Sight & Sound 2012 Critics' Top 100 Poll

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The 2012 poll of 846 critics . Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies—the only one most serious movie people take seriously."

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  1. 93 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 84 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 59 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 11 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 34 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  6. 35 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 5 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 8 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 94 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 50 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 56 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 12 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 63 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 73 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 4 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  18. 85 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  19. 81 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 95 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 74 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 91 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 90 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 33 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 26 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 64 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  29. 20 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 96 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  31. 3 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 53 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  34. 60 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 17 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 41 -

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 24 -

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 42 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 69 -

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 7 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 97 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 66 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 1 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  46. 98 -

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 54 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 68 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 39 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 67 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
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