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ANIMATION
AFI defines “animated” as a genre in which the film’s images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille LaVerne
Producer: Walt Disney|153163
Writer: Ted Sears|144868||Richard Creedon|129755||Otto Englander|119814||Dick Rickard|38705||Earl Hurd|42475||Merrill De Maris|111032||Dorothy Ann Blank|41200||Webb Smith|154291
Genre: Musical
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions, Ltd.
Composer: Frank Churchill
Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub
Writer: Ted Sears|144868||Webb Smith|154291||Joseph Sabo|89652||Otto Englander|119814||William Cottrell|155386||Erdman Penner|48052||Aurie Battaglia|16935
Genre: Fantasy
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Composer: Paul J. Smith
Cast: Peter Behn, Hardie Albright, Ann Gillis
Writer: Larry Morey|95655||George Stallings|59466||Melvin Shaw|110879||Carl Fallberg|26678||Chuck Couch|31923||Ralph Wright|127247
Genre: Children's works
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Composer: Frank Churchill
Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones
Directors: Roger Allers|258741||Rob Minkoff|264104
Producer: Don Hahn|229828
Writer: Irene Mecchi|264107||Jonathan Roberts|256003||Linda Woolverton|237982
Editor: Ivan Bilancio|264105
Genre: Adventure
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Cast: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor
Directors: Sam Armstrong|137777||James Algar|77307||Bill Roberts|21524||Paul Satterfield|122311||Hamilton Luske|65243||Jim Handley|82701||Ford Beebe|51902||T. Hee|144051||Norman Ferguson|118414||Wilfred Jackson|154742
Producer: Walt Disney|153163||Ben Sharpsteen|18882
Writer: Lee Blair|96506||Elmer Plummer|46987||Phil Dike|124583||Sylvia Moberly-Holland|143960||Norman Wright|118641||Albert Heath|9171||Bianca Majolie|20815||Graham Heid|63245||Perce Pearce|123433||Carl Fallberg|26678||William Martin|156035||Leo Thiele|97356||Robert Sterner|132681||John Fraser McLeish|87523||Otto Englander|119814||Webb Smith|154291||Erdman Penner|48052||Joseph Sabo|89652||William Peed|156220||George Stallings|59466||Campbell Grant|26401||Arthur Heinemann|15952
Genre: Musical
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Composer: Edward Plumb
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
Directors: John Lasseter|192893
Producer: Ralph Guggenheim|237643||Bonnie Arnold|237644
Writer: Joss Whedon|237645||Andrew Stanton|192792||Joel Cohen|237646||Alec Sokolow|237647
Editor: Robert Gordon|131822||Lee Unkrich|192892
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Composer: Randy Newman
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
Directors: Gary Trousdale|234419||Kirk Wise|234420
Producer: Don Hahn|229828||Howard Ashman|223756
Editor: John Carnochan|237985
Genre: Musical
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures , Silver Screen Partners IV
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Directors: Andrew Adamson|173501||Vicky Jenson|173502
Producer: Aron Warner|177290||John H. Williams|173526||Jeffrey Katzenberg|173527||Penney Finkelman Cox|173529||Sandra Rabins|173530
Writer: Ted Elliott|144692||Terry Rossio|173531||Joe Stillman|84696||Roger S. H. Schulman|173532||Jenna Grigg Thomas|174006||Kelly Asbury|174521||Francisco Avalos|174524||Rejean Bourdages|174531||Ken Harsha|174533||Ken Bruce|174534||Cody Cameron|173513||Becky Cassady|174551||Eric Darnell|174552||Rick Farmiloe|174553||James Fujii|174554||Edmund Fong|174555||Robert Koo|174556||Todd Kurosawa|174557||Robert Lence|174558||Chris Miller|173512||Catherine Yuh Rader|174559||Tom Sito|174561||David Soren|174563||Robert Souza|174565||John Stevenson|174566||Conrad Vernon|173516
Editor: Sim Evan-Jones|173534
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: PDI/DreamWorks Pictures
Cast: Ilene Woods, Helene Stanley, Eleanor Audley
Directors: Wilfred Jackson|154742||Hamilton Luske|65243||Clyde Geronimi|33448
Producer: Ben Sharpsteen|18882
Writer: William Peed|156220||Erdman Penner|48052||Ted Sears|144868||Winston Hibler|157826||Homer Brightman|70912||Harry Reeves|67147||Kenneth Anderson|93581||Joe Rinaldi|84603
Editor: Donald Halliday|40101
Genre: Children's works
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Composer: Oliver Wallace
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould
Directors: Andrew Stanton|192792
Producer: Graham Walters|192894||John Lasseter|192893
Writer: Andrew Stanton|192792||Bob Peterson|22952||David Reynolds|192896||Ronnie del Carmen|192897||Dan Jeup|192898||Jason Katz|192899
Editor: David Ian Salter|192900
Cinematographer: Sharon Calahan|193416||Jeremy Lasky|193417
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures , Pixar Animation Studios
Composer: Thomas Newman
ROMANTIC COMEDY
AFI defines “romantic comedy” as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
Directors: Charles Chaplin|29141
Writer: Charles Chaplin|29141
Editor: Charles Chaplin|29141
Cinematographer: Rollie Totheroh|134445||Gordon Pollock|62865||Mark Marklatt|107432
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Charles Chaplin Productions
Composer: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Directors: Woody Allen|130902
Producer: Charles H. Joffe|428545||Robert Greenhut|428547
Writer: Woody Allen|938606||Marshall Brickman|938607
Editor: Ralph Rosenblum , A.C.E.|191074||Wendy Greene Bricmont|191075
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis , A.S.C.|309779
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: United Artists Corp.
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Directors: Frank Capra|53185
Producer: Harry Cohn|66578
Writer: Robert Riskin|132509
Editor: Gene Havlick|57624
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker|89750
Genre: Screwball comedy
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp.
Composer: Louis Silvers
Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Directors: William Wyler|156648
Producer: William Wyler|156648
Writer: Ian McLellan Hunter|72291||John Dighton|85536||Dalton Trumbo|35027||Ian McLellan Hunter|72291||Dalton Trumbo|35027
Editor: Robert Swink|132717
Cinematographer: Frank F. Planer|54322||Henri Alekan|68908
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Georges Auric
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Directors: George Cukor|58446
Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz|89920
Writer: Donald Ogden Stewart|40292
Editor: Frank Sullivan|54078
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg|89648
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Franz Waxman
Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
Directors: Rob Reiner|131167
Producer: Rob Reiner|131167||Andrew Scheinman|251786
Writer: Nora Ephron|254648
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld|244469
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Directors: George Cukor|58446
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten|96324
Writer: Ruth Gordon|136824||Garson Kanin|57174
Editor: George Boemler|58264
Cinematographer: George Folsey|58601
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia
Directors: Norman Jewison|118464
Producer: Patrick Palmer|207030||Norman Jewison|118464
Writer: John Patrick Shanley|252194
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: David Watkin|36924
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Star Partners, Ltd.
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Directors: Hal Ashby|64917
Producer: Mildred Lewis|113126||Colin Higgins|171253||Charles B. Mulvehill|199127
Writer: Colin Higgins|171253
Editor: William A. Sawyer|156745||Edward Warschilka|45073
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|85045
Genre: Romantic comedy, Satire
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Mildred Lewis & Colin Higgins Productions, Inc.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
Directors: Nora Ephron|254648
Producer: Gary Foster|201375||Lynda Obst|255569||Patrick Crowley|264728
Writer: Nora Ephron|254648||David S. Ward|235147||Jeff Arch|263963||Jeff Arch|263963
Editor: Robert Reitano|210050
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist|143698
Genre: Romantic comedy
Production Company: TriStar Pictures
WESTERN
AFI defines “western” as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier.
