AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies 2007 Edition LIVE!

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I can’t think of many movies from the first AFI 100 Years, 100 Movies list that should be replaced in the historical sense. But here we are 10 years later with a “Sight and Sound”-style update of the 100 Greatest Films list. All I know is if Citizen Kane isn’t number 1 at the end of the night, bad things will happen. The film gods will have surely provide Arthur Jenson-style smackdown on the AFI.

100. Ben-Hur-1954 (down from 72)
99. Toy Story-1995 (new) A good historical choice.
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy-1942 (up from 100) Still love this movie after all these years. Glad to see it didn’t get dropped.
97. Blade Runner-1982 (new) One of the great sci-fi movies
96. Do The Right Thing-1989 (new) Oh when Spike Lee Made great and important movies
95. The Last Picture Show-1971 (new)
94. Pulp Fiction-1994 (new) Only 94…after 13 years?
93. The French Connection-1971 (down from 70) Shrug..
92. Goodfellas-1992 (up from 94) This is all the movement for Goodfellas?
91. Sophie’s Choice-1982 (new) The power of Meryl
90. Swing Time-1936 (new) Solid
89. The Sixth Sense-1999 (new) Oh Jesus. Ahead of Goodfellas. Ahead of Pulp Fiction. Ahead of Do The Right Thing?
88. Bringing Up Baby-1937 (up from 97) Worthy. I love this movie. I could watch it over and over again. Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn are fantastic. That’s chemistry.
87. 12 Angry Men-1957 (new)
86. Platoon-1986 (up from 89) Sure, but where’s Full Metal Jacket.
85. A Night at the Opera-1935 (new)
84. Easy Rider-1969 (up from 88) Great movement.
83. Titanic-1997 (new) Yeah. The love story sucks. Hollywood choice.
82. Sunrise-1927 (new) Inspired choice
81. Spartacus-1960 (new) Oh boy. Wouldn’t have guessed this. There is a reason that it’s not part of the Stanley Kubrick collection.
80. The Apartment-1960 (up from 93) Wonderful rise.
79. The Wild Bunch-1969 (up from 80) Great Peckinpah film.
78. Modern Times-1936 (up from 81) Where’s Keaton?
77. All The President’s Men-1976 (new) Love it…but 77?
76. Forest Gump-1996 (down from 71) Well at least it went down. Win an Oscar, Get on the AFI list
75. In the Heat of the Night-1967 (new) They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!
74. Silence of the Lambs-1991 (down from 65) Won’t argue this point.
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (down from 50)
72. The Shawshank Redemption-1994 (new) Classic
71. Saving Private Ryan-1998 (new) ?
70. A Clockwork Orange-1974 (down from 46) Below Tootsie?
69. Tootsie-1982 (down from 62) How far can I pull back?
68. Unforgiven-1992 (up from 98) Wow.
67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf-1966 (new) Always reminds me of the holidays.
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark-1981 (down from 66)
65. The African Queen-1965 (down from 17?!)
64. Network-1976 (up from 66) FOX News predicted…and we have Eva Mendez inspired by Faye Dunaway. Good Stuff.
63. Cabaret-1962 (new) The movie that taught me the word decadent.
62. American Graffiti-1973 (up from 77)
61. Sullivan’s Travels-1941 (new)
60. Duck Soup-1933 (up from 85) Got some comedy fans with taste voting on this list.
59. Nashville-1975 (new) This wasn’t on the first list?
58. The Gold Rush-1925 (up from 74)
57. Rocky-1976 (up from 78) Ugh. Should have stayed down.
56. Jaws-1975 (down from 48) A Top 40 film moving down on the list.
55. North by Northwest-19 (down from 40) A Top 20 film moving down on the list. This is really getting interesting.
54. M.A.S.H-1970 (up from 56)
53. The Deer Hunter-1978 (up from 79)
52. Taxi Driver-1976 (down from 47) I swear of “Lord of the Rings” makes it ahead of this movie…
51. West Side Story-1961 (down from 41) From Travis Bickel to Maria…gotta love Hollywood.
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring-2001 (new) Okay…at least it wasn’t “Return of the King”
49. Intolerance-1916 (new) !! Great
48. Rear Window-1954 (down from 42)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire-1951 (down from 45)
46. It Happened One Night-1934 (down from 35)
45. Shane-1953 (up from 69)
44. The Philadelphia Story-1940 (up from 51) Now that’s classic.
43. Midnight Cowboy-1969 (down from 36)
42. Bonnie and Clyde-1967 (down from 27) Halle Berry loves Bonnie and Clyde and it goes down on the list?!
41. King Kong-1933 (up from 43)
40. The Sound of Music-1965 (up from 55)
39. Dr. Strangelove-1964 (down from 26)
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre-1948 (down from 33)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives-1946 (no change)
36. Bridge on the River Kwai-1957 (down from 13)
35. Annie Hall-1977 (down from 31)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs-1937 (up from 49)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-1975 (down from 20) I’m starting to wonder what the top 25 will look like. They are starting to bleed films.
32. The Godfather, Part II-1974 (no change)
31. Maltese Falcon-1941 (down from 23) Another top 25 bleed.
30. Apocalypse Now-1979 (down from 28) I was expecting this to move up. Quite a surprise.
29. Double Indemnity-1944 (up from 38)
28. All About Eve-1950 (down from 16)
27. High Noon-1952 (up from 33) Still overrated.
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-1939 (up from 29) This is where you get the term Capra-esque
25. To Kill a Mockingbird-1962 (up from 34) Great addition to the top 25. I’m naming my first son Atticus.
24. E.T. The Extraterrestrial-1982 (up from 25) Still the only best picture nominee to have the term “penis breath” in it.
23. The Grapes of Wrath-1940 (down from 21)
22. Some Like It Hot-1959 (down from 14)
21. Chinatown-1974 (down from 19)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life-1946 (down from 11)
19. On the Waterfront-1954 (down from 8 )
18. The General-1917 (new) Damn Straight.
17. The Graduate-1967 (down from 7)
16. Sunset Boulevard-1950 (down from 12)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968 (up from 22) Kubrick’s finest. It should have been here (or higher) on the first list.
14. Psycho-1960 (up from 18)
13. Star Wars-1977 (up from 15)
12. The Searchers-1956 (up from 96) WAAAYYYY up. Biggest Jump.
11. City Lights-1931 (up from 76) Sure, but “The General.”
10. The Wizard of Oz -1939 (down from 6) Would have like to see this move ahead of Gone with the Wind.
9. Vertigo-1958 (up from 61) This film has could take the Sight and Sound survey over Citizen Kane the next time around. Glad to see the AFI has wised-up.
8. Schindler’s List-1993 (up from 9)
7. Lawrence of Arabia-1962 (down from 5)
6. Gone with the Wind-1939 (down from 4)
5. Singin’ in the Rain-1952 (up from 10)
4. Raging Bull-1980 (up from 24) Another appropriate correction. Higher than I expected.
3. Casablanca-1942 (down from 2)
2. The Godfather-1972 (up from 3) Good spot
1. Citizen Kane-1941 (no change)