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AFI's America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies |
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AFI’s 100 Years…100 Cheers revealed America’s 100 greatest inspirational films, as chosen by leaders of the entertainment community, in a three-hour television event, that aired on the CBS Television Network in June 2006. Other AFI pollings have been for:
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars/Legends (1999) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs (2000) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills (2001) AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002) AFI's Heroes and Villains (2003) AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs (2004) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (2005) A ballot was distributed with 300 nominated films to a jury of 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers) critics and historians. The jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in their selections:
Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star
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Most Inspiring Films (Part 1, ranked) |
| 1. 2. 3. 4. Rocky, 1976 5. 6. 7. 8. Breaking Away, 1979 9. Miracle on 34th Street, 1947 10. Saving Private Ryan, 1998 11. 12. Apollo 13, 1995 13. Hoosiers, 1986 14. 15. The Miracle Worker, 1962 16. Norma Rae, 1979 17. 18. The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959 19. The Right Stuff, 1983 20. Philadelphia, 1993 21. In the Heat of the Night, 1967 22. The Pride of the Yankees, 1942 23. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994 24. National Velvet, 1944 25. Sullivan's Travels, 1941 26. 27. 28. Field of Dreams, 1989 29. Gandhi, 1982 30. 31. Glory, 1989 32. 33. 34. All the President's Men, 1976 35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967 36. 37. Forrest Gump, 1994 38. Pinocchio, 1940 39. 40. Mrs. Miniver, 1942 41. The Sound of Music, 1965 42. 12 Angry Men, 1957 43. 44. Spartacus, 1960 45. On Golden Pond, 1981 46. Lilies of the Field, 1963 47. 48. 49. Meet John Doe, 1941 50. Seabiscuit, 2003 |
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