 In 1998, the AFI ranked the film #43 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.American Film Institute Lists

"King Kong" was re-released in 1938, 1942, 1946, 1952 and 1956; each time to great box office success.The Production Code's stricter decency rules had been put into effect in Hollywood after its 1933 premiere and it was progressively censored further, with several scenes being either trimmed or excised altogether.