Gregory Peck Atticus Finch, a Depression-era lawyer and widowed father, in a film adaptation of the Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". Released in 1962 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the Southern United States, this film and his role were Peck's favorites. In 2003, Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Peck served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, Chairman
The Blair Witch Project Association ranked it as number twelve on their list of Top 100 Scariest Movies. It was ranked number fifty on Filmcritic.com's list of 50 Best Movie Endings of All Time. In 2016, it was ranked by IGN as number twenty-one on their list of Top 25 Horror Movies of All Time, number sixteen on "Cosmopolitan"s 25 Scariest Movies of All Time, and number three on "The Hollywood Reporter"s 10 Scariest Movies of All Time. In 2013, the film also made the top-ten list of "The Hollywood Reporter"s highest-grossing independent films of all time, ranking number six. Director Eli Roth has