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  • Spirited Away
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • The 400 Blows

BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 15

68 films

Please note these films are only semi-ranked. Spirited Away did get the most votes in the original list, the next…

  • Vertigo
  • Citizen Kane
  • Tokyo Story
  • The Rules of the Game
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Sight and Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of all Time Critics' Poll

31 films

This is the most recent Sight and Sound Critics' Poll, a director's poll was also made this year and had…

  • Citizen Kane
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • 8½
  • Lawrence of Arabia

Sight and Sound Director’s 2002 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

12 films

Like the critic's list Citizen Kane topped the 1992 and 2002 director's list. However in 2012 Citizen Kane was removed…

  • Citizen Kane
  • Vertigo
  • The Rules of the Game
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II

Sight and Sound Critic’s 2002 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

13 films

Robert Ebert, the only film critic to win a Pulitzer described the Sight and Sound Poll as "by far the…

  • Citizen Kane
  • 8½
  • Raging Bull
  • La Strada
  • L'Atalante

Sight and Sound Director’s 1992 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

12 films

I have watched quite a few of the movies on the Sight and Sound top 10 critic's list and like…

  • Citizen Kane
  • The Rules of the Game
  • Tokyo Story
  • Vertigo
  • The Searchers

Sight and Sound Critic’s 1992 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

12 films

Until 1992 the voted of the invited critics and directors were compiled to make one list. However, since 1992 directors…

  • Citizen Kane
  • The Rules of the Game
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Seven Samurai
  • 8½

Sight and Sound Critic’s 1982 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

13 films

As opposed to most film magazines which concentrate on those films with a general release Sight and Sound reviews all…

  • Citizen Kane
  • The Rules of the Game
  • Battleship Potemkin
  • 8½
  • L'Avventura

Sight and Sound Critic’s 1972 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

18 films

Sight and Sound is currently edited by Nick James before this poll was compiled but I feel it is an…

  • Citizen Kane
  • L'Avventura
  • The Rules of the Game
  • Greed
  • Ugetsu

Sight and Sound Critic's 1962 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

14 films

Sight and Sound published by the BFI, was edited by Gavin Lambert between 1949 and 1955 when the first poll…

  • Bicycle Thieves
  • The Gold Rush
  • City Lights
  • Battleship Potemkin
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Sight and Sound Critic's 1952 Top Ten Poll of the Greatest films of all time

15 films

Sight and Sound is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). It was first published…

  • Spirited Away
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • The 400 Blows

BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14

50 films

BFI's 50 films you should see before you turn 14 was the British Film Institute's attempt to inspire parents and…