AFI 100 Years... series
1998100 Movies
1999100 Stars
2000100 Laughs
2001100 Thrills
2002100 Passions
2003100 Heroes & Villains
2004100 Songs
2005100 Movie Quotes
200525 Scores
2006100 Cheers
200625 Musicals
2007100 Movies (Updated)
2008AFI's 10 Top 10

100 Years… 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies is a list of the most inspiring films as determined by the American Film Institute. It is part of the AFI 100 Years… series, which has been compiling lists of the greatest films of all time in various categories since 1998. It was unveiled on a three-hour prime time special on CBS television on June 14, 2006.[1]

The films were selected by a jury of over 1,500 people involved in the film industry, who were polled in November 2005.[1]

The list

# Movies Director Year
1It's a Wonderful LifeFrank Capra1946
2To Kill a MockingbirdRobert Mulligan1962
3Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg1993
4RockyJohn G. Avildsen1976
5Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFrank Capra1939
6E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven Spielberg1982
7The Grapes of WrathJohn Ford1940
8Breaking AwayPeter Yates1979
9Miracle on 34th StreetGeorge Seaton1947
10Saving Private RyanSteven Spielberg1998
11The Best Years of Our LivesWilliam Wyler1946
12Apollo 13Ron Howard1995
13HoosiersDavid Anspaugh1986
14The Bridge on the River KwaiDavid Lean1957
15The Miracle WorkerArthur Penn1962
16Norma RaeMartin Ritt1979
17One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMiloš Forman1975
18The Diary of Anne FrankGeorge Stevens1959
19The Right StuffPhilip Kaufman1983
20PhiladelphiaJonathan Demme1993
21In the Heat of the NightNorman Jewison1967
22The Pride of the YankeesSam Wood1942
23The Shawshank RedemptionFrank Darabont1994
24National VelvetClarence Brown1944
25Sullivan's TravelsPreston Sturges1941
26The Wizard of OzVictor Fleming1939
27High NoonFred Zinnemann1952
28Field of DreamsPhil Alden Robinson1989
29GandhiRichard Attenborough1982
30Lawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean1962
31GloryEdward Zwick1989
32CasablancaMichael Curtiz1942
33City LightsCharlie Chaplin1931
34All the President's MenAlan J. Pakula1976
35Guess Who's Coming to DinnerStanley Kramer1967
36On the WaterfrontElia Kazan1954
37Forrest GumpRobert Zemeckis1994
38PinocchioBen Sharpsteen
Hamilton Luske
1940
39Star WarsGeorge Lucas1977
40Mrs. MiniverWilliam Wyler1942
41The Sound of MusicRobert Wise1965
4212 Angry MenSidney Lumet1957
43Gone with the WindVictor Fleming1939
44SpartacusStanley Kubrick1960
45On Golden PondMark Rydell1981
46Lilies of the FieldRalph Nelson1963
472001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick1968
48The African QueenJohn Huston1951
49Meet John DoeFrank Capra1941
50SeabiscuitGary Ross2003
51The Color PurpleSteven Spielberg1985
52Dead Poets SocietyPeter Weir1989
53ShaneGeorge Stevens1953
54RudyDavid Anspaugh1993
55The Defiant OnesStanley Kramer1958
56Ben-HurWilliam Wyler1959
57Sergeant YorkHoward Hawks1941
58Close Encounters of the Third KindSteven Spielberg1977
59Dances with WolvesKevin Costner1990
60The Killing FieldsRoland Joffé1984
61SounderMartin Ritt1972
62BraveheartMel Gibson1995
63Rain ManBarry Levinson1988
64The Black StallionCarroll Ballard1979
65A Raisin in the SunDaniel Petrie1961
66SilkwoodMike Nichols1983
67The Day the Earth Stood StillRobert Wise1951
68An Officer and a GentlemanTaylor Hackford1982
69The Spirit of St. LouisBilly Wilder1957
70Coal Miner's DaughterMichael Apted1980
71Cool Hand LukeStuart Rosenberg1967
72Dark VictoryEdmund Goulding1939
73Erin BrockovichSteven Soderbergh2000
74Gunga DinGeorge Stevens1939
75The VerdictSidney Lumet1982
76Birdman of AlcatrazJohn Frankenheimer1962
77Driving Miss DaisyBruce Beresford1989
78Thelma & LouiseRidley Scott1991
79The Ten CommandmentsCecil B. DeMille1956
80BabeChris Noonan1995
81Boys TownNorman Taurog1938
82Fiddler on the RoofNorman Jewison1971
83Mr. Deeds Goes to TownFrank Capra1936
84SerpicoSidney Lumet1973
85What's Love Got to Do with ItBrian Gibson1993
86Stand and DeliverRamón Menéndez1988
87Working GirlMike Nichols1988
88Yankee Doodle DandyMichael Curtiz1942
89Harold and MaudeHal Ashby1971
90Hotel RwandaTerry George2004
91The Paper ChaseJames Bridges1973
92FameAlan Parker1980
93A Beautiful MindRon Howard2001
94Captains CourageousVictor Fleming1937
95Places in the HeartRobert Benton1984
96Searching for Bobby FischerSteven Zaillian1993
97Madame CurieMervyn LeRoy1943
98The Karate KidJohn G. Avildsen1984
99RayTaylor Hackford2004
100Chariots of FireHugh Hudson1981

References

  1. 1 2 "AFI's 100 Most Inspiring Films of All Time". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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