THE American Film Institute on Tuesday released its top-10 lists of the best in 10 film genres. The lists are so important because they keep these films in the cultural conversation,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president at the announcement. “When “City Lights” is honored as the No. 1 romantic comedy, millions of people will go back and watch it again.” The best genre movies were announced in the CBS special “AFI's 10 Top 10,” the latest in the institute's annual best-of shows. The winners were chosen by actors, filmmakers, critics and others in Hollywood from ballots that included 50 nominees in each genre. Past AFI lists have included rankings of the top-100 American films, comedies, love stories, screen stars and movie quotes. Following are the winners:ANIMATION 1. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” 1937. 2. “Pinocchio,” 1940. 3. “Bambi,” 1942. 4. “The Lion King,” 1994. 5. “Fantasia,” 1940. 6. “Toy Story,” 1995. 7. “Beauty and the Beast,” 1991. 8. “Shrek,” 2001. 9. “Cinderella,” 1950. 10. “Finding Nemo,” 2003. FANTASY 1. “The Wizard of Oz,” 1939. 2. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” 2001. 3. “It's a Wonderful Life,” 1946. 4. “King Kong,” 1933. 5. “Miracle on 34th Street,” 1947. 6. “Field of Dreams,” 1989. 7. “Harvey,” 1950. 8. “Groundhog Day,”1993. 9. “The Thief of Bagdad,” 1924. 10. “Big,” 1988. GANGSTER 1. “The Godfather,” 1972. 2. “Goodfellas,” 1990. 3. “The Godfather Part II,” 1974. 4. “White Heat,” 1949. 5. “Bonnie and Clyde,” 1967. 6. “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation,” 1932. 7. “Pulp Fiction,” 1994. 8. “The Public Enemy,” 1931. 9. “Little Caesar,” 1930. 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. “A Clockwork Orange,” 1971. 5. “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” 1951. 6. “Blade Runner,” 1982. 7. “Alien,” 1979. 8. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” 1991. 9. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” 1956. 10. “Back to the Future,” 1985. WESTERN 1. “The Searchers,”1956. 2. “High Noon,” 1952. 3. “Shane,” 1953. 4. “Unforgiven,” 1992. 5. “Red River,” 1948. 6. “The Wild Bunch,” 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,” 1976. 3. “The Pride of the Yankees,” 1942. 4. “Hoosiers,” 1986. 5. “Bull Durham,” 1988. 6. “The Hustler,” 1961. 7. “Caddyshack,” 1980. 8. “Breaking Away,” 1979. 9. “National Velvet,” 1944. 10. “Jerry Maguire,” 1996. MYSTERY 1. “Vertigo,” 1958. 2. “Chinatown,” 1974. 3. “Rear Window,” 1954. 4. “Laura,” 1944. 5. “The Third Man,” 1949. 6. “The Maltese Falcon,” 1941. 7. “North By Northwest,”1959. 8. “Blue Velvet,” 1986. 9. “Dial M for Murder,” 1954. 10. “The Usual Suspects,” 1995. ROMANTIC COMEDY 1. “City Lights,” 1931. 2. “Annie Hall,”1977. 3. “It Happened One Night,” 1934. 4. “Roman Holiday,” 1953. 5. “The Philadelphia Story,” 1940. 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,” 1962. 2. “12 Angry Men,” 1957. 3. “Kramer Vs. Kramer,” 1979. 4. “The Verdict,” 1982. 5. “A Few Good Men,” 1992. 6. “Witness for the Prosecution,” 1957. 7. “Anatomy of a Murder,” 1959. 8. “In Cold Blood,” 1967. 9. “A Cry in the Dark,” 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. “The Ten Commandments,” 1956.
