AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 10th Anniversary Edition ) - wikipedia AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 10th Anniversary Edition ) AFI 100 Years... series 1998 100 Movies 1999 100 Stars 2000 100 Laughs 2001 100 Thrills 2002 100 Passions 2003 100 Heroes & Villains 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 AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movies -- 10th Anniversary Edition was the 2007 updated version of 100 Years... 100 Movies. The original list was first unveiled in 1998. Contents 1 Broadcast 2 List updates 3 Criteria 4 List 4.1 Films removed from list 5 Most films by director 6 Changes 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Broadcast Announced on January 18, 2007, this 10th installment of the American Film Institute 's ( AFI ) Emmy Award - winning AFI 100 Years... series counted down the 100 greatest American movies of all time in a three - hour television event. Aired June 20, 2007 on CBS, it was hosted by Academy Award - winning actor Morgan Freeman. The program considered classic favorites and newly eligible films released from 1997 to 2005. List updates AFI will conduct the poll every ten years to include new releases. Criteria AFI asked jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process : Feature length : Narrative format typically over 60 minutes long. American film : English language, with significant creative and / or financial production from the United States. ( A number of films on the list were British - made but financed by American studios ; these include Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and A Clockwork Orange. ) Critical recognition : Formal commendation in print, television, and digital media. Major award winner : Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups, critics, guilds, and major film festivals. Popularity over time : Includes success at the box office, television and cable airings, and DVD / VHS sales and rentals. Historical significance : A film 's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative devices, technical innovation or other groundbreaking achievements. Cultural impact : A film 's mark on American society in matters of style and substance. List Rank 10th anniversary list ( 2007 ) Director Year Studio Change from 1998 1. Citizen Kane Welles Orson Welles 1941 RKO Pictures 200 2. Godfather The Godfather Coppola Francis Ford Coppola 1972 Paramount 201 1 3. Casablanca Curtiz Michael Curtiz 1942 Warner Brothers 199 1 4. Raging Bull Scorsese Martin Scorsese 1980 United Artists 220 20 5. Singin ' in the Rain Kelly Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen 1952 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 205 5 6. Gone with the Wind Fleming Victor Fleming 1939 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ( distributor ), Selznick International Pictures 198 2 7. Lawrence of Arabia Lean David Lean 1962 Horizon, Columbia 198 2 8. Schindler 's List Spielberg Steven Spielberg Universal 201 1 9. Vertigo Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock 1958 Paramount 252 52 10. Wizard The Wizard of Oz Fleming Victor Fleming 1939 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 196 4 11. City Lights Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 1931 United Artists 265 65 12. Searchers The Searchers Ford John Ford 1956 Warner Brothers 284 84 13. Star Wars Lucas George Lucas 1977 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm 202 2 14. Psycho Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock 1960 Shamley Productions, Paramount ( distr. ) 204 4 15. 2001 : A Space Odyssey Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 1968 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 207 7 16. Sunset Boulevard Wilder Billy Wilder 1950 Paramount 196 4 17. Graduate The Graduate Nichols Mike Nichols 1967 United Artists, Embassy 190 10 18. General The General Keaton Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman 1926 United Artists 382 NEW 19. On the Waterfront Kazan Elia Kazan 1954 Columbia 189 11 20. It 's a Wonderful Life Capra Frank Capra 1946 RKO 191 9 21. Chinatown Polanski Roman Polanski Paramount 198 2 22. Some Like It Hot Wilder Billy Wilder 1959 United Artists 192 8 23. Grapes The Grapes of Wrath Ford John Ford 1940 20th Century Fox 198 2 24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Spielberg Steven Spielberg 1982 Universal 201 1 25. Kill To Kill a Mockingbird Mulligan Robert Mulligan 1962 Universal - International 209 9 26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Capra Frank Capra 1939 Columbia 203 3 27. High Noon Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann 1952 United Artists 206 6 28. All About Eve Mankiewicz Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1950 