Tuesday, March 22, 2011

ABC News/People Magazine: “Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time”

ABC News/People Magazine:

“Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time”

This two-hour television special aired on March 22, 2011 on ABC. From November 2010 to January 2011, movie fans could vote online at abcnews.com and people.com in various categories The results were presented on the program with countdowns of the top five films in the noted categories (*). The others were revealed online. People magazine also featured a corresponding story in its March 28, 2011 issue.

Best Film *

  1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  3. The Godfather (1972)
  4. Casablanca (1942)
  5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Best Action Film *
  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  2. The Dark Knight (2008)
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  4. Die Hard (1988)
  5. Gladiator (2000)
Best Animated Film *
  1. The Lion King (1994)
  2. Toy Story (1995)
  3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  5. Fantasia (1940)
Best Chick Flick
  1. The Notebook (2004)
  2. Dirty Dancing (1987)
  3. Pretty Woman (1990)
  4. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  5. The Way We Were (1973)
Best Comedy *
  1. Airplane! (1980)
  2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  3. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  4. Young Frankenstein (1974)
  5. Tootsie (1982)
Best Horror Film
  1. The Exorcist (1973)
  2. Halloween (1978)
  3. Poltergeist (1982)
  4. Carrie (1976)
  5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Best Musical *
  1. The Sound of Music (1965)
  2. Grease (1978)
  3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  5. West Side Story (1961)
Best Political/Historical Film
  1. Schindler’s List (1993)
  2. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  3. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  4. All the President’s Men (1976)
  5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Best Sci-Fi Film *
  1. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
  2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  3. Avatar (2009)
  4. The Matrix (1999)
  5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Best Suspense/Thriller *
  1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  2. Jaws (1975)
  3. Psycho (1960)
  4. The Shining (1980)
  5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Best Western Film
  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  2. Dances with Wolves (1990)
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
  4. Unforgiven (1992)
  5. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Greatest Film Character *
  1. Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)
  2. James Bond in the James Bond film series
  3. Scarlet O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939)
  4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  5. Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones films
Greatest Line *
  1. Gone with the Wind (1939): “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
  2. Sudden Impact (1983): “Go ahead, make my day.”
  3. The Godfather (1972): “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
  4. When Harry Met Sally (1989): “I’ll have what she’s having.”
  5. Casablanca (1942): “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
Greatest On-Screen Kiss *
  1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  2. From Here to Eternity (1953)
  3. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  4. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  5. Casablanca (1942)
Most Romantic On-Screen Couple
  1. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic (1997)
  2. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
  3. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990)
  4. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
  5. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Adam’s Rib (1949)
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Originally posted 3/22/2011.
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