The OFFICIAL CHUD AFI LIST Discussion Thread

The list, so far, is skewing recent. I hope we're not as bad as the boomers on the official AFI list.

If there are only 3 post-1999 movies that made the list, then I'm really surprised by two of them. Both good movies, but I've never gotten the sense that they were Top 100 loved.

How in the hell did I forget Glengarry GlenRoss on my list? ugg

The Virgin Suicides is a huge shock. I don't see how it ranked so high on many lists to make this list.

Rio Bravo was in my top 10 to so I'm betting this top 10 will look nothing like mine. Having To Live and Die in L.A. on this list rocks. William Peterson is great in the Movie.

With Blazing Saddles at 94 I'm worried comedies won't get much love.

Fellowship in the 90s? shit, that blows. Great Escape should be higher, and Mulholland Dr.? wow. I would've never put that on a top 100 list.

is this where we post OUR top 100s? oh well, here mine is. it stinks of recent favorites, but I imagine I'll feel the same way in 10 yrs.

100.Sling Blade (1996)
99.Cable Guy, The (1996)
98.Some Like it Hot (1959)
97.Newsies (1992)
96.This is Spinal Tap (1984)
95.She’s the One (1996)
94.E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
93.Amelie (2001)
92.Sound of Music, The (1965)
91.Miller’s Crossing (1990)
90.When Harry Met Sally (1989)
89.Apostle, The (1997)
88.King Kong (1933)
87.Living in Oblivion (1995)
86.Pulp Fiction (1994)
85.Do the Right Thing (1989)
84.French Connection, The (1971)
83.Jurassic Park (1993)
82.All or Nothing (2002)
81.Fisher King, The (1991)
80.Black Hawk Down (2001)
79.Vertigo(1958)
78.Requiem for a Dream (2000)
77.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
76.Jaws (1975)
75.He Got Game (1998)
74.Easy Rider (1969)
73.Road to Perdition (2002)
72.Dances with Wolves (1990)
71.Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
70.Adaptation (2002)
69.Raging Bull (1980)
68.North by Northwest (1959)
67.Se7en (1995)
66.Double Indemnity (1944)
65.Casino (1995)
64.Annie Hall (1977)
63.Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
62.Conversation, The (1974)
61.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
60.Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
59.Titus (1999)
58.Snatch (2001)
57.Das Boot (1982)
56.Bottle Rocket (1996)
55.Patton (1970)
54.Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
53.Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
52.Forrest Gump (1994)
51.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
50.Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
49.Good Will Hunting (1997)
48.Big Lebowski, The (1998)
47.Platoon (1986)
46.Pianist, The (2002)
45.Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
44.Deer Hunter, The (1978)
43.Great Escape, The (1963)
42.Star Wars (1977)
41.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
40.Gone with the Wind (1939)
39.Love Liza (2002)
38.Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
37.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36.Midnight Cowboy (1969)
35.Ben-Hur (1959)
34.Godfather, The (1972)
33.Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
32.On the Waterfront (1954)
31.Lost In Translation (2003)
30.Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
29.O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
28.Mission, The (1986)
27.Taxi Driver (1976)
26.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
25.Schindler’s List (1993)
24.Young Frankenstein (1974)
23.Fight Club (1999)
22.Rocky (1976)
21.Bridge On the River Kwai, The (1957)
20.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
19.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
18.Boogie Nights (1997)
17.Fargo (1996)
16.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
15.Amadeus (1984)
14.Apocalypse Now (1979)
13.Godfather Part II, The (1974)
12.Seven Samurai, The (1954)
11.Virgin Suicides, The (1999)
10.Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
9.Dr. Strangelove (1964)
8.Chinatown (1974)
7.Citizen Kane (1941)
6.Casablanca (1942)
5.Graduate, The (1967)
4.Rushmore (1998)
3.Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
2.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1. Magnolia (1999)

I'm so pleased to see To Live and Die in L.A. on there, even if it is so low on the list. But Big Trouble in Little China is better than Glengarry Glen Ross? Wow, that's amazing. I didn't even think BTILC would be on there. But now that I see that LOTR: FOTR is so low, I must admit that I have no clue how this is going to go. Sure is exciting, though!

