From Draconin

[willow_25]

Ok.... usual drill.  The list below is AFI's 10 Top 10 honors list of
the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres, unveiled on June 17,
2008. As usual, bold the ones you've seen, italics for the ones you intend to
see and strike the ones you have no intention of EVER seeing!

Animation
1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937

2 Pinocchio 1940

3 Bambi 1942

4 The Lion King 1994

5 Fantasia 1940

6 Toy Story 1995

7 Beauty and the Beast 1991

8 Shrek 2001

9 Cinderella 1950

10 Finding Nemo 2003

Fantasy
1 The Wizard of Oz 1939

2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 - I suppose I should/will see it at some point, but I don't think I'd say I "intend" to see it.

3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946

4 King Kong 1933

5 Miracle on 34th Street 1947

6 Field of Dreams 1989 - Why is it that I love baseball movies as much as I hate baseball?

7 Harvey 1950

8 Groundhog Day 1993

9 The Thief of Bagdad 1924

10 Big 1988

Gangster
1 The Godfather 1972

2 Goodfellas 1990

3 The Godfather Part II 1974

4 White Heat 1949

5 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - I don't remember if I've seen it, guess I should check it out.

6 Scarface: The Shame of a Nation 1932

7 Pulp Fiction 1994

8 The Public Enemy 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 A Clockwork Orange 1971

5 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951

6 Blade Runner 1982

7 Alien 1979

8 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

9 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

10 Back to the Future 1985 - Seriously?  I mean, I love it, but is Back to the Future actually a "great" movie?

Western
1 The Searchers 1956

2 High Noon 1952

3 Shane 1953

4 Unforgiven 1992

5 Red River 1948

6 The Wild Bunch 1969

7 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969

8 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 - I'd never heard of this movie until I watched it in a film class in college, and I still kind of operate under the assumption that few people have seen it, as it was Altman's first movie.  Nice to see it recognized.

9 Stagecoach 1939

10 Cat Ballou 1965

Sports
1 Raging Bull 1980

2 Rocky 1976

3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 - See above comments re: baseball movies.

4 Hoosiers 1986

5 Bull Durham 1988

6 The Hustler 1961

7 Caddyshack 1980 - I got a copy in the "Post X-Files Survival Kit" a couple of friends cooked up for me.

8 Breaking Away 1979

9 National Velvet 1944

10 Jerry Maguire 1996 - Sorry, this movie is not the best anything.

Mystery
1 Vertigo 1958

2 Chinatown 1974

3 Rear Window 1954

4 Laura 1944

5 The Third Man 1949

6 The Maltese Falcon 1941

7 North by Northwest 1959

8 Blue Velvet 1986

9 Dial M for Murder 1954

10 The Usual Suspects 1995

Romantic Comedy
1 City Lights 1931

2 Annie Hall 1977 - Still one of my all time favorites.

3 It Happened One Night 1934

4 Roman Holiday 1953

5 The Philadelphia Story 1940

6 When Harry Met Sally... 1989

7 Adam's Rib 1949

8 Moonstruck 1987

9 Harold and Maude 1971

10 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 - I feel like Meg Ryan is over-represented.

Courtroom Drama
1 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

2 12 Angry Men 1957

3 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979

4 The Verdict 1982

5 A Few Good Men 1992

6 Witness for the Prosecution 1957

7 Anatomy of a Murder 1959

8 In Cold Blood 1967 - There's a movie?  How come I never knew this?  I loved the book.

9 A Cry in the Dark 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 - Blech

7 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930

8 Saving Private Ryan 1998

9 Reds 1981

10 The Ten Commandments 1956 - I've seen most of it, anyway.  The thing is freakin' long, I keep falling asleep during it.

Comments

[draconin.livejournal.com]

I must admit that the only reason I've seen The Ten Commmandments is because I'm in a religious school and saw it in pieces through taking relief lessons. That was ages ago BTW, the new chaplain is a bit more modern.

[willow-25.livejournal.com]

Every couple of years my Mom gets nostalgic for the days when it was the only thing on TV at Easter, and I have to sit through it. Or, sit through part of it and doze off, anyway.