AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies greatest American films all time

Rank	Film	Year	Director	Producer	Production company
1	CITIZEN KANE	1941	Orson Welles	Orson Welles	Mercury Productions
2	CASABLANCA	1942	Michael Curtiz	Hal B. Wallis	Warner Bros. Pictures
3	GODFATHER, THE	1972	Francis Ford Coppola	Albert S. Ruddy	Paramount Pictures Alfran Productions, Inc.
4	GONE WITH THE WIND	1939	Victor Fleming	David O. Selznick	Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
5	LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962	David Lean	Sam Spiegel	Horizon Pictures
6	WIZARD OF OZ, THE	1939	Victor Fleming	Mervyn LeRoy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
7	GRADUATE, THE	1967	Mike Nichols	Lawrence Turman	Lawrence Turman Productions
8	ON THE WATERFRONT	1954	Elia Kazan	Sam Spiegel	Horizon Pictures
9	SCHINDLER'S LIST	1993	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg Gerald R. Molen Branko Lustig	Amblin Entertainment
10	SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	1952	Gene Kelly Stanley Donen	Arthur Freed	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
11	IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE	1946	Frank Capra	Frank Capra	Liberty Films
12	SUNSET BOULEVARD	1950	Billy Wilder	Charles Brackett	Paramount Pictures
13	BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE	1957	David Lean	Sam Spiegel	Horizon Pictures
14	SOME LIKE IT HOT	1959	Billy Wilder	Billy Wilder	Mirisch Company
15	STAR WARS	1977	George Lucas	Gary Kurtz	Lucasfilm Ltd.
16	ALL ABOUT EVE	1950	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Darryl F. Zanuck	20th Century Fox
17	AFRICAN QUEEN, THE	1951	John Huston	Sam Spiegel	Horizon Pictures Romulus Films
18	PSYCHO	1960	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred Hitchcock	Shamley Productions
19	CHINATOWN	1974	Roman Polanski	Robert Evans	Penthouse Long Road Productions Robert Evans Company
20	ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST	1975	Miloš Forman	Saul Zaentz Michael Douglas	Fantasy Films
21	GRAPES OF WRATH, THE	1940	John Ford	Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson	20th Century Fox
22	2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY	1968	Stanley Kubrick	Stanley Kubrick	Stanley Kubrick Productions
23	MALTESE FALCON, THE	1941	John Huston	Hal B. Wallis	Warner Bros.
24	RAGING BULL	1980	Martin Scorsese	Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff	United Artists
25	E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL	1982	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy	Amblin Productions
26	DR. STRANGELOVE	1964	Stanley Kubrick	Stanley Kubrick	Hawk Films
27	BONNIE & CLYDE	1967	Arthur Penn	Warren Beatty	Warner Bros. Pictures
28	APOCALYPSE NOW	1979	Francis Ford Coppola	Francis Coppola	Omni Zoetrope
29	MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON	1939	Frank Capra	Frank Capra	Columbia Pictures
30	TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE	1948	John Huston	Henry Blanke	Warner Bros.-First National
31	ANNIE HALL	1977	Woody Allen	Charles H. Joffe	Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production
32	GODFATHER PART II, THE	1974	Francis Ford Coppola	Francis Ford Coppola	Paramount Pictures The Coppola Company
33	HIGH NOON	1952	Fred Zinnemann	Stanley Kramer	Stanley Kramer Productions
34	TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1962	Robert Mulligan	Alan J. Pakula	Brentwood Productions Pakula-Mulligan
35	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934	Frank Capra	Frank Capra Harry Cohn	Columbia Pictures
36	MIDNIGHT COWBOY	1969	John Schlesinger	Jerome Hellman	Jerome Hellman Productions Mist Entertainment
37	BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE	1946	William Wyler	Samuel Goldwyn	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
38	DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944	Billy Wilder	Joseph Sistrom	Paramount Pictures
39	DOCTOR ZHIVAGO	1965	David Lean	Carlo Ponti	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Carlo Ponti Production Sostar S.A.
40	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	1959	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred Hitchcock	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
41	WEST SIDE STORY	1961	Robert Wise Jerome Robbins	Robert Wise	Mirisch Pictures Seven Arts Productions
42	REAR WINDOW	1954	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred Hitchcock	Patron Inc.
43	KING KONG	1933	Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack	Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack	Radio Pictures
