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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®   98%
2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
La Règle Du Jeu
La Règle Du Jeu
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®   96%
7
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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®   99%
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®   93%
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)
22
Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963)
23
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Ordet (1955)
Ordet (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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25
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
26
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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®   99%
32
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
33
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
35
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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37
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
38
Satantango (1994)
Satantango (1994)
39
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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