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List of considered the best From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Films considered the greatest ever) Page semi-protected This list needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be chall enged and removed. (November 2008) While there is no general agreement upon the greatest , many publications an d organizations have tried to determine the films considered the best. Each film listed here has been mentioned in a notable survey, whether a popular poll, or a poll among film reviewers. Many of these sources focus on American films or we re polls of English-speaking film-goers, but those considered the greatest withi n their respective countries are also included here. Many films are widely consi dered among the best ever made, whether they appear at number one on each list o r not. For example, many believe that ' Citizen Kane is the best mov ie ever made, and it appears as #1 on AFI's Best Movies list, whereas The Shawsh ank Redemption is #1 on the IMDB Top 250, whilst Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is #1 on the Empire magazine's Top 301 List. None of the surveys that produced these citations should be viewed as a scientif ic measure of the film-watching world. Each may suffer the effects of vote stack ing or skewed demographics. Internet-based surveys have a self-selected audience of unknown participants. The methodology of some surveys may be questionable. S ometimes (as in the case of the American Film Institute) voters were asked to se lect films from a limited list of entries. Contents 1 Polls of critics and filmmakers 1.1 Sight & Sound poll 1.2 Brussels Worlds Fair's international poll 2 Audience polls 3 Particular or media 3.1 Action 3.2 3.3 Christmas 3.4 3.5 Comic book/superhero 3.6 Courtroom 3.7 Crime/gangster 3.8 Disaster 3.9 Documentary 3.10 Epic 3.11 3.12 High school 3.13 Horror/Monsters/ 3.14 Musical 3.15 Mystery 3.16 Political/historical 3.17 3.18 Religious 3.19 Romance 3.20 3.21 Sports 3.22 War 3.23 3.23.1 Classic Western 3.23.2 4 Countries 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bangladesh 4.4 Belgium 4.5 4.6 4.7 Czech Republic/ 4.8 Chile 4.9 4.10 Croatia 4.11 Denmark 4.12 Egypt 4.13 Estonia 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Kong 4.18 Hungary 4.19 India 4.20 4.21 Ireland 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 Latvia 4.26 Macedonia 4.27 4.28 4.29 New Zealand 4.30 Norway 4.31 Pakistan 4.32 4.33 Philippines 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 Serbia 4.38 Singapore 4.39 Slovenia 4.40 South Africa 4.41 4.42 4.43 Sri Lanka 4.44 Sweden 4.45 4.46 4.47 4.48 United Kingdom 4.49 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Polls of critics and filmmakers Sight & Sound poll Every decade, the British film magazine Sight & Sound asks an international grou p of film professionals to vote for the greatest film of all time. The Sight & S ound accolade has come to be regarded as one of the most important of the "great est ever film" lists. The American film critic described it as "by f ar the most respected of the countless polls of great moviesthe only one most ser ious movie people take seriously."[1] Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles was voted #1 in the five Sight & Sound criti cs' polls from 1962 to 2002.[2] A separate Sight & Sound poll of established fil m directors, held for the first time in 1992, also placed Citizen Kane at the to p in 1992 and 2002.[2] (1948) by topped the first Sight & Sound critic s' poll, in 1952. It also came #7 in 1962 and #6 in 2002.[2] It also came #10 in the 2012 directors' poll.[3] (1953) by Yasujiro Ozu topped the Sight & Sound directors' poll in 2 012, dethroning Citizen Kane.[3] Tokyo Story also appeared in the Sight & Sound critics' poll at third place in 1992, fifth in 2002, and third in 2012.[4] Vertigo (1958) by topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 201 2, dethroning Citizen Kane.[3] It also came #7 in 1982, #4 in 1992, and #2 in 20 02.[2] In the directors' poll, it came #6 in 1992 and 2002,[2] and #7 in 2012.[3 ] La Règle du Jeu () (1939) by is the only movie to have appeared in every one of the Sight & Sound critics' polls; its only appear ance in the directors' poll was #9 in 2002. For the full list published in 2012, see BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Ti me. Brussels Worlds Fair's international poll The Brussels Worlds Fair, organized in 1958, offered the occasion for the organiz ation by thousands of critics and filmmakers from all over the world, of the fir st universal film poll in history.