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AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 PASSIONS
America’s Greatest Love Stories

Now, it is weird how many of these I have seen. Still, it's few enough that I've decided to remove those I haven't seen or don't want to comment upon.

1 CASABLANCA (1942)
3 WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
8 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12 MY FAIR LADY (1964)
14 AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
16 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
27 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
31 KING AND I, THE (1956)
34 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
35 GIGI (1958)

(mostly, I find it unpleasantly creepy)
37 TITANIC (1997)
39 AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
43 STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
50 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
56 ENGLISH PATIENT, THE (1996)

(not as good as I expected from the reviews)
67 STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)

(have planned to see this for a while, though)
70 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) (much preferred Persuasion made around the same time)
88 PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (1987) (didn't see it as a child; perhaps that's why I didn't love it)
89 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)

(saw some on TV, have planned to see the rest for a while)
92 PORGY AND BESS (1959)

(there's a movie of this?)
97 GREASE (1978)

(meh)

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AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 THRILLS

Ditto. Especially weird considering how thoroughly I dislike most horror or action movies.

1. PSYCHO (1960)

(saw most of it, missed the end much to my irritation)
18. VERTIGO (1958)

(have intended for a while to see it)
19. THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)

(intend to see this, of course)
20. HIGH NOON (1952)
21. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
25. TITANIC (1997)

(this has thrills?)
27. STAR WARS (1977)
32. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

(evil homosexual but I love it all the same)
35. JURASSIC PARK (1993)
37. CASABLANCA (1942)
40. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
43. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

44. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
56. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
58. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
59. PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

(saw the mediocre remake though)
62. SPARTACUS (1960)

(saw some of it, thought it was ridiculous)
66. THE MATRIX (1999)

(saw the crap sequel, unfortunately)
71. GOLDFINGER (1964)

(I watched "The Avengers" faithfully for a couple years, does that count?)
75. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
80. REBECCA (1940) (or at least I've seen most of it)
82. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) (or at least I've seen most of it)
83. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)

(ha! now I can be snooty about having seen this)
85. DRACULA (1931)

(need to see this)
86. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945)

(there's a movie of this? cool!)
100. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)