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1998 Original List

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The original 1998 edition of AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies, preserving the American Film Institute’s first ranked canon of 100 American films exactly as published.

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Citizen Kane posterAFI-001
Citizen Kane1941 • Orson Welles

Citizen Kane

1941

Casablanca posterAFI-002
Casablanca1942 • Michael Curtiz

Casablanca

1942

The Godfather posterAFI-003
The Godfather1972 • Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather

1972

Gone with the Wind posterAFI-004
Gone with the Wind1939 • Victor Fleming

Gone with the Wind

1939

Lawrence of Arabia posterAFI-005
Lawrence of Arabia1962 • David Lean

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

The Wizard of Oz posterAFI-006
The Wizard of Oz1939 • Victor Fleming

The Wizard of Oz

1939

The Graduate posterAFI-007
The Graduate1967 • Mike Nichols

The Graduate

1967

On the Waterfront posterAFI-008
On the Waterfront1954 • Elia Kazan

On the Waterfront

1954

Schindler's List posterAFI-009
Schindler's List1993 • Steven Spielberg

Schindler's List

1993

Singin' in the Rain posterAFI-010
Singin' in the Rain1952 • Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

Singin' in the Rain

1952

It's a Wonderful Life posterAFI-011
It's a Wonderful Life1946 • Frank Capra

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Sunset Blvd. posterAFI-012
Sunset Blvd.1950 • Billy Wilder

Sunset Blvd.

1950

The Bridge on the River Kwai posterAFI-013
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 • David Lean

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Some Like It Hot posterAFI-014
Some Like It Hot1959 • Billy Wilder

Some Like It Hot

1959

Star Wars posterAFI-015
Star Wars1977 • George Lucas

Star Wars

1977

All About Eve posterAFI-016
All About Eve1950 • Joseph L. Mankiewicz

All About Eve

1950

The African Queen posterAFI-017
The African Queen1951 • John Huston

The African Queen

1951

Psycho posterAFI-018
Psycho1960 • Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho

1960

Chinatown posterAFI-019
Chinatown1974 • Roman Polanski

Chinatown

1974

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest posterAFI-020
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975 • Miloš Forman

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

The Grapes of Wrath posterAFI-021
The Grapes of Wrath1940 • John Ford

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

2001: A Space Odyssey posterAFI-022
2001: A Space Odyssey1968 • Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

The Maltese Falcon posterAFI-023
The Maltese Falcon1941 • John Huston

The Maltese Falcon

1941

Raging Bull posterAFI-024
Raging Bull1980 • Martin Scorsese

Raging Bull

1980

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial posterAFI-025
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982 • Steven Spielberg

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

Dr. Strangelove posterAFI-026
Dr. Strangelove1964 • Stanley Kubrick

Dr. Strangelove

1964

Bonnie and Clyde posterAFI-027
Bonnie and Clyde1967 • Arthur Penn

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

Apocalypse Now posterAFI-028
Apocalypse Now1979 • Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now

1979

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington posterAFI-029
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 • Frank Capra

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre posterAFI-030
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948 • John Huston

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

Annie Hall posterAFI-031
Annie Hall1977 • Woody Allen

Annie Hall

1977

The Godfather Part II posterAFI-032
The Godfather Part II1974 • Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather Part II

1974

High Noon posterAFI-033
High Noon1952 • Fred Zinnemann

High Noon

1952

To Kill a Mockingbird posterAFI-034
To Kill a Mockingbird1962 • Robert Mulligan

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

It Happened One Night posterAFI-035
It Happened One Night1934 • Frank Capra

It Happened One Night

1934

Midnight Cowboy posterAFI-036
Midnight Cowboy1969 • John Schlesinger

Midnight Cowboy

1969

The Best Years of Our Lives posterAFI-037
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 • William Wyler

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

Double Indemnity posterAFI-038
Double Indemnity1944 • Billy Wilder

Double Indemnity

1944

Doctor Zhivago posterAFI-039
Doctor Zhivago1965 • David Lean

Doctor Zhivago

1965

North by Northwest posterAFI-040
North by Northwest1959 • Alfred Hitchcock

North by Northwest

1959

West Side Story posterAFI-041
West Side Story1961 • Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

West Side Story

1961

Rear Window posterAFI-042
Rear Window1954 • Alfred Hitchcock

Rear Window

1954

King Kong posterAFI-043
King Kong1933 • Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

King Kong

1933

The Birth of a Nation posterAFI-044
The Birth of a Nation1915 • D. W. Griffith

The Birth of a Nation

1915

A Streetcar Named Desire posterAFI-045
A Streetcar Named Desire1951 • Elia Kazan

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

A Clockwork Orange posterAFI-046
A Clockwork Orange1971 • Stanley Kubrick

A Clockwork Orange

1971

Taxi Driver posterAFI-047
Taxi Driver1976 • Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver

1976

Jaws posterAFI-048
Jaws1975 • Steven Spielberg

Jaws

1975

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs posterAFI-049
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937 • David Hand

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid posterAFI-050
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 • George Roy Hill

