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{{Short description|'Most inspiring movies' list by American Film Institute}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{AFI 100 Years... series}}
'''''100 Years… 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies''''' is a list of the most inspiring films as determined by the [[American Film Institute]]. It is part of the [[AFI 100 Years... series|AFI 100 Years… series]], which has been compiling lists of [[List of films considered the best|the greatest films of all time]] in various categories since 1998. It was unveiled on a three-hour prime time special on [[CBS]] television on June 14, 2006.<ref name="AFI">{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Most Inspiring Films of All Time |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-cheers/ |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=American Film Institute}}</ref>

The films were selected by a jury of over 1,500 people involved in the
film industry, who were polled in November 2005.<ref name="AFI"/>

==The list==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
! #
! Movies
! Director
! Year
|-
| 1 || data-sort-value="It's a Wonderful Life"| ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' || {{Hs|capra}}[[Frank Capra]] || 1946
|-
| 2 || data-sort-value="To Kill a Mockingbird"| ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' || {{Hs|mulligan}}[[Robert Mulligan]] || 1962
|-
| 3 || data-sort-value="Schindler's List"| ''[[Schindler's List]]'' || {{Hs|spielberg}}[[Steven Spielberg]] || 1993
|-
| 4 || data-sort-value="Rocky"| ''[[Rocky]]'' || {{Hs|avildsen}}[[John G. Avildsen]] || 1976
|-
| 5 || data-sort-value="Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"| ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' || {{Hs|capra}}[[Frank Capra]] || 1939
|-
| 6 || data-sort-value="E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' || {{Hs|spielberg}}[[Steven Spielberg]] || 1982
|-
| 7 || data-sort-value="Grapes of Wrath "| ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' || {{Hs|ford}}[[John Ford]] || 1940
|-
| 8 || data-sort-value="Breaking Away"| ''[[Breaking Away]]'' || {{Hs|yates}}[[Peter Yates]] || 1979
|-
| 9 || data-sort-value="Miracle on 34th Street"| ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' || {{Hs|seaton}}[[George Seaton]] || 1947
|-
| 10 || data-sort-value="Saving Private Ryan"| ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' || {{Hs|spielberg}}[[Steven Spielberg]] || 1998
|-
| 11 || data-sort-value="Best Years of Our Lives"| ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' || {{Hs|wyler}}[[William Wyler]] || 1946
|-
| 12 || data-sort-value="Apollo 13"| ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' || {{Hs|howard}}[[Ron Howard]] || 1995
|-
| 13 || data-sort-value="Hoosiers"| ''[[Hoosiers (film)|Hoosiers]]'' || {{Hs|anspaugh}}[[David Anspaugh]] || 1986
|-
| 14 || data-sort-value="Bridge on the River Kwai"| ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' || {{Hs|lean}}[[David Lean]] || 1957
|-
| 15 || data-sort-value="Miracle Worker"| ''[[The Miracle Worker (1962 film)|The Miracle Worker]]'' || {{Hs|penn}}[[Arthur Penn]] || 1962
|-
| 16 || data-sort-value="Norma Rae"| ''[[Norma Rae]]'' || {{Hs|ritt}}[[Martin Ritt]] || 1979
|-
| 17 || data-sort-value="One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' || {{Hs|forman}}[[Miloš Forman]] || 1975
|-
| 18 || data-sort-value="Diary of Anne Frank"| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' || {{Hs|stevens}}[[George Stevens]] || 1959
|-
| 19 || data-sort-value="Right Stuff"| ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]'' || {{Hs|kaufman}}[[Philip Kaufman]] || 1983
|-
| 20 || data-sort-value="Philadelphia"| ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' || {{Hs|demme}}[[Jonathan Demme]] || 1993
