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The Sound and Sound/BFI List of the Greatest Movies (2012)

Since 1952, every ten years, Sight and Sound, a magazine published by the British Film Institute, polls movie critics and directors to assemble an authoritative list of the greatest movies made to date. The late Roger Ebert said that it is "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies--the only one most serious movie people take seriously."
The 1952 initial poll was led by Italian director Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves. From 1962 to 2002, the list was led by Orson Welles' first feature Citizen Kane; the 2012 list was headed by Hitchcock's Vertigo.
This list contains the first 110 entries on the critics' poll. The list of the 250 critics' choices is at http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/critics ; links to the directors poll and other articles may also be found there.
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Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
7
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
8
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
14
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Persona (1966)
Persona (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
19
Mirror (1975)
Mirror (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
L'avventura (1960)
L'avventura (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
23
Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
24
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
Ordet (1955)
Ordet (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
27
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
29
Stalker (1979)
Stalker (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Shoah (1985)
Shoah (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
32
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
34
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
35
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
Satantango (1994)
Satantango (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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