American Film Institute

...hot-and-bothered races. Released 20 years ago today, yet still as fresh as a black man in the White House, the film survived its fiery birth to become a modern classic, as verified by the American Film Institute. Back in June '89,...

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In the two decades since then, the film has been recognised by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest 100 American movies in film history and was highly listed in a Sight and Sound Poll of the best films of the past 25 years. It...

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Twenty years later, the film still maintains a hold on the imagination. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked it as one of the 100 best American films. Roger Ebert, who has written he cried when he first saw the film at the Cannes...

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...featured Morgan Freeman as a Southern chauffeur. Lee, however, would have the last laugh. When the American Film Institute unveiled its list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time, neither "Driving Miss Daisy" nor "sex, lies, and...

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This year Do The Right Thing made it onto the American Film Institute's annual "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" list, and Boombox Serenade takes the opportunity to ...

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The following list includes the top 100 greatest movies of all time, according to the American Film Institute, including films such as <i>Citizen Kane</i>, <i>The ...