‘Citizen Kane’ tops AFI list

The votes are in and, once again, the American Film Institute has chosen Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” as the greatest movie of all time.

Films that also made the AFI’s top 10 are “The Godfather,” “Casablanca,” “Raging Bull,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Gone With the Wind,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Schindler’s List,” “Vertigo” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

A jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians made the selections, which were included in the AFI’s “100 Years ... 100 Movies” 10th anniversary edition, a three-hour special television show that was to air Wednesday night on CBS.

This was the first year that “Raging Bull” and “Vertigo” had cracked the top 10. Meanwhile, out of the 43 newly eligible films released from 1996 to 2006, only “The Lord of the Rings,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Titanic” and “The Sixth Sense” made the cut.