The American Film Institute is coming out with its list of 100 most inspiring movies in a special to air June 14. (on CBS I think)
AFI’s 100 Years…100 CHEERS
America's Most Inspiring Movies
AFI has compiled this ballot of 300 inspiring movies to aid your selection process. Due to the extraordinarily subjective nature of this process, you will no doubt find that AFI's scholars and historians have been unable to include some of your favorite movies in this ballot, so AFI encourages you to utilize the spaces it has included for write-in votes.
AFI asks jurors to consider the following in their selection process:
CRITERIA
FEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM
Narrative format, typically over 60 minutes in length.
AMERICAN FILM
English language film with significant creative and/or production elements from theUnited States. Additionally, only feature-length American films released before January 1, 2005 will be considered.
CHEERS
Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies end happily or not, they are ultimately triumphant – both filling audiences with hope and empowering them with the spirit of human potential.
LEGACY
Films whose "cheers" continue to echo across a century of American cinema.
The list of the nominees can be found here http://www.afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/cheers300.pdf
So....which films "inspire" you the most?
AFI’s 100 Years…100 CHEERS
America's Most Inspiring Movies
AFI has compiled this ballot of 300 inspiring movies to aid your selection process. Due to the extraordinarily subjective nature of this process, you will no doubt find that AFI's scholars and historians have been unable to include some of your favorite movies in this ballot, so AFI encourages you to utilize the spaces it has included for write-in votes.
AFI asks jurors to consider the following in their selection process:
CRITERIA
FEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM
Narrative format, typically over 60 minutes in length.
AMERICAN FILM
English language film with significant creative and/or production elements from theUnited States. Additionally, only feature-length American films released before January 1, 2005 will be considered.
CHEERS
Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies end happily or not, they are ultimately triumphant – both filling audiences with hope and empowering them with the spirit of human potential.
LEGACY
Films whose "cheers" continue to echo across a century of American cinema.
The list of the nominees can be found here http://www.afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/cheers300.pdf
So....which films "inspire" you the most?