[5] These were the films chosen as most artist ically fulfilled:[6][7][8][9] Rank Year 1 ?????????? ???????? () 1925 2 The Gold Rush Charles Chaplin 1925 3 Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) Vittorio De Sica 1948 4 La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) Carl Theodor Dre yer 1928 5 (Grand Illusion) Jean Renoir 1937 6 Greed Erich von Stroheim 1924 7 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages D. W. Griffith 1916 8 ???? (Mother) 1926 9 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941 10 ????? (Earth) 1930 11 Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) F.W. Murnau 1924 12 Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) Robert W iene 1920 Audience polls Globe icon. The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with the United Stat es and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this art icle and discuss the issue on the talk page. (October 2012) Casablanca (1942) was voted the greatest film by readers of the Dail y News in 1997.[10] It is also regarded the "best movie of all time" b y the influential Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide.[11] On April 7, 2006, the Writer s' Guild of America declared Casablanca's the best ever written.[12] Gone with the Wind (1939) was ranked as the greatest film in a poll surveyed by Harris Interactive between January 15 and 22, 2008. Star Wars came in second pla ce and Casablanca in third.[13] Gone with the Wind was also picked as the best f ilm for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[14] (Miracle) (1982) by won the 2008 CNN Pacific Screen A wards Viewers Choice as "Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time" (voted for by thous ands of film fans around the world).[15][16][17][18] (1991) was voted the best Asian film in another audience p oll conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It was followed by The Apu Trilogy (19551959) at second place.[19] Schindler's List (1993) was voted the best film ever made by the German film mag azine Cinema.[20] (1954) was voted #1 in an audience poll conducted by MovieMail in 2000. It was followed by The Third Man (1949) in second place.[19] Star Wars (1977) and its sequel The Empire Strikes Back (1980) were chosen as th e greatest films by readers of Empire magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4 (Film4) poll.[21] Star Wars is also the highest ranking sci-fi film in both versions of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest movi es of all time (ranked #15 in the original list, and #13 in the updated list). T he Empire Strikes Back was voted #1 in Total Film's Top 100 Movies of All Time,[ 22] and #1 in the 2006 Empire "Greatest Movies Ever" special.[23] It is #1 on th e top rated sci-fi titles at the Internet Movie Database.[24] The Godfather (1972) was voted #1 by Weekly's readers[25] and vote d as #1 in a Time Out readers' poll in 1998.[26] The film was also voted as the "Greatest Movie of All Time" in September 2008 by 10,000 readers of Empire magaz ine, 150 people from the movie business and 50 film critics.[27] The Godfather w as selected as the best gangster movie ever by the American Film Institute durin g their 10 Top 10.[28] In 2014, undertook an industry pol l by sending a ballot to every studio, agency, publicity firm and production hou se in the Hollywood district. The Godfather was voted the top film by 2,120 indu stry members.[29] It is the highest rated film on Metacritic with 100, tops the list of the best drama movies,[30] and was chosen as the greates t out of 25 movies by the IGN website in 2011.[31] Its sequel, The Go dfather Part II, (1974) was voted best movie ever by TV Guide readers[32] in 199 8. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (20012003) was voted the most popular film of all t ime by an audience poll for the Australian television special My Favourite Film and by a poll cast by 120,000 German voters for the TV special "Die besten Filme aller Zeiten" (German "The best films of all time").[33] Its first film, The Lo rd of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was the pick of readers in a poll by Empire magazine in November 2004.[34] The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was voted the best film not to have won an Acade my Award in a 2004 Radio Times poll and again in 2008.[35] The film is ranked #1 on FilmCrave.com's top 100 movies list[36] and holds the top spot on the Intern et Movie Database's list of the top 250 films.[37] It holds an extremely high sc ore on Rotten Tomatoes within the community, at 98%.[38] Particular genres or media Globe icon. The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with the United Stat es and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this art icle and discuss the issue on the talk page. (October 2012) This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Action Seven Samurai (1954) is the highest reviewed movie at Rotten Tomatoes with the h ighest number of votes that is listed as an action movie on the site.[39] (1972),[40] (1973),[41] (1978), [42] The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978),[43] Magnificent Butcher (1979)[44] and Drunken Master II (1994)[45][46][47] have often been cited as the best action ma rtial arts films. All of the aforementioned movies were productions. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was chosen as the best for Best in Fi lm: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[48] Sites such Moviefone[49] and IGN [50] a lso placed the film as the #1 greatest action movie of all time. The Terminator (1984)[39][51] along with its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( 1991),[52][53] Aliens (1986),[39][50][54] and (1999) [49] are often t he highest ranking and most positively reviewed action science fiction films. Die Hard (1988) is also sometimes commonly considered to be one of the greatest action movies ever.[52][55] voted it the greatest action mo vie of all time.[56] Animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) by Walt Disney was selected as the best A merican animated movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 1 0 in 2008.[28] Pinocchio (1940) by Walt Disney was ranked as the #1 greatest animated movie by Time magazine in 2011.[57] The Russian animated films Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) and Tale of Tales (1979) b y Norshtein have been voted as the greatest animated films ever in particul ar festivals.[58] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own 1982 manga of the same name, was the highest-ranked film in an audience poll of best movie/series conducted by Japans Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007.[59] My Neighbor Totoro (1988) by Miyazaki was ranked at #1 in Time Out's list of top 50 greatest animated films.[60] Akira (1988) by Katsuhiro Otomo is considered the greatest anime film ever made on the top ten anime lists at MovieCricket[61] and Screen Junkies.[62] Grave of the Fireflies (1988) by Isao Takahata topped the Rotten Tomatoes list o f best anime films,[63] and is the highest-ranking animation in Time Out magazin e's "50 greatest World War II movies" list[64] and Empire magazine's "Top 10 Dep ressing Movies" list.[65] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is the highest rated live-action/animated hybrid film on film aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, and has scored an almost perfect rating of 98%.[66] The film was also ranked as the best animated/ hybrid fil m by Entertainment Weekly in 2011.[67] Beauty and the Beast (1991) is #1 on IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time li st in 2010.[68] The Lion King (1994) was chosen as the best animated film for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time in 2011.[69] Toy Story (1995) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by th e Online Film Critics Society (list published March 2003).[70] The film was also ranked as the greatest animated movie by Moviefone [71] and Total Film.[72] Toy Story 2 (1999) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 50 best animated movies ever made.[73] It is also #1 on their list of the best kids movies,[74] and is # 1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best animated movies.[75] The o riginal and the sequel hold a perfect 100% score at Rotten Tomatoes.[76][77] Spirited Away (2001) by Miyazaki is the highest-ranking animation in Empire maga zine's "100 Best Films of " list[78] and the 2002 Sight & Sound crit ics' & directors' poll.[79] It is also the highest rated animated film on IMDb's Top 250.[37] WALL-E (2008) was ranked as the greatest animated movie ever by Entertainment We ekly.[80] Christmas (1983) is AOL's #1 Christmas movie of all time[81] and IGN's t op holiday-themed movie of all time.[82] It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of th e best holiday movies,[83] and also topped AFI's 100 Years100 Cheers list.[84] The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is ranked #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 25 Be st Christmas Movies list.[85] Die Hard (1988) was voted Empire Magazine's "The Greatest Christmas Film of All Time" in 2010,[86] and the fourth best in Rotten Tomatoes' list.[87] Comedy Airplane! (1980) was chosen as the best comedy for Best in Film: The Greatest Mo vies of Our Time.[88] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is t he highest reviewed comedy movie at Rotten Tomatoes, with a perfect score of 100 %.[89] It also has a Metacritic score of 96/100, one of the website's highest ra ted comedy movies.[90] Ghostbusters (1984) was ranked first by IGN as the best comedy in their list of Top 25 Best Of All Time.[91] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was named the best British comedy picture of all time in a 2004 poll by the UK arm of Amazon and the Internet Movie Datab ase named Monty Python and the Holy Grail.[92] Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) was voted the greatest comedy ever in polls conducted by Total Film magazine in 2000,[93] the British TV networks Channel 4 in 2006 [94] and Five in 2007, and newspaper in 2007.