Collecting AFI top 100 films
 

I have most of them, but would really like to know if they will rerelease:

Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird
Double Indemnity.

Those 3 are out of print now, but thought they would be rereleased or something. Anyone heard anything? Thanks,

Joshua

To Kil a Mockingbird would be rereleased this fall. I have the currently OOP edition, which is really good and has a great documentary on it. I've also been collecting AFI's top 100 movies and I've replaced some undeserving movies on the list (Forrest Gump, Dances With Wolves, Doctor Zhivago, Giant, Guess Who's coming To Dinner) with better ones (Sunrise, Trouble in Paradise, His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve, The General, The Big Sleep etc.)with other ones. I made my own edited version of the AFI list that excludes the undeserving titles and I've been collecting only those that are on my edited list.

so you are collecting movies you like....just like everyone else

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is on the list, and thanks to Sony's inexplicable new policy of dropping the OAR widescreen versions on a number of its double sided disks, is now available only as a P&S full screen version. The previous version had a correct anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer on one side and a 4:3 P&S (not open matte) version on the other. So it is currently OOP in its OAR.

I like this movie a lot, I've got the version with the WS AR, but I too think it's overreaching a little to have it in the top 100. To each his own of course.

Anyone thinking of collecting the AFI list might want to pick up a copy of Jonathan Rosenbaum's MOVIE WARS. He has an essay on what a joke they were and offers an even better, top 100 list. Those titles are probably more worthy of collecting than the generic AFI list.

I have 77 of the 100. Most of them I got because I wanted them anyway. Others I bought as a recommendation. Lists are fine as long as their are plenty of them.

Just looked up the list and I have 50 of the 100. I may get around to finishing off the list after I complete some of the other sub-collections I'm working on.

-JP

Not that anybody asked, but I've been trying to collect the movies on this list...

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "

That's quite an impressive list, and I'd be happy just to have seen all those films before I die, let alone own them. I counted, and I have 46 of the first 100.

I collect these and am up to 65. I don't go out of my way to get them, but rather put them on 'gift lists' and such, or grab them when they are on sale.

Is The African Queen on DVD? I believe that one is either OOP or never been in print. It's the highest one on the list that I don't have.

I'd like to also collect Oscar winners for the 39 years I've been alive, but there's some real stinkers on that list. I've enjoyed the few AFI films I've blind bought thus far.

I'm not sure if I like a list that lists two of my top 10 movies (Memento, Magnolia) not even in the top 1,000.

Interesting that you mention those two titles, because they both just got bounced at the last update, as indicated here. They must be Nos. 1,003 & 1,005, or thereabouts.

I own 50 of the top 100. Let's see how many I have out of 1000..209. I own 209 of the 1000. Although the inclusion of Donnie Darko before any Paul Thomas Anderson film has made that list null and void.

Yes..I own 2 of the top 100, and I haven't even watched them....

Yeah not only is it the highest movie yet unavailable on DVD, it is also the highest film on my list that is not yet released on DVD.

Maybe it's because I'm older and grew up when classic movies were shown on TV all the time, but having seen most (maybe all) of the AFI listed films, I would never think of buying all of them on DVD. I guess for someone wanting to get a quick and easy overview of classic Hollywood cinema it might not be so bad, but I would recommend renting before buying in many, many cases.

I started collecting the AFI 100 when most of them were available at CH. I have 95 (My AFI Top 100 collection). The ones I'm missing (not surprisingly) are African Queen, Double Indemnity, Wuthering Heights, King Kong, and the Jazz Singer.

Sure, it's not really the best 100 American Movies--not even close to my list since my favorites are darker movies, like Blue Velvet, Brazil, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, etc., but so what, I've enjoyed collecting them (and last I checked, the reason to collect DVDs is because you have fun doing it), and I've seen some movies I wouldn't have otherwise that I enjoyed.

Not all of us collect JUST to watch them. Like the person who collects spoons...they don't eat off of them. Or shot glases from every state...ya don't drink from them.

Watching them is a nice bonus tho! :)

Oddly, the thought had never occurred to me, but I suppose that's a valid reason, too. I have large collections of many things, but they're all things I actually use...

Wish I could relate. DVD is really the only way for me to see classic movies.

