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Revision as of 23:09, 18 January 2008
It has been suggested that this article be merged with AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). (Discuss) Proposed since June 2007. |
The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry. The list was unveiled in 1998.
It was released in video in two versions: a 145-minute version, which aired on CBS, and a 460-minute version available only on video. It was hosted by Jodie Foster, among others.
An updated version of the list, billed as a 10th Anniversary edition, aired on CBS on June 20, 2007, and was hosted by Morgan Freeman.
Criteria
Films were judged according to the following criteria.
- Feature-length: Narrative format, at least 40 minutes in length.
- American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
- Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print.
- Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from organizations in the film community and major film festivals.
- Popularity Over Time: Including figures for box office adjusted for inflation, television broadcasts and syndication, and home video sales and rentals.
- Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through technical innovation, visionary narrative devices or other groundbreaking achievements.
- Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.
Criticisms
As with other major awards, such as the Academy Awards, the list of those who voted and the final vote tally has not been released to the public.
The inclusion of some films on these criteria has been controversial, and the "American" content sometimes minimal. Lawrence of Arabia was directed by a Briton and first premiered in London, but qualified as an American film because it was produced by an American citizen. The Third Man was included because its executive producer and two stars were American. Both films were also chosen by the British Film Institute for its top 100 list. The African Queen was a production of Horizon Pictures, a British studio, but qualified as an American film because the two stars were American and the director was American. Some of the later lists appear to have ignored the criteria altogether.
On June 26, 1998, the Chicago Reader published an article by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. Titled "List-o-Mania: Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love American Movies," it offers a detailed response to the movies in the AFI list, and includes an alternate list of 100 American movies that Rosenbaum felt had been overlooked by the AFI. Rosenbaum chose to present this alternative list alphabetically, since to rank them according to merit would be "tantamount to ranking oranges over apples or declaring cherries superior to grapes." The AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list includes five titles from Rosenbaum's list, and the accompanying promotional poster lists the titles in alphabetical order.
As it is with most lists, the institute was criticized simply because of the films included, or the order in which the films were placed.
1998 List
1998 | 100 Movies |
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1999 | 100 Stars |
2000 | 100 Laughs |
2001 | 100 Thrills |
2002 | 100 Passions |
2003 | 100 Heroes & Villains |
2004 | 100 Songs |
2005 | 100 Movie Quotes |
2005 | 25 Scores |
2006 | 100 Cheers |
2006 | 25 Musicals |
2007 | 100 Movies (Updated) |
2008 | AFI's 10 Top 10 |
2007 List comparison
1998 | 100 Movies |
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1999 | 100 Stars |
2000 | 100 Laughs |
2001 | 100 Thrills |
2002 | 100 Passions |
2003 | 100 Heroes & Villains |
2004 | 100 Songs |
2005 | 100 Movie Quotes |
2005 | 25 Scores |
2006 | 100 Cheers |
2006 | 25 Musicals |
2007 | 100 Movies (Updated) |
2008 | AFI's 10 Top 10 |
On June 20, 2007, a new list was released by AFI to update for the new generation of films.
Twenty-three films were removed from the original list:
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Amadeus (1984)
54. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
57. The Third Man (1949)
58. Fantasia (1940)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
63. Stagecoach (1939)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
68. An American in Paris (1951)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939)
75. Dances with Wolves (1990)
82. Giant (1956)
84. Fargo (1996)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
87. Frankenstein (1931)
89. Patton (1970)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927)
91. My Fair Lady (1964)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951)
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Four films released between 1997-2006 were added:
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
83. Titanic (1997)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
Nineteen films made between 1916-1995 were also added:
18. The General (1927)
49. Intolerance (1916)
59. Nashville (1975)
61. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
63. Cabaret (1972)
67. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
77. All the President's Men (1976)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
85. A Night at the Opera (1935)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (1982)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
99. Toy Story (1995)