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Once a decade Sight & Sound asks critics to

select the Greatest Films of All Time. Were
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Critics top 100

proud that, thanks to its longevity and critical reach,
this poll has come to be regarded as the most trusted
guide there is to the canon of cinema greats, not to
mention a barometer of changing critical tastes.
Famously, Citizen Kane topped our poll every decade
from 1962 to 2002
1 Vertigo (1958) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b9caca4)
Alfred Hitchcock
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A former detective with a fear of heights is hired to follow a woman apparently possessed by the past, in
Alfred Hitchcocks timeless thriller about obsession.
2 Citizen Kane (1941) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a7a801b)
Orson Welles
Given extraordinary freedom by Hollywood studio RKO for his debut film, boy wonder Welles created a
modernist masterpiece that is regularly voted the best film ever made.
3 Tokyo Story (1953) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b8908e4)
Ozu Yasujir

The final part of Yasujiro Ozus loosely connected Noriko trilogy is a devastating story of elderly
grandparents brushed aside by their self-involved family.
4 Rgle du jeu, La (1939) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b41d658)
Jean Renoir
Made on the cusp of WWII, Jean Renoirs satire of the upper-middle classes was banned as
demoralising by the French government for two decades after its release.
5 Sunrise (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b7568ee)
F. W. Murnau

Lured to Hollywood by producer William Fox, German Expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau created one
of the silent cinemas last and most luminous masterpieces.
6 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6b9450a5)
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick took science fiction cinema in a grandly intelligent new direction with this epic story of
mans quest for knowledge.
7 Searchers, The (1956) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b54abdf)
John Ford
John Ford created perhaps the greatest of all westerns with this tale of a Civil War veteran doggedly
hunting the Comanche who have kidnapped his niece.
8 Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

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Dziga Vertov
An impression of city life in the Soviet Union, The Man with a Movie Camera is the best-known film of
experimental documentary pioneer Dziga Vertov.
9 Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b754db651)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silent cinema at its most sublimely expressive, Carl Theodor Dreyers masterpiece is an austere but
hugely affecting dramatisation of the trial of St Joan.
10 8 (1963) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6b25bb2b)
Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini triumphantly conjured himself out of a bad case of creative block with this
autobiographical magnum opus about a film director experiencing creative block.
11 Battleship Potemkin (1925) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a68bd9d)
Sergei M Eisenstein
A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Sergei Eisensteins film about a 1905 naval
mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content.
12 Atalante, L' (1934) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a439bc9)
Jean Vigo

Newly-weds begin their life together on a working barge in this luminous and poetic romance, the only
feature film by director Jean Vigo.
13 Breathless (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bfd1ebb)
Jean-Luc Godard
14 Apocalypse Now (1979) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b69562aa2)
Francis Ford Coppola

Transplanting the story of Joseph Conrads colonial-era novel Heart of Darkness to Vietnam, Francis
Ford Coppola created a visually mesmerising fantasia on the spectacle of war.
15 Late Spring (1949) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a498bd1)
Ozu Yasujir
16 Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6a44b82c)
Robert Bresson
Robert Bressons distinctive pared down style elicits extraordinary pathos from this devastating tale of an
abused donkey passing from owner to owner.
17 Seven Samurai (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b5b6382)
Akira Kurosawa
Rice farmers hire a band of samurai to defend them against marauding bandits in Akira Kurosawas
influential epic, a touchstone for action movies ever since.
17 Persona (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b2deaa5)
Ingmar Bergman
A nurse (Bibi Andersson) and an actress who refuses to speak (Liv Ullmann) seem to fuse identities in
Ingmar Bergmans disturbing, formally experimental psychological drama.
19 Mirror (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bb90873)
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky drew on memories of a rural childhood before WWII for this personal, impressionistic
and unconventional film poem.
20 Singin' in the Rain (1951) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b6036b6)
Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly
Hollywoods troubled transition from silent to talking pictures at the end of the 1920s provided the
inspiration for perhaps the greatest of movie musicals.
21 Avventura, L' (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a6e45a7)
Michelangelo Antonioni

In Michelangelo Antonionis groundbreaking and controversial arthouse milestone, the mystery of a
womans disappearance from a Mediterranean island is left unresolved.
21 Godfather: Part I, The (1972) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6ab4237b)
The first of Francis Ford Coppolas epic trilogy about the Corleone crime family is the disturbing story of a
son drawn inexorably into his fathers Mafia affairs.
21 mpris, Le (1963) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b049967)
Jean-Luc Godard

