AFI Re-Decides Best Movies
Citizen Kane again won "Least Surprising Choice for Best Movie."
Ten years after creating the first definitive list of the best movies, the American Film Institute has re-examined the list, deciding many movies are either much better or worse than originally thought. Surprisingly, something called Citizen Kane retained the top position, with something called A Godfather and the nonsensically titled Casablanca pulling in second and third. Like weather phenomena? This Gone With the Wind flick might be something you should check out--it's the sixth best movie ever! They've really made some unpredictable, out-there choices this year.
See what was added or removed under the cut, and the full list here.
Removed from the list were Doctor Zhivago, Birth of a Nation, From Here to Eternity, Amadeus, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Third Man, Fantasia, Rebel Without a Cause, Stagecoach, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Manchurian Candidate, An American in Paris, Wuthering Heights, Dances With Wolves, Giant, Mutiny on the Bounty, Frankenstein (1931), Patton, The Jazz Singer, My Fair Lady, A Place in the Sun, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, and Fargo. AFI experts commented, "What were we smoking, man? Seriously, Birth of a Nation didn't even have sound!"
Added to the list were The General, Intolerance, Nashville, Sullivan's Travels, Cabaret, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Shawshank Redemption, In The Heat of the Night, All the President's Men, Spartacus, Sunrise, A Night at the Opera, 12 Angry Men, Swing Time, Sophie's Choice, The Last Picture Show, Blade Runner, Toy Story, and Do the Right Thing. AFI experts added, "Did you notice Do the Right Thing? We're not just a bunch of out-of-touch old white guys. We like this one thing with black people because it was critically praised."