Week of Lists Day Four: AFI's Top 100 Movies (updated)

Last night, AFI updated their top 100 American movies of all time (adding in movies from the last 10 years to the mix). Roger Ebert has a commentary up about it. There's also a good overview here about which films have been added, which have dropped out, and which films have moved positions.

The top 10 & then some of my favorite movies:

1. "Citizen Kane" (1941) - every single shot is perfect
2. "The Godfather" (1972) - this, really, is America's story
3. "Casablanca" (1942) - my favorite movie of all time
4. "Raging Bull" (1980) - Deniro at his best
5. "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) - I've only seen highlights
6. "Gone With the Wind" (1939) - Frankly my dear...
7. "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) - Lean at his best
8. "Schindler's List" (1993) - Speilberg at his best
9. "Vertigo" (1958) - Hitchcok at his best
10. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) - technicolor magic

13. "Star Wars" (1977) - although I like Empire Strikes Back better
14. "Psycho" (1960) - the classic thriller
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) - got to rewatch this for Lost clues
17. "The Graduate" (1967) - coming of age in the 60's
19. "On the Waterfront" (1954) - classic Brando
20. "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) - what's Chrismtas without it?
21. "Chinatown" (1974) - Jack at his best
24. "E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) - my youth
25. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) - excellent courtroom drama
30. "Apocalypse Now" (1979) - trippy Heart of Darkness
31. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) - my favorite flim noir
32. "The Godfather, Part II" (1974) - more about America's favorite family
33. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
35. "Annie Hall" (1977) - hilarious, Woody Allen at his best
36. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) - classic war film
38. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
39. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) - best anti-nuclear / anti-war film made
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) - STELLA!
48. "Rear Window" (1954) - creepy
50. "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) - fantastic
52. "Taxi Driver" (1976) - even creepier
53. "The Deer Hunter" (1978) - Christopher Walken will freak you out
55. "North by Northwest" (1959) -
56. "Jaws" (1975) - da da....da da...da da...
57. "Rocky" (1976) - da da da da da da da da ...dada da dada da...
64. "Network" (1976) - I'm mad as hell...
66. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) - reminds me of my youth
68. "Unforgiven" (1992) - great Clint movie
70. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - trippy
71. "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) - the opening scene alone is amazing
72. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) - best Stephen King adaptation
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) - Redford & Newman
74. "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) - one of my favorites
84. "Easy Rider" (1969) - the 60's: drugs, hippies, motorcycles
86. "Platoon" (1986) - more vietnam madness
89. "The Sixth Sense" (1999) - I just wish M. Night Shyamalan would make more like this
92. "Goodfellas" (1990) - gangsters done Scorcese style
93. "The French Connection" (1971)
94. "Pulp Fiction" (1994) - phenomenal, especially Samuel L. Jackson
97. "Blade Runner" (1982) - best Philip K. Dick adaptation
99. "Toy Story" (1995) - great cartoon