list of films considered the best - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

7/22/2019 List of Films Considered the Best - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

1/29

11/3/13 List of films considered the best - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_best 1/29

List of films considered the best

Contents

1 Pollsof critics and filmmakers

2 Audience polls3 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 Documentary3.10 Epic

3.11Fantasy

3.12 High school

3.13 Horror/thriller

3.14 Musical

3.15 Mystery

3.16 Political/historical

3.17 Propaganda

3.18 Religious

3.19 Romance

3.20 Science fiction

3.21Sports

3.22 War

3.23 Western

3.23.1 Classic Western

3.23.2 Spaghetti Western

4 Countries

4.1 Argentina

4.2 Australia

4.3 Belgium

4.4 Brazil

4.5 Canada

4.6 Czech Republic/Slovakia

4.7 Chile

4.8 China

4.9 Croatia

4.10 Denmark

4.11 Egypt

4.12 Estonia4.13 Finland

4.14 France

4.15 Germany

4.16 Hong Kong

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

While there isno general agreement upon the greatest film,many publications and organizations have tried to determine thefilms considered thebest. The films mentioned in this articlehave all been mentioned in a notable survey be it a popular pollor critics' poll. Many of these sources focus on American films orwere polls of English-speaking film goers, but those considered

the greatest within their respective countries are also includedhere.

None of these citations should be viewed as scientific measuresof the film-watching world. They are often influenced by votestacking or they survey a population with skewed demographics.Internet-based surveys have a self-selecting audience ofunknown participants. The methodology of some surveys may bequestionable. Sometimes (as in the case of theAmerican FilmInstitute) voters were asked to select films from a limited list ofentries.

Polls of critics and filmmakersEvery decade, the British film monthly Sight & Soundasks aninternational group of film professionals to vote for their greatestfilm of all time. The Sight & Soundaccolade has come to beregarded as one of the most important ofthe "greatest ever film"lists. Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected ofthe countless polls of great moviesthe only one most seriousmovie people take seriously."[1]

Citizen Kane(1941) by Orson Welles was voted #1 in the

five Sight & Soundcritics' polls from 1962 to 2002.[2]A

separate Sight & Soundpoll of established film directors,held for the first time in 1992, also placed Citizen Kaneat

the top in 1992 and 2002.[2]Citizen Kanewas also

selected as #1 in a Village Voiceand in a Time Out

critics' poll. It was listed as the greatest American film by

theAmerican Film Institute in both the first (1998) and

second (2007) versions of its 100 Years... 100Movieslist.

It also topped the list of the 100 all-time greatest movies,

as listed in 2013 by Entertainment Weekly.[3]

Bicycle Thieves(1948) by Vittorio De Sica topped the firstSight & Soundcritics' poll, in 1952. It also came #7 in

1962 and #6 in 2002.[2]It also came #10 in the 2012

directors' poll.[4]

Tokyo Story(1953) by Yasujir Ozu topped the Sight &

Sounddirectors' poll in 2012, dethroning Citizen Kane.[4]

Tokyo Storyalso appeared in the Sight & Soundcritics'

poll at third place in 1992, fifth in 2002, and third in

2012.[5]Tokyo Storyalso topped a 1998 critics' poll

conducted by Asian film magazine Cinemaya, where itwas followed by Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali(1955)

and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu(1953) tied at second

place.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Mizoguchihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugetsuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Rayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pather_Panchalihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemayahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_De_Sicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(company)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_stackinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_stackinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_criticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_surveyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pollhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugetsuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Mizoguchihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pather_Panchalihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Rayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemayahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujir%C5%8D_Ozuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Storyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_De_Sicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(company)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Eberthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_stackinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_criticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pollhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_surveyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film


2/29



4.17 Hungary

4.18 India

4.19 Iran

4.20 Ireland

4.21 Israel

4.22 Italy

4.23 Japan

4.24 Macedonia4.25 Mexico

4.26 Netherlands

4.27 New Zealand

4.28 Norway

4.29 Pakistan

4.30 Palestine

4.31 Philippines

4.32 Poland

4.33 Romania

4.34 Russia4.35 Serbia

4.36 South Korea

4.37 Spain

4.38 Sri Lanka

4.39 Sweden

4.40 Switzerland

4.41 Taiwan

4.42 Turkey

4.43 Ukraine

4.44 United Kingdom4.45 United States

5 See also

6 References

7 External links

Vertigo(1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight &

Soundcritics' poll in 2012, dethroning Citizen Kane.[4]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.[4]

