Canonical List

🇺🇸AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (2007)

The American Film Institute's 10th anniversary list — Citizen Kane still #1, Hollywood's canonical 100

49 matched films

#1
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

19418.2

Orson Welles

DramaMystery
8.2
#2
The Godfather

The Godfather

19729.2

Francis Ford Coppola

CrimeDramaAuteur
9.2
#4
Raging Bull

Raging Bull

19808.1

Martin Scorsese

BiographyDramaSportAuteur
8.1
#8
Schindler's List

Schindler's List

19939.0

Steven Spielberg

BiographyDramaHistory
9.0
#10
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

19398.1

Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor

AdventureFamilyFantasy
8.1
#11
City Lights

City Lights

19318.5

Charles Chaplin

ComedyDramaRomance
Max
Max
8.5
#12
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

19557.6

John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan

ComedyDramaWar
7.6
#15
2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

19688.3

Stanley Kubrick

AdventureSci-FiAuteur
8.3
#17
The Graduate

The Graduate

19678.0

Mike Nichols

ComedyDramaRomance
8.0
#19
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

19548.1

Elia Kazan

CrimeDramaThriller
MUBI
MUBI
8.1
#20
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

19468.6

Frank Capra

DramaFamilyFantasy
8.6
#22
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

19598.2

Billy Wilder

ComedyMusicRomance
Prime
Prime
8.2
#24
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

19818.4

Steven Spielberg

ActionAdventure
8.4
#26
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19398.1

Frank Capra

ComedyDrama
8.1
#27
High Noon

High Noon

19527.9

Fred Zinnemann

DramaThrillerWestern
7.9
#28
All About Eve

All About Eve

19508.2

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Drama
8.2
#29
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

19448.3

Billy Wilder

CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
8.3
#30
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

19798.4

Francis Ford Coppola

DramaMysteryWarAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
8.4
#32
The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

19749.0

Francis Ford Coppola

CrimeDramaAuteur
9.0
#36
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

19578.1

David Lean

AdventureDramaWar
8.1
#37
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

19468.1

William Wyler

DramaRomanceWar
8.1
#39
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

19648.3

Stanley Kubrick

ComedyWarAuteur
8.3
#43
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

19697.8

John Schlesinger

Drama
MUBI
MUBI
7.8
#46
It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

19348.1

Frank Capra

ComedyRomance
8.1
#48
Rear Window

Rear Window

19548.5

Alfred Hitchcock

DramaMysteryThriller
8.5
#50
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

20018.9

Peter Jackson

AdventureDramaFantasy
NFXMax
NFXMax
8.9
#52
Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

19768.2

Martin Scorsese

CrimeDramaAuteur
8.2
#53
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

19788.1

Michael Cimino

DramaWar
8.1
#55
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

19598.3

Alfred Hitchcock

AdventureDramaMystery
8.3
#57
Rocky

Rocky

19768.1

John G. Avildsen

DramaSport
Max
Max
8.1
#58
The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush

19258.1

Charles Chaplin

AdventureComedyDrama
MUBI
MUBI
8.1
#61
Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

19417.9

Preston Sturges

AdventureComedyDrama
7.9
#68
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

19928.2

Clint Eastwood

DramaWestern
8.2
#71
Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

19988.6

Steven Spielberg

DramaWar
8.6
#72
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

19949.3

Frank Darabont

Drama
NFX
NFX
9.3
#73
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

19698.0

George Roy Hill

AdventureBiographyCrime
D+
D+
8.0
#76
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

19948.8

Robert Zemeckis

DramaRomance
8.8
#79
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

19697.9

Sam Peckinpah

ActionAdventureDrama
7.9
#80
The Apartment

The Apartment

19608.3

Billy Wilder

ComedyDramaRomance
8.3
#82
Sunrise

Sunrise

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

19278.1

F.W. Murnau

DramaRomance
8.1
#88
Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings

19397.6

Howard Hawks

AdventureDramaRomance
7.6
#89
The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

19998.2

M. Night Shyamalan

DramaMysteryThriller
D+
D+
8.2
#92
GoodFellas

GoodFellas

19908.7

Martin Scorsese

BiographyCrimeDramaAuteur
Prime
Prime
8.7
#94
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

19948.8
CrimeDrama
8.8
#95
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

19718.0

Peter Bogdanovich

DramaRomance
8.0
#96
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

19897.9

Spike Lee

ComedyDramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
7.9
#97
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

19828.1

Ridley Scott

ActionDramaSci-FiAuteur
PrimeMax
PrimeMax
8.1
#98
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

19427.6

Michael Curtiz

BiographyDramaFamily
7.6
#99
Toy Story

Toy Story

19958.3
AdventureAnimationComedy
D+
D+
8.3