A is for AFI vs. IMDb

In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) published its list of the 100 greatest movies. They are, in AFI members' collective opinion, the best films that were produced during the first 100 years of American filmmaking, and they span from back in 1912 all the way to 1996 (which, unless I'm mistaken, is only 84 years, but...okay).

Anyway, I just thought I'd compare the top 20 of AFI's list with the 20 top movies as voted by the general public on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)...except that I'm taking out any of the movies on the IMDb list that came after 1996. Here's how they compare...

AFI	IMDb
1. Citizen Kane (1941)	1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Casablanca (1942)	2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather (1972)	3. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939)	4. Seventh Samurai (1954)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	5. Schindler's List (1993)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)	6. Casablanca (1942)
7. The Graduate (1967)	7. Star Wars (1977)
8. On the Waterfront (1954)	8. Citizen Kane (1941)
9. Schindler's List (1993)	9. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
10. Singin' in the Rain (1952)	10. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	11. Pulp Fiction (1994)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)	12. Rear Window (1954)
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	13. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
14. Some Like it Hot (1959)	14. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
15. Star Wars (1977)	15. The Usual Suspects (1995)
16. All About Eve (1950)	16. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
17. The African Queen (1951)	17. 12 Angry Men (1957)
18. Psycho (1960)	18. North by Northwest (1959)
19. Chinatown (1974)	19. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	20. Psycho (1960)

Of all the movies on either list listed here, I've seen Citizen Kane, The Shawshank Redemption, Gone with the Wind (more or less), Schindler's List, The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (mostly), Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Pulp Fiction, and Raiders of the Lost Ark --- 11 out of 31 movies. 35%, which isn't such a nice percentage for someone considered somewhat of a movie buff. Then again, I wasn't even born yet when most of these films were released, so I think that's a relevant excuse. One of these days (yeah, when I have time) I should really watch The Godfather movies and Casablanca, and watch The Shawshank Redemption again because I can't remember it and it's a lot of people's favorite movie. So there you go.

Have any of you seen any of these movies? Which do you like or dislike, and which list do you agree with more closely?