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While there is no agreement upon the greatest [[film]], 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 popular [[Opinion poll|poll]] or [[critic]]s' 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.
While there is no agreement upon the greatest [[film]], 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 popular [[Opinion poll|poll]] or [[Film criticism|critics']] poll. Many of these sources focus on [[Cinema of the United States|American films]] or were polls of [[English language|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. 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 (as in the case of the [[American Film Institute]]) voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.
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 (as in the case of the [[American Film Institute]]) voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.
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*[[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941) 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.<ref name="S&S" /> The film was selected as number one in a ''[[Village Voice]]'' and in a ''[[Time Out]]'' critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film twice by the [[American Film Institute]], in both the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies|first (1998)]] and [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|second (2007)]] versions of its ''100 Years... 100 Movies'' list.
*[[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941) 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.<ref name="S&S" /> The film was selected as number one in a ''[[Village Voice]]'' and in a ''[[Time Out]]'' critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film twice by the [[American Film Institute]], in both the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies|first (1998)]] and [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|second (2007)]] versions of its ''100 Years... 100 Movies'' list.
*''[[The Searchers (film)|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.<ref>[http://cinepad.com/awards/lieblingsfilme.htm Lieblings Filme]</ref>
*''[[The Searchers (film)|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.<ref>[http://cinepad.com/awards/lieblingsfilme.htm Lieblings Filme]</ref>
*''[[Tokyo Story]]'' (1953) by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] topped a critics' poll conducted by Asian film magazine ''[[Cinemaya]]'' in 1998. It was followed by [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (1955) and [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]'s ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953) tied at second place. <ref>{{citation|title=The “Sight & Sound” of Canons|first=Donato|last=Totaro|journal=Offscreen Journal|publisher=[[Canada Council|Canada Council for the Arts]]|date=January 31, 2003|url=http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/canon.html|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref>
*''[[Tokyo Story]]'' (1953) by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] topped a critics' poll conducted by Asian film magazine ''[[Cinemaya]]'' in 1998. It was followed by [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (1955) and [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]'s ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953) tied at second place.<ref>{{citation|title=The “Sight & Sound” of Canons|first=Donato|last=Totaro|journal=Offscreen Journal|publisher=[[Canada Council|Canada Council for the Arts]]|date=January 31, 2003|url=http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/canon.html|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref>
*''[[The Rules of the Game|La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)]]'' (1939) by director [[Jean Renoir]] was named the greatest film by the French film magazine ''[[Positif (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.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
*''[[The Rules of the Game|La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)]]'' (1939) by director [[Jean Renoir]] was named the greatest film by the French film magazine ''[[Positif (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.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
*The [[Expo '58|Brussels World’s Fair]], organized in 1958, offered the occasion for the organization by thousands of [[Film criticism|critics]] and [[Film director|filmmakers]] from all over the world, of the first universal film poll in history.<ref>Władysław Jewsiewicki: "Kronika kinematografii światowej 1895-1964", Warsaw 1967, no ISBN, page 129 (in Polish)</ref> These were the films chosen as most artistically fulfilled:
*The [[Expo '58|Brussels World’s Fair]], organized in 1958, offered the occasion for the organization by thousands of [[Film criticism|critics]] and [[Film director|filmmakers]] from all over the world, of the first universal film poll in history.<ref>Władysław Jewsiewicki: "Kronika kinematografii światowej 1895-1964", Warsaw 1967, no ISBN, page 129 (in Polish)</ref> These were the films chosen as most artistically fulfilled:
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*''[[The Snake King's Wife]]'':The Snake King's Wife received 6 golden awards at the 19th Asian Movie Awards in Singapore in 1972. Among the greatest Cambodian film on the 20th century.
*''[[The Snake King's Wife]]'':The Snake King's Wife received 6 golden awards at the 19th Asian Movie Awards in Singapore in 1972. Among the greatest Cambodian film on the 20th century.

