List of films considered the best

List of films considered the best

While there is no general agreement upon the greatest film, many publications and organizations have tried to determine the films considered the best. The films mentioned in this article have all been mentioned in a notable survey be it a popular poll or critics' poll. Many of these sources focus on American films or were polls of English-speaking film goers, but those considered the greatest within their respective countries are also included here. None of these citations should be viewed as scientific measures of the film-watching world. They are often influenced by vote stacking or they survey a population with skewed demographics. Internet-based surveys have a self-selecting audience of unknown participants. The methodology of some surveys may be questionable. Sometimes (as in the case of the American Film Institute) voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.

Polls of critics and filmmakers

Every decade, the British film monthly Sight & Sound asks an international group of film professionals to vote for their greatest film of all time. The Sight & Sound accolade has come to be regarded as one of the most important of the "greatest ever film" lists. Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great moviesthe only one most serious movie people take seriously." Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles was voted #1 in the five Sight & Sound critics' polls from 1962 to 2002. A separate Sight & Sound poll of established film directors, held for the first time in 1992, also placed Citizen Kane at the top in 1992 and 2002. Citizen Kane was also selected as #1 in a Village Voice and in a Time Out critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film by the American Film Institute in both the first (1998) and second (2007) versions of its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. It also topped the list of the 100 all-time greatest movies, as listed in 2013 by Entertainment Weekly. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica topped the first Sight & Sound critics' poll, in 1952. It also came #7 in 1962 and #6 in 2002. It also came #10 in the 2012 directors' poll. Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujir Ozu topped the Sight & Sound directors' poll in 2012, dethroning Citizen Kane. Tokyo Story also appeared in the Sight & Sound critics' poll at third place in 1992, fifth in 2002, and third in 2012. Tokyo Story also topped a 1998 critics' poll conducted by Asian film magazine Cinemaya, where it was followed by Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1955) and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) tied at second place. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 2012, dethroning Citizen Kane. It also came #7 in 1982, #4 in 1992, and #2 in 2002. In the directors' poll, it came #6 in 1992 and 2002, and #7 in 2012. La Rgle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939) by Jean Renoir is the only movie to have appeared in every one of the Sight & Sound critics' polls; its only appearance in the directors' poll was #9 in 2002. It was named the greatest film by the French film magazine Positif in 1991. It also holds the second slot in the Village Voice poll. The Searchers (1956) is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language Steadycam magazine in 1995. The Brussels Worlds Fair, organized in 1958, offered the occasion for the organization by thousands of critics and filmmakers from all over the world, of the first universal film poll in history.[1] These were the films chosen as most artistically fulfilled:

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Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Film (Battleship Potemkin) The Gold Rush Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) Greed Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (Mother) Citizen Kane (Earth) Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh)

Director Sergei Eisenstein Charles Chaplin Vittorio De Sica Carl Theodor Dreyer Jean Renoir Erich von Stroheim D. W. Griffith Vsevolod Pudovkin Orson Welles

Year 1925 1925 1948 1928 1937 1924 1916 1926 1941

Alexander Dovzhenko 1930 F.W. Murnau 1924 1920

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) Robert Wiene

Audience polls
Gone with the Wind (1939) was ranked as the greatest film in a poll surveyed by Harris Interactive between January 15 and 22, 2008. Star Wars came in second place and Casablanca in third. Gone with the Wind was also picked as the best film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[2] It currently holds the #158 position on IMDb's list. Casablanca (1942) was voted the greatest film by readers of the Los Angeles Daily News in 1997. It is also regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide.[3] On April 7, 2006, the Writers' Guild of America declared Casablanca's screenplay the best ever written. It currently holds the #25 position on IMDb's list. Seven Samurai (1954) was voted #1 in an audience poll conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It was followed by The Third Man (1949) in second place. It currently holds the #17 position on IMDb's list. The Godfather (1972) was voted #1 by Entertainment Weekly's readers and voted as #1 in a Time Out readers' poll in 1998. The film was also voted as the "Greatest Movie of All Time" in September 2008 by 10,000 readers of Empire magazine, 150 people from the movie business and 50 film critics. It currently holds the #1 spot on the Top 200 at Everyone's a Critic,[4] and the #2 spot on the IMDb list. The Godfather Part II (1974) was voted best movie ever by TV Guide readers[5] in 1998, and is currently in third place on the IMDb list. Cross of Iron (1977) was voted the greatest film of all time by Cinemag.[citation needed] Star Wars (1977) and its sequel The Empire Strikes Back (1980) were chosen as the greatest films by readers of Empire magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4 (Film4) poll. Star Wars is also the highest ranking sci-fi film in both versions of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest movies of all time (ranked #15 in the original list, and #13 in the updated list). It currently holds the #16 position on IMDb's list. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) was voted the best Asian film in another audience poll conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It was followed by The Apu Trilogy (19551959) at second place. Schindler's List (1993) was voted the best film ever made by the German film magazine Cinema. It currently holds the #7 position on IMDb's list. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) currently holds the top spot on the Internet Movie Database's list of the top 250 films. It was voted the best film not to have won an Academy Award in a 2004 Radio Times poll and again in 2008. It is currently ranked #1 on FilmCrave.com's top 100 movies list. It holds an extremely high score on

