AFI’s ranking

1.         

Citizen Kane

1941

C

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Rosebud...No quite sure what all the hype is about?

2.        

Casablanca

1942

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If you haven’t seen, where have you been?

3.    

The Godfather

1972

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Very captivating!  Give me part two!

J

4.        

Gone with the wind

1939

C

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Needs a good editor who isn’t afraid to cut!

5.        

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

6.        

Wizard of Oz

1939

C

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If you haven’t seen, where have you been?

7.        

The Graduate

1967

C

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Soundtrack is great, just repetitive!

8.        

On the waterfront

1954

C

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“I could have been a contender!”  Good Brando!

9. 

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People at their best and worst- good flick!

10.    

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Donald O’Connor and the wall—gets me every time!  I rather like it... "Moses supposes his toes are roses and Moses supposes erroneously

J

11.      

It’s a wonderful life

1946

C

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I could still watch 100 times at Christmas. 

12.     

Sunset Boulevard

1950

 C

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"I'm ready for my close-up" Now this is classic Hollywood! Norma Desmond! 

13.     

The bridge on the River Kwai

1957

14.     

Some like it hot

1959

 C

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In my opinion, not as funny as all the hype, but still worth a watch

15.     

Star Wars

1977

C

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If you haven’t seen, where have you been?

16.     

All about Eve

1950

C

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Bette Davis at her sassy best- fasten your seatbelts!

17.     

The African Queen

1951

C 

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A great Bogey & Hepburn, even if I was on medication at the time-- but the leeches scene--- ahhh!!

18.     

Psycho

1960

D

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Good Hitchcock, but never found it all that scary

19.     

Chinatown

1974

 C

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 The storyline, when it *finally* gets going, is compelling, but I found it slow on the get-go

20.    

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

1975

 C

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 I liked it... can't believe that is actually Danny DeVito (in a minor role).  Personally, I think the current "girls" version, "Girl, Interrupted" is equally good!

21.     

The grapes of wrath

1940

22.    

2001: A space odyssey

1968

23.    

The Maltese falcon

1941

 D

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 I know it's classic Bogey, but I found it kinda dull .  Gets moving but takes a long time!

24.    

Raging bull

1980

25.    

E.T.: The extra-terrestrial

1982

C

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This is the kind of sci-fi I like

26.    

Dr. Strangelove

1964

27.    

Bonnie & Clyde

1967

28.    

Apocalypse now

1979

29.    

Mr. Smith goes to Washington

1939

 C

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 The movie that sealed a bound with Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra?  The filabuster scene is the standout

30.    

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

31.     

Annie Hall

1977

32.    

The Godfather, Part II

1974

 C

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 I know I probably shouldn't admit liking it, but I did!  But, I'm not sure I'll invest another 3 hours with the Carleon family & part 3

33.    

High Noon

1952

34.    

To kill a mockingbird

1962

35.    

It happened one night

1934

C

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Romantic comedy when it was romantic & comical!

36.    

Midnight Cowboy

1969

38.    

Double indemnity

1944

C 

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 Classic film noir... maybe a classic in its time, but now looks like all the rest?

39.    

Doctor Zhivago

1965

C

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Epics don’t get better than this!

40.    

North by Northwest

1959

C

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Okay Hitchcock, good Cary Grant

41.     

West Side Story

1961

D

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Never been much of a fan… stick to Shakespeare

42.    

Rear window

1954

C

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My favorite Hitchcock, though the Birds is up there

43.    

King Kong

1933

44.    

The birth of a nation

1915

45.    

A streetcar named desire

1951

D

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 I thought it was going to be a "classic" but I found it dull and slow-- but I've always relied on the kindness of strangers! 

46.    

A clockwork orange

1971

D

0 stars!

ERRRR!  HATE IT HATE IT SCRATCH IT OFF

47.    

Taxi driver

1976

 D

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 Storyline: Disturbing!  Only redeeming quality: "You talkin' to me?" 

48.    

Jaws

1975

D

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I still think it’s safe to go back in the water….

49.    

Snow White & the 7 dwarfs

1937

C

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Not much of an animated film person…

50.    

Butch Cassidy & The Sundance kid

1969

 C

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 I know this will disappoint Susi, but I felt like I "should" like it, but it just left me feeling blah 

52.    

From here to eternity

1953

C

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Good, but needs an editor.  But, has Monty Clift.

53.    

Amadeus

1984

C

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 Compelling story about the difference between natural, God-given talent and the desire or drive for talent 

54.    

All quiet on the Western front

1930

C

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Equal to Saving Private Ryan, but WWI—graphic!

55.    

The sound of music

1965

C

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The hills are alive, I just don’t visit often

56.    

M*A*S*H

1970

D

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 I think I am too influenced by the TV series which obviously has more time for character development than the movie

57.    

The third man

1949

58.    

Fantasia

1940

59.    

Rebel without a cause

1955

60.    

Raiders of the lost ark

1981

C

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The rock chase?  It  doesn’t get better than that!

61.     

Vertigo

1958

C

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I can see how much of an impact it made on moviemaking, but as a stand-alone product, I prefer the Birds, but good none the less!

62.    

Tootsie

1982

C

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Classic comedy in the league of Mrs. Doubtfire

63.    

Stagecoach

1939

64.    

Close encounters of the 3^rd kind

1977

C

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Not much of a Sci Fi person, but it’s okay

65.    

The silence of the lambs

1991

C

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Now, this is scary, capital S- C-A-R-Y

 J

66.    

Network

1976

C

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 I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!  That line alone makes the movie worth watching, but it drags... 

67.    

The Manchurian candidate

1962

D

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Very weird movie- takes a while to get going

68.    

An American in Paris

1951

69.    

Shane

1953

70.    

The French connection

1971

71.     

Forrest Gump

1994

D

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I feel like I “should” like it but it’s just ok.

72.    

Ben-Hur

1959

74.    

The Gold Rush

1925

C

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Chaplin in one of his best known performance

75.    

Dances with wolves

1990

C

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Good, but still think it needs a bit more editing

76.    

City Lights

1931

C

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Chaplin as the tramp with a blind flower girl…good stuff

77.    

American Graffiti

1973

78.    

Rocky

1976

C

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If you haven’t seen, where have you been?

79.    

The deer hunter

1978

80.    

The wild bunch

1969

82.    

Giant

1956

83.    

Platoon

1986

D

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Very graphic picture of the ugliness of Vietnam

84.    

Fargo

1996

D

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I’m not much of a “black comedy person”

85.    

Duck soup

1933

86.    

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

87.    

Frankenstein

1931

88.    

Easy Rider

1969

D

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 I gotta tell you- I was disappointed.  I wanted it to be good (liking Peter Fonda and all) and a break out from Jack & Dennis, but a downer

89.    

Patton

1970

90.    

The Jazz singer

1927

91.     

My fair lady

1964

92.    

A place in the sun

1951

C

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Liz Taylor when she was young and a dish!

93.    

The apartment

1960

C

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 Jack Lemmon & Shirley McLain, directed by Billy Wilder-- okay, but lack something-- just blah

94.    

Goodfellas

1990

95.    

Pulp fiction

1994

D

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I’m not much of a “black comedy person”

96.    

The searchers

1956

97.    

Bringing up baby

1938

C

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Katy Hepburn & Cary Grant… worth a watch

98.    

Unforgiven

1992

D

0 Stars!

Slow slow slow!  Why did is this on here again?

99.    

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

1967

C

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 I thought it was a really interesting character study of what happens when people are forced to change their minds-- I liked it 

100.             

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

D

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Decent musical, but I think there are better ones