44	BIRTH OF A NATION, THE	1915	D. W. Griffith	D. W. Griffith Harry Aitken	David W. Griffith Corp.
45	STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A	1951	Elia Kazan	Charles K. Feldman	Warner Bros.
46	CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A	1971	Stanley Kubrick	Stanley Kubrick	Polaris Productions Hawk Films
47	TAXI DRIVER	1976	Martin Scorsese	Julia Phillips Michael Phillips	Bill/Phillips Productions Italo/Judeo Productions
48	JAWS	1975	Steven Spielberg	Richard D. Zanuck David Brown	Zanuck/Brown Company Universal Pictures
49	SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS	1937	Walt Disney	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Productions
50	BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID	1969	George Roy Hill	John Foreman	Campanile Productions Newman-Foreman Company
51	PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE	1940	George Cukor	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
52	FROM HERE TO ETERNITY	1953	Fred Zinnemann	Buddy Adler	Columbia Pictures
53	AMADEUS	1984	Miloš Forman	Saul Zaentz	The Saul Zaentz Company
54	ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT	1930	Lewis Milestone	Carl Laemmle Jr.	Universal Studios
55	SOUND OF MUSIC, THE	1965	Robert Wise	Robert Wise	Argyle Enterprises, Inc
56	MAS*H	1970	Robert Altman	Ingo Preminger	Aspen Productions Ingo Preminger Productions
57	THIRD MAN, THE	1949	Carol Reed	Carol Reed Alexander Korda David O. Selznick	London Films
58	FANTASIA	1940	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Ben Sharpsteen	Walt Disney Productions
59	REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE	1955	Nicholas Ray	David Weisbart	Warner Bros.
60	RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK	1981	Steven Spielberg	Frank Marshall	Lucasfilm Ltd.
61	VERTIGO	1958	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
62	TOOTSIE	1982	Sydney Pollack	Sydney Pollack Dick Richards Ronald L. Schwary	Mirage Enterprises
63	STAGECOACH	1939	John Ford	Walter Wanger	Walter Wanger Productions
64	CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND	1977	Steven Spielberg	Julia Phillips Michael Phillips	EMI Films
65	SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE	1991	Jonathan Demme	Kenneth Utt Edward Saxon Ron Bozman	Strong Heart Productions
66	NETWORK	1976	Sidney Lumet	Howard Gottfried Fred C. Caruso	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
67	MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE	1962	John Frankenheimer	George Axelrod John Frankenheimer	M.C. Productions
68	AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN	1951	Vincente Minnelli	Arthur Freed	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
69	SHANE	1953	George Stevens	George Stevens	Paramount Pictures
70	FRENCH CONNECTION, THE	1971	William Friedkin	Philip D'Antoni	Philip D'Antoni Productions
71	FORREST GUMP	1994	Robert Zemeckis	Wendy Finerman Steve Tisch Steve Starkey	The Tisch Company
72	BEN-HUR	1959	William Wyler	Sam Zimbalist	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
73	WUTHERING HEIGHTS	1939	William Wyler	Samuel Goldwyn	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
74	GOLD RUSH, THE	1925	Charlie Chaplin	Charlie Chaplin	United Artists
75	DANCES WITH WOLVES	1990	Kevin Costner	Jim Wilson Kevin Costner	Tig Productions
76	CITY LIGHTS	1931	Charlie Chaplin	Charlie Chaplin	United Artists
77	AMERICAN GRAFFITI	1973	George Lucas	Francis Ford Coppola	Lucasfilm
78	ROCKY	1976	John G. Avildsen	Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff	Chartoff-Winkler Productions
79	DEER HUNTER, THE	1978	Michael Cimino	Barry Spikings Michael Deeley Michael Cimino John Peverall	EMI
80	WILD BUNCH, THE	1969	Sam Peckinpah	Phil Feldman	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
81	MODERN TIMES	1936	Charlie Chaplin	Charlie Chaplin	United Artists
82	GIANT	1956	George Stevens	George Stevens Henry Ginsberg	Warner Bros.
83	PLATOON	1986	Oliver Stone	Arnold Kopelson	Hemdale Film Corporation
84	FARGO	1996	Joel Coen	Ethan Coen	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films
85	DUCK SOUP	1933	Leo McCarey	Herman J. Mankiewicz	Paramount Pictures
86	MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY	1935	Frank Lloyd	Frank Lloyd Irving Thalberg	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
87	FRANKENSTEIN	1931	James Whale	Carl Laemmle Jr.	Universal Pictures
88	EASY RIDER	1969	Dennis Hopper	Peter Fonda	Pando Company Inc. Raybert Productions
89	PATTON	1970	Franklin J. Schaffner	Frank McCarthy	20th Century Fox
90	JAZZ SINGER, THE	1927	Alan Crosland	Darryl F. Zanuck	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
91	MY FAIR LADY	1964	George Cukor	Jack L. Warner	Warner Bros.
92	PLACE IN THE SUN, A	1951	George Stevens	George Stevens	Paramount Pictures
93	APARTMENT, THE	1960	Billy Wilder	Billy Wilder	The Mirisch Company
94	GOODFELLAS	1990	Martin Scorsese	Irwin Winkler	Warner Bros.
95	PULP FICTION	1994	Quentin Tarantino	Lawrence Bender	A Band Apart Jersey Films
96	SEARCHERS, THE	1956	John Ford	Frank S. Nugent	C.V. Whitney Pictures
97	BRINGING UP BABY	1938	Howard Hawks	Cliff Reid Howard Hawks	RKO Radio Pictures
98	UNFORGIVEN	1992	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood	Malpaso Productions
99	GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER	1967	Stanley Kramer	Stanley Kramer	Columbia Pictures
100	YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942	Michael Curtiz	Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner William Cagney	Warner Bros.

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