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

The Philadelphia Story posterAFI-051
The Philadelphia Story1940 • George Cukor

The Philadelphia Story

1940

From Here to Eternity posterAFI-052
From Here to Eternity1953 • Fred Zinnemann

From Here to Eternity

1953

Amadeus posterAFI-053
Amadeus1984 • Miloš Forman

Amadeus

1984

All Quiet on the Western Front posterAFI-054
All Quiet on the Western Front1930 • Lewis Milestone

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

The Sound of Music posterAFI-055
The Sound of Music1965 • Robert Wise

The Sound of Music

1965

M*A*S*H posterAFI-056
M*A*S*H1970 • Robert Altman

M*A*S*H

1970

The Third Man posterAFI-057
The Third Man1949 • Carol Reed

The Third Man

1949

Fantasia posterAFI-058
Fantasia1940 • Various

Fantasia

1940

Rebel Without a Cause posterAFI-059
Rebel Without a Cause1955 • Nicholas Ray

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

Raiders of the Lost Ark posterAFI-060
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 • Steven Spielberg

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

Vertigo posterAFI-061
Vertigo1958 • Alfred Hitchcock

Vertigo

1958

Tootsie posterAFI-062
Tootsie1982 • Sydney Pollack

Tootsie

1982

Stagecoach posterAFI-063
Stagecoach1939 • John Ford

Stagecoach

1939

Close Encounters of the Third Kind posterAFI-064
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 • Steven Spielberg

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

The Silence of the Lambs posterAFI-065
The Silence of the Lambs1991 • Jonathan Demme

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Network posterAFI-066
Network1976 • Sidney Lumet

Network

1976

The Manchurian Candidate posterAFI-067
The Manchurian Candidate1962 • John Frankenheimer

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

An American in Paris posterAFI-068
An American in Paris1951 • Vincente Minnelli

An American in Paris

1951

Shane posterAFI-069
Shane1953 • George Stevens

Shane

1953

The French Connection posterAFI-070
The French Connection1971 • William Friedkin

The French Connection

1971

Forrest Gump posterAFI-071
Forrest Gump1994 • Robert Zemeckis

Forrest Gump

1994

Ben-Hur posterAFI-072
Ben-Hur1959 • William Wyler

Ben-Hur

1959

Wuthering Heights posterAFI-073
Wuthering Heights1939 • William Wyler

Wuthering Heights

1939

The Gold Rush posterAFI-074
The Gold Rush1925 • Charlie Chaplin

The Gold Rush

1925

Dances with Wolves posterAFI-075
Dances with Wolves1990 • Kevin Costner

Dances with Wolves

1990

City Lights posterAFI-076
City Lights1931 • Charlie Chaplin

City Lights

1931

American Graffiti posterAFI-077
American Graffiti1973 • George Lucas

American Graffiti

1973

Rocky posterAFI-078
Rocky1976 • John G. Avildsen

Rocky

1976

The Deer Hunter posterAFI-079
The Deer Hunter1978 • Michael Cimino

The Deer Hunter

1978

The Wild Bunch posterAFI-080
The Wild Bunch1969 • Sam Peckinpah

The Wild Bunch

1969

Modern Times posterAFI-081
Modern Times1936 • Charlie Chaplin

Modern Times

1936

Giant posterAFI-082
Giant1956 • George Stevens

Giant

1956

Platoon posterAFI-083
Platoon1986 • Oliver Stone

Platoon

1986

Fargo posterAFI-084
Fargo1996 • Joel Coen

Fargo

1996

Duck Soup posterAFI-085
Duck Soup1933 • Leo McCarey

Duck Soup

1933

Mutiny on the Bounty posterAFI-086
Mutiny on the Bounty1935 • Frank Lloyd

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

Frankenstein posterAFI-087
Frankenstein1931 • James Whale

Frankenstein

1931

Easy Rider posterAFI-088
Easy Rider1969 • Dennis Hopper

Easy Rider

1969

Patton posterAFI-089
Patton1970 • Franklin J. Schaffner

Patton

1970

The Jazz Singer posterAFI-090
The Jazz Singer1927 • Alan Crosland

The Jazz Singer

1927

My Fair Lady posterAFI-091
My Fair Lady1964 • George Cukor

My Fair Lady

1964

A Place in the Sun posterAFI-092
A Place in the Sun1951 • George Stevens

A Place in the Sun

1951

The Apartment posterAFI-093
The Apartment1960 • Billy Wilder

The Apartment

1960

Goodfellas posterAFI-094
Goodfellas1990 • Martin Scorsese

Goodfellas

1990

Pulp Fiction posterAFI-095
Pulp Fiction1994 • Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction

1994

The Searchers posterAFI-096
The Searchers1956 • John Ford

The Searchers

1956

Bringing Up Baby posterAFI-097
Bringing Up Baby1938 • Howard Hawks

Bringing Up Baby

1938

Unforgiven posterAFI-098
Unforgiven1992 • Clint Eastwood

Unforgiven

1992

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner posterAFI-099
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967 • Stanley Kramer

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967

Yankee Doodle Dandy posterAFI-100
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942 • Michael Curtiz

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942