Working with his biggest budget to date, Jean-Luc Godard created a sublime widescreen drama about
marital breakdown, set during pre-production on a film shoot.
24 Rashomon (1950) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b3ec3fe)
Akira Kurosawa
Credited with bringing Japanese cinema to worldwide audiences, Akira Kurosawas breakthrough tells
the story of a murder in the woods from four differing perspectives.
24 Ordet (1955) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b752105a2)
Carl Theodor Dreyer

The penultimate film by the Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer is a parable on the power of faith, set in
a remote religious community.
24 In The Mood For Love (2000) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b8485aac9)
Wong Kar Wai
27 Andrei Rublev (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b7433c1)
Andrei Tarkovsky

The life of a 15th century icon painter takes centre stage in Andrei Tarkovskys epic meditation on the
place of art in turbulent times.
28 Mulholland Dr (2001) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b8379038e)
David Lynch
29 Stalker (1979) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bf3bbfd)
Andrei Tarkovsky
29 Shoah (1985) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b76b0507b)
Claude Lanzmann

31 Taxi Driver (1976) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6b7bc1b8)
Martin Scorsese
Martins Scorseses unsettling story of disturbed New York cab driver Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a
classic of 70s cinema.
31 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6ab42667)

The expansive second part of Francis Ford Coppolas Mafia saga continues the Corleone family story,
charting in parallel young Vitos earlier rise to prominence.
33 Bicycle Thieves, The (1948) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6ae61fec)
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sicas story of a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle on the streets of Rome is a
classic of postwar Italian cinema.
34 Psycho (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b39fc24)
Alfred Hitchcock
34 General, The (1926) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6aae85f3)
Buster Keaton
Train driver Buster Keaton gives chase when Union agents steal his locomotive in this classic silent
comedy set at the time of the American Civil War.
36 Stntang (1994) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b7d2993a2)
Bla Tarr
36 Metropolis (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b0544c6)
Fritz Lang

Fritz Langs epic vision of a futuristic city where workers toil for their domineering overseers has proved
an immeasurable influence on science-fiction filmmaking.
36 Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

(1975) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b73116007)
Chantal Akerman
39 dolce vita, La (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a90d39d)
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellinis epic charts a week in the life of a tabloid journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) as the
excesses of modern Roman life go on around him.
39 400 Blows, The (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b3b75b7)
FranoisWe use cookies on this site to enhance your user
Truffaut
The directorial debut of film critic Franois Truffaut, this autobiographical story of a wayward child marked
a fresh start for French cinema.
41 Pather Panchali (1955) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b2b59cc)
Satyajit Ray
The first part of Satyajit Rays acclaimed Apu Trilogy is a lyrical, closely observed story of a peasant
family in 1920s rural India.
41 Journey to Italy (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b9d14d8)
Roberto Rossellini

This devastating study of a marriage coming apart during a holiday in Italy is the best known of the films
Roberto Rossellini made with his wife Ingrid Bergman.
43 Pierrot le Fou (1965) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b310bc0)
Jean-Luc Godard
Riffing on the classic couple-on-the run movie, enfant terrible Jean-Luc Godard took the narrative
innovations of the French New Wave close to breaking point.
43 Close-Up (1989) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b7a39630e)
Abbas Kiarostami

43 Some Like It Hot (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b76e98a5c)
Billy Wilder
On the run from Chicago mobsters, two musicians don drag to join an all-girl jazz band fronted by Sugar
Kane (Marilyn Monroe) in Billy Wilders hugely popular comedy.
43 Playtime (1967) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b3291db)
Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati directs and stars in this fun account of the bumbling M Hulots day in Paris.
43 Gertrud (1964) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6ab03131)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
48 Histoire(s) du cinma
Jean-Luc Godard
48 Battle of Algiers, The (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6f24787d)
Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvos masterpiece about the turbulent last years of French colonial rule in Algeria, seen from
the perspective of both the guerrilla revolutionaries and the French authorities.