===Canada===
===Canada===
{{seealso|Cinema of Canada}}
{{seealso|Cinema of Canada}}
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{{see also|Cinema of China}}
{{see also|Cinema of China}}


*''[[Spring in a Small Town]]'' (小城之春) (1948) 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) came in second.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
*''[[Spring in a Small Town]]'' (小城之春) (1948) was voted the best Chinese film ever made by the [[Hong Kong Film Award]]s Association in 2005. ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (英雄本色) (1986) came in second place.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.hkfaa.com/news/100films.html | title = Welcome to the Hong Kong Film Awards| accessdate = 2007-04-04 | author = |year= 2004| publisher =}}</ref>
*''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'' (1993), directed by [[Chen Kaige]], is the highest-ranking [[Asian cinema|Asian film]] on [[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']]'s "Readers Top Rated" list.<ref name=Time/>
*''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2000) is the highest-ranking Chinese film on the [[Internet Movie Database]]'s "Top 250 movies".<ref>{{imdb title|id=0190332|title=Wo hu cang long (2000)}}</ref>
*''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2000) is the highest-ranking Chinese film on the [[Internet Movie Database]]'s "Top 250 movies".<ref>{{imdb title|id=0190332|title=Wo hu cang long (2000)}}</ref>


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===Germany===
===Germany===
{{See|Cinema of Germany}}
{{see also|Cinema of Germany}}
*''[[M (1931 film)|M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder]]'' by [[Fritz Lang]] is the highest rated German film in the IMDb
*''[[M (1931 film)|M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder]]'' by [[Fritz Lang]] is the highest rated German film in the IMDb

===Hong Kong===
{{see also|Cinema of Hong Kong}}
*''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'' (1993), directed by [[Chen Kaige]], is the highest-ranking [[Asian cinema|Asian film]] and Hong Kong co-production on [[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']]'s "Readers Top Rated" list.<ref name=Time/>
*''[[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)|''Time Magazine'']]'s "Readers Top Rated" list.<ref name=Time/>
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*''[[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.<ref>{{imdb title|id=0338564|title=Mou gaan dou (2002)}}</ref>
**''[[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.<ref>{{imdb title|id=0407887|title=The Departed (2006)}}</ref>


===India===
===India===
{{see also|Cinema of India|Lists of Indian films}}
{{see also|Cinema of India|Lists of Indian films}}
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*''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)]]'' (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),<ref name=Caldwell>{{cite web|author=Aaron and Mark Caldwell|title=Sight and Sound|publisher=Top 100 Movie Lists|year=2004|url=http://www.geocities.com/aaronbcaldwell/dimsscri.html|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> 1992 (ranked #6)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll: 1992|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/history/1992.html|accessdate=2009-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SUMMARY OF TOP FILMS OF ALL-TIME|publisher=[[Filmsite.org]]|url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> and 2002 (ranked #22).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002: The rest of the critics' list|work=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics-long.html|accessdate=2009-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ivana Redwine|publisher=[[About.com]]|title="Apu Trilogy" DVD Review|url=http://homevideo.about.com/cs/worldfilm/gr/ApuTrilogyDVDRv.htm|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> It also appeared on ''The Village Voice'' top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (tied at #12 with ''[[The Godfather]]'').<ref name=villagevoice>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |title=Take One: The First Annual Village Voice Film Critics' Poll |accessdate=2006-07-27|date=1999 |publisher=''[[The Village Voice]]''|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070826201343/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10|archivedate= 2007-08-26}}</ref><ref name=filmsite>{{cite web|title=100 Best Films of the 20th Century|publisher=[[Filmsite.org]]|year=2001|url=http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html|accessdate=2009-03-14}} </ref> Collectively, ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955-1959), appeared on the 1992 edition of the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Critics' Poll (ranked #88)<ref name=Caldwell/> and on [[The Village Voice|''The Village Voice'']]'s top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (ranked #54).<ref name=villagevoice/><ref name=filmsite/> It is the highest-ranking [[trilogy]] in both polls.


