Oz and Godfather top movie lists

The Godfather starred Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone

The Wizard of Oz and The Godfather have shared top billing in a best films list by the American Film Institute.

The AFI put together top 10 lists of films in 10 genres, including sci-fi, gangster, animation and Westerns.

Other winners included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill A Mockingbird and Vertigo.

The AFI promotes US film education and heritage. Its president, Bob Gazzale, said the list helped to keep films in the cultural consciousness.

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To Kill a Mockingbird topped the courtroom drama list, while 2001: A Space Odyssey was named best sci-fi.

The 1956 film The Searchers - starring John Wayne - was named best Western, and Raging Bull beat Rocky to take the best sports film title.

The Wizard of Oz beat The Lord of the Rings in the fantasy category

Alfred Hitchcock dominated the mystery category, topping the list with Vertigo, but also making the top 10 with Rear Window at three, North By Northwest at seven, and Dial M for Murder at nine.

Chaplin's City Lights from 1931, one of only two silent films to make the genre lists, beat popular modern romances such as Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle.

"This is why these lists are so important. They keep these films in the cultural conversation," said Bob Gazzale, AFI president.

"When City Lights is honoured as the number one romantic comedy, millions of people will go back and watch it again."

The winners were chosen by actors, film-makers, critics and others in Hollywood from ballots that included 50 nominees in each genre.

ANIMATION

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

2. Pinocchio (1940)

3. Bambi (1942)

4. The Lion King (1994)

5. Fantasia (1940)

6. Toy Story (1995)

7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

8. Shrek (2001)

9. Cinderella (1950)

10. Finding Nemo (2003)

FANTASY

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

4. King Kong (1933)

5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

6. Field of Dreams (1989)

7. Harvey (1950)

8. Groundhog Day (1993)

9. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

10. Big (1988)

GANGSTER

1. The Godfather (1972)

2. Goodfellas (1990)

3. The Godfather Part II (1974)

4. White Heat (1949)

5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

6. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)

7. Pulp Fiction (1994)

8. The Public Enemy (1931)

9. Little Caesar (1930)

10. Scarface (1983)

SCIENCE FICTION

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

3. ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

5. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

6. Blade Runner (1982)

7. Alien (1979)

8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

10. Back to the Future (1985)

WESTERN

1. The Searchers (1956)

2. High Noon (1952)

3. Shane (1953)

4. Unforgiven (1992)

5. Red River (1948)

6. The Wild Bunch (1969)

7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

9. Stagecoach (1939)

10. Cat Ballou (1965)

SPORTS

1. Raging Bull (1980)

2. Rocky (1976)

3. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

4. Hoosiers (1986)

5. Bull Durham (1988)

6. The Hustler (1961)

7. Caddyshack (1980)

8. Breaking Away (1979)

9. National Velvet (1944)

10. Jerry Maguire (1996)

MYSTERY

1. Vertigo (1958)

2. Chinatown (1974)

3. Rear Window (1954)

4. Laura (1944)

5. The Third Man (1949)

6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

7. North By Northwest (1959)

8. Blue Velvet (1986)

9. Dial M for Murder (1954)

10. The Usual Suspects (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

1. City Lights (1931)

2. Annie Hall (1977)

3. It Happened One Night (1934)

4. Roman Holiday (1953)

5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

6. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

7. Adam's Rib (1949)

8. Moonstruck (1987)

9. Harold and Maude (1971)

10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

COURTROOM DRAMA

1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

2. 12 Angry Men (1957)

3. Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

4. The Verdict (1982)

5. A Few Good Men (1992)

6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

7. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

8. In Cold Blood (1967)

9. A Cry in the Dark (1988)

10. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

EPIC

1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

2. Ben-Hur (1959)

3. Schindler's List (1993)

4. Gone With the Wind (1939)

5. Spartacus (1960)

6. Titanic (1997)

7. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

9. Reds (1981)

10. The Ten Commandments (1956)

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