|-
| 21 || data-sort-value="In the Heat of the Night"| ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' || {{Hs|jewison}}[[Norman Jewison]] || 1967
|-
| 22 || data-sort-value="Pride of the Yankees"| ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'' || {{Hs|wood}}[[Sam Wood]] || 1942
|-
| 23 || data-sort-value="Shawshank Redemption"| ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' || {{Hs|darabont}}[[Frank Darabont]] || 1994
|-
| 24 || data-sort-value="National Velvet"| ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' || {{Hs|brown}}[[Clarence Brown]] || 1944
|-
| 25 || data-sort-value="Sullivan's Travels"| ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]'' || {{Hs|sturges}}[[Preston Sturges]] || 1941
|-
| 26 || data-sort-value="Wizard of Oz"| ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' || {{Hs|fleming}}[[Victor Fleming]] || 1939
|-
| 27 || data-sort-value="High Noon"| ''[[High Noon]]'' || {{Hs|zinnemann}}[[Fred Zinnemann]] || 1952
|-
| 28 || data-sort-value="Field of Dreams"| ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' || {{Hs|robinson}}[[Phil Alden Robinson]] || 1989
|-
| 29 || data-sort-value="Gandhi"| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' || {{Hs|attenborough}}[[Richard Attenborough]] || 1982
|-
| 30 || data-sort-value="Lawrence of Arabia"| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' || {{Hs|lean}}[[David Lean]] || 1962
|-
| 31 || data-sort-value="Glory"| ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' || {{Hs|zwick}}[[Edward Zwick]] || 1989
|-
| 32 || data-sort-value="Casablanca"| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' || {{Hs|curtiz}}[[Michael Curtiz]] || 1942
|-
| 33 || data-sort-value="City Lights"| ''[[City Lights]]'' || {{Hs|chaplin}}[[Charlie Chaplin]] || 1931
|-
| 34 || data-sort-value="All the President's Men"| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' || {{Hs|pakula}}[[Alan J. Pakula]] || 1976
|-
| 35 || data-sort-value="Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"| ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' || {{Hs|kramer}}[[Stanley Kramer]] || 1967
|-
| 36 || data-sort-value="On the Waterfront"| ''[[On the Waterfront]]'' || {{Hs|kazan}}[[Elia Kazan]] || 1954
|-
| 37 || data-sort-value="Forrest Gump"| ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' || {{Hs|zemeckis}}[[Robert Zemeckis]] || 1994
|-
| 38 || data-sort-value="Pinocchio"| ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' || {{Hs|sharpsteen}}[[Ben Sharpsteen]]<br>[[Hamilton Luske]] || 1940
|-
| 39 || data-sort-value="Star Wars"| ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' || {{Hs|lucas}}[[George Lucas]] || 1977
|-
| 40 || data-sort-value="Mrs. Miniver"| ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' || {{Hs|wyler}}[[William Wyler]] || 1942
|-
| 41 || data-sort-value="Sound of Music"| ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' || {{Hs|wise}}[[Robert Wise]] || 1965
|-
| 42 || data-sort-value="12 Angry Men"| ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]'' || {{Hs|lumet}}[[Sidney Lumet]] || 1957
|-
| 43 || data-sort-value="Gone with the Wind"| ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' || {{Hs|fleming}}[[Victor Fleming]] || 1939
|-
| 44 || data-sort-value="Spartacus"| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' || {{Hs|kubrick}}[[Stanley Kubrick]] || 1960
|-
| 45 || data-sort-value="On Golden Pond"| ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' || {{Hs|rydell}}[[Mark Rydell]] || 1981
|-
| 46 || data-sort-value="Lilies of the Field"| ''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]'' || {{Hs|nelson}}[[Ralph Nelson]] || 1963
|-
| 47 || data-sort-value="2001: A Space Odyssey"| ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' || {{Hs|kubrick}}[[Stanley Kubrick]] || 1968
|-
