Check out the list of the best films according to the AFI (American film institute).
Agree with it or not, here it is, and be sure to make some time to watch those flicks.
The one hundred best American Films
1.Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941.
2. Casablanca, Michael Curtin, 1942.
3. The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972.
4. Gone With the Wind, Victor Fleming, 1939.
5. Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean, 1962.
6. The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming, 1939.
7. The Graduate, Mike Nichols, 1967.
8. On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, 1954.
9. Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg, 1993.
10. Singin’ in the Rain, Stanley Donen et Gene Kelly, 1952.
11.It’s a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, 1946.
12. Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder, 195o.
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai, David Lean, 1957.
14. Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder, 1959.
15. Star Wars, George Lucas, 1977.
16. All About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950.
17. The African Queen, John Huston, 1951.
18. Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960.
19. Chinatown, Roman Polanski, 1974.
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Milos Forman, 1975.
21. The Grapes of Wrath, John I old, 194o.
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968.
23. The Maltese Falcon, John Huston, 1941.
24. Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, 1980.
25. E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg, 1982.
26. Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick, 1964.
27. Bonnie and Clyde, Arthur Penn, 1967.
28. Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979.
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra, 1939.
3o. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, 1948.
31. Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977.
32. The Godfather II, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974.
33. High Noon, Fred Zinnemann, 1952.
34. To Kill a Mockingbird, Robert Mulligan, 1962.
35. It Happened One Night, Frank Capra, 1934.
36. Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger, 1969.
37. The Best Years of Our Lives, William Wyler, 1946.
38. Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder, 1944.
39. Doctor Zhivago, David Lean, 1965.
4o. North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock, 1959,
41. West Side Story, Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, 1961.
42. Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954.
43. King Kong, Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, 1933.
44. The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith, 1915.
45. A Streetcar Named Desire, Elia Kazan, 1951.
46. A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, 1971.
47. Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976.
48. Jaws, Steven Spielberg, 1975.
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, David Hand (Walt Disney), 1937.
5o. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill, 1969.
51. The Philadelphia Story, George Cukor, 1940.
52. From Here to Eternity, Fred Zinneman, 1953.
53. Amadeus, Milos Forman, 1984.
54. All Quiet on the Western Front, Lewis Milestone, 1930.
55. The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965.
56. M.A.S.H., Robert Altman, 1970.
57. The Third Man, Carol Reed, 1949.
58. Fantasia, Walt Disney, 1940.
59. Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray, 1955.
6o. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, 1981.
61. Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958.
62. Tootsie, Sydney Pollack, 1982.
63. Stagecoach, John Ford, 1939.
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg, 1977.
65. The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme, 1991.
66. Network, Sydney Lumet, 1976.
67. The Manchurian Candidate, John Frankenheimer, 1962.
68. An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli, 1951.
69. Shane, George Stevens, 1953.
7o. The French Connection, William Friedkin, 1971.
71. Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis, 1994.
72. Ben-Hur, William Wyler, 1959.
73. Wuthering Heights, William Wyler, 1939.
74. The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin, 1925.
75. Dances With Wolves, Kevin Costner, 1990.
76. City Lights, Charlie Chaplin, 1931.
77. American Graffiti, George Luca, 1973
78. Rocky, John G Avildsen, 1976
79.The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino,1978
80.The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah, 1969.
81. Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin, 1936.
82. Giant, George Stevens, 1956.
83. Platoon, Oliver Stone, 1986.
84. Fargo, Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996.
85. Duck Soup, Leo McCarey, 1933.
86. Mutiny on the Bounty, Franck Lloyd, 1935.
87. Frankenstein, James Whale, 1931.
88. Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper, 1969.
89. Patton, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970.
9o. The Jazz Singer, Alan Cosland, 1927.
91. My Fair Lady, George Cukor, 1964.
92. A Place in the Sun, George Stevens, 1951.
93. The Apartment, Billy Wilder, 1960.
94. Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, 199o.
95. Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, 1994.
96. The Searchers, John Ford, 1956.
97. Bringing Up Baby, Howard Hawks, 1938.
98. Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, 1992.
99. Guess Who’s Coming to dinner, Stanley Kramer, 1967.
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy, Micheal Curtiz, 1942.
This list was established by the American Film Institute WO, who asked film specialists (filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers, critics and historians) to choose from among 50o American films, the best ones of the 20th century.
