AFI's 10 Top 10

My choices here. Click below for the lists.

Animation
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King (Hans Zimmer>Elton John)
5. Fantasia
6. Toy Story
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Shrek (Doesn't hold up on repeat viewings)
9. Cinderella
10. Finding Nemo

Fantasy
1. The 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 (Good enough for a short TV episode)
6. Field of Dreams
7. Harvey (Not even Jimmy Stewart can save this story)
8. Groundhog Day

9. The Thief of Bagdad (1940 version is much better)
10. Big

Science Fiction
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Star Wars
3. E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
4. A Clockwork Orange

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Fine, but a little preachy)
6. Blade Runner
7. Alien (Respectable choice, but more of a horror film)
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Not as substantial as the original)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Great film)
10. Back to the Future

Sports
1. Raging Bull
2. Rocky
3. Pride of the Yankees (Slowly paced, but good)
4. Hoosiers

5. Bull Durham
6. The Hustler
7. Caddyshack
8. Breaking Away
9. National Velvet (Maybe the worst selection of all)
10. Jerry Maguire

Western
1. The Searchers
2. High Noon (Overrated. See Bad Day at Black Rock instead)
3. Shane (Overrated. No story, great scenery)
4. Unforgiven
5. Red River
6. The Wild Bunch

7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
8. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Great "Altman" movie)
9. Stagecoach
10. Cat Ballou (The second worst choice. Unfunny and unwatchable.)

Gangster
1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas

3. The Godfather Part II
4. White Heat (Respectable choice in a crowded field)

5. Bonnie and Clyde
6. Scarface: Shame of the Nation (1931) - (Great movie)
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Public Enemy (Great movie, great characters)
9. Little Caesar (Great movie, great characters)
10. Scarface (1983) - (Too violent and parodied)

Mystery
1. Vertigo
2. Chinatown
3. Rear Window
4. Laura (Good film)
5. The Third Man
6. The Maltese Falcon (An oversight on my part)
7. North by Northwest
8. Blue Velvet
9. Dial M for Murder (Minor Hitchcock)
10. The Usual Suspects

Romantic Comedy
1. City Lights (Maybe romantic and comedic if you're 80)
2. Annie Hall
3. It Happened One Night
4. Roman Holiday (OK choice)
5. The Philadelphia Story
6. When Harry Met Sally

7. Adam’s Rib
8. Moonstruck (A fine film)
9. Harold and Maude (Great dark comedy)
10. Sleepless in Seattle (obviously a lady's category)

Courtroom Drama
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Kramer vs. Kramer (Good depressing movie about divorce)
4. The Verdict

5. A Few Good Men (Good performances, but one-sided)
6. Witness for the Prosecution
7. Anatomy of a Murder
8. In Cold Blood (Another oversight)
9. A Cry in the Dark ( Great Meryl performance)
10. Judgment at Nuremberg (Many great performances)

Epic
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Ben Hur (One hour of a great movie, 3 hours of boredom)
3. Schindler’s List (A big oversight, but not really an "epic")
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Spartacus
6. Titanic (Terrible dialogue)
7. All Quiet on the Western Front
8. Saving Private Ryan

9. Reds (Great film)
10. The Ten Commandments (Rough pacing)