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While there is no general agreement upon the greatest film, many publications and organizations

have tried to determine the films considered the best. Each film listed here has been mentioned

in a notable survey, whether a popular poll, or a poll among film reviewers. Many of these sources

focus on American films or were polls of English-speaking film-goers, but those considered the

greatest within their respective countries are also included here. Many films are widely considered

among the best ever made, whether they appear at number one on each list or not. For example,

many believe that Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is the best movie ever made, and it appears as #1

on AFI's Best Movies list, whereas The Shawshank Redemption is #1 on the IMDB Top 250, whilst

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is #1 on the Empire magazine's Top 301 List.

None of the surveys that produced these citations should be viewed as a scientific measure of the

film-watching world. Each may suffer the effects of vote stacking or skewed demographics.

Internet-based surveys have a self-selected audience of unknown participants. The methodology

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of some surveys may be questionable. Sometimes (as in the case of the American Film Institute)

voters were asked to select films from a limited list of entries.

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1 Polls of critics and filmmakers

1.1 Sight & Sound poll

1.2 Brussels Worlds Fair's international poll

2 Audience polls

3 Particular genres or media

3.1 Action

3.2 Animation

3.3 Christmas

3.4 Comedy

3.5 Comic book/superhero

3.6 Courtroom

3.7 Crime/gangster

3.8 Disaster

3.9 Documentary

3.10 Epic

3.11 Fantasy

3.12 High school

3.13 Horror/Monsters/Thriller

3.14 Musical

3.15 Mystery

3.16 Political/historical

3.17 Propaganda

3.18 Religious

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3.19 Romance

3.20 Science fiction

3.21 Sports

3.22 Thanksgiving

3.23 War

3.24 Western

3.24.1 Classic Western

3.24.2 Spaghetti Western

4 Countries

4.1 Argentina

4.2 Australia

4.3 Bangladesh

4.4 Belgium

4.5 Brazil

4.6 Canada

4.7 Czech Republic/Slovakia

4.8 Chile

4.9 China

4.10 Croatia

4.11 Denmark

4.12 Egypt

4.13 Estonia

4.14 Finland

4.15 France

4.16 Germany

4.17 Hong Kong

4.18 Hungary


4.19 India

4.20 Iran

4.21 Ireland

4.22 Israel

4.23 Italy

4.24 Japan

4.25 Latvia

4.26 Macedonia

4.27 Mexico

4.28 Netherlands

4.29 New Zealand

4.30 Norway

4.31 Pakistan

4.32 Palestine

4.33 Philippines

4.34 Poland

4.35 Romania

4.36 Russia

4.37 Serbia

4.38 Singapore

4.39 Slovenia

4.40 South Africa

4.41 South Korea

4.42 Spain

4.43 Sri Lanka

4.44 Sweden

4.45 Taiwan


4.46 Turkey

4.47 Ukraine

4.48 United Kingdom

4.49 United States

5 See also

6 References

7 External links

Polls of critics and filmmakers

Sight & Sound poll

Every decade, the British film magazine Sight & Sound asks an international group of film

professionals to vote for the greatest film of all time. The Sight & Sound accolade has come to be

regarded as one of the most important of the "greatest ever film" lists. The American film critic

Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great moviesthe

only one most serious movie people take seriously."[1]

Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles was voted #1 in the five Sight & Sound critics' polls from

1962 to 2002.[2] A separate Sight & Sound poll of established film directors, held for the first

time in 1992, also placed Citizen Kane at the top in 1992 and 2002.[2]

Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica topped the first Sight & Sound critics' poll, in 1952. It

also came #7 in 1962 and #6 in 2002.[2] It also came #10 in the 2012 directors' poll.[3]

Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujir Ozu topped the Sight & Sound directors' poll in 2012,

dethroning Citizen Kane.[3] Tokyo Story also appeared in the Sight & Sound critics' poll at third

place in 1992, fifth in 2002, and third in 2012.[4]

Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 2012, dethroning


Citizen Kane.[3] It also came #7 in 1982, #4 in 1992, and #2 in 2002.[2] In the directors' poll, it

came #6 in 1992 and 2002,[2] and #7 in 2012.[3]

La Rgle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939) by Jean Renoir is the only movie to have

appeared in every one of the Sight & Sound critics' polls; its only appearance in the directors'

poll was #9 in 2002.

For the full list published in 2012, see BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time.

Brussels Worlds Fair's international poll

The Brussels Worlds Fair, organized in 1958, offered the occasion for the organization by

thousands of critics and filmmakers from all over the world, of the first universal film poll in

history.[5] These were the films chosen as most artistically fulfilled:[6][7][8][9]

Rank Film Director Year

1 (Battleship Potemkin) Sergei Eisenstein 1925

2 The Gold Rush Charles Chaplin 1925

3 Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) Vittorio De Sica 1948

4La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of

Arc)

Carl Theodor

Dreyer1928

5 La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) Jean Renoir 1937

6 Greed Erich von Stroheim 1924

7 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages D. W. Griffith 1916

8 (Mother) Vsevolod Pudovkin 1926

9 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941


10 (Earth)Alexander

Dovzhenko1930

11 Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) F.W. Murnau 1924

12Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr.

Caligari)Robert Wiene 1920

Audience polls

The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily

with the United States and do not represent a worldwide

view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss

the issue on the talk page. (October 2012)

Casablanca (1942) was voted the greatest film by readers of the Los Angeles Daily News in

1997.[10] It is also regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential Leonard

Maltin's Movie Guide.[11] On April 7, 2006, the Writers' Guild of America declared Casablanca's

screenplay the best ever written.[12]

Gone with the Wind (1939) was ranked as the greatest film in a poll surveyed by Harris

Interactive between January 15 and 22, 2008. Star Wars came in second place and

Casablanca in third.[13] Gone with the Wind was also picked as the best film for Best in Film:

The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[14]

Himala (Miracle) (1982) by Ishmael Bernal won the 2008 CNN Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Viewers Choice as "Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time" (voted for by thousands of film fans

around the world).[15][16][17][18]

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) was voted the best Asian film in another audience poll

conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It was followed by The Apu Trilogy (19551959) at second


place.[19]

Schindler's List (1993) was voted the best film ever made by the German film magazine

Cinema.[20]

