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. 23 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 14 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 32 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 17 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 82 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  9. 62 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 28 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 55 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 79 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 35 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 64 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 56 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 10 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 97 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 26 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 72 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 63 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 50 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 33 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 88 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 39 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 7 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 18 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 66 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 25 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 67 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 5 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  32. 13 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 29 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 40 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 92 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 3 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 48 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 4 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 27 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 73 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 22 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 95 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 9 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 58 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 45 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 51 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 74 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 60 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 69 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
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