The American Film Institute added,
100 Years... 100 Passions,
to their popular top 100 series of film choices and unveiled the winners in a
3-hour broadcast on June 11, 2002.
The judges had their work cut out for them in culling the best 100 out of the
400 films nominated (.pdf
- Acrobat) and overall their choices seem to reflect a lot of thought,
though there's no doubt that some will disagree with the final results.
Here then, are the best 10 of their best 100, along with our own humble pick for top honors: