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Friday, July 3rd, 2026

Live Polls: The 100 Greatest American Films (3Polls)

The American Film Institute released their most recent list of the 100 greatest American films in 2007. The AFI is an American group, though, so what does the world think? In 2015, the British Broadcasting System (BBC) published their own list, which was determined by critics from all over the world (including the U.S.). The list below is the first of three lists of all 100 movies in alphabetical order.

For the 250th birthday of the United States, give us your opinion about the best of one of its greatest imports: cinema. Of the 32 American films below, which do you think is the greatest?

Part One (A - F) List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4178119978/copy/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/GryfW2P1Wob6Eoftae0swg/

Part Two (G - Ni) List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4178138033/copy/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/GG9k_Tm41lN1SPMZ9j_x9w/?ref_=po_hm_poll_6

Part Three (No - W) List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4178346164/copy/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/ZAdrAAxycg23af2Qc7wlcw/?ref_=po_hm_fp_btn

The Complete BBC List: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films

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I've been debating whether I should label each poll as "Part One," "Part Two," and "Part Three" or leave them as they are. 'Anyone have any thoughts? 

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Parts one, two and three work for me.  You may want to note that you are listing these alphabetically instead of by rankings on the list.

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@TheOldJalapenoman​ Hi JMan,thanks for your input. I changed them to Part One, etc., as the other way seemed a bit visually jarring to me — but your two cents was really the tie breaker. 

I had already mentioned that the list is in alphabetical order but now I've added something about the rankings to the note at the bottom. If you don't think it's clear enough, let me know? Thanks!

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13 days ago

"one of its greatest imports" - do you mean exports?

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It is a list from the BBC, so I think he is right to label it that American Films are imports in England.

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Hmm, I can't remember which way I was thinking about it when I first put the list together but since the "its" refers to the States, I think export it is. Thanks for the catch.

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@rubyfruit76​ 

Also: British Broadcasting Corporation, not System

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@Peter_pbn​ Oh, wow. This is, however, not anywhere close to the first time that I've overlapped or combined the BBC, Public Broadcasting Service, Columbia Broadcasting System, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the like. (an emoji rolling its eyes here)

Fixed (on Parts 2 & 3) and I'll request a repush for Part 1.

Thank you much!

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13 days ago

  1. Either Casablanca or Apocalypse Now
  2. Jaws
  3. Either The Shining or Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Is this a new and perhaps not-so-necessary disclaimer at the bottom of the lists? I've never noticed it before.
    This list was created by a member of the IMDb community and has not been reviewed or verified by IMDb.

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@Tsarstepan​ I noticed that recently, too, and I'm guessing that if neither of us ever noticed it before, it's probably new? I also went on the internet archive and looked at a photo of a list of mine from 2015 and didn't see the disclaimer anywhere. 

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@rubyfruit76​ and @Tsarstepan​,

IMDb is ‎Introducing: A Refreshed Look for Lists on IMDb. This is being rolled out gradually to IMDb users. I am currently not seeing these updates.

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First Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/GryfW2P1Wob6Eoftae0swg/

Congratulations Sara

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@Pencho15​ Thanks, Pencho!

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@Jessica​ Thanks, Jess! <3

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Third Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/ZAdrAAxycg23af2Qc7wlcw/

Congratulations Sara

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@Pencho15​ Thank you, Pencho! : )

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9 days ago

The fact Pulp Fiction is #2 right now makes me sad