The following are the "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time" according to the worldwide opinion polls conducted by Sight & Sound and published in the journal's September 2012 issue. They published the critics' list, based on 846 critics, programmers, academics, and distributors, Sight & Sound, published by the British Film Institute, has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952.
Critics' poll edit
In the 2012 critics' poll, Vertigo ranked first, replacing Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in the previous five decennial critics' polls.
- Vertigo (1958)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- 8½ (1963)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- L'Atalante (1934)
- Breathless (1960)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Late Spring (1949)
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Persona (1966)
- Mirror (1975)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- L'Avventura (1960)
- Le Mépris (1963)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Ordet (1955)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Andrei Rublev (1966)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Stalker (1979)
- Shoah (1985)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- The General (1926)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Psycho (1960)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- Sátántangó (1994)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Gertrud (1964)
- Pierrot le Fou (1965)
- Playtime (1967)
- Close-Up (1990)
- The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998)
- City Lights (1931)
- Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- La Jetée (1962)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- M (1931)
- The Leopard (1963)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- La maman et la putain (1973)
- Sansho Dayu (1954)
- Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Sans Soleil (1982)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- The Third Man (1949)
- L'eclisse (1962)
- Les enfants du paradis (1945)
- La Grande Illusion (1937)
- Nashville (1975)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Beau Travail (1999)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
- Greed (1924)
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Partie de campagne (1936)
- Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Un chien andalou (1928)
- Intolerance (1916)
- Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- Touki Bouki (1973)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
Directors' poll edit
In the 2012 directors' poll, Tokyo Story ranked first,[1][2] replacing Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in both of the previous decennial directors' polls.[3]
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- 8½ (1963)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Mirror (1975)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Breathless (1960)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Persona (1966)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Andrei Rublev (1966)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Ordet (1955)
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- Modern Times (1936)
- L'Atalante (1934)
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- La Strada (1954)
- Stalker (1979)
- City Lights (1931)
- L'Avventura (1960)
- Amarcord (1972)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Come And See (1985)
- Close-Up (1990)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Playtime (1967)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Viridiana (1961)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Le Mépris (1963)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Hour of the Wolf (1968)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Psycho (1960)
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- Shoah (1985)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- L'Eclisse (1962)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Blow Up (1966)
- The Conformist (1970)
- Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
- Gertrud (1964)
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- La Grande Illusion (1937)
- Badlands (1973)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Hidden (2005)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- M (1931)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- The Shining (1980)
- The General (1926)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Kes (1969)
- Husbands (1970)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
- Jaws (1975)
- Los Olvidados (1950)
- Pierrot le Fou (1965)
- Un Chien Andalou (1928)
- Chinatown (1974)
- La maman et la putain (1973)
- Beau Travail (1999)
- Opening Night (1977)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Zero de Conduite (1933)
- The Deer Hunter (1977)
- L'Argent (1983)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
- Sans Soleil (1982)
- Don't Look Now (1973)
- I am Cuba (1964)
- Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
- Le Samouraï (1967)
The following are the "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time" according to the worldwide opinion polls conducted by Sight & Sound. They published the critics' list, based on 1,639 participating critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics, and the directors' list, based on 480 directors and filmmakers. Sight & Sound, published by the British Film Institute, has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952.
