AFI Top 100
American Films

In June of 1998, the American Film Institute celebrated 100 years
of moviemaking by publishing a list of the top 100 American films. The
winning films were selected by 1,500 leaders in the American film
community, and reflect the rich history a century of cinema has
brought to the viewing public.  Here’s the list of the top 100
movies:

1. Citizen Kane (1941) (on

VHS and

DVD)

2. Casablanca (1943) (on

VHS and

DVD)

3. The Godfather (1972) (on

VHS and

DVD)

4. Gone with the Wind (1939) (on

VHS and

DVD)

5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (on

VHS and

DVD)

6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (on

VHS and

DVD)

7. The Graduate (1967) (on

VHS and

DVD)

8. On the Waterfront (1954) (on

VHS and

DVD)

9. Schindler’s List (1993) (on

VHS and

DVD)

10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) (on

VHS and

DVD)

11. It’s a Wonderful Life (1947) (on

VHS and

DVD)

12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) (on

VHS and

DVD)

13. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (on

VHS and

DVD)

14. Some Like It Hot (1959) (on

VHS and

DVD)

15. Star Wars (1977) (on

VHS and

DVD)

16. All About Eve (1950) (on

VHS and

DVD)

17. The African Queen (1951) (on

VHS and

DVD)

18. Psycho (1960) (on

VHS and

DVD)

19. Chinatown (1974) (on

VHS and

DVD)

20. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (on

VHS and

DVD)

21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) (on

VHS and

DVD)

22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (on

VHS and

DVD)

23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (on

VHS and

DVD)

24. Raging Bull (1980) (on

VHS and

DVD)

25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (on

VHS and

DVD)

26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) (on

VHS and

DVD)

27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (on

VHS and

DVD)

28. Apocalypse Now (1979) (on

VHS and

DVD)

29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (on

VHS and

DVD)

30. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (on

VHS and

DVD)

31. Annie Hall (1977) (on

VHS and

DVD)

32. The Godfather, Part II (1974) (on

VHS and

DVD)

33. High Noon (1952) (on

VHS and

DVD)

34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (on

VHS and

DVD)

35. It Happened One Night (1934) (on

VHS and

DVD)

36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) (on

VHS and

DVD)

37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (on

VHS and

DVD)

38. Double Indemnity (1944) (on

VHS and

DVD)

39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) (on

VHS and

DVD)

40. North by Northwest (1959) (on

VHS and

DVD)

41. West Side Story (1961) (on

VHS and

DVD)

42. Rear Window (1954) (on

VHS and

DVD)

43. King Kong (1933) (on

VHS and

DVD)

44. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (on

VHS and

DVD)

45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (on

VHS and

DVD)

46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) (on

VHS and

DVD)

47. Taxi Driver (1976) (on

VHS and

DVD)

48. Jaws (1975) (on

VHS and

DVD)

49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (on

VHS and

DVD)

50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (on

VHS and

DVD)

51. The Philadelphia Story (1950) (on

VHS and

DVD)

52. From Here to Eternity (1953) (on

VHS and

DVD)

53. Amadeus (1984) (on

VHS and

DVD)

54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (on

VHS and

DVD)

55. The Sound of Music (1965) (on

VHS and

DVD)

56. M*A*S*H (1970) (on

VHS and

DVD)

57. The Third Man (1949) (on

VHS and

DVD)

58. Fantasia (1940) (on

VHS and

DVD)

59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (on

VHS and

DVD)

60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (on

VHS and

DVD)

61. Vertigo (1958) (on

VHS and

DVD)

62. Tootsie (1982) (on

VHS and

DVD)

63. Stagecoach (1939) (on

VHS and

DVD)

64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (on

VHS and

DVD)

65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (on

VHS and

DVD)

66. Network (1976) (on

VHS and

DVD)

67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (on

VHS and

DVD)

68. An American in Paris (1951) (on

VHS and

DVD)

69. Shane (1953) (on

VHS and

DVD)

70. The French Connection (1971) (on

VHS and

DVD)

71. Forrest Gump (1994) (on

VHS and

DVD)

72. Ben-Hur (1959) (on

VHS and

DVD)

73. Wuthering Heights (1939) (on

VHS and

DVD)

74. The Gold Rush (1925) (on

VHS and

DVD)

75. Dances with Wolves (1990) (on

VHS and

DVD)

76. City Lights (1931) (on

VHS and

DVD)

77. American Graffiti (1973) (on

VHS and

DVD)

78. Rocky (1976) (on

VHS and

DVD)

79. The Deer Hunter (1978) (on

VHS and

DVD)

80. The Wild Bunch (1969) (on

VHS and

DVD)

81. Modern Times (1936) (on

VHS and

DVD)

82. Giant (1956) (on

VHS and

DVD)

83. Platoon (1986) (on

VHS and

DVD)

84. Fargo (1996) (on

VHS and

DVD)

85. Duck Soup (1933) (on

VHS and

DVD)

86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (on

VHS and

DVD)

87. Frankenstein (1931) (on

VHS and

DVD)

88. Easy Rider (1969) (on

VHS and

DVD)

89. Patton (1970) (on

VHS and

DVD)

90. The Jazz Singer (1927) (on

VHS and

DVD)

91. My Fair Lady (1964) (on

VHS and

DVD)

92. A Place in the Sun (1951) (on

VHS and

DVD)

93. The Apartment (1960) (on

VHS and

DVD)

94. GoodFellas (1990) (on

VHS and

DVD)

95. Pulp Fiction (1994) (on

VHS and

DVD)

96. The Searchers (1956) (on

VHS and

DVD)

97. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (on

VHS and

DVD)

98. Unforgiven (1992) (on

VHS and

DVD)

99. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) (on

VHS and

DVD)

100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (on

VHS and

DVD)