Stuber, I think it's interesting that you have Some Like It Hot so low on your list. Not that I think it should be number one, it's just that I ended up doing the same thing. I started out making a roughly ordered list looking off of the IMDB top 250 and the real AFI list, and picking which ones I actually saw and thought were swell. That flick started out pretty high--it's very funny and I do own it--but as I kept adding more films and considering what I really value in them, it kept getting knocked lower and lower until it fell off altogether.

See, this is why I was having such a hard time making this list. I originally had both Big Trouble in Little China and To Live and Die in LA on my list, but took them and some others off because I thought I was making my list far to biased on what my favorite films were and not what should be considered the greatest. That was a hard balance for me. I ended up including some films that I don't really care for, but felt deserved credit as being great films while leaving off some films that I love. I should have just gone with my original list that was more about what my heart said than what my brain said.

I'm not worried about controversial choices on my list anymore. After seeing Stuber's list, I feel like a conservative pussy.

Since this was CHUD AFI list I don't think favorites that are good should be left out. THE AFI list was a bit biased leaving many comedies off and having Star Wars over Empire Strikes back. I made my list up by what films I love, watch alot, and are critically good. Godfather may be the best film ever made, I love watching it, and I see it's greatness but I sometimes get tired of it and that's why it's low on my list(28). I never tire of Airplane! and that's why it's higher(13).

And I can't believe how many films I forgot to put on. Shoot me for not having Saving Private Ryan.
I also like that a fil like BTILC made the list. I love that movie and it never gets old. Didn't make my list but could have.

1 E.T.(1982)
2 Cool Hand Luke(1967)
3 Rio Bravo(1959)
4 The Wizard of Oz(1939)
5 Casablance(1942)
6 The Right Stuff(1983)
7 Raiders of the Lost Arc(1981)
8 Pulp Fiction(1994)
9 Jaws(1975)
10 The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

11 12 Angry Men(1957)
12 Dr. Strangelove(1964)
13 Airplane!(1980)
14 Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)
15 Citizen Kane(1941)
16 A Clockwork Orange(1971)
17 Glory(1989)
18 Die Hard(1988)
19 The Sting(1973)
20 Being There(1979)

21 Field of Dreams(1989)
22 It's A Wonderful Life(1946)
23 Seven Samuri(1954)
24 Goodfellas(1990)
25 Schindler's List(1993)
26 Alien(1979)
27 The Godfather Part II(1974)
28 The Godfather(1972)
29 M*A*S*H*(1970)
30 A Christmas Story(1983)

31 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence(1962)
32 Platoon(1986)
33 Stripes(1981)
34 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)
35 The Terminator(1984)
36 The Matrix(1999)
37 To Kill A Mockingbird(1962)
38 West Side Story(1961)
39 Roshomon(1950)
40 Apocalypse now(1979)

41 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)
42 Hoop Dreams(1994)
43 Caddyshack(1980)
44 The General(1927)
45 Lethal Weapon(1987)
46 The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
47 Fast Times At Ridgemont High(1982)
48 Ghostbusters(1994)
49 American Graffiti(1973)
50 Blazing Saddles(1974)

51 Deliverance(1972)
52 Gone with The Wind(1939)
53 The Silence of the Lambs(1994)
54 The Wild Bunch(1969)
55 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
56 Aliens(1986)
57 The Princess Bride(1987)
58 Raising Arizona(1987)
59 Se7en(1995)
60 Midnight Run(1988)

61Reservoir Dogs(1992)
62 Full Metal Jacket(1987)
63 Swingers(1996)
64 Bull Durham(1988)
65 Born on the 4th of July(1989)
66 The Bad News Bears(1976)
67 Jurrasic Park(1993)
68 Star Wars(1977)
69 The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)
70 On Golden Pond(1981)

