The Lion King
Cinema has been around now for well over a century and audiences all over the globe have been gifted with thousands ( at this point , airless to half a million ) full length plastic film - and out of those 500,000 works of fine art the American Film Institute has hold one - hundred of them well than all the others .
While narrowing down a tilt of half a million to a measly one - hundred is doubtlessly a harrowing chore , the AFI Top 100 has n’t been updated since 2007 and we could think of a few films that ought to make a revised edition of the list . Here ’s our list of the top movies that the AFI has yet to properly recognize .
Gladiator (2000) - 8.5
Do you want to hear one of the greatest charade of the cinematic world ? Ridley Scott , one of histories most celebrated directors has only one film in the entire AFI Top 100 and it scantily snuck in at number 97 ( the film isBlade Runner ) . While he may be known for his imaginative scientific discipline - fiction picture , it ’s moot thatGladiator , his diachronic - fabrication action - adventure drama , is his best work to date . It ’s also Russel Crowe ’s good performing performance of his life history and it put Joaquin Phoenix ( the man slated to deliver the goods this yr ’s Best Oscar ) on the map . Seriously , this piece deserves a minuscule more cite from the AFI , and so does this moving-picture show .
Wall-E (2008) - 8.4
Believe it or not , there are only two invigorate pic in the intact AFI Top 100 , and while cartoons certainly should n’t dominate the integrality of the leaning , it ’s a little ridiculous that they literally only make up 2 % of the top films ever made .
However , if the AFI were to have a change of heart , a likely animated film that would for certain be in the running isWall - E , the dear story of a ice - robot who helps save a plant and humanness in the process . This picture show was a Book of Revelation and got the Academy of Arts and Sciences to start considering alive motion picture for the good picture category . The honorary society realise this pic ’s capabilities , now the AFI should .
Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood (2019) - 7.9
You do n’t think so ? Go watch it again . The 9th Quentin Tarantino moving-picture show that has only just barely finished its theatrical political campaign is arguably Tarantino ’s greatest flick to date ( Pulp Fictionis the obvious contender ) . In fact , Pulp Fictionmight be Tarantino ’s lone installment recognized by the AFI Top 100 , but it ’s another picture that just squeak onto the listing at number 94 .
But what is it that ’s so particular about Tarantino ’s latest undertaking in regards to the American Film Institute ? The entire motion-picture show is centered around the golden era of Hollywood and what it was like during that time , bring in it a sodding nominee for the most historic list in cinema .
Training Day (2001) - 7.7
belike the vainglorious wild posting on this list , but no less worth than any of the quietus of them , Training Dayis a film that should be honored by the AFI Top 100 for two primary reasons .
The first intellect - the simple premise of the moving picture . It state it in the title , but many people can forget while watch over this film that the entirety of it takes shoes overjust one day . Do you remember how much come about in this picture ? For a cop ’s first mean solar day on the job , this was brutal . The 2d reason - Denzel Washington , one of history most prolific actor , does n’t have a single film on the AFI Top 100 list . Blasphemous .
The Lion King (1994) - 8.5
WhileWall - E’sabsence from the AFI Top 100 is excusable simply because the pic did n’t exist during the American Film Institute ’s most late revision of the lean , but the fact that this film did n’t make it onto the 1999 adaptation of the list or the 2007 anniversary improver is dead reprehensible .
The Lion King(and yes , we ’re talking about the 1994 version , not the CGI rendition of this retiring year ) is one of , if not , the greatest animated melodious in history and it deserves a spot among every great list of films , the AFI Top 100 being no exclusion .
There Will Be Blood (2007) - 8.1
2001 : A Space Odysseycurrently sits at routine 15 on the AFI Top 100 , a highly goodish number and one of Stanley Kubrick ’s four films on the list - so why isn’tThere Will Be Bloodanywhere on the leaning ? The independent reason is , the same asWall - E , the film did n’t exist when the most late version of the tilt come up out , but once a revised version does see the light of the day , Paul Thomas Anderson ’s chef-d’oeuvre should assuredly have a smear wait for him .
This film was just like2001 : A Space Odysseyin terms of it ’s long , drawn - out shots and the downtrodden score , but combine it with Daniel Day - Lewis ’s functioning and this moving-picture show became hauntingly serious .
The Sting (1973) - 8.3
on the dot what more does a pic call for to do to make the AFI Top 100?The Stingis arguably the greatest snub on the American Film Institute ’s top list see as how it won seven Academy Awards , include the triple - crown of Best Picture , Best Director , and Best Original Screenplay .
Along with that , the movie is directed by George Roy Hill and star Paul Newman and Robert Redford , a trio of prolific Hollywood gens that have another film already on the AFI Top 100 inButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . That film comes in at number 74 on the tilt , so why isThe Stingleft in the dust ?
Birdman (2014) - 7.7
From here until the ending of the tilt , every film remaining come out after the most recent translation of AFI ’s Top 100 so we ca n’t really fault the Institute for not let in them . However , we can charge them for taking over twelve years to revise the list because there are surely some films that need right acknowledgment , andBirdmanis one of them .
Director Alejandro G Inarritu ’s masterpiece is a two - hr - long motion picture that is shoot ( and edit out ) to seem as though it ’s one continuous frame , yet still hold the premiss of a normal celluloid and allowing the actors to walk freely in and out of the perspective of the camera . prop to cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki for his unbelievable employment on this picture .
The Dark Knight (2008) - 9.0
Why so serious ? Probably the only comic - Christian Bible motion-picture show that will ever be desirable of pass on such a eminent accomplishment ( althoughJokerdid come pretty shucks close)The Dark Knightis nem con be intimate by all who watch it and the plastic film solidify Christopher Nolan as one of the greatest directors of our generation . Heath Ledger gives one of the good acting performances of the century and somehow this motion picture made audiences everywhere block about the fifty long time of Batman that they had generate before it .
name the nameBatmannow , and people retrieve ofThe Dark Knight . For such an iconic character this movie deserves the credit it ’s due , along with its director .
No Country for Old Men (2007) - 8.1
The American Film Institute should have retool its list several years ago , if not just to include The Coen Brothers ' best film yet . WhileFargomay have catch the iron boot from the list in the 2007 version , the pair of director sanctify the reality with one of the superlative slice of cinema with their adaptation ofNo Country for Old Men .
Javier Bardem give a performance that has result audience pock even a decade afterwards , and the artistic style that the comrade take toward create the film by not using any music or score at all is ghost , mesmerizing , and enamor all at the same time . You ca n’t stop what ’s come , and this film ’s coming for the AFI Top 100 .
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