AFI TOP 100 [11/16/19 to 4/27/24]
We Watch Movies undertakes the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies list of the best American films of all-time (as of November 2019) in this epic retrospective.
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- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.AFI #89 11/16/2019 watched on DVD with Aaron. #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.AFI #24. 11/20/2019 watched on BLU-RAY with Aaron. Purchased for #100MovieBucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.AFI #16. 6/21/2020 watched on Vudu with Aaron (remotely). Purchased for #Billy Wilder Retrospective and #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.AFI #45. 6/24/2020 watched on digital with Aaron (remotely) #Best Westerns & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.AFI #27. 7/5/2020 watched on digital with Aaron (remotely) #Best Westerns & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.AFI #73. 7/6/2020 watched on digital with Aaron (remotely) #Best Westerns & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.AFI #66. 7/16/20 watched on Blu-ray with Aaron. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn HustonA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.AFI #21. 7/27/2020 watched on Vudu with Aaron. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.AFI #33. 8/12/2020 watched on DVD with Aaron (remotely). #100MovieBucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.AFI #99. 8/22/2020 watched on DVD with Aaron (remotely) #AFI100 #100MovieBucket List Poster.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.AFI #18 9/2/20 watched on Digital with Aaron (remotely) for #AFI TOP 100 & #Best Westerns.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.AFI #35 9/3/20 watched on DVD with Aaron (remotely) for #AFI & #Best Picture. This was Aaron's very first Woody Allen movie and he liked it!
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."AFI #68. 9/4/20 watched on Blu-Ray with Aaron (remotely). #Best Westerns & #AFI TOP 100 & #Best Picture.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRichard DreyfussRon HowardPaul Le MatA group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.AFI #62. 9/10/20 watched on Vudu with Aaron (remotely). Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.AFI #11. 9/20/20 Watched on digital with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.AFI #29. 10/22/20 Watched on DVD with Aaron (remotely) for #Billy Wilder Retrospective & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.AFI # 26. 11/6/20 watched on Vudu with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.AFI #13. 11/14/20 watched on 4k77 blu-ray with Aaron remotely. on de-specialized 4k1977 edition on Blu-ray. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100 & #100 Movie Bucket List Poster.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando ReyA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.AFI #93. 11/19/20 watched on Digital SD with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.AFI #77. 12/3/20 watched on Vudu with Aaron (remotely) Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.AFI #20. 12/10/20 watched on Amazon Prime with Aaron (remotely) for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.AFI #69. 12/13/20 watched on digital with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.AFI #38. 12/26/20 watched on DVD with Aaron (remotely) for #AFI TOP 100 & best westerns.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.AFI #37. 12/28/20 watched off library DVD with Aaron (remotely) for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.AFI #65. 1/23/21 watched on Amazon Prime with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.AFI #42. 2/19/21 on Netflix with Aaron (remotely)
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem DafoeChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.AFI #86. 2/25/21 # AFI TOP 100 on Netflix with Aaron (remotely).
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.AFI #41. 3/25/21 on HBO MAX with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.AFI #47. 3/28/21 on HBO with Aaron (remotely). Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.AFI #12. 4/1/21 watched on HBO with Aaron (remotely). Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack NicholsonTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.AFI#84. 4/2/21 on HBO Max with Aaron (remotely) #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.AFI #57. 5/29/21 on HBO with Aaron remotely. #100MovieBucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonGeorge SegalA bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.AFI #67. 5/17/21 on HBO with Aaron remotely. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.AFI #31. 5/26/21 on HBO with Aaron remotely #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.AFI #70. 6/1/21 Watched on Netflix with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.AFI #63. 6/5/21 on HBO with Aaron remotely. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.AFI #79. 7//9/21 on Vudu with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.AFI #39. 6/17/21 on Vudu HDX with Aaron (remotely). Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.AFI #19. 8/31/21 on Prime with Aaron. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.AFI #96. 10/21/21 Watched on Amazon Prime with Aaron. Digital SD #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.AFI #75. 1/13/22 On HBO with Aaron #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.AFI #78. 3/23/22 On HBO #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.AFI #51. 3/13/22 with Aaron, AJ, Abigail, Emily for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.AFI #60. 3/25/22 On Vudu HDX with Aaron. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.AFI #80. 5/8/22 on Arrow Blu-Ray with Aaron for #Billy Wilder retrospective & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.AFI #22. 5/8/22 on Criterion Blu-Ray. #Billy Wilder Retrospective & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.AFI #64. 8/17/22 On Vudu HDX with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.AFI #85. 10/10/22 on Plex/DVD with Aaron remotely. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.AFI #58. 11/3/22 with Aaron on Criterion 1942 on HBO. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.AFI #53. 