Seven Samurai (1954) was voted #1 in an audience poll conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It

was followed by The Third Man (1949) in second place.[19]

Star Wars (1977) and its sequel The Empire Strikes Back (1980) were chosen as the greatest

films by readers of Empire magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4 (Film4)

poll.[21] Star Wars is also the highest ranking sci-fi film in both versions of the American Film

Institute's list of the 100 greatest movies of all time (ranked #15 in the original list, and #13 in

the updated list). The Empire Strikes Back was voted #1 in Total Film's Top 100 Movies of All

Time,[22] and #1 in the 2006 Empire "Greatest Movies Ever" special.[23] It is #1 on the top rated

sci-fi titles at the Internet Movie Database.[24]

The Godfather (1972) was voted #1 by Entertainment Weekly's readers[25] and voted as #1 in

a Time Out readers' poll in 1998.[26] The film was also voted as the "Greatest Movie of All

Time" in September 2008 by 10,000 readers of Empire magazine, 150 people from the movie

business and 50 film critics.[27] The Godfather was selected as the best gangster movie ever by

the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter

undertook an industry poll by sending a ballot to every studio, agency, publicity firm and

production house in the Hollywood district. The Godfather was voted the top film by 2,120

industry members.[29] It is the highest rated film on Metacritic with 100, tops the Rotten

Tomatoes list of the best drama movies,[30] and was chosen as the greatest crime film out of 25

movies by the IGN website in 2011.[31] Its sequel, The Godfather Part II, (1974) was voted best

movie ever by TV Guide readers[32] in 1998.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy (20012003) was voted the most popular film of all time by an

audience poll for the Australian television special My Favourite Film and by a poll cast by


120,000 German voters for the TV special "Die besten Filme aller Zeiten" (German "The best

films of all time").[33] Its first film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was

the pick of readers in a poll by Empire magazine in November 2004.[34]

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was voted the best film not to have won an Academy

Award in a 2004 Radio Times poll and again in 2008.[35] The film is ranked #1 on

FilmCrave.com's top 100 movies list[36] and holds the top spot on the Internet Movie

Database's list of the top 250 films.[37] It holds an extremely high score on Rotten Tomatoes

within the community, at 98%.[38]

Particular genres or media

The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily

with the United States and do not represent a worldwide

view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss

the issue on the talk page. (October 2012)

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Action

Seven Samurai (1954) is the highest reviewed movie at Rotten Tomatoes with the highest

number of votes that is listed as an action movie on the site.[39]

Fist of Fury (1972),[40] Enter the Dragon (1973),[41] Five Deadly Venoms (1978),[42] The 36th

Chamber of Shaolin (1978),[43] Magnificent Butcher (1979)[44] and Drunken Master II

(1994)[45][46][47] have often been cited as the best action martial arts films. All of the

aforementioned movies were Hong Kong productions.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was chosen as the best action film for Best in Film: The


Greatest Movies of Our Time.[48] Sites such Moviefone[49] and IGN [50] also placed the film as

the #1 greatest action movie of all time.

The Terminator (1984)[39][51] along with its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),[52][53]

Aliens (1986),[39][50][54] and The Matrix (1999) [49] are often the highest ranking and most

positively reviewed action science fiction films.

Die Hard (1988) is also sometimes commonly considered to be one of the greatest action

movies ever.[52][55] Entertainment Weekly voted it the greatest action movie of all time.[56]

Animation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) by Walt Disney was selected as the best American

animated movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10 in 2008.[28]

Pinocchio (1940) by Walt Disney was ranked as the #1 greatest animated movie by Time

magazine in 2011.[57]

The Russian animated films Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) and Tale of Tales (1979) by Yuri

Norshtein have been voted as the greatest animated films ever in particular festivals.[58]

Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (1984) by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own 1982 manga

of the same name, was the highest-ranked film in an audience poll of best anime movie/series

conducted by Japans Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007.[59]

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) by Miyazaki was ranked at #1 in Time Out's list of top 50 greatest

animated films.[60]

Akira (1988) by Katsuhiro Otomo is considered the greatest anime film ever made on the top

ten anime lists at MovieCricket[61] and Screen Junkies.[62]

Grave of the Fireflies (1988) by Isao Takahata topped the Rotten Tomatoes list of best anime

films,[63] and is the highest-ranking animation in Time Out magazine's "50 greatest World War II

movies" list[64] and Empire magazine's "Top 10 Depressing Movies" list.[65]


Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is the highest rated live-action/animated hybrid film on film

aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, and has scored an almost perfect rating of 98%.[66] The film was

also ranked as the best animated/live action hybrid film by Entertainment Weekly in 2011.[67]

Beauty and the Beast (1991) is #1 on IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time list in 2010.[68]

The Lion King (1994) was chosen as the best animated film for Best in Film: The Greatest

Movies of Our Time in 2011.[69]

Toy Story (1995) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the Online

Film Critics Society (list published March 2003).[70] The film was also ranked as the greatest

animated movie by Moviefone [71] and Total Film.[72]

Toy Story 2 (1999) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 50 best animated movies ever

made.[73] It is also #1 on their list of the best kids movies,[74] and is #1 on the Movie Review

Query Engine's list of the best animated movies.[75] The original and the sequel hold a perfect

100% score at Rotten Tomatoes.[76][77]

Spirited Away (2001) by Miyazaki is the highest-ranking animation in Empire magazine's "100

Best Films of World Cinema" list[78] and the 2002 Sight & Sound critics' & directors' poll.[79] It is

also the highest rated animated film on IMDb's Top 250.[37]

WALL-E (2008) was ranked as the greatest animated movie ever by Entertainment Weekly.[80]

Christmas

A Christmas Story (1983) is AOL's #1 Christmas movie of all time[81] and IGN's top holiday-

themed movie of all time.[82]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best holiday

movies,[83] and also topped AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers list.[84]

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is ranked #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 25 Best

Christmas Movies list.[85]


Die Hard (1988) was voted Empire Magazine's "The Greatest Christmas Film of All Time" in

2010,[86] and the fourth best in Rotten Tomatoes' list.[87]

Comedy

Airplane! (1980) was chosen as the best comedy for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our

Time.[88]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is the highest

reviewed comedy movie at Rotten Tomatoes, with a perfect score of 100%.[89] It also has a

Metacritic score of 96/100, one of the website's highest rated comedy movies.[90]

Ghostbusters (1984) was ranked first by IGN as the best comedy in their list of Top 25 Best

Comedies Of All Time.[91]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was named the best British comedy picture of all time

in a 2004 poll by the UK arm of Amazon and the Internet Movie Database named Monty Python

and the Holy Grail.[92]

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) was voted the greatest comedy ever in polls conducted by

Total Film magazine in 2000,[93] the British TV networks Channel 4 in 2006 [94] and Five in

2007, and The Guardian newspaper in 2007.[95]

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funniest movies of

all time.[96]

Some Like It Hot (1959) was listed Best American Film Comedy by the American Film Institute

in June 2000.[97]

City Lights (1931) was selected as the best romantic comedy ever by the American Film

Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28]

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) is ranked sixth in the BFI Top 100 British films and is the

highest ranked comedy.


