100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies is a list of the most inspiring movies as determined by the American Film Institute. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series, which has been compiling lists of the greatest movies of all time in various categories since 1998. It was unveiled on a three-hour prime time special on CBS television on June 14, 2006.

The announcement of the series was made on November 16, 2005, and a ballot of 300 films was released to a jury of over 1,500 cinematography leaders.

The List

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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. Rocky (1976)
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
6. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
7. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
8. Breaking Away (1979)
9. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
11. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
12. Apollo 13 (1995)
13. Hoosiers (1986)
14. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
15. The Miracle Worker (1962)
16. Norma Rae (1979)
17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
18. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
19. The Right Stuff (1983)
20. Philadelphia (1993)
21. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
22. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
23. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
24. National Velvet (1944)
25. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
26. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. Field of Dreams (1989)
29. Gandhi (1982)
30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
31. Glory (1989)
32. Casablanca (1942)
33. City Lights (1931)
34. All the President's Men (1976)
35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
37. Forrest Gump (1994)
38. Pinocchio (1940)
39. A New Hope (1977)
40. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
41. The Sound of Music (1965)
42. 12 Angry Men (1957)
43. Gone with the Wind (1939)
44. Spartacus (1960)
45. On Golden Pond (1981)
46. Lilies of the Field (1963)
47. A Space Odyssey (film) (1968)
48. The African Queen (1951)
49. Meet John Doe (1941)
50. Seabiscuit (2003)
51. The Color Purple (1985)
52. Dead Poets Society (1989)
53. Shane (1953)
54. Rudy (1993)
55. The Defiant Ones (1958)
56. Ben-Hur (1959)
57. Sergeant York (1941)
58. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
59. Dances with Wolves (1990)
60. The Killing Fields (1984)
61. Sounder (1972)
62. Braveheart (1995)
63. Rain Man (1988)
64. The Black Stallion (1979)
65. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
66. Silkwood (1983)
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
68. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
69. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
70. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
71. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
72. Dark Victory (1939)
73. Erin Brockovich (2000)
74. Gunga Din (1939)
75. The Verdict (1982)
76. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
77. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
78. Thelma and Louise (1991)
79. The Ten Commandments (1956)
80. Babe (1995)
81. Boys Town (1938)
82. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
83. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
84. Serpico (1973)
85. What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
86. Stand and Deliver (1988)
87. Working Girl (1988)
88. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
89. Harold and Maude (1972)
90. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
91. The Paper Chase (1973)
92. Fame (1980)
93. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
94. Captains Courageous (1937)
95. Places in the Heart (1984)
96. Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
97. Madame Curie (1943)
98. The Karate Kid (1984)
99. Ray (2004)
100. Chariots of Fire (1981)

Trivia

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Among the over 300 nominated films,

• Tom Hanks and Henry Fonda are the two most represented actors, in eight nominated films each. Gary Cooper and Sidney Poitier each star in seven nominated films.
• Jean Arthur, with four nominated films, is the most represented actress.
• Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg each have directed six nominees.
• Over one-third of the films are biographical in nature.
• Twelve films were released in 1939, more than any other year.

External links

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• Complete list (pdf)
• Press release announcing the show (pdf)
• List of the 300 nominated films (pdf)

AFI 100 Years series