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The American Film Institute proudly curates lists to celebrate excellence in the art form. We believe their greatest impact is to inspire personal, passionate discussions about what makes a great film and why and, also, to chart the evolution of the art form. Since its inception, American film has marginalized the diversity of voices that make our nation and its stories strong – and these lists reflect that intolerable truth. AFI acknowledges its responsibility in curating these lists that has reinforced this marginality and looks forward to releasing new lists that will embrace our modern day and drive culture forward.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra
Editor: William Hornbeck
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker, Joseph Biroc, Victor Milner
Genre: Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Liberty Films, Inc.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: Horton Foote
Editor: Aaron Stell, J. Terry Williams
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Schindler's List (1993)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Steve Zaillian
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Rocky (1976)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Directors: John G. Avildsen
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Gene Kirkwood
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Editor: Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
Cinematographer: James Crabe
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
Composer: Bill Conti
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster
Editor: Gene Havlick, Al Clark
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Genre: Fantasy, Science fiction
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
Composer: John Williams [composer]
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
Directors: John Ford
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
Editor: Robert Simpson
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Alfred Newman
Breaking Away (1979)
Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern
Directors: Peter Yates
Producer: Peter Yates
Writer: Steve Tesich
Editor: Cynthia Scheider
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn
Directors: George Seaton
Producer: William Perlberg
Writer: George Seaton, Valentine Davies
Editor: Robert Simpson
Cinematographer: Charles [G.] Clarke , Lloyd Ahern
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
Writer: Robert Rodat
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Mutual Film Company
Composer: John Williams [composer]
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Robert E. Sherwood
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton
Directors: Ron Howard
Producer: Brian Grazer
Writer: William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert
Editor: Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Imagine Entertainment , Universal Pictures
Composer: James Horner
Hoosiers (1986)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Anspaugh, Angelo Pizzo
Producer: Carter De Haven, Angelo Pizzo, John Daly, Derek Gibson
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Editor: C. Timothy O'Meara
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy, Oliver Wood
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Hemdale Film Corporation
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Malcolm Arnold
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Directors: Arthur Penn
Producer: Fred Coe
Writer: William Gibson
Editor: Aram Avakian
Cinematographer: Ernesto Caparros
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Playfilms Productions
Composer: Laurence Rosenthal
Norma Rae (1979)
Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges
Directors: Martin Ritt
Producer: Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose
Writer: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Editor: Sidney Levin
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: David Shire
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cast: Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks
Directors: Milos Forman
Producer: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
Writer: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Editor: Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Fantasy Films
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Editor: David Bretherton, Robert Swink, William Mace
Cinematographer: William C. Mellor
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Alfred Newman
The Right Stuff (1983)
Cast: Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey
Directors: Philip Kaufman
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, James D. Brubaker
Writer: Philip Kaufman
Editor: Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Composer: Bill Conti
Philadelphia (1993)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Directors: Jonathan Demme
Producer: Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Writer: Ron Nyswaner
Editor: Craig McKay
Cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto
Genre: Drama
Production Company: TriStar Pictures , Clinica Estetico
Composer: Howard Shore
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Directors: Norman Jewison
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Editor: Hal Ashby
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Genre: Drama
Production Company: The Mirisch Corp.
Composer: Quincy Jones
The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Directors: Sam Wood
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
Composer: Leigh Harline
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Directors: Frank Darabont
Producer: Niki Marvin
Writer: Frank Darabont
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment
Composer: Thomas Newman
National Velvet (1945)
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Directors: Clarence Brown
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Writer: Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch
Editor: Robert J. Kern
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Herbert Stothart
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Directors: Preston Sturges
Producer: B. G. DeSylva
Writer: Preston Sturges
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Cinematographer: John Seitz
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Charles W. Bradshaw
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Producer: Mervyn Le Roy
Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Noel Langley
Editor: Blanche Sewell
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
Genre: Fantasy, Musical
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
High Noon (1952)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Carl Foreman
Editor: Harry Gerstad, Elmo Williams
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
Genre: Western
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Field of Dreams (1989)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon, Brian Frankish
Editor: Ian Crafford
Cinematographer: John Lindley, Ricky Bravo
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Gordon Company
Composer: James Horner
Gandhi (1982)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Directors: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Richard Attenborough
Writer: John Briley
Editor: John Bloom
Cinematographer: Ronnie Taylor , Billy Williams
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Goldcrest Films, International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India, Indo-British Films
Composer: Ravi Shankar
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel, David Lean
Writer: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: F. A. Young
Genre: Adventure, Biography
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Glory (1989)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Directors: Edward Zwick
Producer: Freddie Fields
Writer: Kevin Jarre
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis, David Wargreich
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Tri-Star Pictures
Composer: James Horner
Casablanca (1942)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Directors: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Editor: Owen Marks
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
City Lights (1931)
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Editor: Charles Chaplin
Cinematographer: Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock, Mark Marklatt
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Charles Chaplin Productions
Composer: Charles Chaplin
All the President's Men (1976)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
Producer: Walter Coblenz
Writer: William Goldman
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Wildwood Enterprises, Inc.
