Feature-length fiction film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
American film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
Love story: Regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative.
Legacy: Films whose "passion" have enriched America’s film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.
References
External links
AFI's list
July 19, 2023
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources AFI s 100 Years 100 Passions news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Part of the AFI 100 Years series AFI s 100 Years 100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11 2002 in a CBS television special hosted by Candice Bergen AFI 100 Years series1998100 Movies1999100 Stars2000100 Laughs2001100 Thrills2002100 Passions2003100 Heroes amp Villains2004100 Songs2005100 Movie Quotes200525 Scores2006100 Cheers200625 Musicals2007100 Movies Updated 2008AFI s 10 Top 10vteCary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are tied for the most films in the list with six each They co starred in two of them Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart each have five movies on the list They co starred in Sabrina Contents 1 The list 2 Criteria 3 References 4 External linksThe list Edit Film Director Year Actress Actor1 Casablanca Michael Curtiz 1942 Ingrid Bergman Humphrey Bogart2 Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming 1939 Vivien Leigh Clark Gable3 West Side Story Robert WiseJerome Robbins 1961 Natalie Wood Richard Beymer4 Roman Holiday William Wyler 1953 Audrey Hepburn Gregory Peck5 An Affair to Remember Leo McCarey 1957 Deborah Kerr Cary Grant6 The Way We Were Sydney Pollack 1973 Barbra Streisand Robert Redford7 Doctor Zhivago David Lean 1965 Julie ChristieGeraldine Chaplin Omar Sharif8 It s a Wonderful Life Frank Capra 1946 Donna Reed James Stewart9 Love Story Arthur Hiller 1970 Ali MacGraw Ryan O Neal10 City Lights Charlie Chaplin 1931 Virginia Cherrill Charlie Chaplin11 Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977 Diane Keaton Woody Allen12 My Fair Lady George Cukor 1964 Audrey Hepburn Rex HarrisonJeremy Brett13 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack 1985 Meryl Streep Robert Redford14 The African Queen John Huston 1951 Katharine Hepburn Humphrey Bogart15 Wuthering Heights William Wyler 1939 Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier16 Singin in the Rain Gene KellyStanley Donen 1952 Debbie Reynolds Gene Kelly17 Moonstruck Norman Jewison 1987 Cher Nicolas Cage18 Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock 1958 Kim Novak James Stewart19 Ghost Jerry Zucker 1990 Demi Moore Patrick Swayze20 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann 1953 Deborah KerrDonna Reed Burt LancasterMontgomery Clift21 Pretty Woman Garry Marshall 1990 Julia Roberts Richard Gere22 On Golden Pond Mark Rydell 1981 Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda23 Now Voyager Irving Rapper 1942 Bette Davis Paul Henreid24 King Kong Merian C CooperErnest B Schoedsack 1933 Fay Wray KongBruce Cabot25 When Harry Met Sally Rob Reiner 1989 Meg Ryan Billy Crystal26 The Lady Eve Preston Sturges 1941 Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda27 The Sound of Music Robert Wise 1965 Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer28 The Shop Around the Corner Ernst Lubitsch 1940 Margaret Sullavan James Stewart29 An Officer and a Gentleman Taylor Hackford 1982 Debra Winger Richard Gere30 Swing Time George Stevens 1936 Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire31 The King and I Walter Lang 1956 Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner32 Dark Victory Edmund Goulding 1939 Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart33 Camille George Cukor 1936 Greta Garbo Robert Taylor34 Beauty and the Beast Gary TrousdaleKirk Wise 1991 Paige O Hara Robby Benson35 Gigi Vincente Minnelli 1958 Leslie Caron Louis Jourdan36 Random Harvest Mervyn LeRoy 1942 Greer Garson Ronald Colman37 Titanic James Cameron 1997 Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio38 It Happened One Night Frank Capra 1934 Claudette Colbert Clark Gable39 An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli 1951 Leslie Caron Gene Kelly40 Ninotchka Ernst Lubitsch 1939 Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas41 Funny Girl William Wyler 1968 Barbra Streisand Omar Sharif42 Anna Karenina Clarence Brown 1935 Greta Garbo Fredric March43 A Star Is Born George Cukor 1954 Judy Garland James Mason44 The Philadelphia Story George Cukor 1940 Katharine Hepburn Cary GrantJames Stewart45 Sleepless in Seattle Nora Ephron 1993 Meg Ryan Tom Hanks46 To Catch a Thief Alfred Hitchcock 1955 Grace Kelly Cary Grant47 Splendor in the Grass Elia Kazan 1961 Natalie Wood Warren Beatty48 Last Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci 1973 Maria Schneider Marlon Brando49 The Postman Always Rings Twice Tay Garnett 1946 Lana Turner John Garfield50 Shakespeare in Love John Madden 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow Joseph Fiennes51 Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks 1938 Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant52 The Graduate Mike Nichols 1967 Katharine Ross Dustin Hoffman53 A Place in the Sun George Stevens 1951 Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift54 Sabrina Billy Wilder 1954 Audrey Hepburn Humphrey Bogart55 Reds Warren Beatty 1981 Diane Keaton Warren Beatty56 The English Patient Anthony Minghella 1996 Juliette BinocheKristin Scott Thomas Naveen AndrewsRalph Fiennes57 Two for the Road Stanley Donen 1967 Audrey Hepburn Albert Finney58 Guess Who s Coming to Dinner Stanley Kramer 1967 Katharine HepburnKatharine Houghton Spencer TracySidney Poitier59 Picnic Joshua Logan 1955 Kim Novak William Holden60 To Have and Have Not Howard Hawks 1944 Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart61 Breakfast at Tiffany s Blake Edwards 1961 Audrey Hepburn George Peppard62 The Apartment Billy Wilder 1960 Shirley MacLaine Jack Lemmon63 Sunrise F W Murnau 1927 Janet GaynorMargaret Livingston George O Brien64 Marty Delbert Mann 1955 Betsy Blair Ernest Borgnine65 Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn 1967 Faye Dunaway Warren Beatty66 Manhattan Woody Allen 1979 Diane Keaton Woody Allen67 A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan 1951 Vivien Leigh Marlon Brando68 What s Up Doc Peter Bogdanovich 1972 Barbra Streisand Ryan O Neal69 Harold and Maude Hal Ashby 1971 Ruth Gordon Bud Cort70 Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee 1995 Emma ThompsonKate Winslet Hugh GrantAlan Rickman71 Way Down East D W Griffith 1920 Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess72 Roxanne Fred Schepisi 1987 Daryl Hannah Steve Martin73 The Ghost and Mrs Muir Joseph L Mankiewicz 1947 Gene Tierney Rex Harrison74 Woman of the Year George Stevens 1942 Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy75 The American President Rob Reiner 1995 Annette Bening Michael Douglas76 The Quiet Man John Ford 1952 Maureen O Hara John Wayne77 The Awful Truth Leo McCarey 1937 Irene Dunne Cary Grant78 Coming Home Hal Ashby 1978 Jane Fonda Jon Voight79 Jezebel William Wyler 1938 Bette Davis Henry Fonda80 The Sheik George Melford 1921 Agnes Ayres Rudolph Valentino81 The Goodbye Girl Herbert Ross 1977 Marsha Mason Richard Dreyfuss82 Witness Peter Weir 1985 Kelly McGillis Harrison Ford83 Morocco Josef von Sternberg 1930 Marlene Dietrich Gary Cooper84 Double Indemnity Billy Wilder 1944 Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray85 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Henry King 1955 Jennifer Jones William Holden86 Notorious Alfred Hitchcock 1946 Ingrid Bergman Cary Grant87 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman 1988 Juliette Binoche Daniel Day Lewis88 The Princess Bride Rob Reiner 1987 Robin Wright Cary Elwes89 Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Mike Nichols 1966 Elizabeth TaylorSandy Dennis Richard BurtonGeorge Segal90 The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood 1995 Meryl Streep Clint Eastwood91 Working Girl Mike Nichols 1988 Melanie Griffith Harrison Ford92 Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger 1959 Dorothy Dandridge Sidney Poitier93 Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino 1987 Jennifer Grey Patrick Swayze94 Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan 1981 Kathleen Turner William Hurt95 Lady and the Tramp Wilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeClyde Geronimi 1955 Barbara Luddy Larry Roberts96 Barefoot in the Park Gene Saks 1967 Jane Fonda Robert Redford97 Grease Randal Kleiser 1978 Olivia Newton John John Travolta98 The Hunchback of Notre Dame William Dieterle 1939 Maureen O Hara Charles Laughton99 Pillow Talk Michael Gordon 1959 Doris Day Rock Hudson100 Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe 1996 Renee Zellweger Tom CruiseCriteria EditFeature length fiction film The film must be in narrative format typically more than 60 minutes long American film The film must be in the English language with significant creative and or financial production elements from the United States Love story Regardless of genre a romantic bond between two or more characters whose actions and or intentions provide the heart of the film s narrative Legacy Films whose passion have enriched America s film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences References EditExternal links EditAFI s list Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AFI 27s 100 Years 100 Passions amp oldid 1134011382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