20th Century Fox 188 12 29. Double Indemnity Wilder Billy Wilder 1944 Paramount 209 9 30. Apocalypse Now Coppola Francis Ford Coppola 1979 United Artists 198 2 31. Maltese The Maltese Falcon Huston John Huston 1941 Warner Brothers 192 8 32. Godfather The Godfather Part II Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Paramount 200 33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest Forman Miloš Forman United Artists 187 13 34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Hand David Hand 1937 RKO, Disney 215 15 35. Annie Hall Allen Woody Allen 1977 United Artists 196 4 36. Bridge The Bridge on the River Kwai Lean David Lean 1957 Columbia 177 23 37. Best The Best Years of Our Lives Wyler William Wyler 1946 RKO, Samuel Goldwyn 200 38. Treasure The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Huston John Huston 1948 Warner Brothers 192 8 39. Dr. Strangelove Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 1964 Columbia 187 13 40. Sound The Sound of Music Wise Robert Wise 1965 20th Century Fox 215 15 41. King Kong Cooper Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933 RKO 202 2 42. Bonnie and Clyde Penn Arthur Penn 1967 Warner Brothers 185 15 43. Midnight Cowboy Schlesinger John Schlesinger 1969 United Artists 193 7 44. Philadelphia The Philadelphia Story Cukor George Cukor 1940 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 207 7 45. Shane Stevens George Stevens 1953 Paramount 224 24 46. It Happened One Night Capra Frank Capra 1934 Columbia 189 11 47. Streetcar A Streetcar Named Desire Kazan Elia Kazan 1951 Warner Brothers 198 2 48. Rear Window Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock 1954 Paramount 194 6 49. Intolerance Griffith D.W. Griffith 1916 Triangle 351 NEW 50. Lord The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring Jackson Peter Jackson 2001 New Line Cinema 350 NEW 51. West Side Story Robbins Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise 1961 United Artists 190 10 52. Taxi Driver Scorsese Martin Scorsese 1976 Columbia Pictures 195 5 53. Deer The Deer Hunter Cimino Michael Cimino 1978 Universal 226 26 54. MASH Altman Robert Altman 1970 20th Century Fox 202 2 55. North by Northwest Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock 1959 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 185 15 56. Jaws Spielberg Steven Spielberg Universal 192 8 57. Rocky Avildsen John G. Avildsen 1976 United Artists 221 21 58. Gold The Gold Rush Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 1925 United Artists 216 16 59. Nashville Altman Robert Altman Paramount, ABC Entertainment 341 NEW 60. Duck Soup McCarey Leo McCarey 1933 Paramount Pictures 225 25 61. Sullivan 's Travels Sturges Preston Sturges 1941 Paramount Pictures 339 NEW 62. American Graffiti Lucas George Lucas 1973 Universal, Lucasfilm 215 15 63. Cabaret Fosse Bob Fosse 1972 Allied Artists 337 NEW 64. Network Lumet Sidney Lumet 1976 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, United Artists 202 2 65. African The African Queen Huston John Huston 1951 United Artists 152 48 66. Raiders of the Lost Ark Spielberg Steven Spielberg 1981 Paramount, Lucasfilm 194 6 67. Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Nichols Mike Nichols 1966 Warner Bros. 333 NEW 68. Unforgiven Eastwood Clint Eastwood Warner Brothers 230 30 69. Tootsie Pollack Sydney Pollack 1982 Columbia 193 7 70. Clockwork A Clockwork Orange Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 1971 Warner Brothers 176 24 71. Saving Private Ryan Spielberg Steven Spielberg 1998 DreamWorks 329 NEW 72. Shawshank The Shawshank Redemption Darabont Frank Darabont 1994 Warner Brothers 328 NEW 73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Hill George Roy Hill 1969 20th Century Fox 177 23 74. Silence The Silence of the Lambs Demme Jonathan Demme 1991 Orion Pictures 191 9 75. In the Heat of the Night Jewison Norman Jewison 1967 United Artists 325 NEW 76. Forrest Gump Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis 1994 Paramount 195 5 77. All the President 's Men Pakula Alan J. Pakula 1976 Warner Brothers 323 NEW 78. Modern Times Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 1936 United Artists 203 3 79. Wild The Wild Bunch Peckinpah Sam Peckinpah 1969 Warner Bros. - Seven Arts 201 1 80. Apartment The Apartment Wilder Billy Wilder 1960 United Artists 213 13 81. Spartacus Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 1960 Universal - International 319 NEW 82. Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans Murnau F.W. Murnau 1927 20th Century Fox 318 NEW 83. Titanic Cameron James Cameron Paramount, 20th Century Fox 317 NEW 84. Easy Rider Hopper Dennis Hopper 1969 United Artists 204 4 85. Night A Night at the Opera Wood Sam Wood 1935 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 315 NEW 86. Platoon Stone Oliver Stone 1986 Orion Pictures 197 3 87. 