100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES
100 Years...100 Movies
10th Anniversary Edition

 The Nominees




The American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California, in 2007 honored and updated its "definitive selection of the 100 greatest American movies of all time" from 1998, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the American film community.

See AFI's 100 Greatest American Films - 1998 Original
The 400 Greatest American Films (original nominees)
See this site's Commentary on AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies (original)

The 400 Nominated Films for the 10th Anniversary Edition were feature-length fictional movies produced between 1912 and 1996 with newly-eligible films from 1996 to 2006. There were 43 newly eligible films (released from 1996 to 2006) in this revised list of 400 nominated films (below)

Judgment Criteria for Selection:

  • Feature-length: Narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length.
  • American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  • Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print, television, and digital media.
  • Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups, critics, guilds and major film festivals.
  • Popularity Over Time: This includes success at the box office, television and cable airings, and DVD/VHS sales and rentals.
  • Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative devices, technical innovation or other groundbreaking achievements.
  • Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.



America's 100 Greatest Movies
10th Anniversary Edition

(400 Nominees, Winners in Bold With Ranking #)


1. Ace in the Hole (1951)
2. Adam's Rib (1949)
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
4. An Affair To Remember (1957)
5. The African Queen (1951) # 65
6. Airplane! (1980)
7. Alien (1979)
8. All About Eve (1950) # 28
9. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
10. All That Jazz (1979)
11. All the King's Men (1949)
12. All the President's Men (1976) # 77
13. Amadeus (1984)
14. American Beauty (1999)
15. American Graffiti (1973) # 62
16. An American in Paris (1951)
17. Annie Hall (1977) # 35
18. The Apartment (1960) # 80
19. Apocalypse Now (1979) # 30
20. Apollo 13 (1995)
21. As Good as It Gets (1997)
22. Atlantic City (1981)
23. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
24. The Aviator (2004)
25. The Awful Truth (1937)
26. Babe (1995)
27. Back to the Future (1985)
28. Badlands (1973)
29. Bambi (1942)
30. The Band Wagon (1953)
31. The Bank Dick (1940)
32. Beau Geste (1939)
33. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
34. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
35. Being John Malkovich (1999)
36. Ben-Hur (1926)
37. Ben-Hur (1959) # 100
38. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) # 37
39. Big (1988)
40. The Big Chill (1983)
41. The Big Parade (1925)
42. The Big Sleep (1946)
43. The Birds (1963)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
45. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
46. Blade Runner (1982) # 97
47. Blazing Saddles (1974)
48. Blue Velvet (1986)
49. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) # 42
50. Boogie Nights (1997)
51. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
52. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
53. Braveheart (1995)
54. Brazil (9185)
55. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
56. The Breakfast Club (1985)
57. Breaking Away (1979)
58. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) # 36
59. Bringing Up Baby (1938) # 88
60. Broadcast News (1987)
61. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
62. Broken Blossoms (1919)
63. Bull Durham (1988)
64. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) # 73
65. Cabaret (1972) # 63
66. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
67. Camille (1937)
68. Carrie (1976)
69. Casablanca (1942) # 3
70. Cat Ballou (1965)
71. Cat People (1942)
72. Chariots of Fire (1981)
73. The Cheat (1915)
74. Chicago (2002)
75. Chinatown (1974) # 21
76. A Christmas Story (1983)
77. Cinderella (1950)
78. Citizen Kane (1941) # 1
79. City Lights (1931) # 11
80. A Clockwork Orange (1971) # 70
81. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
82. The Color Purple (1985)
83. Coming Home (1978)
84. The Conversation (1974)
85. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
86. Crash (2005)
87. The Crowd (1928)
88. Dances with Wolves (1990)
89. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
90. Days of Heaven (1978)
91. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
92. Dead Poets Society (1989)
93. The Deer Hunter (1978) # 53
94. The Defiant Ones (1958)
95. Deliverance (1972)
96. Destry Rides Again (1939)
97. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
98. Die Hard (1988)
99. Dirty Harry (1971)
100. Do the Right Thing (1989) # 96
101. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
102. Dodsworth (1936)
103. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
104. Double Indemnity (1944) # 29
105. Dr. Strangelove (1964) # 39
106. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
107. Duck Soup (1933) # 60
108. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) # 24
109. Easy Rider (1969) # 84
110. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
111. The English Patient (1996)
112. Erin Brockovich (2000)
113. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
114. The Exorcist (1973)
115. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
116. Fantasia (1940)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
119. Fatal Attraction (1987)
120. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
121. Field of Dreams (1989)
122. Fight Club (1999)
123. Finding Nemo (2003)
124. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
125. Force of Evil (1948)
126. Forrest Gump (1994) # 76
127. 42nd Street (1933)
128. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
129. Frankenstein (1931)
130. Freaks (1932)
131. The French Connection (1971) # 93
132. The Freshman (1925)
133. From Here to Eternity (1953)
134. Funny Girl (1968)
135. Fury (1936)
136. Gandhi (1982)
137. The General (1927) # 18
138. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
139. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
140. Ghostbusters (1984)
141. Giant (1956)
142. Gigi (1958)
143. Gilda (1946)
144. Gladiator (2000)
145. Glory (1989)
146. The Godfather (1972) # 2
147. The Godfather Part II (1974) # 32
148. Going My Way (1944)
149. The Gold Rush (1925) # 58
150. Goldfinger (1964)
151. Gone with the Wind (1939) # 6
152. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
153. Good Will Hunting (1997)
154. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
155. GoodFellas (1990) # 92
156. The Graduate (1967) #17
157. Grand Hotel (1932)
158. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) # 23
159. Grease (1978)
160. The Great Dictator (1940)
161. The Great Escape (1963)
162. Greed (1925)
163. Groundhog Day (1993)
164. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
165. Gun Crazy (1950)
166. Gunga Din (1939)
167. Halloween (1978)
168. Harold and Maude (1971)
169. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
170. The Heiress (1949)
171. High Noon (1952) # 27
172. His Girl Friday (1940)
173. Hoosiers (1986)
174. Hotel Rwanda (2005)
175. The Hours (2002)
176. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
177. The Hustler (1961)
178. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
179. In the Heat of the Night (1967) # 75
180. The Insider (1999)
181. Intolerance (1916) # 49
182. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
183. It Happened One Night (1934) # 46
184. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
185. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) # 20
186. Jaws (1975) # 56
187. The Jazz Singer (1927)
188. Jerry Maguire (1996)
189. Jezebel (1938)
190. Jurassic Park (1993)
191. The Kid (1921)
192. The Killing Fields (1984)
193. The King and I (1956)
194. King Kong (1933) # 41
195. The King of Comedy (1983)
196. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
197. L.A. Confidential (1997)
198. The Lady Eve (1941)
199. The Last Emperor (1987)
200. The Last Picture Show (1971) # 95
201. Last Tango in Paris (1973)
202. Laura (1944)
203. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) # 7
204. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
205. The Lion King (1994)
206. Little Caesar (1930)
207. The Little Foxes (1941)
208. The Longest Day (1962)
209. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) # 50
210. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
211. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
212. Lost Horizon (1937)
213. Lost in Translation (2003)
214. The Lost Weekend (1945)
215. Love Story (1970)
216. M*A*S*H (1970) # 54
217. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
218. The Maltese Falcon (1941) # 31
219. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
220. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
221. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
222. Manhattan (1979)
223. Marty (1955)
224. Mary Poppins (1964)
225. The Matrix (1999)
226. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
227. Mean Streets (1973)
228. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
229. Memento (2001)
230. Midnight Cowboy (1969) # 43
231. Mildred Pierce (1945)
232. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
233. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
234. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
235. Modern Times (1936) # 78
236. Moonstruck (1987)
237. Moulin Rouge (2001)
238. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
239. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) # 26
240. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
241. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
242. My Darling Clementine (1946)
243. My Fair Lady (1964)
244. My Man Godfrey (1936)
245. Mystic River (2003)
246. Nashville (1975) # 59
247. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
248. Network (1976) # 64
249. A Night at the Opera (1935) # 85
250. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
251. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
252. Ninotchka (1939)
253. North by Northwest (1959) # 55
254. Notorious (1946)
255. Now, Voyager (1942)
256. On Golden Pond (1981)
257. On the Waterfront (1954) # 19
258. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) # 33
259. Ordinary People (1980)
260. Out of Africa (1985)
