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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Online database of information related to films, television programs, actors, video games, production crew personnel, and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media.
American Film Institute (AFI)
A non-profit educational and cultural organization dedicated to preserving the history of the motion picture, to honoring the artists and their work and to educating the next generation of storytellers.
AFI: 10 Top 10 website
Counts down the 10 greatest films from 10 classic American genres. List included below.
Animation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pinocchio (1940)
Bambi (1942)
The Lion King (1994)
Fantasia (1942)
Toy Story (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Shrek (2001)
Cinderella (1950)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Romantic Comedy
City Lights (1931)
Annie Hall (1977)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Roman Holiday (1977)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Moonstruck (1987)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Western
The Searchers (1956)
High Noon (1952)
Shane (1953)
Unforgiven (1992)
Red River (1948)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1976)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Stagecoach (1939)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Sports
Raging Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976)
The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
Hoosiers (1986)
Bull Durham (1988)
The Hustler (1961)
Caddyshack (1980)
Breaking Away (1979)
National Velvet (1945)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Mystery
Vertigo (1958)
Chinatown (1974)
Rear Window (1954)
Laura (1944)
The Third Man (1950)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
North By Northwest (1959)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Fantasy
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
King Kong (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Harvey (1950)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Big (1988)
Sci-Fi
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Back to the Future (1985)
Gangster
The Godfather (1972)
GoodFellas (1990)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
White Heat (1949)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
Scarface (1983)
Courtroom Drama
To Kill A Mockingbird (1963)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
The Verdict (1982)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Epic
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Schindler's List (1993)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Spartacus (1960)
Titanic (1997)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Reds (1981)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Find more information @
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Online database of information related to films, television programs, actors, video games, production crew personnel, and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media.
American Film Institute (AFI)
A non-profit educational and cultural organization dedicated to preserving the history of the motion picture, to honoring the artists and their work and to educating the next generation of storytellers.
AFI: 10 Top 10 website
Counts down the 10 greatest films from 10 classic American genres. List included below.
Animation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pinocchio (1940)
Bambi (1942)
The Lion King (1994)
Fantasia (1942)
Toy Story (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Shrek (2001)
Cinderella (1950)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Romantic Comedy
City Lights (1931)
Annie Hall (1977)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Roman Holiday (1977)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Moonstruck (1987)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Western
The Searchers (1956)
High Noon (1952)
Shane (1953)
Unforgiven (1992)
Red River (1948)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1976)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Stagecoach (1939)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Sports
Raging Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976)
The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
Hoosiers (1986)
Bull Durham (1988)
The Hustler (1961)
Caddyshack (1980)
Breaking Away (1979)
National Velvet (1945)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Mystery
Vertigo (1958)
Chinatown (1974)
Rear Window (1954)
Laura (1944)
The Third Man (1950)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
North By Northwest (1959)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Fantasy
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
King Kong (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Harvey (1950)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Big (1988)
Sci-Fi
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Back to the Future (1985)
Gangster
The Godfather (1972)
GoodFellas (1990)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
White Heat (1949)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
Scarface (1983)
Courtroom Drama
To Kill A Mockingbird (1963)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
The Verdict (1982)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Epic
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Schindler's List (1993)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Spartacus (1960)
Titanic (1997)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Reds (1981)
The Ten Commandments (1956)