Top 10 Movies Of All Time
There’s no better time to mark a few classics off your to-watch list. What better way to decide which ones to binge than the top 10 on the American Film Institute’s list of the Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?
- Citizen Kane (1941)
The film details the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by writer Orson Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.
- Casablanca (1943)
Set during World War II, the film focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband escape from the city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans.
- The Godfather (1972)
The most well-known mob movie, the film focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. When the family’s youngest son, Michael, played Al Pacino, joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the cycle of violence.
- Gone With The Wind (1940)
This historic romance film was adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. Set in the American South around the time of the Civil War, the film tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara, the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner and her romantic pursuits.
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The film, based on the life of T. E. Lawrence, depicts his experiences in Greater Syria during World War I, in particular his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council.
- The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
When Dorothy is swept over the rainbow to Oz during a tornado, she embarks on the adventure of a life time to find her way home. Known and loved by pretty much everyone everywhere, now’s a great time to introduce this classic film to your kiddos who might not have seen it before.
- The Graduate (1967)
This film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, a recent college graduate with no aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson, and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine.
- On The Waterfront (1954)
A crime drama influenced by “Crime on the Waterfront” by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November and December 1948 in the New York Sun, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. The film focuses on union violence and corruption in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- Schindler’s List (1993)
Schindler’s List follows Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who together with his wife saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II.
- Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
This musical romance comedy offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers during the transition from silent films to “talkies.”
Want More
Want to see them all? Check out the rest of the top 100 at afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies.
Sources: afi.com
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