The American Film Institute has spoken once again, choosing the 100 most romantic films of all time in their 100 Years... 100 Passions TV show, broadcast on Tuesday, June 11. After publishing a list of 400 romantic films, they asked a panel of 1,800 experts to vote on them and choose the 100 best. Here were their 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 the United States.

LOVE STORY - Regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film�s narrative.

LEGACY - Films whose "passions" have enriched America�s film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

Here's the complete list of the nominees. There's also a printable version if you'd like to have that for reference. It's very long, as you can imagine, so be sure you have lots of paper in your printer.

Some of the films that were missing included:

The Adventures Of Robin Hood

Arizona Dream

The Band Wagon

Dodsworth

Flying Down To Rio

Follow The Fleet

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

High Sierra

His Kind Of Woman

Holiday Affair

The Horse Whisperer

How To Steal A Million

In A Lonely Place

Keeper Of The Flame

The Mortal Storm

Penny Serenade

Rachel and the Stranger

River Of No Return

Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves

Shall We Dance

They Drive By Night

To Each His Own

Without Love

Many of these films were suggested by members of the Classic Movies Forum.

Instead of a poll to determine what your 100 favorites are, this year I chose what I thought were ten pre-60s films that were likely to show up on the final list and asked you to vote for the one you think most deserves to be Number One -- not which one you think will win, mind you (or which is your personal favorite, which is something else entirely), but which one you think is most deserving of the honor.

How'd We Do?

Well, the results are mixed. Aside from The Quiet Man, which I suspect was a case of ballot-box stuffing that unfortunately can't be prevented with the poll format we use, we did pretty well with the #1 and #2 choices, Casablanca and Gone With the Wind. Our 5th choice, Roman Holiday, came in 4th. I left the #3 choice, West Side Story, and #5, An Affair to Remember, off my list of poll choices completely (mea culpa). Our 4th, 6th, and 7th choices were not in the top 10, and the rest got only a smattering of votes. It was a pleasant surprise to see City Lights finish 10th. But classic film fans hated to see Moonstruck, Love Story, and Ghost finishing higher than Now, Voyager, The Lady Eve, and The Philadelphia Story! Okay, here's the final list:

100. Jerry MacGuire

99. Pillow Talk

98. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

97. Grease

96. Barefoot in the Park

95. Lady & The Tramp

94. Body Heat

93. Dirty Dancing

92. Porgy and Bess

91. Working Girl

90. The Bridges of Madison County

89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?

88. The Princess Bride

87. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

86. Notorious

85. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

84. Double Indemnity

83. Morocco

82. Witness

81. The Goodbye Girl

80. The Shiek

79. Jezebel

78. Coming Home

77. The Awful Truth

76. The Quiet Man

75. The American President

74. Woman Of The Year

73. The Ghost and Mrs Muir

72. Roxanne

71. Way Down East

70. Sense & Sensibility

69. Harold and Maude

68. What's Up Doc?

67. A Streetcar Named Desire

66. Manhattan

65. Bonnie & Clyde

64. Marty

63. Sunrise

62. The Apartment

61. Breakfast at Tiffany's

60. To Have and Have Not

59. Picnic

58. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

57. Two For The Road

56. The English Patient

55. Reds

54. Sabrina

53. A Place in The Sun

52. The Graduate

51. Bringing Up Baby

50. Shakespeare In Love

49. The Postman Always Rings Twice

48. Last Tango In Paris

47. Splendor In The Grass

46. To Catch a Thief

45. Sleepless In Seattle

44. The Philadelphia Story

43. A Star Is Born (1954)

42. Anna Karenina (1935)

41. Funny Girl

40. Ninotchka

39. An American In Paris

38. It Happened One Night

37. Titanic (1996)

36. Random Harvest

35. Gigi

34. Beauty & The Beast

33. Camille

32. Dark Victory

31. The King & I

30. Swing Time

29. An Officer & A Gentleman

28. The Shop Around the Corner

27. The Sound of Music

26. The Lady Eve

25. When Harry Met Sally

24. King Kong

23. Now, Voyager

22. On Golden Pond

21. Pretty Woman

20. From Here to Eternity

19. Ghost

18. Vertigo

17. Moonstruck

16. Singin' in The Rain

15. Wuthering Heights

14. The African Queen

13. Out Of Africa

12. My Fair Lady

11. Annie Hall

10. City Lights

9. Love Story

8. It's a Wonderful Life

7. Dr. Zhivago

6. The Way We Were

5. An Affair to Remember

4. Roman Holiday

3. West Side Story

2. Gone With The Wind

1. Casablanca