Comic book/superhero

See Nausica of the Valley of the Wind in the acclaimed animated films section above.

Akira (1988) is the highest-ranking animated film on lists of best comic book movies published

by Movie Review Query Engine,[98] Film4[99] and Total Film,[100] as well as the highest-ranking

comic book adaptation on IGN's top 25 animated movies of all time in 2010,[68] and Complex

magazine's Best Animated Movies of All Time list.[101]

The Dark Knight Trilogy was collectively ranked as #1 on Newsarama's top ten comic book

movies list.[102] The Dark Knight (2008) is the most critically acclaimed installment of the trilogy:

the film is the highest rated comic book/superhero movie on IMDB's Top 250,[37] voted the

greatest superhero movie in a reader's poll conducted by Rolling Stone magazine,[103] and #1

on lists published by Rotten Tomatoes,[104][105] Movie Review Query Engine,[98] AskMen,[106]

IGN[107] The Guardian,[108] Total Film,[100] and TheStreet.com.[109] The Dark Knight Rises, the

final installment, is considered the best comic book superhero movie in a list published by

Forbes in 2012.[110]

Death Note (2006) was chosen as the best live-action film based on a manga comic in a

Japanese audience poll conducted by the Goo Research online monitor group.[111]

Ghost in the Shell (1995) is the highest-ranking film based on a manga comic on Rotten

Tomatoes' Comics & Graphic Novels Vs. The Critics list in order of critical approval.[105]

Oldboy (2003) is the highest ranking film based on a manga comic on Empire Magazine's lists

of the 500 greatest movies of all time,[112] as well as Empire's The 100 Best Films Of World

Cinema list.[113] It is the only comic book adaptation to be named one of the ten best Asian films

ever made in a 2008 poll conducted by CNN.[114]

The Avengers (2012) was ranked #1 in the 2012 edition of SFX's Top 50 Superhero Movies Of

All Time list,[115] and the best comic book movie of all time in a list published by Film4 in order

of critical approval.[99]


The Incredibles (2004) was ranked #1 in Time magazine's list of top ten greatest superhero

films in 2011.[116] It is also the highest ranking animated superhero film in a reader's poll

conducted by Rolling Stone magazine,[103] and on countdown lists published by media outlets

such as IGN in 2010,[68] SFX in 2012,[115] The Guardian in 2013,[108] and the Houston

Chronicle in 2014.[117]

Persepolis (2007) was the highest ranking graphic novel adaptation on a list of best animated

movies ever published by Entertainment Weekly.[118]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) was named the best comic book adaptation in a list

published by Complex magazine in 2011.[119]

Spider-Man 2 (2004) was #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Comix Worst to Best list in 2007.[120]

X2 (2003) was voted #1 in Empire Magazine's list of the 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies in

2006.[121]

Courtroom

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was selected as the best courtroom drama ever by the American

Film Institute during their 10 Top 10 list.[28]

12 Angry Men (1957) was selected as the second-best courtroom drama ever by the American

Film Institute during their AFI's 10 Top 10 list[122] and is the highest courtroom drama on both

the IMDb Top 250 list[37] and at Rotten Tomatoes's Top 100 Movies of All Times.[123]

Crime/gangsterSee also The Godfather in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

Chinatown (1974) was named the best crime film of all time by The Guardian.[124]

Pulp Fiction (1994) was ranked the greatest film of the past 25 years (1983-2008) by

Entertainment Weekly.[125]


Disaster

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) was voted best disaster movie in a poll commissioned by UCI

cinemas in May 2004.[126]

Documentary

Bowling for Columbine (2002), Michael Moore's controversial documentary relating gun control

and the culture of fear in the United States, heads the list of 20 all-time favorite non-fiction films

selected by members of the International Documentary Association (IDA).[127][128]

Grey Gardens (1975), the Maysles Brothers' documentary about former First Lady Jacqueline

Kennedy's eccentric aunt and cousin Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, was

ranked as one of the greatest documentaries of all time by the International Documentary

Association.[129] The film holds an 89% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[130]

The Seven Up! series (1964) was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Channel 4 poll

of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.[131]

The Last Waltz (1978) is considered one of the greatest concert documentaries ever created,

and has been deemed as such by Total Film,[100] Michael Worthington of the Chicago

Tribune,[132] and by Rotten Tomatoes, where it holds a 97% favorable rating.[133]

Epic

Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking epic film in the 1982 Sight & Sound critics'

poll.[2]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 2004. It was

selected as the best epic movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28]

Fantasy

The Wizard of Oz (1939) was selected as the best American fantasy movie ever by the


American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28]

Spirited Away (2001) is the highest-ranking animated film on "The 25 best sci-fi and fantasy

films of all time" list published by The Guardian, and the second highest-ranking fantasy film on

the list after The Wizard of Oz.[134]

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is #1 on the list of the top rated fantasy

titles at the Internet movie database(IDMB) .[135] It is the only film in the genre to win the

Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won 11 Academy Awards, the highest number of any

film ever made (tying with Ben-Hur and Titanic). It is also the only film in history having won

Best Film awards from the Academy, BAFTA, Empire, Golden Globe, Hugo, MTV, and Saturn

Awards.

