(a series that I totally forgot to vote on)

So, this is where the AFI peoples rank the 10 best films in 10 different genres: Animation, Romantic Comedy, Western, Sports, Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Gangster, Courtroom Drama, and Epic

I'm going to list each list as its own post, so that people can feel free to shit on each category individually. Kidding!

So with that, here we go:
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AFI defines "animated" as a genre in which the film's images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King
5. Fantasia
6. Toy Story
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Shrek
9. Cinderella
10. Finding Nemo
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I don't know how I feel about the top three and how there are not any Miyazaki(is that how you spell it?) What was the judging criteria?

Correct me if I'm wrong, though.

I don't have problems with that list. I would have liked to have seen an addition of Iron Giant or The Incredibles (Brad Bird needs to be somewhere on that list). I'm not sure about Snow White at #1. I'm not even sure if it'd be in my top 10. I realize it's importance but it's just not one of my favorites.

The Incredibles in

And I was thinking about adding Aladdin too but I think I'd rather see Iron Giant and The Incredibles.

I'm still salty over the bullshit treatment that Ratatouille continues to get. Yes it's a rat in a kitchen movie, but it's a great rat in a kitchen movie.

And Iron Giant is great too, but its status as an unfortunately relatively unknown "cult film" keeps me from putting it in a Top 10 list. Be that as it may, I might swap it for "Incredibles" on any given day. It all depends.

AFI defines "romantic comedy" as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.

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
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AFI defines "western" as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier.

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 & Mrs. Miller
9. Stagecoach
10. Cat Ballou
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The ultimate western for those who have never seen a western or High Noon.

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Sergio Leone = not American

Which is why it was left out.

AFI defines "sports" as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition.

1. Raging Bull
2. Rocky
3. The Pride of the Yankees
4. Hoosiers
5. Bull Durham
6. The Hustler
7. Caddyshack
8. Breaking Away
9. National Velvet
10. Jerry Maguire
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I'm somewhat surprised that Field of Dreams was left off, although I'm not overly familiar with the last 3. I'm saddened by the lack of football, but I can't even think of one that really deserves a mention.

Maybe Friday Night Lights?

The Longest Yard?

Brian's Song?

I dunno.

Costner isn't an athlete or taking place in a competition.

I know we're splitting hairs thanks to our friends at the AFI but if Field of Dreams isn't a sports movie, then what genre is it?

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caddyshack and jerry maguire don't belong. those are movies that just happen to mention sports occasionally.

Greatest sports movie ever made that was not named Raging Bull.

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It has an understanding of sports that most movies can't fathom.

AFI defines "mystery" as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime.

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
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They should have just called it "Hitchcock and Some Other Dudes". Nice nod to Usual Suspects.

AFI defines "fantasy" as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. King Kong (the 1933 one, not the "racist" Peter Jackson one)
5. Miracle on 34th Street
6. Field of Dreams
7. Harvey
8. Groundhog Day
9. The Thief of Baghdad
10. Big
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AFI defines "science fiction" as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. E.T. - 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
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That's a worthless list.

>That's a worthless list.

basically.

but I'm not entirely sure what I'd remove from the list. And I'd definitely consider switching Empire for New Hope.

I should really see the original Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. I've seen the 70s remake and the one from last year. I wonder if 'zombie' movies are considered Sci-Fi.... if so, switch Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead for Invasion?

maybe take out or move Blade Runner.

i personally consider star wars to fit in the fantasy category since most of its premises don't have any kind of bearing on technology or physics (real or imagined). i'm a bit surprised none of the star trek movies got a nod, but not terribly so.

science!

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But that list is actually pretty legit.

AFI defines the "gangster film" as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting.

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 (1983)
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That movie is camp -- how the hell did it get this "great" tag thrown on it?

It's one of those films that a lot of people said was great because it was so campy & over-the-top and suddenly people started to actually believe that it was a great movie.

Believe the Shame of Nation was is the 1930's Scarface



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My bad, didn't see the 1983 Scarface in the 10 spot

Reservoir Dogs deserves that spot more if at all. Maybe give it to Casino and tell QT thanks for stealing, come again.

put casino or something else in there.

(c) Jules

AFI defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative.

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 Nuremberg
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AFI defines "epic" as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.

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
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I liked it, but it doesn't belong on this list...

"Justice is what love looks like in public."
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but those EW shits? Hot Gobbage.

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