Frankly, My Dears

It's perhaps the most oft-quoted film of all time. It's also AFI's #1 Passions film. It's Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

Some Like It Hot (1959) is AFI's #1 Laughs film. Billy Wilder's masterpiece of comedy still makes us laugh today.

Visit the Bates Motel. Meet Norman Bates. He's a pretty nice guy. I hear his mother is just the best. Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is AFI's #1 Thrills film.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) is AFI's #1 Fantasy film. Ruby slippers, witches, a horse of a different color, lions, tigers, bears, oh my! 

AFI chose Hitchock's Vertigo (1958) as its #1 Mystery. It is truly a mystery to as to why.

AFI's #1 Sci-fi film is 2001: A Space Odyssey. We try to explain it. Try.

John Wayne and John Ford team up again for this odyssey of the West: The Searchers (1956). It's AFI's #1 Western. Could it ever be replaced? That'll be the day.

The masterpiece that is Lawrence of Arabia (1962). What is true and what is myth? Is it deserving of AFI's #1 Epic status? Short answer: YES.

AFI's #1 Romantic Comedy, City Lights (1931) is a masterpiece in silent filmmaking, a representation of the Roaring Twenties, and full of Charlie Chaplin.

Is Bedford Falls the most nostalgic town in America? Does George Bailey live in the Truman Show? Are you crying? I'm definitely not crying. We're talking about It's A Wonderful Life (1946)!