COMPARISON

Ranking Changes

Differences between the AFI Top 100 lists: 1998 (original) vs 2007 (10th Anniversary). Positive Δ means a film climbed higher (e.g., #76 → #11 is +65).

Biggest risers

Top 15 films that climbed the most (1998 → 2007)

  1. The Searchers (1956)#96 → #12 ▲ +84
  2. City Lights (1931)#76 → #11 ▲ +65
  3. Vertigo (1958)#61 → #9 ▲ +52
  4. Unforgiven (1992)#98 → #68 ▲ +30
  5. The Deer Hunter (1978)#79 → #53 ▲ +26
  6. Duck Soup (1933)#85 → #60 ▲ +25
  7. Shane (1953)#69 → #45 ▲ +24
  8. Rocky (1976)#78 → #57 ▲ +21
  9. Raging Bull (1980)#24 → #4 ▲ +20
  10. The Gold Rush (1925)#74 → #58 ▲ +16
  11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)#49 → #34 ▲ +15
  12. The Sound of Music (1965)#55 → #40 ▲ +15
  13. American Graffiti (1973)#77 → #62 ▲ +15
  14. The Apartment (1960)#93 → #80 ▲ +13
  15. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)#34 → #25 ▲ +9

Biggest fallers

Top 15 films that dropped the most (1998 → 2007)

  1. The African Queen (1951)#17 → #65 -48
  2. Ben-Hur (1959)#72 → #100 -28
  3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)#46 → #70 -24
  4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)#13 → #36 -23
  5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)#50 → #73 -23
  6. The French Connection (1971)#70 → #93 -23
  7. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)#27 → #42 -15
  8. North by Northwest (1959)#40 → #55 -15
  9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)#20 → #33 -13
  10. Dr. Strangelove (1964)#26 → #39 -13
  11. All About Eve (1950)#16 → #28 -12
  12. On the Waterfront (1954)#8 → #19 -11
  13. It Happened One Night (1934)#35 → #46 -11
  14. The Graduate (1967)#7 → #17 -10
  15. West Side Story (1961)#41 → #51 -10

All matched films

Matched: 77 • Added in 2007: 23 • Removed by 2007: 23
Film19982007ΔLinks
The Searchers
1956John Ford
#96#12▲ +84
City Lights
1931Charlie Chaplin
#76#11▲ +65
Vertigo
1958Alfred Hitchcock
#61#9▲ +52
The African Queen
1951John Huston
#17#65-48
Unforgiven
1992Clint Eastwood
#98#68▲ +30
Ben-Hur
1959William Wyler
#72#100-28
The Deer Hunter
1978Michael Cimino
#79#53▲ +26
Duck Soup
1933Leo McCarey
#85#60▲ +25
A Clockwork Orange
1971Stanley Kubrick
#46#70-24
Shane
1953George Stevens
#69#45▲ +24
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957David Lean
#13#36-23
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969George Roy Hill
#50#73-23
The French Connection
1971William Friedkin
#70#93-23
Rocky
1976John G. Avildsen
#78#57▲ +21
Raging Bull
1980Martin Scorsese
#24#4▲ +20
The Gold Rush
1925Charlie Chaplin
#74#58▲ +16
Bonnie and Clyde
1967Arthur Penn
#27#42-15
North by Northwest
1959Alfred Hitchcock
#40#55-15
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937David Hand
#49#34▲ +15
The Sound of Music
1965Robert Wise
#55#40▲ +15
American Graffiti
1973George Lucas
#77#62▲ +15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975Miloš Forman
#20#33-13
Dr. Strangelove
1964Stanley Kubrick
#26#39-13
The Apartment
1960Billy Wilder
#93#80▲ +13
All About Eve
1950Joseph L. Mankiewicz
#16#28-12
On the Waterfront
1954Elia Kazan
#8#19-11
It Happened One Night
1934Frank Capra
#35#46-11
The Graduate
1967Mike Nichols
#7#17-10
West Side Story
1961Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
#41#51-10
It's a Wonderful Life
1946Frank Capra
#11#20-9
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962Robert Mulligan
#34#25▲ +9
Double Indemnity
1944Billy Wilder
#38#29▲ +9
The Silence of the Lambs
1991Jonathan Demme
#65#74-9
Bringing Up Baby
1938Howard Hawks
#97#88▲ +9
Some Like It Hot
1959Billy Wilder
#14#22-8
The Maltese Falcon
1941John Huston
#23#31-8
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948John Huston
#30#38-8
Jaws
1975Steven Spielberg
#48#56-8
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968Stanley Kubrick
#22#15▲ +7
Midnight Cowboy
1969John Schlesinger
#36#43-7
The Philadelphia Story
1940George Cukor
#51#44▲ +7
Tootsie
1982Sydney Pollack
#62#69-7
High Noon
1952Fred Zinnemann
#33#27▲ +6
Rear Window
1954Alfred Hitchcock
#42#48-6
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981Steven Spielberg
#60#66-6
Singin' in the Rain
1952Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
#10#5▲ +5
Taxi Driver
1976Martin Scorsese
#47#52-5
Forrest Gump
1994Robert Zemeckis
#71#76-5
The Wizard of Oz
1939Victor Fleming
#6#10-4
Sunset Blvd.
1950Billy Wilder
#12#16-4
Psycho
1960Alfred Hitchcock
#18#14▲ +4
Annie Hall
1977Woody Allen
#31#35-4
Easy Rider
1969Dennis Hopper
#88#84▲ +4
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939Frank Capra
#29#26▲ +3
Modern Times
1936Charlie Chaplin
#81#78▲ +3
Platoon
1986Oliver Stone
#83#86-3
Gone with the Wind
1939Victor Fleming
#4#6-2
Lawrence of Arabia
1962David Lean
#5#7-2
Star Wars
1977George Lucas
#15#13▲ +2
Chinatown
1974Roman Polanski
#19#21-2
The Grapes of Wrath
1940John Ford
#21#23-2
Apocalypse Now
1979Francis Ford Coppola
#28#30-2
King Kong
1933Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
#43#41▲ +2
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951Elia Kazan
#45#47-2
M*A*S*H
1970Robert Altman
#56#54▲ +2
Network
1976Sidney Lumet
#66#64▲ +2
Goodfellas
1990Martin Scorsese
#94#92▲ +2
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942Michael Curtiz
#100#98▲ +2
Casablanca
1942Michael Curtiz
#2#3-1
The Godfather
1972Francis Ford Coppola
#3#2▲ +1
Schindler's List
1993Steven Spielberg
#9#8▲ +1
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982Steven Spielberg
#25#24▲ +1
The Wild Bunch
1969Sam Peckinpah
#80#79▲ +1
Pulp Fiction
1994Quentin Tarantino
#95#94▲ +1
Citizen Kane
1941Orson Welles
#1#1
The Godfather Part II
1974Francis Ford Coppola
#32#32
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946William Wyler
#37#37