In June of 1998, the American Film Institute celebrated 100 years of
moviemaking by publishing a list of the top 100 American films. The winning
films were selected by 1,500 leaders in the American film community, and
reflect the rich history a century of cinema has brought to the viewing
public.
1. Citizen Kane (1941) (on VHS
and DVD)
2. Casablanca (1943) (on VHS
and DVD)
3. The Godfather (1972) (on VHS
and DVD)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (on VHS
and DVD)
7. The Graduate (1967) (on VHS
and DVD)
8. On the Waterfront (1954) (on VHS
and DVD)
9. Schindler's List (1993) (on VHS
and DVD)
10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1947) (on VHS
and DVD)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) (on VHS
and DVD)
13. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (on VHS
and DVD)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959) (on VHS
and DVD)
15. Star Wars (1977) (on VHS
and DVD)
16. All About Eve (1950) (on VHS
and DVD)
17. The African Queen (1951) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
18. Psycho (1960) (on VHS
and DVD)
19. Chinatown (1974) (on VHS
and DVD)
20. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (on VHS
and DVD)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (on VHS
and DVD)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
24. Raging Bull (1980) (on VHS
and DVD)
25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (on VHS
and DVD)
Top 26 - 50
26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) (on VHS
and DVD)
27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (on VHS
and DVD)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979) (on VHS
and DVD)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (on VHS
and DVD)
30. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (on VHS
and DVD)
31. Annie Hall (1977) (on VHS
and DVD)
32. The Godfather, Part II (1974) (on VHS
and DVD)
33. High Noon (1952) (on VHS
and DVD)
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (on VHS
and DVD)
35. It Happened One Night (1934) (on VHS
and DVD)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) (on VHS
and DVD)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (on VHS
and DVD)
38. Double Indemnity (1944) (on VHS
and DVD)
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) (on VHS
and DVD)
40. North by Northwest (1959) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
41. West Side Story (1961) (on VHS
and DVD)
42. Rear Window (1954) (on VHS
and DVD)
43. King Kong (1933) (on VHS
and DVD)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (on VHS
and DVD)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (on VHS
and DVD)
46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
47. Taxi Driver (1976) (on VHS
and DVD)
48. Jaws (1975) (on VHS
and DVD)
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (on VHS
and DVD)
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (on VHS
and DVD)
Top 51 - 75
51. The Philadelphia Story (1950) (on VHS
and DVD)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953) (on VHS
and DVD)
53. Amadeus (1984) (on VHS
and DVD)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (on VHS
and DVD)
55. The Sound of Music (1965) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
56. M*A*S*H (1970) (on VHS
and DVD)
57. The Third Man (1949) (on VHS
and DVD)
58. Fantasia (1940) (on VHS
and DVD)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (on VHS
and DVD)
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (on VHS
and DVD)
61. Vertigo (1958) (on VHS
and DVD)
62. Tootsie (1982) (on VHS
and DVD)
63. Stagecoach (1939) (on VHS
and DVD)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (on VHS
and DVD)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (on VHS
and DVD)
66. Network (1976) (on VHS
and DVD)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (on VHS
and DVD)
68. An American in Paris (1951) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
69. Shane (1953) (on VHS
and DVD)
70. The French Connection (1971) (on VHS
and DVD)
71. Forrest Gump (1994) (on VHS
and DVD)
72. Ben-Hur (1959) (on VHS
and DVD)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
74. The Gold Rush (1925) (on VHS
and DVD)
75. Dances with Wolves (1990) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
Top 76 -100
76. City Lights (1931) (on VHS
and DVD)
77. American Graffiti (1973) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
78. Rocky (1976) (on VHS
and DVD)
79. The Deer Hunter (1978) (on VHS
and DVD)
80. The Wild Bunch (1969) (on VHS
and DVD)
81. Modern Times (1936) (on VHS
and DVD)
82. Giant (1956) (on VHS
and DVD)
83. Platoon (1986) (on VHS
and DVD)
84. Fargo (1996) (on VHS
and DVD)
85. Duck Soup (1933) (on VHS
and DVD)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
87. Frankenstein (1931) (on VHS
and DVD)
88. Easy Rider (1969) (on VHS
and DVD)
89. Patton (1970) (on VHS
and DVD)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927) (on VHS
and DVD)
91. My Fair Lady (1964) (on VHS
and DVD)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
93. The Apartment (1960) (on VHS
and DVD)
94. GoodFellas (1990) (on VHS
and DVD)
95. Pulp Fiction (1994) (on VHS
and DVD)
96. The Searchers (1956) (on VHS
and DVD)
97. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (on VHS
and DVD)
98. Unforgiven (1992) (on VHS
and DVD)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) (on VHS
and DVD)
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (on
VHS
and
DVD)
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