As you may have noticed, I’m working my way through the AFI 100 list—the top American movies of our time. Earlier this year, the AFI released a new 400 nominated movies list (of which the top 100 list is formed from) so it could release its 10th anniversary of the AFI 100. The show will air June 20 on CBS and Morgan Freeman will present the new list.
What this all means is that I’ll have to merge the new list with my current list once it’s released. Hopefully not too many movies I’ve seen will be bumped off the list. But it’s always a possibility. I was surprised (and excited!) to learn that the new 400 list replaced 81 movies with new ones; 38 of which I’ve already seen. My new grand total of the 400 list is 158! Here’s the new list. New to the list is in red and movies I’ve seen are bolded. You can see my updated progress of this list here.
1. Ace In The Hole (1951)
2. Adam’s Rib (1949)
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
4. An Affair To Remember (1957)
5. The African Queen (1951)
6. Airplane! (1980)
7. Alien (1979)
8. All About Eve (1950)
9. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
10. All That Jazz (1979)
11. All The King’s Men (1949)
12. All The President’s Men (1976)
13. Amadeus (1984)
14. American Beauty (1999)
15. American Graffiti (1973)
16. An American In Paris (1951)
17. Annie Hall (1977)
18. The Apartment (1960)
19. Apocalypse Now (1979)
20. Apollo 13 (1995)
21. As Good As It Gets (1997)
22. Atlantic City (1980)
23. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
24. The Aviator (2004)
25. The Awful Truth (1937)
26. Babe (1995)
27. Back To The Future (1985)
28. Badlands (1973)
29. Bambi (1942)
30. The Bandwagon (1953)
31. The Bank Dick (1940)
32. Beau Geste (1939)
33. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
34. Beauty And The Beast (1991)
35. Being John Malkovich (1999)
36. Ben-Hur (1926)
37. Ben-Hur (1959)
38. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
39. Big (1988)
40. The Big Chill (1983)
41. The Big Parade (1925)
42. The Big Sleep (1946)
43. The Birds (1963)
44. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
45. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
46. Blade Runner (1982)
47. Blazing Saddles (1974)
48. Blue Velvet (1986)
49. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
50. Boogie Nights (1997)
51. Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
52. Boyz N The Hood (1991)
53. Braveheart (1995)
54. Brazil (1985)
55. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
56. The Breakfast Club (1985)
57. Breaking Away (1979)
58. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
59. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
60. Broadcast News (1987)
61. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
62. Broken Blossoms (1919)
63. Bull Durham (1988)
64. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
65. Cabaret (1972)
66. Cabin In The Sky (1943)
67. Camille (1937)
68. Carrie (1976)
69. Casablanca (1942)
70. Cat Ballou (1965)
71. Cat People (1942)
72. Chariots Of Fire (1981)
73. The Cheat (1915)
74. Chicago (2002)
75. Chinatown (1974)
76. A Christmas Story (1983)
77. Cinderella (1950)
78. Citizen Kane (1941)
79. City Lights (1931)
80. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
81. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
82. The Color Purple (1985)
83. Coming Home (1978)
84. The Conversation (1974)
85. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
86. Crash (2005)
87. The Crowd (1928)
88. Dances With Wolves (1990)
89. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
90. Days Of Heaven (1978)
91. Days Of Wine And Roses (1962)
92. Dead Poets Society (1989)
93. The Deer Hunter (1978)
94. The Defiant Ones (1958)
95. Deliverance (1972)
96. Destry Rides Again (1939)
97. The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959)
98. Die Hard (1988)
99. Dirty Harry (1971)
100. Do The Right Thing (1989)
101. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
102. Dodsworth (1936)
103. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
104. Double Indemnity (1944)
105. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
106. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
107. Duck Soup (1933)
108. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
109. Easy Rider (1969)
110. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
111. The English Patient (1996)
112. Erin Brockovich (2000)
113. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
114. The Exorcist (1973)
115. A Face In The Crowd (1957)
116. Fantasia (1940)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
119. Fatal Attraction (1987)
120. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
121. Field Of Dreams (1989)
122. Fight Club (1999)
123. Finding Nemo (2003)
124. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
125. Force Of Evil (1948)
126. Forrest Gump (1994)
127. 42nd Street (1933)
128. The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (1921)
129. Frankenstein (1931)
130. Freaks (1932)
131. The French Connection (1971)
132. The Freshman (1925)
133. From Here To Eternity (1953)
134. Funny Girl (1968)
135. Fury (1936)
136. Gandhi (1982)
137. The General (1927)
138. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
139. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
140. Ghostbusters (1984)
141. Giant (1956)
142. Gigi (1958)
143. Gilda (1946)
144. Gladiator (2000)
145. Glory (1989)
146. The Godfather (1972)
147. The Godfather Part II (1974)
148. Going My Way (1944)
149. The Gold Rush (1925)
150. Goldfinger (1964)
151. Gone With The Wind (1939)
152. Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
153. Good Will Hunting (1997)
154. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
155. Goodfellas (1990)
156. The Graduate (1967)
157. Grand Hotel (1932)
158. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
159. Grease (1978)
160. The Great Dictator (1940)
161. The Great Escape (1963)
162. Greed (1925)
163. Groundhog Day (1993)
164. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
165. Gun Crazy (1950)
166. Gunga Din (1939)
167. Halloween (1978)
168. Harold And Maude (1971)
169. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
170. The Heiress (1949)
171. High Noon (1952)
172. His Girl Friday (1940)
173. Hoosiers (1986)
174. Hotel Rwanda (2005)
175. The Hours (2002)
176. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
177. The Hustler (1961)
178. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
179. In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
180. The Insider (1999)
181. Intolerance (1916)
182. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
183. It Happened One Night (1934)
184. It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
185. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
186. Jaws (1975)
187. The Jazz Singer (1927)
188. Jerry Maguire (1996)
189. Jezebel (1938)
190. Jurassic Park (1993)
191. The Kid (1921)
192. The Killing Fields (1984)
193. The King And I (1956)
194. King Kong (1933)
195. The King Of Comedy (1983)
196. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
197. L.A. Confidential (1997)
198. The Lady Eve (1941)
199. The Last Emperor (1987)
200. The Last Picture Show (1971)
201. Last Tango In Paris (1973)
202. Laura (1944)
203. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
204. The Life Of Emile Zola (1937)
205. The Lion King (1994)
206. Little Caeser (1930)
207. The Little Foxes (1941)
208. The Longest Day (1962)
209. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
210. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
211. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
212. Lost Horizon (1937)
213. Lost In Translation (2003)
214. The Lost Weekend (1945)
215. Love Story (1970)
216. M*A*S*H (1970)
217. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
218. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
219. A Man For All Seasons (1966)
220. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
221. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
222. Manhattan (1979)
223. Marty (1955)
224. Mary Poppins (1964)
225. The Matrix (1999)
226. McCabe And Mrs. Miller (1971)
227. Mean Streets (1973)
228. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
229. Memento (2001)
230. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
231. Mildred Pierce (1945)
232. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
233. The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
234. Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
235. Modern Times (1936)
236. Moonstruck (1987)
237. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
238. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
239. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
240. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
241. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
242. My Darling Clementine (1946)
243. My Fair Lady (1964)
244. My Man Godfrey (1936)
245. Mystic River (2003)
246. Nashville (1975)
247. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
248. Network (1976)
249. A Night At The Opera (1935)
250. The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
251. Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
252. Ninotchka (1939)
253. North By Northwest (1959)
254. Notorious (1946)
255. Now, Voyager (1942)
256. On Golden Pond (1981)
257. On The Waterfront (1954)
258. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
259. Ordinary People (1980)
260. Out Of Africa (1985)
261. Out Of The Past (1947)
262. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
263. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
264. Paths Of Glory (1957)
265. Patton (1970)
266. The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
267. Philadelphia (1993)
268. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
269. Pillow Talk (1959)
270. Pinocchio (1940)
271. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
272. A Place In The Sun (1951)
273. Planet Of The Apes (1968)
274 Platoon (1986)
275. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
276. Porgy And Bess (1959)
277. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
278. The Pride Of The Yankees (1942)
279. The Producers (1967)
280. Psycho (1960)
281. The Public Enemy (1931)
282. Pulp Fiction (1994)
283. Queen Christina (1933)
284. The Quiet Man (1952)
285. Raging Bull (1980)
286. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
287. Rain Man (1988)
288. A Raisin In The Sun (1961)
289. Ray (2004)
290. Rear Window (1954)
291. Rebecca (1940)
292. Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
293. Red River (1948)
294. Reds (1981)
295. Requiem Of A Dream (2000)
296. Return Of The Secaucus 7 (1980)
297. The Right Stuff (1983)
298. Risky Business (1983)
299. Road To Morocco (1942)
300. Rocky (1976)
301. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
302. Roman Holiday (1953)
303. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
304. Rushmore (1998)
305. Safety Last (1923)
306. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
307. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
308. Scarface: The Shame Of A Nation (1932)
309. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
310. Schindler’s List (1993)
311. The Searchers (1956)
312. Sense And Sensibility (1995)
313. Sergeant York (1941)
314. Sex, Lies, And Videotape (1989)
315. Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
316. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
317. Shane (1953)
318. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
319. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
320. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
321. The Shining (1980)
322. Shrek (2001)
323. Sideways (2004)
324. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
325. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
326. The Sixth Sense (1999)
327. Sleeper (1973)
328. Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
329. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
330. Some Like It Hot (1959)
331. Son Of The Desert (1933)
332. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
333. The Sound Of Music (1965)
334. Sounder (1972)
335. Spartacus (1960)
336. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
337. Splendor In The Grass (1961)
338. Stagecoach (1939)
339. Stalag 17 (1953)
340. Stand By Me (1986)
341. A Star Is Born (1954)
342. Star Wars (1977)
343. The Sting (1973)
344. Stormy Weather (1943)
345. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
346. Strangers On A Train (1951)
347. A Street Car Named Desire (1951)
348. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
349. Sunrise (1927)
350. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
351. The Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
352. Swingtime (1936)
353. Taxi Driver (1976)
354. The Ten Commandments (1956)
355. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
356. Terms Of Endearment (1983)
357. Thelma & Louise (1991)
358. There’s Something About Mary (1999)
359. The Thief Of Bagdad (1924)
360. The Thin Man (1934)
361. The Thing From Another World (1951)
362. The Third Man (1949)
363. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
364. Three Kings (1999)
365. Titantic (1997)
366. To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
367. To Have And Have Not (1944)
368. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
369. Tootsie (1982)
370. Top Hat (1935)
371. Touch Of Evil (1958)
372. Toy Story (1995)
373. Traffic (2000)
374. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
375. Trouble In Paradise (1932)
376. 12 Angry Men (1957)
377. Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
378. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
379. Unforgiven (1992)
380. The Usual Suspects (1995)
381. Vertigo (1958)
382. The Way We Were (1973)
383. West Side Story (1961)
384. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
385. When Harry Met Sally … (1989)
386. White Heat (1949)
387. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
388. The Wild Bunch (1969)
389. Winchester ’73 (1950)
390. The Wind (1928)
391. Wings (1927)
392. Witness (1985)
393. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
394. Woman Of The Year (1942)
395. A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
396. Wuthering Heights (1939)
397. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
398. You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
399. Young Frankenstein (1974)
400. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
81 movies were replaced with the release of this new list. These are the ones no longer on the list (I only lost 10 movies!)
The Americanization Of Emily (1964)
Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
Babes In Arms (1939)
Barefoot In The Park (1967)
Bataan (1943)
Batman (1989)
Boys Town (1938)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Bullitt (1968)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Casino (1995)
Cavalcade (1933)
Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
El Cid (1961)
Cimarron (1931)
Cleopatra (1963)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
David Copperfield (1935)
East Of Eden (1955)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
From Russia With Love (1963)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
Hannah And Her Sisters (1986)
Hud (1963)
Imitation Of Life (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Intruder In The Dust (1949)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Lady And The Tramp (1955)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
A Letter To Three Wives (1949)
Little Big Man (1970)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Local Hero (1983)
The Mark Of Zorro (1940)
Medium Cool (1969)
Melvin And Howard (1980)
Missing (1982)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Morocco (1930)
El Norte (1983)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Oliver! (1968)
On The Beach (1959)
One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Pink Panther (1964)
The Player (1992)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Rambling Rose (1991)
Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Richard III (1912)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Salt Of The Earth (1954)
Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sergeant York (1941)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Shadows (1959)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Tom Jones (1963)
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
Two For The Road (1967)
The Untouchables (1987)
The War Of The Worlds (1953)
Within Our Gates (1920)
The Yearling (1946)
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