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. 1 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 3 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 7 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 8 -

    All That Jazz

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 9 -

    All the King's Men

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 10 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 11 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 12 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 14 -

    The Americanization of Emily

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  11. 15 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 16 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 17 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 18 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 19 -

    Apollo 13

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 21 -

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 23 -

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 26 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 27 -

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 33 -

    Beau Geste

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 35 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 36 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 37 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 39 -

    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 40 -

    The Big Chill

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 41 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 44 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 45 -

    Blackboard Jungle

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 48 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 49 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 50 -

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    Boys Town

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 52 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 54 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    Breaking Away

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 56 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 58 -

    Broadcast News

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 64 -

    The Caine Mutiny

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 65 -

    Camille

    1936, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 66 -

    Carmen Jones

    1954, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 68 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  43. 69 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 72 -

    Cavalcade

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 73 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 74 -

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 75 -

    Children of a Lesser God

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 76 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  49. 77 -

    Cimarron

    1931, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 79 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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