shannon Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (*-always an ACADEMY (AMPAS) AWARD winner) I posted this a couple months ago, then the site had a huge overall & it got deleted somehow??? The American Film Institute-(AFI)-(EST: 1967-) conducted another all-time great pol, though unlike most it was not televised or even given much credit this time out? (2008 poll) "AFI's Top 10 for 10"-(meaning in these genres listed below & several are missing?) AFI voted on the top ten greatest films in each given film genre) (ALERT AGAIN, I may get cut off before concluding again though???) ANIMATION: 1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (l938-Walt Disney/RKO) 2. Pinocchio (l940-Disney/RKO) 3. Bambi (l942-Disney/RKO) 4. The Lion King (l994) (Walt Disney) 5th place Fantasia (l941-Disney/RKO) 6. Toy Story (l995) (Disney/Pixar) 7. Beauty & the Beast (l99l) (Walt Disney) 8. Shrek (200l) (DW,SKG) 9. Cinderella (l953) (Disney) & 10th place Finding Nemo (l994) (Disney/Pixar) ROMANTIC-COMEDY: 1ast place City Lights (l931-United Artists) 2. *Annie Hall (l977) 3. *It Happened 0ne Night (l934-Columbia) 4. Romantic Holiday (l953-Paramount) 5th place by AFI The Philadelphia Story (1940-MGM) 6. When Harry Met Sally..." (l989) 7. Adam's Rib" (l950- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 8. Moonstruck (l987) 9. Harold and Maude (l97l) & 10th in the voting Sleepless in Seattle (l993) WESTERNS: 1st place The Searchers (l956-WB's) 2. High Noon (l952-UA) 3. Shane (l953-Paramount) 4. *Unforgiven (l992 version) 5th Red River (l948-UA) 6. The Wild Bunch (l969) 7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (l969) 8 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (l97l) 9. Stagecoach (l939-UA) & 10th vote Cat Ballou (l965) (SIN OF OMMSSION: Once Upon a Time in the West (l969) SPORTS: 1st Raging Bull (l980) 2. *Rocky (l976) 3. Pride of the Yankees (l942-Goldwyn/UA) 4. Hoosiers (l986) 5th Bull Durham (l988) 6. The Hustler (l96l) 7. Caddyshack (l980) 8. Breaking Away (l979) 9. OOPS, jotted down above contender already?) & 10th place The Natural (l984)-(or #9th) MYSTERY: 1. Vertigo (l958-Paramount) 2. Chinatown (l974) 3. Rear Window (l954-Paramount Pictures) 4. Laura (l944-Paramount) 5th The Third Man (l950-Selznick-London) 6. The Maltese Falcon (l94l=-Warner Bros.) 7. North by Northwest (l959-MGM) 8. Blue Velvet (l986) 9. Dial M'For Murder (l954-Paramount) & 10th best by AFI The Usual Suspects (l995) FANTASY: 1st choice The Wizard of 0z (l939-M-G-M) 2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 3. It's a Wonderful Life (l946-RKO Radio) 4. King Kong (l933-Selznick-RKO Radio) 5th Miracle on 34th Street (l947-20th Century Fox) 6. Field of Dreams (l989) 7. Harvey (l950-Universal-International) 8. Groundhog Day (l993) 9. Thief of Bagdad (l942-(Korda) & 10th Big (l988) SCI-FI: 1st 200l: A Space 0dyssey (l968-British) 2. Star Wars (l977) 3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (l982) 4. A Clockwork 0range (l97l) 5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (l95l) 6. Blade Runner (l982) 7. Alien" (l979) 8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (l99l) 9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (l956) & 10th Back to the Future (l985) GANGSTERS: 1st place *The Godfather (l972) 2. GoodFellas (l990) 3. *The Godfather, Part II" (l974) 4. White Heat (l949-WB's) 5th place Bonnie and Clyde (l967) 6. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (l932 version) (UA) 7. Pulp Fiction (l994) 8. The Public Enemy (l931-WB's) 9. Little Caesar (l930) (WB's) & 10th place by afi Scarface (l983) (SINS OF OMMISION: 1984's Once Upon a Time in America (D/C) & The Untouchables (l987) COURTROOM: 1. To Kill a Mockingbird (l962-UI) 2. 12 Angry Men (l957) 3. Kramer vs. Kramer (l979) 4. The Verdict (l982) 5th A Few Good Men (l992) 6. Witness for the Prosecution (l957-Fox) 7. Anatomy of a Murder (l959-(Columbia) 8. In Cold Blood (l967-(NOTE: Did not really have courtroom scenes though?) 9. A Cry in the Dark (l988) & 10th Judgment at Nuremberg (l96l-UA) (SINS OF OMMISIION: Inherit the Wind & Bananas???) & EPIC: 1st place *Lawrence of Arabia (l962-Columbia/British) 2. *Ben-Hur (l959-M-G-M) 3. *Schindler's List (l993)-(NOTE: Thee single greatest new release I went to in my 37yrs of reviewing new flix!) 4. *GWTW" (l939-Selznick/MGM) 5th Spartacus (l960-(U-I) 6. *Titanic (l997) 7. *All quiet on the Western Front (l930-Universal) 8. Saving Private Ryan (l998) 9. REDS (l98l) & 10th place The Ten Commandments (l956-Paramount Pictures) THANK YOU & AS ALWAYS GIVE YOUR OWN VIEWS,etc??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannon Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 WOW, apparantly nobody has either own pix, or views on this one I was certain too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feego Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 This list was televised 10 years ago, and I watched it. Here's the final recap as it aired on TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLMRErJGp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanneCrain Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 ANIMATION – RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER 1964 ROMANTIC-COMEDY – HOLIDAY AFFAIR 1949 WESTERNS –ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST 1969 SPORTS – AN UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE NFL 1983 MYSTERY – M 1931 FANTASY – THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939 SCI-FI – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE 1977 GANGSTERS – KING OF THE ROARING 20’S – THE STORY OF ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN 1961 COURTROOM – JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961 EPIC – GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 💋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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