UPDATED: More lists were added. I decided to count around 20 late submissions. Not much has changed except that “The Prestige” falls from third to fourth place.
Read moreCritics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants
It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.
Read moreCritics Poll: Ridley Scott’s Best Films, According to 120 Critics — ‘Alien’ #1, ‘Blade Runner’ #2
Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 28 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.
Read moreCritics Poll: Martin Scorsese's Best Films, According to 130 Critics
Something happened in this poll of Martin Scorsese’s best films that didn’t happened in the previous ones I have conducted: there was such an abundance to choose from that some of the critics decided not to participate.
Read moreCritics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Poll: Over 85 Critics Voted For Steven Spielberg’s Best Films, Here are the Results
With a filmography that spans six decades and more than 40 movies, Steven Spielberg’s landmark career has been that rarest of beasts, mixing commercial success with resounding artistic merits.
Read moreCritics Poll: ‘The Godfather’ Named Best Movie of the 1970s
Just six days after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” has been named the best movies of the 1970s by a panel of close to 150 critics, filmmakers and historians.
Read moreCritics' Poll: ‘Do the Right Thing' Named Best Movie of the 1980s
Critics' Poll: ‘Mulholland Drive' Named Best Film of the 2000s
Is “Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch’s hypnotic and surreal ode to la la land, really the best film of the aughts? According to 200 movie experts, it seems that it is. World of Reel surveyed film critics, actors, directors, academics, and curators from over a dozen countries to compile a list of the best films released between 2000-2009.
Read moreCritics' Poll: ‘Goodfellas' Named Best Movie of the 1990s
“Goodfellas,” Martin Scorsese’s high-wire act of storytelling and visually masterful riff on the gangster genre, has topped our critics and industry poll as the best film of the 1990s. The survey, with 175 people from around the world voting, included directors, actors, producers, festival programmers, and historians. The closest competition to Scorsese’s film in the poll was Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime film, “Pulp Fiction,” which finished just 7 votes shy of “Goodfellas,” in second place.
Read moreCritics' Poll: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road' Named Best Movie of the 2010s
250 critics, programmers, academics, and distributors have spoken.
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