11/8/22 watched with Aaron on Vudu #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.AFI #28. 11/9/22 Watched on Blu-Ray with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.AFI #74. 11/10/22 watched on Amazon Prime with Aaron. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae MarshThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.AFI #49. 11/13/22 on Amazon Prime with Aaron remotely #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.AFI #5. 11/15/22 on HBO with Aaron remotely #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.AFI #15. 11/17/22 on HBO with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.AFI #17 12/15/2022 on Criterion Blu-ray with Aaron for AFI.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.AFI #44. 12-22-2022 on Criterion Blu-ray with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.AFI #55. 12-30-2022 on HBO for Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.AFI #43 03-16-2023 on Prime with Aaron remotely.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.AFI #4. 03-23-2023 on Vudu with Aaron remotely . Purchased for #AFI TOP 100 & #100 Movie Bucket List Poster.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.AFI #87. 03-26-23 On Amazon Prime with Aaron remotely.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.AFI #52. 03/27/23 on Vudu HDX with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.AFI #72. 04-20-23 On Vudu HDX with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicolSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.AFI #91. 5-2-23 on Tubi with Aaron for AFI.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.AFI #36. 05-08-23 on Vudu with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.AFI #92. 05-11-23 on HBO with Aaron remotely for AFI.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.AFI #76. 5-25-23 on Vudu with Aaron for the AFI and #100MovieBucket List Poster.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.#97. 6-15-23 on Amazon with Aaron remotely for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.AFI #23.11/2/23 on Vudu with Aaron remotely #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill ShepherdIn 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.AFI #95. 11-12-23 On Vudu with Aaron remotely. #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank OvertonAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.AFI #25. 12-11-23 on Vudu with Aaron remotely for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.AFI#6. 12-23-23 on Max with Aaron. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.AFI#40. 12-28-23 on Disney+ with Aaron remotely for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.AFI#56. 12-29-23 on Vudu with Aaron. 6/25/2020 watched on Blu-ray for #100 Movie BucketListPoster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.AFI#3. 12-29-23 on Vudu with Aaron remotely. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100 & #100 Movie Bucket List Poster.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersVictor MooreRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.AFI#90. 12-29-23 on Vudu with Aaron. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.AFI#50. 12-30-23 on Vudu (theatrical version) with Aaron remotely. #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsJoel McCreaVeronica LakeRobert WarwickHollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.AFI #61. 1//3/24 on Amazon with Aaron remotely. 6/29/20 watched on Criterion Blu-Ray with Emily. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.AFI#94. 1-27-24 on Max with Aaron remotely for AFI. Purchased Blu-Ray for this list. #AFI100 #100MovieBucket List Poster #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.AFI #34. 1-29-24 on Vudu with Aaron remotely for AFI. on Blu-ray Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom SkerrittThe staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.AFI #54. 2-15-24 on Vudu with Aaron remotely purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.AFI #59. 2-22-24 on Vudu with Aaron remotely for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.AFI #46. 2-26-24 on Vudu with Aaron remotely on Criterion Blu-Ray. #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.AFI#88. 3-21-24 on Vudu with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorStanley KubrickAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierJean SimmonsThe slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.AFI #81. 3-23-24 on Vudu with Aaron Digital SD #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.AFI #100. 3-23-24 On Vudu HDX with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.AFI #30. 4/6/24 on Vudu with Aaron. #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.AFI #9. 4/6/24 on Vudu with Aaron. #AFI100 #100MovieBucket List Poster.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.AFI #48. 4-7-24 on Vudu with Aaron on Blu-Ray #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.AFI #14. 4/8/24 on Vudu with Aaron in person for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.AFI #83. 4-10-24 on Vudu with Aaron. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.AFI #7 4/18/24 on Vudu with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.AFI #10. 4/18/24 on 3D Blu-Ray with Aaron for and purchased for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.AFI #98. 4-20-24 on digital SD with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.AFI #71. 4-21-24 on Vudu with Aaron for AFI on Vudu HDX. Purchased for #100 Movie Bucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret LivingstonA sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.AFI #82. 4-21-24 on Plex with Aaron for #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'AFI #1. 4-23-24 on Vudu with Aaron for #100MovieBucket List Poster & #AFI TOP 100.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.AFI #8. 4-25-24 on Amazon with Aaron for #100MovieBucket List Poster. #AFI TOP 100
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.AFI #2. 4/27/24 on Blu-ray with Aaron, Emily, Aj, Abigail, Megan, and Betty. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100 & #100 Movie Bucket List Poster.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.AFI #32. 4/27/24 on Blu-ray with Aaron, Emily, Aj, Abigail, Megan, and Betty.on Blu-Ray. Purchased for #AFI TOP 100.