New AFI List

Last night, we watched AFI's latest listing of movies. This time, they took just the top 10 from 10 different genres. Mrs. X and I had seen a listing of the movies to pick from before and tried to guess what would be number 1. We got 6 of the 10 right, which isn't bad. Two of the ones we got wrong (Sci-Fi and Romantic Comedy) I have no qualms about. Especially as our guess ended up being the number two choice. However, I disagree with them on the remaining two that we got wrong (Western and Epic). In Western, the #2 movie (High Noon) should have been #1 and personally don't see any way that Lawrence of Arabia (grand in scope as it is) can possibly compare to the overwhelming scale of either Ben-Hur or Gone With the Wind.

Anyway. For grins and giggles, here are the full lists, complete with my notes on whether I have seen the movies or not (and am "cultured" by AFI definition):

Animation
1) Snow White *
2) Pinocchio *
3) Bambi +
4) Lion King *
5) Fantasia *
6) Toy Story +
7) Beauty and the Beast *
8) Shrek *
9) Cinderella *
10) Finding Nemo *

Romantic Comedy
1) City Lights
2) Annie Hall
3) It Happened One Night
4) Roman Holiday
5) The Philadelphia Story
6) When Harry Met Sally +
7) Adam’s Rib
8) Moonstruck
9) Harold and Maude
10) Sleepless in Seattle

Western
1) The Searchers
2) High Noon
3) Shane
4) Unforgiven *
5) Red River
6) The Wild Bunch
7) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid +
8) McCabe and Mrs. Miller
9) Stagecoach
10) Cat Ballou

Sports
1) Raging Bull
2) Rocky +
3) Pride of the Yankees *
4) Hoosiers
5) Bull Durham +
6) The Hustler
7) Caddyshack *
8) Breaking Away
9) National Velvet
10) Jerry Maguire *

Mystery
1) Vertigo *
2) Chinatown
3) Rear Window *
4) Laura
5) The Third Man
6) The Maltese Falcon +
7) North By Northwest *
8) Blue Velvet
9) Dial M for Murder *
10) The Usual Suspects *

Fantasy
1) Wizard of Oz *
2) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring *
3) It’s a Wonderful Life *
4) King Kong *
5) Miracle on 34th Street *
6) Field of Dreams *
7) Harvey
8) Groundhog Day *
9) Thief of Baghdad
10) Big *

Sci-Fi
1) 2001: A Space Odyssey *
2) Star Wars: A New Hope *
3) ET: The Extra-Terrestrial *
4) A Clockwork Orange *
5) The Day the Earth Stood Still
6) Blade Runner *
7) Alien *
8) Terminator 2: Judgment Day *
9) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
10) Back to the Future *

Gangster
1) The Godfather *
2) Goodfellas *
3) The Godfather Part II *
4) White Heat
5) Bonnie and Clyde
6) Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
7) Pulp Fiction *
8) The Public Enemy
9) Little Caesar
10) Scarface

Courtroom Drama
1) To Kill a Mockingbird *
2) 12 Angry Men *
3) Kramer Vs Kramer
4) The Verdict
5) A Few Good Men *
6) Witness for the Prosecution
7) Anatomy of a Murder *
8) In Cold Blood
9) A Cry in the Dark
10) Judgment at Nuremburg

Epic
1) Lawrence of Arabia *
2) Ben-Hur *
3) Schindler’s List *
4) Gone With the Wind *
5) Spartacus *
6) Titanic *
7) All Quiet on the Western Front *
8) Saving Private Ryan *
9) Reds +
10) The Ten Commandments *

* - Seen entire movie
+ - Seen portions of the movie

My total count of these movies seen in their entirety is 50/100.