In 1998 the American Film Institute (AFI) Ranked it as the seventy-seventh greatest film ever in the 100 Years ... 100 Movies list. When the 10th Anniversary Edition Came in June 2007, AFI Moved American Graffiti to the sixty-second greatest film. [39] Also the movie was listed as the forty-third Funniest. [40] Director David Fincher credited American Graffiti as a visual influence for Fight Club (1999). [41] Lucas's Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the clones (2002) features references to the movie. The yellow airspeeder That Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi use to pursue the bounty hunter Zam Wesell is based on John Milner's yellow Deuce coupe, [42] while Dex's Diner is reminiscent of Mel's Drive-In.