[95] National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funnies t movies of all time.[96] Some Like It Hot (1959) was listed Best American Film Comedy by the American Fil m Institute in June 2000.[97] City Lights (1931) was selected as the best ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) is ranked sixth in the BFI Top 100 British films and is the highest ranked comedy. Comic book/superhero See Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in the acclaimed animated films section abo ve. Akira (1988) is the highest-ranking animated film on lists of best comic book mo vies published by Movie Review Query Engine,[98] Film4[99] and Total Film,[100] as well as the highest-ranking comic book adaptation on IGN's top 25 animated mo vies of all time in 2010,[68] and Complex magazine's Best Animated Movies of All Time list.[101] Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy was collectively ranked as #1 on Newsarama's top ten comic book movies list.[102] The Dark Knight (2008) is the most critical ly acclaimed installment of the trilogy: the film is the highest rated comic boo k/superhero movie on IMDB's Top 250,[37] voted the greatest superhero movie in a reader's poll conducted by magazine,[103] and #1 on lists publish ed by Rotten Tomatoes,[104][105] Movie Review Query Engine,[98] AskMen,[106] IGN [107] The Guardian,[108] Total Film,[100] and TheStreet.com.[109] The Dark Knigh t Rises, the final installment, is considered the best comic book superhero movi e in a list published by Forbes in 2012.[110] Death Note (2006) was chosen as the best live-action film based on a manga comic in a Japanese audience poll conducted by the Goo Research online monitor group. [111] Ghost in the Shell (1995) is the highest-ranking film based on a manga comic on Rotten Tomatoes' Comics & Graphic Novels Vs. The Critics list in order of critic al approval.[105] Oldboy (2003) is the highest ranking film based on a manga comic on Empire Magaz ine's lists of the 500 greatest movies of all time,[112] as well as Empire's The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema list.[113] It is the only comic book adaptation to be named one of the ten best Asian films ever made in a 2008 poll conducted b y CNN.[114] The Avengers (2012) was ranked #1 in the 2012 edition of SFX's Top 50 Superhero Movies Of All Time list,[115] and the best comic book movie of all time in a lis t published by Film4 in order of critical approval.[99] The Incredibles (2004) was ranked #1 in Time magazine's list of top ten greatest superhero films in 2011.[116] It is also the highest ranking animated in a reader's poll conducted by Rolling Stone magazine,[103] and on countd own lists published by media outlets such as IGN in 2010,[68] SFX in 2012,[115] The Guardian in 2013,[108] and the Chronicle in 2014.[117] (2007) was the highest ranking graphic novel adaptation on a list of best animated movies ever published by Entertainment Weekly.[118] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) was named the best comic book adaptation in a list published by Complex magazine in 2011.[119] Spider-Man 2 (2004) was #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' Comix Worst to Best list in 2007. [120] X2 (2003) was voted #1 in Empire Magazine's list of the 20 Greatest Comic Book M ovies in 2006.[121] Courtroom To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was selected as the best courtroom drama ever by th e American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10 list.[28] Crime/gangster See The Godfather in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. (1974) was named the best crime film of all time by The Guardian.[122] Pulp Fiction (1994) was ranked the greatest film of the past 25 years (1983-2008 ) by Entertainment Weekly.[123] Disaster The Poseidon Adventure (1972) was voted best disaster movie in a poll commission ed by UCI cinemas in May 2004.[124] Documentary (2002), 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 Doc umentary Association (IDA).[125][126] Grey Gardens (1975), the Maysles Brothers' documentary about former First Lady J acqueline Kennedy's eccentric aunt and cousin Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewin g Bouvier Beale, was ranked as one of the greatest documentaries of all time by the International Documentary Association.[127] The film holds an 89% Fresh rati ng on Rotten Tomatoes.[128] The Seven Up! series (1964-) was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Cha nnel 4 poll of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.[129] The Last Waltz (1978) is considered one of the greatest concert documentaries ev er created, and has been deemed as such by Total Film,[100] Michael Worthington of the Chicago Tribune,[130] and by Rotten Tomatoes, where it holds a 97% favora ble rating.[131] Epic Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking in the 1982 Sight & Sound critics' poll.