High school

The Breakfast Club (1985) ranks at #1 on Entertainment Weekly' s list of best high school

movies.[136] Other films written and directed by John Hughes, namely Weird Science, Sixteen

Candles and Pretty in Pink, are also often considered epitomal high school, and by extension,

teenage coming of age films,[137] as are the other nicknamed "Brat Pack" '80s films.

Blackboard Jungle (1955) was listed as #1 best movie about high school on Newsweek/The

Daily Beast.[138]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) was ranked #1 on Moviefone's list of Best High School Movies

of All Time.[139]

Horror/Monsters/Thriller

The Thing (1982) ranks #1 on The Boston Globe's list of the 50 scariest movies of all time.[140]

The Shining (1980) ranks #1 on The Moving Arts Film Journal's list of the 25 greatest horror

films.[141]


The Exorcist (1973) was voted scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly and

Movies.com,[citation needed] and by viewers of AMC in 2006.[142] It was also chosen as the best

horror film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[143]

Psycho (1960), the Alfred Hitchcock classic, tops AFI's list of the 100 most thrilling American

films,[144] and the top rated horror title at the Internet Movie Database.[145]

King Kong (1933) ranked #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes list of the 50 best horror movies of all

time.[146]

Jaws (1975) was #1 in the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries The 100 Scariest Movie

Moments in 2004.[147] It was also ranked second on AFI's list for thrillers, 100 Years... 100

Thrills. It holds a 98% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[148]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) ranks #1 on Total Film's list of the greatest horror

films.[149]

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was chosen as the best suspense/thriller for Best in Film: The

Greatest Movies of Our Time.[150]

Musical

Singin' in the Rain (1952) tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 best American

musicals of all time,[151] and the top rated musicals at the Internet Movie Database.[152]

West Side Story (1961) was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of The Observer in

a 2007 poll.[153]

The Sound of Music (1965) was chosen as the best musical for Best in Film: The Greatest

Movies of Our Time.[154]

Mystery

Rear Window (1954) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspense films.[155]

Vertigo (1958) was selected as the best mystery movie ever by the American Film Institute


during their 10 Top 10.[28]

Political/historical

Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking historical period film in the 1982 Sight & Sound

critics' poll.[2]

Schindler's List (1993) was chosen as the best political/historical film for Best in Film: The

Greatest Movies of Our Time.[156]

Propaganda

The Battleship Potemkin (1925) has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of

all time,[157] and was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in

1958.[158][159][160]

Triumph of the Will (1935), Leni Riefenstahl's documentary film glorifying Adolf Hitler and the

1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg is widely perceived, renowned and acknowledged

as the best propaganda film ever,[161] although Riefenstahl asserted she intended it only as a

documentary.

Religious

In 1996, the Holy See released three lists of recommended films. The three different lists

considered films of religious value, virtue (or moral value) and artistic merit. Among the list of

15 religious films considered by the Vatican to be the best ever were, in no particular order,

William Wyler's Ben-Hur, The Mission, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Fred Zinnemann's

1966 version of A Man For All Seasons.[162]

Romance

Casablanca (1942) was voted the top romantic American film on AFI's 100 Years... 100


Passions list,[163] and is #1 on the top rated romance titles at the Internet Movie Database.[164]

Science fiction

See Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section

above.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) tops the Online Film Critics Society list of greatest science

fiction films of all time,[165] and was also named the best science fiction film of all time by The

Guardian.[166] It is also the only science fiction film to make the Sight and Sound poll for ten

best movies, and was selected as the best science fiction movie ever by the American Film

Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28]

Blade Runner (1982) was voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled

by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004.[167] In New Scientist, Blade Runner was voted

"all-time favourite science fiction film" in both the staff,[168] and reader's 2008 polls.[169]

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 100 best Science

Fiction movies ever made.[170]

Akira (1988) is considered by some to be the best animated science fiction film.[171][172][173][174]

Sports

Rocky (1976) topped Digital Spy's "greatest ever sports movie" audience poll in 2012.[175]

Raging Bull (1980) was selected as the best sports movie ever by the American Film Institute

during their 10 Top 10,[28] and is #1 on the top rated sport titles at the Internet Movie

Database.[176]

Murderball (2005) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies.[177]

Senna (2010) is on the list of best sports movies of all time on the site Rotten Tomatoes.[178]

Voted the 4th best sports movies of all time by the Empire Magazine.[179]


Thanksgiving

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) has a 94% approval ratings at Rotten Tomatoes, the

most of any thanksgiving film. [4]

War

See Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Schindler's List in the Films acclaimed in audience polls

section above.

Paths of Glory (1957) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best military

movies.[180]

The Longest Day (1962) topped the list of the Moviefone 25 Best War Movies.[181]

Apocalypse Now (1979) was ranked as the #1 greatest war movie by The Guardian in a 2013

critics poll with The Observer.[182] The film also topped on Channel 4's 50 Films To See Before

You Die.[183] It is the second rated war movie of all time based on the Movifone list (after The

Longest Day).[181]

Come and See (1985) was listed as the #1 greatest World War II film by Time Out.[184]

Saving Private Ryan (1998) was voted as the greatest war film in a 2008 Channel 4 poll of the

100 greatest war films.[185]

Western

Classic Western

The Searchers (1956) was selected as the best western movie ever by the American Film

Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] (See also: Polls of critics and filmmakers above).

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was chosen as the best western film for Best in

Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[186]


Spaghetti Western

Main article: Spaghetti Western

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Empire magazine ranks the film on its poll of "500

Greatest Movies of All Time" at #14, the highest ranking Western.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) was ranked as #1 on WatchMojo.com's Top 10

Western Movies list.[187]

Countries

ArgentinaSee also: Cinema of Argentina

The highest ranked Argentinian film is Juan J. Campanellas El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in

Their Eyes; 2009; Argentina).[188] Another highly acclaimed Argentinian film is Fabin Bielinsky's

Nueve Reinas, which holds an overall 92% "Certified Fresh" approval rating based on 93 reviews,

with a rating average of 7.5 out of 10 on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[189] Ricardo

Darn starrs in both films.

AustraliaSee also: Cinema of Australia

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) was voted #1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films in a 1995

poll.[190]

The Australian Film Institute, in collaboration with Australia Post, conducted an initiative in 2008

asking the Australian public to vote for their all time favourite Australian film. Results from the poll

indicate the top five Australian films of all time are:[191]


The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Castle #1 according to the 2008 poll results.

