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Top 100 Most
Inspiring Films
The following table lists the top 100 most inspiring films of all time, according to the American Film Institute, including Schindler's List and To Kill a Mockingbird. A jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians selected the
classic It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart, as the
most inspiring movie of all time.
| |
Movie |
Year |
| 1 |
It's a Wonderful Life
|
1946 |
| 2 |
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
1962 |
| 3 |
Schindler's List
|
1993 |
| 4 |
Rocky
|
1976 |
| 5 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
|
1939 |
| 6 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
1982 |
| 7 |
The Grapes of Wrath
|
1940 |
| 8 |
Breaking Away
|
1979 |
| 9 |
Miracle on 34th Street
|
1947 |
| 10 |
Saving Private Ryan
|
1998 |
| 11 |
The Best Years of Our Lives
|
1946 |
| 12 |
Apollo 13
|
1995 |
| 13 |
Hoosiers
|
1986 |
| 14 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
1957 |
| 15 |
The Miracle Worker
|
1962 |
| 16 |
Norma Rae
|
1979 |
| 17 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
1975 |
| 18 |
The Diary of Anne Frank
|
1959 |
| 19 |
The Right Stuff
|
1983 |
| 20 |
Philadelphia
|
1993 |
| 21 |
In the Heat of the Night
|
1967 |
| 22 |
The Pride of the Yankees
|
1942 |
| 23 |
The Shawshank Redemption
|
1994 |
| 24 |
National Velvet
|
1944 |
| 25 |
Sullivan's Travels
|
1941 |
| 26 |
The Wizard of Oz
|
1939 |
| 27 |
High Noon
|
1952 |
| 28 |
Field of Dreams
|
1989 |
| 29 |
Gandhi
|
1982 |
| 30 |
Lawrence of Arabia
|
1962 |
| 31 |
Glory
|
1989 |
| 32 |
Casablanca
|
1942 |
| 33 |
City Lights
|
1931 |
| 34 |
All the President's Men
|
1976 |
| 35 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
1967 |
| 36 |
On the Waterfront
|
1954 |
| 37 |
Forrest Gump
|
1994 |
| 38 |
Pinocchio
|
1940 |
| 39 |
Star Wars
|
1977 |
| 40 |
Mrs. Miniver
|
1942 |
| 41 |
The Sound of Music
|
1965 |
| 42 |
12 Angry Men
|
1957 |
| 43 |
Gone With the Wind
|
1939 |
| 44 |
Spartacus
|
1960 |
| 45 |
On Golden Pond
|
1981 |
| 46 |
Lilies of the Field
|
1963 |
| 47 |
2001: A Space Odyssey
|
1968 |
| 48 |
The African Queen
|
1951 |
| 49 |
Meet John Doe
|
1941 |
| 50 |
Seabiscuit
|
2003 |
| 51 |
The Color Purple
|
1985 |
| 52 |
Dead Poet's Society
|
1989 |
| 53 |
Shane
|
1953 |
| 54 |
Rudy
|
1993 |
| 55 |
The Defiant Ones
|
1958 |
| 56 |
Ben-Hur
|
1959 |
| 57 |
Sergeant York
|
1941 |
| 58 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
1977 |
| 59 |
Dances With Wolves
|
1990 |
| 60 |
The Killing Fields
|
1984 |
| 61 |
Sounder
|
1972 |
| 62 |
Braveheart
|
1995 |
| 63 |
Rain Man
|
1988 |
| 64 |
The Black Stallion
|
1979 |
| 65 |
A Raisin in the Sun
|
1961 |
| 66 |
Silkwood
|
1983 |
| 67 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still
|
1951 |
| 68 |
An Officer and a Gentleman
|
1982 |
| 69 |
The Spirit of St. Louis
|
1957 |
| 70 |
Coal Miner's Daughter
|
1980 |
| 71 |
Cool Hand Luke
|
1967 |
| 72 |
Dark Victory
|
1939 |
| 73 |
Erin Brockovich
|
2000 |
| 74 |
Gunga Din
|
1939 |
| 75 |
The Verdict
|
1982 |
| 76 |
Birdman of Alcatraz
|
1962 |
| 77 |
Driving Miss Daisy
|
1989 |
| 78 |
Thelma & Louise
|
1991 |
| 79 |
The Ten Commandments
|
1956 |
| 80 |
Babe
|
1995 |
| 81 |
Boys Town
|
1938 |
| 82 |
Fiddler on the Roof
|
1971 |
| 83 |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
|
1936 |
| 84 |
Serpico
|
1973 |
| 85 |
What's Love Got to Do With It
|
1993 |
| 86 |
Stand and Deliver
|
1988 |
| 87 |
Working Girl
|
1988 |
| 88 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy
|
1942 |
| 89 |
Harold and Maude
|
1972 |
| 90 |
Hotel Rwanda
|
2004 |
| 91 |
The Paper Chase
|
1973 |
| 92 |
Fame
|
1980 |
| 93 |
A Beautiful Mind
|
2001 |
| 94 |
Captains Courageous
|
1937 |
| 95 |
Places in the Heart
|
1984 |
| 96 |
Searching for Bobby Fischer
|
1993 |
| 97 |
Madame Curie
|
1943 |
| 98 |
The Karate Kid
|
1984 |
| 99 |
Ray
|
2004 |
| 100 |
Chariots of Fire
|
1981 |
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