Interesting to note: In the Mood for Love (#24) and Mulholland Drive (#28) are the only two films from the 00's selected.
What are your thoughts on the list? (Below). I have highlighted the 34 films I have seen so far.
1. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) - 191 votes
2. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) - 157 votes
3. Tokyo Story (Ozu Yasujiro, 1953) - 107 votes
4. La Regle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939) - 100 votes
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W Murnau, 1927) - 93 votes
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) - 90 votes
7. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) - 78 votes
8. Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1939) - 68 votes
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1927) - 65 votes
10. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963) - 64 votes
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11. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) - 63 votes
12. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) - 58 votes
13. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) - 57 votes
14. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) - 53 votes
15. Late Spring (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949) - 50 votes
16. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) - 49 votes
17= Seven Samurai (Kurosawa Akira, 1954) - 48 votes
17= Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) - 48 votes
19. Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974) - 47 votes
20. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1951) - 46 votes
21= L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) - 43 votes
21= Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) - 43 votes
21= The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) - 43 votes
24= Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955) - 42 votes
24= In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000) - 42 votes
26= Rashomon (Kurosawa Akira, 1950) - 41 votes
26= Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966) - 41 votes
28. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) - 40 votes
29= Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) - 39 votes
29= Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) - 39 votes
31= The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) - 38 votes
31= Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) - 38 votes
33. Bicycle Thieves (Vittoria De Sica, 1948) - 37 votes
34. The General (Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926) - 35 votes
35= Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) - 34 votes
35= Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) - 34 votes
35= Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) - 34 votes
35= Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, 1994) - 34 votes
39= The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) - 33 votes
39= La dolce vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) - 33 votes
41. Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) - 32 votes
42= Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) - 31 votes
42= Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) - 31 votes
42= Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964) - 31 votes
42= Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) - 31 votes
42= Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967) - 31 votes
42= Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) - 31 votes
48= The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) - 30 votes
48= Histoire(s) du cinema (Jean-Luc Godard, 1998) - 30 votes
50= City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) - 29 votes
50= Ugetsu monogatari (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953) - 29 votes
50= La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) - 29 votes
12. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) - 58 votes
13. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) - 57 votes
14. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) - 53 votes
15. Late Spring (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949) - 50 votes
16. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) - 49 votes
17= Seven Samurai (Kurosawa Akira, 1954) - 48 votes
17= Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) - 48 votes
19. Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974) - 47 votes
20. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1951) - 46 votes
21= L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) - 43 votes
21= Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) - 43 votes
21= The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) - 43 votes
24= Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955) - 42 votes
24= In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000) - 42 votes
26= Rashomon (Kurosawa Akira, 1950) - 41 votes
26= Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966) - 41 votes
28. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) - 40 votes
29= Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) - 39 votes
29= Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) - 39 votes
31= The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) - 38 votes
31= Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) - 38 votes
33. Bicycle Thieves (Vittoria De Sica, 1948) - 37 votes
34. The General (Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926) - 35 votes
35= Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) - 34 votes
35= Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) - 34 votes
35= Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) - 34 votes
35= Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, 1994) - 34 votes
39= The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) - 33 votes
39= La dolce vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) - 33 votes
41. Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) - 32 votes
42= Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) - 31 votes
42= Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) - 31 votes
42= Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964) - 31 votes
42= Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) - 31 votes
42= Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967) - 31 votes
42= Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) - 31 votes
48= The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) - 30 votes
48= Histoire(s) du cinema (Jean-Luc Godard, 1998) - 30 votes
50= City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) - 29 votes
50= Ugetsu monogatari (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953) - 29 votes
50= La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) - 29 votes
Vertigo (#1), Citizen Kane (#2), The Man With A Movie Camera (#8), The Passion of Joan of Arc (#9), Apocalypse Now (#14), The Seven Samurai (#17), The Godfather (#21), The Godfather Part II (#31), Taxi Driver (#31) and Bicycle Thieves (#33) are all currently listed amongst my personal 'Top 100 Films' while Mulholland Drive (#28), Stalker (#29) and The 400 Blows (#39) have all been included in the past.
Vertigo is a complete surprise on this one. True that Sight and Sound had built it up over the past year or so that Citizen Kane wasn't going to be on top, but, personally, there is no way Vertigo should be number 1.
ReplyDeleteNice to see some Lynch in there, though, and generally, there are some quality films - and some favourites of mine in there - but Vertigo, oh man, oh man, so many films on this list are better than that film. Yeah, it did have an impact on film in some way I guess, but best film of all time? Certainly not in my books...
Would have picked Ugetsu has my number one out of the films on the list! Though I prefer Tokyo Story, Ugetsu is in a different league of it's on out of the films I've seen on the list.
Delete*as my number one
DeleteI really like Vertigo. In fact it is my favourite Hitchcock film. But I'm not convinced it should be #1 either. I have no idea what to claim as the Greatest Film Ever Made but there are some noticeable absences. No Casablanca or Chinatown? No Bergman and The Seventh Seal?
DeleteI have never seen Ugetsu. Or Tokyo Story. How bad is that? It is an interesting list. I like the inclusion of multiple Tarkovsky films. Stalker and Andrei Rublev are especially amazing.
I wish I could find it, but somewhere six or seven years back, Roger Ebert predicted VERTIGO knocking KANE out of top spot.
ReplyDeleteIt will be decried for the next few months I'm sure, but I can live with it taking the slot. It really is a master work, and plays even more so if you're lucky enough to see it on a big screen.
As for the rest of the list, I guess I have a bit of homework to do!
Ahh I have seen it listed at #2, and in the Top 10 of other lists from prominent publications. It doesn't surprise me. It is a masterwork. 34 is quite a solid total, but this list has introduced me to some new films to keep an eye out for.
DeleteAwesome to see Mulholland Dr on the list. Vertigo is good but I think placing it on number 1 is exaggeration.
ReplyDeleteYeah I was pleasantly surprised to see Mulholland Drive listed. In the Mood for Love too. What a film. I have been meaning to watch it again.
DeleteThere will definitely be some fuss about this. :-) Citizen Kane is such a sacred cow.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind Vertigo knocking off Citizen Kane, but why must City Lights be so low on the list?
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful film. Great to see both Chaplin and Keaton (The General, incredible) represented. Quite a few silent films actually. I applaud the selections of #8 and #9.
DeleteThis list has the usual suspects on it, so it isn't that big a surprise. The order of some is. I don't agree Vertigo is the best film of all time, but it has been a trendy pick for a decade or more, so it's not exactly a surprise to me.
ReplyDeleteYeah I agree. Not surprised by Vertigo eclipsing Kane, but the order is somewhat peculiar.
DeleteI haven't seen Playtime (I really should) but I always thought that Mon Oncle was Tati's most well-regarded film. Strange that Mirror ranks highest of Tarkovsky's three.