AFI 100 Years 100 Passions list selection criteria: Feature-Length Fiction Film (more than 60 minutes in length in narrative format); American Film (the film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States);
Love Story (regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film's narrative); Legacy (films whose "passion" have enriched America's film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences).
Statistically speaking, in terms of decades with most movies in top 100, the situation is as follows:
1st 1950-59 with 21 seats
(THE AFRICAN QUEEN, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, A PLACE IN THE SUN, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE QUIET MAN, ROMAN HOLIDAY, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, A STAR IS BORN, SABRINA, TO CATCH A THIEF, PICNIC, MARTY, LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING, LADY AND THE TRAMP, THE KING AND I, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, VERTIGO, GIGI, PORGY AND BESS, PILLOW TALK);
2nd 1930-39 with 15 seats
(MOROCCO, CITY LIGHTS, KING KONG, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, ANNA KARENINA, SWING TIME, CAMILLE, THE AWFUL TRUTH, BRINGING UP BABY, GONE WITH THE WIND, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, DARK VICTORY, NINOTCHKA, JEZEBEL, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME);
3rd 1960-69 with 14 seats
(THE APARTMENT, WEST SIDE STORY, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, MY FAIR LADY, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE GRADUATE, TWO FOR THE ROAD, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, BONNIE AND CLYDE, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, FUNNY GIRL);
4th: 1940-49 with 13 seats
(THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE LADY EVE, CASABLANCA, NOW, VOYAGER, RANDOM HARVEST, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, NOTORIOUS, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR);
4th 1980-89 with 13 seats
(ON GOLDEN POND, REDS, BODY HEAT, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, OUT OF AFRICA, WITNESS, MOONSTRUCK, ROXANNE, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, DIRTY DANCING, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, WORKING GIRL, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY);
6th 1990-99 with 11 seats
(GHOST, PRETTY WOMAN, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, JERRY MAGUIRE, TITANIC, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE);
7th 1970-79 with 10 seats
(LOVE STORY, HAROLD AND MAUDE, LAST TANGO IN PARIS, WHAT'S UP, DOC?, THE WAY WE WERE, ANNIE HALL, THE GOODBYE GIRL, COMING HOME, GREASE, MANHATTAN);
8th 1920-29 with 3 seats
(WAY DOWN EAST, THE SHEIK, SUNRISE);
Most celebrated (passion) actor/actress:
Cary Grant - 6 movies (AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, THE AWFUL TRUTH, BRINGING UP BABY, NOTORIOUS, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, TO CATCH A THIEF);
Katharine Hepburns - 6 movies (THE AFRICAN QUEENGUESS, WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, ON GOLDEN POND, BRINGING UP BABY, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, WOMAN OF THE YEAR);
Humphrey Bogart - 5 movies (CASABLANCA, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, DARK VICTORY, SABRINA, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT);
Audrey Hepburns - 5 movies (TWO FOR THE ROAD, ROMAN HOLIDAY, SABRINA, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, MY FAIR LADY);
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100 PASSIONS chart of seats per decades
No. 1 is CASABLANCA (1942) starred by Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund; directed by Michael Curtiz, screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch; produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner; music by Max Steiner; cinematography by Arthur Edeson; film editing by Owen Marks
AFI's 100 PASSIONS NO.1 - CASABLANCA (1942)
No. 2 is GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) starred by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton, Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes; directed by Victor Fleming; screenplay by Sidney Howard; based on the Novel by Margaret Mitchell; produced by David O. Selznick; music by Max Steiner; cinematography by Ernest Haller; film editing by Hal C. Kern
AFI's 100 PASSIONS NO.2 - GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
No. 3 is WEST SIDE STORY (1961) starred by Natalie Wood as Maria, Richard Beymer as Tony, Russ Tamblyn as Riff, Rita Moreno as Anita, George Chakiris as Bernardo; directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise; screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the book of musical play by Arthur Laurents; produced by Robert Wise; music by Leonard Bernstein; cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp; film editing by Thomas Stanford
AFI's 100 PASSIONS NO.3 - WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
No. 4 is ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) starred by Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley, Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann; directed by William Wyler; screenplay by Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton; based on the story by Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter; produced by William Wyler; music by Georges Auric; cinematography by Henri Alekan, Franz Planer; film editing by Robert Swink
AFI's 100 PASSIONS NO.4 - ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
No. 5 is AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957) starred by Cary Grant as Nickie Ferrante, Deborah Kerr as Terry McKay; directed by Leo McCarey; screenplay by Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey; story by Leo McCarey, Mildred Cram; produced by Jerry Wald; music by Hugo Friedhofer; cinematography by Milton R. Krasner; film editing by James B. Clark
AFI's 100 PASSIONS NO.5 - AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
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AFI 100 Years 100 Passions List and also America's Greatest Love Stories 400 Nominated Films (pdf format)
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1 | CASABLANCA | 1942 |
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman |
Michael Curtiz |
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2 | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard |
Victor Fleming |
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3 | WEST SIDE STORY | 1961 |
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris |
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise |
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4 | ROMAN HOLIDAY | 1953 |
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn |
William Wyler |
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5 | AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER | 1957 |
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr |
Leo McCarey |
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6 | THE WAY WE WERE | 1973 |
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford |
Sydney Pollack |
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7 | DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | 1965 |
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin |
David Lean |
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8 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE | 1946 |
James Stewart, Donna Reed |
Frank Capra |
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9 | LOVE STORY | 1970 |
Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal |
Arthur Hiller |
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10 | CITY LIGHTS | 1931 |
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill |
Charles Chaplin |
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11 | ANNIE HALL | 1977 |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton |
Woody Allen |
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12 | MY FAIR LADY | 1964 |
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison |
George Cukor |
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13 | OUT OF AFRICA | 1985 |
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford |
Sydney Pollack |
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14 | THE AFRICAN QUEEN | 1951 |
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn |
John Huston |
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15 | WUTHERING HEIGHTS | 1939 |
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier |
William Wyler |
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16 | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN | 1952 |
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds |
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly |
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17 | MOONSTRUCK | 1987 |
Cher, Nicolas Cage |
Norman Jewison |
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18 | VERTIGO | 1958 |
James Stewart, Kim Novak |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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19 | GHOST | 1990 |
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore |
Jerry Zucker |
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20 | FROM HERE TO ETERNITY | 1953 |
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra |
Fred Zinnemann |
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21 | PRETTY WOMAN | 1990 |
Richard Gere, Julia Roberts |
Garry Marshall |
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22 | ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 |
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda |
Mark Rydell |
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23 | NOW, VOYAGER | 1942 |
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains |
Irving Rapper |
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24 | KING KONG | 1933 |
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot |
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack |
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25 | WHEN HARRY MET SALLY | 1989 |
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan |
Rob Reiner |
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26 | THE LADY EVE | 1941 |
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda |
Preston Sturges |
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27 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC | 1965 |
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer |
Robert Wise |
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28 | THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER | 1940 |
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart |
Ernst Lubitsch |
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29 | AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN | 1982 |
Richard Gere, Debra Winger |
Taylor Hackford |
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30 | SWING TIME | 1936 |
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers |
George Stevens |
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31 | THE KING AND I | 1956 |
Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno |
Walter Lang |
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32 | DARK VICTORY | 1939 |
Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart |
Edmund Goulding |
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33 | CAMILLE | 1937 |
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore |
George Cukor |
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34 | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | 1991 |
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson |
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise |
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35 | GIGI | 1958 |
Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier |
Vincente Minnelli |
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36 | RANDOM HARVEST | 1942 |
Ronald Colman, Greer Garson |
Mervyn LeRoy |
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37 | TITANIC | 1997 |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet |
James Cameron |
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38 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 1934 |
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert |
Frank Capra |
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39 | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | 1951 |
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron |
Vincente Minnelli |
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40 | NINOTCHKA | 1939 |
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas |
Ernst Lubitsch |
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41 | FUNNY GIRL | 1968 |
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif |
William Wyler |
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42 | ANNA KARENINA | 1935 |
Greta Garbo, Fredric March |
Clarence Brown |
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43 | A STAR IS BORN | 1954 |
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson |
George Cukor |
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44 | THE PHILADELPHIA STORY | 1940 |
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart |
George Cukor |
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45 | SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE | 1993 |
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan |
Nora Ephron |
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46 | TO CATCH A THIEF | 1955 |
Cary Grant, Grace Kelly |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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47 | SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS | 1961 |
Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty |
Elia Kazan |
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48 | LAST TANGO IN PARIS | 1972 |
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
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49 | THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE | 1946 |
Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange |
Bob Rafelson |
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50 | SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE | 1998 |
Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes |
John Madden |
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51 | BRINGING UP BABY | 1938 |
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant |
Howard Hawks |
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52 | THE GRADUATE | 1967 |
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross |
Mike Nichols |
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53 | A PLACE IN THE SUN | 1951 |
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor |
George Stevens |
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54 | SABRINA | 1954 |
Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden |
Billy Wilder |
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55 | REDS | 1981 |
Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton |
Warren Beatty |
