AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template: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, which has been compiling lists of 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.^[1]

The films were selected by a jury of over 1,500 people involved in the film industry, who were polled in November 2005.^[1]

The list

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

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