Det amerikanska filminstitutet (American Film Institute) har utannonserat de tio bästa filmerna i tio klassiska amerikanska filmgenrer.

Filmerna utvaldes av en jury med 1,500 filmartister, kritiker och historiker.

Vinnarna blev:

ANIMATION
1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1937
2 PINOCCHIO 1940
3 BAMBI 1942
4 THE LION KING 1994
5 FANTASIA 1940
6 TOY STORY 1995
7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991
8 SHREK 2001
9 CINDERELLA 1950
10 FINDING NEMO 2003

FANTASY
1 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
2 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001
3 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
4 KING KONG 1933
5 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET 1947
6 FIELD OF DREAMS 1989
7 HARVEY 1950
8 GROUNDHOG DAY 1993
9 THE THIEF OF BAGDAD 1924
10 BIG 1988

GANGSTER
1 THE GODFATHER 1972
2 GOODFELLAS 1990
3 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
4 WHITE HEAT 1949
5 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
6 SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION 1932
7 PULP FICTION 1994
8 THE PUBLIC ENEMY 1931
9 LITTLE CAESAR 1930
10 SCARFACE 1983

SCIENCE FICTION
1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
2 STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE 1977
3 E.T. - THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL 1982
4 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
5 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951
6 BLADE RUNNER 1982
7 ALIEN 1979 
8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991 
9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956
10 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985

WESTERN
1 THE SEARCHERS 1956 
2 HIGH NOON 1952 
3 SHANE 1953 
4 UNFORGIVEN 1992 
5 RED RIVER 1948
6 THE WILD BUNCH 1969 
7 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969 
8 McCABE & MRS. MILLER 1971 
9 STAGECOACH 1939 
10 CAT BALLOU 1965

SPORT
1 RAGING BULL 1980
2 ROCKY 1976 
3 THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1942 
4 HOOSIERS 1986 
5 BULL DURHAM 1988 
6 THE HUSTLER 1961 
7 CADDYSHACK 1980 
8 BREAKING AWAY 1979 
9 NATIONAL VELVET 1944 
10 JERRY MAGUIRE 1996

MYSTERY
1 VERTIGO 1958
2 CHINATOWN 1974
3 REAR WINDOW 1954
4 LAURA 1944 
5 THE THIRD MAN 1949 
6 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
7 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
8 BLUE VELVET 1986
9 DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954
10 THE USUAL SUSPECTS 1995

ROMANTISK KOMEDI
1 CITY LIGHTS 1931
2 ANNIE HALL 1977
3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
4 ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953 
5 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 1940
6 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ... 1989 
7 ADAM'S RIB 1949 
8 MOONSTRUCK 1987
9 HAROLD AND MAUDE 1971 
10 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 1993 

RÄTTEGÅNGSDRAMA
1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
2 12 ANGRY MEN 1957
3 KRAMER VS. KRAMER 1979 
4 THE VERDICT 1982 
5 A FEW GOOD MEN 1992 
6 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION 1957 
7 ANATOMY OF A MURDER 1959 
8 IN COLD BLOOD 1967 
9 A CRY IN THE DARK 1988 
10 JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961

EPOS
1 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
2 BEN-HUR 1959
3 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993 
4 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 
5 SPARTACUS 1960 
6 TITANIC 1997 
7 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1930
8 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998 
9 REDS 1981 
10 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1956 

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