[2] Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted best epic by readers of Total Film in May 20 04. It was selected as the best epic movie ever by the American Film Institute d uring their 10 Top 10.[28] Fantasy The Wizard of Oz (1939) was selected as the best American fantasy movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] Spirited Away (2001) is the highest-ranking animated film on "The 25 best sci-fi and fantasy films of all time" list published by The Guardian, and the second h ighest-ranking on the list after The Wizard of Oz.[132] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is #1 on the list of the to p rated fantasy titles at the Internet movie database(IDMB).[133] It is the only film in the to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won 11 Aca demy Awards, the highest number of any film ever made (tying with Ben-Hur and Ti tanic). It is also the only film in history having won Best Film awards from the Academy, BAFTA, Empire, Golden Globe, Hugo, MTV, and Saturn Awards. High school The Breakfast Club (1985) ranks at #1 on Entertainment Weekly?'?s list of best h igh school movies.[134] Other films written and directed by John Hughes, namely Weird Science, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, are also often considered epi tomal high school, and by extension, teenage coming of age films,[135] as are th e other nicknamed "Brat Pack" '80s films. Blackboard Jungle (1955) was listed as #1 best movie about high school on Newswe ek/The Daily Beast.[136] Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) was ranked #1 on Moviefone's list of Best High S chool Movies of All Time.[137] Horror/Monsters/Thriller The Thing (1982) ranks #1 on The Boston Globe's list of the 50 scariest movies o f all time.[138] The Shining (1980) ranks #1 on The Moving Arts Film Journal's list of the 25 gre atest horror films.[139] The Exorcist (1973) was voted scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly and Movies.com,[citation needed] and by viewers of AMC in 2006.[140] It was als o chosen as the best for Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Ti me.[141] Psycho (1960), the Alfred Hitchcock classic, tops AFI's list of the 100 most thr illing American films,[142] and the top rated horror title at the Internet Movie Database.[143] King Kong (1933) ranked #1 in the Rotten Tomatoes list of the 50 best horror mov ies of all time.[144] Jaws (1975) was #1 in the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries The 100 Scariest Movie Moments in 2004.[145] It was also ranked second on AFI's list for thriller s, 100 Years... 100 Thrills. It holds a 98% "Fresh" rating on the review aggrega te website Rotten Tomatoes.[146] The Texas Chain Massacre (1974) ranks #1 on Total Film's list of the greates t horror films.[147] The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was chosen as the best suspense/thriller for Bes t in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[148] Musical Singin' in the Rain (1952) tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 bes t American musicals of all time,[149] and the top rated musicals at the Internet Movie Database.[150] West Side Story (1961) was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of The O bserver in a 2007 poll.[151] The Sound of (1965) was chosen as the best musical for Best in Film: The G reatest Movies of Our Time.[152] Mystery Rear Window (1954) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/suspens e films.[153] Vertigo (1958) was selected as the best mystery movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] Political/historical Seven Samurai (1954) was the highest-ranking historical period film in the 1982 Sight & Sound critics' poll.[2] Schindler's List (1993) was chosen as the best political/historical film for Bes t in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[154] Propaganda The Battleship Potemkin (1925) has been called one of the most influential propa ganda films of all time,[155] and was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.[156][157][158] (1935), 's glorifying Adolf Hitler and the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg is widely perceived, re nowned and acknowledged as the best ever,[159] although Riefenst ahl asserted she intended it only as a documentary. Religious In 1996, the Holy See released three lists of recommended films. The three diffe rent lists considered films of religious value, virtue (or moral value) and arti stic merit. Among the list of 15 religious films considered by the Vatican to be the best ever were, in no particular order, William Wyler's Ben-Hur, The Missio n, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and 's 1966 version of A Man For Al l Seasons.[160] Romance Casablanca (1942) was voted the top romantic American film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list,[161] and is #1 on the top rated romance titles at the Intern et Movie Database.