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. 22 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 25 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 46 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 64 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  5. 87 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source