The
American Film Institute is releasing the 11th edition of their annual film lists tonight. This year their unveiling their compiled list of the top 10 films in 10 different genres: animation, fantasy, romantic comedies, sci-fi, western, gangster, sports, courtroom drama, mystery, and epic. If you've watched any of their previous shows or if you're an avid film fan like me, you'll probably enjoy this.
I am wondering, however..... where is the action film genre? The overall "drama" genre? How about suspense/horror? War? Because some films don't fall into the 10 genres selected, many of their choices for top 100 films of all-time will be left out:
Casablanca, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Psycho, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,
The African Queen, etc. Maybe they're just planning on doing 10 more genres next year.....
And just for a little fun, here are my guesses for the top film in each genre:
Animation:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasy:
The Wizard of Oz (with
It's a Wonderful Life a close second)
Romantic comedies:
It Happened One Night
Sci-Fi:
Star Wars Western:
The SearchersGangster:
The GodfatherSports:
Raging Bull Courtroom Drama:
To Kill a MockingbirdMystery:
Vertigo (with
The Maltese Falcon and
Rear Window not too far behind)
Epic:
Gone with the Wind (with
Lawrence of Arabia an extremely close second)
I haven't seen all the films on the ballot, but of the films I do know something about here are the ones I would like to see place in each genre (in no particular order) with the film I'd like to win first:
Animation:
Bambi,
Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Fantasia, The Incredibles, Lady and the Tramp, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Toy Story
Fantasy:
It's a Wonderful Life, Batman,
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Edward Scissorhands, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Mary Poppins, Superman, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz
Romantic comedies:
It Happened One Night, As Good As It Gets, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Philadelphia Story, Sabrina, The Shop Around The Corner, Working Girl
Sci-Fi:
Star Wars, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Planet of the Apes, The Matrix, Minority Report, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Time Machine Western:
The Searchers, High Noon, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, and pretty much any of the other nominated John Wayne or Clint Eastwood films
(and where are
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and
Tombstone?!?)Gangster:
The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Heat, On The Waterfront, The Usual Suspects (I haven't watched many films in this genre)
Sports:
Field of Dreams, Caddyshack, Hoosiers, Major League, Million Dollar Baby, Miracle, The Pride of the Yankees, Raging Bull, Rocky, Rudy Courtroom Drama:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Anatomy of a Murder, The Caine Mutiny, The Client, A Few Good Men, The Pelican Brief, Presumed Innocent, 12 Angry Men
Mystery:
Vertigo, The Big Sleep, Dial M for Murder, The Fugitive, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Memento, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca, Se7enEpic:
Gone with the Wind, Ben-Hur (1959), Braveheart, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Passion of the Christ, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Ten Commandments (1956)
I guess we'll see what happens tonight!