Note: This article does not include films that had the highest box office receipts. For this information see: List of highest-grossing films and List of highest-grossing films throughout history.

While it is impossible to determine objectively the greatest film of all time, it is possible to list films considered the greatest ever by a sizeable populace of the film-watching community. The criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film is considered the "greatest" in a quantitative survey – be it a critics' poll, popular poll, or awards. Many of these measures focus on American films, but those considered the greatest within their respective countries are included at the end. The following are two non-definitive lists of the all-time highest-grossing films. ... This list includes those films which have had the highest theatrical grosses (up to that time) in North America (the United States and Canada). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

In polls of critics and filmmakers

• Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been consistently voted number one in the Sight and Sound poll of film critics in each of the last five polls starting with the 1962 poll (the survey is carried out once every ten years). A separate poll of established film directors in the same magazine, held for the first time in 1992, also has placed Citizen Kane at the top. Influential critic Roger Ebert says that "The Sight and Sound poll is generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists". He also considers Citizen Kane the best film ever. The film was selected as number one in a Village Voice critics' poll, number one in a Time Out critics' poll in 1995 and listed as the greatest American film ever by the American Film Institute in 1998.
• La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) by director Jean Renoir was named best film by the French film magazine Positif in 1991. It also holds the number two spot in the Village Voice poll. Along with The Battleship Potemkin, it is one of only two films to have appeared in every one of Sight and Sound's six decennial polls.
• The Searchers is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language Steadycam magazine. [1]
• The Battleship Potemkin was voted best film ever by a panel of experts at the 1958 World's Fair.^{[citation needed]}
• Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) was voted top film in a Sight & Sound magazine poll in 1952. Other than Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thieves is the only film to ever top the Sight and Sound poll.

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In audience polls

• The Godfather has long stood atop IMDb's list of the top 250 films. It was also voted number one by Entertainment Weekly readers and number one in a Time Out Readers' poll in 1995.
• The Godfather Part II was voted best ever by TV Guide readers in 1998.
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy was voted the most popular film of all time by an audience poll for the Australian television special My Favourite Film. Its first film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was the pick of readers in a poll by Empire magazine in November 2004. It is the only trilogy to have all 3 pictures in the Top 25 of the IMDb's top 250 films.
• Casablanca (1942) is widely cited as the greatest film of all time and was voted as such by readers of the Los Angeles Daily News in 1997. It is also regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. On April 7, 2006, the Writer's Guild of America declared Casablanca's screenplay the best ever written.
• Star Wars (1977) was chosen by readers of Empire magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4/FilmFour poll [2]. It was voted number one in the Australian television special 20 to 1: Magnificent Movies.
• The Shawshank Redemption is listed as the #2 entry on the IMDb list. It is the highest rated film on Yahoo! Movies by Yahoo! users and was voted the best film never to have won "Best Picture" in a 2005 BBC poll. [3] In January 2006 Empire magazine readers named it the best film ever.
• Goodfellas was voted the greatest film of all time in 2005 by Total Film.
• According to the IMDB Top 250, as of April 22, 2007, the top 10 films are:

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Academy Awards

Ever since their inception in 1928, the Academy Awards (the Oscars) have been seen as the most significant of the film award ceremonies, though it should be noted that dominance is dependent upon the competition in film that year as well as a film's own merits. The first film to dominate an Oscars ceremony was Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1935. It was the first film to win five awards. Moreover it won the "Oscar grand slam" by winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay—a feat that has subsequently been repeated only twice, by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1976 and by The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This article is about the film director. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). ... See also: 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ... Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a 1975 film directed by MiloÅ¡ Forman. ... // Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... // April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan OKeefe in New York Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made. ...

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Gigi was the film to break Gone with the Wind's record, winning in all nine of its nominated categories at the ceremony for films made in 1958. However, its moment at the top was short-lived, as the epic Ben-Hur went on to win 11 Oscars from 12 nominations the following year. Gigi is a 1958 motion picture musical set in Paris, France. ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the most popular live-action version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ...

