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While there is no agreement upon the greatest [[film]] of all time, it is possible to list '''films considered the greatest ever''' by a sizable populace of the film-watching community in the English-speaking world. The criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film has been mentioned the "greatest" in a notable survey — be it a critics' poll, popular poll, or awards. Many of these sources focus on American films, 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. All the surveys are flawed in one way or another. 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 (like in the case of the American Film Institute) voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.

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==In polls of critics and filmmakers==
*[[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' has been consistently voted number one in the ''[[Sight and Sound]]'' poll of film critics in each of the last five polls starting with the 1962 poll (the survey is carried out once every ten years). A separate poll of established film directors in the same magazine, held for the first time in 1992, also has placed ''Citizen Kane'' at the top. Influential critic [[Roger Ebert]] says that "The ''Sight and Sound'' poll is generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists". The film was selected as number one in a ''[[Village Voice]]'' critics' poll, number one in a ''[[Time Out]]'' critics' poll in 1995 and listed as the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies|greatest American film ever]] by the [[American Film Institute]] in 1998 and 2007.
*''[[The Rules of the Game|La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)]]'' by director [[Jean Renoir]] was named best film by the French film magazine ''[[Positif (magazine)|Positif]]'' in 1991. It also holds the number two spot in the ''Village Voice'' poll. Along with ''[[The Battleship Potemkin]]'', it is one of only two films to have appeared in every one of ''[[Sight and Sound|Sight and Sound's]]'' six [[wikt:decennial|decennial]] polls.
*''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language ''Steadycam'' magazine.<ref>[http://cinepad.com/awards/lieblingsfilme.htm Lieblings Filme]</ref>
*''[[The Battleship Potemkin]]'' was voted best film ever by a panel of experts at the [[1958 World's Fair]].<ref>Władysław Jewsiewicki: "Kronika kinematografii światowej 1895-1964", Warsaw 1967, no ISBN, page 129 (in Polish)</ref>
*''[[Bicycle Thieves|Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves)]]'' was voted top film in a ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' magazine poll in [[1952 in film|1952]]. Other than ''Citizen Kane'', ''Bicycle Thieves'' is the only film to ever top the ''Sight and Sound'' poll.
*''[[Goodfellas]]'' was voted the greatest film of all time in 2005 by the editorial team of the magazine ''Total Film''.<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/movie_news/who_is_the_greatest Total Film Who is the Greatest?]</ref>
*On [[Metacritic]], ''[[The Godfather]]'' is the all-time best-reviewed movie if [[reissue]]s are not taken into account. If reissues are taken into account, the highest-scoring film is ''[[Au Hasard Balthazar]]''. Both films score a perfect 100/100.
*According to the filmsite [http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_top100films.htm They Shoot Pictures Top 1000 Films] which collates votes from well over 1600 different film lists, the top 10 films of all-time as of [[December]] [[2007]] are:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Rank
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Film
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Director
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year

|-
|1
|''[[Citizen Kane]]''
|[[Orson Welles]]
|[[1941]]
|-
|2
|''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''
|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]
|[[1958]]
|-
|3
|''[[The Rules of the Game]]''
|[[Jean Renoir]]
|[[1939]]
|-
|4
|''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
|[[Stanley Kubrick]]
|[[1968]]
|-
|5
|''[[8½]]''
|[[Federico Fellini]]
|[[1963]]
|-
|6
|''[[The Godfather]]''
|[[Francis Ford Coppola]]
|[[1972]]
|-
|7
|''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]''
|[[John Ford]]
|[[1956]]
|-
|8
|''[[Seven Samurai]]''
|[[Akira Kurosawa]]
|[[1954]]
|-
|9
|''[[Tokyo Story]]''
|[[Yasujiro Ozu]]
|[[1953]]
|-
|10
|''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]''
|[[F. W. Murnau]]
|[[1927]]
|-
|}

===Academy Awards===
Since their inception in [[1928 in film|1928]], the [[Academy Awards]] (the Oscars) have been considered the most significant film award ceremony, though it should be noted that dominance depends on the competition in film that year as well as a film's own merits. It should also be noted the awards tend to focus mainly on American films. The first film to dominate an Oscars ceremony was [[Frank Capra|Frank Capra's]] ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' in [[1935 in film|1935]]. It was the first film to win five awards. Moreover it won the "Oscar grand slam" by [[List of films receiving the Academy Award "Big Five"|winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay]] — a feat that has been repeated only twice, by ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' in [[1976 in film|1976]] and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' in [[1991 in film|1991]].

In [[1939 in film|1939]], ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' was nominated for 13 awards and two special citations. It won ten of the Awards to beat ''It Happened One Night'''s record. ''[[All About Eve]]'' ([[1950 in film|1950]]) broke the nominations record with 14, and won in six categories.

''Gone with the Wind'''s moment at the top lasted for twenty years, only to be beaten by the epic ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', which went on to win 11 Oscars from 12 nominations in 1960.