List of films considered the best Rotten Tomatoes within the community, at 98%. The Lord of the Rings series (20012003) was voted the most popular film of all time by an audience poll for the Australian television special My Favourite Film and by a poll cast by 120,000 German voters for the TV special "Die besten Filme aller Zeiten" (German "The best films of all time"). Its first film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was the pick of readers in a poll by Empire magazine in November 2004.[6] The third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was voted the best movie of all time by Yahoo movies and Movies.com's annual reader's poll in 2006 and 2007.[citation needed] The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King currently hold the #12, #20 and #9 positions respectively on IMDb's list.

Particular genres or media

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Action
Seven Samurai (1954) is the highest reviewed movie at Rotten Tomatoes with the highest number of votes that is listed as an action movie on the site. Fist of Fury (1972), Enter the Dragon (1973), Five Deadly Venoms (1978), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), Magnificent Butcher (1979) and Drunken Master II (1994) have been chosen as the best action martial arts films. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was chosen as the best action film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[8] Sites such Moviefone and IGN also placed the film as the #1 greatest action movie of all time. The Terminator (1984) along with its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Aliens (1986), and The Matrix (1999) are often the highest ranking and most positively reviewed action science fiction films. Die Hard (1988) is also sometimes commonly considered to be one of the greatest action movies ever. Entertainment Weekly voted it the greatest action movie of all time.

Animation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) by Walt Disney was selected as the best American animated movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. Pinocchio (1940) by Walt Disney was ranked as the #1 greatest animated movie by Time magazine. The Russian animated films Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) and Tale of Tales (1979) by Yuri Norshtein have been voted as the greatest animated films ever in particular festivals. Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (1984) by Hayao Miyazaki was the highest-ranked animated film in an audience poll of 100 best animations, conducted by Japans Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007.[9] My Neighbor Totoro (1988) by Miyazaki was ranked at #1 in Time Out's list of top 50 greatest animated films. Akira (1988) by Katsuhiro Otomo is considered the greatest anime film ever made on the top ten anime lists at MovieCricket and Screen Junkies. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) by Isao Takahata topped the Rotten Tomatoes list of best anime films, and is the highest-ranking animation in Time Out magazine's "50 greatest World War II movies" list and Empire magazine's "Top 10 Depressing Movies" list. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is the highest rated live-action/animated hybrid film on film aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, and has scored an almost perfect rating of 98%. The film was also ranked as the best animated/live action hybrid film by Entertainment Weekly. Beauty and the Beast (1991) is #1 on the IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time.[10] The Lion King (1994) was chosen as the best animated film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[11] Toy Story (1995) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the Online Film Critics Society (list published March 2003).[12] The film was also ranked as the greatest animated movie by Moviefone and Total

List of films considered the best Film. Toy Story 2 (1999) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 50 best animated movies ever made.[13] It is also #1 on their list of the best kids movies,[14] and is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best animated movies. Both the original and the sequel currently hold a perfect 100% score at Rotten Tomatoes. Spirited Away (2001) by Miyazaki is the highest-ranking animation in Empire magazine's "100 Best Films of World Cinema" list and the 2002 Sight & Sound critics' & directors' poll. It has also been ranked highly in several best animation lists: second place in Total Film, fifth in Time, and second in Entertainment Weekly. It is currently the highest rated animated film on IMDb's Top 250. WALL-E (2008) was ranked as the greatest animated movie ever by Entertainment Weekly.

Christmas
A Christmas Story (1983) is AOL's #1 Christmas movie of all time and IGN's top holiday-themed movie of all time. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best holiday movies, and also topped AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers list. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is ranked #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 25 Best Christmas Movies list. Die Hard (1988) was voted Empire Magazine's "The Greatest Christmas Film of All Time" in 2010, and the fourth best in Rotten Tomatoes' list.