Composer: David Shire
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Directors: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Writer: William Rose
Editor: Robert C. Jones, Tony Friedman
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Composer: Frank De Vol
On the Waterfront (1954)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Budd Schulberg
Editor: Gene Milford
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc..
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Forrest Gump (1994)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
Writer: Eric Roth
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Cinematographer: Don Burgess, David M. Dunlap
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: The Tisch Company
Pinocchio (1940)
Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub
Writer: Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, William Cottrell, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia
Genre: Fantasy
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Composer: Paul J. Smith
Star Wars (1977)
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directors: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew, John Jympson
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Genre: Adventure, Science fiction
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Writer: Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel , James Hilton, Claudine West
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Herbert Stothart
The Sound of Music (1965)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
Directors: Robert Wise
Producer: Robert Wise
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Editor: William Reynolds, Larry Allen
Cinematographer: Ted McCord
Genre: Drama, Musical
Production Company: Argyle Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Writer: Reginald Rose
Editor: Carl Lerner
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Orion-Nova Productions
Composer: Kenyon Hopkins
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George Cukor, Chester Franklin, James Fitzpatrick
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: Sidney Howard, Barbara Keon, Lydia Schiller, Connie Earl
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Spartacus (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
Producer: Kirk Douglas, Edward Muhl, Edward Lewis
Writer: Dalton Trumbo
Editor: Robert Lawrence
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc., Bryna Productions, Inc.
Composer: Alex North
On Golden Pond (1981)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
Directors: Mark Rydell
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Writer: Ernest Thompson
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Billy Williams
Genre: Drama
Production Company: ITC Films , IPC Films
Composer: Dave Grusin
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Directors: Ralph Nelson
Producer: Ralph Nelson
Writer: James Poe
Editor: John McCafferty
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Rainbow Productions, Inc.
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Directors: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
The African Queen (1951)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Directors: John Huston
Producer: S. P. Eagle
Writer: Peter Viertel, John Collier
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Horizon Enterprises, Inc., Romulus Films, Ltd.
Composer: Allan Gray
Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra, Robert Riskin
Writer: Robert Riskin
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: George Barnes
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Frank Capra Productions, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Seabiscuit (2003)
Cast: David McCullough, Jeff Bridges, Paul Vincent O'Connor
Directors: Gary Ross, Frank Marshall, Don Bradley
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane Sindell, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Tobey Maguire, Allison Thomas, Robin Bissell
Writer: Gary Ross
Editor: William Goldenberg
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman, Mitch Amundsen, Billy Roe
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Studios , Spyglass Entertainment Group, L. P.
Composer: Randy Newman
The Color Purple (1985)
Cast: Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones, Jon Peters, Peter Guber
Writer: Menno Meyjes
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Guber-Peters Company
Composer: Quincy Jones
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
Directors: Peter Weir
Producer: Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
Writer: Tom Schulman
Editor: William Anderson , Priscilla Nedd, Lee Smith
Cinematographer: John Seale
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Witt-Thomas Productions
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Shane (1953)
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Editor: William Hornbeck, Tom McAdoo
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
Genre: Western
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Victor Young
Rudy (1993)
Cast: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton
Directors: David Anspaugh
Producer: Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods, Lee R. Mayes
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Editor: David Rosenbloom
Cinematographer: Oliver Wood
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: TriStar Pictures , Fried/Woods Films
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel
Directors: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Writer: Nathan E. Douglas , Harold Jacob Smith
Editor: Frederic Knudtson
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Lomitas Productions, Inc., Curtleigh Productions, Inc.
