AFI's Top 10 in 10 genres

[jagsfans]

Anyone watch the show tonight? I really enjoy these list shows. Here's the lists if anyone cares.

Raging Bull #1 sports movie and Godfather 1 & 2 and Goodfellas top 3 gangster.

ANIMATION
1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
2 PINOCCHIO (1940)
3 BAMBI (1942)
4 LION KING, THE (1994)
5 FANTASIA (1942)
6 TOY STORY (1995)
7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
8 SHREK (2001)
9 CINDERELLA (1950)
10 FINDING NEMO (2003)

FANTASY
1 WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
2 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
3 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1947)
4 KING KONG (1933)
5 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)
6 FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
7 HARVEY (1950)
8 GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
9 THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE (1924)
10 BIG (1988)

GANGSTER
1 GODFATHER, THE (1972)
2 GOODFELLAS (1990)
3 GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
4 WHITE HEAT (1949)
5 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
6 SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION (1932)
7 PULP FICTION (1994)
8 PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (1931)
9 LITTLE CAESAR (1931)
10 SCARFACE (1983)

SCIENCE FICTION
1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
2 STAR WARS: EPISODE IV- A NEW HOPE (1977)
3 E.T. - THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982)
4 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
5 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)
6 BLADE RUNNER (1982)
7 ALIEN (1979)
8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)
9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
10 BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

WESTERN
1 SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
2 HIGH NOON (1952)
3 SHANE (1953)
4 UNFORGIVEN (1992)
5 RED RIVER (1948)
6 WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
7 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
8 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971)
9 STAGECOACH (1939)
10 CAT BALLOU (1965)

SPORTS
1 RAGING BULL (1980)
2 ROCKY (1977)
3 PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (1943)
4 HOOSIERS (1986)
5 BULL DURHAM (1988)
6 HUSTLER, THE (1961)
7 CADDYSHACK (1980)
8 BREAKING AWAY (1979)
9 NATIONAL VELVET (1945)
10 JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)

MYSTERY
1 VERTIGO (1958)
2 CHINATOWN (1974)
3 REAR WINDOW (1954)
4 LAURA (1944)
5 THIRD MAN, THE (1950)
6 MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
7 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
8 BLUE VELVET (1986)
9 DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
10 USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY
1 CITY LIGHTS (1931)
2 ANNIE HALL (1977)
3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
4 ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
5 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1941)
6 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (1989)
7 ADAM'S RIB (1949)
8 MOONSTRUCK (1987)
9 HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
10 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)

COURTROOM DRAMA
1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963)
2 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
3 KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
4 VERDICT, THE (1982)
5 FEW GOOD MEN, A (1992)
6 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)
7 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
8 IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
9 CRY IN THE DARK, A (1988)
10 JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)

EPIC
1 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
2 BEN-HUR (1959)
3 SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
4 GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5 SPARTACUS (1960)
6 TITANIC (1997)
7 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
8 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
9 REDS (1981)
10 TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1956)

[LiddyRules]

Oooo now I can complain.

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ANIMATION
6 TOY STORY (1995)
8 SHREK (2001)
10 FINDING NEMO (2003) I might give it to Toy Story because it was one of the first but Shrek and Finding Nemo? No way. Any of the Brad Bird Pixars were better than Nemo; and even though I don't care to see them in theaters I think Wall*E looks amazing visually. Fantasia might be the best animated film of all time.

GANGSTER No Miller's Crossing? That's what I can't get behind. After the G*F*ers that's probably my fourth favorite gangster film.

ROMANTIC COMEDY
2 ANNIE HALL (1977)
3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) I just recently watched those two movies. Both are actually very funny. Maybe I'd throw His Girl Friday up on that list.

God damn it, I honestly thought I'd have more to complain about on those lists. I really like most of those films.

[Atomic Fireball]

"Romantic Comedy" notwithstanding why do they include such minor genres as gangster and courtroom drama but not comedy?

Dr. Strangelove
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Apartment
Duck Soup
Big Lebowski
Spinal Tap
Blazing Saddles
Animal House
Clerks
Modern Times

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Once again horror movies get no respect. Like Atomic Fireball pointed out, they rank romantic comedies but not flat out comedies? My two favorite genres not even represented. Fuck the AFI.

[LiddyRules]

Once again horror movies get no respect. Like Atomic Fireball pointed out, they rank romantic comedies but not flat out comedies? My two favorite genres not even represented. Fuck the AFI.

Because they did a top 100 comedy a couple years ago

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx
http://www.filmsite.org/afi100laughs1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Laughs

1 Some Like It Hot 1959
2 Tootsie 1982
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
4 Annie Hall 1977
5 Duck Soup 1933
6 Blazing Saddles 1974
7 MASH 1970
8 It Happened One Night 1934
9 The Graduate 1967
10 Airplane! 1980
11 The Producers 1968
12 A Night at the Opera 1935
13 Young Frankenstein 1974
14 Bringing Up Baby 1938
15 The Philadelphia Story 1940
16 Singin' in the Rain 1952
17 The Odd Couple 1968
18 The General 1927
19 His Girl Friday 1940
20 The Apartment 1960
21 A Fish Called Wanda 1988
22 Adam's Rib 1949
23 When Harry Met Sally... 1989
24 Born Yesterday 1950
25 The Gold Rush 1925
26 Being There 1979
27 There's Something About Mary 1998
28 Ghostbusters 1984
29 This Is Spinal Tap 1984
30 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
31 Raising Arizona 1987
32 The Thin Man 1934
33 Modern Times 1936
34 Groundhog Day 1993
35 Harvey 1950
36 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978
37 The Great Dictator 1940
38 City Lights 1931
39 Sullivan's Travels 1941
40 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
41 Moonstruck 1987
42 Big 1988
43 American Graffiti 1973
44 My Man Godfrey 1936
45 Harold and Maude 1971
46 Manhattan 1979
47 Shampoo 1975
48 A Shot in the Dark 1964
49 To Be or Not to Be 1942
50 Cat Ballou 1965
51 The Seven Year Itch 1955
52 Ninotchka 1939
53 Arthur 1981
54 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944
55 The Lady Eve 1941
56 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948
57 Diner 1982
58 It's a Gift 1934
59 A Day at the Races 1937
60 Topper 1937
61 What's Up, Doc? 1972
62 Sherlock, Jr. 1924
63 Beverly Hills Cop 1984
64 Broadcast News 1987
65 Horse Feathers 1932
66 Take the Money and Run 1969
67 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993
68 The Awful Truth 1937
69 Bananas 1971
70 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
71 Caddyshack 1980
72 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
73 Monkey Business 1931
74 Nine to Five 1980
75 She Done Him Wrong 1933
76 Victor/Victoria 1982
77 The Palm Beach Story 1942
78 Road to Morocco 1942
79 The Freshman 1925
80 Sleeper 1973
81 The Navigator 1924
82 Private Benjamin 1980
83 Father of the Bride 1950
84 Lost in America 1985
85 Dinner at Eight 1933
86 City Slickers 1991
87 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
88 Beetlejuice 1988
89 The Jerk 1979
90 Woman of the Year 1942
91 The Heartbreak Kid 1972
92 Ball of Fire 1941
93 Fargo 1996
94 Auntie Mame 1958
95 Silver Streak 1976
96 Sons of the Desert 1933
97 Bull Durham 1988
98 The Court Jester 1956
99 The Nutty Professor 1963
100 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Because they did a top 100 comedy a couple years ago

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx
http://www.filmsite.org/afi100laughs1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Laughs

1 Some Like It Hot 1959
2 Tootsie 1982
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
4 Annie Hall 1977
5 Duck Soup 1933
6 Blazing Saddles 1974
7 MASH 1970
8 It Happened One Night 1934
9 The Graduate 1967
10 Airplane! 1980
11 The Producers 1968
12 A Night at the Opera 1935
13 Young Frankenstein 1974
14 Bringing Up Baby 1938
15 The Philadelphia Story 1940
16 Singin' in the Rain 1952
17 The Odd Couple 1968
18 The General 1927
19 His Girl Friday 1940
20 The Apartment 1960
21 A Fish Called Wanda 1988
22 Adam's Rib 1949
23 When Harry Met Sally... 1989
24 Born Yesterday 1950
25 The Gold Rush 1925
26 Being There 1979
27 There's Something About Mary 1998
28 Ghostbusters 1984
29 This Is Spinal Tap 1984
30 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
31 Raising Arizona 1987
32 The Thin Man 1934
33 Modern Times 1936
34 Groundhog Day 1993
35 Harvey 1950
36 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978
37 The Great Dictator 1940
38 City Lights 1931
39 Sullivan's Travels 1941
40 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
41 Moonstruck 1987
42 Big 1988
43 American Graffiti 1973
44 My Man Godfrey 1936
45 Harold and Maude 1971
46 Manhattan 1979
47 Shampoo 1975
48 A Shot in the Dark 1964
49 To Be or Not to Be 1942
50 Cat Ballou 1965
51 The Seven Year Itch 1955
52 Ninotchka 1939
53 Arthur 1981
54 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944
55 The Lady Eve 1941
56 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948
57 Diner 1982
58 It's a Gift 1934
59 A Day at the Races 1937
60 Topper 1937
61 What's Up, Doc? 1972
62 Sherlock, Jr. 1924
63 Beverly Hills Cop 1984
64 Broadcast News 1987
65 Horse Feathers 1932
66 Take the Money and Run 1969
67 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993
68 The Awful Truth 1937
69 Bananas 1971
70 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
71 Caddyshack 1980
72 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
73 Monkey Business 1931
74 Nine to Five 1980
75 She Done Him Wrong 1933
76 Victor/Victoria 1982
77 The Palm Beach Story 1942
78 Road to Morocco 1942
79 The Freshman 1925
80 Sleeper 1973
81 The Navigator 1924
82 Private Benjamin 1980
83 Father of the Bride 1950
84 Lost in America 1985
85 Dinner at Eight 1933
86 City Slickers 1991
87 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
88 Beetlejuice 1988
89 The Jerk 1979
90 Woman of the Year 1942
91 The Heartbreak Kid 1972
92 Ball of Fire 1941
93 Fargo 1996
94 Auntie Mame 1958
95 Silver Streak 1976
96 Sons of the Desert 1933
97 Bull Durham 1988
98 The Court Jester 1956
99 The Nutty Professor 1963
100 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987

