1. Choose a Topic and write a proposal (Leadership)2. Write a paper introduction

One of the class requirements for an aesthetic Background sub-section is that you discuss “classic” works of art or literature (e.g., The movies listed below have been judged by the American Film Institute as being in the “Top 100” movies of all time (2007).

Note that the six movies listed below are NOT to be used – although they are classics – either because we will discuss them in class or they have been overused in past papers.

Saving Private Ryan 1998 (#71 in Top 100)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 (#73 in Top 100)

Titanic 1997 (#83 in Top 100)

Pulp Fiction 1994 (#94 in Top 100)

Hoosiers 1986 (#4 in Sports genre)

The Lord of the Rings:

The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 (#50 in Top 100)

You may consider each of the movies listed below to be a classic:

1 Citizen Kane 1941

2 The Godfather 1972

3 Casablanca 1942 4 Raging Bull 1980

5 Singin' in the Rain 1952

6 Gone With the Wind 1939 7 Lawrence of Arabia 1962

8 Schindler’s List 1993 9 Vertigo 1958

10 The Wizard of Oz 1939

11 City Lights 1931 12 The Searchers 1956 13 Star Wars IV: A New Hope 1977

14 Psycho 1960

15 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

16 Sunset Boulevard 1950 17 The Graduate 1967

18 The General 1927 19 On the Waterfront 1954 20 It’s a Wonderful Life 1946

21 Chinatown 1974 22 Some Like It Hot 1959 23 The Grapes of Wrath 1940

24 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982

25 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

26 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939

27 High Noon 1952

28 All about Eve 1950

29 Double Indemnity 1944

30 Apocalypse Now 1979

31 The Maltese Falcon 1941 32 The Godfather Part II 1974

33 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975

34 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937

35 Annie Hall 1977

36 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957

37 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946

38 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948

39 Dr. Strangelove 1964 40 The Sound of Music 1965

41 King Kong 1933

42 Bonnie and Clyde 1967

43 Midnight Cowboy 1969

44 The Philadelphia Story 1940

45 Shane 1953

46 It Happened One Night 1934

47 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

48 Rear Window 1954 49 Intolerance 1916

51 West Side Story 1961 52 Taxi Driver 1976 53 The Deer Hunter 1978

54 M*A*S*H 1970

55 North by Northwest 1959

56 Jaws 1975

57 Rocky 1976

58 The Gold Rush 1925 59 Nashville 1975 60 Duck Soup 1933

61 Sullivan’s Travels 1941

62 American Graffiti 1973

63 Cabaret 1972

64 Network 1976 65 The African Queen 1951

66 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

67 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966

68 Unforgiven 1992

69 Tootsie 1982

70 A Clockwork Orange 1971

72 The Shawshank Redemption 1994

74 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 75 In the Heat of the Night 1967

76 Forrest Gump 1994 77 All the Presidents Men 1976 78 Modern Times 1936 79 The Wild Bunch 1969 80 The Apartment 1960

81 Spartacus 1960 82 Sunrise 1927

84 Easy Rider 1969 85 A Night at the Opera 1935

86 Platoon 1986

87 12 Angry Men 1957

88 Bringing Up Baby 1938

89 The Sixth Sense 1999 90 Swing Time 1936

91 Sophie’s Choice 1982

92 Goodfellas 1990 93 The French Connection 1971

95 The Last Picture Show 1971

96 Do the Right Thing 1989

97 Blade Runner 1982

98 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 99 Toy Story 1995

100 Ben-Hur 1959

In addition to those movies listed above, there are also movies listed below that are listed within the top five of the AFI’s “Best of Genre.” Some of these “Best of Genre” movies are also listed in the “Top 100,” but those that are not may also be considered classics within the genre. An aesthetic analysis of these movies would include discussion as to why they are considered leaders in the genre.

** NOTE: There are other genres recognized by the AFI – such as Musicals and Epics – but all of the top five movies recognized by the AFI within those genres are also within the overall “Top 100.”

Animation

1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938

2 Pinocchio 1940

3 Bambi 1942

4 The Lion King 1994

5 Fantasia 1942

Romantic Comedy

1 City Lights 1931

2 Annie Hall 1977

3 It Happened One Night 1934

4 Roman Holiday 1953

5 The Philadelphia Story 1941

Western

1 The Searchers 1956

2 High Noon 1952

3 Shane 1953

4 Unforgiven 1992

5 Red River 1948

Sports

1 Raging Bull 1980

2 Rocky 1977

3 The Pride of the Yankees 1943

5 Bull Durham 1988

Mystery

1 Vertigo 1958

2 Chinatown 1974

3 Rear Window 1954

4 Laura 1944

5 The Third Man 1950

Science Fiction

1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

2 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope 1977

3 E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial 1982

4 A Clockwork Orange 1971

5 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951

Musical

1 Singin’ in the Rain 1952

2 West Side Story 1961

3 The Wizard of Oz 1939

4 The Sound of Music 1965

5 Cabaret 1972