Composer: Ernest Gold
Ben-Hur (1959)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel, Sol C. Siegel, Sam Zimbalist, J. J. Cohn
Writer: Karl Tunberg
Editor: Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Margaret Booth
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Sergeant York (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
Directors: Howard Hawks
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
Editor: William Holmes
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
Writer: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond, William A. Fraker , Douglas Slocombe
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Columbia Pictures, EMI
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
Directors: Kevin Costner
Producer: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Jake Eberts
Writer: Michael Blake
Editor: Neil Travis, William Hoy, Stephen Potter, Chip Masamitsu
Cinematographer: Dean Semler
Genre: Western
Production Company: TIG Productions , Majestic Films International
Composer: John Barry
The Killing Fields (1984)
Cast: Sam Waterson, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Directors: Roland Joffé
Producer: David Puttnam, Roland Joffé
Writer: Ally Walker, Bruce Robinson
Editor: Jim Clark
Cinematographer: Chris Menges
Genre: Western
Sounder (1972)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Directors: Martin Ritt
Producer: Robert B. Radnitz
Writer: Lonne Elder III
Editor: Sid Levin, Michael Hoey
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc.
Braveheart (1995)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Directors: Mel Gibson
Producer: Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey
Writer: Randall Wallace
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Cinematographer: John Toll
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Icon Productions , Ladd Company
Composer: James Horner
Rain Man (1988)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Directors: Barry Levinson
Producer: Mark Johnson, Peter Guber, Jon Peters
Writer: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, Barry Morrow
Editor: Stu Linder
Cinematographer: John Seale
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Guber-Peters Company, [in association with] Star Partners II, Ltd.
Composer: Hans Zimmer
The Black Stallion (1979)
Cast: Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse
Directors: Carroll Ballard
Producer: Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg, Francis Coppola
Writer: Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff
Editor: Robert Dalva
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Genre: Adventure
Production Company: Omni Zoetrope
Composer: Carmine Coppola
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Directors: Daniel Petrie
Producer: David Susskind, Philip Rose
Writer: Lorraine Hansberry
Editor: William A. Lyon , Paul Weatherwax
Cinematographer: Charles Lawton Jr.
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Paman--Doris Productions
Composer: Laurence Rosenthal
Silkwood (1983)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Directors: Mike Nichols
Producer: Mike Nichols, Michael Hausman, Buzz Hirsch, Larry Cano
Writer: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondricek
Genre: Drama
Production Company: ABC Motion Pictures
Composer: Georges Delerue
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Directors: Robert Wise
Producer: Julian Blaustein
Writer: Edmund H. North
Editor: William Reynolds
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Martin Elfand
Writer: Douglas Day Stewart
Editor: Peter Zinner
Cinematographer: Donald Thorin
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production Company: Lorimar, Inc.
Composer: Jack Nitzsche
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith
Directors: Billy Wilder
Producer: Leland Hayward, Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes, Charles Lederer
Editor: Arthur P. Schmidt
Cinematographer: Robert Burks, J. Peverell Marley
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Leland Hayward Productions, Inc., Billy Wilder Productions, Inc.
Composer: Franz Waxman
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo
Directors: Michael Apted
Producer: Bernard Schwartz, Bob Larson
Writer: Tom Rickman
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Cinematographer: Ralf D. Bode
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon
Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
Producer: Gordon Carroll
Writer: Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Jalem Productions, Inc.
