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To compile the final list, AFI distributed a ballot with 500 Nominated Films (50 per genre) to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians. In previous years, the AFI has also produced other lists of the following:
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) AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers (2006) AFI's 100 Greatest American Films - 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies
(1998) (original) AFI asked jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process:
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Film Genres Part 9 (Courtroom Dramas) |
AFI described courtroom dramas as "a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Innocent until proven guilty. These four words inspire stories where the outcome may be the difference between life and death. The drama inherent in the theatre of a courtroom—the accused enters, prosecution and defense state their case, and a jury deliberates—all build to the moment when a verdict is read." Nominees: 20 of the 50 films involved a falsely accused defendant. Winners: Comments: Legally Blonde (2001) - a courtroom drama and top 50 pick??!! There were better, more classic courtroom dramatic films than A Cry in the Dark (1988), such as Inherit the Wind (1960), |
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