AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:AFI 100 Years... series Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002, in a CBS television special hosted by Candice Bergen.

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are tied for the most films in the list, with six each. They co-starred in two of them – Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story. Audrey Hepburn has five movies on the list putting her in second place.

The list

#	Film	Director	Year	Actress	Actor
1	Casablanca	Template:Sort	1942	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
2	Gone with the Wind	Template:Sort	1939	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
3	West Side Story	Template:Sort	1961	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
4	Roman Holiday	Template:Sort	1953	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
5	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1957	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
6	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1973	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
7	Doctor Zhivago	Template:Sort	1965	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
8	It's a Wonderful Life	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
9	Love Story	Template:Sort	1970	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
10	City Lights	Template:Sort	1931	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
11	Annie Hall	Template:Sort	1977	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
12	My Fair Lady	Template:Sort	1964	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
13	Out of Africa	Template:Sort	1985	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
14	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1951	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
15	Wuthering Heights	Template:Sort	1939	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
16	Singin' in the Rain	Template:Sort	1952	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
17	Moonstruck	Template:Sort	1987	Cher	Template:Sort
18	Vertigo	Template:Sort	1958	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
19	Ghost	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
20	From Here to Eternity	Template:Sort	1953	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
21	Pretty Woman	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
22	On Golden Pond	Template:Sort	1981	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
23	Now, Voyager	Template:Sort	1942	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
24	King Kong	Template:Sort	1933	Template:Sort	Kong Bruce Cabot
25	When Harry Met Sally...	Template:Sort	1989	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
26	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1941	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
27	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1965	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
28	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1940	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
29	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1982	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
30	Swing Time	Template:Sort	1936	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
31	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1956	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
32	Dark Victory	Template:Sort	1939	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
33	Camille	Template:Sort	1936	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
34	Beauty and the Beast	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
35	Gigi	Template:Sort	1958	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
36	Random Harvest	Template:Sort	1942	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
37	Titanic	Template:Sort	1997	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
38	It Happened One Night	Template:Sort	1934	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
39	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1951	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
40	Ninotchka	Template:Sort	1939	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
41	Funny Girl	Template:Sort	1968	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
42	Anna Karenina	Template:Sort	1935	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
43	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1954	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
44	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1940	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
45	Sleepless in Seattle	Template:Sort	1993	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
46	To Catch a Thief	Template:Sort	1955	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
47	Splendor in the Grass	Template:Sort	1961	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
48	Last Tango in Paris	Template:Sort	1973	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
49	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
50	Shakespeare in Love	Template:Sort	1998	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
51	Bringing Up Baby	Template:Sort	1938	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
52	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
53	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1951	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
54	Sabrina	Template:Sort	1954	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
55	Reds	Template:Sort	1981	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
56	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1996	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
57	Two for the Road	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
58	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
59	Picnic	Template:Sort	1955	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
60	To Have and Have Not	Template:Sort	1944	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
61	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Template:Sort	1961	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
62	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
63	Sunrise	Template:Sort	1927	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
64	Marty	Template:Sort	1955	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
65	Bonnie and Clyde	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
66	Manhattan	Template:Sort	1979	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
67	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1951	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
68	What's Up, Doc?	Template:Sort	1972	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
69	Harold and Maude	Template:Sort	1971	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
70	Sense and Sensibility	Template:Sort	1995	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
71	Way Down East	Template:Sort	1920	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
72	Roxanne	Template:Sort	1987	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
73	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1947	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
74	Woman of the Year	Template:Sort	1942	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
75	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1995	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
76	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1952	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
77	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1937	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
78	Coming Home	Template:Sort	1978	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
79	Jezebel	Template:Sort	1938	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
80	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1921	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
81	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1977	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
82	Witness	Template:Sort	1985	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
83	Morocco	Template:Sort	1930	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
84	Double Indemnity	Template:Sort	1944	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
85	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	Template:Sort	1955	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
86	Notorious	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
87	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1988	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
88	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1987	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
89	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Template:Sort	1966	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
90	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1995	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
91	Working Girl	Template:Sort	1988	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
92	Porgy and Bess	Template:Sort	1959	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
93	Dirty Dancing	Template:Sort	1987	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
94	Body Heat	Template:Sort	1981	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
95	Lady and the Tramp	Template:Sort	1955	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
96	Barefoot in the Park	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
97	Grease	Template:Sort	1978	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
98	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	1939	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
99	Pillow Talk	Template:Sort	1959	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
100	Jerry Maguire	Template:Sort	1996	Template:Sort	Template:Sort

Criteria

The list uses the following criteria:

• Feature-length fiction film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
• American film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
• Love story: Regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative.
• Legacy: Films whose "passion" have enriched America’s film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.