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* According to the film website [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 ten films of all-time as of [[2007 in film|2007]] are:
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|''[[Citizen Kane]]''
|[[Orson Welles]]
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|''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''
|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]
|[[1958 in film|1958]]
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|''[[The Rules of the Game|La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game)]]''
|[[Jean Renoir]]
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|''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
|[[Stanley Kubrick]]
|[[1968 in film|1968]]
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|''[[8½]]''
|[[Federico Fellini]]
|[[1963 in film|1963]]
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|6
|''[[The Godfather]]''
|[[Francis Ford Coppola]]
|[[1972 in film|1972]]
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|7
|''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]''
|[[John Ford]]
|[[1956 in film|1956]]
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|8
|''[[Seven Samurai|七人の侍 (Seven Samurai)]]''
|[[Akira Kurosawa]]
|[[1954 in film|1954]]
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|9
|''[[Tokyo Story|東京物語 (Tokyo Story)]]''
|[[Yasujiro Ozu]]
|[[1953 in film|1953]]
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|10
|''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]''
|[[F. W. Murnau]]
|[[1927 in film|1927]]
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Revision as of 23:44, 2 July 2008

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

While there is no agreement upon the greatest film of all time, many publications and organizations have tried to determine the films considered the greatest ever. The films mentioned in this article have all been mentioned in a notable survey — be it a critics' poll or popular poll. Many of these sources focus on American films or were polls of English-speaking filmgoers, 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

  • Since 1952, the film magazine Sight & Sound has conducted a decennial poll of the greatest films every ten years. Originally, Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) received the most votes. According to noted film critic Roger Ebert, the Sight & Sound poll is "generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists".
  • Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been consistently voted number one in each of the last five Sight & Sound polls. A separate poll of established film directors, held for the first time in 1992, has also placed Citizen Kane at the top. The film was selected as number one in a Village Voice and in a Time Out critics' poll and was listed as the greatest American film twice by the American Film Institute in 1998 and 2007.
  • La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) by director Jean Renoir was named the greatest film by the French film magazine Positif in 1991. It also holds the second slot in the Village Voice poll and is one of only two movies to have appeared in every one of the Sight & Sound polls.
  • The Searchers is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language Steadycam magazine. [1]
  • On Metacritic, The Godfather is the all-time best-reviewed movie if reissues 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%.
  • Goodfellas was voted the greatest film of all time in 2005 by the editorial team of the magazine Total Film.[2]
  • The Brussels World’s 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.[3]. These were the films chosen as most artistically fulfilled:
Rank Film Director Year
1 Броненосец Потёмкин (The Battleship Potemkin) Sergei Eisenstein 1925
2 The Gold Rush Charles Chaplin 1925
3 Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) Vittorio De Sica 1948
4 La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) Carl Theodor Dreyer 1928
5 La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) Jean Renoir 1937
6 Greed Erich von Stroheim 1924
7 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages D. W. Griffith 1916
8 Мать (Mother) Vsevolod Pudovkin 1926
9 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941
10 Земля (Earth) Alexander Dovzhenko 1930
Rank Film Director Year
1 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941
2 Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock 1958
3 La Règle du jeu (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 七人の侍 (Seven Samurai) Akira Kurosawa 1954
9 東京物語 (Tokyo Story) Yasujiro Ozu 1953
10 Sunrise F. W. Murnau 1927

In audience polls

In particular genres or media

Action

Animation

Comedy

Concert

  • The Last Waltz: 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."[18] The review at Total Film comments "In what is rightly considered the greatest concert film ever shot...."[19] 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".[20]
  • 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."

Court-Room Drama

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

Independent Film

Musical

Propaganda

Romance

Television Adaptation

Thriller

Science fiction

Superhero/Comic book adaptations

  • Batman Begins (2005) listed as #1 on the best of IGN's list of the 'Best & Worst Comic-Book Movies'. [34]
  • Ghost World (2001) topped MSN Movies' list of the 'Top 10 Comic Book Movies' [35] and Fandango's 'The Fantastic 10: The Top Comic Book Movies of All Time' [36]
  • Sin City (2005) placed first on AOL's list of the 'Best Films Based on Comic Books' [37]
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004) was selected the number one comic-to-cinema adaption in a poll of critics at rottentomatoes.com.[38] and was named as the greatest superhero movie ever made by film critic Roger Ebert.
  • X2 (2003) was voted greatest comic book film of all time by Empire Magazine.[39]

Sport

War

Western

In particular countries

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 Brazilian film magazine Contracampo[46] 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

Egypt

See also: Cinema of Egypt

France

See also: Cinema of France

Germany

See also: Cinema of Germany

India

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

Iran

See also: Cinema of Iran

Ireland

Israel

See also: Cinema of 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 Israel's most popular newspaper. The film got 25,000 votes.