59/100 several more will be bought with a re-release, or when i get some more cash into the backlogs

96/100 on DVD

4 on VHS:
African Queen
King Kong
Jazz Singer
Star Wars

Well, I guess they are releasing To Kill A Mockingbird in September, YAY. now if they would only hurry up and release Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity I will be in great shape.

With AFI beginning the process to create a 2.0 version of their Top 100 Movies Of All Time List, I thought I'd resurrect this thread to ask.... how many of the current AFI Top 100 movies to *you* have?

Here's the link: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

Here's the list:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Discontinued
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940) Discontinued
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) Discontinued
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

AFI Top 100 movies not known by me to be presently available are in RED. Those are:
#17 African Queen
#90 Jazz Singer

Three other movies (#49 Snow White, #58 Fantasia, and #73 Wuthering Heights) were available at one time but are currently discontinued. You might find them used or on eBay.

So y'all can boast, I'm missing 10 of the 98 available titles:
#44 Birth Of A Nation
#52 From Here To Eternity
#58 Fantasia
#61 Vertigo
#62 Tootsie
#69 Shane
#73 Wuthering Heights
#80 The Wild Bunch
#85 Duck Soup
#92 A Place In The Sun

:lol: I own a whopping 6/100 Movies on DVD on AFI's 100 films. Some of those movies I wouldn't own on DVD if i was dead because me personally I didn't like them & some I now realize i should buy on DVD & will now end up looking for them next tuesday on my DVD weekly shopping day, thanks to this thread.

Anyways here's the wons I own...

Star wars
Psycho
E.T.
M*A*S*H -*note*: I bought this as a blind buy and althrough I might get some heat for this, I absolutely hated the movie and it has none of the things that made the TV show genius & one of the greatest shows ever.
Forrest Gump
Platoon

I have 30. FWIW I have 71 of the top 100 from the list linked to by <b>evenswr</b>.

I own 9:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
Network
Fargo
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction

I just finished getting the top 20. I don't see a need to get all 100.

I have 18 of them. There are some I'd like, but waiting on SE's.

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
78. ROCKY (1976)
84. FARGO (1996)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

I own 20 of them and have counted an additional 28 that I used to own at one time (and hopefully will someday again). Still waiting for Paramount to get off their butts and release The African Queen. Absolutely ridiculous! They'd better do it right when they finally do it. I am rarely impressed by a Paramount release.

25 and I don't see that changing.

Luckily I own them all. I ordered The African Queen and The Jazz Singer as imports.

I own 46 and have sold off 4 over time ('Fantasia' because it was selling high and I realized I didn't care that much, 'Silence of the Lambs' (Criterion) & 'To Kill A Mockingbird' & 'Patton' I sold while they were OOP but solid upgrades had been announced, just haven't gotten around to upgrading them). And five more which were in my collection when it was stolen which I never got around to replacing.

I own at least one version of 96 of the titles on the list. I do not own Wuthering Heights, The African Queen, The Jazz Singer, or An American in Paris.

Based on the previews for the upcoming AFI 100 special, I think it is safe to assume that The Shawshank Redemption is now in the AFI top 100.

If anyone is interested, here is a list of the films leaving the list of 400 nominees and a list of the films that entered the list of 400 nominees. Twenty percent of the list of nominees changed.

