Critics' & Popular Choice: 10 Best Films
- Citizen Kane (18 pts)
- Casablanca (17 pts)
- The Godfather (16 pts)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (10 pts)
- Schindler's List (9 pts)
- Gone With the Wind (8 pts)
- The Godfather II (8 pts)
- It's a Wonderful Life (8 pts)
- Star Wars (8 pts)
- Singin' in the Rain (8 pts)
I found every numerically ordered, non-qualified "best films" list I could and gave each film a point for every top 15 appearance.
The films with 8 pts were sorted according to how high they placed on the lists on which they were mentioned.
Other high-scoring films included: Vertigo, African Queen, All About Eve, Annie Hall, Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Rules of the Game, and L'Atalante.
Lists used were: AFI, Empire, Entertainment Weekly, FIAF, IMDB, Movieline, Mr. Showbiz, National Film Review, Radio National Poll, James Beradinelli, Sight & Sound 2002, TV Guide, Video Detective, Village Voice, Amazon.com, Best Only, Internet Movie Query, LA Daily News Poll, FilmFour, The A List, Time Out Critics, Time Out Poll, Rate It All, They Shoot Pictures.
What about 'Lawrence of Arabia'?
I believe it had something like only 3 appearances in top 15 lists I checked.
Oh, that's surprising.
It wasn't surprising to me. And remember, I only sampled critics top 15, so for many critics, I'm sure it was in the top 50 or 100 of most of them. Is it one of your favorites?
Yes.
I think that it's the best film ever made, even better than "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca" or "The Godfather".
Well, to each his own!