Los Angeles Daily News Readers' Poll

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The Los Angeles Daily News conducted a poll in 1997 to find the 100 greatest American films. Their readers voted their best films from the AFI's announced list of 400.

1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
4. Gone With The Wind (1939)
5. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. The African Queen (1951)
8. The Sound Of Music (1965)
9. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
10. Star Wars (1977)
11. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
12. Schindler's List (1993)
13. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
14. It Happened On Night (1934)
15. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
16. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
17. Patton (1970)
18. Dances With Wolves (1990)
19. King Kong (1933)
20. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
21. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
22. All About Eve (1950)
23. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
24. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
25. Stagecoach (1939)
26. Fantasia (1940)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. Ben-Hur (1959)
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
30. Psycho (1960)
31. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
31. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
31. Oklahoma! (1955)
31. The Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948)
35. Forrest Gump (1994)
35. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
35. My Fair Lady (1964)
38. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
38. Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
38. Some Like It Hot (1959)
38. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
38. West Side Story (1961)
44. An American In Paris (1951)
44. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
44. From Here To Eternity (1953)
44. Laura (1944)
44. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
44. On The Waterfront (1954)
44. The Quiet Man (1952)
51. Frankenstein (1931)
51. The Graduate (1967)
51. North By Northwest (1959)
51. Rocky (1976)
51. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
51. The Ten Commandments (1956)
57. The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
57. Braveheart (1995)
57. Double Indemnity (1944)
57. Lost Horizon (1937)
57. Mary Poppins (1964)
57. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
64. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
64. Giant (1956)
64. The Jazz Singer (1927)
64. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
64. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
64. Raging Bull (1980)
64. Rebecca (1940)
64. Wings (1927)
72. American Graffiti (1973)
72. Annie Hall (1977)
72. The Colour Purple (1985)
72. The French Connection (1972)
72. The Gold Rush (1925)
72. The Longest Day (1962)
72. Rain Man (1988)
72. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
72. The Sting (1973)
72. Tootsie (1982)
72. 12 Angry Men (1957)
72. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
84. Apocalypse Now (1979)
84. Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
84. Chinatown (1974)
84. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
84. Funny Girl (1968)
84. Gunga Din (1939)
84. Shane (1953)
84. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
84. The Third Man (1949)
93. Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
93. Blade Runner (1982)
93. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
93. Chariots Of Fire (1981)
93. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
93. East Of Eden (1955)
93. Field Of Dreams (1989)
93. 42nd Street (1933)
93. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
93. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
93. The Lion King (1994)
93. The Lost Weekend (1945)
93. Marty (1955)
93. Mister Roberts (1955)
93. On Golden Pond (1981)
93. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
93. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
93. Rear Window (1954)
93. Stalag 17 (1953)
93. Taxi Driver (1976)
93. Vertigo (1958)
93. The Way We Were (1973)