I’ve seen a lot of the films on this list already, but I’m going to see if I can squeeze them all in this year. There are so many American films that should be on this list rather than some of their choices, but as an arbitrary listing of things to see, there are some amazing films on here. I finally saw CASABLANCA this year for the first time, and it definitely deserves to be on anyone’s list of top films.

List was pulled from AFI’s web site at http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies10.aspx

1. CITIZEN KANE – May 4, 2011


2. THE GODFATHER – September 25, 2011


3. CASABLANCA – January 7, 2011


4. RAGING BULL – September 4, 2011


5. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN


6. GONE WITH THE WIND – October, 2011 (didn’t record date)


7. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA – August 8, 2011


8. SCHINDLER’S LIST


9. VERTIGO – April 8, 2011


10. THE WIZARD OF OZ


11. CITY LIGHTS


12. THE SEARCHERS


13. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE – April 9, 2011


14. PSYCHO – March 26, 2011


15. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – November 16, 2011


16. SUNSET BLVD.


17. THE GRADUATE


18. THE GENERAL


19. ON THE WATERFRONT


20. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE


21. CHINATOWN – January 8, 2011


22. SOME LIKE IT HOT


23. THE GRAPES OF WRATH – April 9, 2011


24. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL


25. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD


26. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON


27. HIGH NOON


28. ALL ABOUT EVE


29. DOUBLE INDEMNITY


30. APOCALYPSE NOW (REDUX)- January 9th, 2011


31. THE MALTESE FALCON April 20, 2011


32. THE GODFATHER PART II


33. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST


34. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS


35. ANNIE HALL


36. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI


37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES


38. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE


39. DR. STRANGELOVE – June 26, 2011


40. THE SOUND OF MUSIC


41. KING KONG


42. BONNIE AND CLYDE


43. MIDNIGHT COWBOY


44. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY


45. SHANE


46. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT


47. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE


48. REAR WINDOW – April 8, 2011


49. INTOLERANCE


50. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING – January 9, 2011


51. WEST SIDE STORY


52. TAXI DRIVER


53. THE DEER HUNTER


54. M*A*S*H


55. NORTH BY NORTHWEST


56. JAWS


57. ROCKY


58. THE GOLD RUSH


59. NASHVILLE


60. DUCK SOUP – September 4, 2011


61. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS


62. AMERICAN GRAFFITI


63. CABARET


64. NETWORK – October 4, 2011


65. THE AFRICAN QUEEN


66. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK – September 5, 2011


67. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?


68. UNFORGIVEN


69. TOOTSIE


70. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE


71. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN


72. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION


73. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID – September 1, 2011


74. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS


75. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT


76. FORREST GUMP


77. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN


78. MODERN TIMES


79. THE WILD BUNCH


80. THE APARTMENT


81. SPARTACUS – August 15, 2011


82. SUNRISE


83. TITANIC


84. EASY RIDER


85. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA


86. PLATOON


87. 12 ANGRY MEN – April 9, 2011


88. BRINGING UP BABY


89. THE SIXTH SENSE


90. SWING TIME


91. SOPHIE’S CHOICE


92. GOODFELLAS


93. THE FRENCH CONNECTION – May 8, 2011


94. PULP FICTION – November 14, 2011


95. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW


96. DO THE RIGHT THING


97. BLADE RUNNER


98. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY


99. TOY STORY


100. BEN-HUR