AFI Names top 100 movies (in 10 categories)

[Boblobla]

AFI has listed the top 100 movies in 10 different categories. I was upset there wasn't an 'Action/Adventure' or 'War' category since they included a Romantic Comedy, Animation, Sci-Fi and Fantasy category...

There is also a missed movie in the Western genre imo, The Magnificent Seven is one of the best westerns ever made and has probably the most stacked cast.

Here is the website if you are interested.

http://www.afi.com/10top10/

ANIMATION

1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
2 PINOCCHIO (1940)
3 BAMBI (1942)
4 LION KING, THE (1994)
5 FANTASIA (1942)
6 TOY STORY (1995)
7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
8 SHREK (2001)
9 CINDERELLA (1950)
10 FINDING NEMO (2003)

FANTASY

1 WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
2 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
3 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1947)
4 KING KONG (1933)
5 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)
6 FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
7 HARVEY (1950)
8 GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
9 THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE (1924)
10 BIG (1988)

GANGSTER

1 GODFATHER, THE (1972)
2 GOODFELLAS (1990)
3 GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
4 WHITE HEAT (1949)
5 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
6 SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION (1932)
7 PULP FICTION (1994)
8 PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (1931)
9 LITTLE CAESAR (1931)
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 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
5 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)
6 BLADE RUNNER (1982)
7 ALIEN (1979)
8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)
9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
10 BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

WESTERN

1 SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
2 HIGH NOON (1952)
3 SHANE (1953)
4 UNFORGIVEN (1992)
5 RED RIVER (1948)
6 WILD BUNCH, THE (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 (1977)
3 PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (1943)
4 HOOSIERS (1986)
5 BULL DURHAM (1988)
6 HUSTLER, THE (1961)
7 CADDYSHACK (1980)
8 BREAKING AWAY (1979)
9 NATIONAL VELVET (1945)
10 JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)

MYSTERY

1 VERTIGO (1958)
2 CHINATOWN (1974)
3 REAR WINDOW (1954)
4 LAURA (1944)
5 THIRD MAN, THE (1950)
6 MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
7 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
8 BLUE VELVET (1986)
9 DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
10 USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

1 CITY LIGHTS (1931)
2 ANNIE HALL (1977)
3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
4 ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
5 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1941)
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 (1963)
2 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
3 KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
4 VERDICT, THE (1982)
5 FEW GOOD MEN, A (1992)
6 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)
7 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
8 IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
9 CRY IN THE DARK, A (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 TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1956)

[Bobblehead]

I'm very poor in the Western category - I'll need to see a few more of those.

[J pold]

The only category that I have seen every movie is Animation

[4X4]

Surprised that there isn't a category that has Shawshank at the top of the list. Good to see Back to the Future in there. For gangster movies, I'm surprised that Casino isn't in there and I disagree that Godfather is better than Godfather II. Godfather II FTW.

[habernac]

no Slap Shot in the sports category? Booooo!

Blade Runner is a movie I think is very overrated, maybe I need to see it again.

[octothorp]

ANIMATION

A couple good films here, but my list would include Ratatouille (sp?) and Spirited Away. Probably also Nightmare Before Christmas. This is very disney-heavy. Fantasia, Toy Story, and Shrek definitely belong.

FANTASY

Not bad. I wouldn't necessarily include Groundhog Day as Fantasy, but it's as much as Miracle on 34th. Field of Dreams is a nice inclusion. I'd probably drop Harvey and Miracle, and include Beatiful Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Donny Darko.

GANGSTER

Pretty good list here. Only one I'd want to add is The Departed.

SCIENCE FICTION

Take out Body Snatchers, add Gattica.

WESTERN

This one has probably the biggest omissions: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and Once Upon a Time in the West should be on this list, possibly in spots #1 and #2.

SPORTS

I tend not to like sports movies, so I'm gonna leave this one alone.
Edit: now that I think about it, kinda surprised that The Natural isn't on the list. I'm pretty certain it's a better movie than Jerry McGuire.

MYSTERY

Great list here. I'd probably bump Usual Suspects up the list into top 5. Maybe add Momento and LA Confidential.


ROMANTIC COMEDY

Again, not really my genre, but Moonstruck and Harold & Maude are good choices.
edit: High Fidelity!

COURTROOM DRAMA

Not bad, though I'd probably add Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

EPIC

Kinda hard to say what's an epic, but Raiders of the Lost Ark would be a good inclusion to this list.
edit: Oh yeah, Shawshank. I'd count that as an epic, certainly in it's tone.

[liamenator]

Originally Posted by habernac

Blade Runner is a movie I think is very overrated, maybe I need to see it again.

Yes, if you think it is overrated, you do!!!!!!

[Flashpoint]

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 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
5 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)
6 BLADE RUNNER (1982)
7 ALIEN (1979)
8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)
9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
10 BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985

Telling that these all predate extensive use of CG.