12 Angry Men Lumet Sidney Lumet 1957 United Artists 313 NEW 88. Bringing Up Baby Hawks Howard Hawks 1938 RKO Pictures 209 9 89. Sixth The Sixth Sense Shyamalan M. Night Shyamalan 1999 Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy / Marshall Company 311 NEW 90. Swing Time Stevens George Stevens 1936 RKO 310 NEW 91. Sophie 's Choice Pakula Alan J. Pakula 1982 ITC Entertainment 309 NEW 92. Goodfellas Scorsese Martin Scorsese Warner Brothers 202 2 93. French The French Connection Friedkin William Friedkin 1971 20th Century Fox 177 23 94. Pulp Fiction Tarantino Quentin Tarantino 1994 Miramax 201 1 95. Last The Last Picture Show Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich 1971 Columbia Pictures 305 NEW 96. Do the Right Thing Lee Spike Lee Universal, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks 304 NEW 97. Blade Runner Scott Ridley Scott 1982 Warner Brothers, The Ladd Company 303 NEW 98. Yankee Doodle Dandy Curtiz Michael Curtiz 1942 Warner Brothers 202 2 99. Toy Story Lasseter John Lasseter 1995 Disney, Pixar 301 NEW 100. Ben - Hur Wyler William Wyler 1959 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 172 28 Films removed from list The following films from the 1998 list were left off the 2007 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 ) Most films by director 5 films Steven Spielberg 4 films Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrick Billy Wilder 3 films Frank Capra Charlie Chaplin Francis Ford Coppola John Huston Martin Scorsese 2 films Robert Altman Michael Curtiz Victor Fleming John Ford Elia Kazan David Lean George Lucas Sidney Lumet Mike Nichols Alan J. Pakula George Stevens Robert Wise William Wyler Changes Of the films that remained on the list, 36 improved their ranking, 38 saw their ranking decline, and three kept their positions : Citizen Kane, The Godfather Part II and The Best Years of Our Lives. Steven Spielberg has the most films of any director on the list with five films. The original version of the list also contained five films by Spielberg, with four films carrying over to the new list and Close Encounters of the Third Kind being replaced by Saving Private Ryan. Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock tie for second place with four films each making the list. The oldest film to be dropped was D.W. Griffith 's The Birth of a Nation ( 1915 ), from # 44. The oldest film to be added was Griffith 's Intolerance ( 1916 ) ( # 49 ). The newest film removed is Fargo ( 1996 ), the newest - added The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), which is also the only film on the list released after 1999. The highest - ranked addition was The General at # 18. The highest - ranked removal was Doctor Zhivago ( # 39 ). The Searchers rose the most, going from # 96 to # 12. The greatest drop without complete removal was suffered by The African Queen, which went from # 17 to # 65. Duck Soup, featuring the Marx Brothers, moved up 25 positions to # 60. It was replaced at # 85 by another film starring the Marx Brothers, A Night at the Opera. 73 of the films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and 28 won, including Sunrise ( 1927 ) which won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production ( an award that was only presented at the first ceremony ). The original list has 75 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees and 33 winners. In the 2007 list, eight of the top ten films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with five winning. In the original list, nine out of the top ten were nominees, and six won. Two animated films appear on each list. In 1998, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ranked at # 49, and Fantasia at # 58. Snow White moved up to # 34 in 2007, Fantasia was dropped, and Toy Story was added at # 99. See also AFI 's 10 Top 10 List of films considered the best References Jump up ^ `` Citizen Kane Stands the Test of Time '', June 20, 2007, News release about the 2007 list External links AFI website AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 1998 edition ) AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies ( 2007 edition ) List of the 400 nominated movies ( 1998 edition ) List of the 400 nominated movies ( 2007 edition ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)&oldid=820510278 '' Categories : AFI 100 Years... series Lists of films Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Bahasa Indonesia 日本 語 Polski Português Română Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 15 January 2018, at 02 : 19. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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