Ben-Hur's eleven Oscars remains the record. This achievement in turn has been equalled twice—by Titanic in 1997 with 11 awards from 14 nominations, and by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which won in all 11 of its nominated categories in 2003 in the greatest 'sweep' in the history of the Academy Awards, despite not having been nominated in any of the four acting categories. Ben-Hur is the fictional story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Judean aristocrat who, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus, is enslaved through the betrayal of his Roman friend Messala. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... // February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

In particular genres

Animation

• Tale of Tales (Сказка сказок) (1979) - Yuriy Norshteyn's short film was voted by a large international jury to be the greatest animated film of all time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympiad of Animation and the 2002 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films. [4] [5]
• Akira (1988) was chosen as the top anime ever by Anime Insider in fall 2001.
• Toy Story (1995) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the Online Film Critics Society (list published March 2003).^[1] Toy Story was also the first animated movie to be nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the Oscars.
• What's Opera, Doc? (1957), directed by Chuck Jones was voted the greatest animated short of all time in animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors.

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Comedy

• Some Like It Hot (1959) was listed Best Comedy by the American Film Institute in June 2000.
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) was voted the greatest comedy ever by viewers of Channel 4 in 2005.[6] It also was rated #1 comedy of all time from a poll conducted by TotalFilm Magazine.
• National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funniest movies of all time, and was #36 on AFI's "100 Years...100 Laughs".

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Concert

• The Last Waltz (1978), Martin Scorsese's chronicling of The Band's farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day in 1976. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune calls it "The greatest rock concert movie ever made -- and maybe the best rock movie, period." Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press comments that "This is one of the great movie experiences." [7] The review at Total Film comments "In what is rightly considered the greatest concert film ever shot . . ." [8]. Rolling Stone dubbed it the greatest film about music ever made.
• Stop Making Sense (1984) Film critic James Berardinelli wrote that Jonathan Demme's capturing of the Talking Heads in concert was "the best concert film to date when it first came out, and nothing in the past decade-and-a-half has come close to toppling it from that position." Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle had similar praise: "Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized? I don't think so."

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Disaster

• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) was voted best disaster movie in a consumer poll commissioned by UCI cinemas in May 2004.

The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action/adventure/disaster film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture...

Documentary

• Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore's controversial documentary relating gun control and the culture of fear in the United States, heads the list of 20 all-time favorite non-fiction films selected by members of the International Documentary Association (IDA). [9]
• Seven Up! was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Channel 4 poll of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.

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Epic

• Lawrence of Arabia Voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 2004. In addition, Peter O'Toole's performance as T.E. Lawrence was ranked number one in Premiere magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

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Horror/thriller

• Psycho: the Alfred Hitchcock classic tops AFI’s list of the 100 most thrilling American films.
• Halloween: Voted best horror film of all time by readers of SFX magazine in June 2004.
• The Exorcist: Voted scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

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Musical

• Singin' in the Rain tops the American Film Institutes list of the 25 best musicals of all time. [10]
• West Side Story was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of The Observer in a 2007 poll. [11]
• Grease was voted the greatest musical by viewers of Channel 4 in 2003.

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Propaganda

• Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl's documentary film glorifying Hitler and the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg is widely perceived, renowned, and reviled as the best propaganda film ever [12], although Riefenstahl asserted she intended it only as a documentary.

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Romance

• Casablanca is the top film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list, which ranks films in which there is "a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative".

Casablanca is a 1943 romantic film set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. ... Part of the AFI 100 Years. ...

Science fiction

• Blade Runner - Voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004. [13]
• Serenity - was voted number one in SFX magazine's reader's poll of 2007. There were 3,000 respondees [14].

Blade Runner is an influential 1982 cyberpunk film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, adapted from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Serenity is a 2005 science fiction space western/epic film written and directed by Joss Whedon. ... SFX is a three letter acronym for any of the following: Special effects or Sound effects SFX, a sci-fi magazine Spread Firefox, a campaign to encourage the use of Mozilla Firefox SFX, a concert venue in Dublin Self-extracting archive, a compressed file with an embedded executable to decompress...

War

• In 2005 Saving Private Ryan was voted as the greatest war film in a Channel 4 poll of the 100 Greatest ever war films.

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, set in World War II. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of the scenes in its first 25 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ...

Western

• The Searchers was voted the greatest Western of all time by Entertainment Weekly. (See also: films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above).

The Searchers is a 1956 epic Western film directed by John Ford, which tells the story of Ethan Edwards, a bitter, middle-aged loner played by John Wayne, who spends years looking for his abducted niece. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

In particular countries

Argentina

See also: Cinema of Argentina

• The Official Story was voted the top film of the 25 Top Best Argentina made movies.^{[citation needed]}

The Cinema of Argentina has a long tradition, and plays an important role in the culture of Argentina. ... The Official Story (Spanish: La Historia Oficial) is a 1985 Argentinean film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. ...

