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Sight & Sound's Critics' Top 250 Films

This is a list of the best films of all time according to over 1,000 film critics from around the world. Thus it is a more artistic and less ethnocentric view of cinema.
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avg. score: 71 of 250 (29%)
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Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
La Règle Du Jeu
La Règle Du Jeu
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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®   97%
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%
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13
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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%
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21
L'avventura (1960)
L'avventura (1960)
22
Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
23
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
24
Ordet (1955)
Ordet (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
26
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
27
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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29
Stalker (1979)
Stalker (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Shoah (1985)
Shoah (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
32
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
37
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
38
Satantango (1994)
Satantango (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
40
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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