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
Dark Victory (1939)
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Directors: Edmund Goulding
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Casey Robinson
Editor: William Holmes
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Genre: Melodrama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Cast: Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, John Hardy, Carla Santos Shamberg
Writer: Susannah Grant
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: Ed Lachman
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jersey Films
Composer: Thomas Newman
Gunga Din (1939)
Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: Joel Sayre, Fred Guiol, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Editor: Henry Berman, John Lockert, John Sturges
Cinematographer: Joseph H. August
Genre: Adventure
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Alfred Newman
The Verdict (1982)
Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Burtt Harris
Writer: David Mamet
Editor: Peter Frank
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Producer: Stuart Millar, Guy Trosper, Harold Hecht
Writer: Guy Trosper
Editor: Edward Mann
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Norma Productions, Inc.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
Directors: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, David Brown
Writer: Alfred Uhry
Editor: Mark Warner
Cinematographer: Peter James
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: The Zanuck Company
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Directors: Ridley Scott, Bobby Bass
Producer: Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk
Writer: Callie Khouri
Editor: Thom Noble
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Production Company: Pathe Entertainment
Composer: Hans Zimmer
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille
Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Writer: Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank
Editor: Anne Bauchens
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Babe (1995)
Cast: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh
Directors: Chris Noonan
Producer: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller
Writer: George Miller, Chris Noonan
Editor: Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Kennedy Miller Productions
Composer: Nigel Westlake
Boys Town (1938)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
Directors: Norman Taurog
Producer: John W. Considine Jr., O. O. Dull
Writer: John Meehan, Dore Schary
Editor: Elmo Veron
Cinematographer: Sidney Wagner
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Edward Ward
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
Directors: Norman Jewison
Producer: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joseph Stein
Editor: Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence
Cinematographer: Oswald Morris
Genre: Comedy-drama, Musical
Production Company: Mirisch Productions, Inc., Cartier Productions, Inc.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Robert Riskin
Editor: Gene Havlick
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd.
Composer: Howard Jackson
Serpico (1973)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Martin Bregman
Writer: Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
Editor: Dede Allen
Cinematographer: Arthur J. Ornitz
Genre: Drama
Production Company: De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A., Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc.
Composer: Mikis Theodorakis
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Directors: Brian Gibson
Producer: Doug Chapin, Barry Krost, Roger Davies, Mario Iscovich
Writer: Kate Lanier
Editor: Stuart Pappe, David Rawlins, Michael J. Hill, Thomas G. Finnan
Cinematographer: Jamie Anderson
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana De Soto
Directors: Ramon Menendez
Producer: Tom Musca, Lindsay Law
Writer: Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca
Editor: Nancy Richardson
Cinematographer: Tom Richmond
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Eastside Productions
Composer: Craig Safan
Working Girl (1988)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith
Directors: Mike Nichols
Producer: Douglas Wick, Robert Greenhut, Laurence Mark
Writer: Kevin Wade
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Composer: Carly Simon
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Directors: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph
Editor: George Amy
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe, Sol Polito
Genre: Biography, Musical
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Leo F. Forbstein
Harold and Maude (1971)
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Directors: Hal Ashby
Producer: Mildred Lewis, Colin Higgins, Charles B. Mulvehill
Writer: Colin Higgins
Editor: William A. Sawyer, Edward Warschilka
Cinematographer: John Alonzo
Genre: Romantic comedy, Satire
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Mildred Lewis & Colin Higgins Productions, Inc.
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix
Directors: Terry George
Producer: A. Kitman Ho, Terry George
Writer: Keir Pearson, Terry George
Editor: Naomi Geraghty
Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Miracle Pictures, Seamus
Composer: Andrea Guerra
The Paper Chase (1973)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman
Directors: James Bridges
Producer: Robert C. Thompson, Rodrick Paul
Writer: James Bridges
Editor: Walter Thompson
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Thompson-Paul Productions
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Fame (1980)
Cast: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri
Directors: Alan Parker
Producer: David De Silva, Alan Marshall
Writer: Christopher Gore
Editor: Gerry Hambling
Cinematographer: Michael Seresin
Genre: Musical
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
Directors: Ron Howard
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Kehela, Todd Hallowell
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
Editor: Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Universal Pictures , DreamWorks Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Composer: James Horner
Captains Courageous (1937)
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Victor Fleming
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Writer: John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every
Editor: Elmo Veron
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Franz Waxman
Places in the Heart (1984)
Cast: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris
Directors: Robert Benton
Producer: Arlene Donovan, Michael Hausman
Writer: Robert Benton
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Nestor Almendros
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Tri-Star-Delphi II Productions
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne
Directors: Steven Zaillian
Producer: Scott Rudin, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack
Writer: Steven Zaillian
Editor: Wayne Wahrman
Cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Mirage Enterprises
Composer: James Horner
Madame Curie (1944)
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Lewin
Producer: Sidney Franklin, Edward J. Mannix
Writer: Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Herbert Stothart
The Karate Kid (1984)
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
Directors: John G. Avildsen
Producer: Jerry Weintraub, R. J. Louis
Writer: Robert Mark Kamen
Editor: Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery, John G. Avildsen
Cinematographer: James Crabe
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Composer: Bill Conti
Ray (2004)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin
Writer: James L. White, Taylor Hackford, James L. White
Editor: Paul Hirsch
Cinematographer: Pawel Edelman
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Bristol Bay Productions
Composer: Craig Armstrong
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Cast: Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson
Directors: Hugh Hudson
Producer: David Puttnam, Dodi Fayed
Editor: Terry Rawlings
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Allied Stars, Enigma Productions Limited
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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra
Editor: William Hornbeck
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker, Joseph Biroc, Victor Milner
Production Company: Liberty Films, Inc.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: Horton Foote
Editor: Aaron Stell, J. Terry Williams
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
3. Schindler's List (1993)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Steve Zaillian
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
4. Rocky (1976)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Directors: John G. Avildsen
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Gene Kirkwood
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Editor: Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
Cinematographer: James Crabe
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster
Editor: Gene Havlick, Al Clark
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp.
6. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
7. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
Directors: John Ford
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
Editor: Robert Simpson
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
8. Breaking Away (1979)
Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern
Directors: Peter Yates
Producer: Peter Yates
Writer: Steve Tesich
Editor: Cynthia Scheider
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox
9. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn
Directors: George Seaton
Producer: William Perlberg
Writer: George Seaton, Valentine Davies
Editor: Robert Simpson
Cinematographer: Charles [G.] Clarke , Lloyd Ahern
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
Writer: Robert Rodat
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Mutual Film Company
11. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Robert E. Sherwood
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
12. Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton
Directors: Ron Howard
Producer: Brian Grazer
Writer: William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert
Editor: Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Production Company: Imagine Entertainment , Universal Pictures
13. Hoosiers (1986)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Anspaugh, Angelo Pizzo
Producer: Carter De Haven, Angelo Pizzo, John Daly, Derek Gibson
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Editor: C. Timothy O'Meara
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy, Oliver Wood
Production Company: Hemdale Film Corporation
14. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc.
15. The Miracle Worker (1962)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Directors: Arthur Penn
Producer: Fred Coe
Writer: William Gibson
Editor: Aram Avakian
Cinematographer: Ernesto Caparros
Production Company: Playfilms Productions
16. Norma Rae (1979)
Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges
Directors: Martin Ritt
Producer: Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose
Writer: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Editor: Sidney Levin
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cast: Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, Dean R. Brooks
Directors: Milos Forman
Producer: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
Writer: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Editor: Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Production Company: Fantasy Films
18. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Editor: David Bretherton, Robert Swink, William Mace
Cinematographer: William C. Mellor
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
19. The Right Stuff (1983)
Cast: Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey
Directors: Philip Kaufman
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, James D. Brubaker
Writer: Philip Kaufman
Editor: Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
20. Philadelphia (1993)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Directors: Jonathan Demme
Producer: Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Writer: Ron Nyswaner
Editor: Craig McKay
Cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto
Production Company: TriStar Pictures , Clinica Estetico
21. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Directors: Norman Jewison
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Editor: Hal Ashby
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Production Company: The Mirisch Corp.
22. The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Directors: Sam Wood
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
23. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Directors: Frank Darabont
Producer: Niki Marvin
Writer: Frank Darabont
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment
24. National Velvet (1945)
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Directors: Clarence Brown
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Writer: Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch
Editor: Robert J. Kern
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
25. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Directors: Preston Sturges
Producer: B. G. DeSylva
Writer: Preston Sturges
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Cinematographer: John Seitz
Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Inc.
26. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Producer: Mervyn Le Roy
Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Noel Langley
Editor: Blanche Sewell
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
27. High Noon (1952)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Carl Foreman
Editor: Harry Gerstad, Elmo Williams
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
28. Field of Dreams (1989)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon, Brian Frankish
Editor: Ian Crafford
Cinematographer: John Lindley, Ricky Bravo
Production Company: Gordon Company
29. Gandhi (1982)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Directors: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Richard Attenborough
Writer: John Briley
Editor: John Bloom
Cinematographer: Ronnie Taylor , Billy Williams
Production Company: Goldcrest Films, International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India, Indo-British Films
30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel, David Lean
Writer: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: F. A. Young
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
31. Glory (1989)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Directors: Edward Zwick
Producer: Freddie Fields
Writer: Kevin Jarre
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis, David Wargreich
Production Company: Tri-Star Pictures
32. Casablanca (1942)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Directors: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Editor: Owen Marks
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
33. City Lights (1931)
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Editor: Charles Chaplin
Cinematographer: Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock, Mark Marklatt
Production Company: Charles Chaplin Productions
34. All the President's Men (1976)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
Producer: Walter Coblenz
Writer: William Goldman
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Production Company: Wildwood Enterprises, Inc.
35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Directors: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Writer: William Rose
Editor: Robert C. Jones, Tony Friedman
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Budd Schulberg
Editor: Gene Milford
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc..
37. Forrest Gump (1994)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
Writer: Eric Roth
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Cinematographer: Don Burgess, David M. Dunlap
Production Company: The Tisch Company
38. Pinocchio (1940)
Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub
Writer: Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, William Cottrell, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
39. Star Wars (1977)
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directors: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew, John Jympson
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
40. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Writer: Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel , James Hilton, Claudine West
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
41. The Sound of Music (1965)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
Directors: Robert Wise
Producer: Robert Wise
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Editor: William Reynolds, Larry Allen
Cinematographer: Ted McCord
Production Company: Argyle Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
42. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Writer: Reginald Rose
Editor: Carl Lerner
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Production Company: Orion-Nova Productions
43. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George Cukor, Chester Franklin, James Fitzpatrick
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: Sidney Howard, Barbara Keon, Lydia Schiller, Connie Earl
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
44. Spartacus (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
Producer: Kirk Douglas, Edward Muhl, Edward Lewis
Writer: Dalton Trumbo
Editor: Robert Lawrence
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc., Bryna Productions, Inc.
45. On Golden Pond (1981)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
Directors: Mark Rydell
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Writer: Ernest Thompson
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Billy Williams
Production Company: ITC Films , IPC Films
46. Lilies of the Field (1963)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Directors: Ralph Nelson
Producer: Ralph Nelson
Writer: James Poe
Editor: John McCafferty
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Production Company: Rainbow Productions, Inc.
47. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Directors: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
48. The African Queen (1951)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Directors: John Huston
Producer: S. P. Eagle
Writer: Peter Viertel, John Collier
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff
Production Company: Horizon Enterprises, Inc., Romulus Films, Ltd.
49. Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra, Robert Riskin
Writer: Robert Riskin
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cinematographer: George Barnes
Production Company: Frank Capra Productions, Inc.
50. Seabiscuit (2003)
Cast: David McCullough, Jeff Bridges, Paul Vincent O'Connor
Directors: Gary Ross, Frank Marshall, Don Bradley
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane Sindell, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Tobey Maguire, Allison Thomas, Robin Bissell
Writer: Gary Ross
Editor: William Goldenberg
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman, Mitch Amundsen, Billy Roe
Production Company: Universal Studios , Spyglass Entertainment Group, L. P.
51. The Color Purple (1985)
Cast: Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones, Jon Peters, Peter Guber
Writer: Menno Meyjes
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Guber-Peters Company
52. Dead Poets Society (1989)
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
Directors: Peter Weir
Producer: Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
Writer: Tom Schulman
Editor: William Anderson , Priscilla Nedd, Lee Smith
Cinematographer: John Seale
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Witt-Thomas Productions
53. Shane (1953)
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Editor: William Hornbeck, Tom McAdoo
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
54. Rudy (1993)
Cast: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton
Directors: David Anspaugh
Producer: Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods, Lee R. Mayes
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Editor: David Rosenbloom
Cinematographer: Oliver Wood
Production Company: TriStar Pictures , Fried/Woods Films
55. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel
Directors: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Writer: Nathan E. Douglas , Harold Jacob Smith
Editor: Frederic Knudtson
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Production Company: Lomitas Productions, Inc., Curtleigh Productions, Inc.
