AFI’s 10 TOP 10 — CHALLENGE RANK: EPIC
Hello and welcome to “AFI’s 10 Top 10 — Challenge Rank,” this is an article series where we put to test the American Film Institute’s various list rankings through a critical and audience consensual assessment scale. We will be breaking down “AFI’s 10 Top 10” lists, right here. The “AFI’s 10 Top 10” originally broke down by genre of what are the 10 best films in that specified genre. We have covered Courtroom Drama, Romantic Comedies, Mystery, Animation, Western, Sci-Fi, and Gangster in the seven prior articles in the series so far, as we are now going to tackle “AFI’s 10 Top 10: Epic” category. Here’s the list of films and how they ranked from “AFI’s 10 Top 10: Epic”:
1.) “Lawrence of Arabia”
2.) “Ben-Hur”
3.) “Schindler’s List”
4.) “Gone with the Wind”
5.) “Spartacus”
6.) “Titanic”
7.) “All Quiet on the Western Front”
8.) “Saving Private Ryan”
9.) “Reds”
10.) “The Ten Commandments”
If you want to see the actual AFI page of the Top 10? The link is below: http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=10
Now, this is how AFI ranked the best films of the epic genre. But do critics and audiences agree…