Don't know how Pan's Labrynth doesn't make the list for "Fantasy" but Groundhog day does.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

how on earth is A New Hope rated about Empire Strikes Back? Empire isn't even listed there!

[MissTeeks]

I sat through the whole special last night because there was nothing else on (come back hockey season!) and I was kind of disappointed with most of the lists. I just found it hard to believe that there were only two movies that made any of these lists that came out since 2000, The Lord of the Rings and Shrek. It's 8 years into the 21st century, how can there not be more movies made since then that could be on any of those lists?

I also wasn't sure about some of the movies they had included under the Fantasy list. Maybe it's because I think of big CGI movies when I think of Fantasy.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Telling that these all predate extensive use of CG.

Don't know how Pan's Labrynth doesn't make the list for "Fantasy" but Groundhog day does.

Exactly. I really question these lists(and the age of the person making them) when the vast majority are movies that predate 1980. I think you need people from all age groups to make lists and find some type of median. Otherwise, you end up with lists like this.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Telling that these all predate extensive use of CG.

Don't know how Pan's Labrynth doesn't make the list for "Fantasy" but Groundhog day does.

Very true. I think they need separate categories for Fantasy and Magic Realism. Groundhog Day, Miracle on 34th, Field of Dreams, Harvey, and Big are all really magic realism rather than fantasy.

[liamenator]

I don't like the idea of this list. Because so many movies are impossible to categorize, this list essentially becomes the top-100 genre pictures of all time. Genre pictures are great, but the be-all end-all they are not. As such, there are some glaring omissions (Like, umm, the best movie ever, Citizen Kane - how is that not epic?!?!... Plus then there's One Flew Over the ####oo's Nest, Fargo, Shawshank, Amadeus, Dr. Strangelove, etc etc etc) as well as some ridiculous inclusions (Big, Jerry Maguire, Sleepless in Seattle, Scarface '83, etc).

I don't know, just not my cup of tea. Not inclusive enough.

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by liamenator

I don't like the idea of this list. Because so many movies are impossible to categorize, this list essentially becomes the top-100 genre pictures of all time. Genre pictures are great, but the be-all end-all they are not. As such, there are some glaring omissions (Like, umm, the best movie ever, Citizen Kane - how is that not epic?!?!... Plus then there's One Flew Over the ####oo's Nest, Fargo, Shawshank, Amadeus, Dr. Strangelove, etc etc etc) as well as some ridiculous inclusions (Big, Jerry Maguire, Sleepless in Seattle, Scarface '83, etc).

I don't know, just not my cup of tea. Not inclusive enough.

Scarface is ridiculous? It is a pretty awesome gangster movie imo.

[liamenator]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Scarface is ridiculous? It is a pretty awesome gangster movie imo.

I used to be an ardent Scarface '83 supporter, but upon watching it again recently, I was left wondering why I had spent the last 10 years pumping it's tires.

I mean yes, I guess it's a pretty good gangster movie - maybe top-20 or so in that genre*, but that's what I'm talking about when I say I don't like the format of this list... I don't think it merits inclusion on any 100-best list, ever.

(*Off the top of my head, movies I'd include above Scarface in that category would be: Once Upon A Time In America, Casino, Miller's Crossing, The Departed, possibly American Gangster)

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by liamenator

I used to be an ardent Scarface '83 supporter, but upon watching it again recently, I was left wondering why I had spent the last 10 years pumping it's tires.

I mean yes, I guess it's a pretty good gangster movie, but that's what I'm talking about when I say I don't like the format of this list... I don't think it merits inclusion on any 100-best list, ever.

I guess. I take more exception to Big, Jerry McGuire, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack and the entire Romantic Comedy category. Probably because I love Scarface. I think it merits inclusion even if it is just because of the stir it cause when it was being filmed.

[MissTeeks]

If anyone would like to look at a list of more recent movies, Entertainment Weekly is counting down their top 100 New Movie Classics. It's all movies made after 1983. They do their lists in sections of 25. The first 50 were done yesterday and today and the rest will be over Thursday and Friday.

#100 - 76
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20206927,00.html

#75 - 51
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20206983,00.html

I'll post the links to #50 - 1 tomorrow and Friday.

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

If anyone would like to look at a list of more recent movies, Entertainment Weekly is counting down their top 100 New Movie Classics. It's all movies made after 1983. They do their lists in sections of 25. The first 50 were done yesterday and today and the rest will be over Thursday and Friday.

#100 - 76
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20206927,00.html

#75 - 51
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20206983,00.html

I'll post the links to #50 - 1 tomorrow and Friday.

Wow, Southpark made the list. Awesome.

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I disagree that Godfather is better than Godfather II. Godfather II FTW.

You're dead to me Fredo. No movie is better than The Godfather.

[RougeUnderoos]

No Dr. Strangelove = No Good!

There isn't really a category for it, I guess. Black Comedy? Comedy? Satire?

I don't know how Scarface beats a whole bunch of other movies, especially Casino.