The American Film Institute's List of 100 Years, 100 Movies, Sorted Chronologically

Added on by C. Maoxian.

2008 list, sorted chronologically … new additions made since 1997 in bold (the movies that were dropped from the original 1997 can be found at the bottom of this post):

  1. Intolerance (1916)

  2. The Gold Rush (1925)

  3. The General (1926)

  4. Sunrise (1927)

  5. City Lights (1931)

  6. Duck Soup (1933)

  7. King Kong (1933)

  8. It Happened One Night (1934)

  9. A Night at the Opera (1935)

  10. Modern Times (1936)

  11. Swing Time (1936)

  12. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

  13. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

  14. Gone with the Wind (1939)

  15. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

  16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

  17. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

  18. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

  19. Citizen Kane (1941)

  20. Sullivan's Travels (1941)

  21. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

  22. Casablanca (1942)

  23. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

  24. Double Indemnity (1944)

  25. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

  26. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

  27. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

  28. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

  29. All About Eve (1950)

  30. The African Queen (1951)

  31. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

  32. High Noon (1952)

  33. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

  34. Shane (1953)

  35. On the Waterfront (1954)

  36. Rear Window (1954)

  37. The Searchers (1956)

  38. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

  39. 12 Angry Men (1957)

  40. Vertigo (1958)

  41. Ben-Hur (1959)

  42. Some Like It Hot (1959)

  43. North by Northwest (1959)

  44. The Apartment (1960)

  45. Psycho (1960)

  46. Spartacus (1960)

  47. West Side Story (1961)

  48. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

  49. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

  50. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

  51. The Sound of Music (1965)

  52. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

  53. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

  54. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

  55. The Graduate (1967)

  56. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

  57. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

  58. Easy Rider (1969)

  59. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

  60. The Wild Bunch (1969)

  61. M*A*S*H (1970)

  62. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  63. The French Connection (1971)

  64. The Last Picture Show (1971)

  65. Cabaret (1972)

  66. The Godfather (1972)

  67. American Graffiti (1973)

  68. Chinatown (1974)

  69. The Godfather Part II (1974)

  70. Jaws (1975)

  71. Nashville (1975)

  72. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

  73. All the President's Men (1976)

  74. Network (1976)

  75. Rocky (1976)

  76. Taxi Driver (1976)

  77. Annie Hall (1977)

  78. Star Wars (1977)

  79. The Deer Hunter (1978)

  80. Apocalypse Now (1979)

  81. Raging Bull (1980)

  82. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

  83. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

  84. Tootsie (1982)

  85. Blade Runner (1982)

  86. Sophie's Choice (1982)

  87. Platoon (1986)

  88. Do the Right Thing (1989)

  89. Goodfellas (1990)

  90. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

  91. Unforgiven (1992)

  92. Schindler's List (1993)

  93. Forrest Gump (1994)

  94. Pulp Fiction (1994)

  95. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  96. Toy Story (1995)

  97. Titanic (1997)

  98. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  99. The Sixth Sense (1999)

  100. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

AFI’s original 1997 list, sorted chronologically … movies that were removed from the list in 2008 are in BOLD:

  1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

  2. The Gold Rush (1925)

  3. The Jazz Singer (1927)

  4. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

  5. City Lights (1931)

  6. Frankenstein (1931)

  7. Duck Soup (1933)

  8. King Kong (1933)

  9. It Happened One Night (1934)

  10. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  11. Modern Times (1936)

  12. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

  13. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

  14. Gone with the Wind (1939)

  15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

  16. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

  17. Stagecoach (1939)

  18. Wuthering Heights (1939)

  19. Fantasia (1940)

  20. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

  21. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

  22. Citizen Kane (1941)

  23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

  24. Casablanca (1942)

  25. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

  26. Double Indemnity (1944)

  27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

  28. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

  29. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

  30. The Third Man (1949)

  31. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

  32. All About Eve (1950)

  33. The African Queen (1951)

  34. A Place in the Sun (1951)

  35. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

  36. An American in Paris (1951)

  37. High Noon (1952)

  38. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

  39. From Here to Eternity (1953)

  40. Shane (1953)

  41. On the Waterfront (1954)

  42. Rear Window (1954)

  43. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

  44. Giant (1956)

  45. The Searchers (1956)

  46. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

  47. Vertigo (1958)

  48. Ben-Hur (1959)

  49. Some Like It Hot (1959)

  50. North by Northwest (1959)

  51. Psycho (1960)

  52. The Apartment (1960)

  53. West Side Story (1961)

  54. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

  55. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  56. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

  57. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

  58. My Fair Lady (1964)

  59. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

  60. The Sound of Music (1965)

  61. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

  62. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

  63. The Graduate (1967)

  64. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

  65. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

  66. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

  67. The Wild Bunch (1969)

  68. Easy Rider (1969)

  69. M*A*S*H (1970)

  70. Patton (1970)

  71. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  72. The French Connection (1971)

  73. The Godfather (1972)

  74. American Graffiti (1973)

  75. Chinatown (1974)

  76. The Godfather Part II (1974)

  77. Jaws (1975)

  78. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

  79. Network (1976)

  80. Rocky (1976)

  81. Taxi Driver (1976)

  82. Annie Hall (1977)

  83. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

  84. Star Wars (1977)

  85. The Deer Hunter (1978)

  86. Apocalypse Now (1979)

  87. Raging Bull (1980)

  88. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

  89. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

  90. Tootsie (1982)

  91. Amadeus (1984)

  92. Platoon (1986)

  93. Dances with Wolves (1990)

  94. Goodfellas (1990)

  95. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

  96. Unforgiven (1992)

  97. Schindler's List (1993)

  98. Forrest Gump (1994)

  99. Pulp Fiction (1994)

  100. Fargo (1996)

Here are the 23 movies which in 2008 were dropped from the original AFI list from 1997, sorted chronologically:

  1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

  2. The Jazz Singer (1927)

  3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

  4. Frankenstein (1931)

  5. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  6. Stagecoach (1939)

  7. Wuthering Heights (1939)

  8. Fantasia (1940)

  9. The Third Man (1949)

  10. A Place in the Sun (1951)

  11. An American in Paris (1951)

  12. From Here to Eternity (1953)

  13. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

  14. Giant (1956)

  15. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  16. My Fair Lady (1964)

  17. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

  18. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

  19. Patton (1970)

  20. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

  21. Amadeus (1984)

  22. Dances with Wolves (1990)

  23. Fargo (1996)

Here are the 23 movies that were added to the AFI list in 2008, sorted chronologically:

  1. INTOLERANCE (1916)

  2. SUNRISE (1927)

  3. THE GENERAL (1927)

  4. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)

  5. SWING TIME (1936)

  6. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)

  7. 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

  8. SPARTACUS (1960)

  9. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)

  10. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)

  11. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)

  12. CABARET (1972)

  13. NASHVILLE (1975)

  14. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)

  15. BLADE RUNNER (1982)

  16. SOPHIE'S CHOICE (1982)

  17. DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)

  18. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

  19. TOY STORY (1995)

  20. TITANIC (1997)

  21. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

  22. THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)

  23. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)