AFI's 10 Top 10

AFI's 10 Top 10
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AFI's 10 Top 10 honors the ten greatest US films in ten classic film genres. Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI), the lists were unveiled on a television special broadcast by CBS on June 17, 2008. Various actors and directors, among them Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, and Jane Fonda, discussed their admiration for and personal contributions to the films cited. The entire list of 500 nominated films is available on the American Film Institute website.

Animation
AFI defines "animated" as a genre in which the film's images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film Year

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Pinocchio Bambi The Lion King Fantasia Toy Story Beauty and the Beast Shrek Cinderella 1940 1942 1994 1940 1995 1991 2001 1950 2003

10 Finding Nemo

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Fantasy
AFI defines "fantasy" as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Wizard of Oz Film Year 1939

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 It's a Wonderful Life King Kong Miracle on 34th Street Field of Dreams Harvey Groundhog Day The Thief of Bagdad 1946 1933 1947 1989 1950 1993 1924 1988

10 Big

Gangster
AFI defines the "Gangster film" as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a 20th century setting.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film The Godfather Goodfellas Year 1972 1990

The Godfather Part II 1974 White Heat Bonnie and Clyde Scarface Pulp Fiction The Public Enemy Little Caesar 1949 1967 1932 1994 1931 1931 1983

10 Scarface

Science Fiction
AFI defines "science fiction" as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.

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# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Film 2001: A Space Odyssey Star Wars E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial A Clockwork Orange The Day the Earth Stood Still Blade Runner Alien Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Year 1968 1977 1982 1971 1951 1982 1979 1991

Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 1985

10 Back to the Future

Western
AFI defines "western" as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Searchers High Noon Shane Unforgiven Red River The Wild Bunch Film Year 1956 1952 1953 1992 1948 1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Stagecoach 1971 1939 1965

10 Cat Ballou

Sports
AFI defines "sports" as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition.

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# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Film Raging Bull Rocky

Year 1980 1976

The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Hoosiers Bull Durham The Hustler Caddyshack Breaking Away National Velvet 1986 1988 1961 1980 1979 1944 1996

10 Jerry Maguire

Mystery
AFI defines "mystery" as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film Vertigo Chinatown Rear Window Laura The Third Man Year 1958 1974 1954 1944 1949

The Maltese Falcon 1941 North by Northwest 1959 Blue Velvet Dial M for Murder 1986 1954

10 The Usual Suspects 1995

Romantic Comedy
AFI defines "romantic comedy" as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Film City Lights Annie Hall It Happened One Night Roman Holiday The Philadelphia Story Year 1931 1977 1934 1953 1940

When Harry Met Sally... 1989 Adam's Rib Moonstruck 1949 1987

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9 Harold and Maude 1971 1993

10 Sleepless in Seattle

Courtroom Drama
AFI defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film To Kill a Mockingbird 12 Angry Men Kramer vs. Kramer The Verdict A Few Good Men Year 1962 1957 1979 1982 1992

Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Anatomy of a Murder In Cold Blood A Cry in the Dark 1959 1967 1988 1961

10 Judgment at Nuremberg

Epic
AFI defines "epic" as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film Lawrence of Arabia Ben-Hur Schindler's List Gone with the Wind Spartacus Titanic Year 1962 1959 1993 1939 1960 1997

All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Saving Private Ryan Reds 1998 1981 1956

10 The Ten Commandments

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External links
AFI's 10 Top 10 [1] List of the 100 winning movies [2] List of the 500 nominated films [3]

References
[1] http:/ / www. afi. com/ tvevents/ 100years/ 10top10. aspx [2] http:/ / connect. afi. com/ site/ DocServer/ TOP10. pdf?docID=441 [3] http:/ / connect. afi. com/ site/ DocServer/ 10top10. pdf?docID=381& AddInterest=1781

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