Gallipolli

Lantana rated the greatest Australian film in lists published by the Herald Sun[192] and The

Australian.[193]

Muriel's Wedding

Bangladesh

See also Cinema of Bangladesh

Matir Moina (2002): Winner of the International Critics Prize at Cannes in 2002, internationally

acclaimed (and distributed) production that was well received overseas, it was the first

Bangladeshi movie nominated for an Oscar.[194]

Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973): In 2007, A River Called Titas topped the list of 10 best

Bangladeshi films, as chosen in the audience and critics' polls conducted by the British Film

Institute.[195]

BelgiumSee also: Cinema of Belgium

Loft: voted the best Belgian film on Moviemeter.nl, followed by Man Bites Dog, The Memory of

a Killer, Toto the Hero and Ben X.[citation needed]

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: voted the best Belgian film on the

"They Shoot Pictures" site (#142 in the Top 250).[citation needed]

Acadmie Andr Delvaux, Belgian Film Critics Association and Ostend Film Festival awarded

Mr. Nobody best Belgian film.[196][197][198]


BrazilSee also: Cinema of Brazil

Bus 174 (2002). This documentary about a bus hijacking by Jos Padilha is the highest rated

foreign film at Rotten Tomatoes.[199]

City of God (2002) is the highest ranked Brazilian film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of

World Cinema" in 2010[200] and the highest rated Brazilian film on the IMDb Top 250 list.[201]

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) has been selected by Brazilian critics as the best film of

all time several times, such as the 27th edition of Brazilian film magazine Contracampo.[202]

CanadaSee also: Cinema of Canada

Jesus of Montreal (Jsus de Montral) (1989): Ranked second on the All Time TIFF, and in a

reader's poll conducted by Playback's list since its release. Winner of 12 Genie Awards at the

11th Genie Awards.

Mon oncle Antoine (1971): A poll of critics at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival and

again at the 1993 and 2004 festivals named the greatest Canadian film of all time.[203] 8th in

Playback's reader's poll.[citation needed]

The Sweet Hereafter (1997): Voted the best Canadian film ever by readers of Playback,[204]

and a poll done by Canadian film insiders named it the best Canadian film of the last 15

years.[205]

Wavelength (1967): the only Canadian film on the Village Voice's "100 Best Films of the 20th

Century" ranking at #85.[206]

Czech Republic/SlovakiaSee also: Cinema of Czechoslovakia


In a poll of filmmakers, critics, and theorists Marketa Lazarova was named best film in the 100

years of Czechoslovak cinema.[207]

ChileSee also: Cinema of Chile

Julio comienza en julio (1979): Chosen in 1999 as the "Best Chilean Film of the Century" in a

vote organized by the Municipality of Santiago.[208]

ChinaSee also: Cinema of China

See Raise the Red Lantern (traditional Chinese: ) in the Films acclaimed in

audience polls section above.

Spring in a Small Town () (1948) was voted the best Chinese film ever made by the

Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005.

Farewell My Concubine () (1993), directed by Chen Kaige, is the highest-ranking

Asian film on Time Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list.[45]

CroatiaSee also: Cinema of Croatia

Tko pjeva zlo ne misli (One Who Sings Means No Harm, 1970) was voted the best Croatian all

time movie by the Croatian Society of Film Critics.

DenmarkSee also: Cinema of Denmark

Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) Carl Th. Dreyer's harrowing tale of adultery and repression is


often cited in Denmark as the greatest Danish film.[209]

Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter) the 2000 comedy about small-time gangsters was voted the

Best Danish Film in a 2007 poll by the Ekstra Bladet tabloid newspaper. Thomas Vinterberg's

The Celebration (Festen) was the runner-up.[210]

Egypt

To mark the centennial of Egyptian cinema, Al Ahram daily newspaper asked the country's top 20

critics to choose the best 15 best Egyptian films of all time. This is the result of the poll (first

published July 12, 2007):[citation needed]

The Mummy (Al-Mummia) Directed by Chadi Abdel Salam (1969)

The Sin ("El-Haram") Directed by Henry Barakat (1965)

The Land ("Al-Ard") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1970)

A Beginning and an End ("Bidaya wa Nihaya) Directed by Salah Abouseif (1960)

The Bus Driver ("Sawaq El-Autobis") Directed by Atef E-Taieb (1983)

The Collar and the Bracelet ("El Tooq wal Eswera") Directed by Khairy Beshara (1986)

The Will (Al-Azima) Directed by Kamal Selim (1939)

Cairo Station ("Bab El-Hadid") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1958)

The Wife of an Important Man ("Zawgat Ragol Mohim") Directed by Mohamed Khan (1988)

The Flirtation of Girls ("Ghazal Al-Banat") Directed by Anwar Wagdi (1949)

Life or Death ("Haya aw Maut") Directed by Kamal El Sheikh (1954)

The Nightingale's Prayer ("Doaa Al-Karawan") Directed by Henry Barakat (1959)

The Innocent ("El-Baree'") Directed by Atef E-Taieb

El-Kit Kat Directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed (1991)

Terrorism and Kebab ("Al-Irhab wal kabab") Directed by Sherif Arafa (1992)


EstoniaSee also: Cinema of Estonia

Kevade (Spring, 1969) received the first place in the Estonian feature films Top Ten Poll in

2002 held by Estonian film critics and journalists.[211]

FinlandSee also: Cinema of Finland

The Unknown Soldier (1955) was voted the best Finnish movie in an Internet poll by Helsingin

Sanomat in 2007.[212]

Talvisota (The Winter War, 1989): is the highest user rated Finnish film on the IMDb having

received more than 1000 votes.[213]

FranceSee also: Cinema of France

La Rgle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939/1950). See polls of critics and filmmakers.

Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945/1946): Voted "Best French Film of the

Century" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.[214]

Lon: The Professional (1994) is the highest ranked French film on IMDb's Top 250.[37]

GermanySee also: Cinema of Germany

M Eine Stadt sucht einen Mrder by Fritz Lang is the highest rated German film in the

IMDb.[215]

Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh): See Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above.

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari): See Films acclaimed by critics and


filmmakers above.

