AFI's 100 GREATEST
AMERICAN MOVIES

10th Anniversary

400 Nominees - Part 1
(alphabetical)

Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star are the films that "The Greatest Films" site has selected as the 100 Greatest Films. The films chosen by AFI for the top 100 are bolded with their ranking number. There were 43 newly eligible films (released from 1996 to 2006) in this revised list of 400 nominated films.

400 Nominees


1. Ace in the Hole (1951)
2. Adam's Rib (1949)
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
4. An Affair To Remember (1957)
5. The African Queen (1951) # 65
6. Airplane! (1980)
7. Alien (1979)
8. All About Eve (1950) # 28
9. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
10. All That Jazz (1979)
11. All the King's Men (1949)
12. All the President's Men (1976) # 77
13. Amadeus (1984)
14. American Beauty (1999)
15. American Graffiti (1973) # 62
16. An American in Paris (1951)
17. Annie Hall (1977) # 35
18. The Apartment (1960) # 80
19. Apocalypse Now (1979) # 30
20. Apollo 13 (1995)
21. As Good as It Gets (1997)
22. Atlantic City (1980)
23. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
24. The Aviator (2004)
25. The Awful Truth (1937)
26. Babe (1995)
27. Back to the Future (1985)
28. Badlands (1973)
29. Bambi (1942)
30. The Band Wagon (1953)
31. The Bank Dick (1940)
32. Beau Geste (1939)
33. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
34. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
35. Being John Malkovich (1999)
36. Ben-Hur (1926)
37. Ben-Hur (1959) # 100
38. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) # 37
39. Big (1988)
40. The Big Chill (1983)
41. The Big Parade (1925)
42. The Big Sleep (1946)
43. The Birds (1963)
44. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
45. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
46. Blade Runner (1982) # 97
47. Blazing Saddles (1974)
48. Blue Velvet (1986)
49. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) # 42
50. Boogie Nights (1997)
51. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
52. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
53. Braveheart (1995)
54. Brazil (9185)
55. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
56. The Breakfast Club (1985)
57. Breaking Away (1979)
58. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) # 36
59. Bringing Up Baby (1938) # 88
60. Broadcast News (1987)
61. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
62. Broken Blossoms (1919)
63. Bull Durham (1988)
64. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) # 73
65. Cabaret (1972) # 63
66. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
67. Camille (1937)
68. Carrie (1976)
69. Casablanca (1942) # 3
70. Cat Ballou (1965)
71. Cat People (1942)
72. Chariots of Fire (1981)
73. The Cheat (1915)
74. Chicago (2002)
75. Chinatown (1974) # 21
76. A Christmas Story (1983)
77. Cinderella (1950)
78. Citizen Kane (1941) # 1
79. City Lights (1931) # 11
80. A Clockwork Orange (1971) # 70
81. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
82. The Color Purple (1985)
83. Coming Home (1978)
84. The Conversation (1974)
85. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
86. Crash (2005)
87. The Crowd (1928)
88. Dances with Wolves (1990)
89. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
90. Days of Heaven (1978)
91. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
92. Dead Poets Society (1989)
93. The Deer Hunter (1978) # 53
94. The Defiant Ones (1958)
95. Deliverance (1972)
96. Destry Rides Again (1939)
97. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
98. Die Hard (1988)
99. Dirty Harry (1971)
100. Do the Right Thing (1989) # 96
101. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
102. Dodsworth (1936)
103. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
104. Double Indemnity (1944) # 29
105. Dr. Strangelove (1964) # 39
106. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
107. Duck Soup (1933) # 60
108. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) # 24
109. Easy Rider (1969) # 84
110. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
111. The English Patient (1996)
112. Erin Brockovich (2000)
113. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
114. The Exorcist (1973)
115. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
116. Fantasia (1940)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
119. Fatal Attraction (1987)
120. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
121. Field of Dreams (1989)
122. Fight Club (1999)
123. Finding Nemo (2003)
124. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
125. Force of Evil (1948)
126. Forrest Gump (1994) # 76
127. 42nd Street (1933)
128. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
129. Frankenstein (1931)
130. Freaks (1932)
131. The French Connection (1971) # 93
132. The Freshman (1925)
133. From Here to Eternity (1953)
134. Funny Girl (1968)
135. Fury (1936)
136. Gandhi (1982)
137. The General (1927) # 18
138. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
139. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
140. Ghostbusters (1984)
141. Giant (1956)
142. Gigi (1958)
143. Gilda (1946)
144. Gladiator (2000)
145. Glory (1989)
146. The Godfather (1972) # 2
147. The Godfather Part II (1974) # 32
148. Going My Way (1944)
149. The Gold Rush (1925) # 58
150. Goldfinger (1964)
151. Gone with the Wind (1939) # 6
152. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
153. Good Will Hunting (1997)
154. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
155. GoodFellas (1990) # 92
156. The Graduate (1967) #17
157. Grand Hotel (1932)
158. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) # 23
159. Grease (1978)
160. The Great Dictator (1940)
161. The Great Escape (1963)
162. Greed (1925)
163. Groundhog Day (1993)
164. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
165. Gun Crazy (1950)
166. Gunga Din (1939)
167. Halloween (1978)
168. Harold and Maude (1971)
169. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
170. The Heiress (1949)
171. High Noon (1952) # 27
172. His Girl Friday (1940)
173. Hoosiers (1986)
174. Hotel Rwanda (2005)
175. The Hours (2002)
176. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
177. The Hustler (1961)
178. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
179. In the Heat of the Night (1967) # 75
180. The Insider (1999)
181. Intolerance (1916) # 49
182. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
183. It Happened One Night (1934) # 46
184. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
185. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) # 20
186. Jaws (1975) # 56
187. The Jazz Singer (1927)
188. Jerry Maguire (1996)
189. Jezebel (1938)
190. Jurassic Park (1993)
191. The Kid (1921)
192. The Killing Fields (1984)
193. The King and I (1956)
194. King Kong (1933) # 41
195. The King of Comedy (1983)
196. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
197. L.A. Confidential (1997)
198. The Lady Eve (1941)
199. The Last Emperor (1987)
200. The Last Picture Show (1971) # 95


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