (1932)
  66. Woody the unlucky fellow (1969)
  67. Mrs. Doubtfire: The Prickly Nanny (1993)
  68. The Terrible Truth (1937)
  69. Bananas (1971)
  70. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  71. Madness without a handicap (1980)
  72. Just for the sake of my wife (1948)
  73. The Marx Brothers at Sea (1931)
  74. Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? (1980)
  75. She did him wrong (1933)
  76. Victor / Victoria (1982)
  77. Breathless to Florida (1942)
  78. The Road to Morocco (1942)
  79. The Sports Student (1925)
  80. The Sleeper (1973)
  81. The Navigator (1924)
  82. Sagittarius Benjamin (1980)
  83. Father of the Bride (1950)
  84. Upside Down America (1985)
  85. Dinner at eight (1933)
  86. City Slickers (1991)
  87. I think I'm standing in the woods (1982)
  88. Beetlejuice (1988)
  89. Wealth Is No Shame (1979)
  90. The Woman You Talk About (1942)
  91. Changing horses on their wedding night (1972)
  92. The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (1941)
  93. Fargo (1996)
  94. The Great Aunt (1958)
  95. Trans America Express (1976)
  96. The Sons of the Desert (1933)
  97. Annie's Men (1988)
  98. The Jester (1956)
  99. The Mad Professor (1963)
  100. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

100 Thrills - The 100 best American thrillers

Published June 12, 2001

  1. Psycho (1960)
  2. Great White Shark (1975)
  3. The Exorcist (1973)
  4. The Invisible Third (1959)
  5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  6. Alien from an alien world (1979)
  7. The birds (1963)
  8. French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point (1971)
  9. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  11. The Godfather (1972)
  12. King Kong and the White Woman (1933)
  13. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  14. The window to the courtyard (1954)
  15. Everyone's First to Die (1972)
  16. Chinatown (1974)
  17. Ambassador of Fear (1962)
  18. Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958)
  19. Broken Chains (1963)
  20. Twelve Noon (1952)
  21. A clockwork orange (1971)
  22. Taxi Driver (1976)
  23. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  24. Woman Without a Conscience (1944)
  25. Titanic (1997)
  26. The Falcon's Trail (1941)
  27. Star Wars (1977)
  28. A Fateful Affair (1987)
  29. Shining (1980)
  30. Who Go Through Hell (1978)
  31. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  32. The Stranger on the Train (1951)
  33. On the Run (1993)
  34. The hunter's night (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. Terminator (1984)
  43. The magical land (1939)
  44. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  45. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  46. Carrie (1976)
  47. The Demonic (1956)
  48. Call Murder (1954)
  49. Ben Hur (1959)
  50. The Marathon Man (1976)
  51. Like a Wild Bull (1980)
  52. Rocky (1976)
  53. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  54. Two Bandits (1969)
  55. Wait Until It's Dark (1967)
  56. Frankenstein (1931)
  57. The Untouchables (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 really happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  64. Under the Sign of Evil (1958)
  65. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  66. Matrix (1999)
  67. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  68. Halloween (1979)
  69. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  70. Dog Days (1975)
  71. James Bond 007 - 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. Lady Alquist's House (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 Portrait of Dorian Gray (1945)
  87. The Thing from Another World (1951)
  88. The Twelve Jurors (1957)
  89. The Navarone cannons (1961)
  90. Poseidon's Descent into Hell (1972)
  91. Braveheart (1995)
  92. Hot Blood - Cold Blood (1981)
  93. The Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  94. The China Syndrome (1979)
  95. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  96. Blue Velvet (1986)
  97. Skyscrapers, of all things! (1923)
  98. Blood Simple (1984)
  99. Speed (1994)
  100. Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938)