*''[[The Apu Trilogy]]'' (1955-1959), a [[Bengali cinema|Bengali film]] trilogy by the acclaimed [[Parallel Cinema|Indian independent]] filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray]], appeared on the 1992 edition of the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Critics' Poll (ranked #88)<ref name=Caldwell/> and on [[The Village Voice|''The Village Voice'']]'s top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (ranked #54).<ref name=villagevoice/><ref name=filmsite/> It is the highest-ranking [[trilogy]] in both polls.
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*''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), a "[[Curry Western]]" [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]], topped the [[British Film Institute]]'s poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Indian Films|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|year=2002|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/india|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>
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**''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)]]'' (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),<ref name=Caldwell>{{cite web|author=Aaron and Mark Caldwell|title=Sight and Sound|publisher=Top 100 Movie Lists|year=2004|url=http://www.geocities.com/aaronbcaldwell/dimsscri.html|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> 1992 (ranked #6)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll: 1992|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/history/1992.html|accessdate=2009-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SUMMARY OF TOP FILMS OF ALL-TIME|publisher=[[Filmsite.org]]|url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> and 2002 (ranked #22).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002: The rest of the critics' list|work=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics-long.html|accessdate=2009-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ivana Redwine|publisher=[[About.com]]|title="Apu Trilogy" DVD Review|url=http://homevideo.about.com/cs/worldfilm/gr/ApuTrilogyDVDRv.htm|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref> It also appeared on ''The Village Voice'' top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (tied at #12 with ''[[The Godfather]]'').<ref name=villagevoice>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |title=Take One: The First Annual Village Voice Film Critics' Poll |accessdate=2006-07-27|date=1999 |publisher=''[[The Village Voice]]''|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070826201343/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10|archivedate= 2007-08-26}}</ref><ref name=filmsite>{{cite web|title=100 Best Films of the 20th Century|publisher=[[Filmsite.org]]|year=2001|url=http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>


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*''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), a "[[Curry Western]]" [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]], topped the [[British Film Institute]]'s poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Indian Films|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|year=2002|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/india|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>
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*''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), a [[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". <ref>{{imdb title|id=0083987|title=Gandhi (1982)}}</ref>
*''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), a [[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. <ref>{{imdb title|id=0083987|title=Gandhi (1982)}}</ref>
*''[[Nayagan]]'' (1987), a [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] directed by [[Mani Ratnam]], is the highest-ranking Indian film and second highest-ranking [[Asian cinema|Asian film]] on [[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']]'s "Readers Top Rated" list. [[Guru Dutt]]'s ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957) is the second highest-ranking Indian film and third highest-ranking Asian film on the list.<ref name=Time>{{cite web|title=Readers Top Rated: Your rankings of our ALL-TIME best films|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']]|url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,ratethis,00.html|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref>


===Iran===
===Iran===
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*''[[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.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
*''[[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.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}


===The Netherlands===
===Netherlands===
{{seealso|Cinema of 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.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
*''[[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.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
*''[[Turks Fruit]]'' (Turkish Delight - 1973 - [[Paul Verhoeven]]): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 [[Netherlands Film Festival]].{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
*''[[Turks Fruit]]'' (Turkish Delight - 1973 - [[Paul Verhoeven]]): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 [[Netherlands Film Festival]].{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
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===Philippines===
===Philippines===
{{seealso|Cinema of 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}}
*''[[Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag]]'' (''Manila in the Claws of Neon'') (1975): cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}

*''[[Himala]]'' (1992): won the 2008 [[CNN]] [[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]] Viewers' Choice Award for Best [[Asia-Pacific]] Film of all time (voted for by thousands of film fans around the world).<ref>[http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/movies/ASIA-PACIFIC-SCREEN-AWARDS-WINNERS-ANNOUNCED-121108.html ebroadcast.com.au, ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED]</ref><ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE4AA2RG20081111?sp=true in.reuters.com, Kazakh comedy wins Asia-Pacific best movie award]</ref><ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24640516-7582,00.html theaustralian.news.com.au, Balloon Grabs Asia-Pac Screen Award]</ref><ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/132967/Himala-hailed-as-best-Asia-Pacific-film-of-all-time gmanews.tv/story, Himala is CNN best film of all time in Asia-Pacific]</ref>


===Poland===
===Poland===
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{{seealso|Cinema of Korea}}
{{seealso|Cinema of Korea}}
* ''[[Obaltan]]'' (오발탄): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
* ''[[Obaltan]]'' (오발탄): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
* ''[[Oldboy]]'' (올드보이): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest rated Korean language film on the [[Internet Movie Database]]'s top 250 list. It also won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix of the Jury] at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].
* ''[[Oldboy]]'' (올드보이): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest rated Korean language film on the [[Internet Movie Database]]'s top 250 list. It also won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix of the Jury]] at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].


===Sri Lanka===
===Sri Lanka===

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For films that had the highest box office receipts, see List of highest-grossing films.

