The ''Sight & Sound'' Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
The following are the "Top 50 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,[1] and the directors' list, based on 358 directors and filmmakers.[2] Sight & Sound, published by the British Film Institute, has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952.
Critics' poll
In the 2012 critics' poll, Vertigo ranked first,[1] replacing Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in the last five decennial critics' polls.[3]
- 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)
- Contempt (1963)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Ordet (1955)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Andrei Rublev (1966)
- Mulholland Dr. (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)
Directors' poll
In the 2012 directors' poll, Tokyo Story ranked first,[2][4] replacing Citizen Kane, which held the top spot in both of the previous decennial directors' polls.[5]
- 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)
References
- 1 2 Sight & Sound contributors, Ian Christie (August 7, 2017) [September 2012]. "The 50 Greatest Films of All Time". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- 1 2 "Directors' 10 Greatest Films of All Time". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. December 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Critics Top Ten Poll 2002". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Directors' Top 100". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. 2012.
- ↑ "Directors' Top Ten Poll 2002". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002. Retrieved May 10, 2018.