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American Film Institute: 100 Years... 100 Movies

The American Film Institute (AFI) "is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media."

The 100 Years... 100 Movies list debuted in 1997 and was revised for its ten year anniversary in 2007.

2007 Ranking	Title	Year	1997 Ranking
1	Citizen Kane	1941	1
2	The Godfather	1972	3
3	Casablanca	1942	2
4	Raging Bull	1980	24
5	Singin’ in the Rain	1952	10
6	Gone with the Wind	1939	4
7	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	5
8	Schindler’s List	1993	9
9	Vertigo	1958	61
10	The Wizard of Oz	1939	6
11	City Lights	1931	76
12	The Searchers	1956	96
13	Star Wars	1977	15
14	Psycho	1960	18
15	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	22
16	Sunset Blvd	1950	12
17	The Graduate	1967	7
18	The General	1927	New
19	On the Waterfront	1954	8
20	It’s a Wonderful Life	1946	11
21	Chinatown	1974	19
22	Some Like it Hot	1959	14
23	The Grapes of Wrath	1940	21
24	E.T. The Extra Terrestrial	1982	25
25	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	34
26	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	1939	29
27	High Noon	1952	33
28	All About Eve	1950	16
29	Double Indemnity	1944	38
30	Apocalypse Now	1979	28
31	The Maltese Falcon	1941	23
32	The Godfather, Part II	1974	32
33	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	1975	20
34	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	49
35	Annie Hall	1977	31
36	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	13
37	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	37
38	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	1948	30
39	Dr. Strangelove	1964	26
40	The Sound of Music	1965	55
41	King Kong	1933	43
42	Bonnie and Clyde	1967	27
43	Midnight Cowboy	1969	36
44	The Philadelphia Story	1940	51
45	Shane	1953	69
46	It Happened One Night	1934	35
47	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	45
48	Rear Window	1954	42
49	Intolerance	1916	New
50	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	New
51	West Side Story	1961	41
52	Taxi Driver	1976	47
53	The Deer Hunter	1978	79
54	MAS*H	1970	56
55	North by Northwest	1959	40
56	Jaws	1975	48
57	Rocky	1976	78
58	The Gold Rush	1925	74
59	Nashville	1975	New
60	Duck Soup	1933	85
61	Sullivan’s Travels	1941	New
62	American Graffiti	1973	77
63	Cabaret	1972	New
64	Network	1976	66
65	The African Queen	1951	17
66	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	60
67	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	1966	New
68	Unforgiven	1992	98
69	Tootsie	1982	62
70	A Clockwork Orange	1971	46
71	Saving Private Ryan	1998	72
72	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	New
73	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	50
74	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	65
75	In the Heat of the Night	1967	New
76	Forrest Gump	1994	71
77	All the President’s Men	1976	New
78	Modern Times	1936	81
79	The Wild Bunch	1969	80
80	The Apartment	1960	93
81	Spartacus	1960	New
82	Sunrise	1926	New
83	Titanic	1997	New
84	Easy Rider	1969	88
85	A Night at the Opera	1935	New
86	Platoon	1986	83
87	12 Angry Men	1957	New
88	Bringing Up Baby	1938	97
89	The Sixth Sense	1999	New
90	Swing Time	1936	New
91	Sophie’s Choice	1982	New
92	Goodfellas	1990	94
93	The French Connection	1971	70
94	Pulp Fiction	1994	95
95	The Last Picture Show	1971	New
96	Do the Right Thing	1989	New
97	Blade Runner	1982	New
98	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	100
99	Toy Story	1995	New
100	Ben-Hur	1959	72

Films ranked on the 1997 list but not included on the 2007 list

1997 Ranking	Title	Year
39	Doctor Zhivago	1965
44	The Birth of a Nation	1915
52	From Here to Eternity	1953
53	Amadeus	1984
54	All Quiet on the Western Front	1930
57	The Third Man	1949
58	Fantasia	1940
59	Rebel Without a Cause	1955
63	Stagecoach	1939
64	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977
67	The Manchurian Candidate	1962
68	An American in Paris	1951
73	Wuthering Heights	1939
75	Dances with Wolves	1990
82	Giant	1956
84	Fargo	1996
86	Mutiny on the Bounty	1935
87	Frankenstein	1931
89	Patton	1970
90	The Jazz Singer	1927
91	My Fair Lady	1964
92	A Place in the Sun	1951
99	Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner	1967

The ANSCR Classification System for Sound Recordings

The Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR)
is composed of the following categories into which all sound recordings are organized.

A	Early Music
B	Operas
C	Choral Music
D	Vocal Music
EA	General Orchestral
EB	Ballet Music
EC	Concertos
ES	Symphonies
F	Chamber Music
GG	Guitar
GO	Organ
GP	Piano
GS	Stringed Instruments
GV	Violin
GW	Wind Instruments (Includes Brass)
GX	Percussion and Unusual Instruments
H	Band Music
HP	Patriotic Music
J	Electronic or Mechanical Music
K	Musicals and Operettas
J	Soundtracks
MA	Popular Music
MC	Country/Western Music
MG	Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music
MJ	Jazz
MN	New Age Music
MP	Rap Music
MR	Rock Music
O	Jewish Music
P	American Folk and Ethnic Music
Q	International Folk and Ethnic Music
R	Holiday Music
S	Varieties and Humor
T	Plays
U	Poetry
V	Prose
W	Documentary: History and Commentary
X	Instructional
Y	Sounds and Special Effects
ZM	(E) Preschool Music
ZS	Preschool Stories
ZI	Juvenile Instruction
ZM	(J) Juvenile Music

Games

The library carries Xbox, Playstation, Wii and several CD-Rom titles.

The video game collection has a 7 day loan period. This fast turn around collection has no renewals and no reserves.

CD-Roms can be checked out for 28 days.

Looking for gaming tips & tricks? Checkout one of the gaming magazines the library subscribes to:

Can't find the game you are looking for? Contact the Movies, Music, & More Desk at 847-429-4696.

Audiobooks

New Audiobooks

The complete list of new audiobooks.

Downloadable Audiobooks
From your home computer browse, checkout, and download free digital audiobooks and eBooks any time of the day or night with your Gail Borden library card.

	The Gail Borden Public Library is part of the MyMediaMall consortium which provides library district residents access to downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Sign up now to receive email lists of the best new downloads. Each month you’ll receive a list to keep you updated on the newest downloadable titles.

Have You Tried a Playaway?

This single-title self contained audiobook is a perfect for those on the go. Find a list of our Playaway titles here.

Listen to this!

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Can't find the audiobook you are looking for?

Fill out a Material Request form or contact the Movies, Music & More Desk at 847.429.4696.

Music

Looking for something new?

Take a look at the newest additions to our collection.

The library has a wide variety of rock, pop, classical, jazz, electronic, country, world, and Spanish music on CD. The music collection is organized by the ANSCR Classification System.

Online Music

With a Gail Borden Public Library card you can listen to a variety of music traditions and styles.

Freegal
The Sony Music catalog of artists available for you to download FREE mp3 songs to your PC, Mac, or portable device.

American Song
American Song is a history database that will contain 50,000 tracks that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.

Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries.

Contemporary World Music
Contemporary World Music will contain 50,000 tracks that delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent

Smithsonian Global Sound
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.

[Requires a Gail Borden Library Card]

Can't find the music you are looking for?

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