50 City Lights
experience. (1931)
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Charles Chaplin
The Tramp wins the affections of a blind flower seller (Virginia Cherrill) in this hilarious but heartbreaking
comedy one of Charlie Chaplins uncontested masterpieces.
50 Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b94daff)
Mizoguchi Kenji
In war-torn 16th-century Japan, two men leave their wives to seek wealth and glory in Kenji Mizoguchis
tragic supernatural classic.
50 Jete, La (1962) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b7b9372f0)
Chris Marker

53 North by Northwest (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-
tv-people/4ce2b6bf4e912)
Alfred Hitchcock
53 Rear Window (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6955c6ba)
Alfred Hitchcock

53 Raging Bull (1980) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6bf2249d)
Martin Scorsese
Starring Robert De Niro as the middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, Scorseses biopic is widely
acknowledged as one of the greatest films of the 1980s.
56 M (1931) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6af6aedd)
Fritz Lang
For his first sound film Fritz Lang turned to the story of a child killer (Peter Lorre), who is hunted down by
police and underworld alike.
57 Leopard, The (1963) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6aadb03d)
Luchino Visconti
57 Touch of Evil (1958) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6b8bc241)
Yes, I agree
Orson Welles Tell me more
Orson Welles return to Hollywood after ten years working in Europe is a sleazy border tale in which he
takes centre stage as gargantuan detective Hank Quinlan.
59 Sherlock Jr (1924) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b5b13f5)
Buster Keaton
Keatons third feature is a breathtakingly virtuosic display of every silent comedy technique imaginable,
from his own formidable physical skills to some then-groundbreaking camera trickery.
59 Barry Lyndon (1975) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bc285f7)
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubricks exquisitely detailed adaptation of William Makepeace Thackerays novel about the
picaresque exploits of an 18th century Irish adventurer.
59 Maman et la putain, La (1973)

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Jean Eustache
59 Sansho Dayu (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b50a0d5)
Mizoguchi Kenji
This sweeping historical tragedy about two children separated from their parents and sold into slavery
continued a run of late masterpieces from Kenji Mizoguchi.
63 Wild Strawberries (1957) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b6466ce)
Ingmar Bergman
On a road trip to receive an honorary degree, an elderly academic (Victor Sjstrom) looks back over his
life in Ingmar Bergmans art-cinema classic.
63 Modern Times (1936) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bbbf1e2)
Charles Chaplin
The final outing for Charlie Chaplins beloved Tramp character finds him enduring the pratfalls and
humiliations of work in an increasingly mechanised society.
63 Sunset Blvd. (1950) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

Billy Wilder

The most caustic of European migr directors, Wilder explored the movie industry and the delusions of
stardom in Hollywoods great poison pen letter to itself.
63 Night of the Hunter, The (1955)

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Charles Laughton
Actor Charles Laughtons only film as a director is a complete one-off, a terrifying parable of the
corruption of innocence featuring a career-best performance from Robert Mitchum.
63 Pickpocket (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b30995b)
Robert Bresson
63 Rio Bravo (1958) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

Howard We use cookies on this site to enhance your user
Hawks
A decade after Red River (1947), Howard Hawks reteamed with John Wayne for this rambling western
riffing on the directors usual themes of friendship and professionalism.
69 Blade Runner (1982) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b69ac89d8)
Ridley Scott
Loosely adapted from a novel by Phillip K. Dick, Ridley Scotts dark, saturated vision of 2019 Los
Angeles is a classic of popular science-fiction cinema.
69 Blue Velvet (1986) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6f6c85c4)
David Lynch

In David Lynchs idiosyncratic drama, a young mans curiosity draws him into the twisted criminal sub-
culture operating beneath the placid surface of his cosy hometown.
69 Sans Soleil (1982) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b7663dc08)
Chris Marker
69 Man Escaped, A (1956) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a7da289)
Robert Bresson
73 Third Man, The (1949) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

Carol Reed

An American abroad in post-war Vienna pursues his missing friend down a rabbit hole of intrigue and
moral corruption in Carol Reeds masterpiece of European noir.
73 eclisse, L' (1962) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a9624ac)
Michelangelo Antonioni
Antonionis film charts the hot and cold relationship of a young couple in bustling Rome.
73 enfants du paradis, Les (1945)

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Marcel Carn

Made during the Nazi occupation of France, Marcel Carnes romantic epic of the 19th-century theatre
world is a life-affirming tribute to love, Paris and the stage.
73 grande illusion, La (1937) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6ab6f1c7)
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoirs pacifist classic is set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during WWI, where class kinship
is felt across national boundaries.
73 Nashville (1975) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b143f57)
Robert Altman

Made to celebrate the bicentennial of American Independence, Robert Altmans footloose epic blends the
lives of 24 characters in the capital of country music.
78 Chinatown (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6a78d5ab)
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanskis brilliant thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a private eye uncovering corruption in 1930s
Los Angeles, a desert town where water equals power.
78 Beau Travail (1998) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b8203c690)
Claire Denis

