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. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 7 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 8 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  9. 11 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 12 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  11. 13 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  12. 16 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 20 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 21 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 23 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 24 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 27 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 28 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 29 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 30 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 31 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 32 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 34 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 36 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 37 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 38 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 39 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 41 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 44 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 45 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 46 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 47 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 48 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 52 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 53 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 54 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 55 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 56 -

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 59 -

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 62 -

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 64 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 65 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 66 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 71 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 72 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 73 -

    Wuthering Heights

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 74 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 75 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
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