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 & Soundcritics' polls; its only appearance in the

directors' poll was #9 in 2002. It was named the greatest

film by the French film magazine Positifin 1991.[7]It also

holds the second slot in the Village Voicepoll.[8]

The Searchers(1956) is the film most often mentioned in

a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language

Steadycammagazine in 1995.[9]

The Brussels Worlds Fair, organized in 1958, offered theoccasion for the organization by thousands of critics andfilmmakers from all over the world, of the first universal film poll inhistory.[10]These were the films chosen as most artisticallyfulfilled:[11][12][13][14]

Rank Film Director Year

1

(Battleship Potemkin)

Sergei

Eisenstein1925

2 The Gold RushCharles

Chaplin1925

3 Ladri di biciclette(Bicycle Thieves)

Vittorio DeSica

1948

4

La Passion de Jeanne

d'Arc (The Passion of

Joan of Arc)

Carl

Theodor

Dreyer

1928

5La Grande Illusion

(Grand Illusion)Jean Renoir 1937

6 GreedErich von

Stroheim1924

7Intolerance: Love's

Struggle Through the

Ages

D. W.

Griffith1916

8 (Mother)Vsevolod

Pudovkin1926

9 Citizen KaneOrson

Welles1941

10 (Earth)Alexander

Dovzhenko1930

11Der letzte Mann (The

Last Laugh)

F.W.

Murnau1924

12

Das Cabinet des Dr.

Caligari (The Cabinet ofRobert

1920
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wienehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wienehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Murnauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Laughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dovzhenkohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(1930_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsevolod_Pudovkinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(1926_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerance_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Stroheimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Renoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Illusion_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Theodor_Dreyerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Joan_of_Archttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_De_Sicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chaplinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Rushhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisensteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Potemkinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_directorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_criticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_%2758http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positif_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Renoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rules_of_the_Gamehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari


3/29



Dr. Caligari) Wiene

Audience polls

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 Warscame in second place and Casablancain third.[15]Gone with the Wind

was also picked as the best film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time. [16]It currently holds the

#158 position on IMDb's list.Casablanca(1942) was voted the greatest film by readers of the Los Angeles Daily Newsin 1997.[17]It is also

regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide.[18]On April 7,

2006, the Writers' Guild of America declared Casablanca's screenplay the best ever written.[19]It currently

holds the #25 position on IMDb's list.

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

The Third Man(1949) in second place.[7]It currently holds the #17 position on IMDb's list.

The Godfather(1972) was voted #1 by Entertainment Weekly's readers[20]and voted as #1 in a Time Out

readers' poll in 1998.[21]The film was also voted as the "Greatest Movie of All Time" in September 2008 by

10,000 readers of Empiremagazine, 150 people from the movie business and 50 film critics. [22]It currently

holds the #1 spot on the Top 200 at Everyone's a Critic, [23]and the #2 spot on the IMDb list. [24]The Godfather Part II(1974) was voted best movie ever by TV Guidereaders[25]in 1998, and is currently in

third place on the IMDb list.[24]

Cross of Iron(1977) was voted the greatest film of all time by Cinemag.[citation needed]

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

readers of Empiremagazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4 (Film4) poll.[26]Star Warsis 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). It currently holds the #16 position on

IMDb's list.

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.[7]

Schindler's List(1993) was voted the best film ever made by the German film magazine Cinema.[27]It

currently holds the #7 position on IMDb's list.

The Shawshank Redemption(1994) currently holds the top spot on the Internet Movie Database's list of the

top 250 films.[24]It was voted the best film not to have won an Academy Award in a 2004 Radio Times poll

and again in 2008.[28]It is currently ranked #1 on FilmCrave.com's top 100 movies list. [29]It holds an

extremely high score on Rotten Tomatoes within the community, at 98%.

The Lord of the Ringsseries (20012003) was voted the most popular film of all time by an audience poll for

the Australian television special My Favourite Filmand 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"). [30]Its first film, The Lord of the

Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001), was the pick of readers in a poll by Empiremagazine in November

2004.[31]The third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was voted the best movie of all time by

Yahoo movies and Movies.com's annual reader's poll in 2006 and 2007. [citation needed]The Fellowship of the

Ring, The Two Towersand The Return of the Kingcurrently hold the #12, #20 and #9 positions respectively

on IMDb's list.