78 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
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Sergio Leone
The railroad rushes westward, bringing power and progress with it, in Sergio Leones grandest spaghetti
western, an operatic homage to Hollywoods mythology of the Old West.
81 Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)

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Orson Welles

Among the most famous of broken films, Orson Welles masterful follow-up to Citizen Kane was taken
out of his control and re-edited by the studio.
81 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6aea50ea)
David Lean
An eccentric English officer inspires the Arabs to unite against the Turks during WWI in David Leans
seven Oscar-winner, an epic in every sense.
81 Spirit of the Beehive, The (1973)

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Vctor Erice
84 Fanny and Alexander (1984) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b69415af8)
Ingmar Bergman
The grand summation of Ingmar Bergmans career, this epic family drama drew on the directors own
childhood experiences in early 20th century Sweden.
84 Casablanca (1942) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b82020179)
Michael Curtiz
Everybody comes to Ricks bar, including expat Ricks (Humphrey Bogart) former lover Ilsa (Ingrid
Bergman), in one of Hollywoods most-loved romantic melodramas.
84 Colour of Pomegranates, The (1968)

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Sergei Parajanov

84 Greed (1925) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b7219ffd8)
Erich von Stroheim
Silent cinemas most famous lost film, Erich von Stroheims monumental study of three ordinary lives
destroyed by avarice was ruinously edited down by the studio.
84 Brighter Summer Day, A (1991)

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Edward Yang

84 Wild Bunch, The (1969) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6bad3a0d)
Sam Peckinpah
A gang of outlaws goes out in a blaze of violence and glory in Sam Peckinpahs elegiac film about the
dying days of the wild west.
90 Partie de campagne (1936) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b2a3772)
Jean Renoir
90 Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

tv-people/4ce2b6a54c395)
Werner Herzog

90 Matter of Life and Death, A (1946)
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Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger
In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburgers audacious Technicolor fantasy, WWII airman David Niven
finds himself summoned to heaven after surviving a plane crash that should have killed him.
93 Seventh Seal, The (1957) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6b61b4e8)
Ingmar Bergman

During the plague-ravaged middle ages, a knight buys time for himself by playing chess with Death in
Bergmans much-imitated arthouse classic.
93 chien andalou, Un (1928) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6ffc05d8)
Luis Buuel
93 Intolerance (1916) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6bbaea80)
D.W. Griffith
Responding to criticisms of racism for his record-breaking The Birth of a Nation, film-making pioneer
D.W. Griffith made this epic drama depicting intolerance through the ages.
93 One and a Two, A (1999) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b847b975d)
Edward We use cookies on this site to enhance your user
Yang
93 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)
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Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr and Roger Livesy star in this wondrous British Technicolor classic one of cinemas
greatest studies of Englishness.
93 Touki Bouki (1973) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b77b4418a)
Djibril Diop Mambty

93 Fear Eats the Soul (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-
people/4ce2b6bfdd960)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinders international breakthrough is an unconventional love story with devastating emotional

power.
93 Imitation of Life (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6ad028a9)
Douglas Sirk
Lana Turner shines in Douglas Sirks moving rags-to-riches tale.
93 Madame de (1953) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

people/4ce2b6af779a6)
Max Ophls

Tragic consequences ensue when a society woman pawns the earrings her husband gave her, in Max
Ophuls graceful and opulent period drama.
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1 Vertigo (1958) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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2 Citizen Kane (1941) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

3 Tokyo Story (1953) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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4 Rgle du jeu, La (1939) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

5 Sunrise (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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6 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

7 Searchers, The (1956) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

8 Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

9 Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

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11 Battleship Potemkin (1925) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

12 Atalante, L' (1934) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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13 Breathless (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

14 Apocalypse Now (1979) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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15 Late Spring (1949) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

16 Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

17 Seven Samurai (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

17 Persona (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

19 Mirror (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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20 Singin' in the Rain (1951) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

21 Avventura, L' (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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21 Godfather: Part I, The (1972) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

21 mpris, Le (1963) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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24 Rashomon (1950) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

24 Ordet (1955) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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24 In The Mood For Love (2000) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

27 Andrei Rublev (1966) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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28 Mulholland Dr (2001) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

29 Stalker (1979) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

29 Shoah (1985) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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31 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-

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33 Bicycle Thieves, The (1948) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

34 Psycho (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

34 General, The (1926) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

36 Stntang (1994) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

36 Metropolis (1927) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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36 Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

39 dolce vita, La (1960) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

39 400 Blows, The (1959) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

41 Pather Panchali (1955) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

41 Journey to Italy (1954) (http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-

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