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Directors: John Ford|85693
Producer: Merian C. Cooper|110989
Writer: Frank S. Nugent|54443
Editor: Jack Murray|75970
Cinematographer: Winton Hoch|157847
Genre: Western
Production Company: C. V. Whitney Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann|55504
Writer: Carl Foreman|26686
Editor: Harry Gerstad|219083||Elmo Williams|47020
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby|51832
Genre: Western
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Directors: George Stevens|59479
Producer: George Stevens|59479
Writer: A. B. Guthrie Jr.|6633
Editor: William Hornbeck|155805||Tom McAdoo|147727
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs|101734
Genre: Western
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Victor Young
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
Directors: Clint Eastwood|33326
Producer: Clint Eastwood|33326||David Valdes|257298
Writer: David Webb Peoples|237267
Editor: Joel Cox|84820
Cinematographer: Jack N. Green|237268
Genre: Western
Production Company: The Malpaso Company
Composer: Lennie Niehaus
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Directors: Howard Hawks|71302
Producer: Charles K. Feldman|30512||Howard Hawks|71302
Writer: Borden Chase|23562||Charles Schnee|29974
Editor: Christian Nyby|31588
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Genre: Western
Production Company: Monterey Productions, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan [1909-1973]
Directors: Sam Peckinpah|137996
Producer: Phil Feldman|124591
Writer: Walon Green|153157||Sam Peckinpah|137996||Walon Green|153157||Roy N. Sickner|135939
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard|101921
Genre: Western
Production Company: Phil Feldman Productions, Inc., Warner Bros.--Seven Arts, Inc.
Composer: Jerry Fielding
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
Directors: George Roy Hill|60042
Producer: John Foreman|85698||Paul Newman|122194||Paul Monash|122158
Writer: William Goldman|155666
Editor: John C. Howard|87376||Richard C. Meyer|130611
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall|33871
Genre: Comedy-drama, Western
Production Company: Campanile Productions, Inc.
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois
Directors: Robert Altman|131210
Producer: David Foster|36369||Mitchell Brower|206953
Writer: Robert Altman|131210||Brian Daly|23949
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond|151272
Genre: Western
Production Company: Lion's Head, David Foster Productions
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine
Directors: John Ford|85693
Writer: Dudley Nichols|41697
Editor: Otho Lovering|119747||Dorothy Spencer|41129||Walter Reynolds|153606
Cinematographer: Bert Glennon|19760
Genre: Western
Production Company: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.
Composer: Boris Morros
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
Directors: Elliot Silverstein|46847
Producer: Harold Hecht|65947
Writer: Walter Newman|153550||Frank Pierson|53917
Editor: Charles Nelson|29799
Cinematographer: Jack Marta|75865
Genre: Comedy, Satire, Western
Production Company: Harold Hecht Corp.
Composer: De Vol
SPORTS
AFI defines “sports” as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Directors: Martin Scorsese|108079
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Robert Chartoff|131458||Peter Savage|124286
Writer: Paul Schrader|182002||Mardik Martin|105057
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker|146090
Cinematographer: Michael Chapman|111350
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Directors: John G. Avildsen|87526
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Robert Chartoff|131458||Gene Kirkwood|57648
Writer: Sylvester Stallone|207542
Editor: Richard Halsey|129968||Scott Conrad|216857
Cinematographer: James Crabe|201019
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
Composer: Bill Conti
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Directors: Sam Wood|138105
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn|138284
Writer: Jo Swerling|83419||Herman J. Mankiewicz|70400
Editor: Daniel Mandell|35426
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté|136248
Genre: Biography
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
Composer: Leigh Harline
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Anspaugh|250396||Angelo Pizzo|256023
Producer: Carter De Haven|28047||Angelo Pizzo|256023||John Daly|85477||Derek Gibson|206930
Writer: Angelo Pizzo|256023
Editor: C. Timothy O'Meara|241523
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy|55228||Oliver Wood|119205
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Hemdale Film Corporation
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Directors: Ron Shelton|244111
Producer: Thom Mount|244109||Mark Burg|244110||David V. Lester|261045
Writer: Ron Shelton|244111
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502||Adam Weiss|244113
Cinematographer: Robert Byrne|219724||Bob Hillman|390884
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: Mount Company
Composer: Michael Convertino
Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Directors: Robert Rossen|132527
Producer: Robert Rossen|132527
Writer: Sidney Carroll|140563||Robert Rossen|132527
Editor: Dede Allen|37354
Cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan|161797
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Rossen Enterprises
Composer: Kenyon Hopkins
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight
Directors: Harold Ramis|172833
Producer: Douglas Kenney|250348||Jon Peters|88482
Writer: Brian Doyle-Murray|250349||Harold Ramis|172833||Douglas Kenney|250348
Editor: William Carruth|245338||Robert Barrére|283702
Cinematographer: Stevan Larner|235142
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: Orion Pictures Company
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern
Directors: Peter Yates|124415
Producer: Peter Yates|124415
Writer: Steve Tesich|244212
Editor: Cynthia Scheider|235843
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti|109466
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Directors: Clarence Brown|32371
Producer: Pandro S. Berman|120420
Writer: Theodore Reeves|146212||Helen Deutsch|68272
Editor: Robert J. Kern|133181
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith|97779
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Herbert Stothart
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger
Directors: Cameron Crowe|170005
Producer: James L. Brooks|250624||Cameron Crowe|170005||Richard Sakai|264558||Laurence Mark|220562
Writer: Cameron Crowe|170005
Editor: Joe Hutshing|178273
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Genre: Comedy-drama, Romance
Production Company: TriStar Pictures
Composer: Nancy Wilson
MYSTERY
AFI defines “mystery” as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime.
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Alec Coppel|9693||Samuel Taylor|217552
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Directors: Roman Polanski|134497
Producer: Robert Evans|131692
Writer: Robert Towne|132756
Editor: Sam O'Steen|137989
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|85045||Stanley Cortez|141902
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Production Company: Long Road Productions, Inc.
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: John Michael Hayes|87761
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Genre: Mystery
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Patron, Inc.
