AFI's 10 Top 10

AFI's 10 Top 10 honors the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres. Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI), the lists were unveiled on a television special broadcast by CBS on June 17, 2008. In the special, various actors and directors, among them Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, and Jane Fonda, discussed their admiration for and personal contributions to the films cited.

The entire list of 500 nominated films is available on the American Film Institute website.

To date, this is the final program in AFI's countdown specials.

Animation AFI defines "animation" as a genre where the film's images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors. Nine of the films are Disney properties, including two collaborative works with Pixar; the non-Disney selection is DreamWorks Animation's Shrek. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #49 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains The Queen – #10 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'Someday My Prince Will Come' – #19 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #34 2 Pinocchio 1940 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'When You Wish Upon a Star' – #7 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #38 3 Bambi 1942 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Man – #20 Villain 4 The Lion King 1994 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'Hakuna Matata' – #99 5 Fantasia 1940 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #58 6 Toy Story 1995 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #99 7 Beauty and the Beast 1991 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #34 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'Beauty and the Beast' – #62 AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – #22 8 Shrek 2001 9 Cinderella 1950 10 Finding Nemo 2003

Courtroom drama AFI defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #34 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Atticus Finch – #1 Hero AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #17 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #2 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #25 2 12 Angry Men 1957 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #88 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Juror #8 – #28 Hero AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #42 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #87 3 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 4 The Verdict 1982 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #75 5 A Few Good Men 1992 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "You can't handle the truth!" – #29 6 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 7 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 8 In Cold Blood 1967 9 A Cry in the Dark 1988 10 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961

Epic AFI defines "epic" as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #5 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #23 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains T. E. Lawrence – #10 Hero AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #3 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #30 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #7 2 Ben-Hur 1959 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #72 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #49 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #21 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #56 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #100 3 Schindler's List 1993 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #9 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Oskar Schindler – #13 Hero Amon Goeth – #15 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #3 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #8 4 Gone with the Wind 1939 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #4 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #2 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." – #1 "After all, tomorrow is another day!" – #31 "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." – #59 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #2 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #43 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #6 5 Spartacus 1960 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #62 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Spartacus – #22 Hero AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #44 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #81 6 Titanic 1997 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #25 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #37 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'My Heart Will Go On' – #14 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "I'm the king of the world!" – #100 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #83 7 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #54 8 Saving Private Ryan 1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #45 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #10 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #71 9 Reds 1981 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #55 10 The Ten Commandments 1956 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Moses – #43 Hero AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #79

Fantasy AFI defines "fantasy" as a genre in which live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 The Wizard of Oz 1939 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #6 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #43 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains The Wicked Witch of the West – #4 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'Over the Rainbow' – #1 'Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead' – #82 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." – #4 "There's no place like home." – #23 "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" – #99 AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – #3 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #26 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #10 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #50 3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #11 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #8 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Mr. Potter – #6 Villain George Bailey – #9 Hero AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #1 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #20 4 King Kong 1933 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #43 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #12 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #24 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." – #84 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #13 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #41 5 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #9 6 Field of Dreams 1989 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "If you build it, he will come." – #39 AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #28 7 Harvey 1950 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #35 8 Groundhog Day 1993 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #34 9 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 10 Big 1988 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #42

Gangster AFI defines the "gangster film" as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a modern setting. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 The Godfather 1972 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #3 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #11 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." – #2 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #5 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #2 2 Goodfellas 1990 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #94 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #92 3 The Godfather Part II 1974 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #32 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Michael Corleone – #11 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." – #58 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #32 4 White Heat 1949 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Cody Jarrett – #26 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" – #18 5 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #27 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #13 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #65 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker – #32 Villains AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "We rob banks." – #41 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #42 6 Scarface: The Shame of a Nation 1932 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Tony Camonte – #47 Villain 7 Pulp Fiction 1994 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #95 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #53 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #94 8 The Public Enemy 1931 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Tom Powers – #42 Villain 9 Little Caesar 1931 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Caesar Enrico Bandello – #38 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" – #73 10 Scarface 1983 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Say 'hello' to my little friend!" – #61

Mystery AFI defines "mystery" as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime. Four of the films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 Vertigo 1958 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #61 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #18 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #18 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #12 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #9 2 Chinatown 1974 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #19 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #16 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Noah Cross – #16 Villain AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." – #74 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #9 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #21 3 Rear Window 1954 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #42 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #14 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #48 4 Laura 1944 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #73 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – #7 5 The Third Man 1949 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #57 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #75 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Harry Lime – #37 Villain 6 The Maltese Falcon 1941 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #23 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #26 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "The stuff that dreams are made of." – #14 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #31 7 North by Northwest 1959 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #40 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #4 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #55 8 Blue Velvet 1986 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #96 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Frank Booth – #36 Villain 9 Dial M for Murder 1954 AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #48 10 The Usual Suspects 1995 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Verbal Kint – #48 Villain

Romantic comedy AFI defines "romantic comedy" as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations. #FilmYearOther Listings in AFI 100 Years... series 1 City Lights 1931 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #76 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #38 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #10 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains The Tramp – #38 Hero AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – #33 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #11 2 Annie Hall 1977 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #31 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #4 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #11 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 'Seems Like Old Times' – #90 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes "La-dee-da, la-dee-da." – #55 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #35 3 It Happened One Night 1934 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #35 AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #8 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #38