Pioneer Library System

Just in time for Library Lover's Month - and in honor of lovers of libraries and life - we are highlighting 100 YEARS...100 PASSIONS, compiled by the AFI. You can stop by your hometown library and checkout any of the top 10 passion films or jump over to our Facebook page and tell us if you agree or disagree with the AFI on their selections. Or you can suggest some of your own.

The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. They have provided several "The 100 most... films of all time" lists. The lists are selected by a blue-ribbon panel of leaders from the film community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers, etc.), critics, historians and film executives.

And now for the 100 YEARS...10 PASSIONS available from your hometown library:

10. City Lights (1931) Rated G
The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.

9. Love Story (1970) Rated PG
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore...

8. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) No rating found
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

7. Doctor Zhivago (1965) Rated PG-13
A Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.

6. The Way We Were (1973) Rated PG
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

5. An Affair to Remember (1957) No rating found
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

 4. Roman Holiday (1953) No rating found
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

3. West Side Story (1961) No rating found
A musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love.

2. Gone With the Wind (1939) Rated G
An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

1. Casablanca (1942) Rated PG
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.