Composer: Franz Waxman
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Directors: Otto Preminger|119881
Producer: Otto Preminger|119881
Writer: Jay Dratler|79843||Samuel Hoffenstein|138296||Betty Reinhardt|20539
Editor: Louis Loeffler|101118
Cinematographer: Joseph La Shelle|89486||Lucien Ballard|101921
Genre: Film noir
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: David Raksin
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles
Directors: Carol Reed|27697
Producer: Carol Reed|27697
Writer: Graham Greene|63242
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter|119719
Cinematographer: Robert Krasker|132078
Genre: Adventure
Production Company: London Film Productions, Ltd.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Directors: John Huston|86038
Producer: Hal B. Wallis|65158
Writer: John Huston|86038
Editor: Thomas Richards|146598
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson|15872
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Ernest Lehman|48610
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Lynch|173602
Producer: Fred Caruso|54848||Richard Roth|130351
Writer: David Lynch|173602
Editor: Duwayne Dunham|254497
Cinematographer: Frederick Elmes|201626
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Blue Velvet Productions
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Frederick Knott|55915
Editor: Rudi Fehr|136111
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Directors: Bryan Singer|260517
Producer: Bryan Singer|260517||Michael McDonnell|265220
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie|265221
Editor: John Ottman|262688
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel|263567
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Blue Parrot
Composer: John Ottman
FANTASY
AFI defines “fantasy” as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Directors: Victor Fleming|150912||King Vidor|94180
Producer: Mervyn LeRoy|111088
Writer: Noel Langley|118020||Florence Ryerson|51700||Edgar Allan Woolf|43800||Noel Langley|118020
Editor: Blanche Sewell|22291
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson|66106
Genre: Fantasy, Musical
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Cast: Alan Howard, Noel Appleby, Sean Astin
Directors: Peter Jackson|124046
Producer: Barrie M. Osborne|174455||Peter Jackson|124046||Fran Walsh|174463||Tim Sanders|174465||Mark Ordesky|174486||Bob Weinstein|174487||Harvey Weinstein|174491||Robert Shaye|174493||Michael Lynne|174495
Writer: Fran Walsh|174463||Philippa Boyens|174483||Peter Jackson|124046
Editor: John Gilbert|85780
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie|174500||Allen Guilford|175845||John Cavill|175846||Simon Raby|175847||Richard Bluck|175848||Nigel Bluck|175849||Alun Bollinger|175850||Chuck Schuman|177793||David Hardberger|177794
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: New Line Cinema , Wingnut Films
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Frank Capra|53185
Producer: Frank Capra|53185
Writer: Frances Goodrich|52307||Albert Hackett|9163||Frank Capra|53185
Editor: William Hornbeck|155805
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker|89750||Joseph Biroc|89217||Victor Milner|151007
Genre: Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Liberty Films, Inc.
Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Directors: Merian C. Cooper|110989||Ernest B. Schoedsack|48719
Producer: David O. Selznick|37056
Writer: James Ashmore Creelman|78424||Ruth Rose|136946
Editor: Ted Cheesman|144655
Cinematographer: Eddie Linden|43489||Vernon L. Walker|150607||J. O. Taylor|74739
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn
Directors: George Seaton|59398
Producer: William Perlberg|156224
Writer: George Seaton|59398||Valentine Davies|150000
Editor: Robert Simpson|132623
Cinematographer: Charles G. Clarke|30414||Lloyd Ahern|99864
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson|240823
Producer: Lawrence Gordon|96225||Charles Gordon|29405||Brian Frankish|218248
Editor: Ian Crafford|215440
Cinematographer: John Lindley|206871||Ricky Bravo|360045
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Gordon Company
Composer: James Horner
Cast: Wallace Ford, William Lynn, Victoria Horne
Directors: Henry Koster|69370
Producer: John Beck|235111
Writer: Mary Chase|108453||Oscar Brodney|119560
Editor: Ralph Dawson|126985
Cinematographer: William Daniels|155428
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc.
Composer: Frank Skinner
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Directors: Harold Ramis|172833
Producer: Trevor Albert|263258||Harold Ramis|172833||C. O. Erickson|25628
Writer: Danny Rubin|263259||Harold Ramis|172833||Danny Rubin|263259
Editor: Pembroke J. Herring|123292
Cinematographer: John Bailey|85092||James Blanford|239588||George Kohut|255787
Genre: Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Composer: George Fenton
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Directors: Raoul Walsh|127526
Writer: Elton Thomas|47235||Lotta Woods|100610
Editor: William Nolan|156163
Genre: Fantasy
Production Company: Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.
Composer: Mortimer Wilson
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
Directors: Penny Marshall|123332
Producer: James L. Brooks|250624||Robert Greenhut|131840
Writer: Gary Ross|192021||Anne Spielberg|256958
Editor: Barry Malkin|18167
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld|244469
Genre: Comedy-drama, Romance
Production Company: Gracie Films
Composer: Howard Shore
SCI-FI
AFI defines “science fiction” as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Producer: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Writer: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Arthur C. Clarke|16344
Editor: Ray Lovejoy|127865
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth|58045
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directors: George Lucas|58957
Producer: Gary Kurtz|57246||George Lucas|58957
Writer: George Lucas|58957
Editor: Paul Hirsch|121941||Marcia Lucas|207660||Richard Chew|129720||John Jympson|86094
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor|61462
Genre: Adventure, Science fiction
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Composer: John Williams
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Melissa Mathison|236978
Editor: Carol Littleton|210249
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau|236977
Genre: Fantasy, Science fiction
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Producer: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Max L. Raab|110310||Si Litvinoff|140396
Writer: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Editor: Bill Butler|20972
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Polaris Productions, Inc., Hawks Films Limited
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Directors: Robert Wise|132871
Producer: Julian Blaustein|90952
Writer: Edmund H. North|44126
Editor: William Reynolds|156300
Cinematographer: Leo Tover|97359
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
Directors: Ridley Scott|170757
Producer: Michael Deeley|111410||Brian Kelly|23990||Hampton Fancher|65266
Writer: Hampton Fancher|65266||David Peoples|213737
Editor: Marsha Nakashima|328572
Cinematographer: Jordan Cronenweth|88600
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: The Ladd Company, Sir Run Run Shaw
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
Directors: Ridley Scott|170757
Producer: Gordon Carroll|62710||David Giler|36394||Walter Hill|231165||Ronald Shusett|249949
Writer: Dan O'Bannon|242981||Ronald Shusett|249949
Editor: Terry Rawlings|145320||Peter Weatherley|124389
Cinematographer: Derek Vanlint|249950
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Directors: James Cameron|77453
Producer: James Cameron|77453||Gale Anne Hurd|254491
Writer: James Cameron|77453||William Wisher|262016
Editor: Conrad Buff|33867||Mark Goldblatt|251282||Richard A. Harris|214759
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg|7315||Michael A. Benson|207912
Genre: Adventure, Science fiction
Production Company: Carolco, Pacific Western , Lightstorm Entertainment
Composer: Brad Fiedel
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
Directors: Don Siegel|39870
Producer: Walter Wanger|153728
Writer: Daniel Mainwaring|35424
Editor: Robert S. Eisen|133351
Cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks|46918
Genre: Horror, Science fiction
Production Company: Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Carmen Dragon
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
Directors: Robert Zemeckis|234415||Frank Marshall|53728
Producer: Bob Gale|244408||Neil Canton|225597||Steven Spielberg|210355||Frank Marshall|53728||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Robert Zemeckis|234415||Bob Gale|244408
Editor: Arthur Schmidt|16202||Harry Keramidas|244413
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey|218907||Raymond Stella|293089
Genre: Comedy, Science fiction
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin Entertainment
Composer: Alan Silvestri
GANGSTER
AFI defines the “gangster film” as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Producer: Robert Evans|131692||Albert S. Ruddy|9452
Writer: Mario Puzo|190340||Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Editor: William Reynolds|156300||Peter Zinner|124422
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis|62919
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Alfran Productions, Inc.
