Since about 2,000 of us took the time to visit this site and vote, I thought it would be interesting to see what film got the most votes. After all, almost only movie buffs visit this site, just as valid as the “official” poll in which people like Bush and Clinton voted. As of 6/26/07, I did my best to count. AFI made it difficult by refusing to compile this list despite repeated requests from many of us, and by allowing multiple votes for the same film by the same person. Trying to eliminate those, one vote per person, here is the approximate finish:
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE MOVIE BUFF POLL - TOP 100 -
6/26/07
1. Brokeback Mountain - 124
2. The Godfather - 79
3. Gone with the Wind - 44
4. Star Wars - 43
5. Casablanca - 42
6. The Shawshank Redemption - 42
7. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 34 [note: Return of the
King - 11]
8. Titanic - 34
9. To Kill a Mockingbird - 21
10. Citizen Kane - 20
11. The Sound of Music - 20
12. The Empire Strikes Back - 20
13. It’s a Wonderful Life - 19
14. Lawrence of Arabia - 17
15. American Beauty - 17
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey - 16
17. Schindler’s List - 16
18. The Godfather II - 15
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 15
20. Pulp Fiction - 15
21. Doctor Zhivago - 15
22. Goodfellas - 13
23. Vertigo - 12
24. The Third Man - 11
25. The Best Years of Our Lives - 10
25. On the Waterfront - 10
25. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - 10
25. Fight Club - 10
25. Jaws - 10
30. The Graduate - 9
30. Singin’ in the Rain - 9
30. The Quiet Man - 9
30. Memento - 9
30. The Color Purple - 9
35. Sunset Boulevard - 8
35. All About Eve - 8
35. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - 8
35. Rocky - 8
35. The Princess Bride - 8
35. Gladiator - 8
35. Braveheart - 8
35. Back to the Future - 8
43. Chinatown - 7
43. Raging Bull - 7
43. A Clockwork Orange - 7
43. Fargo - 7
43. Blade Runner - 7
43. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 7
43. Moulin Rouge - 7
43. Forrest Gump - 7
51 - 59 [6 votes each]
Almost Famous, Amadeus, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid, The Deer Hunter, Patton, Psycho, Some Like It
Hot, Taxi Driver, The Wild Bunch
60-66 [5 votes each]
Annie Hall, E.T., The Green Mile, Out of Africa, Rear
Window, The Searchers, The Sting
67-90 [4 votes each]
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Aliens, Ben-Hur, Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Crash, Dances with
Wolves, The Exorcist, A Few Good Men, Field of Dreams,
Good Will Hunting, Heat, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World,
King Kong, LA Confidential, Magnolia, The Matrix,
Requiem for a Dream, The Right Stuff, Roman Holiday,
Saving Private Ryan, Scarface, A Streetcar Named
Desire, The Ten Commandments, The Usual Suspects
91-122 [3 votes each]
First 10: “Official” Selections for Top 100:
American Graffiti, City Lights, The General, The
Grapes of Wrath, Network,
North By Northwest, Notorious, Shane, Silence of the
Lambs, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Next 22: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Airplane,
Apollo 13, Becket, The Big Lebowski, The Breakfast
Club, The English Patient, Full Metal Jacket,Funny
Farm, Ghostbusters, Gunga Din, Inherit the Wind, Local
Hero, Mary Poppins, Million Dollar Baby, Mulholland
Drive, Philadelphia, The Royal Tenenbaums, The
Shining, Splendor in the Grass, Superman
INELIGIBLE [2006]
The Departed - 18
V for Vendetta - 7
High Vote-getters among non American (or British)
Films
Spirited Away - 7
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 5
4 apiece: Once Upon a Time in the West, Passion of the
Christ, Pan’s Labyrinth
2 apiece: City of God, Ikiru, Life is Beautiful, The
Motorcycle Diaries, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Pianist
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