4.08.2008

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AFI's Best Films List 1997 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
02. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
03. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppolla, 1972)
04. Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
05. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
06. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
07. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
08. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
09. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
10. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
12. Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950)

AFI's Best Films List 2007 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppolla, 1972) [up 1 slot]
03. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) [up 1 slot]
04. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) [up 20 slots]
05. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952) [up 5 slots]
06. Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) [down 2 slots]
07. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) [down 2 slots]
08. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) [up 1 slot]
09. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) [up 52 slots]
10. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) [down 4 slots]
11. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) [up 65 slots]
12. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) [up 84 slots]

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Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 1952 Edition

01. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
02. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
02. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
04. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
05. Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
05. Louisiana Story (Robert J. Flaherty, 1948)
07. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
07. Le Jour se lève (Marcel Carné, 1939)
07. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
10. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
10. La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939)

Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 1962 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [new]
02. L'avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) [new]
03. La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [up 7 slots]
04. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924) [up 3 slots]
04. Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) [new]
06. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) [down 2 slots]
07. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) [down 6 slots]
07. Ivan the Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein, 1944 & 1958) [new]
09. La terra trema (Luchino Visconti, 1948) [new]
10. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) [new]

Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 1972 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02. La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [up 1 slot]
03. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) [up 3 slots]
04. 8 1/2 (Fedrico Fellini, 1963) [new]
05. L'avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) [down 3 slots]
05. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) [new]
07. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) [reentry, no slot change]
08. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927) [new]
08. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) [new]
10. Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) [down 6 slots]
10. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) [new]

Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 1982 Edition

01.
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02. La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [no change]
03. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) [new]
03. Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) [new]
05.
8 1/2 (Fedrico Fellini, 1963) [down 1 slot]
06. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) [down 3 slots]
07. L'avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) [down 2 slots]
07. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) [up 1 slot]
07. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948) [new]
10. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927) [down 2 slots]
10. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) [new]

Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 1992 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02.
La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [no change]
03. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) [new]
04. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) [up 3 slots]
05. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) [up 5 slots]
06.
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) [reentry, up 4 slots]
06. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) [reentry, up 1 slot]
06. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) [new]
06.
Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) [no change]
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) [new]

Sight and Sound Critics Poll, 2002 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) [up 2 slots]
03
. La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [down 1 slot]
04. The Godfather/The Godfather pt. II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 & 1974) [new]
05. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) [down 2 slots]
06.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) [up 4 slots]
07.
Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) [down 1 slot]
07. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927) [new]
09.
8 1/2 (Fedrico Fellini, 1963) [reentry, down 4 slots]
10.
Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) [reentry, down 7 slots]

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Sight and Sound Directors Poll, 1992 Edition

01.
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
02. 8 1/2 (Fedrico Fellini, 1963)
02. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
04. La strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)
05.
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
06. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
06. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)
06. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
09. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
10.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
10. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
10. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

Sight and Sound Directors Poll, 2002 Edition

01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) [no change]
02. The Godfather/The Godfather pt. II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 & 1974) [up 4 slots; up 7 slots]
03.
8 1/2 (Fedrico Fellini, 1963) [down 1 slot]
04.
Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) [new]
05. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) [new]
06. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) [new]
06.
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) [down 4 slots]
06.
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) [no change]
09.
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) [up 1 slot]
09.
La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) [new]
09.
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) [up 1 slot]

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Nathaniel Tyson's Rough Top 10 Films of All Time, April 2004 Edition

01. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
02. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
03. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
04. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
05. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
06. All About Eve (Joseph Mankiewicz, 1950)
07. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
08. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
09. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
10. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)



Nathaniel Tyson's Rough Top 10 Films of All Time, April 2008 Edition

01. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) [up 9 slots]
02. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) [up 5 slots]
03. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) [up 13 slots]
04. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) [up 4 slots]
05. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) [up 72 slots]
06. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) [down 5 slots]
07. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michael Gondry, 2004) [new]
08. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966) [up 7 slots]
09. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999) [up 8 slots]
10. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) [down 1 slot]


Nathaniel Tyson

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