Sight & Sound Poll - Every Top 10 Film
Every film that placed in the Top 10 in Sight & Sound's decennial film poll. Includes the Director's polls as separate lists. Listed by list appearance frequency, and then by average ranking.
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- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'9 Appearances. Average rank: 1.2
1962 - 1
1972 - 1
1982 - 1
1992 - 1
1992 (Directors) - 1
2002 - 1
2002 (Directors) - 1
2012 - 2
2012 (Directors) - 2 - DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.9 Appearances. Average rank: 4.1
1952 - 10
1962 - 3
1972 - 2
1982 - 2
1992 - 2
2002 - 3
2002 (Directors) - 9
2012 - 4
2012 (Directors) - 2 - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.7 Appearances. Average rank: 4.7
1982 - 7
1992 - 4
1992 (Directors) - 6
2002 - 2
2002 (Directors) - 6
2012 - 1
2012 (Directors) - 7 - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.7 Appearances. Average rank: 5.3
1972 - 4
1982 - 5
1992 (Directors) - 2
2002 - 9
2002 (Directors) - 3
2012 - 10
2012 (Directors) - 4 - DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy AleksandrovIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.6 Appearances. Average rank: 5.3
1952 - 4
1962 - 6
1972 - 3
1982 - 6
1992 - 6
2002 - 7 - DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.5 Appearances. Average rank: 7.8
1952 - 7
1972 - 7
1992 - 6
1992 (Directors) - 10
2012 - 6 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.4 Appearances. Average rank: 3
1992 - 3
2002 - 5
2012 - 3
2012 (Directors) - 1 - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.4 Appearances. Average rank: 4.75
1992 (Directors) -
2002 - 4 (with The Godfather Part II)
2002 (Directors) - 2 (with The Godfather Part II)
2012 (Directors) - 7 - DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.4 Appearances. Average rank: 6
1952 - 1
1962 - 7
2002 (Directors) - 6
2012 (Directors) - 10 - DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea MassariA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.3 Appearances. Average rank: 4.7
1962 - 2
1972 - 5
1982 - 7 - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.3 Appearances. Average rank: 5
1992 (Directors) - 9
2002 - 4 (with The Godfather)
2002 (Directors) - 2 (with The Godfather) - DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles MargaritisNewly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.3 Appearances. Average rank: 7
1962 - 10
1992 - 6
1992 (Directors) - 5 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.3 Appearances. Average rank: 7.3
1982 - 3
1992 (Directors) - 10
2002 (Directors) - 9 - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.3 Appearances. Average rank: 7.3
1982 - 10
1992 - 5
2012 - 7 - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.3 Appearances. Average rank: 7.3
1992 - 10
2002 - 6
2012 - 6 - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.2 Appearances. Average rank: 4.5
1992 (Directors) - 3
2002 (Directors) - 6 - DirectorErich von StroheimStarsGibson GowlandZasu PittsJean HersholtThe sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.2 Appearances. Average rank: 5.5
1952 - 7
1962 - 4 - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret LivingstonA sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.2 Appearances. Average rank: 6
2002 - 7
2012 - 5 - DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.2 Appearances. Average rank: 6.5
1982 - 3
2002 - 10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo TanakaA tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.2 Appearances. Average rank: 7
1962 - 4
1972 - 10 - DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.2 Appearances. Average rank: 7.5
1972 - 8
1982 - 7 - DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.2 Appearances. Average rank: 9
1972 - 8
1982 - 10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.2 Appearances. Average rank: 9.5
1992 (Directors) - 10
2002 (Directors) - 9 - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.1 Appearance. Average rank: 2
1952 - 2 - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.1 Appearance. Average rank: 2
1952 - 2