The 1959 semi-biblical epic Ben Hur clocks in at 100 on the AFI list. It was ranked higher on the 1997 list at #72. It strikes me that the film dropped in ranking because of a number of the imperfections that I will talk about but that the rankers were unwilling to drop it off …
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The AFI Top 100 Movies
One of my ambitions in retirement was to watch or rewatch all of the American Film Institute’s Top 100 movies of all time. I’ve previously seen, at some point in my life, 84 of these movies, but many were a LONG time ago and warrant rewatching. I have my issues with the list (the deference …
The AFI Top 100 - Reviewed by Tony 