Composer: Nino Rota
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Directors: Martin Scorsese|108079
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Barbara De Fina|171929
Writer: Nicholas Pileggi|236967||Martin Scorsese|108079
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker|146090||James Kwei|184153
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus|183942
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Irwin Winkler Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Producer: Robert Evans|131692||Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola|52754||Mario Puzo|190340
Editor: Richard Marks|130183
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis|62919
Genre: Drama
Production Company: The Coppola Company
Composer: Nino Rota
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Directors: Raoul Walsh|127526
Producer: Louis F. Edelman|101376
Writer: Ivan Goff|73796||Ben Roberts|18863
Editor: Owen Marks|119968
Cinematographer: Sid Hickox|140462
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Directors: Arthur Penn|16138
Producer: Warren Beatty|154030
Writer: David Newman|36685||Robert Benton|131302
Editor: Dede Allen|37354
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey|25049
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production Company: Tatira-Hiller Productions
Composer: Charles Strouse
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley
Directors: Howard Hawks|71302
Writer: Ben Hecht|18760||Fred Pasley|55266
Editor: Edward Curtiss|44545
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes|96572||L. W. O'Connell|95133
Genre: Drama
Production Company: The Caddo Co., Inc.
Composer: Adolph Tandler
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
Directors: Quentin Tarantino|234417
Producer: Lawrence Bender|176671
Writer: Quentin Tarantino|234417
Editor: Sally Menke|237540
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula|237541
Genre: Comedy-drama
Production Company: A Band Apart , Jersey Films
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Directors: William A. Wellman|156757
Writer: Kubec Glasmon|94596||John Bright|85254||Harvey Thew|67737
Editor: Edward M. McDermott|45261
Cinematographer: Dev Jennings|206122
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy|111088
Writer: Francis Edwards Faragoh|52753
Editor: Ray Curtiss|127704
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio|148490
Genre: Drama
Production Company: First National Pictures, Inc.
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directors: Brian De Palma|89515
Producer: Martin Bregman|460569||Louis A. Stroller|460568
Writer: Oliver Stone|958063
Editor: Jerry Greenberg|219301||David Ray|219302
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|279949
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
COURTROOM DRAMA
AFI defines “courtroom drama” as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film’s narrative.
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan|132322
Producer: Alan J. Pakula|8979
Writer: Horton Foote|71139
Editor: Aaron Stell|7038||J. Terry Williams|74903
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Directors: Sidney Lumet|140633
Producer: Henry Fonda|69239||Reginald Rose|128668
Writer: Reginald Rose|128668
Editor: Carl Lerner|26775
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman|23593
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Orion-Nova Productions
Composer: Kenyon Hopkins
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander
Directors: Robert Benton|131302
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe|142116
Writer: Robert Benton|131302
Editor: Jerry Greenberg|81860
Cinematographer: Nestor Almendros|116888
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Directors: Sidney Lumet|140633
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck|130624||David Brown|36208||Burtt Harris|25158
Writer: David Mamet|250733
Editor: Peter Frank|254176
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak|249169
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Directors: Rob Reiner|131167
Producer: David Brown|36208||Rob Reiner|131167||Andrew Scheinman|251786||William Gilmore|368738||Rachel Pfeffer|263964
Writer: Aaron Sorkin|244082
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502||Steve Nevius|260976
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson|132500
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Directors: Billy Wilder|22099
Producer: Arthur Hornblow|15970
Writer: Billy Wilder|22099||Harry Kurnitz|66901||Larry Marcus|95635
Editor: Daniel Mandell|35426
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Production Company: Edward Small Productions, Inc., Theme Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Matty Malneck
Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Directors: Otto Preminger|119881
Producer: Otto Preminger|119881
Writer: Wendell Mayes|154360
Editor: Louis Loeffler|101118
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt|137940
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Carlyle Productions, Inc.
Composer: Duke Ellington
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
Directors: Richard Brooks|129666
Producer: Richard Brooks|129666
Writer: Richard Brooks|129666
Editor: Peter Zinner|124422
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall|33871
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Pax Enterprises
Composer: Quincy Jones
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles
Directors: Fred Schepisi|249634
Producer: Verity Lambert|257261||Menahem Golan|110921||Yoram Globus|244225
Writer: Robert Caswell|257263||Fred Schepisi|249634
Editor: Jill Bilcock|173991
Cinematographer: Ian Baker|252328
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Cannon Entertainment Inc., Cinema Verity , Evil Angels Films Pty. Ltd.
Composer: Bruce Smeaton
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark
Directors: Stanley Kramer|141975
Producer: Stanley Kramer|141975
Writer: Abby Mann|7068
Editor: Frederic Knudtson|55767
Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo|48603
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Roxlom Films
Composer: Ernest Gold
EPIC
AFI defines “epic” as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean|36567
Producer: Sam Spiegel|138056||David Lean|36567
Writer: Robert Bolt|131338||Michael Wilson|112014
Editor: Anne V. Coates|14028
Cinematographer: F. A. Young|50445
Genre: Adventure, Biography
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler|156648
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel|205802||Sol C. Siegel|141275||Sam Zimbalist|138111||J. J. Cohn|74572
Writer: Karl Tunberg|92154
Editor: Ralph E. Winters|127275||John D. Dunning|204780||Margaret Booth|105099
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees|162275
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Gerald R. Molen|237407||Branko Lustig|23808||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Steve Zaillian|249538
Editor: Michael Kahn|111597
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming|150912||Sam Wood|138105||George Cukor|58446||Chester Franklin|31119||James Fitzpatrick|180750
Producer: David O. Selznick|37056
Writer: Sidney Howard|140606||Barbara Keon|17722||Lydia Schiller|102711||Connie Earl|33790
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller|48571||Lee Garmes|96572
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Anthony Mann|14336
Producer: Kirk Douglas|94234||Edward Muhl|44876||Edward Lewis|44802
Writer: Dalton Trumbo|35027
Editor: Robert Lawrence|132110
Cinematographer: Russell Metty|136613
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc., Bryna Productions, Inc.
Composer: Alex North
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Directors: James Cameron|77453
Producer: James Cameron|77453||Jon Landau|237835
Writer: James Cameron|77453
Editor: Conrad Buff|33867||James Cameron|77453||Richard A. Harris|214759
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter|237836
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Lightstorm Entertainment , Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: James Horner
Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Directors: Lewis Milestone|98659
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.|26765
Writer: George Abbott|58105||Del Andrews|37425
Editor: Edgar Adams|43701||Milton Carruth|113384
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson|15872
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures Corp.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Ian Bryce|171171||Mark Gordon|247689||Gary Levinsohn|238656
Writer: Robert Rodat|238655
Editor: Michael Kahn|111597
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Mutual Film Company
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
Directors: Warren Beatty|154030
Producer: Warren Beatty|154030||Simon Relph|140920||Dede Allen|37354
Writer: Warren Beatty|154030||Trevor Griffiths|252209
Editor: Dede Allen|37354||Craig McKay|34295
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro|152055
Genre: Biography, Drama, Epic, Romance
Production Company: Paramount Pictures , J. R. S. Productions
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille|28676
Producer: Cecil B. DeMille|28676
Writer: Aeneas MacKenzie|7741||Jesse Lasky Jr.|82211||Jack Gariss|75506||Fredric M. Frank|56095
Editor: Anne Bauchens|13795
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs|101734
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
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ANIMATION
AFI defines “animated” as a genre in which the film’s images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
1. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille LaVerne
Producer: Walt Disney|153163
Writer: Ted Sears|144868||Richard Creedon|129755||Otto Englander|119814||Dick Rickard|38705||Earl Hurd|42475||Merrill De Maris|111032||Dorothy Ann Blank|41200||Webb Smith|154291
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions, Ltd.