Australia

See also: Cinema of Australia

• Mad Max: voted the best Australian film ever by the Australian Film Institute. Nominated for four Australian Film Institute Awards.
• Picnic at Hanging Rock: voted No. 1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films at 1995 centenary of Australian cinema[15]
• Gallipoli: voted No. 1 on 20 to 1: Great Aussie Films

Ned Kelly depicted in the first Australian feature-length narrative film The cinema of Australia has a long history and has produced many internationally-recognized films, actors and filmmakers. ... Mad Max is an Australian apocalyptic science fiction action film from 1979 directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy. ... The Australian Film Institute (AFI), established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual AFI Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year. ... The Australian Film Institute Awards (often abbreviated to AFI Awards) is an annual awards ceremony administered by the Australian Film Institute, held in late November or early December. ... Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian film adaptation of the novel of the same name. ... Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. ...

Brazil

See also: Cinema of Brazil

• Central Station (Central do Brasil in Portuguese). According to one internet poll,^[2] Academy Award-nominated Central Station is the second best Brazilian film of all-time with 18,13% of the votes, behind only City of God.

• City of God (Cidade de Deus in Portuguese). Academy Award-nominated City of God is the highest ranking Brazilian film featured in Time's list of the 100 best movies of all-time.^[3] It is also the highest ranked (#18) in Internet Movie Database's top 250 list.

• Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (English: God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun, also known as Black God, White Devil). An example of Brazilian cinema movement known as Cinema Novo, is considered by many critics to be the best Brazilian movie of all time.^[4] It was also named the best Brazilian film from a poll conducted by the Brazilian film magazine Contracampo (no. 27).^[5]

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Canada

See also: Cinema of Canada

• Mon oncle Antoine: A poll of critics at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival and again at the 1993 and 2004 festivals named this the greatest Canadian film of all time.
• Jésus de Montréal: Ranked second on the All Time TIFF list since its release, and a winner of 12 Genie Awards.
• Un Zoo la Nuit: Winner of the most Genie Awards with 13.

The cinema of Canada has produced many people who have made an impact in the cinema of the world, despite the small scale of the Canadian film industry. ... Mon oncle Antoine (1971) is a dramatic film by Quebec director Claude Jutra. ... Poster for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival Box office at the Manulife Centre The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world and is the premiere film festival in North America from which the Oscars race begins. ... Jésus de Montréal is a 1989 film by Quebec film director Denys Arcand. ... The Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian films and television, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. ... Un zoo la nuit (English title Night Zoo) is a 1987 Canadian film directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon. ...

China

See also: Cinema of China

• Spring in a Small Town (小城之春): This 1948 film was voted the best Chinese film ever made by Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005. A Better Tomorrow (英雄本色) (1986) came in second.

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Finland

See also: Cinema of Finland

• The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas in Finnish), received seven "Jussi" (Finnish Oscar) statuettes [16].

In Finnish cinema, Aki Kaurismäki is a big name. ... The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is a Finnish film directed by Edvin Laine and premiered in December 1955. ... The Jussi is the Finnish equivalent of the Oscar Academy Award. ...

France

See also: Cinema of France

• Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise): Voted "Best French Film of the Century" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.
• La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game): see films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers

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Germany

See also: Cinema of Germany

• Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's silent film Nosferatu is regarded by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog as the greatest German movie of all time. [17]
• Downfall (Der Untergang) – This German World War II epic which depicts the final days of the Third Reich in Adolf Hitler's bunker, is currently the highest rated German film in the IMDB top 250 films (rated by users). M, Fritz Lang's 1931 classic crime film is a close second [18].

Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the very beginnings of the medium at the end of the 19th Century and German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film. ... F. W. Murnau. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1922 by F.W. Murnau. ... Werner Herzog passionately singing a traditional Croatian ode of love to beautiful Serbian girls who he wants to take to Germany to have German babies with. ... Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German film depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1945. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Hitler redirects here. ... M is a 1931 German crime film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. ...

