In 1952, Sight & Sound magazine polled the world’s leading film critics to compile a list of the best films of all time. The poll has been repeated every ten years, to show which films stand the test of time in the face of shifting critical opinion.

The 2002 list was compiled based on contributions from 145 film critics, writers and academics, and 108 film directors. The 2012 results are expected in the fall and while we wait I thought I would share the 2002 list.

Here are films 6 – 10 …

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) 1968

7. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) 1925

8. Sunrise (Murnau) 1927

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9. 8½ (Fellini) 1963

10. Singin’ In the Rain (Kelly, Donen) 1952

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In 1952, Sight & Sound magazine polled the world’s leading film critics to compile a list of the best films of all time. The poll has been repeated every ten years, to show which films stand the test of time in the face of shifting critical opinion.

The 2002 list was compiled based on contributions from 145 film critics, writers and academics, and 108 film directors. The 2012 results are expected in the fall and while we wait I thought I would share the 2002 list.

The first 5 are …

1. Citizen Kane (Welles) 1941

2. Vertigo (Hitchcock) 1958

3. La Règle du jeu (Renoir) 1939

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4. The Godfather and The Godfather part II (Coppola)

5. Tokyo Story (Ozu) 1953

Trailers courtesy of IMDB.com