I'm just annoyed how little respect horror movies get. Granted, some of the shittiest movies ever made are most likely horror films, and I have suffered through many pieces of shit in my time, but to me there is nothing more fun to watch than a well made horror film, and no film community more loyal than horror fans (besides those Sci-Fi dorks :)). No respect I tell ya.

[LiddyRules]

I'm just annoyed how little respect horror movies get. Granted, some of the shittiest movies ever made are most likely horror films, and I have suffered through many pieces of shit in my time, but to me there is nothing more fun to watch than a well made horror film, and no film community more loyal than horror fans (besides those Sci-Fi dorks :)). No respect I tell ya. When you're in your early teenage years, the downstairs part of your local video store's horror section was the shit. I don't think slickness of a DVD will ever have that weird coolness of the heavy VHS of a really cheaply done schlocky 1980s horror movie.

Now admit I pwned you with the comedy thing.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Now admit I pwned you with the comedy thing.

Done. I'm even more retarded because I now remember watching the special on TV.

I also just had to throw together a list of some of my personal favorite horror films growing up, in no particular order:

Re-Animator
The Shining
The Exorcist
Dawn Of The Dead (original)
Return Of The Living Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dead/Alive
Fright Night
Suspiria
The Thing (remake)

[jagsfans]

I'm just annoyed how little respect horror movies get. Granted, some of the shittiest movies ever made are most likely horror films, and I have suffered through many pieces of shit in my time, but to me there is nothing more fun to watch than a well made horror film, and no film community more loyal than horror fans (besides those Sci-Fi dorks :)). No respect I tell ya.

The non recognition of Horror movies, is like the way the music industry ignored metal for so long. If movies ever decide to acknowledge the horror genre it'll be like when the the Grammys gave the metal award to Jethro Tull instead of Metallica.

[kloraferm]

These fucking lists are always the same cookie cutter formula bullshit

[silentbob8201]

Oh look who's too cool for the room by including not only the Original Scarface but the over rated 1983 remake Ugh. And as for Westers where the FUCK was the Good the Bad and the Ugly?

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Oh look who's too cool for the room by including not only the Original Scarface but the over rated 1983 remake Ugh. And as for Westers where the FUCK was the Good the Bad and the Ugly?


I'm with you on the Scarface remake. It may be the worst movie with the most memorable scenes ever made. Pacino's acting is almost comical, and as a whole it's pretty boring.

Another Western that should be on that list is Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West. If you haven't seen that one, do, even if you aren't big on Westerns. It's his masterpiece, although it is overshadowed by his Eastwood westerns.

[weakside]

ANIMATION

Finding Nemo was ok, but Monsters Inc. and Rattatoui was better.


GANGSTER

Godfather II should have been ranked ahead of Goodfellas. Scarface is overrated and I think The Departed should have made the list over it.


SPORTS

Raging Bull is the most overrated sports movie in history. It was a decent film but no way should it be at the top. I think The Natural should have made the list but I’m not sure what should be dropped in order to get in on. You could also make an argument for Cinderella Man and/or Seabiscuit.


MYSTERY

L.A. Confidential maybe? (I seem to like that movie more than most people though)


ROMANTIC COMEDY

I have nothing to add here except that when I quickly read the category and thought The Philadelphia Story was actually Philadelphia.


COURTROOM DRAMA

Speaking of Philadelphia, I think that should have made this list. I certainly would have definitely put it above In Cold Blood. Great choice for number one though.