India

See also: Cinema of India

See also: Lists of Indian films

• Pather Panchali (1955) is the first film of director Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959). It appeared on Sight and Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9 in 1992) and the Village Voice 100 Best Films of the 20th Century Critics' Poll (ranked #13 in 2001). It was ranked the top Indian film in a 2002 popularity poll by the British Film Institute (BFI) conducted on the World Wide Web.
• The Apu Trilogy, Nayakan (1987) and Pyaasa (1957) are the only three Indian films listed in the "All-Time 100 Best Films", as rated by TIME magazine.

The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 alone). ... Every year the Indian film industy produces in excess of 2000 films between the 7 different film industries, Bollywood, Kollywood, Malayalam cinema, Kannada cinema, Bengali cinema, Assamese cinema and Tollywood. ... Pather Panchali (Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী Pôther Pãchali, English: ), released in 1955, is the first film of director Satyajit Rays Apu trilogy. ...   (Bengali: সত্যজিত্ রায় Shottojit Rae) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. ... The Apu trilogy is a series of three films directed by Satyajit Ray. ... Template:Pentland knight Nayagan (1987) (a. ... Pyaasa (Eternal Thirst in English) is a 1957 Indian film directed by Guru Dutt. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

Ireland

• The Commitments (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2005 Jameson Whiskey poll of 10,000 Irish people, with My Left Foot coming second. 24

The novel The Commitments was made into a film in 1991, directed by Alan Parker. ... Jameson whiskey was founded by John Jameson. ... My Left Foot, is a 1989 film which tells the story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who can only move his left foot. ...

Italy

See also: Cinema of Italy

• 8½ – Director Federico Fellini's 1963 film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the best films of all time.
• Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (See: Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers section above.)
• Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (1966) is the highest-ranked non-American film on the IMDB Top 250, let alone Italian film, where it is listed as the 4th best film ever.

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera. ... 8½ (Italian: Otto e Mezzo) is a 1963 film written and directed by Italian director Federico Fellini. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ladri di biciclette (literally translated as Bicycle Thieves) is a 1948 Italian neorealist film known in its US English release as The Bicycle Thief. ... The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: ) is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach in the title roles. ...

Japan

See also: Cinema of Japan

• Rashomon (羅生門): This 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain world-wide acclaim. The highest-ranked Japanese film (#10) on the Village Voice list of 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll.
• Tokyo Story (東京物語 Tokyo Monogatari), 1953. This film by Yasujiro Ozu about an aging couple as they journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in postwar Tokyo was declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005 25. It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Critics' Top Ten Poll. (As well as the only non-Kurosawa Japanese film in any of its polls.)
• Seven Samurai (七人の侍 Shichinin no samurai), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; it is ranked #10 in the IMDB Top 250 (as of March 2007).
• Akira Kurosawa's Ran is listed in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die as being one of the ten best films ever.

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The Netherlands

See also: Cinema of the Netherlands

• Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange - 1977 - Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever made in a 2006 internet poll by online film magazine Filmwereld.nl.
• Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight - 1973 - Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 Netherlands Film Festival.

The Dutch film industry has long been renowned for its documentaries. ... Soldaat van Oranje (Soldiers of Orange) is a 1977 film by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbe. ... This article is about the Dutch director; for the German director, actor, and writer see Paul Verhoeven (Germany). ... Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and filmed by Jan de Bont. ... This article is about the Dutch director; for the German director, actor, and writer see Paul Verhoeven (Germany). ... The Netherlands Film Festival (Dutch: Nederlands Film Festival) is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht. ...

Norway

See also: Cinema of Norway

• Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix - 1975 - Ivo Caprino): The people's choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.^[6]
• Ni Liv (Nine Lives - 1957 - Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.

Norway has had a notable cinema industry for some time. ... Flåklypa Grand Prix (released under the English title Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) is a Norwegian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. ... Ivo Caprino (Oslo, February 17, 1920 – February 8, 2001 in Oslo) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. ... Ni Liv (en. ... Arne Skouen (October 18, 1913–May 24, 2003) was best known for his work as a film director. ...

Russia

See also: Cinema of Russia and Soviet Union

• Броненосец Потёмкин (Battleship Potemkin) see: Films acclaimed by critics and filmakers above.

Introduction While Russia was involved in filmmaking as early as most of the other nations in the West, it only came into prominence during the 1920s when it explored editing as the primary mode of cinematic expression. ... The Battleship Potemkin (Russian: , ), sometimes rendered as The Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. ...

