The American Film Institute is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year and has presented the 100 greatest films of all time. It was ten years ago since the last such list was made.
The top ten are best films are Citizen Kane (still first on the list since the last list was made) followed by The Godfather – Casablanca – Raging Bull – Singing in the Rain – Gone with the Wind – Lawrence of Arabia – Schindler’s List – Vertigo and The Wizard of Oz.
Surprises on the list? Well E.T. (nr 24) beats Apocalypse Now (nr 30) and Titanic is on the list (at nr 83).
The bottom ten of the hundred are Sophie’s Choice – Goodfellas – The French Connection – Pulp Fiction – The Last Picture Show – Do the right thing – Blade Runner – Yankee Doodle Dandy – Toy Story – Ben Hur.
(via Humaniorabloggen)