While there is no agreement upon the greatest film, 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 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. 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 (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 movies--the only one most serious movie people take seriously."[1] The first poll, in 1952, was topped by The Bicycle Thief (1948).[2]
  • Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) 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.[2] The film was selected as number one in a Village Voice and in a Time Out critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film twice by the American Film Institute, in both the first (1998) and second (2007) versions of its 100 Years... 100 Movies list.
  • 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.[3]
  • Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujirō Ozu topped a critics' poll conducted by Asian film magazine Cinemaya in 1998. It was followed by Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1955) and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) tied at second place.[4]
  • La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939) 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.[citation needed]
  • 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.[5] 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

Audience polls

Particular genres or media

Action

Animation

Comedy

Comic/Superhero

Crime/Gangster

Disaster

Documentary

Epic

  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 2004. It was selected as the number one epic movie during the American Film Institute during their Ten Top Ten.[20]

Fantasy

  • The Wizard of Oz (1939) was selected as the best fantasy movie by the American Film Institute during their Ten Top Ten.[20]

Holiday

Horror

Musical

Mystery

  • Vertigo was selected as the best mystery by the American Film Institute during their Ten Top Ten.[20]

Propaganda

Romance

Science fiction

Sport

War

Western

Countries

Australia

See also: Cinema of Australia

Bangladesh

See also: Cinema of Bangladesh

Belgium

See also: Cinema of Belgium

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.[50]

Cambodia

See also: Cinema of Cambodia
  • The Snake King's Wife:The Snake King's Wife received 6 golden awards at the 19th Asian Movie Awards in Singapore in 1972. Among the greatest Cambodian film on the 20th century.

Canada

See also: Cinema of Canada

China

See also: Cinema of China

Denmark

See also: Cinema of 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.[57]
  • 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.[58]

Finland

See also: Cinema of Finland
  • The Unknown Soldier (1955) was voted the best Finnish movie in an Internet poll by Helsingin Sanomat in 2007.[59]
  • Talvisota (The Winter War, 1989): is the highest user rated Finnish film on the IMDb having received more than 1000 votes (8.2/10) (3,210 votes) on April 16, 2009.[60]

France

See also: Cinema of France

Germany

See also: Cinema of Germany

Hong Kong

See also: Cinema of Hong Kong

India

See also: Cinema of India and Lists of Indian films

Iran

See also: Cinema of Iran

Ireland

See also: Cinema of 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 a popular Israeli newspaper. The film got 25,000 votes.[73]

Italy

See also: Cinema of Italy

Japan

See also: Cinema of Japan
  • Rashomon (羅生門), 1950: This film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain worldwide acclaim. The highest-ranked Japanese film (#10) on the Village Voice list of 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. It also tied for the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9).[75]
  • 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 #12, it is the highest-ranked Japanese film in the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 movies" (as of January 2009).[76] It ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll,[77] and appeared on the Sight & Sound Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992 (ranked #10)[78] and tied for the highest-ranked Japanese film in 2002 (ranked #9).[75] It is also ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' top 100 foreign films [79] and top 100 action/adventure films.[80]
  • Tokyo Story (東京物語 Tokyo Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, is the highest-ranked Japanese film on the 2002 Sight and Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #5).[81] It was also declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005.[82]

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.[4][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.[citation needed]

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.[84]
  • Ni Liv (Nine Lives - 1957 - Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[84]

Pakistan

See also: Cinema of Pakistan
  • Baji (1963), directed by S. Suleman, topped the British Film Institute's critics poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time.[85]
  • Aina (1977), directed by Nazr-ul-Islam, topped the user poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time.[86]

Philippines

See also: Cinema of the Philippines

Poland

See also: Cinema of 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.[91]

Russia

See also: Cinema of Russia and Cinema of the Soviet Union

Serbia

See also: Cinema of Serbia and Cinema of Yugoslavia
  • 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).[92]

South Korea

See also: Cinema of Korea

Sri Lanka

See also: Cinema of 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.[93]
  • Ananta Rathiriya (1995), directed by P. Vithanage, topped the user poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time.[94]

Sweden

See also: Cinema of Sweden

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.[102]

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Notes

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  36. ^ West Side Story Tops Best Movie Musical
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  38. ^ ""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.
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  97. ^ Stars vote Lawrence of Arabia the best British film of all time - Telegraph
  98. ^ Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
  99. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Get Carter tops British film poll
  100. ^ Python's Grail 'best Brit film'. BBC News (2004-2-12)
  101. ^ Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
  102. ^ 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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