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Sight & Sound Greatest Directors' Top Five Films

This list was put together by assembling the directors of the individual films that the critics and the directors polled voted for. 2002 was the only year Sight & Sound compiled the list.
Orson Welles
Alfred Hitchcock
Akira Kurosawa
Federico Fellini
Jean Renoir
Francis Ford Coppola
Stanley Kubrick
Jean-Luc Godard
John Ford
Sergei Eisenstein
Yasujiro Ozu
Billy Wilder
Ingmar Bergman
David Lean
Martin Scorsese
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
F for Fake (1973)
F for Fake (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
4
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
The Trial (1962)
The Trial (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
6
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
7
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
9
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
10
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
14
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
17
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
La Strada (1954)
La Strada (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Amarcord (1973)
Amarcord (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
21
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
A Day in the Country (1936)
A Day in the Country (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Toni (1935)
Toni (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
La Bête Humaine (1938)
La Bête Humaine (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
29
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
30
Rumble Fish (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
31
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
32
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
33
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
34
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
35
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
36
Histoire(S) Du Cinéma (1989)
Histoire(S) Du Cinéma (1989)
37
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
39
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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