Particular genres or media

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (//en.wik ipedia.org/w/index.php?

title=List_of_films_considered_the_best&action=edit) .

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.[32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_moviehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samuraihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_considered_the_best&action=edithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_listshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ringhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favourite_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilmCravehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Timeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemptionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_Listhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Red_Lanternhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Backhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Ironhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Guidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_IIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(film_magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfatherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Manhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samuraihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Maltinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Daily_Newshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Interactivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wienehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari


4/29



Fist of Fury(1972),[33]Enter the Dragon(1973),[34]Five Deadly Venoms(1978),[35]The 36th Chamber of

Shaolin(1978),[36]Magnificent Butcher(1979)[37]and Drunken Master II(1994)[38][39][40]have been chosen

as the best action martial arts films.

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

Our Time.[41]Sites such Moviefone[42]and IGN [43]also placed the film as the #1 greatest action movie of all

time.

The Terminator(1984)[32][44]along with its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991),[45][46]Aliens

(1986),[32][43][47]

and The Matrix(1999)[42]

are often the highest ranking and most positively reviewed actionscience fiction films.

Die Hard(1988) is also sometimes commonly considered to be one of the greatest action movies ever.[45][48]

Entertainment Weeklyvoted it the greatest action movie of all time.[49]

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.[50]

Pinocchio(1940) by Walt Disney was ranked as the #1 greatest animated movie by Timemagazine.[51]

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. [52]

Nausica of the Valley of the Wind(1984) by Hayao Miyazaki was the highest-ranked animated film in an

audience poll of 100 best animations, conducted by Japans Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007.[53]

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

films.[54]

Ak ira(1988) by Katsuhiro Otomo is considered the greatest anime film ever made on the top ten anime lists

at MovieCricket[55]and Screen Junkies.[56]

Grave of the Fireflies(1988) by Isao Takahata topped the Rotten Tomatoes list of best anime films, [57]and is

the highest-ranking animation in Time Outmagazine's "50 greatest World War II movies" list[58]and Empire

magazine's "Top 10 Depressing Movies" list.[59]

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%. [60]The film was also ranked as the best

animated/live action hybrid film by Entertainment Weekly.[61]

Beauty and the Beast(1991) is #1 on the IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time. [62]

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

Time.[63]

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).[64]The film was also ranked as the greatest animated movie by

Moviefone [65]and Total Film.[66]

Toy Story 2(1999) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 50 best animated movies ever made. [67]It is also #1on their list of the best kids movies, [68]and is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best

animated movies.[69]Both the original and the sequel currently hold a perfect 100% score at Rotten

Tomatoes.[70][71]

Spirited Away(2001) by Miyazaki is the highest-ranking animation in Empiremagazine's "100 Best Films of

World Cinema" list[72]and the 2002 Sight & Soundcritics' & directors' poll.[73]It has also been ranked highly

in several best animation lists: second place in Total Film,[74]fifth in Time,[75]and second in Entertainment

Weekly.[76]It is currently the highest rated animated film on IMDb's Top 250. [24]

WALL-E(2008) was ranked as the greatest animated movie ever by Entertainment Weekly.[77]

Christmas

A Christmas Story(1983) is AOL's #1 Christmas movie of all time[78]and IGN's top holiday-themed movie of

all time.[79]

It's a Wonderful Life(1946) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best holiday movies,[80]and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Lifehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Storyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-Ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Awayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moviefonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Societyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Storyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_with_live_action_and_animationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(company)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Takahatahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_Mediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(company)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totorohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_for_Cultural_Affairshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Norshteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_Tales_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_in_the_Foghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russian_animationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_(1940_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_10_Top_10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_American_animationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moviefonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Arkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Master_IIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_Butcherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_36th_Chamber_of_Shaolinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Deadly_Venomshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Dragonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_Fury


5/29



also topped AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers list. [81]

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

list.[82]

Die Hard(1988) was voted Empire Magazine's "The Greatest Christmas Film of All Time" in 2010, [83]and the

fourth best in Rotten Tomatoes' list.[84]

Comedy

Airplane!(1980) was also chosen as the best comedy for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time. [85]

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%. [86]It also has a Metacritic score of 96/100,

one of the website's highest rated comedy movies.[87]

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

Time.[88]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975) A 2004 poll by UK arm of Amazon and the Internet Movie Database

named Monty Python and the Holy Grailas the best British comedy picture of all time.[89]

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

magazine in 2000,[90]the British TV networks Channel 4 in 2006 [91]and Channel Five in 2007,[92]and The

Guardian newspaper in 2007.[93]

National Lampoon's Animal House(1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funniest movies of all time. [94]

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

2000.[95]

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

10 Top 10.[50]

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

comedy.

