AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies: The Original Nominations

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The American Film Institute’s original 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time. Films released in 1996 and prior were eligible.

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  1. 360 -

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 35 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 152 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 141 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  5. 196 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 246 -

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 91 -

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...

    1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 217 -

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 2 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 33 -

    Beau Geste

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 168 -

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 268 -

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 342 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 394 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  15. 227 -

    The Mark of Zorro

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 351 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 309 -

    Road to Morocco

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 365 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 302 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 372 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 4 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 376 -

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  23. 198 -

    Lady and the Tramp

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 20 -

    Around the World in 80 Days

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 321 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 356 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 56 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  28. 36 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 258 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 335 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 340 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 114 -

    El Cid

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  33. 267 -

    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 205 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  35. 136 -

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 185 -

    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 367 -

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 153 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 120 -

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 192 -

    The Jungle Book

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 283 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 98 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 187 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 224 -

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 346 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  46. 116 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 295 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 257 -

    El Norte

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 307 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 304 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
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