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

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This is the American Film Institute’s original 1998 list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI’s blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community. Films released in 1996 and prior were eligible. The list was revised in 2007 (see offiical top list).

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  1. 5 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 6 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 13 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 14 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 15 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 17 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 30 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 40 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 43 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 48 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 60 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 63 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 72 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 74 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 86 -

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 96 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source