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56 | THE ENGLISH PATIENT | 1996 |
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche |
Anthony Minghella |
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57 | TWO FOR THE ROAD | 1967 |
Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney |
Stanley Donen |
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58 | GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER | 1967 |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier |
Stanley Kramer |
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59 | PICNIC | 1955 |
William Holden, Kim Novak |
Joshua Logan |
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60 | TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT | 1944 |
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall |
Howard Hawks |
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61 | BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S | 1961 |
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard |
Blake Edwards |
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62 | THE APARTMENT | 1960 |
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine |
Billy Wilder |
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63 | SUNRISE | 1927 |
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor |
F.W. Murnau |
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64 | MARTY | 1955 |
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair |
Delbert Mann |
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65 | BONNIE AND CLYDE | 1967 |
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway |
Arthur Penn |
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66 | MANHATTAN | 1979 |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton |
Woody Allen |
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67 | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 1951 |
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando |
Elia Kazan |
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68 | WHAT'S UP, DOC? | 1972 |
Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal |
Peter Bogdanovich |
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69 | HAROLD AND MAUDE | 1971 |
Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort |
Hal Ashby |
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70 | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY | 1995 |
Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman |
Ang Lee |
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71 | WAY DOWN EAST | 1920 |
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess |
D.W. Griffith |
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72 | ROXANNE | 1987 |
Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah |
Fred Schepisi |
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73 | THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR | 1947 |
Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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74 | WOMAN OF THE YEAR | 1942 |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn |
George Stevens |
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75 | THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT | 1995 |
Michael Douglas, Annette Bening |
Rob Reiner |
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76 | THE QUIET MAN | 1952 |
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara |
John Ford |
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77 | THE AWFUL TRUTH | 1937 |
Cary Grant, Irene Dunne |
Leo McCarey |
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78 | COMING HOME | 1978 |
Jane Fonda, Jon Voight |
Hal Ashby |
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79 | JEZEBEL | 1939 |
Bette Davis, Henry Fonda |
William Wyler |
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80 | THE SHEIK | 1921 |
Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres |
George Melford |
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81 | THE GOODBYE GIRL | 1977 |
Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason |
Herbert Ross |
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82 | WITNESS | 1985 |
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis |
Peter Weir |
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83 | MOROCCO | 1930 |
Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich |
Josef von Sternberg |
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84 | DOUBLE INDEMNITY | 1944 |
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck |
Billy Wilder |
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85 | LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING | 1955 |
William Holden, Jennifer Jones |
Henry King |
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86 | NOTORIOUS | 1946 |
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Rains |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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87 | THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING | 1988 |
Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche |
Philip Kaufman |
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88 | THE PRINCESS BRIDE | 1987 |
Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright |
Rob Reiner |
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89 | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | 1966 |
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton |
Mike Nichols |
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90 | THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY | 1995 |
Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep |
Clint Eastwood |
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91 | WORKING GIRL | 1988 |
Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver |
Mike Nichols |
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92 | PORGY AND BESS | 1959 |
Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge |
Otto Preminger |
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93 | DIRTY DANCING | 1987 |
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey |
Emile Ardolino |
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94 | BODY HEAT | 1981 |
William Hurt, Kathleen Turner |
Lawrence Kasdan |
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95 | LADY AND THE TRAMP | 1955 |
Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee |
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson |
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96 | BAREFOOT IN THE PARK | 1967 |
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda |
Gene Saks |
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97 | GREASE | 1978 |
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John |
Randal Kleiser |
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98 | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | 1939 |
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara |
William Dieterle |
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99 | PILLOW TALK | 1959 |
Rock Hudson, Doris Day |
Michael Gordon |
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100 | JERRY MAGUIRE | 1996 |
Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Cameron Crowe |
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| YOU'VE GOT MAIL | 1998 |
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan |
Nora Ephron |
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| A WALK IN THE CLOUDS | 1995 |
Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Anthony Quinn |
Alfonso Arau |
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