Here are the movies on the AFI Top 100 List and my recommendations:
bold and italicized = highly recommended
bold = recommended
anything else means don’t bother, it won’t impact life
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
99.GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
89.PATTON (1970)
88.EASY RIDER (1969)
87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
84.FARGO (1996)
83.PLATOON (1986)
82.GIANT (1956)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
78.ROCKY (1976)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
69.SHANE (1953)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
66.NETWORK (1976)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
58.FANTASIA (1940)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
Remember….These are my personal opinions. If you don’t like them, feel free to comment but I’m not changing my opinion to please anyone.
Looks like I get to be the official first comment!
Well, I haven’t seen most of these recently… I remember really liking “A Place in the Sun” and “The Apartment,” though.
How did you decide which you highly recommended and which you just recommended?
Good question….
What I believe is that when you are watching a movie and you get this feeling, (I can’t describe it very well) but it is this feeling of complete euphoria, like you will:
1)never experience this again
2)it’s making you completely happy (or scared, in a good way, depending on the genre) and
3)you’re just enjoying the time you spend watching this movie
Then that is the difference for me.
mmm rebel without a cause
james dean=v sexy
<3 stephie
totally with you on that one Stephie.
If you want some more James Dean sexiness (although Rebel Without a Cause) is by far his best)watch “Giant” and “East of Eden”.