BBC Culture's 100 Greatest American Films

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In July 2015, BBC Culture polled film critics from around the world to determine the best American movies ever made.

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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 44 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 8 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 29 top lists Check
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    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

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

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 24 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  29. 29 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 30 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 31 new

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 38 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
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    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
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    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
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    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
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    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
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    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
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