''[[Ben-Hur]]'''s eleven Oscars remains the record. This achievement in turn has been equalled twice — by ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' in [[1997 in film|1997]] with 11 awards from 14 nominations, and by ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', which won in all 11 of its nominated categories in [[2003 in film|2003]] in the greatest sweep in the history of the [[Academy Awards]], despite not having been nominated in any of the four acting categories.

==In audience polls==
*''[[The Godfather]]'' has long stood on the top of the [[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]'s [[Internet Movie Database#Ranking|list of the top 250 films]]. It was also voted number one by ''Entertainment Weekly'' readers, listed as number one in ''Entertainment Weekly'''s 1999 book about the top 100 films <ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html Filmsite.org posting about Entertainment Weekly's book]</ref> and voted number one in a ''Time Out'' readers' poll in 1998. <ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2.html Filmsite.org posting about ''Time out'' reader's poll]</ref>
*''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' is the highest rated film on [[Yahoo! Movies]] by [[Yahoo!]] users and is listed second on the all-time greatest film list on the IMDb. It was voted the best film never to have won [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] in a 2005 [[BBC]] poll.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/bestfilm/ Best Films]</ref> In January 2006 ''Empire'' magazine readers named it the best film ever.
*[[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|The ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy]] was voted the most popular film of all time by an audience poll for the [[Australia]]n television special ''[[My Favourite Film]]''. Its first film, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (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. The third film, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', was voted the best movie of all time by Movies.com's annual reader's poll in 2006 and in 2007. It is the only trilogy to have all 3 pictures in the Top 30 of the IMDb's list of top 250 films.
*''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942) is widely cited as the greatest film of all time and was voted as such 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''. On April 7, 2006, the Writer's Guild of America declared ''Casablanca''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s screenplay the best ever written.
*''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' (1977) was chosen by readers of ''Empire'' magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a [[Channel 4]]/''FilmFour'' poll [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1676023.stm]. It was voted number one in the 2007 Empire "Greatest 100 Movies" poll.<ref>[http://greatest.empireonline.com.au/index.php Greatest.Empireonline.com]</ref>
*''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980) was voted number 1 in [[Total Film]]'s Top 100 Movies of All Time.<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/features/total_film_presents_the_top_100_movies_of_all_time Total Film Presents the Top 100 Movies of All Time]</ref>
*''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' was voted best ever by ''[[TV Guide]]'' readers<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/tvguide2.html]</ref> in 1998.
* As of [[December 31]], [[2007]], the following are the 10 films atop the [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top IMDB's list of the top 250]:
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Rank
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Film
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Rating
|-
|1
|''[[The Godfather]]''
|[[1972]]
|9.1
|-
|2
|''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''
|[[1994]]
|9.1
|-
|3
|''[[The Godfather: Part II]]''
|[[1974]]
|9.0
|-
|4
|''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'')
|[[1966]]
|8.9
|-
|5
|''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''
|[[1994]]
|8.8
|-
|6
|''[[Schindler's List]]''
|[[1993]]
|8.8
|-
|7
|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
|[[1975]]
|8.8
|-
|8
|''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
|[[1980]]
|8.8
|-
|9
|''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
|[[1942]]
|8.8
|-
|10
|''[[Seven Samurai|Seven Samurai]]''
|[[1954]]
|8.8
|-
|}

==In particular genres==
===Action===

*''[[Die Hard]]'' (1988) was voted greatest action movie of all time by both ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' and music channel [[MTV2]].

===Animation ===
*''[[Akira (film)|Akira]]'' ([[1988 in film|1988]]) was chosen as the top [[anime]] ever by ''Anime Insider'' in fall 2001.
*''[[Tale of Tales]]'' (''Сказка сказок'') ([[1979 in film|1979]]): [[Yuriy Norshteyn]]'s short film was voted by a large international jury to be the greatest animated film of all time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympiad of Animation and the 2002 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1460940,00.html
Sweet little mystery]</ref><ref>[http://context.themoscowtimes.com/print.php?aid=141447 Some people consider Yury Norshtein the greatest animator in history]</ref>
*''[[Toy Story]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]]) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the [[Online Film Critics Society]] (list published March 2003).<ref>[name="OFCS">[http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/top100animated Top 100 Animated Features of All Time] at the [[Online Film Critics Society]] website.</ref>
*''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'' ([[1957 in film|1957]]), directed by [[Chuck Jones]], was voted the greatest animated short of all time in animation historian [[Jerry Beck]]'s 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors.

===Comedy===
*''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' ([[1959 in film|1959]]) was listed Best American Film Comedy by the [[American Film Institute]] in June 2000.
*''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]) was voted the greatest comedy ever by viewers of [[Channel 4]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest-comedyfilms/results/5-1.html 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote from channel4.com/film]</ref> It also was rated #1 comedy of all time from a poll conducted by [[Total Film]] Magazine.
*''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' ([[1978 in film|1978]]) was voted #1 on the [[Bravo (television network)|Bravo]] list of funniest movies of all time, and was #36 on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs]].