71 The Big Chill(1983)
72 Arthur(1981)
73 This Is Spinal Tap(1984)
74 Singin' in the Rain(1952)
75 LaBamba(1987)
76 Bonnie And Clyde(1967)
77 Snow White and the seven Dwarfs(1937)
78 The Hunt for Red October(1990)
79 Young Frankenstein(1974)
80 Groundhog Day(1993)

81 Grand Caynon(1991)
82 Murder By Death(1976)
83 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(1971)
84 Smokey And the Bandit(1977)
85 Unforgiven(1992)
86 Robocop(1987)
87 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
88 To Live and Die in LA(1985)
89 Fight Club(1999)
90 American History X(1998)

91 Grease(1978)
92 The Untouchables(1987)
93 The Exorcist(1973)
94 The Deer Hunter(1978)
95 Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)
96 Slapshot(1977)
97 A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)
98 Austin Powers International Man of Mystery(1997)
99 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation(1989)
100 Heat(1995)

Nothing personal, Rashomon and The Seven Samurai are two of the greatest films ever made, but there's no definition of "American" which fits them. They're definitely outside AFI's criteria.

Someone has to represent the reactionary, traditionalist viewpoint. It might as well be me.

Here was the list I submitted.

1.Citizen Kane
2.The Godfather
3.Casablanca
4.The Godfather, Part II
5.Lawrence of Arabia
6.Chinatown
7.Taxi Driver
8.The General
9.City Lights
10.Sunrise

11.The Searchers
12.Singin’ In The Rain
13.2001: A Space Odyssey
14.Sunset Boulevard
15.It’s a Wonderful Life
16.The Empire Strikes Back
17.Annie Hall
18.The Third Man
19.Nashville
20.All Quiet on the Western Front

21.Rear Window
22.Vertigo
23.Star Wars
24.Blue Velvet
25.Touch of Evil
26.The Lady Eve
27.Blade Runner
28.The Wizard of Oz
29.The Maltese Falcon
30.The Bridge on the River Kwai

31.Duck Soup
32.A Streetcar Named Desire
33.On the Waterfront
34.Jaws
35.To Kill a Mockingbird
36.Schindler’s List
37.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
38.Sherlock Jr.
39.Mean Streets
40.The Wild Bunch

41.Goodfellas
42.Bride of Frankenstein
43.Dr. Strangelove
44.A Clockwork Orange
45.King Kong
46.Double Indemnity
47.Apocalypse Now
48.The Best Years of Our Lives
49.The Manchurian Candidate
50.Stagecoach

51.Psycho
52.The Grapes of Wrath
53.Safety Last
54.The Gold Rush
55.The Cameraman
56.The Player
57.The Shawshank Redemption
58.Raging Bull
59.North by Northwest
60.Sullivan’s Travels

61.The Thing From Another World
62.The Adventures of Robin Hood
63.Raiders of the Lost Ark
64.Amadeus
65.The Adventures of Robin Hood
66.The Day the Earth Stood Still
67.The African Queen
68.Fargo
69.The Player (accidental duplication)
70.Once Upon a Time in America

71.Superman
72.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
73.The Philadelphia Story
74.Treasure of the Sierra Madre
75.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
76.It Happened One Night
77.Some Like it Hot
78.All About Eve
79.Modern Times
80.A Night at the Opera

81.Frankenstein
82.Network
83.MASH
84.The Conversation
85.The Magnificient Ambersons
86.The Thin Man
87.Cat People (original)
88.Fort Apache
89.The Silence of the Lambs
90.In the Heat of the Night

91.The Lady from Shanghai
92.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
93.Unforgiven
94.Modern Times (another accidental duplication)
95.Patton
96.The Mark of Zorro (silent)
97.Bonnie and Clyde
98.The Graduate
99.Manhunter
100. Gone With the Wind (purely on historical importance)

After about #25, I didn't get too hung up on ranking them. Just a hair's difference between most of them.

