100 Greatest Movies of All Time

I’m a movie watcher.  I’ll watch my favorite movies 2, 3, 4…up to 108 times.  Yup, that would be Dirty Dancing that I watched 108+ times.  It’s a little thing called obsession when it comes to that movie.  Rounding out my top 5 favorite movies are: Enough, Shawshank Redemption, Sixteen Candles – and most recently…ARGO….

However, I like movies for a number of reasons. I like Chick Flicks for the entertainment value and cute dudes.  I love action flicks for the music and the special effects.  Dramas are perfect for those moments when I feel like really getting into a good story.  I watch so many movies, sometimes I think I’ve seen every movie out there…and then I find a list shoved in an old journal, with a tattered cover, from June 17, 1998.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The article listed the Top 100 Greatest American Movies, According to the American Film Institute.  I’ve seen 24 of them.  24 out of 100 of the Greatest Movies of all time.  Somehow I don’t think Dirty Dancing will ever be on this list….ever!  

Maybe my film viewing taste needs to grow up a bit, eh? But, it got me thinking about movies today and made me decide to start knocking some of these movies out – at least the Top 10…

How many of these movies have you seen?  What are your top 5?

Here’s the most recent AFI list of tip 100 movies {from 2007}

CITIZEN KANE STANDS THE TEST OF TIME LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2007 — AFI presents another episode in its widely acclaimed series of CBS television specials — AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies, which launched AFI’s on-going celebration of the cinema centennial. Each special honors a different aspect of excellence in American film. In 2006 we celebrated AFI’s 100 Years…100 Cheers, America’s Most Inspiring Movies. Honoring the 10th anniversary of this award-winning series, a jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians determined that CITIZEN KANE remains the greatest movie of all time. RAGING BULL and VERTIGO cracked the top 10, while THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, THE SIXTH SENSE and TITANIC are among films to make it on the list for the first time.   # MOVIE YEAR 1 CITIZEN KANE 1941 2 THE GODFATHER 1972 3 CASABLANCA 1942 4 RAGING BULL 1980 5 SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN 1952 6 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962 8 SCHINDLER’S LIST 1993 9 VERTIGO 1958 10 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939 11 CITY LIGHTS 1931 12 THE SEARCHERS 1956 13 STAR WARS 1977 14 PSYCHO 1960 15 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 16 SUNSET BLVD. 1950 17 THE GRADUATE 1967 18 THE GENERAL 1927 19 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954 20 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946 21 CHINATOWN 1974 22 SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 23 THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940 24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982 25 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962 26 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939 27 HIGH NOON 1952 28 ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 29 DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944 30 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 31 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941 32 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974 33 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST 1975 34 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1937 35 ANNIE HALL 1977 36 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957 37 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946 38 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948 39 DR. STRANGELOVE 1964 40 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1965 41 KING KONG 1933 42 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967 43 MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969 44 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 1940 45 SHANE 1953 46 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934 47 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 48 REAR WINDOW 1954 49 INTOLERANCE 1916 50 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001 51 WEST SIDE STORY 1961 52 TAXI DRIVER 1976 53 THE DEER HUNTER 1978 54 M*A*S*H 1970 55 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959 56 JAWS 1975 57 ROCKY 1976 58 THE GOLD RUSH 1925 59 NASHVILLE 1975 60 DUCK SOUP 1933 61 SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS 1941 62 AMERICAN GRAFFITI 1973 63 CABARET 1972 64 NETWORK 1976 65 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951 66 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981 67 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966 68 UNFORGIVEN 1992 69 TOOTSIE 1982 70 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971 71 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998 72 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 1994 73 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969 74 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991 75 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 1967 76 FORREST GUMP 1994 77 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN 1976 78 MODERN TIMES 1936 79 THE WILD BUNCH 1969 80 THE APARTMENT 1960 81 SPARTACUS 1960 82 SUNRISE 1927 83 TITANIC 1997 84 EASY RIDER 1969 85 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1935 86 PLATOON 1986 87 12 ANGRY MEN 1957 88 BRINGING UP BABY 1938 89 THE SIXTH SENSE 1999 90 SWING TIME 1936 91 SOPHIE’S CHOICE 1982 92 GOODFELLAS 1990 93 THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971 94 PULP FICTION 1994 95 THE LAST PICTURE SHOW 1971 96 DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 97 BLADE RUNNER 1982 98 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942 99 TOY STORY 1995 100 BEN-HUR 1959