100 Passions - The 100 best American love films of all time

Published June 11, 2002

  1. Casablanca (1942)
  2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  3. West Side Story (1961)
  4. A Heart and a Crown (1953)
  5. The great love of my life (1957)
  6. The Way We Were (1973)
  7. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  8. The life is wonderful, is not it? (1946)
  9. Love Story (1970)
  10. City Lights (1931)
  11. The Urban Neurotic (1977)
  12. My Fair Lady (1964)
  13. Out of Africa (1985)
  14. African Queen (1951)
  15. Storm Height (1939)
  16. Singin 'in the Rain (1952)
  17. Moonstruck (1987)
  18. Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958)
  19. Ghost Message from Sam (1990)
  20. Forever Damned (1953)
  21. Pretty Woman (1990)
  22. At the golden lake (1981)
  23. Journey from the Past (1942)
  24. King Kong and the White Woman (1933)
  25. Harry and Sally (1989)
  26. The Gambler (1941)
  27. The Sound of Music (1965)
  28. Rendezvous after closing time (1940)
  29. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  30. Swing Time (1936)
  31. The King and I (1956)
  32. Sacrifice of a Great Love (1939)
  33. The Lady of the Camellias (1936)
  34. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  35. Gigi (1958)
  36. Years Found (1942)
  37. Titanic (1997)
  38. It happened in one night (1934)
  39. An American in Paris (1951)
  40. Ninotschka (1939)
  41. Funny Girl (1968)
  42. Anna Karenina (1935)
  43. A New Star in the Sky (1954)
  44. The Night Before the Wedding (1940)
  45. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  46. Above the roofs of Nice (1955)
  47. Fever in the Blood (1961)
  48. The last tango in Paris (1972)
  49. In the web of passions (1946)
  50. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  51. You don't kiss leopards (1938)
  52. The final exam (1967)
  53. A Place in the Sun (1951)
  54. Sabrina (1954)
  55. Reds (1981)
  56. The English Patient (1996)
  57. Two on the Same Path (1967)
  58. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
  59. Picnic (1955)
  60. To have and not to have (1944)
  61. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  62. The Apartment (1960)
  63. Sunrise - A Song of Two People (1927)
  64. Marty (1955)
  65. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  66. Manhattan (1979)
  67. End of the line longing (1951)
  68. Is' what, doc? (1972)
  69. Harold and Maude (1971)
  70. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  71. Way Down East (1920)
  72. Roxanne (1987)
  73. A Ghost on Free Feet (1947)
  74. The Woman You Talk About (1942)
  75. Hello Mr. President (1995)
  76. The winner (1952)
  77. The Terrible Truth (1937)
  78. Coming Home (1978)
  79. Jezebel - The Malicious Lady (1938)
  80. The Sheikh (1921)
  81. The Subtenant (1977)
  82. The Only Witness (1985)
  83. Morocco (1930)
  84. Woman Without a Conscience (1944)
  85. All glory on earth (1955)
  86. Notorious (1946)
  87. The unbearable lightness of being (1988)
  88. The Prince's Bride (1987)
  89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  90. The bridges on the river (1995)
  91. The Arms of Women (1988)
  92. Porgy and Bess (1959)
  93. Dirty Dancing (1987)
  94. Hot Blood - Cold Blood (1981)
  95. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  96. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
  97. Grease (1978)
  98. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  99. Bed Whispers (1959)
  100. Jerry Maguire - Game of Life (1996)

