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AFI names its latest 100 Greatest Movies

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Hey, we almost forgot to mention that CBS gave three hours of airtime to the American Film Institute to count down its latest list of the 100 Greatest 100 Movies of all time. A pretty risky proposition, considering how On The Lot is tanking over at Fox-- and guess what? Only one movie from Tabloid Baby's List of the Top 50 Movies of All Time made the AFI list.

Now what does that tell you?

But before you make a quick, snappy judgment, consider this:

Do The Right Thing but not Blue Crush?

Forrest Gump but not The Bellboy?

The Sixth Sense but not Big Fat Liar?

The Deer Hunter but not Cocktail?

What do you think, Sutter? Everyone else: Check out the list... then discuss... after the jump...

AFI'S 100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
(in descending order)

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
6. Gone With the Wind (1939)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler's List (1993)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Star Wars (1977)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
17. The Graduate (1967)
18. The General (1927)
19. On the Waterfront (1954)
20. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. Double Indemnity (1944)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. Annie Hall (1977)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. The Sound of Music (1965)
41. King Kong (1933)
42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. Shane (1953)
46. It Happened One Night (1934)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Rear Window (1954)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver (1976)
53. The Deer Hunter (1978)
54. M*A*S*H (1970)
55. North by Northwest (1959)
56. Jaws (1975)
57. Rocky (1976)
58. The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933)
61. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
62. American Graffiti (1973)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976)
65. The African Queen (1951)
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)
69. Tootsie (1982)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
77. All The President's Men (1976)
78. Modern Times (1936)
79. The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Apartment (1960)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997)
84. Easy Rider (1969)
85. A Night at the Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (1982)
92. Goodfellas (1990)
93. The French Connection (1971)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100.Ben-Hur (1959)

Compare the list to AFI's last countdown in 1998 by clicking here.

(And can you guess which flick made Tabloid Baby's List of the Top 50 movies of all time? Get it right and win a copy of Cloud 9!)

--Tabloid Baby

Posted in Awards Shows , Miscellaneous TV , Moviegasm by Tabloid Baby at 4:45 PM | | Comments (2)
Last Comment: sutter kane on Jun 22, 2007 10:51 AM.

Comments (2)

Krizzatch [TypeKey Profile Page]:

These lists are getting so old. I mean, you always know the #1 movie will always be Casablanca or Citizen Kane. It's soooo tired. Also, they're pretty much saying that the last "greatest" movie was made 6 years ago (Lord of the Rings). I mean come on, I've never even heard of The Best Years of Our Lives (#37). Who has actually seen it?

1 of 2 | Posted by Krizzatch [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on June 22, 2007 7:18 AM

sutter kane [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I think it's pointless to compose lists rating movies on totally subjective criteria just to draw attention to whatever media outlet you work for.

But, you know, don't forget to check Volumes 1 and 2 of my Top Ten favorite movies, available now on moviegasm.com! (Of which only four appear on AFI's list...)

2 of 2 | Posted by sutter kane [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on June 22, 2007 10:51 AM

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