Top 100 American Movies

[Jakubs]

These are the Top 100 American Movies as posted by townhall.com. The idea originated when a talk radio host couldn't decide what to rent so he had someone put together this list. A lot of these movies are older, in fact most of them are, but I figured the list was worth checking out. I will be updating the list as they update theirs.

Edit (1/30): 1-25 now listed
Edit (1/21): 26-50 now listed
Edit (1/15): 51-75 now listed

100.   Sergeant York (1941)
99.     Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
98.     Rocky (1976)
97.     Sons of the Desert (1933)
96.     Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
95.     The Defiant Ones (1958)*
94.     The Bank Dick (1940)
93.     Destry Rides Again (1939)
92.     The Quiet Man (1952)
91.     American Graffiti (1973)
90.     Apocalypse Now(1979)
89.     Chariots of Fire (1981)
88.     Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
87.     In the Heat of the Night (1967)
86.     Night of the Living Dead (1968)
85.     Unforgiven (1992)
84.     The War of the Worlds (1953)
83.     Breaking Away (1979)
82.     The Producers (1967)
81.     From Here to Eternity (1953)
80.     Cool Hand Luke (1967)
79.     Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
78.     National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
77.     Top Hat (1935)
76.     The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
75.     The Last Picture Show  (1971)
74.     Five Easy Pieces (1970)
73.     Bullitt (1968)
72.     Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
71.     Vertigo (1958)
70.     Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
69.     Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
68.     Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
67.     North by Northwest (1959)
66.     An American in Paris (1951)
65.     My Fair Lady (1964)
64.     Modern Times (1936)
63.     One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
62.     A Night at the Opera (1935)
61.     Rear Window (1954)
60.     Singin' in the Rain (1952)
59.     The Deer Hunter (1978)
58.     Duck Soup (1933)
57.     Sullivan's Travels (1941)
56.     The Sound of Music (1965)
55.     The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
54.     The Graduate (1967)
53.     To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
52.     The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
51.     Goodfellas (1990)
50.     Spartacus (1960)
49.     Frankenstein (1931)
48.     LA Confidential (1997)
47.     On the Waterfront (1954)
46.     Taxi Driver (1976)
45.     Ben-hur (1959)
44.     Alien (1979)/ Aliens
43.     The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
42      A Clockwork Orange (1971)
41.     Jaws (1975)
40.     It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
39.     The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
38.     2001: a Space Odyssey (1968)
37.     Patton (1970)
36.     The Exorcist (1973)
35.     The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
34.     Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
33.     Bringing up Baby (1938)
32.     My Darling Clementine (1946)
31.     Double Indemnity (1944)
30.     Field of Dreams (1989)
29.     Some like it Hot (1959)
28.     In Cold Blood (1967)
27.     The Maltese Falcon (1941)
26.     Sunset Boulevard (1950)
25.    12 Angry Men (1957)
24.     Blade Runner (1982)
23.     The Wild Bunch (1969)
22.     Schindler's List (1993)
21.     Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
20.     Young Frankenstein (1974)
19.     The Wizard of Oz (1939)
18.     The Searchers (1956)
17.     King Kong (1933)
16.     Gone with the Wind (1939)
15.     The Philadelphia Story (1940)
14.     The African Queen (1951)
13.     Psycho (1960)
12.     Paths of Glory (1957)
11.     Chinatown (1974)
10.     Stagecoach (1939)
9.       The Star Wars Trilogy [Star Wars (1977)/Return of the Jedi (1983)/The Empire Strikes Back (1980)]
8.       Dr. Strangelove (1964)
7.       High Noon (1952)
6.       Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5.       It Happened One Night (1934)
4.       Raging Bull (1980)
3.       Citizen Kane (1941)
2.       Casablanca (1942)
1.        The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974)

*The movie originally listed here was The Wild One (1954), apparently the author of the list was confused and meant to list The Defiant Ones (1958).

[swangin and bangin]

i only know like 3 of all those movies.

[white Boy]

theres only 24...

[swangin and bangin]

theres only 24...

no shit, hes gona put the rest of em on when they relese them.

[white Boy]

well its hard to judge number 100 if you dont know number 1.

[swangin and bangin]

well its hard to judge number 100 if you dont know number 1.

go tell townhall.com that

[Shallow]

well its hard to judge number 100 if you dont know number 1.

It'll probably be Citizen Kane.

[Jakubs]

theres only 24...

There's actually 25, and I will update the list when it's available.

[Just Another Sunny day in California]

i know Godfather should crack at least top 20

[Javier]

i know Godfather should crack at least top 20

Probably somewhere between 2-5

[Just Another Sunny day in California]

i know Godfather should crack at least top 20

Probably somewhere between 2-5

that's what i was going to say, top 5.  top 20 just sounded like a for sure to me.

what about scarface?  i say top 30 maybe even lower.

[Don Jacob]

probably the old scarface but i doubt they'll have al pacino's scarface on there, critics don't really like that movie

[Teddy Roosevelt]

probably the old scarface but i doubt they'll have al pacino's scarface on there, critics don't really like that movie

To hell with critics.

[swangin and bangin]

probably the old scarface but i doubt they'll have al pacino's scarface on there, critics don't really like that movie

To hell with critics.

i know, fuck the critics, if i like a movie i like it, fuck them and there oppinions

[Shallow]

probably the old scarface but i doubt they'll have al pacino's scarface on there, critics don't really like that movie

Wasn't that big a fan of either. Pacino's Scarface is a cult classic but doesn't have the depth to compare it to something like the Godfather. Our generation will always look more fondly upon it because it was one of the firstfilms we saw as kids that we weren't supposed to see. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't Raging Bull or something of that calibre.