Comedy
Airplane! (1980) was also chosen as the best comedy for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[15] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is the highest reviewed comedy movie at Rotten Tomatoes, with a perfect score of 100%. It also has a Metacritic score of 96/100, one of the website's highest rated comedy movies.[16] Ghostbusters (1984) was ranked first by IGN as the best comedy in their list of Top 25 Best Comedies Of All Time.[17] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) A 2004 poll by UK arm of Amazon and the Internet Movie Database named Monty Python and the Holy Grail as the best British comedy picture of all time. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) was voted the greatest comedy ever in polls conducted by Total Film magazine in 2000, the British TV networks Channel 4 in 2006 and Channel Five in 2007, and The Guardian newspaper in 2007. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funniest movies of all time. Some Like It Hot (1959) was listed Best American Film Comedy by the American Film Institute in June 2000. City Lights (1931) was selected as the best romantic comedy ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) is ranked sixth in the BFI Top 100 British films and is the highest ranked comedy.

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Comic book/superhero
Akira (1988) is the highest-ranking film based on a manga comic in lists published by the Movie Review Query Engine and Rotten Tomatoes. Death Note (2006) was chosen as the best live-action film based on a comic in a Japanese audience poll conducted by the Goo Research online monitor group. Persepolis (2007) is #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of movies based on superheroes, graphic novels, manga and comic strips in order of critical approval. Iron Man was also the highest rated superhero film based on a comic in the list being at #2. Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy was ranked as #1 on Newsarama's top ten comic book movies list. The Dark Knight (2008) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best comic and superhero movies, and on Rotten Tomatoes' Best Comix Countdown 2012. Spider-Man 2 (2004) is number 1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Comix Worst to Best list. X2 (2003) was voted #1 in Empire Magazine's list of the 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies. The Incredibles (2004) was ranked #1 in Time magazine's list of top ten greatest superhero films. Superman (1978) was ranked #1 out of IGN's list of 25 greatest superhero films of all time. The Avengers (2012) is ranked #1 by SFX.

Courtroom
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was selected as the best courtroom drama ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10 list.

Crime/gangster
The Godfather (1972) was selected as the best gangster movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. It is the highest rated film on Metacritic with 100 and it also tops the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best drama movies.[18] Goodfellas (1990) was chosen as the greatest crime film out of the 25 movies by the IGN website. Pulp Fiction (1994) was ranked the greatest film of the past 25 years (1983-2008) by Entertainment Weekly.

Disaster
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) was voted best disaster movie in a poll commissioned by UCI cinemas in May 2004.

Documentary
Bowling for Columbine (2002), Michael Moore's controversial documentary relating gun control and the culture of fear in the United States, heads the list of 20 all-time favorite non-fiction films selected by members of the International Documentary Association (IDA). Grey Gardens (1975), the Maysles Brothers' documentary about former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's eccentric aunt and cousin Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, was ranked as one of the greatest documentaries of all time by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film and the International Documentary Association. The film currently holds a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Seven Up! series (1964-) was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Channel 4 poll of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.[19] The Last Waltz (1978) is considered one of the greatest concert documentaries ever created, and has been deemed as such by Total Film, Michael Worthington of the Chicago Tribune, and by Rotten Tomatoes, where it holds a 97% favorable rating.

List of films considered the best The Thin Blue Line (1988) won Best Documentary honors from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the National Board of Review, and the National Society of Film Critics. Director Errol Morris himself won an International Documentary Association Award, an Edgar Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant (1989). Searching for Sugar Man (2012) won The BAFTA and all American branch awards; The Oscars, The Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the American Cinema Editors and the International Documentary Association. It also won National Board of Review and the Critic's Choice.

Epic
Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking epic film in the 1982 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 2004. It was selected as the best epic movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.

Fantasy
The Wizard of Oz (1939) was selected as the best American fantasy movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. Spirited Away (2001) is the highest-ranking animated film on "The 25 best sci-fi and fantasy films of all time" list published by The Guardian, and the second highest-ranking fantasy film on on the list after The Wizard of Oz. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is #1 on the list of the top rated fantasy titles at the Internet Movie Database.[20] It is the only film in the genre to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won 11 Academy Awards, the highest number of any film ever made (tying with Ben-Hur and Titanic). It is also the only film in history having won Best Film awards from the Academy, BAFTA, Empire, Golden Globe, Hugo, MTV, and Saturn Awards.

