This is the greatest movie ever made. The one that changed it all. What can you say about Orson Welles that hasn’t been said? Kudos to AFI for naming it the greatest film of all time. I can’t see anything overtaking it for number one on June 20 due to the simple fact that this is the greatest film ever made. Here’s what I think the greatest American movies of all time are:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
3. CASABLANCA (1942)
4. THE GODFATHER (1972)
5. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
6. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
8. TITANIC (1997)
9. STAR WARS (1977)
10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. VERTIGO (1958)
12. RAGING BULL (1980)
13. CHINATOWN (1974)
14. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
15. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
16. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
17. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
18. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
19. THE GRADUATE (1967)
20. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
21. SUNRISE (1927)
22. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
23. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
24. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
25. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)