And, in retrospect, I feel silly for the duplications and leaving off This is Spinal Tap.

yes, and in retrospect.. I'd swap it for Grumpy Old Men. In fact, this is not the list I submitted. the top 30 or 40 are the same, but after I sent it in to Anderson, I started to think to myself... Man, did I forget some? And sure enough I did... This is Spinal Tap wasn't on the original. And Return of the King was higher by about 6 or 7 spaces. There was more tweaking, but those were two changes I have made. And I imagine, I will continue to change it many times over the years to come.

My criteria was simple, I went with classics I agree that are amazing, and my own favorites. if this is going to be a joint effort, I want as much of my personal taste in there as possible. (thus, having Magnolia #1 and the presence of Eternal Sunshine.

Oh, I've been kicking myself right and left since I sent my list in. The last few days at work I've been pretty busy, but every now and then I remember a really good one that I left off, and then I think about the last few that did make it on my list, and I just about have a hissy fit and throw papers off my desk.
The ones I forgot and wish I'd included (so far): The Last Detail, Dominick & Eugene, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Barfly. For whatever reason, I don't own them, and because of my pseudo-random method of trying to dig every film I adore out of my memory banks, I missed out on those. Fuck, I really love Barfly.

Yeah, retrospect is a fun thing. I kind of regret some of the choices I had and others I forgot. I also know that the movies I HAVEN'T seen probably limited the hell out of me (though probably the best thing to come out of this list for me is that I am now actively knocking down my "I should see this movie" list hardcore).

My criteria were American films (and my only real exception was Goldfinger), and I ignored the five year rule. I debated Eternal Sunshine for a while, but decided to fuck it and throw it on there anyway. I should have put more of my own favorites as opposed to what everyone just considers classics because everyone says they are. Still, it's a good list.

It's funny, I saw Big Trouble In Little China and thought to myself "Top 100 of all.....oh, wait. It's CHUD. Heh heh. Cool."

So far this list is aces. Thanks, Anderson, for putting all the effort into this. This is very cool.

love the list 2 but wish Cool Hand Luke was higher. That film kicks ass in so many ways. Hope The Sting or Slapshot(long shot) are up higher on the list.

Damn, I didn't notice this whole AFI listing 'till it was too late. Would've loved to participate. I love these kind of lists, mainly for the fun of trying to guess the order.

If I had to guess, I'd say Godfather (part I or II) or Citizen Kane will be number one, or possibly even Casablanca or Taxi Driver. But with the kind of variety we're seeing, it's impossible to know for sure untill we actually see the top 10. I'm guessing Goodfellas will be suprisingly low (maybe in the middle 60's) as will Raging Bull (40th-30th maybe?). Hopefully there'll be some Hitchcock love in the top 10.

Oh, and please do not to comment in the actual CHUD AFI LIST thread (I'm looking at You, Lady Snowblood).

good placement for Boogie Nights and The Big Lebowski. Seeing Dawn of the Dead ahead of The Fellowship of the Ring doesn't sit well with me.... I am afraid this list will scream horror flick fanboyism. (e.g. Halloweens, Elm Streets, etc.) But then again, I am sure a lot of people used the 5 year rule in their list, which I chose not to.

I'm loving the variety shown here so far. Never would've guessed Bottle Rocket to be on there, and I figured Magnolia would score higher than Boogie Nights. I'm quite sceptical about A Nightmare On Elm Street appearing anywhere, but Halloween might score highly.

But then again, Goodfellas looks to be higher than I guessed and Rear Window was suprisingly low. Looks like Virgin Suicides will be the only film on the list directed by a female.

I'm really digging the list. Only 18/50 picks I made are on it so far but I love that Bottle Rocket, Magnolia, and Robocop made it.

I'm fearing the usual top 10 but 50-100 is very eclectic. I'm guessing Seven Samuri won't make it because Anderson brought up an eligibility on another film.

I want to shoot myself now for not putting In the Company of Men on my list. HBO has a LaBute movie on and I went AHHHHHHH! So many mistakes.

I didn't have time to send in a list, but I've enjoyed reading the one that was made. Apocalypse Now! is my favorite film ever, and I'm really pleased to see it made it all the way.

