AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List

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The Tenth Anniversary of AFI's 100 Greatest Movies List got us to thinking, especially when we noticed that of 400 films nominated for AFI's list, only 4.5 were directed by women. We thought it would be interesting and fun to see whether AWFJ members– a diverse group of strongly opinionated and outspoken professional women film journalists who care passionately about the movies and industry they cover– would develop a list substantially different AFI's. The result, presented in alphabetical order, is an eclectic, perhaps somewhat surprising, collection of titles. It's neither politically nor academically correct, and it's far from definitive.

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  1. 2 new

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 3 new

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 6 new

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 9 new

    An Unmarried Woman

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 10 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 11 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 12 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 15 new

    Being Julia

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 16 new

    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 17 new

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 18 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 19 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 20 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 22 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 26 new

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 29 new

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  17. 34 new

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 36 new

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 38 new

    Frida

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 40 new

    Gas Food Lodging

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 42 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 44 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 45 new

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 47 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 49 new

    Imitation of Life

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 50 new

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 51 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 53 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 57 new

    Como agua para chocolate

    1992 — a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 58 new

    Little Women

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 64 new

    Monsoon Wedding

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 65 new

    Muriel's Wedding

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 66 new

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 70 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 72 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 73 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 82 new

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 84 new

    Stella Dallas

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 85 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 89 new

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 93 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  42. 95 new

    Water

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 97 new

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 99 new

    Woman of the Year

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 101 new

    Working Girl

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
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