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AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers

{{Short description|'Most inspiring movies' list by American Film Institute}}

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{{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.{{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}}

The films were selected by a jury of over 1,500 people involved in the

film industry, who were polled in November 2005.

The list

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! Movies

! Director

! Year

1data-sort-value="It's a Wonderful Life"| It's a Wonderful Life{{Hs|capra}}Frank Capra1946
2data-sort-value="To Kill a Mockingbird"| To Kill a Mockingbird{{Hs|mulligan}}Robert Mulligan1962
3data-sort-value="Schindler's List"| Schindler's List{{Hs|spielberg}}Steven Spielberg1993
4data-sort-value="Rocky"| Rocky{{Hs|avildsen}}John G. Avildsen1976
5data-sort-value="Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington{{Hs|capra}}Frank Capra1939
6data-sort-value="E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial{{Hs|spielberg}}Steven Spielberg1982
7data-sort-value="Grapes of Wrath "| The Grapes of Wrath{{Hs|ford}}John Ford1940
8data-sort-value="Breaking Away"| Breaking Away{{Hs|yates}}Peter Yates1979
9data-sort-value="Miracle on 34th Street"| Miracle on 34th Street{{Hs|seaton}}George Seaton1947
10data-sort-value="Saving Private Ryan"| Saving Private Ryan{{Hs|spielberg}}Steven Spielberg1998
11data-sort-value="Best Years of Our Lives"| The Best Years of Our Lives{{Hs|wyler}}William Wyler1946
12data-sort-value="Apollo 13"| Apollo 13{{Hs|howard}}Ron Howard1995
13data-sort-value="Hoosiers"| Hoosiers{{Hs|anspaugh}}David Anspaugh1986
14data-sort-value="Bridge on the River Kwai"| The Bridge on the River Kwai{{Hs|lean}}David Lean1957
15data-sort-value="Miracle Worker"| The Miracle Worker{{Hs|penn}}Arthur Penn1962
16data-sort-value="Norma Rae"| Norma Rae{{Hs|ritt}}Martin Ritt1979
17data-sort-value="One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest{{Hs|forman}}Miloš Forman1975
18data-sort-value="Diary of Anne Frank"| The Diary of Anne Frank{{Hs|stevens}}George Stevens1959
19data-sort-value="Right Stuff"| The Right Stuff{{Hs|kaufman}}Philip Kaufman1983
20data-sort-value="Philadelphia"| Philadelphia{{Hs|demme}}Jonathan Demme1993
21data-sort-value="In the Heat of the Night"| In the Heat of the Night{{Hs|jewison}}Norman Jewison1967
22data-sort-value="Pride of the Yankees"| The Pride of the Yankees{{Hs|wood}}Sam Wood1942
23data-sort-value="Shawshank Redemption"| The Shawshank Redemption{{Hs|darabont}}Frank Darabont1994
24data-sort-value="National Velvet"| National Velvet{{Hs|brown}}Clarence Brown1944
25data-sort-value="Sullivan's Travels"| Sullivan's Travels{{Hs|sturges}}Preston Sturges1941
26data-sort-value="Wizard of Oz"| The Wizard of Oz{{Hs|fleming}}Victor Fleming1939
27data-sort-value="High Noon"| High Noon{{Hs|zinnemann}}Fred Zinnemann1952
28data-sort-value="Field of Dreams"| Field of Dreams{{Hs|robinson}}Phil Alden Robinson1989