High school
The Breakfast Club (1985) ranks at #1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of best high school movies. Other films written and directed by John Hughes, namely Weird Science, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, are also often considered epitomal high school, and by extension, teenage coming of age films, as are the other nicknamed "Brat Pack" '80s films. Blackboard Jungle (1955) was listed as #1 best movie about high school on Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) was ranked #1 on Moviefone's list of Best High School Movies of All Time.

Horror/thriller
The Thing (1982) ranks #1 on The Boston Globe's list of the 50 scariest movies of all time. The Shining (1980) ranks #1 on The Moving Arts Film Journal's list of the 25 greatest horror films. The Exorcist (1973) was voted scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly and Movies.com,[citation needed] and by viewers of AMC in 2006. It was also chosen as the best horror film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[21] Psycho (1960), the Alfred Hitchcock classic, tops AFI's list of the 100 most thrilling American films, and the top rated horror titles at the Internet Movie Database.[22] King Kong (1933) ranked #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes list of the 50 best horror movies of all time.[23] Jaws (1975) was #1 in the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries The 100 Scariest Movie Moments in 2004.[24] It was also ranked second on AFI's list for thrillers, 100 Years... 100 Thrills. It holds a rare 100% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) ranks #1 on Total Film's list of the greatest horror films.

List of films considered the best The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was chosen as the best suspense/thriller for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[25]

Musical
Singin' in the Rain (1952) tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 best American musicals of all time,[26] and the top rated musicals at the Internet Movie Database.[27] West Side Story (1961) was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of The Observer in a 2007 poll. The Sound of Music (1965) was chosen as the best musical for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[28]

Mystery
Rear Window (1954) is currently #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspense films.[29] Vertigo (1958) was selected as the best mystery movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.

Political/historical
Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking historical period film in the 1982 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Schindler's List (1993) was chosen as the best political/historical film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[30]

Propaganda
The Battleship Potemkin (1925) has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of all time, and was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.[31] Triumph of the Will (1935), Leni Riefenstahl's documentary film glorifying Adolf Hitler and the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg is widely perceived, renowned and acknowledged as the best propaganda film ever, although Riefenstahl asserted she intended it only as a documentary.

Religious
In 1996, the Holy See released three lists of recommended films. The three different lists considered films of religious value, virtue (or moral value) and artistic merit. Among the list of 15 religious films considered by the Vatican to be the best ever were, in no particular order, William Wyler's Ben-Hur, The Mission, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Fred Zinnemann's 1966 version of A Man For All Seasons.

Romance
Casablanca (1942) was voted the top romantic American film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list, and is currently #1 on the top rated romance titles at the Internet Movie Database.[32]

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Science fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) tops the Online Film Critics Society list of greatest science fiction films of all time. It is also the only science fiction film to make the Sight and Sound poll for ten best movies, and was selected as the best science fiction movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. Star Wars (1977): See Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) was voted #1 in Total Film's Top 100 Movies of All Time, and #1 in the 2006 Empire "Greatest Movies Ever" special. It is currently #1 on the top rated sci-fi titles at the Internet Movie Database.[33] Blade Runner (1982) was voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004. In New Scientist, Blade Runner was voted "all-time favourite science fiction film" in both the staff, and reader's 2008 polls. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 100 best Science Fiction movies ever made. Akira (1988) is considered by some to be the best animated science fiction film.

Sports
Rocky (1976) topped Digital Spy's "greatest ever sports movie" audience poll in 2012. Raging Bull (1980) was selected as the best sports movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10, and is currently #1 on the top rated sport titles at the Internet Movie Database.[34] Miracle (2004) is currently standing as the overall best sports movie of all time in the ongoing poll at sportsinmovies.com Murderball (2005) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies.

War
See Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Schindler's List in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. Paths of Glory (1957) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best military movies. The Longest Day (1962) topped the list of the Moviefone 25 Best War Movies. Apocalypse Now (1979) was ranked as the number one greatest war movie by The Guardian in a 2013 critics poll with The Observer. The film also topped on Channel 4's 50 Films To See Before You Die. It is the second rated war movie of all time based on the Movifone list (after The Longest Day). Come and See (1985) was listed as the number one greatest World War II film by Time Out. Saving Private Ryan (1998) was voted as the greatest war film in a 2008 Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest war films.

Western
Classic Western The Searchers (1956) was selected as the best western movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. (See also: Polls of critics and filmmakers above). Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was chosen as the best western film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[35] Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966). Currently #1 on the top rated western titles at the Internet Movie Database.[36] Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Empire Magazine ranks the film on its poll of "500 Greatest Movies of All Time" at #14, the highest ranking Western.