Critics' poll edit
In the 2022 critics' poll, Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was ranked first,[4][5] replacing Vertigo from 2012, and Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in the five critics' polls before that. It is the first film directed by a woman to take the top spot.[6][7]
- Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Belgium, France. Directed by Chantal Akerman
- Vertigo (1958) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Citizen Kane (1941) USA. Directed by Orson Welles
- Tokyo Story (1953) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- In the Mood for Love (2000) Hong Kong, France. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Beau travail (1998) France. Directed by Claire Denis
- Mulholland Dr. (2001) France, USA. Directed by David Lynch
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929) USSR. Directed by Dziga Vertov
- Singin' in the Rain (1951) USA. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) USA. Directed by F.W. Murnau
- The Godfather (1972) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- La Règle du jeu (1939) France. Directed by Jean Renoir
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) France, Italy. Directed by Agnès Varda
- The Searchers (1956) USA. Directed by John Ford
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) USA. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied
- Close-up (1989) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
- Persona (1966) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Apocalypse Now (1979) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- Seven Samurai (1954) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) France. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
- Late Spring (1949) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- Playtime (1967) France. Directed by Jacques Tati
- Do the Right Thing (1989) USA. Directed by Spike Lee
- Au hasard Balthazar (1966) France, Sweden. Directed by Robert Bresson
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) USA. Directed by Charles Laughton
- Shoah (1985) France. Directed by Claude Lanzmann
- Daisies (1966) Czechoslovakia. Directed by Věra Chytilová
- Taxi Driver (1976) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) France. Directed by Céline Sciamma
- 8½ (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
- Mirror (1975) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Psycho (1960) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- L'Atalante (1934) France. Directed by Jean Vigo
- Pather Panchali (1955) India. Directed by Satyajit Ray
- City Lights (1931) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
- M (1931) Germany. Directed by Fritz Lang
- À bout de souffle (1960) France. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Some Like It Hot (1959) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
- Rear Window (1954) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Bicycle Thieves (1948) Italy. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Rashomon (1950) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Stalker (1979) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Killer of Sheep (1977) USA. Directed by Charles Burnett
- Barry Lyndon (1975) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- The Battle of Algiers (1966) Italy, Algeria. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
- North by Northwest (1959) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Ordet (1955) Denmark. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
- Wanda (1970) USA. Directed by Barbara Loden
- The 400 Blows (1959) France. Directed by François Truffaut
- The Piano (1992) Australia, France. Directed by Jane Campion
- Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- News from Home (1976) France, Belgium. Directed by Chantal Akerman
- Le Mépris (1963) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Blade Runner (1982) USA, Hong Kong. Directed by Ridley Scott
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) USSR. Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein
- The Apartment (1960) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
- Sherlock Jr. (1924) USA. Directed by Buster Keaton
- Sans Soleil (1982) France. Directed by Chris Marker
- La dolce vita (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
- Moonlight (2016) USA. Directed by Barry Jenkins
- Daughters of the Dust (1991) USA. Directed by Julie Dash
- GoodFellas (1990) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
- The Third Man (1949) United Kingdom. Directed by Carol Reed
- Casablanca (1942) USA. Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Touki Bouki (1973) Senegal. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Andrei Rublev (1966) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- La Jetée (1962) France. Directed by Chris Marker
- The Red Shoes (1948) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- The Gleaners and I (2000) France. Directed by Agnès Varda
- Metropolis (1927) Germany. Directed by Fritz Lang
- L'avventura (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Journey to Italy (1954) Italy, France. Directed by Roberto Rossellini
- My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Spirited Away (2001) Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Imitation of Life (1959) USA. Directed by Douglas Sirk
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Sunset Blvd. (1950) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
- Sátántangó (1994) Hungary, Germany, Switzerland. Directed by Béla Tarr
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Taiwan. Directed by Edward Yang
- Modern Times (1936) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) France. Directed by Jacques Rivette
- Blue Velvet (1986) USA. Directed by David Lynch
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Spain. Directed by Víctor Erice
- Pierrot le fou (1965) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma (1988) France, Switzerland. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- The Shining (1980) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Chungking Express (1994) Hong Kong. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
- Parasite (2019) Republic of Korea. Directed by Bong Joon-ho
- Yi Yi (1999) Taiwan, Japan. Directed by Edward Yang
- Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- The Leopard (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Luchino Visconti
- Madame de... (1953) France, Italy. Directed by Max Ophuls
- A Man Escaped (1956) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
- Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Italy, USA. Directed by Sergio Leone
- Tropical Malady (2004) France, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Black Girl (1966) Senegal, France. Directed by Ousmane Sembène
- The General (1926) USA. Directed by Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
- Get Out (2017) USA, Japan. Directed by Jordan Peele
Directors' poll edit
In the 2022 directors' poll, 2001: A Space Odyssey was ranked first,[8] replacing Tokyo Story from 2012 and Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in both of the directors' polls previous to that.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Citizen Kane (1941) USA. Directed by Orson Welles
