Heartbreaking Works of Staggering Genius? 10 Unlikeliest Films Ever Judged "The Best of All Time"

"…Lumping together individual Ten Best lists is always likely to produce a cosy—or at least classical—consensus, with the eccentrics and the nay-sayers safely marginalized by their inability to agree with each other. But what about the crazy choices that may surface as individual critics (and, increasingly, film-makers) sit down to compose their own lists? What, we wondered, were the most unlikely nominations for 'Best Film'?"
1). Topped the list of a Japanese critic in a 1992 Sight & Sound poll.
2). Top choice of a Belgian critic, also in 1992.
3). Chosen by Ethan Coen in Time Out's 2002 poll.
4). Chosen by Federico Fellini in 1992.
5). Jackie Chan's favorite in 1992 (and winner of Best Picture in 1956).
6). Top choice of a critic in Cinema, 1969.
7). James Toback's choice in 1992.
8). Choice of a Serbian critic in 1992.
9). Wayne Wang's choice in 2002.
10). Chosen by Michael Tolkin in 1992.
—Ian Christie, in *10 Bad Dates with De Niro* (2007), edited by Richard T. Kelly.