Hong KongSee also: Cinema of Hong Kong

A Better Tomorrow () (1986), filmed and produced in Hong Kong, was voted the

second best Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005.[216]

Drunken Master II () (1994), directed by Jackie Chan and Lau Kar-Leung, is the highest-

ranking entirely Hong Kong production and third highest-ranking Asian film on Time

Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list.[45] See the acclaimed action films section above for other

martial arts films made in Hong Kong.

In the Mood for Love () (2000), directed by Wong Kar-wai, was chosen as the greatest

Hong Kong film out of 100 choices by the Hong Kong edition of Time Out.[217] It came #24 on

the most recent Sights and Sound poll, and is the only Hong Kong production to make the top

50. Wong Kar-wai's earlier work, Days of Being Wild () (1990), ranks #3 on the Best

100 Chinese Motion Pictures list and is considered the first part of an informal trilogy with In the

Mood for Love forming the second part.

Infernal Affairs () (2002), directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, is the highest-ranking

Hong Kong production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list at #203.[218]

Martin Scorsese's remake of Infernal Affairs, The Departed (2006),[219] also ranks on the

Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list at #46.[37]

Hungary

In 2000, Hungarian film critics chose the so-called "Budapest 12",[220] the twelve best films of

Hungary:

Szegnylegnyek (The Round-Up, 1965) Mikls Jancs


Szerelem (Love, 1971) Kroly Makk

Szindbd (Sinbad, 1971) Zoltn Huszrik

Emberek a havason (Men on the Mountain, 1942) Istvn Szts

Valahol Eurpban (Somewhere in Europe, 1948) Gza von Radvnyi

Megll az id (Time Stands Still, 1982) Pter Gothr

Hyppolit, a lakj (Hyppolit, 1931) Istvn Szkely

Krhinta (Merry-Go-Round, 1956) Zoltn Fbri

A kis Valentino (Little Valentino, 1979) Andrs Jeles

Az n XX. Szzadom (My 20th Century, 1989) Ildik Enyedi

Apa (Father, 1966) Istvn Szab

Hannibl tanr r (Professor Hannibal, 1956) Zoltn Fbri

IndiaSee also: Cinema of India and Lists of Indian films

The Apu Trilogy (19551959), a Bengali film trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray, appeared on the

1992 edition of the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #88)[221] and on The Village Voice's top

250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (ranked #54).[222][223] It is the highest-ranking trilogy

in both polls.

Pather Panchali (1955), the first part of The Apu Trilogy and Satyajit Ray's debut film,

appeared on the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll several times, in 1962 (ranked #11),[221] 1992

(ranked #6)[224][225] and 2002 (ranked #22).[226][227] It also appeared on The Village Voice

top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (tied at #12 with The Godfather).[222][223]

Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959), the final part of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy,

was the highest-ranking Indian film in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #42),

followed by two other Ray films The Music Room (1958) and Charulata (1964) tied at


#56.[228]

Mayabazar (1957), directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and produced by B. Nagi Reddy, Aluri

Chakrapani is a Telugu mythological film. The critically acclaimed Mayabazar is considered one

of the enduring classics of Indian Cinema. IBN Live listed it as the greatest Indian film of all

time.[229][230][231] The film was touted as a landmark achievement in Indian film's

cinematography, art direction and visual effects with the technology available at the time.

Manichitrathazhu (1993)directed by Fazil (director), is considered as one of the best thrillers

ever made in India as well as one of the best Malayalam films ever made.[232] Manichitrathazhu

was remade after nearly 10 years in various languages, including Kannada (Apthamitra), Tamil

and Telugu (dubbed) (Chandramukhi), Bengali (Rajmohol), and Hindi (Bhool Bhulaiyaa), all

being commercially successful.

The Hindi film Pyaasa (1957) and the Tamil film Nayagan (1987) both joined the Bengali Apu

Trilogy on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies list.[45]

Sholay (1975), a "Curry Western" Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy, topped the British Film

Institute's poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.[233]

Gandhi (1982), an Indian English biographical film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

directed by Richard Attenborough, won 8 Academy Awards including the Academy Award for

Best Picture.

Lagaan (2001), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Aamir Khan, is a Hindi

historical sports film that became the third Hindi film to be nominated for the Academy Award for

Best Foreign Language Film after Mother India (1957) and Salaam Bombay! (1988). In 2010,

Lagaan was ranked #55 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema,"[234] and

in 2011, it was listed in Time magazine's "The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies" list.[235]

Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and starring Madhuri Dixit and

Salman Khan, it celebrates Indian wedding traditions by relating to the story of a married


couple and the relationship between their families.It contributed to a change in the Indian film

industry, with new methods of distribution and a turn towards less violent stories. Box Office

India described it as "the biggest blockbuster of the modern era".It made a lasting impact on

wedding celebrations in India, which often include songs and games from the film.[236][237]

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), directed by Aditya Chopra features in most lists of must

see Hindi movies of all times,[238][239]

Mughal-e-Azam (1960), later re-released in colour, is considered a classic in terms of

grandeur, script, music and acting [240]

Taare Zameen Par (2007) is the highest ranked Indian film on IMDb's Top 250.[37]

IranSee also: Cinema of Iran

Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by

a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals.[241]

A Separation (2011) was the first Iranian movie to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign

Language Film in 2012. It also won the Golden Globe in the same category

IrelandSee also: Cinema of Ireland

The Commitments (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2004 Jameson Whiskey

poll of 10,000 Irish people, with My Left Foot coming second.[242]

IsraelSee also: Cinema of Israel

The Policeman (1971) was voted "Best Israeli Film of All Time" in 2008 poll by Cafe The


Marker, affiliated with the prestigious Israeli newspaper Haaretz. More than 100 surfers and 7

film experts chose The Policeman. The movie finished ahead of Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona and

Blaumilch Canal at a split second place.[243]

Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (1976) was voted "Favorite Israeli Film of All Time" in a 2004 poll by

Ynet, the website of a popular Israeli newspaper. The film got votes from 25,000 surfers.[244]

ItalySee also: Cinema of Italy

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948). See Polls of critics and filmmakers section above.

Also listed at #22 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.[245]

8 (1963). Director Federico Fellini's film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in

the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the best films of all time.[246]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966) is the highest-ranking

Italian production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list as voted by

users,[247] where it is listed as the 4th best film ever.[37] (Also see Western section above.)