- The Godfather (1972) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- Tokyo Story (1953) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Belgium, France. Directed by Chantal Akerman
- Vertigo (1958) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- 8½ (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
- Mirror (1975) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Persona (1966) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- In the Mood for Love (2000) Hong Kong, France. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
- Close-up (1989) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
- Taxi Driver (1976) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Barry Lyndon (1975) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Beau travail (1998) France. Directed by Claire Denis
- Seven Samurai (1954) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- À bout de souffle (1960) France. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Stalker (1979) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Apocalypse Now (1979) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974) USA. Directed by John Cassavetes
- Rashomon (1950) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Bicycle Thieves (1948) Italy. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
- The Battle of Algiers (1966) Italy, Algeria. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
- Mulholland Dr. (2001) France, USA. Directed by David Lynch
- Pather Panchali (1955) India. Directed by Satyajit Ray
- Raging Bull (1980) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Andrei Rublev (1966) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- The Godfather Part II (1974) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- GoodFellas (1990) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Do the Right Thing (1989) USA. Directed by Spike Lee
- Ordet (1955) Denmark. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) France. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929) USSR. Directed by Dziga Vertov
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) USA. Directed by F.W. Murnau
- The 400 Blows (1959) France. Directed by François Truffaut
- La Jetée (1962) France. Directed by Chris Marker
- La dolce vita (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
- Au hasard Balthazar (1966) France, Sweden. Directed by Robert Bresson
- La strada (1954) Italy. Directed by Federico Fellini
- La Règle du jeu (1939) France. Directed by Jean Renoir
- L'avventura (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Playtime (1967) France. Directed by Jacques Tati
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) USA. Directed by Charles Laughton
- A Man Escaped (1956) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
- Vagabond (1985) France, United Kingdom. Directed by Agnès Varda
- Come and See (1985) USSR. Directed by Elem Klimov
- Le Mépris (1963) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Italy, USA. Directed by Sergio Leone
- City Lights (1931) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
- L'Atalante (1934) France. Directed by Jean Vigo
- Psycho (1960) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963) United Kingdom, USA. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Don't Look Now (1973) United Kingdom, Italy. Directed by Nicolas Roeg
- La Maman et la Putain (1973) France. Directed by Jean Eustache
- Singin' in the Rain (1951) USA. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
- La notte (1961) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- The Piano (1992) Australia, France. Directed by Jane Campion
- Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Viridiana (1961) Spain, Mexico. Directed by Luis Buñuel
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) France, Italy. Directed by Agnès Varda
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) Sweden, France, Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Eraserhead (1976) USA. Directed by David Lynch
- Late Spring (1949) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) USA. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied
- Sunset Blvd. (1950) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
- La ciénaga (2001) Argentina, USA, Japan, France, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil. Directed by Lucrecia Martel
- Sátántangó (1994) Hungary, Germany, Switzerland. Directed by Béla Tarr
- Tropical Malady (2004) France, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Blade Runner (1982) USA, Hong Kong. Directed by Ridley Scott
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) United Kingdom. Directed by David Lean
- Some Like It Hot (1959) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
- Jaws (1975) USA. Directed by Steven Spielberg
- Chinatown (1974) USA. Directed by Roman Polanski
- The Seventh Seal (1957) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Ikiru (1952) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- L'Argent (1983) France, Switzerland. Directed by Robert Bresson
- The Conversation (1974) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Italy, France. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- A Separation (2011) Iran. Directed by Asghar Farhadi
- Kes (1969) United Kingdom. Directed by Ken Loach
- Where is the Friend's House? (1987) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
- The Searchers (1956) USA. Directed by John Ford
- Touki Bouki (1973) Senegal. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Taiwan. Directed by Edward Yang
- Sans Soleil (1982) France. Directed by Chris Marker
- Modern Times (1936) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
- News from Home (1976) France, Belgium. Directed by Chantal Akerman
- Blue Velvet (1986) USA. Directed by David Lynch
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Spain. Directed by Víctor Erice
- Shoah (1985) France. Directed by Claude Lanzmann
- Wild Strawberries (1957) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- The Red Shoes (1948) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- The Ascent (1976) USSR. Directed by Larissa Shepitko
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) USA. Directed by Michel Gondry
- Moonlight (2016) USA. Directed by Barry Jenkins
- The Colour of Pomegranates (1968) USSR. Directed by Sergei Paradjanov
- The Conformist (1970) Italy, France, Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Hidden (2004) France, Austria, Germany, Italy. Directed by Michael Haneke
- Parasite (2019) Republic of Korea. Directed by Bong Joon-ho
- TA'AME-GILAS... (Taste of Cherry) (1997) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
- Wanda (1970) USA. Directed by Barbara Loden
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) USSR. Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein
- Pickpocket (1959) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
- Yi Yi (1999) Taiwan, Japan. Directed by Edward Yang
- Throne of Blood (1957) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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