The Top 10 Top 10

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ANIMATION

1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

2 PINOCCHIO (1940)

3 BAMBI (1942)

4 LION KING, THE (1994)

5 FANTASIA (1942)

6 TOY STORY (1995)

7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

8 SHREK (2001)

9 CINDERELLA (1950)

10 FINDING NEMO (2003)

FANTASY

1 WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)

2 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

3 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1947)

4 KING KONG (1933)

5 MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)

6 FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)

7 HARVEY (1950)

8 GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

9 THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE (1924)

10 BIG (1988)

GANGSTER

1 GODFATHER, THE (1972)

2 GOODFELLAS (1990)

3 GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)

4 WHITE HEAT (1949)

5 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

6 SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION (1932)

7 PULP FICTION (1994)

8 PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (1931)

9 LITTLE CAESAR (1931)

10 SCARFACE (1983)

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 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)

5 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)

6 BLADE RUNNER (1982)

7 ALIEN (1979)

8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)

9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

10 BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

WESTERN

1 SEARCHERS, THE (1956)

2 HIGH NOON (1952)

3 SHANE (1953)

4 UNFORGIVEN (1992)

5 RED RIVER (1948)

6 WILD BUNCH, THE (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 (1977)

3 PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (1943)

4 HOOSIERS (1986)

5 BULL DURHAM (1988)

6 HUSTLER, THE (1961)

7 CADDYSHACK (1980)

8 BREAKING AWAY (1979)

9 NATIONAL VELVET (1945)

10 JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)

MYSTERY

1 VERTIGO (1958)

2 CHINATOWN (1974)

3 REAR WINDOW (1954)

4 LAURA (1944)

5 THIRD MAN, THE (1950)

6 MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)

7 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

8 BLUE VELVET (1986)

9 DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

10 USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (1995)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

1 CITY LIGHTS (1931)

2 ANNIE HALL (1977)

3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

4 ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)

5 PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1941)

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 (1963)

2 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

3 KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

4 VERDICT, THE (1982)

5 FEW GOOD MEN, A (1992)

6 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)

7 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)

8 IN COLD BLOOD (1967)

9 CRY IN THE DARK, A (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 TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1956)