===Concert===
*''[[The Last Waltz]]'' ([[1978 in film|1978]]): [[Martin Scorsese]]'s chronicling of [[The Band]]'s farewell concert on [[Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving Day]] in 1976. Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' calls it "The greatest rock concert movie ever made -- and maybe the best rock movie, period." Terry Lawson of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' comments that "This is one of the great movie experiences."<ref> [http://ae.freep.com/entertainment/ui/michigan/movie.html?id=61794&reviewId=8681 Movie: The Last Wltz]</ref> The review at ''[[Total Film]]'' comments "In what is rightly considered the greatest concert film ever shot...."<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/dvd_reviews/the_last_waltz The Last Waltz - Total Film]</ref> [[Rolling Stone]] dubbed it the greatest film about music ever made. [[All Movie Guide]] said that the film is "considered to be [one] of the best-looking and sounding rock films ever".<ref>[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:28404 Allmovie: The LasztlaW t]</ref>
*''[[Stop Making Sense]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]): Film critic James Berardinelli wrote that [[Jonathan Demme]]'s capturing of the [[Talking Heads]] in concert was "the best concert film to date when it first came out, and nothing in the past decade-and-a-half has come close to toppling it from that position." Edward Guthmann of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' had similar praise: "Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized? I don't think so."

===Disaster===
*''[[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' ([[1972 in film|1972]]) was voted best disaster movie in a poll commissioned by UCI cinemas in May 2004.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720347.stm Poseidon Adventure tops film poll]</ref>

===Documentary===
*''[[Seven Up!]]'' (1964) was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a [[Channel 4]] poll of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.
*''[[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 [http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm 20 all-time favorite non-fiction films] selected by members of the International Documentary Association (IDA).<ref>[http://www.documentary.org Documentary.com]</ref>

===Epic===
*''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) was voted best epic by readers of ''Total Film'' in May 2004. In addition, [[Peter O'Toole]]'s performance as [[T.E. Lawrence]] was ranked number one in ''Premiere'' magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

===High School/Teen Film===
*''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' (1985) was included as number one on [[Entertainment Weekly]]'s list of 50 best high school films of all time in 2006/2007. <ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1532651,00.html]</ref>
*''[[Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads]]'' (2002) was included as number one on [[Entertainment Weekly]]'s list of 50 best teen films of all time in 2006/2007. <ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,202958~1~0~crossroads,00.html]</ref>

===Horror/Thriller===
*''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974): Voted greatest horror movie of all time on [[Total Film]]'s ''[[50 Greatest Horror Movies of all Time]]''<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/movie_news/the_50_greatest_horror_movies_of_all_time]</ref>, [[Empire Magazine]]'s ''[[50 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time]]'', and [[Premiere Magazine]]'s ''[[Top 10 Horror Films of All Time]]''.
*''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (1960): The [[Alfred Hitchcock]] classic tops [[American Film Institute|AFI]]’s list of the 100 most thrilling American films and [[Rotten Tomatoes]] list of the 50 greatest horror movies.
*''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' (1978): Voted best horror film of all time by readers of [[SFX magazine|''SFX'']] magazine in June 2004, listed as one of AFI's most thrilling films ever, Empire Magazine's "50 Greatest Horror Movies" as well as ''Premiere Magazine's'' "Top 10 Horror Films of All Time",
*''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' (1973): Voted scariest movie of all time by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' and ''[[Movies.com]]'', also listed on AFI's most thrilling films ever.
*''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' (1980): Voted scariest movie of all time by [[Channel 4]]. [http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/S/scary/results_10-1_2.html]

===Independent Film===
*''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992): Was listed as the number one film on a list by ''[[Empire Magazine]]'' of the '50 Greatest Independent Films'. <ref>http://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms3.html</ref>

===Musical===
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain (film)|Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952) tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 best American musicals of all time.<ref> [http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/musicals.aspx 25 Best Musicals]</ref>
* ''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961) was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of ''[[The Observer]]'' in a 2007 poll.<ref>[http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/19/west_side_story_tops_best_movie_musical_/ West Side Story Tops Best Movie Musical]</ref>
* ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' (1978) was voted the greatest musical by viewers of [[Channel 4]] in 2003.

===Propaganda===
*''[[Triumph of the Will]]'' (1935), [[Leni Riefenstahl]]'s documentary film glorifying [[Adolf Hitler]] and the 1934 [[Nazi Party]] [[Political convention|Convention]], in [[Nuremberg]] is widely perceived, renowned, and reviled as the best [[propaganda]] film ever,<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1039001,00.html]</ref> although Riefenstahl asserted she intended it only as a documentary.

===Romance===
*''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942) is the top film on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions]] list, which ranks films in which there is "a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative".