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Countries
Argentina
The highest ranked Argentinian film is Juan J. Campanellas El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes; 2009; Argentina),

Australia
Mad Max (1979): a post-apocalyptic action thriller starring Mel Gibson was voted the best Australian film ever by the Australian Film Institute.[citation needed] Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975): voted No. 1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films at 1995 centenary of Australian cinema.

Belgium
Loft: voted the best Belgian film on Moviemeter.nl, followed by Man Bites Dog, The Memory of a Killer, Toto the Hero and Ben X.[citation needed] Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: voted the best Belgian film on the "They Shoot Pictures" site (no. 142 in the Top 250).[citation needed] Acadmie Andr Delvaux, Union de la Critique de Cinma and Ostend Film Festival awarded Mr. Nobody best Belgian film.

Brazil
Bus 174 (2002). This documentary about a bus hijacking by Jos Padilha is the highest rated foreign film at Rotten Tomatoes.[37] City of God (2002) is the highest ranked Brazilian film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010 and the highest rated Brazilian film on the IMDb Top 250 list. Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) has been selected by Brazilian critics as the best film of all time several times, such as the 27th edition of Brazilian film magazine Contracampo.

Canada
Jesus of Montreal (Jsus de Montral) (1989): Ranked second on the All Time TIFF, and in a reader's poll conducted by Playback's list since its release. Winner of 12 Genie Awards at the 11th Genie Awards. Mon oncle Antoine (1971): A poll of critics at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival and again at the 1993 and 2004 festivals named the greatest Canadian film of all time.[38] 8th in Playback's reader's poll.[citation needed] The Sweet Hereafter (1997): Voted the best Canadian film ever by readers of Playback,[39] and a poll done by Canadian film insiders named it the best Canadian film of the last 15 years.[40] Wavelength (1967): the only Canadian film on the Village Voice's "100 Best Films of the 20th Century" ranking at #85.

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Czech Republic/Slovakia
In a poll of filmmakers, critics, and theorists Marketa Lazarova was named best film in the 100 years of Czechoslovak cinema.

Chile
Julio comienza en julio (1979): Chosen in 1999 as the "Best Chilean Film of the Century" in a vote organized by the Municipality of Santiago.

China
Spring in a Small Town ( ) (1948) was voted the best Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005. A Better Tomorrow ( ) (1986) came in second place. Farewell My Concubine (1993), directed by Chen Kaige, is the highest-ranking Asian film on Time Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list. See Raise the Red Lantern in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

Croatia
Tko pjeva zlo ne misli (One Who Sings Means No Harm, 1970) was voted the best Croatian all time movie by the Croatian Society of Film Critics.

Denmark
Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) Carl Th. Dreyer's harrowing tale of adultery and repression is often cited in Denmark as the greatest Danish film.[41] Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter) the 2000 comedy about small-time gangsters was voted the Best Danish Film in a 2007 poll by Ekstra Bladet newspaper. Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration (Festen) was the runner-up.[42]

Egypt
To mark the centennial of Egyptian cinema, Al Ahram daily newspaper asked the country's top 20 critics to choose the best 15 best Egyptian films of all time. This is the result of the poll (first published July 12, 2007): The Mummy (Al-Mummia) Directed by Chadi Abdel Salam (1969) The Sin ("El-Haram") Directed by Henry Barakat (1965) The Land ("Al-Ard") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1970) A Beginning and an End ("Bidaya wa Nihaya) Directed by Salah Abouseif (1960) The Bus Driver ("Sawaq El-Autobis") Directed by Atef E-Taieb (1983) The Collar and the Bracelet ("El Tooq wal Eswera") Directed by Khairy Beshara (1986) The Will (Al-Azima) Directed by Kamal Selim (1939) Cairo Station ("Bab El-Hadid") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1958) The Wife of an Important Man ("Zawgat Ragol Mohim") Directed by Mohamed Khan (1988) The Flirtation of Girls ("Ghazal Al-Banat") Directed by Anwar Wagdi (1949) Life or Death ("Haya aw Maut") Directed by Kamal El Sheikh (1954) The Nightingale's Prayer ("Doaa Al-Karawan") Directed by Henry Barakat (1959) The Innocent ("El-Baree'") Directed by Atef E-Taieb El-Kit Kat Directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed (1991) Terrorism and Kebab ("Al-Irhab wal kabab") Directed by Sherif Arafa (1992)

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Estonia
Kevade (Spring, 1969) received the first place in the Estonian feature films Top Ten Poll in 2002 held by Estonian film critics and journalists.

