AFI 100

[Morgbug]

No progress in a year  

We do own ET but I refuse to watch it. 

[Scott]

We do own ET but I refuse to watch it. 

.  Its only the best movie ever.  We're watching ET when I come up there

[Morgbug]

   You're coming up?  Woot!

If I'm drunk when I watch it, does it count?

[Scott]

  You're coming up?  Woot!

If I'm drunk when I watch it, does it count?

Well...IF I come up

[Cory Chaos]

Haven't seen these, and might I add, this list is severely flawed, IMO.

4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
10.SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
66.NETWORK (1976)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
82.GIANT (1956)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

[Morgbug]

Haven't seen these, and might I add, this list is severely flawed, IMO.

All lists are inevitably flawed.  Why do you suggest this one is?  Particularly given you've not seen over half of the movies listed do you think your statement is reasonable? 

[Scott]

I don't know about that...

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies is an 18-month celebration that began last November when AFI invited more than 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics, among them - to choose from a list of 400 nominated films compiled by AFI and select the 100 greatest American movies. The nominated films were all made in the first 100 years of American cinema (1896-1996). Movies produced after 1996 were not included.

[Cory Chaos]

All lists are inevitably flawed.  Why do you suggest this one is?  Particularly given you've not seen over half of the movies listed do you think your statement is reasonable? 

"Annie Hall" at 31, above "Rebel Without a Cause"? Not to mention no "East of Eden", "Schindler's List" in the Top 10 infront of "Ben Hur", with "A Streetcar Named Desire"? "Fargo" even being on the list, while the greatest slapstick film of all time, "Duck Soup", relegated to the bottom 15?

Lists like these hold about as much value as Oscars, which to me are worthless, because it's all politics and favoritism. As for my statement, it's an opinion of course, but I'm definately not alone.

[Loopy_Leia]

These are the one's I have seen :

4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
9.SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10.SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
83.PLATOON (1986)
84.FARGO (1996)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)

[JohnH]

Lists like these hold about as much value as Oscars, which to me are worthless, because it's all politics and favoritism. As for my statement, it's an opinion of course, but I'm definately not alone.

Dare I say that I actually agree with you?    I don't recall ever seeing a list like this that I didn't find to be a complete crock of ****, whether it be movies, music, or otherwise, and whether it be a "best of" or "worst of" list.  The entities that concoct lists like these will praise the movies that are popular to praise and bash the movies that are popular to bash.  Personally, I find them all useless and find it much more reliable to formulate my own opinions than to listen to these nitwits.

As far as the subject matter (movies), I'm the farthest thing from an expert so I couldn't even say how "accurate" I think this list is.  I've only seen 17 of them.   

John