Comic book/superhero

Ak ira(1988) is the highest-ranking film based on a manga comic in lists published by the Movie Review

Query Engine[96]and Rotten Tomatoes.[97]

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

conducted by the Goo Research online monitor group.[98]

Persepolis(2007) is #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of movies based on superheroes, graphic novels,

manga and comic strips in order of critical approval. Iron Manwas also the highest rated superhero film

based on a comic in the list being at #2.[97]

Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy was ranked as #1 on Newsarama's top ten comic book movies list. [99]

The Dark Knight(2008) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best comic and superhero

movies, and on Rotten Tomatoes' Best Comix Countdown 2012.[96][100]

Spider-Man 2(2004) is number 1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Comix Worst to Best list. [101]

X2(2003) was voted #1 in Empire Magazine's list of the 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies. [102]

The Incredibles(2004) was ranked #1 in Timemagazine's list of top ten greatest superhero films.[103]

Superman(1978) was ranked #1 out of IGN's list of 25 greatest superhero films of all time. [104]

The Avengers(2012) is ranked #1 by SFX. [105]

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.[50]

Crime/gangster

The Godfather(1972) was selected as the best gangster movie ever by the American Film Institute during
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfatherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_10_Top_10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtroom_dramahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsaramahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_in_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_(2008_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superherohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo_(search_engine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_Review_Query_Enginehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_filmshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronetshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_comedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Lightshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_(US_TV_channel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Animal_Househttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_(TV_channel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbustershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelovehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Magazinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years%E2%80%A6100_Cheers


6/29



their 10 Top 10.[50]It is the highest rated film on Metacritic with 100 and it also tops the Rotten Tomatoes list

of the best drama movies.[106]

Goodfellas(1990) was chosen as the greatest crime film out of the 25 movies by the IGN website. [107]

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

Weekly.[108]

Disaster

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

May 2004.[109]

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).[110][111]

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 Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film [112]and the InternationalDocumentary Association.[113]The film currently holds a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [114]

The Seven Up!series (1964-) was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Channel 4 poll of the 50

Greatest Documentaries in 2005.[115]

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

deemed as such by Total Film,[116]Michael Worthington of the Chicago Tribune,[117]and by Rotten

Tomatoes, where it holds a 97% favorable rating. [118]

The Thin Blue Line(1988) won Best Documentary honors from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Kansas

City Film Critics Circle, the National Board of Review, and the National Society of Film Critics. [119]Director

Errol Morris himself won an International Documentary Association Award, an Edgar Award, and a MacArthur

Fellowship Genius Grant (1989).[120][121]

Searching for Sugar Man(2012) won The BAFTA and all American branch awards; The Oscars, The Directors

Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the American Cinema

Editors and the International Documentary Association. It also won National Board of Review and the Critic's

Choice.

Epic

Seven Samurai(1954) was the highest-ranking epic film in the 1982 Sight & Soundcritics' poll.[2]

Lawrence of Arabia(1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Filmin May 2004. It was selected as the

best epic movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10. [50]

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.[50]

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 on the list after The Wizard of

Oz.[122]

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.[123]It is the only film in the genre to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Italso won 11 Academy Awards, the highest number of any film ever made (tying with Ben-Hurand 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Fantasy_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Moviehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Dramatic_Presentationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Dramahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Award_for_Best_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Awayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samuraihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Reviewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Documentary_Associationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Cinema_Editorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producers_Guild_of_Americahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_Americahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_Americahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oscarshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Manhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellowshiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Documentary_Associationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Morrishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Criticshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_of_Motion_Pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Film_Critics_Circlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribunehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Waltzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Up!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Documentary_Associationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlotrudis_Society_for_Independent_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Ewing_Bouvier_Bealehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Bouvier_Bealehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_and_David_Maysleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardenshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_fearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poseidon_Adventure_(1972_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fictionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic


7/29



High school

The Breakfast Club(1985) ranks at #1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of best high school movies.[124]Other

films written and directed by John Hughes, namely Weird Science, Sixteen Candlesand Pretty in Pink, are

also often considered epitomal high school, and by extension, teenage coming of age films,[125]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.[126]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986) was ranked #1 on Moviefone's list of Best High School Movies of All Time.[127]

Horror/thriller

The Thing(1982) ranks #1 on The Boston Globe's list of the 50 scariest movies of all time.[128]

The Shining(1980) ranks #1 on The Moving Arts Film Journal's list of the 25 greatest horror films.[129]

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

Movies.com,[citation needed]and by viewers of AMC in 2006.[130]It was also chosen as the best horror film for

Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[131]

Psycho(1960), the Alfred Hitchcock classic, tops AFI's list of the 100 most thrilling American films, [132]and

the top rated horror titles at the Internet Movie Database. [133]

King Kong(1933) ranked #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes list of the 50 best horror movies of all time. [134]

Jaws(1975) was #1 in the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries The 100 Scariest Movie Momentsin 2004.[135]

It was also ranked second on AFI's list for thrillers, 100 Years... 100 Thrills. It holds a rare 100% "Fresh"

rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[136]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974) ranks #1 on Total Film's list of the greatest horror films. [137]

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

Movies of Our Time.[138]

Musical

Singin' in the Rain(1952) tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 best American musicals of alltime,[139]and the top rated musicals at the Internet Movie Database. [140]

West Side Story(1961) was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of The Observerin a 2007

poll.[141]

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

Time.[142]

Mystery

Rear Window(1954) is currently #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspense films.[143]

Vertigo(1958) was selected as the best mystery movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10Top 10.[50]

Political/historical

Seven Samurai(1954) was the highest-ranking historical period film in the 1982 Sight & Soundcritics' poll.[2]

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

Our Time.[144]

Propaganda

The Battleship Potemkin(1925) has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of all time, [145]and was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.[146][147][148]

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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_conventionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Partyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Willhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_58http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battleship_Potemkinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_Listhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_drama_filmshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samuraihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Windowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Observerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Years..._100_Thrillshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Momentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movies.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weeklyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moving_Arts_Film_Journalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Offhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Junglehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat_Pack_(actors)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_agehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_in_Pinkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Candleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Science_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club


8/29



ever,[149]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 ofA Man For All Seasons.[150]

Romance

Casablanca(1942) was voted the top romantic American film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list,[151]

and is currently #1 on the top rated romance titles at the Internet Movie Database. [152]

Science fiction

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

time.[153]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.

[50]

Star Wars(1977): See Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

The Empire Strikes Back(1980) was voted #1 in Total Film's Top 100 Movies of All Time, [154]and #1 in the

2006 Empire "Greatest Movies Ever" special.[155]It is currently #1 on the top rated sci-fi titles at the Internet

Movie Database.[156]

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

newspaper The Guardianin 2004.[157]In New Scientist, Blade Runnerwas voted "all-time favourite science

fiction film" in both the staff,[158]and reader's 2008 polls.[159]

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

made.[160]

Ak ira(1988) is considered by some to be the best animated science fiction film.[161][162][163][164]

Sports

Rocky(1976) topped Digital Spy's "greatest ever sports movie" audience poll in 2012.[165]

Raging Bull(1980) was selected as the best sports movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10

Top 10,[50]and is currently #1 on the top rated sport titles at the Internet Movie Database. [166]

Miracle(2004) is currently standing as the overall best sports movie of all time in the ongoing poll at

sportsinmovies.com [167]

Murderball(2005) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies.[168]

War

See Gone with the Wind, Casablancaand Schindler's Listin 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. [169]

The Longest Day(1962) topped the list of the Moviefone 25 Best War Movies. [170]

Apocalypse Now(1979) was ranked as the number one greatest war movie by The Guardianin a 2013 critics

poll with The Observer.[171]The film also topped on Channel 4's 50 Films To See Before You Die.[172]It is

the second rated war movie of all time based on the Movifone list (after The Longest Day).[170]

Come and See(1985) was listed as the number one greatest World War II film by Time Out.[173]

Saving Private Ryan(1998) was voted as the greatest war film in a 2008 Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest

war films.[174]

Western
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Films_To_See_Before_You_Diehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Observerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Nowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moviefonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Day_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paths_of_Gloryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_Listhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderball_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_10_Top_10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raging_Bullhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Spyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrialhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runnerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Backhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_10_Top_10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fictionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_and_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Societyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Passionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_(1966_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Zinnemannhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Joan_of_Archttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mission_(1986_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wylerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See


9/29



Classic Western

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

10 Top 10.[50](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.[175]

Spaghetti Western

Main article: Spaghetti Western

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)(1966). Currently #1 on the top rated western

titles at the Internet Movie Database. [176]

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.

