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Top 100 American Films (Adam's version)
Title Director
 
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick
Absence of Malice Sydney Pollack
Accused, The Jonathan Kaplan
African Queen, The John Huston
Airplane! Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Alien Ridley Scott
Aliens James Cameron
All of Me Carl Reiner
American Graffiti George Lucas
Annie Hall Woody Allen
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola
Blade Runner (Director's Cut) Ridley Scott
Blow Out Brian De Palma
Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn
Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan
Boyz N the Hood John Singleton
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill
Candidate, The Michael Ritchie
Casablanca Michael Curtiz
Chinatown Roman Polanski
Citizen Kane Orson Welles
Clockwork Orange, A Stanley Kubrick
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg
Conversation, The Francis Ford Coppola
Die Hard John McTiernan
Dirty Harry Don Siegel
Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet
Double Indemnity Billy Wilder
Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick
Easy Rider Dennis Hopper
Empire Strikes Back, The Irvin Kershner
Eight Men Out John Sayles
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg
Exorcist, The William Friedkin
Field of Dreams Phil Alden Robinson
Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis
Fugitive, The Andrew Davis
Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick
Godfather, The Francis Ford Coppola
Godfather Part II, The Francis Ford Coppola
Goldfinger Guy Hamilton
GoodFellas Martin Scorsese
Graduate, The Mike Nichols
High Noon Fred Zinneman
Hustler, The Robert Rossen
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Steven Spielberg
It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra
Jaws Steven Spielberg
King Kong Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Lawrence of Arabia David Lean
Love and Death Woody Allen
Maltese Falcon, The John Huston
Manchurian Candidate, The John Frankenheimer
Mean Streets Martin Scorsese
Naked Gun, The David Zucker
National Lampoon's Animal House John Landis
Natural, The Barry Levinson
Network Sidney Lumet
Night of the Hunter, The Charles Laughton
North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock
Notorious Alfred Hitchcock
On the Waterfront Elia Kazan
Once Upon a Time in America (Director's Cut) Sergio Leone
One False Move Carl Franklin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo*s Nest Milo Forman
Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
Psycho Alfred Hitchcock
Public Enemy, The William A. Wellman
Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino
Raging Bull Martin Scorsese
Raiders of the Lost Ark Steven Spielberg
Rain Man Barry Levinson
Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino
Return of the Jedi Richard Marquand
Rocky John G. Alvidsen
Schindler's List Steven Spielberg
Searchers, The John Ford
Shining, The Stanley Kubrick
Silence of the Lambs, The Jonathan Demme
Sleeper Woody Allen
Some Like it Ho Billy Wilder
Stagecoach John Ford
Star Wars George Lucas
Sting, The George Roy Hill
Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese
Terminator, The James Cameron
Terminator 2 James Cameron
Third Man, The Carol Reed
This is Spinal Tap Rob Reiner
To Have and Have Not Howard Hawks
Touch of Evil Orson Welles
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The John Huston
Usual Suspects, The Bryan Singer
Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
Untouchables, The Brian De Palma
Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock
Wait Until Dark Terence Young
Wild Bunch, The Sam Peckinpah
Witness Peter Weir


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