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. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 19 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 33 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 48 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 57 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 61 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  8. 65 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 67 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 70 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 84 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source