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AFI 100 Years... series. The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years... 100 American Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies.
An Asian cinema touchstone beginning in the early 1970s was traditional Hong Kong martial arts films, which sparked a greater interest in Chinese martial arts around the world. Martial arts film 's popularity was elevated to a whole new level largely due to its biggest icon, Bruce Lee. He became famous for playing Kato in the television series ...
During the 1970s, blockbuster science fiction films, which reached a much larger audience than previously, began to make their appearance. The financial success of these films resulted in heavy investment in special effects by the American film industry , leading to big-budget, heavily marketed science fiction film releases during the 1990s. [ 1 ]
17. The Boys in the Band. National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films. William Friedkin (director); Mart Crowley (screenplay); Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Reuben Greene, Peter White, Maud Adams, Elaine Kaufman. 18.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria. $401,500. The Secret of Santa Vittoria reached number one in its 16th week of release. [5] 6. February 11, 1970. Funny Girl. $795,000. Funny Girl returned to number one after 73 weeks of release.
The list. There are 106 films in this list, with Olympia (1938; directed by Leni Riefenstahl), The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959; Satyajit Ray), The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (1972, 1974; Francis Ford Coppola), and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–03; Peter Jackson) each listed as single entries. [ 3 ]
Cheng Pei-pei, Hua Yueh, Li Jen Ho. Hong Kong. Martial arts film. Shaft. Gordon Parks. Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell. United States. [16] Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) The Time Travelers (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Crack in the World (1965) Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) In the Year 2889 (1967) Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967) Night of the Living Dead (1968)