[Razor Roman]

I might give it to Toy Story because it was one of the first but Shrek and Finding Nemo? No way. Any of the Brad Bird Pixars were better than Nemo; and even though I don't care to see them in theaters I think Wall*E looks amazing visually. Fantasia might be the best animated film of all time.


Toy Story was a perfect movie, hit all the right notes story wise, was visually stunning (and everything was designed so perfectly even though the details aren't quite as rich as current CGI the look is so cohesive that it still holds up visually), was a huge leap forward technologically, AND was the first mainstream animated picture to really break free of the Disney Fairytale Musical convention with any real critical / financial success. It belongs.

I would take out Nemo and Shrek as well - and I'd probably slip in 2 of the 3 Brad Bird films somewhere in there. Incredibles definitely, not sure on wether I'd put in Ratatouille or Iron Giant. Unless Who Framed Roger Rabbit would be considered Animation on their part, then it'd be The Incredibles and WFRR in the Top 10, otherwise I'd put WFRR in the top ten fantasy films of all time. If it wasn't for Speilberg and Disney having a pissing contest later on, that character would still be pretty popular... heck what little merchandise they still make still sells like crazy.

[LiddyRules]

Oh look who's too cool for the room by including not only the Original Scarface but the over rated 1983 remake Ugh. And as for Westers where the FUCK was the Good the Bad and the Ugly? Good call on GBU, totally missed that. Original Scarface- maybe I'd put on list, not remake. As I said Miller's fucking Crossing.

Raging Bull is the most overrated sports movie in history. It was a decent film but no way should it be at the top. I think The Natural should have made the list but I’m not sure what should be dropped in order to get in on. You could also make an argument for Cinderella Man and/or Seabiscuit. Yes, if this was a generic crap list. Raging Bull for the win.

MYSTERY

L.A. Confidential maybe? (I seem to like that movie more than most people though) Of that list, Usual Suspects is definitely the weakest. A Shot in the Dark?

COURTROOM DRAMA

Speaking of Philadelphia, I think that should have made this list. I certainly would have definitely put it above In Cold Blood. Great choice for number one though. I don't think there was any real court room scenes in ICB, good movie though.

[jagsfans]

ANIMATION

Finding Nemo was ok, but Monsters Inc. and Rattatoui was better.


SPORTS

Raging Bull is the most overrated sports movie in history. It was a decent film but no way should it be at the top. I think The Natural should have made the list but I’m not sure what should be dropped in order to get in on. You could also make an argument for Cinderella Man and/or Seabiscuit.

The incredibles is PIXAR's best movie and I'm right with you on The Natural. I really think it has to do on what sport you enjoy the most, because I've never liked boxing so boxing movies (Rocky, Raging Bull, Cinderella Man) do very little for me.

[NikkorTheMonk]

Akira should have been on that animation list. It was a international hit with a strong story line years later. Not to mention it was hand drawn in the same fashion as Fantasia. Definatly not a top 5, but deserves to be in the top 10 somewhere as influential animation.

[jagsfans]

Akira should have been on that animation list. It was a international hit with a strong story line years later. Not to mention it was hand drawn in the same fashion as Fantasia. Definatly not a top 5, but deserves to be in the top 10 somewhere as influential animation.

Not an american film.

[NikkorTheMonk]

Not an american film.


Bring in the Fail Dozer. You are correct sir......

What constitutes an american film, the money/company who sponsors the film? LOTR was made by a foreign director, 90% foreign cast, not american union supported, and shot in a foreign country. Star Wars was also shot in England, but did have an American director.

[smurray06]

how is slap shot not there for sports movies?

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

I dout I've even seen 20% of the movies on that list.

[edzeppe]

MYSTERY

L.A. Confidential maybe? (I seem to like that movie more than most people though)

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I worry about the tastes of anyone that doesnt love that fuckin movie.

[lockjaaaaww]

no comedy but a romantic comedy aboooo!!! the good the bad and the ugly not even making the top 10 westerns boooo!!! I agree with it otherwise.

[Stormrider666]

I was thinking about something the other day, and it was inspired by the AFI's mystery category. I thought I would pose the question to see what you guys thought.

The Usual Suspects is the most recent mystery on that list and it came out in 1995. I think some of us agree, that even though it wasn't on the list, the last great mystery was 1997's L.A. Confidental. Do you think because of the chance of spoilers and blogs, that the internet has killed off the chances of there ever being a great mystery movie. I mean when I can find out the ending for crap like the Happening, what chance does a good mystery stand?

[jagsfans]

The Sixth Sense was kept secret for the most part. I personally don't read reviews before I see a movie, I just look @ the rotten tomatoes percentage so I don't have surprises ruined.