Leaving the list of 400 nominees in 2007

1. Richard III (1912)
2. Within Our Gates (1920)
3. The Broadway Melody (1929)
4. Morocco (1930)
5. Cimarron (1931)
6. Cavalcade (1933)
7. David Copperfield (1935)
8. The Little Colonel (1935)
9. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
10. A Star Is Born (1937)
11. Boys Town (1938)
12. Babes In Arms (1939)
13. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
14. The Mark Of Zorro (1940)
15. Bataan (1943)
16. Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
17. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
18. The Yearling (1946)
19. Intruder In The Dust (1949)
20. A Letter To Three Wives (1949)
21. Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949)
22. The Gunfighter (1950)
23. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
24. The War Of The Worlds (1953)
25. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
26. Carmen Jones (1954)
27. Salt Of The Earth (1954)
28. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
29. East Of Eden (1955)
30. Lady And The Tramp (1955)
31. Mister Roberts (1955)
32. Oklahoma! (1955)
33. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
34. Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
35. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
36. Anatomy Of A Murder (1958)
37. Imitation Of Life (1959)
38. On The Beach (1959)
39. Shadows (1959)
40. Elmer Gantry (1960)
41. El Cid (1961)
42. Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
43. One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
44. Cleopatra (1963)
45. From Russia With Love (1963)
46. Hud (1963)
47. The Pink Panther (1963)
48. Tom Jones (1963)
49. The Americanization Of Emily (1964)
50. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
51. Barefoot In The Park (1967)
52. In Cold Blood (1967)
53. The Jungle Book (1967)
54. Two For The Road (1967)
55. Bullitt (1968)
56. Oliver! (1968)
57. Medium Cool (1969)
58. Little Big Man (1970)
59. Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
60. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
61. Melvin And Howard (1980)
62. Missing (1982)
63. Local Hero (1983)
64. El Norte (1983)
65. Return Of The Jedi (1983)
66. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
67. Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
68. Hannah And Her Sisters (1986)
69. Lethal Weapon (1987)
70. The Untouchables (1987)
71. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
72. The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
73. Batman (1989)
74. Pretty Woman (1990)
75. Rambling Rose (1991)
76. The Player (1992)
77. The Fugitive (1993)
78. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
79. Casino (1995)
80. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Entering the list of 400 nominees in 2007

1. Broken Blossoms (1919)
2. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
3. The Freshman (1925)
4. Queen Christina (1932)
5. Jezebel (1938)
6. The Great Dictator (1940)
7. Stormy Weather (1943)
8. Mildred Pierce (1945)
9. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
10. Ace in the Hole (1951)
11. The Thing From Another World (1951)
12. Roman Holiday (1953)
13. The King and I (1956)
14. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
15. The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
16. Porgy and Bess (1959)
17. The Great Escape (1963)
18. Harold and Maude (1971)
19. Sleeper (1973)
20. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
21. Young Frankenstein (1974)
22. Halloween (1978)
23. Airplane! (1980)
24. The Shining (1980)
25. A Christmas Story (1983)
26. The King of Comedy (1983)
27. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
28. Breakfast Club (1985)
29. Hoosiers (1986)
30. Stand By Me (1986)
31. Bull Durham (1988)
32. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
33. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
34. Groundhog Day (1993)
35. The Usual Suspects (1995)
36. As Good As it Gets (1997)
37. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
38. Boogie Nights (1997)
39. Good Will Hunting (1997)
40. L.A. Confidential (1997)
41. Titanic (1997)
42. Rushmore (1998)
43. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
44. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
45. American Beauty (1999)
46. A Beautiful Mind (1999)
47. Being John Malkovich (1999)
48. Fight Club (1999)
49. The Insider (1999)
50. The Matrix (1999)
51. The Sixth Sense (1999)
52. There’s Something About Mary (1999)
53. Three Kings (1999)
54. Erin Brockovich (2000)
55. Gladiator (2000)
56. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
57. Traffic (2000)
58. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
59. Memento (2001)
60. Moulin Rouge (2001)
61. Shrek (2001)
62. Chicago (2002)
63. The Hours (2002)
64. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
65. Finding Nemo (2003)
66. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
67. Lost in Translation (2003)
68. Mystic River (2003)
69. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
70. The Aviator (2004)
71. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
72. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
73. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
74. Ray (2004)
75. Sideways (2004)
76. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
77. Crash (2005)
78. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
79. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
80. Hotel Rwanda (2005)

I've seen 9+ out of 10. I own (on DVD) 4.

Not basing my collection from the AFI list, I have 48 of them.

This is a list I've long wanted to complete, and I now have around 90 out of the 100 movies. My problem is that there are two movies that I absolutely cannot imagine owning (and really, in both cases, I don't even respect anyone else's collection that does have them), and one of them (Star Wars) is on the AFI list (even worse, the far worse other, The Matrix, is nominated for the new list).

I'm sure someday soon I'll have 99 of the movies from the list. Not sure I'll ever give up my pride and lower the integrity of my collection in order to complete the list, though.

I own 67 of the current 100. It's something that I pay attention to when I'm buying dvds.

If Crash makes a list of the 100 Best Movies of All Time, AFI should probably just shut its doors. Usual Suspects deserves a spot though.

Here's what I own from the list:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

43 for me. It's actually the first time I've looked at the list.