Sight & Sound 2012 Critics' Top 100 Poll

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The 2012 poll of 846 critics . 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."

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  1. 19 -

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 100 -

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  3. 87 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 41 -

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 1 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 51 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 99 -

    Touki bouki

    1973 — a.k.a. Journey of the Hyena, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 57 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 3 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 32 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 64 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 5 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 29 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 43 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 66 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 20 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 30 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 17 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 59 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 7 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 86 -

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 38 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 60 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 71 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 67 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 4 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 53 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  29. 26 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 55 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 36 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  33. 46 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 45 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 68 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 18 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 42 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 9 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 90 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 24 -

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 54 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 47 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 77 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 28 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 63 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  47. 35 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  48. 22 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 91 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 61 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
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