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International cinephile community A Band Apart in august of 2011 has organized voting in order to make the list of the greatest films in history of a cinema (Greatest Films Poll 2011). The sample took place with the participation of 125 film critics, bloggers, journalists and several directors from 18 countries of the world (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Estonia, USA, Canada, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Brazil, UK, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and France). The wide geography of composers has provided a variety of tastes and opinions. In the final list there are presented 130 films from 17 countries and four parts of the world. In the top-list there are mentioned all decades, since 1920's. Also there is maintained balance between English-speaking and non-English-speaking films. All individual lists of participants can be looked here.

The first place in the top-list has taken by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which outstripped in the general offset Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Top-5 has completed with Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Ingmar Bergman’s Persona. The best film of 21 century by quantity of mentions has turned out to be David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. (6th place).

The oldest film of the list has appeared to be a silent movie The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and the newest – 2011 Palme d'Or winner Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The list included 7 films of Stanley Kubrick, 5 films of Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky, 4 films of David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Terrence Malick at once. On the basis of mentions, in lists has also been made top-50 of best directors. In total, by composers in their lists have been mentioned 3469 films and over 1500 directors.

The final list included at once 9 pictures of the Soviet production. Except Andrei Tarkovsky’s 4 pictures, there are Sergei Eisenstein, Elem Klimov, Larisa Shepitko, Dziga Vertov, and Mikhail Kalatozov movies at the list. Also have been mentioned films of Parajanov, Muratova, Sokurov, Aleksei German, Kozincev, Dovzhenko, Balabanov, Shaunas Bartas and other directors of the Soviet and post-Soviet cinema.

P.S. The community A Band Apart has been created in 2009 in order to popularize little-known pictures, to exchange impressions of cinema and to make top-lists of the best films. Sample of 2011 has already become the third annual. By results of the first sample in 2009, has been made the list of 59 films (the winner was Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction). By results of the second sample in 2010, has been made the list of 120 films (the winner was Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver).

http://rottenaparts.ru/poll-2012

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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
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    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    1963, in 35 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
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    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 28 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
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    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
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    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
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    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
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    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
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    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 21 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
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    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
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    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
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    Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux

    1962 — a.k.a. Vivre Sa Vie, in 12 top lists Check
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 27 top lists Check
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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    L'eclisse

    1962 — a.k.a. Eclipse, in 13 top lists Check
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