The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.
In 1998, the 100th anniversary of American film, AFI began its 100 Years... series, celebrating and promoting interest in film history.
1998 LIST OF AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIES
1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "Casablanca," 1942.
3. "The Godfather," 1972.
4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
5. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.
6. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
7. "The Graduate," 1967.
8. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
9. "Schindler's List," 1993.
10. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
11. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
12. "Sunset Boulevard," 1950.
13. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957.
14. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
15. "Star Wars," 1977.
16. "All About Eve," 1950.
17. "The African Queen," 1951.
18. "Psycho," 1960.
19. "Chinatown," 1974.
20. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975.
21. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940.
22. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
23. "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
24. "Raging Bull," 1980.
25. "E.T. - the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
26. "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
27. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
28. "Apocalypse Now," 1979.
29. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939.
30. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
31. "Annie Hall," 1977.
32. "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
33. "High Noon," 1952.
34. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.
35. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
36. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
37. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946.
38. "Double Indemnity," 1944.
39. "Doctor Zhivago," 1965.
40. "North by Northwest," 1959.
41. "West Side Story," 1961.
42. "Rear Window," 1954.
43. "King Kong," 1933.
44. "The Birth of a Nation," 1915.
45. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
46. "A Clockwork Orange," 1971.
47. "Taxi Driver," 1976.
48. "Jaws," 1975.
49. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937.
50. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969.
51. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
52. "From Here to Eternity," 1953.
53. "Amadeus," 1984.
54. "All Quiet on the Western Front," 1930.
55. "The Sound of Music," 1965.
56. "M.A.S.H," 1970.
57. "The Third Man," 1949.
58. "Fantasia," 1940.
59. "Rebel Without a Cause," 1955.
60. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," 1981.
61. "Vertigo," 1958.
62. "Tootsie," 1982.
63. "Stagecoach," 1939.
64. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 1977.
65. "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.
66. "Network," 1976.
67. "The Manchurian Candidate," 1962.
68. "An American in Paris," 1951.
69. "Shane," 1953.
70. "The French Connection," 1971.
71. "Forrest Gump," 1994.
72. "Ben-Hur," 1959.
73. "Wuthering Heights," 1939.
74. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
75. "Dances With Wolves," 1990.
76. "City Lights," 1931.
77. "American Graffiti," 1973.
78. "Rocky," 1976.
79. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
80. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
81. "Modern Times," 1936.
82. "Giant," 1956.
83. "Platoon," 1986.
84. "Fargo," 1996.
85. "Duck Soup," 1933.
86. "Mutiny on the Bounty," 1935.
87. "Frankenstein," 1931.
88. "Easy Rider," 1969.
89. "Patton," 1970.
90. "The Jazz Singer," 1927.
91. "My Fair Lady," 1964.
92. "A Place in the Sun," 1951.
93. "The Apartment," 1960.
94. "Goodfellas," 1990.
95. "Pulp Fiction," 1994.
96. "The Searchers," 1956.
97. "Bringing Up Baby," 1938.
98. "Unforgiven," 1992.
99. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967.
100. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
Later AFI in its 10th year anniversary unveiled the updated new list.
AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition was the 2007 updated version of 100 Years… 100 Movies. The original list was first unveiled in 1998.
2007 AFI LIST OF TOP 100 MOVIE
1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "The Godfather," 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. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
11. "City Lights," 1931.
12. "The Searchers," 1956.
13. "Star Wars," 1977.
14. "Psycho," 1960.
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
16. "Sunset Blvd.", 1950.
17. "The Graduate," 1967.
18. "The General," 1927.
19. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
20. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
21. "Chinatown," 1974.
22. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
23. "The Grapes of Wrath," 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. "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
32. "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
33. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975.
34. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937.
35. "Annie Hall," 1977.
36. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957.
37. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946.
38. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
39. "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
40. "The Sound of Music," 1965.
41. "King Kong," 1933.
42. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
43. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
44. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
45. "Shane," 1953.
46. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
48. "Rear Window," 1954.
49. "Intolerance," 1916.
50. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001.
51. "West Side Story," 1961.
52. "Taxi Driver," 1976.
53. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
54. "M-A-S-H," 1970.
55. "North by Northwest," 1959.
56. "Jaws," 1975.
57. "Rocky," 1976.
58. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
59. "Nashville," 1975.
60. "Duck Soup," 1933.
61. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941.
62. "American Graffiti," 1973.
63. "Cabaret," 1972.
64. "Network," 1976.
65. "The African Queen," 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. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994.
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969.
74. "The Silence of the Lambs," 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. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
80. "The Apartment, 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. "The Sixth Sense," 1999.
90. "Swing Time," 1936.
91. "Sophie's Choice," 1982.
92. "Goodfellas," 1990.
93. "The French Connection," 1971.
94. "Pulp Fiction," 1994.
95. "The Last Picture Show," 1971.
96. "Do the Right Thing," 1989.
97. "Blade Runner," 1982.
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
99. "Toy Story," 1995.
100. "Ben-Hur," 1959.
1998 List And 2007 List Comparison
-Of the films that remained on the list, 36 improved their ranking and 38 saw their ranking decline.
-Three films maintained the same positions as ten years ago: Citizen Kane, The Godfather Part II and The Best Years of Our Lives.
-The oldest film to be dropped was D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), from #44. The oldest film to be added to the new list was Griffith's Intolerance (1916), ranked at #49.
-The highest-ranking film that fell from the previous list was Doctor Zhivago (1965), from #39; the highest-ranking debut on the new list was The General (1927), at #18.
-The films that improved their standings by the most dramatic leaps were The Searchers (+84), City Lights (+65), Vertigo (+52), Unforgiven (+30), and The Deer Hunter (+26).
-The African Queen suffered the largest rankings tumble, dropping 48 slots to #65.
Raging Bull (#4) and Vertigo (#9) made their Top 10 debuts in the new list, ousting The Graduate (formerly #7) and On the Waterfront (formerly #8).
-Two pairs of films switched each other in rank: North by Northwest and The Sound of Music (fifteen positions between #40 and #55); and Casablanca and The Godfather (one position between #2 and #3).
-Duck Soup, featuring the Marx Brothers, was replaced at #85 by another film starring the Marx Brothers -- A Night at the Opera. Duck Soup itself remained on the list, moving up 25 positions to #60.
-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (#99) was replaced by another Sidney Poitier film, In the Heat of the Night, at #75.
-73 of the films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and 30 won the award, including Sunrise (1927) which won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production (a now defunct category that was given only in the first ceremony). The Original list has 75 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees and 33 winners.
-Considering that the Oscars are a yearly competition, and have been going on for less than the 100 years the AFI list is composed of, 75% of the ones to make the cut were nominated for best picture. 8-9 out of the top ten were nominated as well, depending on which list.
-8 of the top 10 films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, of which 5 won the award. In the original list, 9 out of the top 10 were Best Picture nominees, and 6 were winners.
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