| 48 || data-sort-value="African Queen"| ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'' || {{Hs|huston}}[[John Huston]] || 1951
|-
| 49 || data-sort-value="Meet John Doe"| ''[[Meet John Doe]]'' || {{Hs|capra}}[[Frank Capra]] || 1941
|-
| 50 || data-sort-value="Seabiscuit"| ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' || {{Hs|ross}}[[Gary Ross]] || 2003
|-
| 51 || data-sort-value="Color Purple"| ''[[The Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple]]'' || {{Hs|spielberg}}[[Steven Spielberg]] || 1985
|-
| 52 || data-sort-value="Dead Poets Society"| ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' || {{Hs|weir}}[[Peter Weir]] || 1989
|-
| 53 || data-sort-value="Shane"| ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' || {{Hs|stevens}}[[George Stevens]] || 1953
|-
| 54 || data-sort-value="Rudy"| ''[[Rudy (film)|Rudy]]'' || {{Hs|anspaugh}}[[David Anspaugh]] || 1993
|-
| 55 || data-sort-value="Defiant Ones"| ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' || {{Hs|kramer}}[[Stanley Kramer]] || 1958
|-
| 56 || data-sort-value="Ben-Hur"| ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' || {{Hs|wyler}}[[William Wyler]] || 1959
|-
| 57 || data-sort-value="Sergeant York"| ''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'' || {{Hs|hawks}}[[Howard Hawks]] || 1941
|-
| 58 || data-sort-value="Close Encounters of the Third Kind"| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' || {{Hs|spielberg}}[[Steven Spielberg]] || 1977
|-
| 59 || data-sort-value="Dances with Wolves"| ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' || {{Hs|costner}}[[Kevin Costner]] || 1990
|-
| 60 || data-sort-value="Killing Fields"| ''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'' || {{Hs|joffé}}[[Roland Joffé]] || 1984
|-
| 61 || data-sort-value="Sounder"| ''[[Sounder (film)|Sounder]]'' || {{Hs|ritt}}[[Martin Ritt]] || 1972
|-
| 62 || data-sort-value="Braveheart"| ''[[Braveheart]]'' || {{Hs|gibson}}[[Mel Gibson]] || 1995
|-
| 63 || data-sort-value="Rain Ma"| ''[[Rain Man]]'' || {{Hs|levinson}}[[Barry Levinson]] || 1988
|-
| 64 || data-sort-value="Black Stallion"| ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'' || {{Hs|ballard}}[[Carroll Ballard]] || 1979
|-
| 65 || data-sort-value="Raisin in the Sun"| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' || {{Hs|petrie}}[[Daniel Petrie]] || 1961
|-
| 66 || data-sort-value="Silkwood"| ''[[Silkwood]]'' || {{Hs|nichols}}[[Mike Nichols]] || 1983
|-
| 67 || data-sort-value="Day the Earth Stood Still"| ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' || {{Hs|wise}}[[Robert Wise]] || 1951
|-
| 68 || data-sort-value="Officer and a Gentleman"| ''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]'' || {{Hs|hackford}}[[Taylor Hackford]] || 1982
|-
| 69 || data-sort-value="Spirit of St. Louis"| ''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (film)|The Spirit of St. Louis]]'' || {{Hs|wilder}}[[Billy Wilder]] || 1957
|-
| 70 || data-sort-value="Coal Miner's Daughter"| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' || {{Hs|apted}}[[Michael Apted]] || 1980
|-
| 71 || data-sort-value="Cool Hand Luke"| ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' || {{Hs|rosenberg}}[[Stuart Rosenberg]] || 1967
|-
| 72 || data-sort-value="Dark Victory"| ''[[Dark Victory]]'' || {{Hs|goulding}}[[Edmund Goulding]] || 1939
|-
| 73 || data-sort-value="Erin Brockovich"| ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' || {{Hs|soderbergh}}[[Steven Soderbergh]] || 2000
|-
| 74 || data-sort-value="Gunga Din"| ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'' || {{Hs|stevens}}[[George Stevens]] || 1939
|-
| 75 || data-sort-value="Verdict"| ''[[The Verdict]]'' || {{Hs|lumet}}[[Sidney Lumet]] || 1982
|-
| 76 || data-sort-value="Birdman of Alcatraz"| ''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]'' || {{Hs|frankenheimer}}[[John Frankenheimer]] || 1962