29data-sort-value="Gandhi"| Gandhi{{Hs|attenborough}}Richard Attenborough1982
30data-sort-value="Lawrence of Arabia"| Lawrence of Arabia{{Hs|lean}}David Lean1962
31data-sort-value="Glory"| Glory{{Hs|zwick}}Edward Zwick1989
32data-sort-value="Casablanca"| Casablanca{{Hs|curtiz}}Michael Curtiz1942
33data-sort-value="City Lights"| City Lights{{Hs|chaplin}}Charlie Chaplin1931
34data-sort-value="All the President's Men"| All the President's Men{{Hs|pakula}}Alan J. Pakula1976
35data-sort-value="Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner{{Hs|kramer}}Stanley Kramer1967
36data-sort-value="On the Waterfront"| On the Waterfront{{Hs|kazan}}Elia Kazan1954
37data-sort-value="Forrest Gump"| Forrest Gump{{Hs|zemeckis}}Robert Zemeckis1994
38data-sort-value="Pinocchio"| Pinocchio{{Hs|sharpsteen}}Ben Sharpsteen
Hamilton Luske		1940
39data-sort-value="Star Wars"| Star Wars{{Hs|lucas}}George Lucas1977
40data-sort-value="Mrs. Miniver"| Mrs. Miniver{{Hs|wyler}}William Wyler1942
41data-sort-value="Sound of Music"| The Sound of Music{{Hs|wise}}Robert Wise1965
42data-sort-value="12 Angry Men"| 12 Angry Men{{Hs|lumet}}Sidney Lumet1957
43data-sort-value="Gone with the Wind"| Gone with the Wind{{Hs|fleming}}Victor Fleming1939
44data-sort-value="Spartacus"| Spartacus{{Hs|kubrick}}Stanley Kubrick1960
45data-sort-value="On Golden Pond"| On Golden Pond{{Hs|rydell}}Mark Rydell1981
46data-sort-value="Lilies of the Field"| Lilies of the Field{{Hs|nelson}}Ralph Nelson1963
47data-sort-value="2001: A Space Odyssey"| 2001: A Space Odyssey{{Hs|kubrick}}Stanley Kubrick1968
48data-sort-value="African Queen"| The African Queen{{Hs|huston}}John Huston1951
49data-sort-value="Meet John Doe"| Meet John Doe{{Hs|capra}}Frank Capra1941
50data-sort-value="Seabiscuit"| Seabiscuit{{Hs|ross}}Gary Ross2003
51data-sort-value="Color Purple"| The Color Purple{{Hs|spielberg}}Steven Spielberg1985
52data-sort-value="Dead Poets Society"| Dead Poets Society{{Hs|weir}}Peter Weir1989
53data-sort-value="Shane"| Shane{{Hs|stevens}}George Stevens1953
54data-sort-value="Rudy"| Rudy{{Hs|anspaugh}}David Anspaugh1993
55data-sort-value="Defiant Ones"| The Defiant Ones{{Hs|kramer}}Stanley Kramer1958
56data-sort-value="Ben-Hur"| Ben-Hur{{Hs|wyler}}William Wyler1959
57data-sort-value="Sergeant York"| Sergeant York{{Hs|hawks}}Howard Hawks1941
58data-sort-value="Close Encounters of the Third Kind"| Close Encounters of the Third Kind{{Hs|spielberg}}Steven Spielberg1977
59data-sort-value="Dances with Wolves"| Dances with Wolves{{Hs|costner}}Kevin Costner1990
60data-sort-value="Killing Fields"| The Killing Fields{{Hs|joffé}}Roland Joffé1984
61data-sort-value="Sounder"| Sounder{{Hs|ritt}}Martin Ritt1972
62data-sort-value="Braveheart"| Braveheart{{Hs|gibson}}Mel Gibson1995
63data-sort-value="Rain Ma"| Rain Man{{Hs|levinson}}Barry Levinson1988
64data-sort-value="Black Stallion"| The Black Stallion{{Hs|ballard}}Carroll Ballard1979
65data-sort-value="Raisin in the Sun"| A Raisin in the Sun{{Hs|petrie}}Daniel Petrie1961
66data-sort-value="Silkwood"| Silkwood{{Hs|nichols}}Mike Nichols1983
