History of the infamous AFI Lists

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Thanks to the wonderful site of Wikipedia, here is a little history of the AFI Top 100 list.

The list was determined from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies.

Criteria

Films were judged according to the following criteria.

- Feature-length: Narrative format, at least 40 minutes long.
- American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
- Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print.
- Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from organizations in the film community and major film festivals.
- Popularity Over Time: Including figures for box office adjusted for inflation, television broadcasts and syndication, and home video sales and rentals.
- Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through technical innovation, visionary narrative devices or other groundbreaking achievements.
- Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.

The AFI released two lists, one in 1998 and another one in 2007. The AFI removed 23 films from the 1998 list and added 4 films that had been released after 1998, and 19 films that were released before.

The AFI has also released the following 100 Years series:
100 Stars
100 Laughs
100 Thrills
100 Passions
100 Heros and Villains
100 Songs
100 Movie Quotes
100 Film Scores
100 Musicals
100 Cheers
AFI's 10 Top 10

While some of those are intriguing to me... maybe next year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years%E2%80%A6100_Movies