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AFI 10 Top Ten + Nominees

Top 50 Animation

 
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
2. Pinocchio (1940)
3. Bambi (1942)
4. The Lion King (1994)
5. Fantasia (1940)
6. Toy Story (1995)
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
8. Shrek (2001)
9. Cinderella (1950)
10. Finding Nemo (2003)
11. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
12. A Bug's Life (1998)
13. Aladdin (1992)
14. Alice In Wonderland (1951)
15. American Pop (1981)
16. An American Tail (1986)
17. Antz (1998)
18. Cars (2006)
19. Charlotte's Web (1973)
20. Corpse Bride (2005)
21. Dumbo (1941)
22. Happy Feet (2006)
23. Ice Age (2002)
24. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
25. Madagascar (2005)
26. Monster House (2006)
27. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
28. Mulan (1998)
29. Peter Pan (1953)
30. Pocahontas (1995)
31. Robin Hood (1973)
32. Robots (2005)
33. Shrek 2 (2004)
34. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
35. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
36. Tarzan (1999)
37. The Aristocats (1970)
38. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
39. The Incredibles (2004)
40. The Iron Giant (1999)
41. The Jungle Book (1967)
42. The Little Mermaid (1989)
43. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
44. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
45. The Polar Express (2004)
46. The Rescuers (1977)
47. The Secret of NIMH (1982)
48. The Sword In the Stone (1963)
49. Toy Story 2 (1999)
50. Waking Life (2001)

Top 50 Sports

 
1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Rocky (1976)
3. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
4. Hoosiers (1986)
5. Bull Durham (1988)
6. The Hustler (1961)
7. Caddyshack (1980)
8. Breaking Away (1979)
9. National Velvet (1944)
10. Jerry Maguire (1996)
11. A League of Their Own (1992)
12. Ali (2001)
13. Angels In the Outfield (1951)
14. Any Given Sunday (1999)
15. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
16. Body and Soul (1947)
17. Champion (1949)
18. Chariots of Fire (1981)
19. Cool Runnings (1993)
20. Damn Yankees! (1958)
21. Downhill Racer (1969)
22. Eight Men Out (1988)
23. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
24. Field of Dreams (1989)
25. Friday Night Lights (2004)
26. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
27. Horse Feathers (1932)
28. Knute Rockne All American (1940)
29. Major League (1989)
30. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
31. Miracle (2004)
32. Mystery, Alaska (1999)
33. North Dallas Forty (1979)
34. Pat and Mike (1952)
35. Personal Best (1982)
36. Rudy (1993)
37. Seabiscuit (2003)
38. Slap Shot (1977)
39. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
40. The Bad News Bears (1976)
41. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
42. The Color of Money (1986)
43. The Freshman (1925)
44. The Great White Hope (1970)
45. The Hurricane (1999)
46. The Karate Kid (1984)
47. The Longest Yard (1974)
48. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
49. The Natural (1984)
50. White Men Can't Jump (1992)

Top 50 Fantasy

 
1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4. King Kong (1933)
5. Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
6. Field of Dreams (1989)
7. Harvey (1950)
8. Groundhog Day (1993)
9. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
10. Big (1988)
11. A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (1949)
12. Babe (1995)
13. Batman (1989)
14. Beetlejuice (1988)
15. Being John Malkovich (1999)
16. Brazil (1985)
17. Brigadoon (1954)
18. Clash of the Titans (1981)
19. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
20. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
21. Ghost (1990)
22. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
23. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
24. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
25. I Married a Witch (1942)
26. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
27. Labyrinth (1986)
28. Lost Horizon (1937)
29. Mary Poppins (1964)
30. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
31. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
32. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
33. Pleasantville (1998)
34. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
35. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
36. Splash (1984)
37. Superman (1978)
38. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
39. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
40. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
41. The Dark Crystal (1982)
42. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
43. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
44. The Lost World (1925)
45. The Mask (1994)
46. The Princess Bride (1987)
47. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
48. Topper (1937)
49. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
50. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Top 50 Mystery

