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Poll: The Ultimate AFI Poll

A poll by ElMaruecan82
As most IMDb users and movie fans already know, the American Film Institute came up with several thematic lists ranking classic American movies in such categories as thrills, laughs, passions, iconic quotes, screen-characters (heroes and villains), songs and scores.

At the end, 11 significant lists were made (we won't count the Top 50 movie stars because it doesn't feature any movie title, nor the Top 100 Movies from 1998 since it's been updated in 2007)

Out of these 11 lists, only 12 American classics had the privilege to be listed in at least 6 of them. Which one, in your opinion, best defines American Cinema, or, if you had to pick one of them to show how great American Cinema is, which one would you pick?

After voting, you may discuss the list discuss here

The movie are ranked according to their position in the American Film Institute Top 100 Movies (2008), the numbers are marked between --> arrows <--.

Results of 315 votes:

  1. 1.

    Casablanca (1942)

     
    AFI Passions : #1 AFI Songs : #2 : As Time Goes By --> #3 <-- AFI Heroes : #4 : Rick Blaine AFI Quotes : #5 : "Here's looking at you, kid" #21 : "Louis, I think this is the …
  2. 2.

    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

     
    AFI Scores : #1 AFI Top 10 -Sci-fi- : #2 AFI Quotes : #8 : "May the Force be with you" --> #13 <-- AFI Heroes : #14 : Han Solo #37 : Obi-Wan Kenobi AFI Thrills : #27 AFI Cheers : #…
  3. 3.

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

     
    AFI Top 10 -Sci-fi- : #1 AFI Villains : #13 : Hal 900 --> #15 <-- AFI Thrills : #40 AFI Cheers : #47 AFI Quotes : #78 : "Open the pod bay doors, HAL"
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