67data-sort-value="Day the Earth Stood Still"| The Day the Earth Stood Still{{Hs|wise}}Robert Wise1951
68data-sort-value="Officer and a Gentleman"| An Officer and a Gentleman{{Hs|hackford}}Taylor Hackford1982
69data-sort-value="Spirit of St. Louis"| The Spirit of St. Louis{{Hs|wilder}}Billy Wilder1957
70data-sort-value="Coal Miner's Daughter"| Coal Miner's Daughter{{Hs|apted}}Michael Apted1980
71data-sort-value="Cool Hand Luke"| Cool Hand Luke{{Hs|rosenberg}}Stuart Rosenberg1967
72data-sort-value="Dark Victory"| Dark Victory{{Hs|goulding}}Edmund Goulding1939
73data-sort-value="Erin Brockovich"| Erin Brockovich{{Hs|soderbergh}}Steven Soderbergh2000
74data-sort-value="Gunga Din"| Gunga Din{{Hs|stevens}}George Stevens1939
75data-sort-value="Verdict"| The Verdict{{Hs|lumet}}Sidney Lumet1982
76data-sort-value="Birdman of Alcatraz"| Birdman of Alcatraz{{Hs|frankenheimer}}John Frankenheimer1962
77data-sort-value="Driving Miss Daisy"| Driving Miss Daisy{{Hs|beresford}}Bruce Beresford1989
78data-sort-value="Thelma & Lo"| Thelma & Louise{{Hs|scott}}Ridley Scott1991
79data-sort-value="Ten Commandments"| The Ten Commandments{{Hs|demille}}Cecil B. DeMille1956
80data-sort-value="Babe"| Babe{{Hs|noonan}}Chris Noonan1995
81data-sort-value="Boys Town"| Boys Town{{Hs|taurog}}Norman Taurog1938
82data-sort-value="Fiddler on the Roof"| Fiddler on the Roof{{Hs|jewison}}Norman Jewison1971
83data-sort-value="Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town{{Hs|capra}}Frank Capra1936
84data-sort-value="Serpico"| Serpico{{Hs|lumet}}Sidney Lumet1973
85data-sort-value="What's Love Got to Do with It"| What's Love Got to Do with It{{Hs|gibson}}Brian Gibson1993
86data-sort-value="Stand and Deliver"| Stand and Deliver{{Hs|menéndez}}Ramón Menéndez1988
87data-sort-value="Working Girl"| Working Girl{{Hs|nichols}}Mike Nichols1988
88data-sort-value="Yankee Doodle Dandy"| Yankee Doodle Dandy{{Hs|curtiz}}Michael Curtiz1942
89data-sort-value=" Harold and Maude "| Harold and Maude{{Hs|ashby}}Hal Ashby1971
90data-sort-value=" Hotel Rwanda "| Hotel Rwanda{{Hs|george}}Terry George2004
91data-sort-value="Paper Chase"| The Paper Chase{{Hs|bridges}}James Bridges1973
92data-sort-value="Fame"| Fame{{Hs|parker}}Alan Parker1980
93data-sort-value="Beautiful Mind"| A Beautiful Mind{{Hs|howard}}Ron Howard2001
94data-sort-value="Captains Courageous"| Captains Courageous{{Hs|fleming}}Victor Fleming1937
95data-sort-value="Places in the Heart"| Places in the Heart{{Hs|benton}}Robert Benton1984
96data-sort-value="Searching for Bobby Fischer"| Searching for Bobby Fischer{{Hs|zaillian}}Steven Zaillian1993
97data-sort-value="Madame Curie"| Madame Curie{{Hs|leroy}}Mervyn LeRoy1943
98data-sort-value="Karate Kid"| The Karate Kid{{Hs|avildsen}}John G. Avildsen1984
99data-sort-value="Ray"| Ray{{Hs|hackford}}Taylor Hackford2004
100data-sort-value="Chariots of Fire"| Chariots of Fire{{Hs|hudson}}Hugh Hudson1981

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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