===Science fiction===<!-- This section is linked from [[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)]] -->
*''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968) tops the [[Online Film Critics Society]] list of greatest science fiction films of all time.<ref>{{cite web | title="''2001: A Space Odyssey'' Named the Greatest Sci-Fi Film of All Time By the Online Film Critics Society" | publisher=Online Film Critics Society | url=http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/top100scifi | accessdate=2006-12-15}}</ref> It is also the only science fiction film to make the [[Sight and Sound]] poll for ten best movies.
*''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982) was voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2004.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1290823,00.html Scientists vote Blade Runner best sci-fi film of all time]</ref>
*''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982) topped a [[Rotten Tomatoes]] poll of the 100 best Science Fiction movies ever made. <ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/scifi/?r=1&mid=1006389 ET named top Sci-Fi Movie]</ref>
*''[[The Matrix]]'' (1999) was voted the greatest science fiction film of the last 25 years by Entertainment Weekly.

===Superhero/Comic book adaptations===
*''[[Batman Begins]]'' (2005) listed as #1 on [[IGN]]'s list of the 'Best & Worst Comic-Book Movies'. <ref>http://comics.ign.com/articles/673/673860p3.html</ref>
*''[[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]'' (2001) topped [[MSN]] Movies' list of the 'Top 10 Comic Book Movies' <ref>http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=114936&mpc=2</ref>
*''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) was selected the number one comic-to-cinema adaption in a poll of critics at rottentomatoes.com.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?r=1&mid=1133520 Comix Worst to Best]</ref> and was named as the greatest superhero movie ever made by film critic [[Roger Ebert]].
*''[[X2 (film)|X2: X-Men United]]'' (2003) was voted greatest comic book film of all time by [[Empire Magazine]].<ref>{{cite web| title = The 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies| publisher = Empireonline.com| url = http://www.empireonline.com/features/comicbookfilms/10-1.asp#comicbookfilms| accessdate = 2006-10-20}}</ref>

===Sport===
*''[[Bull Durham]]'' (1988) was number 1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies. <ref>{{cite web| title = Rotten Tomatoes Best Sports Films | publisher = Rottentomatoes.com | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/top_sports/?r=1&mid=1003249| accessdate = 2007-09-13}}</ref>
*''[[Rocky]]'' (1976) was also listed as the number 1 sports movie of all time by MovieFone. <ref>{{cite web| title = MovieFone's Top 25 Sports Films | publisher = movies.aol.com | url = http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/best-sports-movies| accessdate = 2007-10-13}}</ref>

===War===
*''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998) was voted as the greatest war film in a 2005 [[Channel 4]] poll of the 100 greatest war films.
*''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979) was listed as the number 1 war film of all time by MovieFone and MSN Movies. <ref>{{cite web| title = Best War Movies of All Time| publisher = Aol.com| url = http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/best-war-movies| accessdate = 2007-09-13}} </ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Top 10 War Movies MSN Movies| publisher = Msn.com| url = http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=144015&mpc=2| accessdate = 2007-09-13}}</ref>

===Western===
*''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' (1956) was voted the greatest Western of all time by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. (See also: [[#Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers|films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers]] above).

==In particular countries==
===Argentina===
{{seealso|Cinema of Argentina}}
*''[[The Official Story]]'' (1985) was voted the top film of the 25 Top Best Argentina made movies. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} It also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1985.

===Australia===
{{seealso|Cinema of Australia}}
*''[[Mad Max]]'' (1979): voted the best [[Australian]] film ever by the [[Australian Film Institute]]. Nominated for four [[Australian Film Institute Awards]].
*''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]'' (1975): voted No. 1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films at 1995 centenary of Australian cinema.<ref>[http://www.moria.co.nz/fantasy/hangingrock.htm Hanging Rock]</ref>

===Brazil===
{{seealso|Cinema of Brazil}}
''[[City of God (film)|City of God]]'' (2002) is the highest rated Brazilian film according to IMDB users. Brazilian critics, however, have selected ''[[Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol]]'' (1964) as the best film of all several times, such as the 27th edition of film magazine ''Contracampo''<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.contracampo.com.br/27/frames.htm&sa=X&oi=translate</ref> and a special issue of the magazine ''Bravo'', entitled "100 essential films". The other Brazilian films included in ''Bravo'''s list are ''City of God'', ''[[Pixote]]'' and ''[[Lavoura Arcaica]]'', in that order.

===Canada===
{{seealso|Cinema of Canada}}
*''[[Mon oncle Antoine]]'': 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.
*''[[Jésus de Montréal]]'': Ranked second on the All Time TIFF list since its release, and a winner of 12 [[Genie Awards]].
*''[[Un Zoo la Nuit]]'': Winner of the most Genie Awards with 13.

===China===
{{seealso|Cinema of China}}
*''[[Spring in a Small Town]]'' (小城之春): This [[1948 in film|1948]] film was voted the best Chinese film ever made by [[Hong Kong Film Award]]s Association in 2005. ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (英雄本色) ([[1986 in film|1986]]) came in second.

===Cuba===
{{seealso|Cinema of Cuba}}
*''[[Memorias del Subdesarrollo]]'' This 1968 film was voted among the best 100 films of all time by [[Derek Malcolm]] at [[The Guardian]] It was the only Cuban film in the list.

