The following are the "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time " according to the worldwide
opinion polls conducted by
Sight & Sound and published in the journal's September 2012 issue. They published the critics' list, based on 846 critics, programmers, academics, and distributors, Sight & Sound , published by the
British Film Institute , has conducted a poll of the
greatest films every 10 years since 1952.
Critics' poll
In the 2012 critics' poll,
Vertigo ranked first, replacing
Citizen Kane , which held the top spot in the previous five
decennial critics' polls.
Directors' poll
Tokyo Story (1953)
Citizen Kane (1941)
In the 2012 directors' poll,
Tokyo Story ranked first,
[1]
[2] replacing Citizen Kane , which held the top spot in both of the previous decennial directors' polls.
[3]
The following are the "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time " according to the worldwide
opinion polls conducted by
Sight & Sound . They published the critics' list, based on 1,639 participating critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics, and the directors' list, based on 480 directors and filmmakers. Sight & Sound , published by the
British Film Institute , has conducted a poll of the
greatest films every 10 years since 1952.
Critics' poll
In the 2022 critics' poll,
Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was ranked first,
[4]
[5] replacing
Vertigo from 2012, and
Citizen Kane , which held the top spot in the five critics' polls before that. It is the first film directed by a woman to take the top spot.
[6]
[7]
Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Belgium, France. Directed by Chantal Akerman
Vertigo (1958) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Citizen Kane (1941) USA. Directed by Orson Welles
Tokyo Story (1953) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
In the Mood for Love (2000) Hong Kong, France. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Beau travail (1998) France. Directed by Claire Denis
Mulholland Dr. (2001) France, USA. Directed by David Lynch
Man with a Movie Camera (1929) USSR. Directed by Dziga Vertov
Singin' in the Rain (1951) USA. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) USA. Directed by F.W. Murnau
The Godfather (1972) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
La Règle du jeu (1939) France. Directed by Jean Renoir
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) France, Italy. Directed by Agnès Varda
The Searchers (1956) USA. Directed by John Ford
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) USA. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied
Close-up (1989) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Persona (1966) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Apocalypse Now (1979) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Seven Samurai (1954) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) France. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
Late Spring (1949) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Playtime (1967) France. Directed by Jacques Tati
Do the Right Thing (1989) USA. Directed by Spike Lee
Au hasard Balthazar (1966) France, Sweden. Directed by Robert Bresson
The Night of the Hunter (1955) USA. Directed by Charles Laughton
Shoah (1985) France. Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Daisies (1966) Czechoslovakia. Directed by Věra Chytilová
Taxi Driver (1976) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) France. Directed by Céline Sciamma
8½ (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
Mirror (1975) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Psycho (1960) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
L'Atalante (1934) France. Directed by Jean Vigo
Pather Panchali (1955) India. Directed by Satyajit Ray
City Lights (1931) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
M (1931) Germany. Directed by Fritz Lang
À bout de souffle (1960) France. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Some Like It Hot (1959) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
Rear Window (1954) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Bicycle Thieves (1948) Italy. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Rashomon (1950) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Stalker (1979) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Killer of Sheep (1977) USA. Directed by Charles Burnett
Barry Lyndon (1975) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Italy, Algeria. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
North by Northwest (1959) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Ordet (1955) Denmark. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
Wanda (1970) USA. Directed by Barbara Loden
The 400 Blows (1959) France. Directed by François Truffaut
The Piano (1992) Australia, France. Directed by Jane Campion
Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
News from Home (1976) France, Belgium. Directed by Chantal Akerman
Le Mépris (1963) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Blade Runner (1982) USA, Hong Kong. Directed by Ridley Scott
Battleship Potemkin (1925) USSR. Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein
The Apartment (1960) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
Sherlock Jr. (1924) USA. Directed by Buster Keaton
Sans Soleil (1982) France. Directed by Chris Marker
La dolce vita (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
Moonlight (2016) USA. Directed by Barry Jenkins
Daughters of the Dust (1991) USA. Directed by Julie Dash
GoodFellas (1990) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
The Third Man (1949) United Kingdom. Directed by Carol Reed
Casablanca (1942) USA. Directed by Michael Curtiz
Touki Bouki (1973) Senegal. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Andrei Rublev (1966) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
La Jetée (1962) France. Directed by Chris Marker
The Red Shoes (1948) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Gleaners and I (2000) France. Directed by Agnès Varda
Metropolis (1927) Germany. Directed by Fritz Lang
L'avventura (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Journey to Italy (1954) Italy, France. Directed by Roberto Rossellini
My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Spirited Away (2001) Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Imitation of Life (1959) USA. Directed by Douglas Sirk
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Sunset Blvd. (1950) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
Sátántangó (1994) Hungary, Germany, Switzerland. Directed by Béla Tarr
A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Taiwan. Directed by Edward Yang
Modern Times (1936) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) France. Directed by Jacques Rivette
Blue Velvet (1986) USA. Directed by David Lynch
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Spain. Directed by Víctor Erice
Pierrot le fou (1965) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Histoire(s) du Cinéma (1988) France, Switzerland. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
The Shining (1980) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Chungking Express (1994) Hong Kong. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Parasite (2019) Republic of Korea. Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Yi Yi (1999) Taiwan, Japan. Directed by Edward Yang
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
The Leopard (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Luchino Visconti
Madame de... (1953) France, Italy. Directed by Max Ophuls