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.
  • 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). It tied Rashomon on the Sight & Sound 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.[48] It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Critics' Top Ten Poll.

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. [49]
  • 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

See also: Cinema of Mexico
  • El callejón de los milagros (Miracle Alley) is the most awarded film in Mexican history with 49 international awards. [citation needed]
  • 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.

Morocco

Ali Zaoua is considered one of the greatest Moroccan films ever the movie is Gorgeously shot and terrifically engrossing tale of life among the street children of Morocco [citation needed].

The Netherlands

See also: Cinema of the Netherlands

New Zealand

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

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.[51]
  • Ni Liv (Nine Lives - 1957 - Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival. [citation needed]

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.

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 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.[57]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lieblings Filme
  2. ^ Total Film Who is the Greatest?
  3. ^ Władysław Jewsiewicki: "Kronika kinematografii światowej 1895-1964", Warsaw 1967, no ISBN, page 129 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Filmsite.org posting about Entertainment Weekly's book
  5. ^ Filmsite.org posting about Time out reader's poll
  6. ^ 50 Greatest Movies from TV Guide
  7. ^ Magische Filmmomente Top 100 Filme anno 2000 News & Specials.Alle Specials
  8. ^ Best Films
  9. ^ presseportal.de (german)
  10. ^ boxofficemojo user grades
  11. ^ Greatest.Empireonline.com
  12. ^ Total Film Presents the Top 100 Movies of All Time
  13. ^ A. S. Byatt (2005-04-16). "Sweet little mystery". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2008-02-06. Tale of Tales has been called the greatest animated film ever. But what does it mean?
  14. ^ Malpas, Anna (2005-04-08). "Teller of Tales". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2008-02-06. Some people consider Yury Norshtein the greatest animator in history
  15. ^ Top 100 Animated Features of All Time at the Online Film Critics Society website.
  16. ^ Beck, Jerry (ed.) (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Atlanta: Turner Publishing.
  17. ^ 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote from channel4.com/film
  18. ^ Movie: The Last Wltz
  19. ^ The Last Waltz - Total Film
  20. ^ Allmovie: The LasztlaW t
  21. ^ Poseidon Adventure tops film poll
  22. ^ Documentary.com
  23. ^ The 50 best high school movies: No. 1 | The Breakfast Club | Movie Commentary | News | Entertainment Weekly
  24. ^ Total Film - Shock Horror!
  25. ^ 50 Greatest Independent Films From Empire
  26. ^ 25 Best Musicals
  27. ^ West Side Story Tops Best Movie Musical
  28. ^ Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's favourite film propagandist, dies at 101 | World news | The Guardian
  29. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_tv_adaptations/borat/
  30. ^ http://movies.ign.com/articles/658/658733p5.html
  31. ^ ""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.
  32. ^ Scientists vote Blade Runner best sci-fi film of all time
  33. ^ ET named top Sci-Fi Movie
  34. ^ IGN: Best & Worst Comic-Book Movies
  35. ^ Top 10 Comic Book Movies - MSN Movies News
  36. ^ http://www.fandango.com/commentator_thefantastic10_11?source=ca_title
  37. ^ http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo-ffx/best-movie-based-on-comic-book-300-spider-man
  38. ^ Comix Worst to Best
  39. ^ "The 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies". Empireonline.com. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
  40. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Best Sports Films". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  41. ^ "MovieFone's Top 25 Sports Films". movies.aol.com. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  42. ^ "Best War Movies of All Time". Aol.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  43. ^ "Top 10 War Movies MSN Movies". Msn.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  44. ^ "100 Greatest War Films". Channel4.com. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  45. ^ Hanging Rock
  46. ^ Tose, Juliano. "contracampo - revista de cinema" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2008-02-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  47. ^ Herzog Nosferatu
  48. ^ Peter Bradshaw pays tribute to Tokyo Story | Features | guardian.co.uk Film
  49. ^ FILM2.0 :: Feature
  50. ^ "TheyShootPictures.com". 2007-08-07.
  51. ^ "Norsk film i 100". 2005-10-23.
  52. ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/1-10.html
  53. ^ http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_top100films.htm
  54. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1469436/Stars-vote-Lawrence-of-Arabia-the-best-British-film-of-all-time.html
  55. ^ Python's Grail 'best Brit film'. BBC News (2004-2-12)
  56. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3711460.stm
  57. ^ 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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