JapanSee also: Cinema of Japan

Rashomon (), 1950: This film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain

worldwide acclaim. It is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in the Village Voice poll of

"Best Films of the Century" (ranked #10).[222] It also tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and

Asian film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9).[248]

Seven Samurai ( Shichinin no Samurai), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period

adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; at #12, it is the highest-

ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 movies" list.[249] It

ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll,[250] appeared


ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll, appeared

on the Sight & Sound Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992 (ranked #10),[251] tied for the highest-

ranked Japanese and Asian film in 2002 (ranked #9),[248] and ranked #17 on the 2012 critics'

poll.[252] It is ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' top 100 foreign films,[199] and #1 on their top 100

action/adventure films.[39] It was also voted the "Best Japanese Film ever" in a 1979 Kinema

Junpo critics poll.[253] It also topped Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema"

list.[254]

Tokyo Story ( Tokyo Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Yasujir Ozu, is the highest-

ranked Japanese and Asian film on the 2002 Sight and Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked

#5).[255] It was also declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005.[256] In

2012, Tokyo Story topped the Sight & Sound directors' poll, dethroning Citizen Kane for the

first time since the directors' poll began in 1992, and has also come third place in the 2012

critics' poll.[3]

Ugetsu ( Ugetsu Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, it was the highest-

ranking Asian film in the Sight & Sound critics' polls in 1962 (ranked #4)[257] and 1972 (ranked

#10).[258]

LatviaSee also: Cinema of Latvia

A Limousine The Colour Of Midsummer's Eve (1981) by Jnis Streis, voted all-time best

Latvian film in the popular vote.[259]

MacedoniaSee also: Cinema of the Republic of Macedonia

Before the Rain (1994) is a Milo Manevski film, nominated for an Academy Award for Best

Foreign Language Film.


MexicoSee also: Cinema of Mexico

Pan's Labyrinth, a 2006 Mexican co-production, is the highest ranked Mexican or Latin

American film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[260]

NetherlandsSee also: Cinema of the Netherlands

Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange 1977 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever

made in a 2006 Internet poll by online film magazine Filmwereld.nl.[citation needed]

Zwartboek (Black Book 2006 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever at the 2008

Netherlands Film Festival.[261]

New ZealandSee also: Cinema of New Zealand

See Lord of the Rings in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

NorwaySee also: Cinema of Norway

Flklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975 Ivo Caprino): The people's choice for

"Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[262]

Ni Liv (Nine Lives 1957 Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the

Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[262]

PakistanSee also: Cinema of Pakistan


Baji (1963), directed by S. Suleman, topped the British Film Institute's critics poll of "Top 10

Pakistani Films" of all time.[263]

Aina (1977), directed by Nazr-ul-Islam, topped the British Film Institute's user poll of "Top 10

Pakistani Films" of all time.[264]

PalestineSee also: Cinema of Palestine

Paradise Now[citation needed]

Divine Intervention[citation needed]

PhilippinesSee also: Cinema of the Philippines

See Himala in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light; 1975) by Lino Brocka was

cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls as the greatest Filipino film ever.[265][266]

City After Dark (originally entitled Manila by Night; 1980) by Ishmael Bernal was cited in a poll

conducted in 1989 by film scholar Joel David and his UP criticism class as the best Filipino film

of all time.[267]

PolandSee also: Cinema of Poland

Sexmission (1984) is the best Polish film of the last 30 years according to a 2005 poll by

readers of three popular film magazines.[268]

The Promised Land (1975) was considered as the best Polish movie by the critics of "Esensja"

magazine in 2011 ranking.[269]


Cult comedy Teddy Bear (1980) were voted by the public of 2013 Filmfest PL as the best all

times movie.[270]

Sexmission is also on the prominence position in the ranking of Polish movies on portal

Filmweb.pl in 2011.[271] Other positions from the first ten places are: Polish-French

cooproduction The Pianist (2002), comedies: Day of the wacko (2002), Our Folks (1967), How

I Unleashed World War II (1969), Teddy Bear (1980), Boys Don't Cry (2000), and dramas

showing important social or political problems after 1989: The Debt (1999), Symmetry (2003),

and Pigs (1992).

In the same 2014 Filmweb poll, Sexmission dropped to #9. First place was taken by The

Pianist. Only these two movies maintained positions in the top ten. The new ranking was

dominated by Krzysztof Kielowski's movies. Talking Heads (1980), Blind Chance (1981), A

Short Film About Killing (1987), Camera Buff (1979) placed respectively on third, fourth, sixth

and tenth position. Interrogation (1982) was ranked #2. Other films chareted were: Night Train

(1959), The Cathedral (2002), The Saragossa Manuscript (1964).[272]

Polish best awarded production are: A Short Film About Killing (European Film Award for Best

Film in 1988), Man of Iron (Palme d'Or of 1981 Cannes Film Festival), and The Pianist (Palme

d'Or of 2002 Cannes Film Festival and Academy Award for Best Director 2003).

See also: List of Polish European Film Award winners and nominees, List of Polish Academy

Award winners and nominees, List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best

Foreign Language Film, Polish Academy Award for Best Film

RomaniaSee also: Cinema of Romania

Best 10 Romanian films as considered by the Union of Romanian Cineastes and the Film Critics

Association[273] (Uniunea Cineatilor din Romnia i Asociaia Criticilor de Film):


Reconstituirea (The Reenactment Lucian Pintilie, 1968)

Pdurea spnzurailor (The Forest of the Hanged Liviu Ciulei, 1965)

Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lzrescu) Cristi Puiu, 2005

4 luni, 3 sptmni i 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu, 2007)

Secvene (Sequences) Alexandru Tatos, 1982

Nunta de piatr (The Stone Wedding) Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pia. 1973

La moara cu noroc (Victor Iliu. 1956)

A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006)

Prob de microfon (Microphone Test) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1979)

Croaziera (The Cruise) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1981)

RussiaSee also: Cinema of Russia and Cinema of the Soviet Union

(Battleship Potemkin): see Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers

above.

