AFI's 10 Top 10's

Every year since 1997, the American Film Institute (AFI) has come up with lists in order to honor the best in American Cinema. These lists are chosen by a body of film experts ranging from critics and historians to actors, writers, producers, and directors. In the past, AFI has made the distinction of naming the top 100 American films of all-time, subesequant years has brought us lists of the top film scores, top 50 actors and actresses, best romances, best musicals, best quotes, best thrills, best inspiration tales, as well as a 10 year anniversary revising their top 100 American Films of all-time. This year, AFI wanted to pay tribute to film genres by selecting the AFI's 10 Top 10's, which features 10 lists naming the top 10 films representing a specific genre. The genres include Animation, Fantasy, Gangster, Sci-Fi, Western, Sports, Mystery, Romantic Comedy, and Epic. And the winners are...

TOP 10 ANIMATED:

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1937
PINOCCHIO 1940
BAMBI 1942
THE LION KING 1994
FANTASIA 1940
TOY STORY 1995
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991
SHREK 2001
CINDERELLA 1950
FINDING NEMO 2003

Top 10 FANTASY:

THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
KING KONG 1933
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET 1947
FIELD OF DREAMS 1989
HARVEY 1950
GROUNDHOG DAY 1993
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD 1924
BIG 1988

Top 10 GANGSTER:

THE GODFATHER 1972
GOODFELLAS 1990
THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
WHITE HEAT 1949
BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION 1932
PULP FICTION 1994
THE PUBLIC ENEMY 1931
LITTLE CAESAR 1930
SCARFACE 1983

Top 10 SCI-FI:

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE 1977
E.T. - THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL 1982
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951
BLADE RUNNER 1982
ALIEN 1979
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956
BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985

Top 10 WESTERN:

THE SEARCHERS 1956
HIGH NOON 1952
SHANE 1953
UNFORGIVEN 1992
RED RIVER 1948
THE WILD BUNCH 1969
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969
McCABE & MRS. MILLER 1971
STAGECOACH 1939
CAT BALLOU 1965

Top 10 SPORTS:

RAGING BULL 1980
ROCKY 1976
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1942
HOOSIERS 1986
BULL DURHAM 1988
THE HUSTLER 1961
CADDYSHACK 1980
BREAKING AWAY 1979
NATIONAL VELVET 1944
JERRY MAGUIRE 1996

Top 10 MYSTERY:

VERTIGO 1958
CHINATOWN 1974
REAR WINDOW 1954
LAURA 1944
THE THIRD MAN 1949
THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
BLUE VELVET 1986
DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954
THE USUAL SUSPECTS 1995

Top 10 ROMANTIC COMEDY:

CITY LIGHTS 1931
ANNIE HALL 1977
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 1940
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ... 1989
ADAM'S RIB 1949
MOONSTRUCK 1987
HAROLD AND MAUDE 1971
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 1993

Top 10 COURTROOM DRAMA:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
12 ANGRY MEN 1957
KRAMER VS. KRAMER 1979
THE VERDICT 1982
A FEW GOOD MEN 1992
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION 1957
ANATOMY OF A MURDER 1959
IN COLD BLOOD 1967
A CRY IN THE DARK 1988
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961

Top 10 EPIC:

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
BEN-HUR 1959
SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
SPARTACUS 1960
TITANIC 1997
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1930
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
REDS 1981
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1956