Everything sucks now! You know it and I know it, and now we have some proof.
According to the American Film Institute, of the top 100 films in the top ten genres – Mystery, Courtroom Drama, Romantic Comedy, etc – only 18 were made after 1989. And five of those 18 are animated movies, which owe a lot of their magic to recent advances in technology and offshoring.
Click through to see what life was like before You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
Animation
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
2. Pinocchio 1940
3. Bambi 1942
4. The Lion King 1994
5. Fantasia 1940
6. Toy Story 1995
7. Beauty and the Beast 1991
8. Shrek 2001
9. Cinderella 1950
10. Finding Nemo 2003
Fantasy
1. The Wizard of Oz 1939
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
3. It's a Wonderful Life 1946
4. King Kong 1933
5. Miracle on 34th Street 1947
6. Field of Dreams 1989
7. Harvey 1950
8. Groundhog Day 1993
9. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
10. Big 1988
Science Fiction
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 1977
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
4. A Clockwork Orange 1971
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
6. Blade Runner 1982
7. Alien 1979
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
10. Back to the Future 1985
Sports
1. Raging Bull 1980
2. Rocky 1976
3. The Pride of the Yankees 1942
4. Hoosiers 1986
5. Bull Durham 1988
6. The Hustler 1961
7. Caddyshack 1980
8. Breaking Away 1979
9. National Velvet 1944
10. Jerry Maguire 1996
Western
1. The Searchers 1956
2. High Noon 1952
3. Shane 1953
4. Unforgiven 1992
5. Red River 1948
6. The Wild Bunch 1969
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
8. McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1971
9. Stagecoach 1939
10. Cat Ballou 1965
Editor
I can't believe they included Titanic on that list. Ick.
I was very pleased to see Harvey, though. Great, great movie.
where's tombstone?
You know what else is missing from that list?
Films with notable female lead roles.
deimos…get out of my head before I start charging rent. I took one look at the western list and was like "hello? Tombstone? Young Guns? What the hell?" Oh and how can they have 2 Godfather movies on the Gangster list, but no Casino? Boo. Just, boo.
Ooohgou, you're so right it's not funny. NONE of these movies (except for Bonnie and Clyde) have:
-two females
-who talk to each other
-about something other than a man
I call BULLSHIT on this list.
That's because women aren't interesting.
Elspeth- Agreed. This list is only proof that you shouldn't let AFI make your film decisions for you.
i also agree this this is bullshit. where's the Departed?
I really enjoyed the AFI special last night…maybe I'm alone in this.
This is entirely debateable guys but the following have female leads:
Cat Ballou 1965
McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1971
National Velvet 1944
Alien 1979
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
Bull Durham 1988
Miracle on 34th Street 1947
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Cinderella 1950
The Wizard of Oz 1939
um…whene did A Clockwork Orange become sci fi? i know its messed up and its one of my favorite movies.but there is nothing sci fi about it. its set at the time in present day europe. just because they wear weird cloths doesnt make it sci fi.
With as expensive as it is to go watch a movie and eat popcorn now a'days, I wouldn't waste my time on drivel like Zohan.
Jerry f-ing Maguire, one of the ten best sports movies?!?!?! Bullshit! Hell, Major League is a better sports movie than Jerry Maguire!!
And ITA about Tombstone. Best Western I've ever seen. Also, you can't have a mystery list and leave out one of Hitchcock's best - Psycho!
What happened to the foreign and independent genres? Yojimbo? Kafka? L.O.P.'s Hamlet? Trainspotting? Orlando? (Definite female lead there.)
And no Ratatouille for animation?
No. You cannot placate me with The Philadelphia Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, It Happened One Night, and Blue Velvet. Those are givens.
But, I can appreciate Shrek 3's parody of Snow White.