===Egypt===
{{seealso|Cinema of Egypt}}
*''[[The Yacoubian Building]]'' Winner of various awards and acclaimed by [[Cairo International Film Festival]] as the best Egyptian movie ever made.

===Finland===
{{seealso|Cinema of Finland}}
*''[[The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)|The Unknown Soldier]]'' (''Tuntematon Sotilas'' in [[Finnish language|Finnish]]), received seven "[[Jussi]]" (Finnish Oscar) statuettes.<ref>[http://www.sea.fi/lahikuvassa/katsotuimmat_kotimaiset.html Katsotuimmat kotimaiset elokuvat kautta aikojen]</ref>

===France===
{{seealso|Cinema of France}}
*''[[Children of Paradise|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.
*''[[The Rules of the Game|La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)]]'' (1939/1950): see [[#Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers|films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers]]

===Germany===
{{seealso|Cinema of Germany}}
* [[F. W. Murnau]]'s [[silent film]] ''[[Nosferatu]]'' is regarded by acclaimed German director [[Werner Herzog]] as the greatest German movie of all time.<ref>[http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/MultimediaStudentProjects/00-01/0009135b/fruits/html/Herzog/herzog-nosferatu.htm Herzog Nosferatu]</ref>
*''[[M (film)|M]]'', Fritz Lang's 1931 classic crime film, is currently the highest rated German film in the IMDB top 250 films (rated by users). The 2007 Academy award winner for best foreign language film ''[[The Lives of Others]] (Das Leben der Anderen)'' is second followed by ''[[Downfall (film)|Downfall]] (Der Untergang)'', a 2004 German [[World War II]] epic which depicts the final days of the [[Third Reich]] in [[Adolf Hitler]]'s bunker. ''[[Das Boot]]'', a 1981 film retelling the story of [[Unterseeboot 96 (1940)|Unterseeboot 96]] during World War II, places fourth.

===Iran===
{{seealso|Cinema of Iran}}
*''[[Bashu, the Little Stranger]]'' Voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November of 1999 by a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals.

===India===
{{seealso|Cinema of India}}
{{seealso|Lists of Indian films}}
*''[[Pather Panchali]]'' (1955) is the first film of director [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[The Apu Trilogy]]'' (1955-1959). It appeared on ''Sight and Sound'' Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9 in 1992) and the ''Village Voice'' [http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html 100 Best Films of the 20th Century] Critics' Poll (ranked #13 in 2001). It was ranked the top Indian film in an Internet popularity poll conducted by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2002.
*''[[Sholay]]'' (1975) was declared the "Film of the Millennium" by BBC India in 2005 {{Fact|date=June 2007}}.
*''[[Nayakan]]'' (1987), ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957) and ''[[The Apu Trilogy]]'' are the only three Indian films listed in the [http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html "All-Time 100 Best Films"], as rated by [[TIME magazine]].

===Ireland===
*''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]'' (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2005 [[Jameson Whiskey]] poll of 10,000 Irish people, with ''[[My Left Foot (film)|My Left Foot]]'' coming second. [http://www.thecommitments.net/pdf_files/best_film.pdf 24]

===Italy===
{{seealso|Cinema of Italy}}
*''[[8½]]'' – Director [[Federico Fellini]]'s 1963 film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 ''Sight & Sound'' poll of the best films of all time.
*''[[The Bicycle Thief|Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)]]'' (See: [[Films considered the greatest ever#In polls of critics and filmmakers|In polls of critics and filmmakers]] section above.)
*''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)]]'' (1966) is the highest-ranked non-American film on the IMDB Top 250, where it is listed as the 4th best film ever.

===Japan===
{{seealso|Cinema of Japan}}
* ''[[Rashomon (film)|Rashomon]]'' (羅生門): This [[1950 in film|1950]] film by [[Akira Kurosawa]] was the first Japanese film to gain world-wide acclaim. The highest-ranked Japanese film (#10) on the ''Village Voice'' list of 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the [[Sight and Sound]] [http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll].
* ''[[Tokyo Story]]'' (東京物語 ''Tokyo Monogatari''), [[1953 in film|1953]]. This film by [[Yasujiro Ozu]] about an aging couple as they journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in postwar [[Tokyo]] was declared the greatest film ever by [[Halliwell's Film Guide]] in 2005.<ref>[http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1503313,00.html]</ref> It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the [[Sight and Sound]] [http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics.html 2002 Critics' Top Ten Poll].
* ''[[Seven Samurai]]'' (七人の侍 ''Shichinin no samurai''), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; at #10, it is the highest ranked Japanese film in the IMDB Top 250 (as of March 2007).

===South Korea===
{{seealso|Cinema of Korea}}
* ''[[Obaltan]]'' (오발탄): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film of all time. It also listed as No.1 in "The Best Korean Films" by Film 2.0 Magazine. <ref>[http://www.film2.co.kr/feature/feature_final.asp?mkey=1665]</ref>
* ''[[Oldboy]]'' (올드보이): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest rated Korean language film on the IMDB top 250 list. It also won the Grand Prix of the jury at Cannes.

===Mexico===
*''[[Pan's Labyrinth]] (El laberinto del fauno)'' is the highest rated film in Spanish on IMDb. While this film is set in Spain and primarily features Spanish actors, it was written and produced in Mexico and is considered a Mexican film.
*''[[El callejón de los milagros]] (Midaq Alley)'' is the most awarded film in Mexican history with 49 international awards.
*''[[Herod's Law]] (La Ley De Herodes)'' is considered one of the greatest films in recent times in the cinema of Mexico. {{Fact|date=January 2008}}

===The Netherlands===
{{seealso|Cinema of the 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.
*''[[Spoorloos]]'' (The Vanishing - 1988 - [[George Sluizer]]): One of the highest rated Dutch films on IMDb and the highest (and only) on the 1000 greatest films list of the [[They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?|They Shoot Pictures]] filmsite. <ref>{{cite web|title= TheyShootPictures.com| date= August 7, 2007|url =http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_countryREST.htm}}</ref>
*''[[Turks Fruit]]'' (Turkish Delight - 1973 - [[Paul Verhoeven]]): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 [[Netherlands Film Festival]].

===New Zealand===
:See : ''Lord of the Rings '' in the [[#In audience polls|Films acclaimed in audience polls]] section above. (note: this film was made with United States studio money)

===Norway===
{{seealso|Cinema of Norway}}
*''[[Flåklypa 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.<ref>{{cite web | title = Norsk film i 100 | date= October 23, 2005| url =http://www.biff.no/2005/index.php3?ID=Nyhet&Eng=&ID2=Vis&counter=67}}</ref>
*''[[Ni Liv]]'' (''Nine Lives'' - 1957 - [[Arne Skouen]]): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.

===The Philippines===
{{seealso|Cinema of the Philippines}}
*''[[Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag]]'' (''Manila in the Claws of Neon''): Cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}

===Russia===
{{seealso|Cinema of Russia and Soviet Union}}
*''[[The Battleship Potemkin|Броненосец Потёмкин (Battleship Potemkin)]]'': see [[#Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers|Films acclaimed by critics and filmakers]] above.

===Sweden===
{{seealso|Cinema of Sweden}}
*''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]'' (''Utvandrarna''): [[Jan Troell]]'s naturalist masterwork is often cited in Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*''[[Persona (film)|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.
*''[[The Seventh Seal]]'', also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDB.

===Thailand===
{{See also|Cinema of Thailand}}
* ''[[Tropical Malady]]'' ({{lang-th|สัตว์ประหลาด}} or ''Sud pralad''), winner of a jury prize at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]], is the first [[Cinema of Thailand|Thai film]] to win a prize at any of the [[Film festival#Significant or notable festivals|"A festivals"]]. It was also the first Thai film to be in the main competition at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]].<ref name = "Cannes">{{cite web | title = Cannes 2004 > In competition > Sud Pradad | publisher = Cannes Film Festival | url = http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=4201593 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-08}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
{{seealso|Cinema of the United Kingdom}}
*''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'': voted "best British film of all time" in August of 2004 by a [[London]] ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. (See also: [[#Epic|Epic]] above).
*''[[The Third Man]]'': Voted best British film ever by members of the [[British Film Institute]] in 1999.
*''[[Get Carter]]'' (1971): Named best British film by ''[[Total Film]]'' in 2004.
*''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'': Named best British film by a ''[[Channel 4]] poll'' in 2005.

===United States===
{{see also|Cinema of the United States|National Film Registry}}
[[1998 in film|Since 1998]], the [[American Film Institute]] has assembled juries of film community leaders and polled them for a [[AFI 100 Years... series|series of top 100 lists]]. Two of the lists from the series, [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies]] from 1998 and [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] from 2007, identified ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' as the best [[:Category:American films|American film]] ever. In other years, AFI's jury members selected ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs|greatest American comedy]], ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' as the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills|greatest American thriller]], ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' as the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions|greatest American love story]], ''Singin' in the Rain'' as the [[AFI's 100 Years of Musicals|greatest American film musical]], and ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
as the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers|most inspiring American film]].<ref name="inspireafi">AFI told their jury to consider "Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies end happily or not, they are ultimately triumphant—both filling audiences with hope and empowering them with the spirit of human potential.</ref>

*See also: ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'', ''[[Goodfellas]]'', ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'', ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]] in the [[#In audience polls|Films acclaimed in audience polls]] section above.
*See also: ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' in the [[#Academy Awards|Films that have received the most Academy Awards]] section above.

