Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time

On March 22nd, ABC aired a special called Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time. ABC collaborated with People Magazine to come up with an online poll to give movie fans a chance to voice their opinion on their favorite movies in 15 different categories. Voting began in November of 2010 and ended in January of 2011. Over 500,000 votes were cast.

The list of nominees were chosen by industry experts, which included actors, critics, producers and directors. All of the films are English-language, so no foreign films were included.

The categories will be listed in order with the winner at the top in bold.

Best Film
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Godfather (1972)
Casablanca (1942)
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Best Comedy
Airplane! (1980)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Tootsie (1982)

Best Sci-Fi
Star Wars (1977)
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Avatar (2009)
The Matrix (1999)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Best Animated Film
The Lion King (1994)
Toy Story (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Fantasia (1940)

Best Musical
The Sound of Music (1965)
Grease (1978)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Singin' in the Rain (1942)
West Side Story (1961)

Best Suspense/Thriller
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jaws (1975)
Psycho (1960)
The Shining (1980)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

Best Action Film
Raiders of the Last Ark (1981)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Die Hard (1988)
Gladiator (2000)

Most Romantic Screen Couple
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh
Richard Gere and Julia Roberts
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn

Greatest Film Character
Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump
James Bond in the James Bond Films
Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones Films

Greatest Line
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
"Go ahead, make my day."
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
"I'll have what she's having."
"Here's looking at you, kid."

Best Horror Film
The Exorcist (1973)
Halloween (1978)
Poltergeist (1982)
Carrie (1976)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Best Western Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Best Chick Flick
The Notebook (2004)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
The Way We Were (1973)

Best Political/Historical Film
Schindler's List (1993)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
12 Angry Men (1957)
All the President's Men (1976)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Greatest On-screen Kiss
Gone with the Wind (1939)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Casablanca (1942)

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Best_Film/fullpage?id=13103596


I have several problems with this list, but I'm only going to mention a couple or else I'd be here for a while and I'm too tired at the moment.

First, I have a problem with the Best Western category. Maybe it's just me, but I would've liked to see The Wild Bunch (1969) and/or The Searchers (1956) in the top five.

Second, Forrest Gump as the Greatest Film Character? Seriously? What about Vito Corleone? Darth Vader? Rocky Balboa? I could name other characters that I feel would rank higher than Forrest Gump, but I better stop at three.

What do you think of the list?