SerbiaSee also: Cinema of Serbia and Cinema of Yugoslavia

Who's That Singing Over There (Ko to tamo peva, 1980) was in 1996 voted the best Serbian

movie made in the 1947-1995 period by the members of the Yugoslavian Board of the

Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN).[274]

Underground by Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or in the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[275]

SingaporeSee also: Cinema of Singapore


Ilo Ilo (, 2013) is the most critically acclaimed film in the history of Singaporean

cinema. It is the highest rated Singaporean-made film on IMDB[276] and won 21 international

awards, which include 4 at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards as well as the Camera

d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.[277]

SloveniaSee also: Cinema of Slovenia and Cinema of Yugoslavia

See You in the Next War (Nasvidenje v naslednji vojni, 1980), voted the best Slovenian film of

all times in the poll among contemporary film critics, conducted in 2012 by Dnevnik

newspaper.[278]

South AfricaSee also: Cinema of South Africa

Tsotsi In 2006 the film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the

first South African Film to win an Oscar.

Invictus South African, American film about the events in South Africa before and during the

1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in that country following the dismantling of

apartheid. Received two acting Academy Award Nominations.

District 9 An independent science fiction action/thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. Adapted

from Alive in Joburg, a 2005 short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Sharlto Copley

and Simon Hansen, depicts humanity, xenophobia, and social segregation. Nominated for four

Academy Awards in 2010: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and

Best Editing.

South KoreaSee also: Cinema of Korea


Obaltan (): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean

film.[279]

Oldboy (): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest ranked Korean film on Empire

magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010[280] and the highest rated Korean

language film on the Internet Movie Database's top 250 list.[281] It also won the Grand Prix of

the Jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[282]

SpainSee also: Cinema of Spain

Several lists consider different films as the best made in Spain. The listed ones more often are:

Viridiana (1961), Plcido (1961) and El verdugo (1963).[283] Other films listed in the most of these

lists are: El Cochecito (1960), Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Calle Mayor (1956), Chimes at

Midnight (1965), The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Surcos (1951) and La Caza (The Hunt, 1966)

On IMDb the highest user rated Spanish films are more modern and international co-

productions, such as El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth; 2006; Spain, Mexico and USA), El

secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes; 2009; Argentina and Spain), Viridiana (1961;

Spain and Mexico) and Mar adentro (The Sea Inside; 2004; Spain, France and Italy). The

highest ranked entirely Spanish film is Pedro Almodvars Hable con ella (Talk to Her,

2002).[188]

Sri LankaSee also: Cinema of Sri Lanka

Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997), also known as Death on a Full Moon Day, directed by P.

Vithanage and starring Joe Abeywickrama, topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Sri

Lankan Films" of all time.[284]


Ananta Rathiriya (1995), directed by P. Vithanage, topped the user poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan

Films" of all time.[285]

SwedenSee also: Cinema of Sweden

The Emigrants (Utvandrarna, 1971): Jan Troell's naturalist masterpiece is often cited in

Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.[citation needed]

Persona (1966): Acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman's movie reached the highest position (#5

in 1972) of any Swedish film on any of Sight & Sound's lists of greatest films of all

time.[citation needed]

The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957), also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest

rated Swedish film on the IMDb top 250 list.[37]

The Phantom Carriage (Krkarlen, 1921), directed by Victor Sjstrm, was selected as the

best Swedish film of all time by the film magazine FLM in 2012.[286]

Raven's End (Kvarteret Korpen, 1963), directed by Bo Widerberg, was chosen by Njesguiden

as the best Swedish film ever in 1995.[287]

TaiwanSee also: Cinema of Taiwan

A City of Sadness (traditional Chinese: ) came in at #5, the highest ranking Taiwanese

film, on a list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures unveiled by the Hong Kong Film Awards .

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (traditional Chinese: ) is a 2000 wuxia film directed

by Ang Lee and co-produced by Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and China. The highest

grossing foreign-language film in American history, it won over 40 awards, including the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for Taiwan) and 3 other Academy Awards.


TurkeySee also: Cinema of Turkey

In 2003 Ankara Sinema Dernei (Ankara Association for Cinema Culture) chose the "Best 10

Turkish films ever" by a poll among people who are interested in cinema professionally:[288]

Yol (1982), erif Gren

Umut (1970), Ylmaz Gney

Sr (1978), Zeki kten

Muhsin Bey (1987), Yavuz Turgul

Masumiyet (1997), Zeki Demirkubuz

Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalm (1978), Atf Ylmaz

Anayurt Oteli (1986), mer Kavur

Susuz Yaz (1964), Metin Erksan

Gelin (1973), mer Ltfi Akad

Uzak (2002), Nuri Bilge Ceylan

UkraineSee also: Cinema of Ukraine

(Earth), one of the World's twelve greatest films of all time (Brussels World's Fair,

1958).[9][289]

(The Lost Letter), was banned in Soviet Union. 20 years later was awarded

with Golden Pagoda during the Bangkok International Film Festival, 1991.

(Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) received the British Academy Award

and Grand Prix at Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1965)

United Kingdom


See also: Cinema of the United Kingdom

The Third Man (1949): Voted best British film ever by members of the British Film Institute in

1999.[290] #3 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspense movies.[155]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962): voted "best British film of all time" in August 2004 by a London

Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers.[291] (See also: Epic above).

Get Carter (1971): Named best British film in a poll of 25 film critics by Total Film magazine in

2004.[292]

Don't Look Now (1973): Named best British film in a poll of 150 film industry experts conducted

by Time Out London in 2011.[293]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was voted the best British picture of all time by a 2004

poll by the UK arm of Amazon and Internet Movie Database.[92]

Trainspotting (1996): Named best British film between 19842009 by a poll of critics and film

professionals in The Observer.[294]

United StatesSee also: Cinema of the United States, National Film Registry and American Film Institute

Since 1998, the American Film Institute has assembled juries of film community leaders and polled

them for a series of top 100 lists. Two of the lists from the series, 100 Years... 100 Movies from

1998 and 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) from 2007, identified Citizen Kane

as the best American film ever. In other years, AFI's jury members selected Some Like It Hot the

greatest American comedy, Psycho as the most thrilling American movie, Casablanca as the

greatest American love story, Singin' in the Rain as the greatest American film musical, and It's a

Wonderful Life as the most inspiring American film.[295]

Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 2012, dethroning

Citizen Kane at the top of the critics' poll for the first time in 50 years since 1962. It has also


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