Countries

Argentina

See 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),[177]

Australia

See also: Cinema of Australia

Mad Max(1979): a post-apocalyptic action thriller starring Mel Gibson was voted the best Australian film ever

by the Australian Film Institute.[citation needed]

Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975): voted No. 1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films at 1995 centenary of

Australian cinema.[178]

Belgium

See 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 Heroand Ben X.[citation needed]

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: voted the best Belgian film on the "They ShootPictures" site (no. 142 in the Top 250).[citation needed]

Acadmie Andr Delvaux, Union de la Critique de Cinma and Ostend Film Festival awarded Mr. Nobodybest

Belgian film.[179][180][181]

Brazil

See 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.[182]

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

Cinema" in 2010[183]and the highest rated Brazilian film on the IMDb Top 250 list. [184]

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.[185]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_e_o_Diabo_na_Terra_do_Solhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_(2002_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilhahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_174http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Nobody_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_de_la_Critique_de_Cin%C3%A9mahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magritte_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Dielman,_23_Quai_du_Commerce,_1080_Bruxelleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_the_Herohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memory_of_a_Killerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loft_(2008_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Belgiumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Maxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_in_Their_Eyeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_J._Campanellahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Argentinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Magazinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_the_Westhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Uglyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_Westernhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(film)


10/29



Canada

See 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'slist 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. [186]8th in Playback'sreader's

poll.[citation needed]The Sweet Hereafter(1997): Voted the best Canadian film ever by readers of Playback,[187]and a poll done

by Canadian film insiders named it the best Canadian film of the last 15 years.[188]

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

ranking at #85.[189]

Czech Republic/Slovakia

In a poll of filmmakers, critics, and theorists Marketa Lazarovawas named best film in the 100 years ofCzechoslovak cinema.[190]

Chile

See 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.[191]

China

See also: Cinema of China

Spring in a Small Town() (1948) was voted the best Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong FilmAwards Association in 2005.A Better Tomorrow() (1986) came in second place. [192]

Farewell My Concubine(1993), directed by Chen Kaige, is the highest-ranking Asian film on Time Magazine's

"Readers Top Rated" list.[38]

See Raise the Red Lanternin the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.

Croatia

See also: Cinema of Croatia

Tko pjeva zlo ne misli(One Who Sings Means No Harm, 1970) was voted the best Croatian all time movie bythe Croatian Society of Film Critics.

Denmark

See 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.[193]

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

Film in a 2007 poll by Ekstra Bladetnewspaper. Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration(Festen) was the

runner-up. [194]

Egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickering_Lightshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Th._Dreyerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Wrathhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Denmarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tko_pjeva_zlo_ne_mislihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Croatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Kaigehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_My_Concubine_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Better_Tomorrowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Film_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_in_a_Small_Townhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_(commune)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julio_comienza_en_julio&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketa_Lazarovahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playback_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweet_Hereafter_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playback_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_10_Canadian_Films_of_All_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_oncle_Antoinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Genie_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playback_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_10_Canadian_Films_of_All_Timehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_of_Montrealhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Canada


11/29



To mark the centennial of Egyptian cinema, Al Ahram daily newspaper asked the country's top 20 critics to choosethe best 15 best Egyptian films of all time. This is the result of the poll (first published July 12, 2007):

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 KatDirected by Daoud Abdel Sayed (1991)

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

Estonia

See 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.[195]

Finland

See also: Cinema of Finland

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

2007.[196]

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

than 1000 votes.[197]

France

See 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 pollof 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.[198]

Lon: The Professional(1994) is currently the highest ranked French film on IMDb's Top 250.[24]

Germany

See also: Cinema of Germany

M Eine Stadt sucht einen Mrderby Fritz Lang is the highest rated German film in the IMDb.[199]

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 filmmakersabove.

Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Laughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Langhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professionalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Paradisehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rules_of_the_Gamehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talvisota_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsingin_Sanomathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(1955_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Finlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Estoniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_and_Kebabhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El-Kit_Kat&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Innocent_(1986_film)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightingale%27s_Prayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_or_Death_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal_Al_Banathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawgat_Ragol_Mohimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Stationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Willhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Collar_and_the_Bracelet&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Bus_Driver&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidaya_wa_Nihayahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_(1969_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Counting_the_Years


12/29



See also: Cinema of Hong Kong

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.[38]

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

production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list. [200]

The Departed(2006), Martin Scorsese's remake of Infernal Affairs,[201]is the highest-ranking Hong Kong co-

production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list. [24]

Hungary

In 2000, Hungarian film critics chose the so-called "Budapest 12",[202]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 GothrHyppolit, a lakj(Hyppolit, 1931) Istvn Szkely

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

A k is 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

India

See 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 & SoundCritics' Poll (ranked #88)[203]and on The Village Voice's top 250 "Best Films of the

Century" critics ' poll (ranked #54).[8][204]It is the highest-ranking trilogy in both polls.

Pather Panchali(1955), the first part of The Apu Trilogyand Satyajit Ray's debut film, appeared on the

Sight & SoundCritics' Poll several times, in 1962 (ranked #11),[203]1992 (ranked #6)[205][206]and 2002

(ranked #22).[207][208]It also appeared on The Village Voicetop 250 "Best Films of the Century"

critics' poll (tied at #12 with The Godfather).[8][204]

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 & SoundCritics' Poll (ranked #42), followed by two other

Ray films The Music Room(1958) and Charulata(1964) tied at #56.[209]

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. [210][211][212]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.

The Hindi film Pyaasa(1957) and the Tamil film Nayagan(1987) both joined the BengaliApu Trilogy(1955

1959) on Time Magazine's ALL-TIME 100 Movies list.[38]

Sholay (Embers)(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.[213]

Junoon(1978), directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by Shashi Kapoor, is a Hindi historical film that,

according to film critic Khalid Mohamed, film set high standards and was then considered to be an all time

epic movie.[214]

Gandhi(1982), an Indian English biographical film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi directed by Richard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Attenboroughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Attenboroughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Englishhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Mohamedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Kapoorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyam_Benegalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junoon_(1978_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesh_Sippyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywoodhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Westernhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%27s_All-TIME_100_Movieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayakan_(1987_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyaasahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_Cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBN_Livehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluri_Chakrapanihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Nagi_Reddyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadiri_Venkata_Reddyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayabazarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charulatahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalsagharhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Apuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfatherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pather_Panchalihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_Voicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Rayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Indian_filmshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Hannibalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Szab%C3%B3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_20th_Centuryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_F%C3%A1brihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry-Go-Round_(1956_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Sekelyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyppolit,_a_lak%C3%A1jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_Goth%C3%A1rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Stands_Still_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9za_von_Radv%C3%A1nyihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Husz%C3%A1rikhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szindb%C3%A1dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Makkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(1971_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Jancs%C3%B3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Round-Up_(1965_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Makhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infernal_Affairshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Kar-Leunghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Master_IIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Hong_Kong


13/29



Attenborough,[215]is the highest-ranked Indian co-production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250

Movies" list.[24]

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

that received 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, Lagaanwas ranked #55 in

Empiremagazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema,"[216]and in 2011, it was listed in Timemagazine's

"The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies" list. [217]

Iran

See 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.[218]

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

Ireland

See 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 Footcoming second.[219]

Israel

See also: Cinema of Israel

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

of a popular Israeli newspaper. The film got votes from 25,000 surfers.[220]

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. [221]

Italy

See 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's100 Greatest Movies of All Time.[222]8(1963). Director Federico Fellini's film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 Sight

& Soundpoll of the best films of all time. [223]

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, [224]where it is currently listed as

the 4th best film ever.[24](Also see Western section above.)