100 Heroes & Villains - The 100 greatest heroes and villains of American film

Published in June 2003

Top 50 heroes

  1. Atticus Finch ( Who Bothered the Nightingale ) - Gregory Peck
  2. Indiana Jones ( Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark ) - Harrison Ford
  3. James Bond ( James Bond Chases Dr. No ) - Sean Connery
  4. Rick Blaine ( Casablanca ) - Humphrey Bogart
  5. Will Kane ( twelve noon ) - Gary Cooper
  6. Clarice Starling ( The Silence of the Lambs ) - Jodie Foster
  7. Rocky Balboa ( Rocky ) - Sylvester Stallone
  8. Ellen Ripley ( Aliens - The Return ) - Sigourney Weaver
  9. George Bailey ( Isn't Life Beautiful? ) - James Stewart
  10. Lawrence of Arabia ( Lawrence of Arabia ) - Peter O'Toole
  11. Jefferson Smith ( Mr. Smith goes to Washington ) - James Stewart
  12. Tom Joad ( Fruits of Wrath ) - Henry Fonda
  13. Oskar Schindler ( Schindler's List ) - Liam Neeson
  14. Han Solo ( Star Wars ) - Harrison Ford
  15. Norma Rae Webster ( Norma Rae ) - Sally Field
  16. Shane ( My great friend Shane ) - Alan Ladd
  17. Harry Callahan ( Dirty Harry ) - Clint Eastwood
  18. Robin Hood ( Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds ) - Errol Flynn
  19. Virgil Tibbs ( In the Heat of the Night ) - Sidney Poitier
  20. Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid ( Two Bandits ) - Paul Newman and Robert Redford
  21. Mahatma Gandhi ( Gandhi ) - Ben Kingsley
  22. Spartacus ( Spartacus ) - Kirk Douglas
  23. Terry Malloy ( Fist on the Neck ) - Marlon Brando
  24. Thelma & Louise (Thelma & Louise) - Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
  25. Lou Gehrig ( The Great Throwing ) - Gary Cooper
  26. Superman ( Superman ) - Christopher Reeve
  27. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein ( The Untouchables ) - Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
  28. Jury Member # 8 ( The Twelve Jurors ) - Henry Fonda
  29. George Patton ( Patton - rebel in uniform ) - George C. Scott
  30. Luke Jackson ( The Indomitable ) - Paul Newman
  31. Erin Brockovich ( Erin Brockovich ) - Julia Roberts
  32. Philip Marlowe ( dead asleep ) - Humphrey Bogart
  33. Marge Gunderson ( Fargo ) - Frances McDormand
  34. Tarzan ( Tarzan, the ape man ) - Johnny Weissmüller
  35. Alvin York ( Sergeant York ) - Gary Cooper
  36. Rooster Cogburn ( The Marshal ) - John Wayne
  37. Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Star Wars ) - Alec Guinness
  38. The Tramp ( The Vagabond and the Child ) - Charlie Chaplin
  39. Lassie ( homesick )
  40. Frank Serpico ( Serpico ) - Al Pacino
  41. Arthur Chipping ( Goodbye, Mr. Chips ) - Robert Donat
  42. Father Flanagan ( Hell Bucks ) - Spencer Tracy
  43. Moses ( The Ten Commandments ) - Charlton Heston
  44. "Popeye" Doyle ( French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn ) - Gene Hackman
  45. Zorro ( The Mask of Zorro ) - Anthony Hopkins
  46. Batman ( Batman ) - Michael Keaton
  47. Karen Silkwood ( Silkwood ) - Meryl Streep
  48. Terminator ( Terminator 2: Judgment Day ) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
  49. Andrew Beckett ( Philadelphia ) - Tom Hanks
  50. Maximus ( Gladiator ) - Russell Crowe