261. Out of the Past (1947)
262. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
263. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
264. Paths of Glory (1957)
265. Patton (1970)
266. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
267. Philadelphia (1993)
268. The Philadelphia Story (1940) # 44
269. Pillow Talk (1959)
270. Pinocchio (1940)
271. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
272. A Place in the Sun (1951)
273. Planet of the Apes (1968)
274. Platoon (1986) # 86
275. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
276. Porgy and Bess (1959)
277. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
278. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
279. The Producers (1967)
280. Psycho (1960) # 14
281. The Public Enemy (1931)
282. Pulp Fiction (1994) # 94
283. Queen Christina (1933)
284. The Quiet Man (1952)
285. Raging Bull (1980) # 4
286. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) # 66
287. Rain Man (1988)
288. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
289. Ray (2004)
290. Rear Window (1954) # 48
291. Rebecca (1940)
292. Rebel without a Cause (1955)
293. Red River (1948)
294. Reds (1981)
295. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
296. Return of the Seacaucus 7 (1980)
297. The Right Stuff (1983)
298. Risky Business (1983)
299. Road to Morocco (1942)
300. Rocky (1976) # 57
301. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
302. Roman Holiday (1953)
303. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
304. Rushmore (1998)
305. Safety Last (1923)
306. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
307. Saving Private Ryan (1998) # 71
308. Scarface (1932)
309. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
310. Schindler's List (1993) # 8
311. The Searchers (1956) # 12
312. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
313. Sergeant York (1941)
314. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
315. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
316. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
317. Shane (1953) # 45
318. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) # 72
319. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
320. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
321. The Shining (1980)
322. Shrek (2001)
323. Sideways (2004)
324. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) # 74
325. Singin' in the Rain (1952) # 5
326. The Sixth Sense (1999) # 89
327. Sleeper (1973)
328. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
329. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) # 34
330. Some Like It Hot (1959) # 22
331. Sons of the Desert (1933)
332. Sophie's Choice (1982) # 91
333. The Sound of Music (1965) # 40
334. Sounder (1972)
335. Spartacus (1960) # 81
336. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
337. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
338. Stagecoach (1939)
339. Stalag 17 (1953)
340. Stand By Me (1986)
341. A Star Is Born (1954)
342. Star Wars (1977) # 13
343. The Sting (1973)
344. Stormy Weather (1943)
345. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
346. Strangers on a Train (1951)
347. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) # 47
348. Sullivan's Travels (1941) # 61
349. Sunrise (1927) # 82
350. Sunset Blvd. (1950) # 16
351. The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
352. Swing Time (1936) # 90
353. Taxi Driver (1976) # 52
354. The Ten Commandments (1956)
355. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
356. Terms of Endearment (1983)
357. Thelma & Louise (1991)
358. There's Something About Mary (1999)
359. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
360. The Thin Man (1934)
361. The Thing from Another World (1951)
362. The Third Man (1949)
363. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
364. Three Kings (1999)
365. Titanic (1997) # 83
366. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
367. To Have and Have Not (1944)
368. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) # 25
369. Tootsie (1982) # 69
370. Top Hat (1935)
371. Touch of Evil (1958)
372. Toy Story (1995) # 99
373. Traffic (2000)
374. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) # 38
375. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
376. 12 Angry Men (1957) # 87
377. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
378. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) # 15
379. Unforgiven (1992) # 68
380. The Usual Suspects (1995)
381. Vertigo (1958) # 9
382. The Way We Were (1973)
383. West Side Story (1961) # 51
384. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
385. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
386. White Heat (1949)
387. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) # 67
388. The Wild Bunch (1969) # 79
389. Winchester '73 (1950)
390. The Wind (1928)
391. Wings (1927)
392. Witness (1985)
393. The Wizard of Oz (1939) # 10
394. Woman of the Year (1942)
395. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
396. Wuthering Heights (1939)
397. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) # 98
398. You Can't Take It With You (1938)
399. Young Frankenstein (1974)
400. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

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