Sight & Sound Critics' top 100 2012

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Once a decade Sight & Sound asks critics to select the Greatest Films of All Time. This is the 2012 poll. Thanks to its longevity and critical reach, it has come to be regarded as the most trusted guide there is to the canon of cinema greats, not to mention a barometer of changing critical tastes. Famously, Citizen Kane topped the poll every decade from 1962 to 2002…

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  1. 1 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  7. 7 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 8 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 9 -

    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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    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  11. 11 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 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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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
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    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 18 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 19 -

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 20 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 22 +1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  23. 23 -1

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 24 +2

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 25 -1

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 26 -1

    Fa yeung nin wah

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

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

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

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 31 +1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 32 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 34 +2

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 35 -1

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 36 +2

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 37 -2

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 38 -1

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 39 +1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 40 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 41 +1

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 42 -1

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 43 +2

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 44 +3

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 45 -2

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 47 -3

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 48 +1

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 49 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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