2. PINOCCHIO (1940)
Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub
Writer: Ted Sears|144868||Webb Smith|154291||Joseph Sabo|89652||Otto Englander|119814||William Cottrell|155386||Erdman Penner|48052||Aurie Battaglia|16935
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
3. BAMBI (1942)
Cast: Peter Behn, Hardie Albright, Ann Gillis
Writer: Larry Morey|95655||George Stallings|59466||Melvin Shaw|110879||Carl Fallberg|26678||Chuck Couch|31923||Ralph Wright|127247
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
4. THE LION KING (1994)
Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones
Directors: Roger Allers|258741||Rob Minkoff|264104
Producer: Don Hahn|229828
Writer: Irene Mecchi|264107||Jonathan Roberts|256003||Linda Woolverton|237982
Editor: Ivan Bilancio|264105
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures
5. FANTASIA (1942)
Cast: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor
Directors: Sam Armstrong|137777||James Algar|77307||Bill Roberts|21524||Paul Satterfield|122311||Hamilton Luske|65243||Jim Handley|82701||Ford Beebe|51902||T. Hee|144051||Norman Ferguson|118414||Wilfred Jackson|154742
Producer: Walt Disney|153163||Ben Sharpsteen|18882
Writer: Lee Blair|96506||Elmer Plummer|46987||Phil Dike|124583||Sylvia Moberly-Holland|143960||Norman Wright|118641||Albert Heath|9171||Bianca Majolie|20815||Graham Heid|63245||Perce Pearce|123433||Carl Fallberg|26678||William Martin|156035||Leo Thiele|97356||Robert Sterner|132681||John Fraser McLeish|87523||Otto Englander|119814||Webb Smith|154291||Erdman Penner|48052||Joseph Sabo|89652||William Peed|156220||George Stallings|59466||Campbell Grant|26401||Arthur Heinemann|15952
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
6. TOY STORY (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
Directors: John Lasseter|192893
Producer: Ralph Guggenheim|237643||Bonnie Arnold|237644
Writer: Joss Whedon|237645||Andrew Stanton|192792||Joel Cohen|237646||Alec Sokolow|237647
Editor: Robert Gordon|131822||Lee Unkrich|192892
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
7. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
Directors: Gary Trousdale|234419||Kirk Wise|234420
Producer: Don Hahn|229828||Howard Ashman|223756
Editor: John Carnochan|237985
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures , Silver Screen Partners IV
8. SHREK (2001)
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Directors: Andrew Adamson|173501||Vicky Jenson|173502
Producer: Aron Warner|177290||John H. Williams|173526||Jeffrey Katzenberg|173527||Penney Finkelman Cox|173529||Sandra Rabins|173530
Writer: Ted Elliott|144692||Terry Rossio|173531||Joe Stillman|84696||Roger S. H. Schulman|173532||Jenna Grigg Thomas|174006||Kelly Asbury|174521||Francisco Avalos|174524||Rejean Bourdages|174531||Ken Harsha|174533||Ken Bruce|174534||Cody Cameron|173513||Becky Cassady|174551||Eric Darnell|174552||Rick Farmiloe|174553||James Fujii|174554||Edmund Fong|174555||Robert Koo|174556||Todd Kurosawa|174557||Robert Lence|174558||Chris Miller|173512||Catherine Yuh Rader|174559||Tom Sito|174561||David Soren|174563||Robert Souza|174565||John Stevenson|174566||Conrad Vernon|173516
Editor: Sim Evan-Jones|173534
Production Company: PDI/DreamWorks Pictures
9. CINDERELLA (1950)
Cast: Ilene Woods, Helene Stanley, Eleanor Audley
Directors: Wilfred Jackson|154742||Hamilton Luske|65243||Clyde Geronimi|33448
Producer: Ben Sharpsteen|18882
Writer: William Peed|156220||Erdman Penner|48052||Ted Sears|144868||Winston Hibler|157826||Homer Brightman|70912||Harry Reeves|67147||Kenneth Anderson|93581||Joe Rinaldi|84603
Editor: Donald Halliday|40101
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
10. FINDING NEMO (2003)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould
Directors: Andrew Stanton|192792
Producer: Graham Walters|192894||John Lasseter|192893
Writer: Andrew Stanton|192792||Bob Peterson|22952||David Reynolds|192896||Ronnie del Carmen|192897||Dan Jeup|192898||Jason Katz|192899
Editor: David Ian Salter|192900
Cinematographer: Sharon Calahan|193416||Jeremy Lasky|193417
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures , Pixar Animation Studios
ROMANTIC COMEDY
AFI defines “romantic comedy” as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.
1. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
Directors: Charles Chaplin|29141
Writer: Charles Chaplin|29141
Editor: Charles Chaplin|29141
Cinematographer: Rollie Totheroh|134445||Gordon Pollock|62865||Mark Marklatt|107432
Production Company: Charles Chaplin Productions
2. ANNIE HALL (1977)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Directors: Woody Allen|130902
Producer: Charles H. Joffe|428545||Robert Greenhut|428547
Writer: Woody Allen|938606||Marshall Brickman|938607
Editor: Ralph Rosenblum , A.C.E.|191074||Wendy Greene Bricmont|191075
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis , A.S.C.|309779
Production Company: United Artists Corp.
3. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Directors: Frank Capra|53185
Producer: Harry Cohn|66578
Writer: Robert Riskin|132509
Editor: Gene Havlick|57624
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker|89750
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp.
4. ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Directors: William Wyler|156648
Producer: William Wyler|156648
Writer: Ian McLellan Hunter|72291||John Dighton|85536||Dalton Trumbo|35027||Ian McLellan Hunter|72291||Dalton Trumbo|35027
Editor: Robert Swink|132717
Cinematographer: Frank F. Planer|54322||Henri Alekan|68908
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
5. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Directors: George Cukor|58446
Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz|89920
Writer: Donald Ogden Stewart|40292
Editor: Frank Sullivan|54078
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg|89648
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
6. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)
Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
Directors: Rob Reiner|131167
Producer: Rob Reiner|131167||Andrew Scheinman|251786
Writer: Nora Ephron|254648
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld|244469
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment
7. ADAM'S RIB (1949)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Directors: George Cukor|58446
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten|96324
Writer: Ruth Gordon|136824||Garson Kanin|57174
Editor: George Boemler|58264
Cinematographer: George Folsey|58601
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
8. MOONSTRUCK (1987)
Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia
Directors: Norman Jewison|118464
Producer: Patrick Palmer|207030||Norman Jewison|118464
Writer: John Patrick Shanley|252194
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: David Watkin|36924
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Star Partners, Ltd.
9. HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
Directors: Hal Ashby|64917
Producer: Mildred Lewis|113126||Colin Higgins|171253||Charles B. Mulvehill|199127
Writer: Colin Higgins|171253
Editor: William A. Sawyer|156745||Edward Warschilka|45073
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|85045
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Mildred Lewis & Colin Higgins Productions, Inc.
10. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
Directors: Nora Ephron|254648
Producer: Gary Foster|201375||Lynda Obst|255569||Patrick Crowley|264728
Writer: Nora Ephron|254648||David S. Ward|235147||Jeff Arch|263963||Jeff Arch|263963
Editor: Robert Reitano|210050
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist|143698
Production Company: TriStar Pictures
WESTERN
AFI defines “western” as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier.
1. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Directors: John Ford|85693
Producer: Merian C. Cooper|110989
Writer: Frank S. Nugent|54443
Editor: Jack Murray|75970
Cinematographer: Winton Hoch|157847
Production Company: C. V. Whitney Pictures, Inc.
2. HIGH NOON (1952)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann|55504
Writer: Carl Foreman|26686
Editor: Harry Gerstad|219083||Elmo Williams|47020
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby|51832
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
3. SHANE (1953)
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Directors: George Stevens|59479
Producer: George Stevens|59479
Writer: A. B. Guthrie Jr.|6633
Editor: William Hornbeck|155805||Tom McAdoo|147727
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs|101734
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
4. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
Directors: Clint Eastwood|33326
Producer: Clint Eastwood|33326||David Valdes|257298
Writer: David Webb Peoples|237267
Editor: Joel Cox|84820
Cinematographer: Jack N. Green|237268
Production Company: The Malpaso Company
5. RED RIVER (1948)
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Directors: Howard Hawks|71302
Producer: Charles K. Feldman|30512||Howard Hawks|71302
Writer: Borden Chase|23562||Charles Schnee|29974
Editor: Christian Nyby|31588
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Production Company: Monterey Productions, Inc.
6. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan [1909-1973]
Directors: Sam Peckinpah|137996
Producer: Phil Feldman|124591
Writer: Walon Green|153157||Sam Peckinpah|137996||Walon Green|153157||Roy N. Sickner|135939
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard|101921
Production Company: Phil Feldman Productions, Inc., Warner Bros.--Seven Arts, Inc.
7. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
Directors: George Roy Hill|60042
Producer: John Foreman|85698||Paul Newman|122194||Paul Monash|122158
Writer: William Goldman|155666
Editor: John C. Howard|87376||Richard C. Meyer|130611
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall|33871
Production Company: Campanile Productions, Inc.
8. MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois
Directors: Robert Altman|131210
Producer: David Foster|36369||Mitchell Brower|206953
Writer: Robert Altman|131210||Brian Daly|23949
Editor: Lou Lombardo|235192
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond|151272
Production Company: Lion's Head, David Foster Productions
9. STAGECOACH (1939)
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine
Directors: John Ford|85693
Writer: Dudley Nichols|41697
Editor: Otho Lovering|119747||Dorothy Spencer|41129||Walter Reynolds|153606
Cinematographer: Bert Glennon|19760
Production Company: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.
10. CAT BALLOU (1965)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
Directors: Elliot Silverstein|46847
Producer: Harold Hecht|65947
Writer: Walter Newman|153550||Frank Pierson|53917
Editor: Charles Nelson|29799
Cinematographer: Jack Marta|75865
Production Company: Harold Hecht Corp.
SPORTS
AFI defines “sports” as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition
1. RAGING BULL (1980)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Directors: Martin Scorsese|108079
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Robert Chartoff|131458||Peter Savage|124286
Writer: Paul Schrader|182002||Mardik Martin|105057
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker|146090
Cinematographer: Michael Chapman|111350
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
2. ROCKY (1976)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Directors: John G. Avildsen|87526
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Robert Chartoff|131458||Gene Kirkwood|57648
Writer: Sylvester Stallone|207542
Editor: Richard Halsey|129968||Scott Conrad|216857
Cinematographer: James Crabe|201019
Production Company: Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.
3. THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1943)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Directors: Sam Wood|138105
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn|138284
Writer: Jo Swerling|83419||Herman J. Mankiewicz|70400
Editor: Daniel Mandell|35426
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté|136248
Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
4. HOOSIERS (1986)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Anspaugh|250396||Angelo Pizzo|256023
Producer: Carter De Haven|28047||Angelo Pizzo|256023||John Daly|85477||Derek Gibson|206930
Writer: Angelo Pizzo|256023
Editor: C. Timothy O'Meara|241523
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy|55228||Oliver Wood|119205
Production Company: Hemdale Film Corporation
5. BULL DURHAM (1988)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Directors: Ron Shelton|244111
Producer: Thom Mount|244109||Mark Burg|244110||David V. Lester|261045
Writer: Ron Shelton|244111
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502||Adam Weiss|244113
Cinematographer: Robert Byrne|219724||Bob Hillman|390884
Production Company: Mount Company
6. THE HUSTLER (1961)
Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Directors: Robert Rossen|132527
Producer: Robert Rossen|132527
Writer: Sidney Carroll|140563||Robert Rossen|132527
Editor: Dede Allen|37354
Cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan|161797
Production Company: Rossen Enterprises
7. CADDYSHACK (1980)
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight
Directors: Harold Ramis|172833
Producer: Douglas Kenney|250348||Jon Peters|88482
Writer: Brian Doyle-Murray|250349||Harold Ramis|172833||Douglas Kenney|250348
Editor: William Carruth|245338||Robert Barrére|283702
Cinematographer: Stevan Larner|235142
Production Company: Orion Pictures Company
8. BREAKING AWAY (1979)
Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern
Directors: Peter Yates|124415
Producer: Peter Yates|124415
Writer: Steve Tesich|244212
Editor: Cynthia Scheider|235843
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti|109466
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox
9. NATIONAL VELVET (1945)
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Directors: Clarence Brown|32371
Producer: Pandro S. Berman|120420
Writer: Theodore Reeves|146212||Helen Deutsch|68272
Editor: Robert J. Kern|133181
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith|97779
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
10. JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger
Directors: Cameron Crowe|170005
Producer: James L. Brooks|250624||Cameron Crowe|170005||Richard Sakai|264558||Laurence Mark|220562
Writer: Cameron Crowe|170005
Editor: Joe Hutshing|178273
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Production Company: TriStar Pictures
MYSTERY
AFI defines “mystery” as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime.
1. VERTIGO (1958)
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Alec Coppel|9693||Samuel Taylor|217552
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Production Company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp.
2. CHINATOWN (1974)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Directors: Roman Polanski|134497
Producer: Robert Evans|131692
Writer: Robert Towne|132756
Editor: Sam O'Steen|137989
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|85045||Stanley Cortez|141902
Production Company: Long Road Productions, Inc.
3. REAR WINDOW (1954)
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: John Michael Hayes|87761
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Patron, Inc.
4. LAURA (1944)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Directors: Otto Preminger|119881
Producer: Otto Preminger|119881
Writer: Jay Dratler|79843||Samuel Hoffenstein|138296||Betty Reinhardt|20539
Editor: Louis Loeffler|101118
Cinematographer: Joseph La Shelle|89486||Lucien Ballard|101921
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
5. THE THIRD MAN (1950)
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles
Directors: Carol Reed|27697
Producer: Carol Reed|27697
Writer: Graham Greene|63242
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter|119719
Cinematographer: Robert Krasker|132078
Production Company: London Film Productions, Ltd.
6. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Directors: John Huston|86038
Producer: Hal B. Wallis|65158
Writer: John Huston|86038
Editor: Thomas Richards|146598
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson|15872
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
7. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Ernest Lehman|48610
Editor: George Tomasini|59543
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
8. BLUE VELVET (1986)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper
Directors: David Lynch|173602
Producer: Fred Caruso|54848||Richard Roth|130351
Writer: David Lynch|173602
Editor: Duwayne Dunham|254497
Cinematographer: Frederick Elmes|201626
Production Company: Blue Velvet Productions
9. DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock|10493
Writer: Frederick Knott|55915
Editor: Rudi Fehr|136111
Cinematographer: Robert Burks|131398
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
10. THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Directors: Bryan Singer|260517
Producer: Bryan Singer|260517||Michael McDonnell|265220
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie|265221
Editor: John Ottman|262688
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel|263567
Production Company: Blue Parrot
FANTASY
AFI defines “fantasy” as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.
1. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Directors: Victor Fleming|150912||King Vidor|94180
Producer: Mervyn LeRoy|111088
Writer: Noel Langley|118020||Florence Ryerson|51700||Edgar Allan Woolf|43800||Noel Langley|118020
Editor: Blanche Sewell|22291
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson|66106
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
2. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
Cast: Alan Howard, Noel Appleby, Sean Astin
Directors: Peter Jackson|124046
Producer: Barrie M. Osborne|174455||Peter Jackson|124046||Fran Walsh|174463||Tim Sanders|174465||Mark Ordesky|174486||Bob Weinstein|174487||Harvey Weinstein|174491||Robert Shaye|174493||Michael Lynne|174495
Writer: Fran Walsh|174463||Philippa Boyens|174483||Peter Jackson|124046
Editor: John Gilbert|85780
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie|174500||Allen Guilford|175845||John Cavill|175846||Simon Raby|175847||Richard Bluck|175848||Nigel Bluck|175849||Alun Bollinger|175850||Chuck Schuman|177793||David Hardberger|177794
Production Company: New Line Cinema , Wingnut Films
3. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Directors: Frank Capra|53185
Producer: Frank Capra|53185
Writer: Frances Goodrich|52307||Albert Hackett|9163||Frank Capra|53185
Editor: William Hornbeck|155805
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker|89750||Joseph Biroc|89217||Victor Milner|151007
Production Company: Liberty Films, Inc.
4. KING KONG (1933)
Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Directors: Merian C. Cooper|110989||Ernest B. Schoedsack|48719
Producer: David O. Selznick|37056
Writer: James Ashmore Creelman|78424||Ruth Rose|136946
Editor: Ted Cheesman|144655
Cinematographer: Eddie Linden|43489||Vernon L. Walker|150607||J. O. Taylor|74739
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
5. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn
Directors: George Seaton|59398
Producer: William Perlberg|156224
Writer: George Seaton|59398||Valentine Davies|150000
Editor: Robert Simpson|132623
Cinematographer: Charles G. Clarke|30414||Lloyd Ahern|99864
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
6. FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson|240823
Producer: Lawrence Gordon|96225||Charles Gordon|29405||Brian Frankish|218248
Editor: Ian Crafford|215440
Cinematographer: John Lindley|206871||Ricky Bravo|360045
Production Company: Gordon Company
7. HARVEY (1950)
Cast: Wallace Ford, William Lynn, Victoria Horne
Directors: Henry Koster|69370
Producer: John Beck|235111
Writer: Mary Chase|108453||Oscar Brodney|119560
Editor: Ralph Dawson|126985
Cinematographer: William Daniels|155428
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc.
8. GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Directors: Harold Ramis|172833
Producer: Trevor Albert|263258||Harold Ramis|172833||C. O. Erickson|25628
Writer: Danny Rubin|263259||Harold Ramis|172833||Danny Rubin|263259
Editor: Pembroke J. Herring|123292
Cinematographer: John Bailey|85092||James Blanford|239588||George Kohut|255787
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
9. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Directors: Raoul Walsh|127526
Writer: Elton Thomas|47235||Lotta Woods|100610
Editor: William Nolan|156163
Production Company: Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.
10. BIG (1988)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
Directors: Penny Marshall|123332
Producer: James L. Brooks|250624||Robert Greenhut|131840
Writer: Gary Ross|192021||Anne Spielberg|256958
Editor: Barry Malkin|18167
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld|244469
Production Company: Gracie Films
SCI-FI
AFI defines “science fiction” as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.
1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Producer: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Writer: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Arthur C. Clarke|16344
Editor: Ray Lovejoy|127865
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth|58045
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
2. STAR WARS (1977)
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directors: George Lucas|58957
Producer: Gary Kurtz|57246||George Lucas|58957
Writer: George Lucas|58957
Editor: Paul Hirsch|121941||Marcia Lucas|207660||Richard Chew|129720||John Jympson|86094
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor|61462
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
3. E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Melissa Mathison|236978
Editor: Carol Littleton|210249
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau|236977
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
4. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Producer: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Max L. Raab|110310||Si Litvinoff|140396
Writer: Stanley Kubrick|141977
Editor: Bill Butler|20972
Production Company: Polaris Productions, Inc., Hawks Films Limited
5. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Directors: Robert Wise|132871
Producer: Julian Blaustein|90952
Writer: Edmund H. North|44126
Editor: William Reynolds|156300
Cinematographer: Leo Tover|97359
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
6. BLADE RUNNER (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
Directors: Ridley Scott|170757
Producer: Michael Deeley|111410||Brian Kelly|23990||Hampton Fancher|65266
Writer: Hampton Fancher|65266||David Peoples|213737
Editor: Marsha Nakashima|328572
Cinematographer: Jordan Cronenweth|88600
Production Company: The Ladd Company, Sir Run Run Shaw
7. ALIEN (1979)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
Directors: Ridley Scott|170757
Producer: Gordon Carroll|62710||David Giler|36394||Walter Hill|231165||Ronald Shusett|249949
Writer: Dan O'Bannon|242981||Ronald Shusett|249949
Editor: Terry Rawlings|145320||Peter Weatherley|124389
Cinematographer: Derek Vanlint|249950
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
8. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Directors: James Cameron|77453
Producer: James Cameron|77453||Gale Anne Hurd|254491
Writer: James Cameron|77453||William Wisher|262016
Editor: Conrad Buff|33867||Mark Goldblatt|251282||Richard A. Harris|214759
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg|7315||Michael A. Benson|207912
Production Company: Carolco, Pacific Western , Lightstorm Entertainment
9. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
Directors: Don Siegel|39870
Producer: Walter Wanger|153728
Writer: Daniel Mainwaring|35424
Editor: Robert S. Eisen|133351
Cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks|46918
Production Company: Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc.
10. BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
Directors: Robert Zemeckis|234415||Frank Marshall|53728
Producer: Bob Gale|244408||Neil Canton|225597||Steven Spielberg|210355||Frank Marshall|53728||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Robert Zemeckis|234415||Bob Gale|244408
Editor: Arthur Schmidt|16202||Harry Keramidas|244413
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey|218907||Raymond Stella|293089
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin Entertainment
GANGSTER
AFI defines the “gangster film” as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting.
1. THE GODFATHER (1972)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Producer: Robert Evans|131692||Albert S. Ruddy|9452
Writer: Mario Puzo|190340||Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Editor: William Reynolds|156300||Peter Zinner|124422
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis|62919
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Alfran Productions, Inc.