Top 50 villains

  1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( The Silence of the Lambs ) - Anthony Hopkins
  2. Norman Bates ( Psycho ) - Anthony Perkins
  3. Darth Vader ( Star Wars ) - David Prowse and James Earl Jones
  4. The Wicked Witch of the West ( The Wizard of Oz ) - Margaret Hamilton
  5. Sister Ratched ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ) - Louise Fletcher
  6. Mr. Potter ( Isn't life beautiful? ) - Lionel Barrymore
  7. Alex Forrest ( A Fateful Affair ) - Glenn Close
  8. Phyllis Dietrichson ( Woman Without a Conscience ) - Barbara Stanwyck
  9. Regan MacNeil ( The Exorcist ) - Linda Blair
  10. The Queen ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs )
  11. Michael Corleone ( The Godfather - Part II ) - Al Pacino
  12. Alex De Large (A Clockwork Orange ) - Malcolm McDowell
  13. HAL 9000 ( 2001: A Space Odyssey )
  14. The Alien ( Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world ) - Bolaji Badejo
  15. Amon Göth ( Schindler's List ) - Ralph Fiennes
  16. Noah Cross ( Chinatown ) - John Huston
  17. Annie Wilkes ( Misery ) - Kathy Bates
  18. The shark ( the great white shark )
  19. Captain Bligh ( Mutiny on the Bounty ) - Charles Laughton
  20. "Man" ( Bambi )
  21. Mrs. John Iselin ( Ambassador of Fear ) - Angela Lansbury
  22. Terminator ( Terminator ) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
  23. Eve Harrington ( All About Eva ) - Anne Baxter
  24. Gordon Gekko ( Wall Street ) - Michael Douglas
  25. Jack Torrance ( Shining ) - Jack Nicholson
  26. Cody Jarrett ( Leap To Death ) - James Cagney
  27. The Martians ( Battle of the Worlds )
  28. Max Cady ( Cape of Fear ) - Robert De Niro
  29. Reverend Harry Powell ( The Night of the Hunter ) - Robert Mitchum
  30. Travis Bickle ( Taxi Driver ) - Robert De Niro
  31. Mrs. Danvers ( Rebecca ) - Judith Anderson
  32. Bonnie and Clyde ( Bonnie and Clyde ) - Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
  33. Count Dracula ( Dracula ) - Bela Lugosi
  34. Dr. Szell ( The Marathon Man ) - Laurence Olivier
  35. JJ Hunsecker ( Your fate in my hand ) - Burt Lancaster
  36. Frank Booth ( Blue Velvet ) - Dennis Hopper
  37. Harry Lime ( The Third Man ) - Orson Welles
  38. Caesar Enrico Bandello ( The Little Caesar ) - Edward G. Robinson
  39. Cruella De Vil ( 101 Dalmatians ) - Glenn Close
  40. Freddy Krueger ( Nightmare - Murderous Dreams ) - Robert Englund
  41. Joan Crawford ( My Dear Mad Mother ) - Faye Dunaway
  42. Tom Powers ( The Public Enemy ) - James Cagney
  43. Regina Giddons ( The Little Foxes ) - Bette Davis
  44. Baby Jane Hudson ( What Really Happened to Baby Jane? ) - Bette Davis
  45. The Joker ( Batman ) - Jack Nicholson
  46. Hans Gruber ( Die Hard ) - Alan Rickman
  47. Tony Camonte ( Scarface ) - Paul Muni
  48. Verbal Kint ( The Usual Suspects ) - Kevin Spacey
  49. Auric Goldfinger ( Goldfinger ) - Gert Fröbe
  50. Alonzo Harris ( Training Day ) - Denzel Washington

