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. 25 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 93 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 22 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 76 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 85 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 35 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 24 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 98 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 52 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 10 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 42 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 12 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 44 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 79 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 32 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 4 new

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 59 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 90 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 51 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 88 new

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 33 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 77 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 47 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 70 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 20 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 21 new

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 78 new

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 72 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 19 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 63 new

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 53 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 67 new

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 5 new

    Todo sobre mi madre

    1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 45 new

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 73 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 75 new

    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 18 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 97 new

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 87 new

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 62 new

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 3 new

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 80 new

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 89 new

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 81 new

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 13 new

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 26 new

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 29 new

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  50. 34 new

    Ba wang bie ji

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