To Kill a Mockingbird (film) any other film he has ever done. In 1995 "To Kill a Mockingbird" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is also Robert Duvall's big-screen debut, as the misunderstood recluse Boo Radley. Duvall was cast on the recommendation of screenwriter Horton Foote, who met him at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City where Duvall starred in a 1957 production of Foote's play, "The Midnight Caller". The American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Additionally, the AFI
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