The American Film Institute is at it again with the best-of lists.  This time the list is the top 10 American films from 10 genres.
 
Having already run through 100 Laughs, 100 Thrills and 100 Passions at annual intervals for a decade, the countdown-happy AFI folks have decided to give us not one, but 10 lists in 2008-ticking off their picks for in the realms of animation, fantasy, sci-fi, gangster, sports, western, romantic comedy, courtroom drama, mystery and epic.
 
The AFI send out ballots with 500 nominated movies-50 for each genre-to over 1,500 filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, critics and historians who will then judge which ones made AFI’s 10 Top 10.
 
AFI’s 10 Top 10, the list of lists, actually, was revealed in a CBS special Tuesday. The three-hour program was the least-watched show of the night on the big four networks, averaging an estimated 5.5 million viewers, per Nielsen Media Research.

But, still it’s an interesting, mostly, to filmmaker or film lovers.
 
Below are two lists from the categories “Sports” and “Courtroom drama.”  I find that Jerry Maguire on the “Sports” list.  I never really thought of the movie as a sports movie but more of a comedy/drama.  The Hustler is also on the list.  Go figure.

The “Courtroom Drama” list has In Cold Blood, but I never thought of it as a courtroom drama like A Few Good Men or 12 Angry Men.

For the complete list, visit E! Online and AFI’s 10 of 10.