AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Published 2007
The American Film Institute's canonical ranked list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, published in 2007 (10th-anniversary edition). The starting point for any conversation about the American canon.
AFI Top 10 of All Time
The 10 films AFI ranks above all others. Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Casablanca, and the rest of the cap.
- Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
- Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather
- Michael Curtiz – Casablanca
- Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull
- Gene Kelly – Singin' in the Rain
- Victor Fleming – Gone with the Wind
- David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
- Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List
- Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo
- Victor Fleming – The Wizard of Oz
AFI Top 25
Top 25 — wider field, still definitive. Pro-tier needed to launch with all 25.
- Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
- Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather
- Michael Curtiz – Casablanca
- Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull
- Gene Kelly – Singin' in the Rain
- Victor Fleming – Gone with the Wind
- David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
- Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List
- Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo
- Victor Fleming – The Wizard of Oz
- Charlie Chaplin – City Lights
- John Ford – The Searchers
- George Lucas – Star Wars
- Alfred Hitchcock – Psycho
- Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard
- Mike Nichols – The Graduate
- Buster Keaton – The General
- Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront
- Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life
- Roman Polanski – Chinatown
- Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot
- John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath
- Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird
The Full AFI Top 100(100)
All 100 films in their official rank order.
- 1.
Citizen KaneOrson Welles - 2.
The GodfatherFrancis Ford Coppola - 3.
CasablancaMichael Curtiz - 4.
Raging BullMartin Scorsese - 5.
Singin' in the RainGene Kelly - 6.
Gone with the WindVictor Fleming - 7.
Lawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean - 8.
Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg - 9.
VertigoAlfred Hitchcock - 10.
The Wizard of OzVictor Fleming - 11.
City LightsCharlie Chaplin - 12.
The SearchersJohn Ford - 13.
Star WarsGeorge Lucas - 14.
PsychoAlfred Hitchcock - 15.
2001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick - 16.
Sunset BoulevardBilly Wilder - 17.
The GraduateMike Nichols - 18.
The GeneralBuster Keaton - 19.
On the WaterfrontElia Kazan - 20.
It's a Wonderful LifeFrank Capra - 21.
ChinatownRoman Polanski - 22.
Some Like It HotBilly Wilder - 23.
The Grapes of WrathJohn Ford - 24.
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven Spielberg - 25.
To Kill a MockingbirdRobert Mulligan - 26.
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFrank Capra - 27.
High NoonFred Zinnemann - 28.
All About EveJoseph L. Mankiewicz - 29.
Double IndemnityBilly Wilder - 30.
Apocalypse NowFrancis Ford Coppola - 31.
The Maltese FalconJohn Huston - 32.
The Godfather Part IIFrancis Ford Coppola - 33.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMilos Forman - 34.
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsDavid Hand - 35.
Annie HallWoody Allen - 36.
The Bridge on the River KwaiDavid Lean - 37.
The Best Years of Our LivesWilliam Wyler - 38.
The Treasure of the Sierra MadreJohn Huston - 39.
Dr. StrangeloveStanley Kubrick - 40.
The Sound of MusicRobert Wise - 41.
King KongMerian C. Cooper - 42.
Bonnie and ClydeArthur Penn - 43.
Midnight CowboyJohn Schlesinger - 44.
The Philadelphia StoryGeorge Cukor - 45.
ShaneGeorge Stevens - 46.
It Happened One NightFrank Capra - 47.
A Streetcar Named DesireElia Kazan - 48.
Rear WindowAlfred Hitchcock - 49.
IntoleranceD.W. Griffith - 50.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPeter Jackson - 51.
West Side StoryRobert Wise - 52.
Taxi DriverMartin Scorsese - 53.
The Deer HunterMichael Cimino - 54.
M*A*S*HRobert Altman - 55.
North by NorthwestAlfred Hitchcock - 56.
JawsSteven Spielberg - 57.
RockyJohn G. Avildsen - 58.
The Gold RushCharlie Chaplin - 59.
NashvilleRobert Altman - 60.
Duck SoupLeo McCarey - 61.
Sullivan's TravelsPreston Sturges - 62.
American GraffitiGeorge Lucas - 63.
CabaretBob Fosse - 64.
NetworkSidney Lumet - 65.
The African QueenJohn Huston - 66.
Raiders of the Lost ArkSteven Spielberg - 67.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Mike Nichols - 68.
UnforgivenClint Eastwood - 69.
TootsieSydney Pollack - 70.
A Clockwork OrangeStanley Kubrick - 71.
Saving Private RyanSteven Spielberg - 72.
The Shawshank RedemptionFrank Darabont - 73.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidGeorge Roy Hill - 74.
The Silence of the LambsJonathan Demme - 75.
In the Heat of the NightNorman Jewison - 76.
Forrest GumpRobert Zemeckis - 77.
All the President's MenAlan J. Pakula - 78.
Modern TimesCharlie Chaplin - 79.
The Wild BunchSam Peckinpah - 80.
The ApartmentBilly Wilder - 81.
SpartacusStanley Kubrick - 82.
Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansF.W. Murnau - 83.
TitanicJames Cameron - 84.
Easy RiderDennis Hopper - 85.
A Night at the OperaSam Wood - 86.
PlatoonOliver Stone - 87.
12 Angry MenSidney Lumet - 88.
Bringing Up BabyHoward Hawks - 89.
The Sixth SenseM. Night Shyamalan - 90.
Swing TimeGeorge Stevens - 91.
Sophie's ChoiceAlan J. Pakula - 92.
GoodfellasMartin Scorsese - 93.
The French ConnectionWilliam Friedkin - 94.
Pulp FictionQuentin Tarantino - 95.
The Last Picture ShowPeter Bogdanovich - 96.
Do the Right ThingSpike Lee - 97.
Blade RunnerRidley Scott - 98.
Yankee Doodle DandyMichael Curtiz - 99.
Toy StoryJohn Lasseter - 100.
Ben-HurWilliam Wyler
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