100 songs - America's best movie songs

Released June 22, 2004

100 Movie Quotes - The 100 best movie quotes from US films of all time

Published June 21, 2005

  1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." ("Frankly, my dear: I don't care.") - Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind
  2. “I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.” (“I will make him an offer he cannot refuse.”) - Marlon Brando in The Godfather
  3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. "(" You don't understand! I could have become something, at least a great boxer. And what have I become? A mean rascal. ") Marlon Brando in The Fist in the Neck
  4. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." ("Toto, I have the feeling that we are no longer in Kansas.") - Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
  5. "Here's looking at you, kid." ("I look you in the eye, little one") - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
  6. "Go ahead, make my day." ("Come on, make my day") - Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry is coming back
  7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." ("I'm ready for the close-up, Mr. DeMille!") - Gloria Swanson on Twilight Boulevard
  8. “May the Force be with you.” - Alec Guinness in Star Wars
  9. "Fast your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night. ”(“ Buckle up, gentlemen! I think it's going to be a stormy night! ”) - Bette Davis in All About Eva
  10. “You talkin 'to me?” (“Are you talking to me?”) - Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
  11. "What we've got here is failure to communicate." ("What we've got here is a lack of communication.") - Strother Martin in Der Unbugsame
  12. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now
  13. "Love means never having to say you're sorry." ("Love means never having to ask for forgiveness.") - Ali MacGraw in Love Story
  14. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” (“This is the stuff that dreams are made of!”) - Humphrey Bogart in The Falcon's Trail
  15. "ET phone home." ("ET phone home.") - Pat Welsh in ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
  16. “They call me 'Mister' Tibbs!” (“They call me 'Mr.' Tibbs!”) - Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night
  17. "Rosebud." - Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
  18. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world! ”(“ I did it, Ma! Now I'm at the top! ”) - James Cagney in Leap to Death
  19. “I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!” (“I'm crazy as hell and don't let that go any longer.”) - Peter Finch in Network
  20. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." ("Louis, I think this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.") - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
  21. "A census taker once tried to test me. . I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti "(" One of me wanted to test this pollster, I enjoyed his liver with some fava beans and a fine Chianti ".) - Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
  22. "Bond. James Bond. ”- Sean Connery in James Bond is chasing Dr. No
  23. “There's no place like home.” (“It's most beautiful at home.”) - Judy Garland in The Magical Land
  24. "I am big! It's the pictures that got small. ”(“ I 'm big, it's the films that are no longer big today. ”) - Gloria Swanson on Twilight Boulevard
  25. “Show me the money!” - Cuba Gooding jr. in Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
  26. "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" - Mae West in Sie did him wrong
  27. "I'm walking here! I'm walking here! ”(“ When I go, you have a break! ”) - Dustin Hoffman in Asphalt-Cowboy
  28. "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'. ”(“ Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'. ”) - Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
  29. “You can't handle the truth!” - Jack Nicholson in A Question of Honor
  30. “I want to be alone.” (“I want to be alone!”) - Greta Garbo in People in the Hotel
  31. “After all, tomorrow is another day!” - Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
  32. “Round up the usual suspects.” (“Arrest the usual suspects!”) - Claude Rains in Casablanca
  33. "I'll have what she's having." ("I want exactly what she had.") - Estelle Reiner in Harry and Sally
  34. "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. ”- Lauren Bacall in To have and not to have
  35. “You're gonna need a bigger boat.” (“You will need a bigger boat.”) - Roy Scheider in Jaws
  36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges! ”- Alfonso Bedoya in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  37. “I'll be back.” (“I'll be back.”) - Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator
  38. "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" - Gary Cooper in The Great Throw
  39. “If you build it, he will come.” (“If you build it, he will come.”) - Ray Liotta (voiceover from off) in Field of Dreams
  40. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. ”(“ Mom always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. ”) - Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
  41. "We rob banks." - Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde
  42. "Plastics." ("Plastic.") - Walter Brooke in The Maturity Exam
  43. “We'll always have Paris.” (“We'll always have Paris.”) - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
  44. "I see dead people." - Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense
  45. “Stella! Hey, Stella! “- Marlon Brando at the end of the line longing
  46. "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars. “- Bette Davis in Journey from the Past
  47. "Shane. Shane. Come back! ”- Brandon De Wilde in My Great Friend Shane
  48. "Well, nobody's perfect." - Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot
  49. "It's alive! It's alive! ”(“ It's alive! ”) - Colin Clive in Frankenstein
  50. "Houston, we have a problem." (" Houston, we have a problem! ") - Tom Hanks in Apollo 13
