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Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies which set the standard and mark the excellence of the first century of American cinema. The first version of the list only contained films that were made in the first 100 years of American cinema (1896-1996). However, this list is the updated version.

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  1. 90 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 98 -

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 49 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 91 -

    Sophie's Choice

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 59 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 61 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 45 -

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 85 -

    A Night at the Opera

    1935, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 37 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 95 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 82 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 75 -

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 88 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 44 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 65 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 67 -

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    1966, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 79 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 54 -

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 63 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  22. 60 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 46 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 27 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 43 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 38 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 23 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 62 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 58 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 93 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 28 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 96 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 26 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 84 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 69 -

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 19 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 29 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 47 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 11 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 64 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 80 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  43. 81 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 42 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 31 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 36 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  47. 16 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 41 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 78 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 73 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 5, 2009; source