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Top Ten Films Ever

Vertigo
Vertigo

Vertigo received mixed reviews upon initial release, but is now often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career. Attracting significant scholarly criticism, it replaced Citizen Kane (1941) as the best film ever made in the 2012 British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' poll.

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

To be fair, Citizen Kane doesn’t head every greatest films list. Last year, it stalled at number 33 in Empire magazine’s readers’ poll (number one was The Empire Strikes Back). And, at the time of writing, the users of IMDB had put it in 67th place, reserving the winner’s podium for The Shawshank Redemption.

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Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari). Photograph: Rex I t's dangerous to start watching Japanese cinema, because the world is so extensive and dazzling you may quickly develop a taste for nothing but Japanese films.

La Règle du jeu
La Règle du jeu

The Rules of the Game (original French title: La Règle du Jeu) is a 1939 French film directed by Jean Renoir. It features an ensemble cast of Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier and Jean Renoir himself.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston.

2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey

Is ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ the most ground-breaking film ever? As Kubrick’s monolithic movie celebrates 50 years, special effects gurus and film-makers consider its legacy

The Searchers
The Searchers

The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian Wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adoptive nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).

Man With a Movie Camera
Man With a Movie Camera

In the 2012 Sight and Sound poll, critics voted Man with a Movie Camera the 8th best film ever made. In 2014, Sight and Sound named the film the best documentary of all time. Man with a Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov’s feature, whose running time is 69 minutes, presents urban life in the Ukrainian cities of Odessa, Kharkiv, and Kiev.