2. GOODFELLAS (1990)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Directors: Martin Scorsese|108079
Producer: Irwin Winkler|73437||Barbara De Fina|171929
Writer: Nicholas Pileggi|236967||Martin Scorsese|108079
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker|146090||James Kwei|184153
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus|183942
Production Company: Irwin Winkler Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
3. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Producer: Robert Evans|131692||Francis Ford Coppola|52754
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola|52754||Mario Puzo|190340
Editor: Richard Marks|130183
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis|62919
Production Company: The Coppola Company
4. WHITE HEAT (1949)
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Directors: Raoul Walsh|127526
Producer: Louis F. Edelman|101376
Writer: Ivan Goff|73796||Ben Roberts|18863
Editor: Owen Marks|119968
Cinematographer: Sid Hickox|140462
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
5. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Directors: Arthur Penn|16138
Producer: Warren Beatty|154030
Writer: David Newman|36685||Robert Benton|131302
Editor: Dede Allen|37354
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey|25049
Production Company: Tatira-Hiller Productions
6. SCARFACE (1932)
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley
Directors: Howard Hawks|71302
Writer: Ben Hecht|18760||Fred Pasley|55266
Editor: Edward Curtiss|44545
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes|96572||L. W. O'Connell|95133
Production Company: The Caddo Co., Inc.
7. PULP FICTION (1994)
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
Directors: Quentin Tarantino|234417
Producer: Lawrence Bender|176671
Writer: Quentin Tarantino|234417
Editor: Sally Menke|237540
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula|237541
Production Company: A Band Apart , Jersey Films
8. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Directors: William A. Wellman|156757
Writer: Kubec Glasmon|94596||John Bright|85254||Harvey Thew|67737
Editor: Edward M. McDermott|45261
Cinematographer: Dev Jennings|206122
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
9. LITTLE CAESAR (1931)
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy|111088
Writer: Francis Edwards Faragoh|52753
Editor: Ray Curtiss|127704
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio|148490
Production Company: First National Pictures, Inc.
10. SCARFACE (1983)
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directors: Brian De Palma|89515
Producer: Martin Bregman|460569||Louis A. Stroller|460568
Writer: Oliver Stone|958063
Editor: Jerry Greenberg|219301||David Ray|219302
Cinematographer: John Alonzo|279949
Production Company: Universal Pictures
COURTROOM DRAMA
AFI defines “courtroom drama” as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film’s narrative.
1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan|132322
Producer: Alan J. Pakula|8979
Writer: Horton Foote|71139
Editor: Aaron Stell|7038||J. Terry Williams|74903
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
2. 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Directors: Sidney Lumet|140633
Producer: Henry Fonda|69239||Reginald Rose|128668
Writer: Reginald Rose|128668
Editor: Carl Lerner|26775
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman|23593
Production Company: Orion-Nova Productions
3. KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander
Directors: Robert Benton|131302
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe|142116
Writer: Robert Benton|131302
Editor: Jerry Greenberg|81860
Cinematographer: Nestor Almendros|116888
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
4. THE VERDICT (1982)
Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Directors: Sidney Lumet|140633
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck|130624||David Brown|36208||Burtt Harris|25158
Writer: David Mamet|250733
Editor: Peter Frank|254176
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak|249169
Production Company: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
5. A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Directors: Rob Reiner|131167
Producer: David Brown|36208||Rob Reiner|131167||Andrew Scheinman|251786||William Gilmore|368738||Rachel Pfeffer|263964
Writer: Aaron Sorkin|244082
Editor: Robert Leighton|169502||Steve Nevius|260976
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson|132500
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment
6. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Directors: Billy Wilder|22099
Producer: Arthur Hornblow|15970
Writer: Billy Wilder|22099||Harry Kurnitz|66901||Larry Marcus|95635
Editor: Daniel Mandell|35426
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan|136573
Production Company: Edward Small Productions, Inc., Theme Pictures, Inc.
7. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Directors: Otto Preminger|119881
Producer: Otto Preminger|119881
Writer: Wendell Mayes|154360
Editor: Louis Loeffler|101118
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt|137940
Production Company: Carlyle Productions, Inc.
8. IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
Directors: Richard Brooks|129666
Producer: Richard Brooks|129666
Writer: Richard Brooks|129666
Editor: Peter Zinner|124422
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall|33871
Production Company: Pax Enterprises
9. A CRY IN THE DARK (1988)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles
Directors: Fred Schepisi|249634
Producer: Verity Lambert|257261||Menahem Golan|110921||Yoram Globus|244225
Writer: Robert Caswell|257263||Fred Schepisi|249634
Editor: Jill Bilcock|173991
Cinematographer: Ian Baker|252328
Production Company: Cannon Entertainment Inc., Cinema Verity , Evil Angels Films Pty. Ltd.
10. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark
Directors: Stanley Kramer|141975
Producer: Stanley Kramer|141975
Writer: Abby Mann|7068
Editor: Frederic Knudtson|55767
Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo|48603
Production Company: Roxlom Films
EPIC
AFI defines “epic” as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.
1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean|36567
Producer: Sam Spiegel|138056||David Lean|36567
Writer: Robert Bolt|131338||Michael Wilson|112014
Editor: Anne V. Coates|14028
Cinematographer: F. A. Young|50445
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
2. BEN-HUR (1959)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler|156648
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel|205802||Sol C. Siegel|141275||Sam Zimbalist|138111||J. J. Cohn|74572
Writer: Karl Tunberg|92154
Editor: Ralph E. Winters|127275||John D. Dunning|204780||Margaret Booth|105099
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees|162275
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
3. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Gerald R. Molen|237407||Branko Lustig|23808||Kathleen Kennedy|92606
Writer: Steve Zaillian|249538
Editor: Michael Kahn|111597
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming|150912||Sam Wood|138105||George Cukor|58446||Chester Franklin|31119||James Fitzpatrick|180750
Producer: David O. Selznick|37056
Writer: Sidney Howard|140606||Barbara Keon|17722||Lydia Schiller|102711||Connie Earl|33790
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller|48571||Lee Garmes|96572
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
5. SPARTACUS (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Directors: Stanley Kubrick|141977||Anthony Mann|14336
Producer: Kirk Douglas|94234||Edward Muhl|44876||Edward Lewis|44802
Writer: Dalton Trumbo|35027
Editor: Robert Lawrence|132110
Cinematographer: Russell Metty|136613
Production Company: Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc., Bryna Productions, Inc.
6. TITANIC (1997)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Directors: James Cameron|77453
Producer: James Cameron|77453||Jon Landau|237835
Writer: James Cameron|77453
Editor: Conrad Buff|33867||James Cameron|77453||Richard A. Harris|214759
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter|237836
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Lightstorm Entertainment , Paramount Pictures Corp.
7. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Directors: Lewis Milestone|98659
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.|26765
Writer: George Abbott|58105||Del Andrews|37425
Editor: Edgar Adams|43701||Milton Carruth|113384
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson|15872
Production Company: Universal Pictures Corp.
8. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Directors: Steven Spielberg|210355
Producer: Steven Spielberg|210355||Ian Bryce|171171||Mark Gordon|247689||Gary Levinsohn|238656
Writer: Robert Rodat|238655
Editor: Michael Kahn|111597
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski|204244
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment , Mutual Film Company
9. REDS (1981)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
Directors: Warren Beatty|154030
Producer: Warren Beatty|154030||Simon Relph|140920||Dede Allen|37354
Writer: Warren Beatty|154030||Trevor Griffiths|252209
Editor: Dede Allen|37354||Craig McKay|34295
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro|152055
Production Company: Paramount Pictures , J. R. S. Productions
10. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille|28676
Producer: Cecil B. DeMille|28676
Writer: Aeneas MacKenzie|7741||Jesse Lasky Jr.|82211||Jack Gariss|75506||Fredric M. Frank|56095
Editor: Anne Bauchens|13795
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs|101734
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.

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