Sweden

See also: Cinema of Sweden

• The Emigrants (Utvandrarna): Jan Troell's naturalist masterwork was the first Scandinavian film to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, and it is often cited in Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.^{[citation needed]}
• Persona: voted "Best Picture" by US National Society of Film Critics. This film by acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman also reached the highest position (#5) of any Swedish film on Sight & Sound's 1972 list of greatest films of all time.
• The Seventh Seal: also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDB.
• Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip) was voted in the TV program "Folktoppen" as the funniest Swedish film ever made.

Swedish cinema is one of the most widely-known national cinemas in the world, and certainly the most prominent of Scandinavia. ... The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) is a 1971 film directed by Jan Troell. ... Jan Troell (born July 23, 1931 in Limhamn outside Malmö, SkÃ¥ne län, Sweden) is a Swedish film director. ... Persona is a movie by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, released in 1966, and featuring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. ... Ingmar Bergman   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the twentieth century. ... The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is an existential 1957 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman about the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) across a plague-ridden landscape. ... Ingmar Bergman   (IPA: in Swedish) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the twentieth century. ... The 1980 film Sällskapsresan, which translates from Swedish to The Conducted Tour, is the first in a series directed by Lasse Ã…berg. ...

Thailand

See also: Cinema of Thailand

• Tropical Malady (Thai: สัตว์ประหลาด or Sud pralad), winner of a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, is the first Thai film to win a prize at any of the "A festivals". It was also the first Thai film to be in the main competition at Cannes.^[7]

The cinema of Thailand has a history that stretches back to early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorns 1897 visit to Berne, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. ... Tropical Malady (Thai: สัตว์ประหลาด or Sud pralad) is a 2004 Thai romance and psychological drama film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and produced by Fabrica. ... // Quentin Tarantino, President (United States) Emmanuelle Béart (France) Edwidge Danticat (United States) Tilda Swinton (United Kingdom) Kathleen Turner (United States) Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium) Jerry Schatzberg (United States) Tsui Hark (Hong Kong) Peter Von Bagh (Finland) 2046, by Wong Kar-wai Clean, by Olivier Assayas Le Conseguenze DellAmore... The cinema of Thailand has a history that stretches back to early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorns 1897 visit to Berne, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. ... A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ...

United Kingdom

See also: Cinema of the United Kingdom

• Lawrence of Arabia: voted "best British film of all time" in August of 2004 by a London Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. (See also: Epic above).
• The Third Man: Voted best British film ever by members of the British Film Institute in 1999.
• Get Carter: Named best British film by Total Film in 2004.

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United States

See also: Cinema of the United States

• Citizen Kane: voted the best American film ever by the American Film Institute. (See also: Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers section above).
• See also: Casablanca, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, Star Wars, and The Shawshank Redemption in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.
• See also: Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in the Films that have received the most Academy Awards section above.

Much like American popular music, American cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ... The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ... Casablanca is a 1943 romantic film set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. ... The Godfather is a three-time Academy Award-winning 1972 crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Mario Puzo — Puzo and Coppola collaborated on the screenplay. ... The Godfather Part II is a 1974 motion picture directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script he co-wrote with Mario Puzo. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the most popular live-action version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

See also

• List of highest-grossing films
• List of highest-grossing films throughout history
• List of film-related topics
• Films considered the worst ever
• List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry
• AFI 100 Years... series
• Computer and video games that have been considered the greatest ever
• Television Shows Considered The Greatest Ever

The following are two non-definitive lists of the all-time highest-grossing films. ... This list includes those films which have had the highest theatrical grosses (up to that time) in North America (the United States and Canada). ... This is a list of film-related topics. ... Plan 9 from Outer Space, considered so bad its good by some, is also a contender for Worst Movie Ever Made. The films listed here have achieved a significant level of infamy through critical and popular consensus as being among the worst films ever made. ... The United States National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in United Statesian cinema. ... While there is no universal standard by which to judge the quality of games, some games regularly feature in best game ever lists. ... hangon This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ...

References

• American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies
• BFI List of top 100 British movies
• IMDb Top 250
• Channel 4 poll: 100 Greatest Films
• Sight and Sound magazine best films of all time polls
• Village Voice 100 Best films of the 20th century list
• Links to more lists from:
  • filmsite.org
  • bestonly.com
• Directory of film websites at films101.com
• Meta-list compiling over a thousand critic's lists together from theyshootpictures.com

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