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Saturday Cinema - 10th-Anniversary Special (Oct. 19, 2024)

Saturday Cinema host Lynne Warfel compiled a list of her 100 favorite films and you helped rank them. Coming in at No. 1 was the classic ‘Casablanca.’ See how the rest were ranked as part of Saturday Cinema’s 10th-anniversary special. Listen now!

Still from Casablanca
The 1942 film 'Casablanca' stars, from left, Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.
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Saturday Cinema’s Film Favorites

Here are the results of your voting for Saturday Cinema’s Film Favorites, in which you picked your top 10 from Lynne’s list of her 100 favorite movies to come up with an overall ranking.

  1. Casablanca (1942)

  2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

  3. West Side Story (1961)

  4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

  5. Schindler's List (1993)

  6. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

  7. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

  8. North by Northwest (1959)

  9. The Music Man (1962)

  10. My Fair Lady (1964)

  11. Forrest Gump (1994)

  12. Rear Window (1954)

  13. Young Frankenstein (1974)

  14. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

  15. Field of Dreams (1989)

  16. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

  17. Moonstruck (1987)

  18. Hidden Figures (2016)

  19. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  20. Up (2009)

  21. Dead Poets Society (1989)

  22. An American in Paris (1951)

  23. Ben-Hur (1959)

  24. Toy Story (1995)

  25. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

  26. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

  27. The Pink Panther (1963)

  28. When Harry Met Sally (1989)

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

  30. Some Like It Hot (1959)

  31. The Lion in Winter (1968)

  32. Roman Holiday (1953)

  33. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

  34. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

  35. A Christmas Carol (1951)

  36. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

  37. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

  38. On Golden Pond (1981)

  39. Chicago (2002)

  40. Knives Out (2019)

  41. An Affair to Remember (1957)

  42. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

  43. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

  44. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

  45. All About Eve (1950)

  46. Lilies of the Field (1963)

  47. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

  48. The Apartment (1960)

  49. Coco (2017)

  50. Victor/Victoria (1982)

  51. Auntie Mame (1958)

  52. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

  53. Contact (1997)

  54. Seabiscuit (2003)

  55. The Bishop's Wife (1947)

  56. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

  57. The Bells of St Mary's (1945)

  58. Being There (1979)

  59. Hugo (2011)

  60. Mr. Roberts (1955)

  61. Now, Voyager (1942)

  62. The Miracle Worker (1962)

  63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

  64. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

  65. The Black Stallion (1979)

  66. Inherit the Wind (1960)

  67. Swing Time (1936)

  68. Animal Crackers (1930)

  69. As Good As It Gets (1997)

  70. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

  71. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

  72. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

  73. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

  74. The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966)

  75. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

  76. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

  77. Yentl (1983)

  78. The Great Race (1965)

  79. My Favorite Year (1982)

  80. The Women (1939)

  81. What's Up, Doc? (1972)

  82. Scrooge (1970)

  83. The In-Laws (1979)

  84. Born Yesterday (1950)

  85. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

  86. Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)

  87. Ninotchka (1939)

  88. National Velvet (1944)

  89. Murder by Death (1976)

  90. You Can’t Take It With You (1938)

  91. Topper (1937)

  92. Father of the Bride (1950)

  93. Lassie Come Home (1943)

  94. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

  95. The Fabelmans (2022)

  96. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

  97. Bells Are Ringing (1960)

  98. Irma la Douce (1963)

  99. Remember the Night (1940)

  100. Lassie (2005)

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