I love that Rushmore got some mad crazy love. And I am quite pleased with the top 10. None of them I would put at No. 1, but I could put every one of them at No. 2. Which I think is good thing to have on a Top 10. Apocalypse Now! I think it's a classy no. 1. I like it.

Very nicely done, and timely. Brando dominates the top half, and rightfully so. Too few westerns, though. Oh, and NO Leone? Come on folks... I don't know if he was disqualified for shooting out of the country or what, but his films were made for American studios. Oh well.

Anyway, very cool exercise nonetheless, and here's my list:

1.Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2.Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
3.The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
4.The Godfather, Part II (Coppola, 1974)
5.Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
6.Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
7.Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
8.Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
9.Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
10.The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
11.Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
12.The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
13.The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
14.2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
15.Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
16.Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
17.The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
18.The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
19.Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987)
20.Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
21.Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
22.Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
23.Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
24.The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
25.Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
26.Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
27.Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
28.The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
29.The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
30.The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
31.Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
32.Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
33.Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
34.The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956)
35.The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)
36.The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
37.Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
38.North By Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
39.Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
40.Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
41.Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
42.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
43.Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
44.The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
45.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
46.Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
47.The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
48.The General (Clyde Bruckman, 1927)
49.Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
50.Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
51.The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
52.Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
53.The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
54.Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
55.Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986)
56.Network (Paddy Chayefsky, 1976)
57.Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
58.The 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
59.The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
60.The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
61.A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
62.Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
63.Scarface (Brian DePalma, 1983)
64.The African Queen (John Huston, 1951)
65.Angels With Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
66.Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
67.Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
68.The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
69.Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
70.American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
71.Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
72.Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
73.Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
74.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
75.The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
76.The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004)
77.The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
78.Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
79.Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
80.Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
81.Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
82.Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
83.Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
84.Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
85.RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
86.The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
87.City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
88.Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
89.The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
90.Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
91.The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, 1993)
92.American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
93.True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
94.The Outlaw Josey Whales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
95.Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
96.True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969)
97.The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
98.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
99.Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
100. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956)

Faaaaascinating. I never would have guessed that Apocalypse Now would be number one. And I'm also surprised at the inclusion of The Wizard of Oz--I'd just as soon have expected to see Annie on there. I didn't think Schindler's List would be that high and I expected The Shawshank Redemption to be a lot higher, based on how much praise I've heard.
Then again, I must be crazy because I only named about 40 of the final 100 at all. Here's what I submitted, but as mentioned above, I'm still kicking myself over a few omissions. It probably wouldn't have mattered anyway.

1.Citizen Kane
2.Midnight Cowboy
3.The Misfits
4.A Clockwork Orange
5.A Face in the Crowd (1957)
6.Goodfellas
7.On the Waterfront
8.12 Monkeys
9.The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
10.Sunset Blvd. (1950)
11.Planet of the Apes (1968)
12.The Music of Chance
13.To Live and Die in L.A.
14.Amadeus
15.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
16.Full Metal Jacket
17.Miller’s Crossing
18.Magnolia
19.Ordinary People (1980)
20.Baby Doll (1956)
21.Big Night (1996)
22.Network
23.2001: A Space Odyssey
24.Fiddler on the Roof
25.Taxi Driver
26.Angel Heart
27.The Player (1992)
28.Dr. Strangelove
29.Withnail & I
30.Apocalypse Now (1979)
31.Drugstore Cowboy
32.Raging Bull
33.The Killing (1956)
34.Dune (1984)
35.A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
36.Lolita (1962)
37.The Indian Runner
38.Bottle Rocket
39.Chinatown
40.Inherit the Wind (1960)
41.Fight Club
42.Blade Runner
43.The Exorcist
44.Talk Radio
45.The Grifters
46.Marat/Sade
47.The Third Man
48.The Shining (1980)
49.Brazil (1985)
50.The Sunshine Boys (1975)
51.The Terminator
52.The Last Temptation of Christ
53.My Own Private Idaho
54.How to Get Ahead in Advertising
55.Charade (1963)
56.Year of the Dragon
57.Biloxi Blues
58.Scarface (1983)
59.Glengarry Glen Ross
60.Young Frankenstein
61.West Side Story (1961)
62.Klute
63.sex, lies, and videotape
64.Hurlyburly
65.Eyes Wide Shut
66.Sleuth
67.The Blues Brothers
68.Stalag 17
69.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
70.Witness for the Prosecution
71.The Conversation
72.Carlito’s Way
73.Your Friends and Neighbors
74.Affliction (1997)
75.The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
76.Reservoir Dogs
77.Being John Malkovich
78.God’s Little Acre
79.The Usual Suspects
80.King of the Hill (1993)
81.Ed Wood
82.Alien
83.Rushmore
84.The Day the Earth Stood Still
85.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
86.Raiders of the Lost Ark
87.12 Angry Men (1957)
88.Blue Velvet
89.The Cable Guy
90.Romeo is Bleeding
91.The Hudsucker Proxy
92.Cool Hand Luke
93.Repo Man
94.Reversal of Fortune
95.Seven (1995)
96.Henry & June
97.Cop Land
98.The Bad Seed (1956)
99.The Time Machine (1960)
100.The Daytrippers