Finland
The Unknown Soldier (1955) was voted the best Finnish movie in an Internet poll by Helsingin Sanomat in 2007. Talvisota (The Winter War, 1989): is the highest user rated Finnish film on the IMDb having received more than 1000 votes.

France
La Rgle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939/1950). See polls of critics and filmmakers. Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945/1946): Voted "Best French Film of the Century" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.[43] Lon: The Professional (1994) is currently the highest ranked French film on IMDb's Top 250.

Germany
M Eine Stadt sucht einen Mrder by Fritz Lang is the highest rated German film in the IMDb. Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh): See Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari): See Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above.

Hong Kong
Drunken Master II (1994), directed by Jackie Chan and Lau Kar-Leung, is the highest-ranking entirely Hong Kong production and third highest-ranking Asian film on Time Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list. Infernal Affairs (2002), directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, is the highest-ranking entirely Hong Kong production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list. The Departed (2006), Martin Scorsese's remake of Infernal Affairs, is the highest-ranking Hong Kong co-production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list.

Hungary
In 2000, Hungarian film critics chose the so-called "Budapest 12", the twelve best films of Hungary: Szegnylegnyek (The Round-Up, 1965) Mikls Jancs Szerelem (Love, 1971) Kroly Makk Szindbd (Sinbad, 1971) Zoltn Huszrik Emberek a havason (Men on the Mountain, 1942) Istvn Szts Valahol Eurpban (Somewhere in Europe, 1948) Gza von Radvnyi Megll az id (Time Stands Still, 1982) Pter Gothr Hyppolit, a lakj (Hyppolit, 1931) Istvn Szkely Krhinta (Merry-Go-Round, 1956) Zoltn Fbri A kis Valentino (Little Valentino, 1979) Andrs Jeles Az n XX. Szzadom (My 20th Century, 1989) Ildik Enyedi Apa (Father, 1966) Istvn Szab Hannibl tanr r (Professor Hannibal, 1956) Zoltn Fbri

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India
The Apu Trilogy (19551959), a Bengali film trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray, appeared on the 1992 edition of the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #88) and on The Village Voice's top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (ranked #54). It is the highest-ranking trilogy in both polls. Pather Panchali (1955), the first part of The Apu Trilogy and Satyajit Ray's debut film, appeared on the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll several times, in 1962 (ranked #11), 1992 (ranked #6) and 2002 (ranked #22). It also appeared on The Village Voice top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (tied at #12 with The Godfather). Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959), the final part of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy, was the highest-ranking Indian film in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #42), followed by two other Ray films The Music Room (1958) and Charulata (1964) tied at #56. Mayabazar (1957), directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and produced by B. Nagi Reddy, Aluri Chakrapani is a Telugu mythological film. The critically acclaimed Mayabazar is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian Cinema.IBN Live listed it as the greatest Indian film of all time. The film was touted as a landmark achievement in Indian film's cinematography, art direction and visual effects with the technology available at the time. The Hindi film Pyaasa (1957) and the Tamil film Nayagan (1987) both joined the Bengali Apu Trilogy (19551959) on Time Magazine's ALL-TIME 100 Movies list. Sholay (Embers) (1975), a "Curry Western" Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy, topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. Junoon (1978), directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by Shashi Kapoor, is a Hindi historical film that, according to film critic Khalid Mohamed, film set high standards and was then considered to be an all time epic movie.[44] Gandhi (1982), an Indian English biographical film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough, is the highest-ranked Indian co-production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list. Lagaan (2001), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Aamir Khan, is a Hindi historical sports film that received that became the third Hindi film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after Mother India (1957) and Salaam Bombay! (1988). In 2010, Lagaan was ranked #55 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema," and in 2011, it was listed in Time magazine's "The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies" list.

Iran
Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals.[45] A Separation (2011) was the first Iranian movie to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012. It also won the Golden Globe in the same category

Ireland
The Commitments (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2004 Jameson Whiskey poll of 10,000 Irish people, with My Left Foot coming second.[46]

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Israel
Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (1976) was voted "Favorite Israeli Film of All Time" in a 2004 poll by Ynet, the web site of a popular Israeli newspaper. The film got votes from 25,000 surfers. The Policeman (1971) was voted "Best Israeli Film of All Time" in 2008 poll by Cafe The Marker, affiliated with the prestigious Israeli newspaper Haaretz. More than 100 surfers and 7 film experts chose The Policeman. The movie finished ahead of Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona and Blaumilch Canal at a split second place.