  51. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? ”(“ Now you're wondering if today is your lucky day. Today is your lucky day, brother? ”) - Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry
  52. "You had me at 'hello'." ("You had me at 'hello'.") - Renée Zellweger in Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
  53. "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. ”(“ I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas will always remain a mystery to me. ”) - Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers
  54. “There's no crying in baseball!” - Tom Hanks in A Class of His Own
  55. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da." ("Tanderadei") - Diane Keaton in Der Stadtneurotiker
  56. "A boy's best friend is his mother." ("A man's best friend is his mother.") - Anthony Perkins in Psycho
  57. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." ("Greed, unfortunately there is no better expression for it, is good!") - Michael Douglas in Wall Street
  58. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." ("Keep your friends close to you, but your enemies even closer.") - Al Pacino in The Godfather - Part II
  59. “As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again.” (“By God, I'll never go hungry again!”) - Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
  60. “Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!” (“You dragged me into a nice mess again!”) - Oliver Hardy in Die Wüstensöhne
  61. "Say 'hello' to my little friend!" ("Say hello to my little friend!") - Al Pacino in Scarface
  62. "What a dump." - Bette Davis in The Sting of Evil
  63. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you? ”(“ Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me. Or not? ”) - Dustin Hoffman in The Graduation
  64. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! ”(" Gentlemen, you cannot fight here, this is the war room. ") - Peter Sellers in Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb
  65. "Elementary, my dear Watson." ("Elementary, my dear Watson.") - Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  66. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." ("Can't you take your dirty paws off my body, you stupid apes!") - Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes
  67. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” (“Of all the bars around the world, she comes to mine, of all places.”) - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
  68. "Here's Johnny!" ("Here's Jacky!") - Jack Nicholson in Shining
  69. “They're here!” (“They're here!”) - Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist
  70. “Is it safe?” (“Are you out of danger?”) - Laurence Olivier in The Marathon Man
  71. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin 'yet! ”(“ Just a moment, a moment. You haven't heard anything! ”) - Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
  72. “No wire hangers, ever!” - Faye Dunaway in My dear mother raven
  73. "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" ("Holy Mother Mary, is that the end of Rico?") - Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar
  74. "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown." ("Forget it, Jake. We're in Chinatown.") - Joe Mantell in Chinatown
  75. "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." ("I was always dependent on the kindness of strangers") - Vivien Leigh in Endstation Sehnsucht
  76. "Hasta la vista, baby." - Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day
  77. “Soylent Green is people!” - Charlton Heston in Soylent Green
  78. “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” (“Open the locks, HAL!”) - Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey
  79. "Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious… and don't call me Shirley. ”(“ Striker: You don't mean that seriously! Rumack: Yes, I mean that, and don't call me serious. ”) - Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen in The incredible journey in a crazy plane
  80. "Yo, Adrian!" - Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
  81. "Hello, gorgeous." - Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
  82. "Toga! Toga! ”- John Belushi in I think a horse will kick me
  83. "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. ”(“ Do you hear the children of the night? What music they make! ”) - Bela Lugosi in Dracula
  84. "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. ”- Robert Armstrong in King Kong and the white woman
  85. "My precious." ("Mein Schatz.") - Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  86. "Attica! Attica! ”- Al Pacino in Dog Days
  87. "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" - Warner Baxter on 42nd Street
  88. "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go! ”- Katharine Hepburn in Am golden See
  89. "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." - Pat O'Brien in Knute Rockne, All American
  90. "A martini. Shaken, not stirred. "(" A martini. Shaken. Not stirred. ") - Sean Connery in Goldfinger
  91. "Who's on first." - Bud Abbott in The Naughty Nineties
  92. "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac ... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole! ”- Bill Murray in Caddyshack
  93. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" - Rosalind Russell in The Great Aunt
  94. "I feel the need - the need for speed!" ("I feel the greed, the greed for speed!") - Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards in Top Gun
  95. "Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. ”(“ Carpe diem! Use the day, guys! Make something extraordinary out of your life! ”) - Robin Williams in The Dead Poets Club
  96. "Snap out of it!" - Cher in Moonstruck
  97. "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you. ”- James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
  98. “Nobody puts baby in a corner.” (“My baby belongs to me!”) - Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing
  99. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" ("I'll get you. And your little dog too!") - Margaret Hamilton in The Magical Land
  100. “I'm the king of the world!” (“I'm the king of the world!”) - Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic

100 Years of Film Scores - America's best film music

Published on September 23, 2005

  1. Star Wars (1977) - John Williams
  2. Gone with the Wind (1939) - Max Steiner
  3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre
  4. Psycho (1960) - Bernard Herrmann
  5. The Godfather (1972) - Nino Rota
  6. Great White Shark (1975) - John Williams
  7. Laura (1944) - David Raksin
  8. The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein
  9. Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
  10. Twelve noon (1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin
  11. Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  12. Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958) - Bernard Herrmann
  13. King Kong and the White Woman (1933) - Max Steiner
  14. ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - John Williams
  15. Out of Africa (1985) - John Barry
  16. Boulevard of Twilight (1950) - Franz Waxman
  17. Who disturbs the nightingale (1962) - Elmer Bernstein
  18. Planet of the Apes (1968) - Jerry Goldsmith
  19. End stop longing (1951) - Alex North
  20. The Pink Panther (1963) - Henry Mancini
  21. Ben Hur (1959) - Miklós Rózsa
  22. The fist in the neck (1954) - Leonard Bernstein
  23. Mission (1986) - Ennio Morricone
  24. At the Golden Lake (1981) - Dave Grusin
  25. That was the Wild West (1962) - Alfred Newman

"100 Years ... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies"

Published June 14, 2006

  1. The life is wonderful, is not it? (1946)
  2. Who disturbs the nightingale (1962)
  3. Schindler's List (1993)
  4. Rocky (1976)
  5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  6. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  7. The fruits of wrath (1940)
  8. Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, Nobody Can Make Us (1979)
  9. The Miracle of Manhattan (1947)
  10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  11. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  12. Apollo 13 (1995)
  13. Free Throw (1986)
  14. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  15. Light in the Dark (1962)
  16. Norma Rae (1979)
  17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  18. Anne Frank's Diary (1959)
  19. The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1983)
  20. Philadelphia (1993)
  21. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  22. The Great Throwing (1942)
  23. The Condemned (1994)
  24. Little Girl, Big Heart (1944)
  25. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
  26. The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz) (1939)
  27. Twelve Noon (1952)
  28. Field of Dreams (1989)
  29. Gandhi (1982)
  30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  31. Glory (1989)
  32. Casablanca (1942)
  33. City Lights (1931)
  34. The Untouchables (1976)
  35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
  36. The fist in the neck (1954)
  37. Forrest Gump (1994)
  38. Pinocchio (1940)
  39. Star Wars (1977)
  40. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
  41. My songs - my dreams (1965)
  42. The Twelve Jurors (1957)
  43. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  44. Spartacus (1960)
  45. At the golden lake (1981)
  46. Lilies in the Field (1963)
  47. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  48. African Queen (1951)
  49. Here's John Doe (1941)
  50. Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success (2003)
  51. The Color Purple (1985)
  52. Dead Poets Club (1989)
  53. My great friend Shane (1953)
  54. Touchdown (1993)
  55. Escape in Chains (1958)
  56. Ben Hur (1959)
  57. Sergeant York (1941)
  58. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  59. Dances With Wolves (1990)
  60. The Killing Fields (1984)
  61. The year without a father (1972)
  62. Braveheart (1995)
  63. Rain Man (1988)
  64. The black stallion (1979)
  65. A Spot in the Sun (1961)
  66. Silkwood (1983)
  67. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  68. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  69. Lindbergh - My Flight Over the Ocean (1957)
  70. Nashville Lady (1980)
  71. The Indomitable (1967)
  72. Sacrifice of a Great Love (1939)
  73. Erin Brockovich (2000)
  74. Uprising in Sidi Hakim (1939)
  75. The Verdict: The Truth and Nothing But the Truth (1982)
  76. The Prisoner of Alcatraz (1962)
  77. Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur (1989)
  78. Thelma & Louise (1991)
  79. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  80. A Pig Called Babe (1999)
  81. Hell Bucks (1938)
  82. Anatevka (1971)
  83. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  84. Serpico (1973)
  85. Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
  86. Stand and Deliver (1988)
  87. The Arms of Women (1988)
  88. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  89. Harold and Maude (1972)
  90. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  91. The Trials (1973)
  92. Fame (1980)
  93. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  94. Manuel (1937)
  95. A Place in the Heart (1984)
  96. The King's Game (1993)
  97. Madame Curie (1943)
  98. Karate Kid (1984)
  99. Ray (2004)
  100. The Victor's Hour (1981)

100 Years of Musicals - The 25 most important American musical films

Released September 3, 2006

10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres - The 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres

On June 17, 2008, the ten best films in ten classic American film genres were selected in a three-hour television show on CBS . The most successful director is Alfred Hitchcock , whose films appear four times on the lists, followed by Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick (three each). The most common actors in the films listed are James Stewart (6 films) and Diane Keaton (4).

The jury consisted of 1,500 members, including filmmakers, critics and historians. They chose from a list of 500 American productions (50 per genre) released before January 1, 2008. The selection was based on critical reception (film awards; recommendations in printed and digital media as well as television), popularity (economic success at the box office, broadcast dates on television, DVD and VHS sales or rental income), historical significance (highlighting feature of film history through e.g. B. a visionary narrative narrative structure or technical innovation) and cultural meaning (characterizing American society in terms of style and content).