Japan

See 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 Voicepoll of "Best Films of the Century"

(ranked #10).[8]It also tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Sight and Sound2002

Directors' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9).[225]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Attenboroughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_and_Soundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinemahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_considered_the_greatest_ever#Westernhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Uglyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Fellinihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8%C2%BDhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_considered_the_greatest_ever#Polls_of_critics_and_filmmakershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaumilch_Canalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Policemanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giv%27at_Halfon_Eina_Onahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Israelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Left_Foot_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson_Whiskeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Irelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Foreign_Language_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashu,_the_Little_Strangerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Iranhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Bombay!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir_Khanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowarikerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Attenborough


14/29



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. [226]It ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sight

& SoundCritics' Top Ten Poll,[227]appeared on the Sight & SoundDirectors' Top Ten Poll in 1992 (ranked

#10),[228]tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in 2002 (ranked #9), [225]and ranked #17 on the

2012 critics' poll.[229]It is ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' top 100 foreign films, [182]and #1 on their top 100

action/adventure films.[32]It was also voted the "Best Japanese Film ever" in a 1979 Kinema Junpo critics

poll.

[230]

It also topped Empiremagazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list.

[231]

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

and Asian film on the 2002 Sight and SoundCritics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #5). [232]It was also declared the

greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005.[233]In 2012, Tokyo Storytopped the Sight & Sound

directors' poll, dethroning Citizen Kanefor the first time since the directors' poll began in 1992, and has also

come third place in the 2012 critics' poll. [4]

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

film in the Sight & Soundcritics' polls in 1962 (ranked #4)[234]and 1972 (ranked #10).[235]

Macedonia

See 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.

Mexico

See also: Cinema of Mexico

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

Empiremagazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[236]

Netherlands

See 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]

Turks Fruit(Turkish Delight 1973 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999

Netherlands Film Festival.[citation needed]

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

Festival.[237]

New Zealand

See also: Cinema of New Zealand

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

Norway

See 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. [238]

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

the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[238]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Skouenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Lives_(1957_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Caprinohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A5klypa_Grand_Prixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Norwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwartboekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_Fruithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldaat_van_Oranjehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Mexicohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil%C4%8Do_Man%C4%8Devskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Rain_(1994_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Republic_of_Macedoniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Mizoguchihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugetsuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliwell%27s_Film_Guidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujir%C5%8D_Ozuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Storyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(magazine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinema_Junpohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samurai


15/29



Pakistan

See 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.[239]

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

of all time.[240]

Palestine

See also: Cinema of Palestine

Paradise Now

Divine Intervention

Philippines

See also: Cinema of the Philippines

Maynila: Sa mga Kuk o 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.[241][242]

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. [243]

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). [244][245][246][247]

Poland

See also: Cinema of Poland

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

three popular film magazines.[248]

Seksmisjais also on the prominence position in the ranking of Polish movies on portal Filmweb.pl.[249]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 Psy-Pigs(1992).

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).

Romania

See also: Cinema of Romania

Best 10 Romanian films as considered by the Union of Romanian Cineastes and the Film Critics Association[250]

(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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Months,_3_Weeks_and_2_Dayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Mr._L%C4%83z%C4%83rescuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_the_Hangedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reenactmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Romaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Cannes_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Orhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_(2002_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Cannes_Film_Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Orhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Ironhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Film_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_Film_About_Killinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psy_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1989%E2%80%93present)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Bear_(1980_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_rozp%C4%99ta%C5%82em_drug%C4%85_wojn%C4%99_%C5%9Bwiatow%C4%85http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_swoihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_wackohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_(2002_film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmwebhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexmissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexmissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lino_Brockahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynila:_Sa_mga_Kuko_ng_Liwanaghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Philippineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Intervention_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Nowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Palestinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aina_(film)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Film_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Pakistan


16/29



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)

Russia

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

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

Serbia

See 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).[251]

South Korea

See also: Cinema of Korea

Obaltan(): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film. [252]

Oldboy(): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest ranked Korean film on Empiremagazine's "100

Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010[253]and the highest rated Korean language film on the Internet Movie

Database's top 250 list.[254]It also won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[255]

Spain

See also: Cinema of Spain

La Caza(The Hunt, 1966) was chosen as the best Spanish film ever made by the Spanish website

cineario.com.[256]

On IMDb the highest user rated Spanish films are 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).[177]

Sri Lanka

See 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. [257]

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

time.[258]

Sweden

See also: Cinema of Sweden

The Emigrants(Utvandrarna): Jan Troell's naturalist masterwork is often cited in Sweden as the greatest

Swedish film of all-time.[citation needed]

Persona: Acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman's movie reached the highest position (#5 in 1972) of any
http://en.wiki

list of films considered the best - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Documents