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Awards and honours

In 1969, a United States Department of State committee chose 2001 as the American entry at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.

2001 is ranked 15th on the American Film Institute 's 100 Years... 100 Movies list from 2007 (up from #22 on AFI's original list from 1998), was no. 40 on its 100 Years... 100 Thrills, was included on its 100 Years... 100 Quotes (no. 78 "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."), and HAL 9000 was selected as the 13th greatest villain on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list. The film was voted the 47th most inspiring film on the 100 Years... 100 Cheers list and the no. 1 science fiction film on AFI's 10 Top 10.