|-
| 77 || data-sort-value="Driving Miss Daisy"| ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' || {{Hs|beresford}}[[Bruce Beresford]] || 1989
|-
| 78 || data-sort-value="Thelma & Lo"| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' || {{Hs|scott}}[[Ridley Scott]] || 1991
|-
| 79 || data-sort-value="Ten Commandments"| ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' || {{Hs|demille}}[[Cecil B. DeMille]] || 1956
|-
| 80 || data-sort-value="Babe"| ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' || {{Hs|noonan}}[[Chris Noonan]] || 1995
|-
| 81 || data-sort-value="Boys Town"| ''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]'' || {{Hs|taurog}}[[Norman Taurog]] || 1938
|-
| 82 || data-sort-value="Fiddler on the Roof"| ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'' || {{Hs|jewison}}[[Norman Jewison]] || 1971
|-
| 83 || data-sort-value="Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"| ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' || {{Hs|capra}}[[Frank Capra]] || 1936
|-
| 84 || data-sort-value="Serpico"| ''[[Serpico]]'' || {{Hs|lumet}}[[Sidney Lumet]] || 1973
|-
| 85 || data-sort-value="What's Love Got to Do with It"| ''[[What's Love Got to Do with It (1993 film)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]'' || {{Hs|gibson}}[[Brian Gibson (director)|Brian Gibson]] || 1993
|-
| 86 || data-sort-value="Stand and Deliver"| ''[[Stand and Deliver]]'' || {{Hs|menéndez}}[[Ramón Menéndez]] || 1988
|-
| 87 || data-sort-value="Working Girl"| ''[[Working Girl]]'' || {{Hs|nichols}}[[Mike Nichols]] || 1988
|-
| 88 || data-sort-value="Yankee Doodle Dandy"| ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' || {{Hs|curtiz}}[[Michael Curtiz]] || 1942
|-
| 89 || data-sort-value=" Harold and Maude "| ''[[Harold and Maude]]'' || {{Hs|ashby}}[[Hal Ashby]] || 1971
|-
| 90 || data-sort-value=" Hotel Rwanda "| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' || {{Hs|george}}[[Terry George]] || 2004
|-
| 91 || data-sort-value="Paper Chase"| ''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]'' || {{Hs|bridges}}[[James Bridges]] || 1973
|-
| 92 || data-sort-value="Fame"| ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'' || {{Hs|parker}}[[Alan Parker]] || 1980
|-
| 93 || data-sort-value="Beautiful Mind"| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' || {{Hs|howard}}[[Ron Howard]] || 2001
|-
| 94 || data-sort-value="Captains Courageous"| ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' || {{Hs|fleming}}[[Victor Fleming]] || 1937
|-
| 95 || data-sort-value="Places in the Heart"| ''[[Places in the Heart]]'' || {{Hs|benton}}[[Robert Benton]] || 1984
|-
| 96 || data-sort-value="Searching for Bobby Fischer"| ''[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]'' || {{Hs|zaillian}}[[Steven Zaillian]] || 1993
|-
| 97 || data-sort-value="Madame Curie"| ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' || {{Hs|leroy}}[[Mervyn LeRoy]] || 1943
|-
| 98 || data-sort-value="Karate Kid"| ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' || {{Hs|avildsen}}[[John G. Avildsen]] || 1984
|-
| 99 || data-sort-value="Ray"| ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'' || {{Hs|hackford}}[[Taylor Hackford]] || 2004
|-
| 100 || data-sort-value="Chariots of Fire"| ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' || {{Hs|hudson}}[[Hugh Hudson]] || 1981
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-cheers/ AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]
* [https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/cheers100.pdf List of the 100 winning cheers films.]
* [https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/cheers300.pdf List of the 300 nominated films.]

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