what was the name of the movie that won place # 1 in AFI top 100?

Answer 1

If you are talking about what was on the news recently then you are talking about:

#1 on AFI's NEW list of 100 most inspiring films. Here it is:

The American Film Institute's list of the 100 most-inspiring movies, with film title and year of release:

**** 1. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946 ****

2. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962

3. "Schindler's List," 1993

4. "Rocky," 1976

5. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939

6. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982

7. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940

8. "Breaking Away," 1979

9. "Miracle on 34th Street," 1947

10. "Saving Private Ryan," 1998

11. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946

12. "Apollo 13," 1995

13. "Hoosiers," 1986

14. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957

15. "The Miracle Worker," 1962

16. "Norma Rae," 1979

17. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975

18. "The Diary of Anne Frank," 1959

19. "The Right Stuff," 1983

20. "Philadelphia," 1993

21. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967

22. "The Pride of the Yankees," 1942

23. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994

24. "National Velvet," 1944

25. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941

26. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939

27. "High Noon," 1952

28. "Field of Dreams," 1989

29. "Gandhi," 1982

30. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962

31. "Glory," 1989

32. "Casablanca," 1942

33. "City Lights," 1931

34. "All the President's Men," 1976

35. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967

36. "On the Waterfront," 1954

37. "Forrest Gump," 1994

38. "Pinocchio," 1940

39. "Star Wars," 1977

40. "Mrs. Miniver," 1942

41. "The Sound of Music," 1965

42. "12 Angry Men," 1957

43. "Gone With the Wind," 1939

44. "Spartacus," 1960

45. "On Golden Pond," 1981

46. "Lilies of the Field," 1963

47. "2001: a Space Odyssey," 1968

48. "The African Queen," 1951

49. "Meet John Doe," 1941

50. "Seabiscuit," 2003

51. "The Color Purple," 1985

52. "Dead Poet's Society," 1989

53. "Shane," 1953

54. "Rudy," 1993

55. "The Defiant Ones," 1958

56. "Ben-Hur," 1959

57. "Sergeant York," 1941

58. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 1977

59. "Dances With Wolves," 1990

60. "The Killing Fields," 1984

61. "Sounder," 1972

62. "Braveheart," 1995

63. "Rain Man," 1988

64. "The Black Stallion," 1979

65. "A Raisin in the Sun," 1961

66. "Silkwood," 1983

67. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 1951

68. "An Officer and a Gentleman," 1982

69. "The Spirit of St. Louis," 1957

70. "Coal Miner's Daughter," 1980

71. "Cool Hand Luke," 1967

72. "Dark Victory," 1939

73. "Erin Brockovich," 2000

74. "Gunga Din," 1939

75. "The Verdict," 1982

76. "Birdman of Alcatraz," 1962

77. "Driving Miss Daisy," 1989

78. "Thelma & Louise," 1991

79. "The Ten Commandments," 1956

80. "Babe," 1995

81. "Boys Town," 1938

82. "Fiddler on the Roof," 1971

83. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," 1936

84. "Serpico," 1973

85. "What's Love Got to Do With It," 1993

86. "Stand and Deliver," 1988

87. "Working Girl," 1988

88. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942

89. "Harold and Maude," 1972

90. "Hotel Rwanda," 2004

91. "The Paper Chase," 1973

92. "Fame," 1980

93. "A Beautiful Mind," 2001

94. "Captains Courageous," 1937

95. "Places in the Heart," 1984

96. "Searching for Bobby Fischer," 1993

97. "Madame Curie," 1943

98. "The Karate Kid," 1984

99. "Ray," 2004

100. "Chariots of Fire," 1981

Answer 2

Citizine Kane

x 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

x 2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

x 7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

x 11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

15. STAR WARS (1977)

16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

x 18. PSYCHO (1960)

19. CHINATOWN (1974)

20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

x 27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

x 31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

42. REAR WINDOW (1954)

43. KING KONG (1933)

44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

48. JAWS (1975)

49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

53. AMADEUS (1984)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

x 55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

58. FANTASIA (1940)

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

61. VERTIGO (1958)

62. TOOTSIE (1982)

63. STAGECOACH (1939)

x 64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

x 65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

66. NETWORK (1976)

67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

69. SHANE (1953)

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

x 71. FORREST GUMP (1994)

72. BEN-HUR (1959)

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

x 75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

78. ROCKY (1976)

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

82. GIANT (1956)

83. PLATOON (1986)

84. FARGO (1996)

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

88. EASY RIDER (1969)

89. PATTON (1970)

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

94. GOODFELLAS (1990)

x 95. PULP FICTION (1994)

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

x 99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Answer 3

Citizen Kane, 1941
Starring Welles
Directed by Herman Mankewitz.

Answer 4

Citizen Kane http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

Answer 5

Voted the number one movie was CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles' 1941 classic, which he directed, produced, wrote and starred in at the age of 25.

Answer 6

I think it was a wonderful life too