AFI's 100 Greatest Movies

As I was answering a comment from althrman this morning, I was embarrassed to have to admit that I had never seen the film "It's a Wonderful Life". Since it's now a stage musical that I hope to be doing this Christmas season, it would have been nice to have seen it and to get Lance's reference to the film:) In another comment to the same post,scottokc and I had a brief dialog about famous films that we've not seen. Per Scott's suggestion, I checked out the AFI's list.

This is the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community. Asterisks indicate the movies I've seen. Shamefully, that's only 28 out of the Top 100, six of the Top 20. I'm sure there are folks on my friends' list who have seen most of the movies on the list. (I can't believe that "Follow Me Boys" starring Fred MacMurray isn't on the list. I saw that twice when I was 10:)

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)*
7. GRADUATE, THE (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. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)*
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)*
15. STAR WARS (1977)*
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)*
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
( Top 100 All Time Films 21-100 ... )

AFI's 100 Greatest Movies

As I was answering a comment from althrman this morning, I was embarrassed to have to admit that I had never seen the film "It's a Wonderful Life". Since it's now a stage musical that I hope to be doing this Christmas season, it would have been nice to have seen it and to get Lance's reference to the film:) In another comment to the same post,scottokc and I had a brief dialog about famous films that we've not seen. Per Scott's suggestion, I checked out the AFI's list.

This is the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community. Asterisks indicate the movies I've seen. Shamefully, that's only 28 out of the Top 100, six of the Top 20. I'm sure there are folks on my friends' list who have seen most of the movies on the list. (I can't believe that "Follow Me Boys" starring Fred MacMurray isn't on the list. I saw that twice when I was 10:)

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)*
7. GRADUATE, THE (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. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)*
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)*
15. STAR WARS (1977)*
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)*
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
( Top 100 All Time Films 21-100 ... )