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AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies

by khaledelmarghany-25480 • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
100 Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute ( +23 after edit )
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  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    1. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (481K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    2. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (631K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    3. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    4. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (346K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    5. Lawrence of Arabia

    19623h 47mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (329K)
    The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony Quinn
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    6. The Wizard of Oz

    19391h 42mG92Metascore
    8.1 (451K)
    Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
    DirectorsVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay Bolger
  • Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)

    7. The Graduate

    19671h 46mPG83Metascore
    8.0 (297K)
    A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine Ross
  • Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)

    8. On the Waterfront

    19541h 48mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (172K)
    An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. Cobb
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    9. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

    10. Singin' in the Rain

    19521h 43mG99Metascore
    8.3 (273K)
    A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
    DirectorsStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie Reynolds
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    11. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (528K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    12. Sunset Boulevard

    19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
    8.4 (249K)
    A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von Stroheim
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    13. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (242K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

    14. Some Like It Hot

    19592h 1mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (295K)
    After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack Lemmon
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

    15. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

    19772h 1mPG90Metascore
    8.6 (1.5M)
    Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
    DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
  • All About Eve (1950)

    16. All About Eve

    19502h 18mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (145K)
    A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge Sanders
  • Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)

    17. The African Queen

    19511h 45mPG91Metascore
    7.7 (87K)
    In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert Morley
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    18. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (753K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Buster Keaton in The General (1926)

    19. The General

    19261h 18mPassed
    8.1 (103K)
    After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
    DirectorsClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen Cavender
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

    20. Chinatown

    19742h 10mR92Metascore
    8.1 (365K)
    A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.7 (1.1M)
    A newly admitted mental patient helps his docile companions defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    22. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (105K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    23. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (754K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    24. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (171K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    25. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (396K)
    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci

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