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Total: 49  
Seen: 1 (2.0%)
See Again: 2 (4.1%)
Unseen: 46 (93.9%)

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Sight and Sound Top 10 Polls

2022, Critics

 
1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Tokyo Story (1953)
5. In the Mood For Love (2000)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Beau Travail (2000)
8. Mulholland Drive (2001)
9. Man With the Movie Camera (1929)
10. Singin' In the Rain (1952)

2022, Directors

 
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
6. Vertigo (1958)
6. 8 1/2 (1963)
8. The Mirror (1975)
9. Persona (1966)
9. In the Mood For Love (2000)
9. Close-Up (1990)

2012, Critics

 
1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. The Rules of the Game (1939)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. The Searchers (1956)
8. Man With the Movie Camera (1929)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
10. 8 1/2 (1963)

2012, Directors

 
1. Tokyo Story (1953)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. 8 1/2 (1963)
5. Taxi Driver (1976)
6. Apocalypse Now (1979)
7. The Godfather (1972)
7. Vertigo (1958)
9. The Mirror (1975)
10. The Bicycle Thief (1948)

2002, Critics

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. The Rules of the Game (1939)
4. The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
5. Tokyo Story (1953)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
9. 8 1/2 (1963)
10. Singin' In the Rain (1952)

2002, Directors

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
3. 8 1/2 (1963)
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
6. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
6. Raging Bull (1980)
6. Vertigo (1958)
9. Rashomon (1950)
9. The Rules of the Game (1939)
9. The Seven Samurai (1954)

1992, Critics

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Rules of the Game (1939)
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. Vertigo (1958)
5. The Searchers (1956)
6. L'Atalante (1934)
6. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
6. Pather Panchali (1955)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

1992, Directors

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. Raging Bull (1980)
4. La Strada (1954)
5. L'Atalante (1934)
6. The Godfather (1972)
6. Modern Times (1936)
6. Vertigo (1958)
9. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
10. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
10. Rashomon (1950)
10. The Seven Samurai (1954)

1982

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Rules of the Game (1939)
3. The Seven Samurai (1954)
3. Singin' In the Rain (1952)
5. 8 1/2 (1963)
6. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7. L'Avventura (1960)
7. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
7. Vertigo (1958)
10. The General (1927)
10. The Searchers (1956)

1972

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Rules of the Game (1939)
3. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
4. 8 1/2 (1963)
5. L'Avventura (1960)
5. Persona (1966)
7. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
8. The General (1927)
8. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
10. Ugetsu (1953)
10. Wild Strawberries (1957)

1962

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. L'Avventura (1960)
3. The Rules of the Game (1939)
4. Greed (1924)
4. Ugetsu (1953)
6. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
7. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
7. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958)
9. La Terra Trema (1948)
10. L'Atalante (1934)

1952

 
1. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
2. City Lights (1931)
2. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
5. Intolerance (1916)
5. Louisiana Story (1948)
7. Greed (1924)
7. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
7. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
10. Brief Encounter (1945)
10. Le Million (1931)
10. The Rules of the Game (1939)