A Man Escaped (1956) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Italy, USA. Directed by Sergio Leone
Tropical Malady (2004) France, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Black Girl (1966) Senegal, France. Directed by Ousmane Sembène
The General (1926) USA. Directed by Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Get Out (2017) USA, Japan. Directed by Jordan Peele
Directors' poll
In the 2022 directors' poll,
2001: A Space Odyssey was ranked first,
[8] replacing
Tokyo Story from 2012 and
Citizen Kane , which held the top spot in both of the directors' polls previous to that.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Citizen Kane (1941) USA. Directed by Orson Welles
The Godfather (1972) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Tokyo Story (1953) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Belgium, France. Directed by Chantal Akerman
Vertigo (1958) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
8½ (1963) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
Mirror (1975) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Persona (1966) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
In the Mood for Love (2000) Hong Kong, France. Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Close-up (1989) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Taxi Driver (1976) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Barry Lyndon (1975) USA, United Kingdom. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Beau travail (1998) France. Directed by Claire Denis
Seven Samurai (1954) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
À bout de souffle (1960) France. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Stalker (1979) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Apocalypse Now (1979) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
A Woman Under the Influence (1974) USA. Directed by John Cassavetes
Rashomon (1950) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Bicycle Thieves (1948) Italy. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Italy, Algeria. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
Mulholland Dr. (2001) France, USA. Directed by David Lynch
Pather Panchali (1955) India. Directed by Satyajit Ray
Raging Bull (1980) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Andrei Rublev (1966) USSR. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
The Godfather Part II (1974) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
GoodFellas (1990) USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Do the Right Thing (1989) USA. Directed by Spike Lee
Ordet (1955) Denmark. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) France. Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
Man with a Movie Camera (1929) USSR. Directed by Dziga Vertov
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) USA. Directed by F.W. Murnau
The 400 Blows (1959) France. Directed by François Truffaut
La Jetée (1962) France. Directed by Chris Marker
La dolce vita (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Federico Fellini
Au hasard Balthazar (1966) France, Sweden. Directed by Robert Bresson
La strada (1954) Italy. Directed by Federico Fellini
La Règle du jeu (1939) France. Directed by Jean Renoir
L'avventura (1960) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Playtime (1967) France. Directed by Jacques Tati
The Night of the Hunter (1955) USA. Directed by Charles Laughton
A Man Escaped (1956) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
Vagabond (1985) France, United Kingdom. Directed by Agnès Varda
Come and See (1985) USSR. Directed by Elem Klimov
Le Mépris (1963) France, Italy. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Italy, USA. Directed by Sergio Leone
City Lights (1931) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
L'Atalante (1934) France. Directed by Jean Vigo
Psycho (1960) USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963) United Kingdom, USA. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Don't Look Now (1973) United Kingdom, Italy. Directed by Nicolas Roeg
La Maman et la Putain (1973) France. Directed by Jean Eustache
Singin' in the Rain (1951) USA. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
La notte (1961) Italy, France. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
The Piano (1992) Australia, France. Directed by Jane Campion
Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Viridiana (1961) Spain, Mexico. Directed by Luis Buñuel
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) France, Italy. Directed by Agnès Varda
Fanny and Alexander (1982) Sweden, France, Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Eraserhead (1976) USA. Directed by David Lynch
Late Spring (1949) Japan. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) USA. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied
Sunset Blvd. (1950) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
La ciénaga (2001) Argentina, USA, Japan, France, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil. Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Sátántangó (1994) Hungary, Germany, Switzerland. Directed by Béla Tarr
Tropical Malady (2004) France, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blade Runner (1982) USA, Hong Kong. Directed by Ridley Scott
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) United Kingdom. Directed by David Lean
Some Like It Hot (1959) USA. Directed by Billy Wilder
Jaws (1975) USA. Directed by Steven Spielberg
Chinatown (1974) USA. Directed by Roman Polanski
The Seventh Seal (1957) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Ikiru (1952) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
L'Argent (1983) France, Switzerland. Directed by Robert Bresson
The Conversation (1974) USA. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Italy, France. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Separation (2011) Iran. Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Kes (1969) United Kingdom. Directed by Ken Loach
Where is the Friend's House? (1987) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
The Searchers (1956) USA. Directed by John Ford
Touki Bouki (1973) Senegal. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Taiwan. Directed by Edward Yang
Sans Soleil (1982) France. Directed by Chris Marker
Modern Times (1936) USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin
News from Home (1976) France, Belgium. Directed by Chantal Akerman
Blue Velvet (1986) USA. Directed by David Lynch
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Spain. Directed by Víctor Erice
Shoah (1985) France. Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Wild Strawberries (1957) Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
The Red Shoes (1948) United Kingdom. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Ascent (1976) USSR. Directed by Larissa Shepitko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) USA. Directed by Michel Gondry
Moonlight (2016) USA. Directed by Barry Jenkins
The Colour of Pomegranates (1968) USSR. Directed by Sergei Paradjanov
The Conformist (1970) Italy, France, Federal Republic of Germany. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Hidden (2004) France, Austria, Germany, Italy. Directed by Michael Haneke
Parasite (2019) Republic of Korea. Directed by Bong Joon-ho
TA'AME-GILAS... (Taste of Cherry) (1997) Iran. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Wanda (1970) USA. Directed by Barbara Loden
Battleship Potemkin (1925) USSR. Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein
Pickpocket (1959) France. Directed by Robert Bresson
Yi Yi (1999) Taiwan, Japan. Directed by Edward Yang
Throne of Blood (1957) Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa