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AFI Top Ten Lists

 

The American Film Institute has created a list of the 10 greatest films in 10 classic genres.

Scroll down to see if your favorite made the list. 

AFI-Top 10 Animated Films

Snow White and Seven Dwarfs

1.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), DVD 449HDDVD 22

2.  Pinocchio (1940), DVD 347; DVD 5932HDDVD 49

3.  Bambi (1942), DVD 9613HDDVD 110

4.  The Lion King (1994), DVD 1407DVD 14120HDDVD 105

5.  Fantasia (1942), DVD 291HDDVD 42

6.  Toy Story (1995), DVD 2065

7.  Beauty and the Beast (1991), DVD 7682; HDDVD 473

8.  Shrek (2001), DVD 541

9.  Cinderella (1950), DVD 5492HDDVD 178

10. Finding Nemo (2003), DVD 792HDDVD 246

AFI-Top 10 Epics

Titanic movie poster1.  Lawrence of Arabia (1962), DVD 1301

2.  Ben-Hur (1959), DVD 1981DVD 6165; HDDVD 109

3.  Schindler’s List (1993), DVD 901HDDVD 281

4.  Gone with the Wind (1939), DVD 190HDDVD 36

5.  Spartacus (1960), DVD 4337

6.  Titanic (1997), DVD 2734HDDVD 175

7.  All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), DVD 130

8.  Saving Private Ryan (1998), DVD 2522

9.  Reds (1981), DVD 2906

                                                10. The Ten Commandments (1956), DVD 945

                                                                        HDDVD 207

AFI-Top 10 Gangster Films

Marlon Brando acting as Godfather Don Vito Corleone

1.  The Godfather (1972), DVD 425 pt1DVD 13282HDDVD 83

2.  Goodfellas (1990), DVD 1820HDDVD 115 disc 2

3.  The Godfather Part II (1974), DVD 425 pt. 2DVD 2843DVD 13282HDDVD 83

4.  White Heat (1949), DVD 1561

5.  Bonnie and Clyde (1967), DVD 10

6.  Scarface (1932), DVD 3754

7.  Pulp Fiction (1994), DVD 2614HDDVD 118

8.  Public Enemy (1931), DVD 1562

9.  Little Caesar (1931), DVD 1569

10. Scarface (1983), DVD 869; DVD 14769HDDVD 340

AFI-Top 10 Romantic Comedies

City Lights movie poster with picture of Charlie Chaplin

1. City Lights (1931), DVD 853HDDVD 284

2. Annie Hall (1977), DVD 13

3.  It Happened One Night (1934), DVD 381DVD 6491

4.  Roman Holiday (1953), DVD 1126

5.  The Philadelphia Story (1941), DVD 65

6.  When Harry Met Sally… (1989), DVD 17888

HDDVD 324

7.  Adam's Rib (1949), DVD 1220

8.  Moonstruck (1987), DVD 6697

9.  Harold and Maude (1971), DVD 4592DVD 11666

10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993), DVD 389

AFI-Top 10 Sports Films

Caddyshack movie poster

1.  Raging Bull (1980), DVD 72HDDVD 130

2.  Rocky (1977), DVD 6400; HDDVD 439

3.  The Pride of the Yankees (1943), DVD 1368

4.  Hoosiers (1986), DVD 38

5.  Bull Durham (1988), DVD 13410

6.  The Hustler (1961), DVD 5261

7.  Caddyshack (1980), DVD 8835

8.  Breaking Away (1979), DVD 2766

9.  National Velvet (1945), DVD 2726

10. Jerry Maguire (1996), DVD 16

AFI-Top 10 Courtroom Dramas

Old man with white hair sitting at judges bench1.  To Kill a Mockingbird (1963),

      DVD 13571HDDVD 125

2.  12 Angry Men (1957), DVD 1302

     DVD 7455DVD 11029;  HDDVD 652

3.  Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), DVD 7040

4.  The Verdict (1982), DVD 5547

5.  A Few Good Men (1992), DVD 44

6.  Witness for the Prosecution (1958),

     DVD 10416

7.  Anatomy of a Murder (1959), DVD 10417

8.  In Cold Blood (1967), DVD 10408

9.  A Cry in the Dark (1988), DVD 6298

10. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), DVD 8285

AFI-Top 10 Fantasy Films

Harvey movie poster1. The Wizard of Oz (1939), DVD 55; DVD 2115

     DVD 7397HDDVD 7

2.  Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

     (2001), DVD 1117HDDVD 70

3.  It’s a Wonderful Life (1947), DVD 171; DVD 8434

4.  King Kong (1933), DVD 2218

5.  Miracle on 34th Street (1947), DVD 4913

6.  Field of Dreams (1989), DVD 7519

7.  Harvey (1950), DVD 14016

8.  Groundhog Day (1993), DVD 4378

9.  The Thief of Bagdad (1924), DVD 874

10. Big (1988), DVD 399

AFI-Top 10 Mysteries

1.  Vertigo (1958), DVD 6553DVD 10704

2.  Chinatown (1974), DVD 261; DVD 9864HDDVD 155

3.  Rear Window (1954), DVD 6554DVD 11507

       DVD 13928

4.  Laura (1944), DVD 10337

5.  The Third Man (1950), DVD 1317

6.  The Maltese Falcon (1941), DVD 807DVD 12804

7.  North by Northwest (1959), DVD 538HDDVD 41

8.  Blue Velvet (1986), DVD 419HDDVD 157

9.  Dial M for Murder (1954), DVD 2862

10. The Usual Suspects (1995), DVD 402

AFI-Top 10 Science Fiction Films

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1.  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), DVD 104HDDVD 19

2.  Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), DVD 1284HDDVD 203

3.  E. T. – The Extra Terrestrial (1982), DVD 1141HDDVD 189

4.  A Clockwork Orange (1971), DVD 997DVD 6157HDDVD 12

5.  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), DVD 6959

6.  Blade Runner (1982), DVD 46DVD 4250HDDVD 27

7.  Alien (1979), DVD 3973

8.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), DVD 414HDDVD 275

9.  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), DVD 3218DVD 13556

10. Back to the Future (1985), DVD 1014 p1HDDVD 236

AFI-Top 10 Westerns

Unforgiven movie poster

1.  The Searchers (1956), DVD 20HDDVD 68

2.  High Noon (1952), DVD 33

3.  Shane (1953), DVD 4585HDDVD 259

4.  Unforgiven (1992), DVD 64

5.  Red River (1948), DVD 432HDDVD 334

6.  The Wild Bunch (1969), DVD 19

7.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), DVD 5222

8.  McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), DVD 5310

9.  Stagecoach (1939), DVD 390HDDVD 65

10. Cat Ballou (1965), DVD 13408