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The American Film Institute named it one of the best films ever made, putting it at the top of the list of AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers, a list of what AFI considers to be the most inspirational American movies of all time.

The film also appeared in another AFI Top 100 list: it placed at 11th on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list of the top American films.

It would become Capra's last important film and, although he directed five more films over the next 14 years, his successful years were now behind him.