List of films considered the best

Citizen Kane (1941), starring Orson Welles topped several international polls, including five Sight & Sound critics' polls

This is a list of films voted the best in a notable survey—either by critics or by the public. Some surveys focus on all films, while others focus on a particular genre or country. Both national surveys and worldwide surveys are included.

The winner of a survey may depend on the voting system, which differs from poll to poll. Some surveys suffer from biases such as self-selection or skewed demographics, or may be susceptible to vote-stacking.

Critics and filmmakers

Sight & Sound

Vertigo (1958) was ranked number one in the most recent Sight & Sound critics poll

Every decade, starting in 1952, the British film magazine Sight & Sound asks an international group of film critics to vote for the greatest film of all time. Starting in 1992, they invited directors as well, to vote in a separate poll. 63 critics participated in 1952, 70 critics in 1962, 89 critics in 1972, 122 critics in 1982, 132 critics and 101 directors in 1992, 145 critics and 108 directors in 2002, and 846 critics and 358 directors in 2012.[1]

This poll is regarded as one of the most important "greatest ever film" lists. American critic 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."[2]

Other notable polls

(1963) was the highest ranked Italian film in many international professional polls.

Rotten Tomatoes

In the Rotten Tomatoes aggregate score rankings, The Wizard of Oz (1939) is in 1st place with a 99% rating based on 110 reviews as of 5 August 2017.[15]

Audience polls

The Godfather (1972) was first in many audience and professionals polls.

Genres or media

Action

Animation (shorts and features)

Christmas

Comedy

Comic/superhero

Disaster

Documentary

Horror

Musical

See The Wizard of Oz in the Rotten Tomatoes section above.

Mystery

Romance

Science fiction

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was the best science fiction film in several polls. Model from Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition - LACMA. (Matthew J. Cotter from Wigan, United Kingdom)

Silent

Sports

Western

National polls

Australia

Bangladesh

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Tokyo Story (1953) topped several international polls.

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Battleship Potemkin (1925) was an early favorite and the top silent movie.

Slovakia

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Taiwan

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Poster shows Rhett Butler carrying Scarlett O'Hara against a backdrop of the Burning of Atlanta
Gone with the Wind (1939) has topped several U.S. audience polls (1967 re-release poster)

Uruguay

Venezuela

See also

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