 
1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Chinatown (1974)
3. Rear Window (1954)
4. Laura (1944)
5. The Third Man (1949)
6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
7. North By Northwest (1959)
8. Blue Velvet (1986)
9. Dial M For Murder (1954)
10. The Usual Suspects (1995)
11. A Shot In the Dark (1964)
12. And Then There Were None (1945)
13. Blow Out (1981)
14. Charade (1963)
15. D.O.A. (1950)
16. Devil In a Blue Dress (1995)
17. Gaslight (1944)
18. Gosford Park (2001)
19. House of Games (1987)
20. In a Lonely Place (1950)
21. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
22. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
23. Klute (1971)
24. L.A. Confidential (1997)
25. Memento (2000)
26. Mulholland Drive (2001)
27. Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
28. Rebecca (1940)
29. Seven (1995)
30. Sea of Love (1989)
31. Sleuth (1972)
32. Spellbound (1945)
33. Suspicion (1941)
34. The Big Easy (1987)
35. The Big Heat (1953)
36. The Big Lebowski (1998)
37. The Big Sleep (1946)
38. The Bourne Identity (2002)
39. The Conversation (1974)
40. The Fugitive (1993)
41. The Game (1997)
42. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
43. The Lady From Shanghai (1948)
44. The Last of Sheila (1973)
45. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
46. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
47. The Naked City (1948)
48. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
49. The Thin Man (1934)
50. To Catch a Thief (1955)

Top 50 Gangster

 
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
4. White Heat (1949)
5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
6. Scarface (1932)
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
8. The Public Enemy (1931)
9. Little Caesar (1931)
10. Scarface (1983)
11. A Bronx Tale (1993)
12. A History of Violence (2005)
13. Al Capone (1959)
14. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
15. Atlantic City (1980)
16. Bloody Mama (1970)
17. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
18. Brother Orchid (1940)
19. Bugsy (1991)
20. Bugsy Malone (1976)
21. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
22. Casino (1995)
23. City Streets (1931)
24. Dead End (1937)
25. Donnie Brasco (1997)
26. Force of Evil (1948)
27. 'G' Men (1935)
28. Get Shorty (1995)
29. Gun Crazy (1950)
30. Heat (1995)
31. Key Largo (1948)
32. Miller's Crossing (1990)
33. New Jack City (1991)
34. On the Waterfront (1954)
35. Once Upon a Time In America (1984)
36. Out of Sight (1998)
37. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
38. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
39. Scarlet Street (1945)
40. Some Like It Hot (1959)
41. The Big Heat (1953)
42. The Departed (2006)
43. The Killers (1946)
44. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
45. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
46. The Untouchables (1987)
47. The Usual Suspects (1995)
48. Thieves Like Us (1974)
49. Touch of Evil (1958)
50. Underworld (1927)

Top 50 Romantic Comedy

 
1. City Lights (1931)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
4. Roman Holiday (1953)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
6. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
7. Adam's Rib (1949)
8. Moonstruck (1987)
9. Harold and Maude (1971)
10. Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
11. 10 (1979)
12. As Good As It Gets (1997)
13. Ball of Fire (1941)
14. Barefoot In the Park (1967)
15. Born Yesterday (1950)
16. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
17. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
18. Bull Durham (1988)
19. Clueless (1995)
20. Design For Living (1933)
21. His Girl Friday (1940)
22. Jerry Maguire (1996)
23. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
24. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
25. My Man Godfrey (1936)
26. Ninotchka (1939)
27. Nothing Sacred (1937)
28. Pillow Talk (1959)
29. Pretty Woman (1990)
30. Roxanne (1987)
31. Sabrina (1954)
32. Say Anything... (1989)
33. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
34. Sixteen Candles (1984)
35. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
36. Splash (1984)
37. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
38. The American President (1995)
39. The Apartment (1960)
40. The Awful Truth (1937)
41. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
42. The Lady Eve (1941)
43. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
44. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
45. The Wedding Singer (1998)
46. There's Something About Mary (1998)
47. Trouble In Paradise (1932)
48. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
49. Woman of the Year (1942)
50. Working Girl (1988)

Top 50 Science Fiction

 
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
6. Blade Runner (1982)
7. Alien (1979)
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
10. Back To the Future (1985)
11. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001)
12. Altered States (1980)
13. Children of Men (2006)
14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
15. Cocoon (1985)
16. Contact (1997)
17. Destination Moon (1950)
18. Escape From New York (1981)
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
20. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
21. Forbidden Planet (1956)
22. Frankenstein (1931)
23. Independence Day (1996)
24. It Came From Outer Space (1953)
25. Jurassic Park (1993)
26. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
27. Men In Black (1997)
28. Minority Report (2002)
29. Planet of the Apes (1968)
30. Repo Man (1984)
31. Robocop (1987)
32. Rollerball (1975)
33. Silent Running (1972)
34. Soylent Green (1973)
35. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
36. Starman (1984)
37. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
38. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
39. The Fly (1986)
40. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
41. The Invisible Man (1933)
42. The Matrix (1999)
43. The Stepford Wives (1975)
44. The Thing From Another World (1951)
45. The Time Machine (1960)
46. The War of the Worlds (1953)
47. Them! (1954)
48. Total Recall (1990)
49. Tron (1982)
50. Westworld (1973)

Top 50 Courtroom Drama

 
1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
4. The Verdict (1982)
5. A Few Good Men (1992)
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)
11. ...And Justice For All (1979)
12. A Man For All Seasons (1966)
13. A Soldier's Story (1984)
14. A Time To Kill (1996)
15. Absence of Malice (1981)
16. Adam's Rib (1949)
17. Advise & Consent (1962)
18. Amistad (1997)
19. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
20. Compulsion (1959)
21. Erin Brockovich (2000)
22. Fury (1936)
23. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
24. I Confess (1953)
25. I Want To Live! (1958)
26. Inherit the Wind (1960)
27. Jagged Edge (1985)
28. Legally Blonde (2001)
29. Libel (1959)
30. Madame X (1966)
31. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
32. Paths of Glory (1957)
33. Philadelphia (1993)
34. Presumed Innocent (1990)
35. Primal Fear (1996)
36. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
37. Suspect (1987)
38. The Accused (1988)
39. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
40. The Children's Hour (1961)
41. The Client (1994)
42. The Crucible (1996)
43. The Insider (1999)
44. The Onion Field (1979)
45. The Pelican Brief (1993)
46. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
47. The Rainmaker (1997)
48. The Talk of the Town (1942)
49. The Young Philadelphians (1959)
50. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Top 50 Western

 
1. The Searchers (1956)
2. High Noon (1952)
3. Shane (1953)
4. Unforgiven (1992)
5. Red River (1948)
6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
9. Stagecoach (1939)
10. Cat Ballou (1965)
11. Bend of the River (1952)
12. Blazing Saddles (1974)
13. Broken Arrow (1950)
14. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
15. Dances With Wolves (1990)
16. Destry Rides Again (1939)
17. Duel In the Sun (1946)
18. Fort Apache (1948)
19. Giant (1956)
20. High Plains Drifter (1973)
21. How the West Was Won (1962)
22. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
23. Johnny Guitar (1954)
24. Little Big Man (1970)
25. Lone Star (1996)
26. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
27. Major Dundee (1965)
28. My Darling Clementine (1946)
29. Pale Rider (1985)
30. Ride the High Country (1962)
31. Rio Bravo (1959)
32. Rio Grande (1950)
33. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
34. Silverado (1985)
35. The Big Country (1958)
36. The Gunfighter (1950)
37. The Iron Horse (1924)
38. The Last Picture Show (1971)
39. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
40. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
41. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
42. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
43. The Plainsman (1936)
44. The Shootist (1976)
45. The Tall T (1957)
46. The Westerner (1940)
47. True Grit (1969)
48. Tumbleweeds (1925)
49. Union Pacific (1939)
50. Will Penny (1968)

Top 50 Epic

 
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. Gone With the Wind (1939)
5. Spartacus (1960)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
9. Reds (1981)
10. The Ten Commandments (1956)
11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
12. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
13. Braveheart (1995)
14. Cleopatra (1963)
15. Dances With Wolves (1990)
16. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
17. El Cid (1961)
18. Forrest Gump (1994)
19. Gandhi (1982)
20. Giant (1956)
21. Gladiator (2000)
22. Glory (1989)
23. How the West Was Won (1962)
24. Intolerance (1916)
25. Julius Caesar (1953)
26. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
27. Malcolm X (1992)
28. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
29. Once Upon a Time In America (1984)
30. Patton (1970)
31. Queen Christina (1933)
32. Quo Vadis (1951)
33. Samson and Delilah (1949)
34. The Big Parade (1925)
35. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
36. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
38. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
39. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
40. The King of Kings (1927)
41. The Last Emperor (1987)
42. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
43. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
44. The Longest Day (1962)
45. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
46. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
47. The Robe (1953)
48. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
49. The Ten Commandments (1923)
50. War and Peace (1956)