==See also==
*[[List of highest-grossing films]]
*[[List of film-related topics]]
*[[Films considered the worst ever]]
*[[List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry]]
*[[AFI 100 Years... series]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx American Film Institute's ''100 Years, 100 Movies'']
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/ BFI List of top 100 British movies]
*[http://imdb.com/top_250_films IMDb Top 250]
*[http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest/results/control.jsp?resultspage=01 Channel 4 poll: 100 Greatest Films]
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/ ''Sight and Sound'' magazine best films of all time polls]
*[http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 ''Village Voice'' 100 Best films of the 20th century list]
*Links to more lists from:
**[http://www.filmsite.org/greatlists2.html filmsite.org]
**[http://www.bestonly.com/movies.htm bestonly.com]
*[http://www.films101.com/sourcesn.htm Directory of film websites at films101.com]
*[http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm Meta-list compiling over a thousand critic's lists together from theyshootpictures.com]

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Note: This article does not include films that had the highest box office receipts. For this information see: List of highest-grossing films and List of highest-grossing films throughout history.

While there is no agreement upon the greatest film of all time, it is possible to list films considered the greatest ever by a sizable populace of the film-watching community in the English-speaking world. The criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film has been mentioned the "greatest" in a notable survey — be it a critics' poll, popular poll, or awards. Many of these sources focus on American films, 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. All the surveys are flawed in one way or another. 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 (like in the case of the American Film Institute) voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.

In polls of critics and filmmakers

Rank Film Director Year
1 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941
2 Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock 1958
3 The Rules of the Game Jean Renoir 1939
4 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick 1968
5 8½ Federico Fellini 1963
6 The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola 1972
7 The Searchers John Ford 1956
8 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 1954
9 Tokyo Story Yasujiro Ozu 1953
10 Sunrise F. W. Murnau 1927

Academy Awards

Since their inception in 1928, the Academy Awards (the Oscars) have been considered the most significant film award ceremony, though it should be noted that dominance depends on the competition in film that year as well as a film's own merits. It should also be noted the awards tend to focus mainly on American films. The first film to dominate an Oscars ceremony was Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1935. It was the first film to win five awards. Moreover it won the "Oscar grand slam" by winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay — a feat that has been repeated only twice, by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1976 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

In 1939, Gone with the Wind was nominated for 13 awards and two special citations. It won ten of the Awards to beat It Happened One Night's record. All About Eve (1950) broke the nominations record with 14, and won in six categories.

Gone with the Wind's moment at the top lasted for twenty years, only to be beaten by the epic Ben-Hur, which went on to win 11 Oscars from 12 nominations in 1960.

Ben-Hur's eleven Oscars remains the record. This achievement in turn has been equalled twice — by Titanic in 1997 with 11 awards from 14 nominations, and by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which won in all 11 of its nominated categories in 2003 in the greatest sweep in the history of the Academy Awards, despite not having been nominated in any of the four acting categories.

In audience polls

Rank Film Year Rating
1 The Godfather 1972 9.1
2 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 9.1
3 The Godfather: Part II 1974 9.0
4 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) 1966 8.9
5 Pulp Fiction 1994 8.8
6 Schindler's List 1993 8.8
7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 8.8
8 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 8.8
9 Casablanca 1942 8.8
10 Seven Samurai 1954 8.8

In particular genres

Action

Animation

Comedy

Concert

  • The Last Waltz (1978): Martin Scorsese's chronicling of The Band's farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day in 1976. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune calls it "The greatest rock concert movie ever made -- and maybe the best rock movie, period." Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press comments that "This is one of the great movie experiences."[14] The review at Total Film comments "In what is rightly considered the greatest concert film ever shot...."[15] Rolling Stone dubbed it the greatest film about music ever made. All Movie Guide said that the film is "considered to be [one] of the best-looking and sounding rock films ever".[16]
  • Stop Making Sense (1984): Film critic James Berardinelli wrote that Jonathan Demme's capturing of the Talking Heads in concert was "the best concert film to date when it first came out, and nothing in the past decade-and-a-half has come close to toppling it from that position." Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle had similar praise: "Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized? I don't think so."

Disaster

Documentary

Epic

  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 2004. In addition, Peter O'Toole's performance as T.E. Lawrence was ranked number one in Premiere magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

High School/Teen Film

Horror/Thriller

Independent Film

Musical

Propaganda

Romance

  • Casablanca (1942) is the top film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list, which ranks films in which there is "a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative".

Science fiction

Superhero/Comic book adaptations

Sport

  • Bull Durham (1988) was number 1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies. [33]
  • Rocky (1976) was also listed as the number 1 sports movie of all time by MovieFone. [34]

War

Western

In particular countries

Argentina

See also: Cinema of Argentina
  • The Official Story (1985) was voted the top film of the 25 Top Best Argentina made movies. [citation needed] It also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1985.

Australia

See also: Cinema of Australia

Brazil

See also: Cinema of Brazil

City of God (2002) is the highest rated Brazilian film according to IMDB users. Brazilian critics, however, have selected Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) as the best film of all several times, such as the 27th edition of film magazine Contracampo[38] and a special issue of the magazine Bravo, entitled "100 essential films". The other Brazilian films included in Bravo's list are City of God, Pixote and Lavoura Arcaica, in that order.