Great list, Munc. I especially like that The Daytrippers made it.

LOL, just barely.

Why would you be surprised The Wizard of Oz made the list? Great songs, great characters, great story, memorable moments and they show it alot on tv.

What was 101?

I'm not sure! But The Wizard of Oz getting more love than Fight Club or Robocop seems out of character to me. I'm not certain I've ever seen anyone even mention it here before this.
I'm not saying it's a bad movie, and I'm not trying to slight anyone. It seemed odd to me, that's all.

I have to say the final list is very CHUD and I kind of like that. I'm still kicking myself for leaving off a few things. I think I may have allowed myself to be a bit too influenced by the AFI list, but I also composed it thinking of the best films ever and not necessarily my favorites. That and I haven't seen a lot of movies, which doing this made me realize. I currently have a stack of borrowed DVDs sitting next to me I need to watch.

Anyway, here's my list:

1. Casablanca
2. Citizen Kane
3. The Godfather
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Requiem For A Dream
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. Gone With The Wind
8. Singin’ In The Rain
9. The Graduate
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
11. The Wizard of Oz
12. Amadeus
13. Goodfellas
14. Sunset Blvd.
15. Chinatown
16. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
17. Midnight Cowboy
18. Psycho
19. Bonnie and Clyde
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
21. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
22. The Godfather Part II
23. Rear Window
24. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
25. Network
26. North By Northwest
27. Apocalypse Now
28. Blade Runner
29. The Maltese Falcon
30. Modern Times
31. Night of the Hunter
32. The Sting
33. The African Queen
34. Dr. Strangelove
35. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
36. The French Connection
37. The Silence of the Lambs
38. To Kill A Mockingbird
39. The Shawshank Redemption
40. The Wild Bunch
41. Paths of Glory
42. M*A*S*H
43. Star Wars
44. Ed Wood
45. Jaws
46. Forrest Gump
47. Platoon
48. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
49. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
50. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
51. Titanic
52. Stagecoach
53. Saving Private Ryan
54. Fantasia
55. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
56. The Usual Suspects
57. Rebecca
58. The Great Escape
59. All The President’s Men
60. Finding Nemo
61. Unforgiven
62. Braveheart
63. LA Confidential
64. Double Indemnity
65. Best In Show
66. American Beauty
67. Pulp Fiction
68. The Gold Rush
69. Magnolia
70. The Matrix
71. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
72. Back To The Future
73. Edward Scissorhands
74. Seven
75. Terminator 2
76. Ben-Hur
77. History of the World Part I
78. Fargo
79. Memento
80. Grease
81. Jurassic Park
82. The Exorcist
83. Fight Club
84. Almost Famous
85. Blazing Saddles
86. Empire of the Sun
87. Apollo 13
88. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
89. When Harry Met Sally
90. Night of the Living Dead
91. American History X
92. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
93. Plains, Trains and Automobiles
94. Pinnochio
95. Bringing Out The Dead
96. Leon
97. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
98. Moulin Rouge
99. The Deer Hunter
100. Goldfinger