Italy
Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948). See Polls of critics and filmmakers section above. Also listed at #22 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. 8 (1963). Director Federico Fellini's film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the best films of all time. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966) is the highest-ranking Italian production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list as voted by users, where it is currently listed as the 4th best film ever. (Also see Western section above.)

Japan
Rashomon ( ), 1950: This film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain worldwide acclaim. It is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in the Village Voice poll of "Best Films of the Century" (ranked #10). It also tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9). Seven Samurai ( Shichinin no Samurai), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; at #12, it is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 movies" list. It ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll, appeared on the Sight & Sound Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992 (ranked #10), tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in 2002 (ranked #9), and ranked #17 on the 2012 critics' poll. It is ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' top 100 foreign films, and #1 on their top 100 action/adventure films. It was also voted the "Best Japanese Film ever" in a 1979 Kinema Junpo critics poll. It also topped Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list. Tokyo Story ( Tokyo Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Yasujir Ozu, is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the 2002 Sight and Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #5). It was also declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005. In 2012, Tokyo Story topped the Sight & Sound directors' poll, dethroning Citizen Kane for the first time since the directors' poll began in 1992, and has also come third place in the 2012 critics' poll. Ugetsu ( Ugetsu Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, it was the highest-ranking Asian film in the Sight & Sound critics' polls in 1962 (ranked #4) and 1972 (ranked #10).

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Macedonia
Before the Rain (1994) is a Milo Manevski film, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Mexico
Pan's Labyrinth, a 2006 Mexican co-production, is the highest ranked Mexican or Latin American film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.

Netherlands
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange 1977 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever made in a 2006 Internet poll by online film magazine Filmwereld.nl.[citation needed] Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight 1973 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 Netherlands Film Festival.[citation needed] Zwartboek (Black Book 2006 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever at the 2008 Netherlands Film Festival.

New Zealand
See Lord of the Rings in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

Norway
Flklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975 Ivo Caprino): The people's choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival. Ni Liv (Nine Lives 1957 Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.

Pakistan
Baji (1963), directed by S. Suleman, topped the British Film Institute's critics poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time. Aina (1977), directed by Nazr-ul-Islam, topped the British Film Institute's user poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time.

Palestine
Paradise Now Divine Intervention

Philippines
Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light; 1975) by Lino Brocka was cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls as the greatest Filipino film ever. City After Dark (originally entitled Manila by Night; 1980) by Ishmael Bernal was cited in a poll conducted in 1989 by film scholar Joel David and his UP criticism class as the best Filipino film of all time. Himala (Miracle; 1982) by Ishmael Bernal won the 2008 CNN Asia Pacific Screen Awards Viewers Choice as "Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time" (voted for by thousands of film fans around the world).[47]

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Poland
Sexmission (Seksmisja) is the best Polish film of the last 30 years according to a 2005 poll by readers of three popular film magazines. Seksmisja is also on the prominence position in the ranking of Polish movies on portal Filmweb.pl. Other positions from the first ten places are: Polish-French cooproduction The Pianist (2002), comedies: Day of the wacko (2002), Our Folks (1967), How I Unleashed World War II (1969), Teddy Bear (1980), Boys Don't Cry (2000), and dramas showing important social or political problems after 1989: The Debt (1999), Symmetry (2003), and Psy-Pigs (1992). Polish best awarded production are: A Short Film About Killing (European Film Award for Best Film in 1988), Man of Iron (Palme d'Or of 1981 Cannes Film Festival), and The Pianist (Palme d'Or of 2002 Cannes Film Festival).

Romania
Best 10 Romanian films as considered by the Union of Romanian Cineastes and the Film Critics Association (Uniunea Cineatilor din Romnia i Asociaia Criticilor de Film): Reconstituirea (The Reenactment Lucian Pintilie, 1968) Pdurea spnzurailor (The Forest of the Hanged Liviu Ciulei, 1965) Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lzrescu Cristi Puiu, 2005 4 luni, 3 sptmni i 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu, 2007) Secvene (Sequences) Alexandru Tatos, 1982 Nunta de piatr (The Stone Wedding) Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pia. 1973 La moara cu noroc (Victor Iliu. 1956) A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006) Prob de microfon (Microphone Test) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1979) Croaziera (The Cruise) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1981)

Russia
(Battleship Potemkin): see Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above.

Serbia
Who's That Singing Over There (Ko to tamo peva, 1980) was in 1996 voted the best Serbian movie made in the 1947-1995 period by the members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN).