Cartoons

  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 films

  1. The magical land (1939)
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  3. The life is wonderful, is not it? (1946)
  4. King Kong and the White Woman (1933)
  5. The Miracle of Manhattan (1947)
  6. Field of Dreams (1989)
  7. My friend Harvey (1950)
  8. Groundhog Day (1993)
  9. The thief of Baghdad (1940)
  10. Big (1988)

Gangster films

  1. The Godfather (1972)
  2. Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (1990)
  3. The Godfather - Part II (1974)
  4. Leap to Death (1949)
  5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  6. Scarface (1932)
  7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  8. The Public Enemy (1931)
  9. Little Caesar (1931)
  10. Scarface (1983)

Science fiction movies

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. Star Wars (1977)
  3. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  4. A clockwork orange (1971)
  5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  6. Blade Runner (1982)
  7. Alien from an alien world (1979)
  8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  9. The Demonic (1956)
  10. Back to the Future (1985)

Western films

  1. The black hawk (1956)
  2. Twelve Noon (1952)
  3. My great friend Shane (1951)
  4. Merciless (1992)
  5. Red River (1948)
  6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  7. Two Bandits (1969)
  8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  9. Ringo (1939)
  10. Cat Ballou - You Shall Hang in Wyoming (1964)

Sports films

  1. Like a Wild Bull (1980)
  2. Rocky (1976)
  3. The Great Throwing (1942)
  4. Free Throw (1986)
  5. Annie's Men (1988)
  6. City Sharks (1961)
  7. Madness without a handicap (1980)
  8. Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, Nobody Can Make Us (1979)
  9. Little Girl, Big Heart (1944)
  10. Jerry Maguire - Game of Life (1996)

Crime films

  1. Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958)
  2. Chinatown (1974)
  3. The window to the courtyard (1954)
  4. Laura (1944)
  5. The Third Man (1949)
  6. The Falcon's Trail (1941)
  7. The Invisible Third (1959)
  8. Blue Velvet (1986)
  9. Call Murder (1954)
  10. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Romantic comedies

  1. City Lights (1931)
  2. The Urban Neurotic (1977)
  3. It happened in one night (1934)
  4. A Heart and a Crown (1954)
  5. The Night Before the Wedding (1940)
  6. Harry and Sally (1989)
  7. Marital War (1949)
  8. Moonstruck (1987)
  9. Harold and Maude (1971)
  10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Court dramas

  1. Who disturbs the nightingale (1962)
  2. The Twelve Jurors (1957)
  3. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  4. The Verdict: The Truth and Nothing But the Truth (1982)
  5. A Matter of Honor (1992)
  6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  7. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
  8. In Cold Blood (1967)
  9. A Scream in the Dark (1988)
  10. The Nuremberg Judgment (1961)

Canvas epics

  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. Nothing New in the West (1930)
  8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  9. Reds (1981)
  10. The Ten Commandments (1956)

AFI Awards

The AFI Awards are given each year to the ten best films ( Movies of the Year ) and the ten best television series ( TV Programs of the Year ). The selection is made by a jury. The following criteria come into play:

  • greatest contribution to film art
  • Contribution to the cultural heritage of American art
  • Inspiration for audiences and other artists
  • formative influence on American society

The winners will be announced in December, and the award ceremony will take place during a private dinner in January.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b AFI Conservatory: Still the Program of Choice . In: MovieMaker Magazine . June 21, 2002 ( moviemaker.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
  2. ^ American Film Institute - History of AFI. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ Jean Picker Firstenberg . In: Mount Holyoke College . June 8, 2012 ( mtholyoke.edu [accessed April 7, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Variety Staff: AFI's departing chief looks back . In: Variety . June 7, 2007 ( variety.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
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  16. ↑ cf. The American Film Institute Crowns TOP 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres . PR Newswire, June 18, 2008, 3:00 AM GMT
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