The American Film Institute celebrated 100 years of modern cinema by releasing a list of the 100 best American movies, based on popularity over time, historical impact, and cultural significance. They revised their selections 10 years later, which is the list reproduced here. Clicking on a link will take you to that film's review on Infinite Film Fest.
1 Citizen Kane (1941)
2 Godfather, The (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 Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
11 City Lights (1931)
12 Searchers, The (1956)
13 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
14 Psycho (1960)
15 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
17 Graduate, The (1967)
18 General, The (1926)
19 On the Waterfront (1954)
20 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
21 Chinatown (1974)
22 Some Like It Hot (1959)
23 Grapes of Wrath, The (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 Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
32 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
33 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
34 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35 Annie Hall (1977)
36 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
37 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
38 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
39 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
40 Sound of Music, The (1965)
41 King Kong (1933)
42 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
43 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44 Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
45 Shane (1953)
46 It Happened One Night (1934)
47 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48 Rear Window (1954)
49 Intolerance (1916)
50 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
51 West Side Story (1961)
52 Taxi Driver (1976)
53 Deer Hunter, The (1978)
54 M*A*S*H (1970)
55 North by Northwest (1959)
56 Jaws (1975)
57 Rocky (1976)
58 Gold Rush, The (1925)
59 Nashville (1975)
60 Duck Soup (1933)
61 Sullivan's Travels (1941)
62 American Graffiti (1973)
63 Cabaret (1972)
64 Network (1976)
65 African Queen, The (1951)
66 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
73 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
74 Silence of the Lambs, The (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 Wild Bunch, The (1969)
80 Apartment, The (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 Sixth Sense, The (1999)
90 Swing Time (1936)
91 Sophie's Choice (1982)
92 Goodfellas (1990)
93 French Connection, The (1971)
94 Pulp Fiction (1994)
95 Last Picture Show, The (1971)
96 Do the Right Thing (1989)
97 Blade Runner (1982)
98 Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99 Toy Story (1995)
100 Ben-Hur (1959)
A total of 23 films were cut from the original list when it was revised in 2007. Those films are listed below with their original ranking.
39 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
44 Birth of a Nation, The (1915)
52 From Here To Eternity (1953)
53 Amadeus (1984)
54 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
57 Third Man, The (1949)
58 Fantasia (1940)
59 Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
63 Stagecoach (1939)
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
68 An American In Paris (1951)
73 Wuthering Heights (1939)
75 Dances With Wolves (1990)
82 Giant (1956)
84 Fargo (1996)
86 Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
87 Frankenstein (1931)
89 Patton (1970)
90 Jazz Singer, The (1927)
91 My Fair Lady (1964)
92 A Place In the Sun (1951)
99 Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
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