A Bone to Pick

AFI has been both good and bad for the film community. Tonight they did a Top 10 of Top 10 genres of sorts. Here is what we got for Gangsters:

The Godfather (1972)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
White Heat (1949)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Scarface (1932)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Little Caesar (1930)
Scarface (1983)

Commentary by slashfilm: Godfather II is considered by everyone to be a better film than the original film, so why does it always place second to the first film on all of AFI’s lists?

Whose lists are you referring to? I definitely consider The Godfather to be better than the sequel. IMDb's user ranking (both registered and official-whatever registered) consider the original better. The sequel is great, I know, but I honestly find it rare for someone to call the sequel the better film. WTF, mate?

This is also probably the best list:

Mystery

Vertigo (1958)
Chinatown (1974)
Rear Window (1954)
Laura (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
North By Northwest (1959)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)