AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years...100 American Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies. The 100-best list American films was unveiled in 1998. AFI released an updated list in 2007.

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