This is a list of the 100 funniest American films of all time.
The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.
According to the AFI, the criteria for nomination are:
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-laughs/
Todo el mejor cine de la historia
Liste des films présents dans le livre et le site Movieland www.movieland.io
American Film Institute 100 funniest films
#BEST DIRECTOR & CORRESPONDING MOVIE BY YEAR
Directors only show up next to their first movie until Trakt allows the same item multiple times on a list
Source: http://www.imdb.com/list/pVQCkiZoP9c/
35 movies missing from source.
Updated with 2024 winners.
AFI's 100 Most Inspiring Films of All Time
These 100 movies inspire us, encourage us to make a difference and send us from the theatre with a greater sense of possibility and hope for the future.
The jurors have been asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length. Only feature-length American films released before January 1, 2005, will be considered.
Source: http://www.afi.com/100Years/cheers.aspx
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers is a list of the 100 most inspiring films of all time.
These 100 movies inspire us, encourage us to make a difference and send us from the theatre with a greater sense of possibility and hope for the future. A jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians selected the classic IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring James Stewart, as the most inspiring movie of all time.
Source: https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-cheers
From latest edition. 2017th edition will be published in October 2017.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the 100 funniest American films of all time.
Regardless of genre, the films on this list possess a total comedic impact that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles. These movies provide laughs that echo across time, enriching America's film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.
Source: http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx
The Dirty Thirties: Home to dust bowl farmers, reedy-voiced folk singers and rail-riding hobos. Life pretty much sucks unless you're lucky enough to be a rich socialite, in which case you can expect to be involved in a wacky screwball comedy
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 with the purpose of endorsing films of merit and champion the new. Every year since 1932 they have given an award to the film they deem the best of the year.
Source: http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2017/
"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics. This list holds the 1001 movies that are referenced in the only Danish edition from 2007.
My goal is to watch all 1001 before I die :) I have currently watched 367... Still quite a long way.
The list is originated from the work of sp1ti and his list here: http://trakt.tv/user/sp1ti/lists/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die
I've got the 10th edition of the German translation of "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die". It's a 960-paged book edited by Steven Jay Schneider, containing the combined knowledge of 77 internationally renowned movie ciritics, with short one to half-sided essays, movie credits, and trivia, throughout all genres and countries.
There are already a number of lists out, however, this book is reviewed every year, and as far as I can tell (I did go through a lot of these lists) non depicts the 2013 edition I possess, which ends with Life of Pi. I then thought of the ideal list being on that includes all movies, starting from the original list from 2003, with all the editions but non of the removals since then. Thanks to the internet, such list exists and therefore I will be adding these here, one by one. I did not "rank" them, because actually the book doesn't either - they are ordered by year and that is as meaningful as any other order I guess. Also, the "ranked lists" all have the problem that some movies are removed, which is why a number of people think about how to renumber this list probably... all things I deem unnecessary.
And yes, I intend to watch them all! If you watch one of them every week, it's just a 20 years task :D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/The_List
Re-Makes
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