Sunday, March 19, 2006

Re-Ranking the AFI 100

Here's my ongoing project. The numbered AFI rank is listed, although I'm putting them in my own order... and will update here (in this post) as I work through the list:

71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
66. NETWORK (1976)
84. FARGO (1996)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
78. ROCKY (1976)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
48. JAWS (1975)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
89. PATTON (1970)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
83. PLATOON (1986)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
43. KING KONG (1933)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

Still waiting to be seen:
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

2 Comments:

Blogger Drew said...

I'd be interested to see the breakdown: ones you liked, ones you didn't like... ratings for each. Maybe you can split it up into a weekly thing or somesuch and post 10-15 at a time, in the original order, with your quick review of each.

7:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How can AFI leave Shawshank Redemption off their list.

1:44 PM  

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