South Korea
Obaltan (): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film. Oldboy (): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest ranked Korean film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010 and the highest rated Korean language film on the Internet Movie Database's top 250 list. It also won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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Spain
La Caza (The Hunt, 1966) was chosen as the best Spanish film ever made by the Spanish website cineario.com. On IMDb the highest user rated Spanish films are international co-productions, such as El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth; 2006; Spain, Mexico and USA), El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes; 2009; Argentina and Spain), Viridiana (1961; Spain and Mexico) and Mar adentro (The Sea Inside; 2004; Spain, France and Italy). The highest ranked entirely Spanish film is Pedro Almodvars Hable con ella (Talk to Her, 2002).

Sri Lanka
Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997), also known as Death on a Full Moon Day, directed by P. Vithanage and starring Joe Abeywickrama, topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time. Ananta Rathiriya (1995), directed by P. Vithanage, topped the user poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time.

Sweden
The Emigrants (Utvandrarna): Jan Troell's naturalist masterwork is often cited in Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.[citation needed] Persona: Acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman's movie reached the highest position (#5 in 1972) of any Swedish film on any of Sight & Sound's lists of greatest films of all time.[citation needed] The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDb top 250 list.[]

Switzerland
The Swissmakers (1978) (Die Schweizermacher), Bestselling Swiss movie of all time

Taiwan
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (traditional Chinese ): is a 2000 Wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and co-produced by Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and China. The movie won over 40 awards. Including Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film(for Taiwan) and 3 other Academy Awards. Also, nominated for 6 other Academy Awards. The film grossed US$128 million in the United States and became the highest grossing foreign-language film in American history. Cape No. 7 (traditional Chinese ): a movie in 2008 earned over $350 million NTD in just over a month to become the highest-grossing domestic film in Taiwanese history. It is also considered to be the film that revives the 10-year-lasting depression of Taiwanese cinema.

Turkey
In 2003 Ankara Sinema Dernei (Ankara Association for Cinema Culture) chose the "Best 10 Turkish films ever" by a poll among people who are interested in cinema professionally: Yol (1982), erif Gren Umut (1970), Ylmaz Gney Sr (1978), Zeki kten Muhsin Bey (1987), Yavuz Turgul Masumiyet (1997), Zeki Demirkubuz Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalm (1978), Atf Ylmaz Anayurt Oteli (1986), mer Kavur

Susuz Yaz (1964), Metin Erksan Gelin (1973), mer Ltfi Akad

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Ukraine
(Earth), one of the World's twelve greatest films of all time (Brussels World's Fair, 1958). (The Lost Letter), was banned in Soviet Union. 20 years later was awarded with Golden Pagoda during the Bangkok International Film Festival, 1991. (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) received the British Academy Award and Grand Prix at Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1965)

United Kingdom
The Third Man (1949): Voted best British film ever by members of the British Film Institute in 1999. Currently #3 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspense movies. Lawrence of Arabia (1962): voted "best British film of all time" in August 2004 by a London Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. (See also: Epic above). Get Carter (1971): Named best British film in a poll of 25 film critics by Total Film magazine in 2004. Don't Look Now (1973): Named best British film in a poll of 150 film industry experts conducted by Time Out London in 2011.[48] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was voted the best British picture of all time by a 2004 poll by the UK arm of Amazon and Internet Movie Database.[] Trainspotting (1996): Named best British film between 1984-2009 by a poll of critics and film professionals in The Observer.

United States
Since 1998, the American Film Institute has assembled juries of film community leaders and polled them for a series of top 100 lists. Two of the lists from the series, 100 Years... 100 Movies from 1998 and 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) from 2007, identified Citizen Kane as the best American film ever. In other years, AFI's jury members selected Some Like It Hot the greatest American comedy, Psycho as the most thrilling American movie, Casablanca as the greatest American love story, Singin' in the Rain as the greatest American film musical, and It's a Wonderful Life as the most inspiring American film.[49] Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 2012, dethroning Citizen Kane at the top of the critics' poll for the first time in 50 years since 1962. It has also been voted #8 in the directors' poll. See also: Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Chinatown, Schindler's List, and The Shawshank Redemption in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

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External links
American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies (http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx) BFI List of top 100 British movies (http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/) IMDb Top 250 (http://imdb.com/top_250_films) Sight and Sound magazine best films of all time polls (http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/) Village Voice 100 Best films of the 20th century list (from Archive.org) (http://web.archive.org/web/ 20080209180641/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10) 1000 films (http://theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films.htm)

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