Canada

See also: Cinema of Canada

China

See also: Cinema of China

Cuba

See also: Cinema of Cuba

Egypt

See also: Cinema of Egypt

Finland

See also: Cinema of Finland

France

See also: Cinema of France

Germany

See also: Cinema of Germany

Iran

See also: Cinema of Iran
  • Bashu, the Little Stranger Voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November of 1999 by a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals.

India

See also: Cinema of India
See also: Lists of Indian films

Ireland

Italy

See also: Cinema of Italy

Japan

See also: Cinema of Japan
  • Rashomon (羅生門): This 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain world-wide acclaim. The highest-ranked Japanese film (#10) on the Village Voice list of 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll.
  • Tokyo Story (東京物語 Tokyo Monogatari), 1953. This film by Yasujiro Ozu about an aging couple as they journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in postwar Tokyo was declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005.[41] It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Critics' Top Ten Poll.
  • Seven Samurai (七人の侍 Shichinin no samurai), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; at #10, it is the highest ranked Japanese film in the IMDB Top 250 (as of March 2007).

South Korea

See also: Cinema of Korea
  • Obaltan (오발탄): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film of all time. It also listed as No.1 in "The Best Korean Films" by Film 2.0 Magazine. [42]
  • Oldboy (올드보이): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest rated Korean language film on the IMDB top 250 list. It also won the Grand Prix of the jury at Cannes.

Mexico

  • Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) is the highest rated film in Spanish on IMDb. While this film is set in Spain and primarily features Spanish actors, it was written and produced in Mexico and is considered a Mexican film.
  • El callejón de los milagros (Midaq Alley) is the most awarded film in Mexican history with 49 international awards.
  • Herod's Law (La Ley De Herodes) is considered one of the greatest films in recent times in the cinema of Mexico. [citation needed]

The Netherlands

See also: Cinema of the Netherlands

New Zealand

See : Lord of the Rings in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. (note: this film was made with United States studio money)

Norway

See also: Cinema of Norway
  • Flåklypa 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.[44]
  • Ni Liv (Nine Lives - 1957 - Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.

The Philippines

See also: Cinema of the Philippines

Russia

See also: Cinema of Russia and Soviet Union

Sweden

See also: Cinema of 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.
  • The Seventh Seal, also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDB.

Thailand

See also: Cinema of Thailand

United Kingdom

See also: Cinema of the United Kingdom

United States

See also: Cinema of the United States and National Film Registry

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, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies from 1998 and AFI's 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 greatest American thriller, 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.[46]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lieblings Filme
  2. ^ Władysław Jewsiewicki: "Kronika kinematografii światowej 1895-1964", Warsaw 1967, no ISBN, page 129 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Total Film Who is the Greatest?
  4. ^ Filmsite.org posting about Entertainment Weekly's book
  5. ^ Filmsite.org posting about Time out reader's poll
  6. ^ Best Films
  7. ^ Greatest.Empireonline.com
  8. ^ Total Film Presents the Top 100 Movies of All Time
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1460940,00.html Sweet little mystery]
  11. ^ Some people consider Yury Norshtein the greatest animator in history
  12. ^ [name="OFCS">Top 100 Animated Features of All Time at the Online Film Critics Society website.
  13. ^ 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote from channel4.com/film
  14. ^ Movie: The Last Wltz
  15. ^ The Last Waltz - Total Film
  16. ^ Allmovie: The LasztlaW t
  17. ^ Poseidon Adventure tops film poll
  18. ^ Documentary.com
  19. ^ [2]
  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ [4]
  22. ^ http://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms3.html
  23. ^ 25 Best Musicals
  24. ^ West Side Story Tops Best Movie Musical
  25. ^ [5]
  26. ^ ""2001: A Space Odyssey Named the Greatest Sci-Fi Film of All Time By the Online Film Critics Society"". Online Film Critics Society. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  27. ^ Scientists vote Blade Runner best sci-fi film of all time
  28. ^ ET named top Sci-Fi Movie
  29. ^ http://comics.ign.com/articles/673/673860p3.html
  30. ^ http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=114936&mpc=2
  31. ^ Comix Worst to Best
  32. ^ "The 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies". Empireonline.com. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
  33. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Best Sports Films". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  34. ^ "MovieFone's Top 25 Sports Films". movies.aol.com. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  35. ^ "Best War Movies of All Time". Aol.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  36. ^ "Top 10 War Movies MSN Movies". Msn.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  37. ^ Hanging Rock
  38. ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.contracampo.com.br/27/frames.htm&sa=X&oi=translate
  39. ^ Katsotuimmat kotimaiset elokuvat kautta aikojen
  40. ^ Herzog Nosferatu
  41. ^ [6]
  42. ^ [7]
  43. ^ "TheyShootPictures.com". August 7, 2007.
  44. ^ "Norsk film i 100". October 23, 2005.
  45. ^ "Cannes 2004 > In competition > Sud Pradad". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
  46. ^ AFI told their jury to consider "Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies end happily or not, they are ultimately triumphant—both filling audiences with hope and empowering them with the spirit of human potential.
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