56. Ben-Hur (1959)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel, Sol C. Siegel, Sam Zimbalist, J. J. Cohn
Writer: Karl Tunberg
Editor: Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Margaret Booth
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
57. Sergeant York (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
Directors: Howard Hawks
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
Editor: William Holmes
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
58. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
Writer: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Michael Kahn
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond, William A. Fraker , Douglas Slocombe
Production Company: Columbia Pictures, EMI
59. Dances with Wolves (1990)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
Directors: Kevin Costner
Producer: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Jake Eberts
Writer: Michael Blake
Editor: Neil Travis, William Hoy, Stephen Potter, Chip Masamitsu
Cinematographer: Dean Semler
Production Company: TIG Productions , Majestic Films International
60. The Killing Fields (1984)
Cast: Sam Waterson, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Directors: Roland Joffé
Producer: David Puttnam, Roland Joffé
Writer: Ally Walker, Bruce Robinson
Editor: Jim Clark
Cinematographer: Chris Menges
61. Sounder (1972)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Directors: Martin Ritt
Producer: Robert B. Radnitz
Writer: Lonne Elder III
Editor: Sid Levin, Michael Hoey
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
Production Company: Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc.
62. Braveheart (1995)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Directors: Mel Gibson
Producer: Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey
Writer: Randall Wallace
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Cinematographer: John Toll
Production Company: Icon Productions , Ladd Company
63. Rain Man (1988)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Directors: Barry Levinson
Producer: Mark Johnson, Peter Guber, Jon Peters
Writer: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, Barry Morrow
Editor: Stu Linder
Cinematographer: John Seale
Production Company: Guber-Peters Company, [in association with] Star Partners II, Ltd.
64. The Black Stallion (1979)
Cast: Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse
Directors: Carroll Ballard
Producer: Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg, Francis Coppola
Writer: Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff
Editor: Robert Dalva
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Production Company: Omni Zoetrope
65. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Directors: Daniel Petrie
Producer: David Susskind, Philip Rose
Writer: Lorraine Hansberry
Editor: William A. Lyon , Paul Weatherwax
Cinematographer: Charles Lawton Jr.
Production Company: Paman--Doris Productions
66. Silkwood (1983)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Directors: Mike Nichols
Producer: Mike Nichols, Michael Hausman, Buzz Hirsch, Larry Cano
Writer: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondricek
Production Company: ABC Motion Pictures
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Directors: Robert Wise
Producer: Julian Blaustein
Writer: Edmund H. North
Editor: William Reynolds
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
68. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Martin Elfand
Writer: Douglas Day Stewart
Editor: Peter Zinner
Cinematographer: Donald Thorin
Production Company: Lorimar, Inc.
69. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith
Directors: Billy Wilder
Producer: Leland Hayward, Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes, Charles Lederer
Editor: Arthur P. Schmidt
Cinematographer: Robert Burks, J. Peverell Marley
Production Company: Leland Hayward Productions, Inc., Billy Wilder Productions, Inc.
70. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo
Directors: Michael Apted
Producer: Bernard Schwartz, Bob Larson
Writer: Tom Rickman
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Cinematographer: Ralf D. Bode
Production Company: Universal Pictures
71. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon
Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
Producer: Gordon Carroll
Writer: Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall
Production Company: Jalem Productions, Inc.
72. Dark Victory (1939)
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Directors: Edmund Goulding
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Casey Robinson
Editor: William Holmes
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
73. Erin Brockovich (2000)
Cast: Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, John Hardy, Carla Santos Shamberg
Writer: Susannah Grant
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: Ed Lachman
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jersey Films
74. Gunga Din (1939)
Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Directors: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Writer: Joel Sayre, Fred Guiol, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Editor: Henry Berman, John Lockert, John Sturges
Cinematographer: Joseph H. August
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
75. The Verdict (1982)
Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Burtt Harris
Writer: David Mamet
Editor: Peter Frank
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production Company: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
76. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Producer: Stuart Millar, Guy Trosper, Harold Hecht
Writer: Guy Trosper
Editor: Edward Mann
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey
Production Company: Norma Productions, Inc.
77. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
Directors: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, David Brown
Writer: Alfred Uhry
Editor: Mark Warner
Cinematographer: Peter James
Production Company: The Zanuck Company
78. Thelma & Louise (1991)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Directors: Ridley Scott, Bobby Bass
Producer: Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk
Writer: Callie Khouri
Editor: Thom Noble
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
Production Company: Pathe Entertainment
79. The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille
Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Writer: Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank
Editor: Anne Bauchens
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
80. Babe (1995)
Cast: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh
Directors: Chris Noonan
Producer: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller
Writer: George Miller, Chris Noonan
Editor: Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
Production Company: Kennedy Miller Productions
81. Boys Town (1938)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
Directors: Norman Taurog
Producer: John W. Considine Jr., O. O. Dull
Writer: John Meehan, Dore Schary
Editor: Elmo Veron
Cinematographer: Sidney Wagner
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
82. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
Directors: Norman Jewison
Producer: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joseph Stein
Editor: Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence
Cinematographer: Oswald Morris
Production Company: Mirisch Productions, Inc., Cartier Productions, Inc.
83. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Directors: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Robert Riskin
Editor: Gene Havlick
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd.
84. Serpico (1973)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Martin Bregman
Writer: Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
Editor: Dede Allen
Cinematographer: Arthur J. Ornitz
Production Company: De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A., Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc.
85. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Directors: Brian Gibson
Producer: Doug Chapin, Barry Krost, Roger Davies, Mario Iscovich
Writer: Kate Lanier
Editor: Stuart Pappe, David Rawlins, Michael J. Hill, Thomas G. Finnan
Cinematographer: Jamie Anderson
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures
86. Stand and Deliver (1988)
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana De Soto
Directors: Ramon Menendez
Producer: Tom Musca, Lindsay Law
Writer: Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca
Editor: Nancy Richardson
Cinematographer: Tom Richmond
Production Company: Eastside Productions
87. Working Girl (1988)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith
Directors: Mike Nichols
Producer: Douglas Wick, Robert Greenhut, Laurence Mark
Writer: Kevin Wade
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
88. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Directors: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph
Editor: George Amy
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe, Sol Polito
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
89. Harold and Maude (1971)
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Directors: Hal Ashby
Producer: Mildred Lewis, Colin Higgins, Charles B. Mulvehill
Writer: Colin Higgins
Editor: William A. Sawyer, Edward Warschilka
Cinematographer: John Alonzo
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Mildred Lewis & Colin Higgins Productions, Inc.
90. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix
Directors: Terry George
Producer: A. Kitman Ho, Terry George
Writer: Keir Pearson, Terry George
Editor: Naomi Geraghty
Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
Production Company: Miracle Pictures, Seamus
91. The Paper Chase (1973)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman
Directors: James Bridges
Producer: Robert C. Thompson, Rodrick Paul
Writer: James Bridges
Editor: Walter Thompson
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Production Company: Thompson-Paul Productions
92. Fame (1980)
Cast: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri
Directors: Alan Parker
Producer: David De Silva, Alan Marshall
Writer: Christopher Gore
Editor: Gerry Hambling
Cinematographer: Michael Seresin
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
93. A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
Directors: Ron Howard
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Kehela, Todd Hallowell
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
Editor: Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Production Company: Universal Pictures , DreamWorks Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
94. Captains Courageous (1937)
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Victor Fleming
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Writer: John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every
Editor: Elmo Veron
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
95. Places in the Heart (1984)
Cast: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris
Directors: Robert Benton
Producer: Arlene Donovan, Michael Hausman
Writer: Robert Benton
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Nestor Almendros
Production Company: Tri-Star-Delphi II Productions
96. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne
Directors: Steven Zaillian
Producer: Scott Rudin, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack
Writer: Steven Zaillian
Editor: Wayne Wahrman
Cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall
Production Company: Mirage Enterprises
97. Madame Curie (1944)
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Lewin
Producer: Sidney Franklin, Edward J. Mannix
Writer: Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
98. The Karate Kid (1984)
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
Directors: John G. Avildsen
Producer: Jerry Weintraub, R. J. Louis
Writer: Robert Mark Kamen
Editor: Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery, John G. Avildsen
Cinematographer: James Crabe
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
99. Ray (2004)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin
Writer: James L. White, Taylor Hackford, James L. White
Editor: Paul Hirsch
Cinematographer: Pawel Edelman
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Bristol Bay Productions
100. Chariots of Fire (1981)
Cast: Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson
Directors: Hugh Hudson
Producer: David Puttnam, Dodi Fayed
Editor: Terry Rawlings
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Production Company: Allied Stars, Enigma Productions Limited
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