AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
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In 1999 AFI continued their "100 Years" series with "100 Years...100 Stars." This list sought to identify the top 25 greatest American actors and the 25 greatest American actresses of all time. The criteria was that the performer (or team of performers) must have made their screen debut prior to 1950 or whose death made a complete body of work.
This list was designed for those who wish to familiarize themselves with the best films of those 50 stars. Using imdb rankings, I have identified the five most highly regarded films for each performer (excluding TV as well as cameos or other very small parts). I have also excluded duplicates, so for example the five films for Fred Astaire include collaborations with Ginger Rogers that do not appear in her five films.
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
249 new
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
248 new
The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
247 new
On the Beach
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
246 new
The Night of the Iguana
1964, in 2 top lists Check -
245 new
Tess of the Storm Country
1922, in 2 top lists Check -
244 new
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919, in 4 top lists Check -
243 new
Stella Maris
1918, in 4 top lists Check -
242 new
Sparrows
1926, in 3 top lists Check -
241 new
My Best Girl
1927, in 1 top list Check -
240 new
True Confession
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
239 new
Nothing Sacred
1937, in 4 top lists Check -
238 new
Twentieth Century
1934, in 6 top lists Check -
237 new
My Man Godfrey
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
236 new
To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
235 new
Red Dust
1932, in 2 top lists Check -
234 new
Bombshell
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
233 new
Dinner at Eight
1933, in 5 top lists Check -
232 new
Hell's Angels
1930, in 2 top lists Check -
231 new
Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
230 new
El Cid
1961, in 1 top list Check -
229 new
Miseria e nobiltÃ
1954 — a.k.a. Poverty and Nobility, in 1 top list Check -
228 new
Matrimonio all'italiana
1964 — a.k.a. Marriage Italian-Style, in 3 top lists Check -
227 new
La ciociara
1960 — a.k.a. Two Women, in 4 top lists Check -
226 new
Una giornata particolare
1977 — a.k.a. A Special Day, in 8 top lists Check -
225 new
Young Man with a Horn
1950 — a.k.a. Young Man of Music, in 0 top lists Check -
224 new
Murder on the Orient Express
1974, in 1 top list Check -
223 new
Written on the Wind
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
222 new
Dark Passage
1947, in 5 top lists Check -
221 new
The Shootist
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
220 new
The Strawberry Blonde
1941, in 1 top list Check -
219 new
Separate Tables
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
218 new
Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
217 new
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
216 new
Gilda
1946, in 13 top lists Check -
215 new
Bright Eyes
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
214 new
The Little Princess
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
213 new
Heidi
1937, in 1 top list Check -
212 new
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 — a.k.a. Bachelor Knight, in 0 top lists Check -
211 new
Fort Apache
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
210 new
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
209 new
Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
208 new
Way Down East
1920, in 7 top lists Check -
207 new
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
206 new
The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
205 new
St. Martin's Lane
1938 — a.k.a. Sidewalks of London, in 0 top lists Check -
204 new
The Deep Blue Sea
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
203 new
Gentlemen's Agreement
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
202 new
That Hamilton Woman
1941 — a.k.a. Lady Hamilton, in 2 top lists Check -
201 new
Waterloo Bridge
1940, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 9, 2013; source