[162] Science fiction See Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back in the Films acclaimed in audience pol ls section above. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) tops the Online Film Critics Society list of greate st science fiction films of all time,[163] and was also named the best science f iction film of all time by The Guardian.[164] It is also the only science fictio n film to make the Sight and Sound poll for ten best movies, and was selected as the best science fiction movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] (1982) was voted the best by a panel of scient ists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004.[165] In New Scient ist, Blade Runner was voted "all-time favourite science fiction film" in both th e staff,[166] and reader's 2008 polls.[167] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 100 best Science Fiction movies ever made.[168] Akira (1988) is considered by some to be the best animated science fiction film. [169][170][171][172] Sports Rocky (1976) topped Digital Spy's "greatest ever sports movie" audience poll in 2012.[173] (1980) was selected as the best sports movie ever by the American Fi lm Institute during their 10 Top 10,[28] and is #1 on the top rated sport titles at the Internet Movie Database.[174] Murderball (2005) is #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movie s.[175] Senna (2010) is on the list of best sports movies of all time on the site Rotten Tomatoes.[176] Voted the 4th best sports movies of all time by the Empire Magaz ine.[177] War See Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Schindler's List in the Films acclaimed i n audience polls section above. Paths of Glory (1957) is #1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best military movies.[178] The Longest Day (1962) topped the list of the Moviefone 25 Best War Movies.[179] Apocalypse Now (1979) was ranked as the #1 greatest war movie by The Guardian in a 2013 critics poll with The Observer.[180] The film also topped on Channel 4's 50 Films To See Before You Die.[181] It is the second rated war movie of all ti me based on the Movifone list (after The Longest Day).[179] (1985) was listed as the #1 greatest World War II film by Time Out. [182] (1998) was voted as the greatest in a 2008 Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest war films.[183] Western Classic Western The Searchers (1956) was selected as the best western movie ever by the American Film Institute during their 10 Top 10.[28] (See also: Polls of critics and film makers above). Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was chosen as the best western film fo r Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time.[184] Spaghetti Western Main article: Spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Empire magazine ranks the film on its poll of "500 Greatest Movies of All Time" at #14, the highest ranking Western. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) was ranked as #1 on WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Western Movies list.[185] Countries Argentina See also: Cinema of Argentina The highest ranked Argentinian film is Juan J. Campanellas El secreto de sus ojos (The ; 2009; Argentina).[186] Another highly acclaimed Arge ntinian film is Fabián Bielinsky's Nueve Reinas, which holds an overall 92% "Certi fied Fresh" approval rating based on 93 reviews, with a rating average of 7.5 ou t of 10 on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[187] starrs in both films. Australia See also: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) was voted #1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian fi lms in a 1995 poll.[188] The Australian Film Institute, in collaboration with Australia Post, conducted a n initiative in 2008 asking the Australian public to vote for their all time fav ourite Australian film. Results from the poll indicate the top five Australian f ilms of all time are:[189] The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Castle - #1 according to the 2008 poll results. Gallipolli Lantana - rated the greatest Australian film in lists published by the Herald Su n[190] and The Australian.[191] Muriel's Wedding Bangladesh See also Cinema of Bangladesh Matir Moina (2002): Winner of the International Critics Prize at in 2002, internationally acclaimed (and distributed) production that was well received o verseas, it was the first Bangladeshi movie nominated for an Oscar.[192] Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973): In 2007, A River Called Titas topped the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, as chosen in the audience and critics' polls conducte d by the .[193] Belgium See also: Cinema of Belgium Loft: voted the best Belgian film on Moviemeter.nl, followed by Man Bites Dog, T he Memory of a Killer, and .[citation needed] Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: voted the best Belgian film on the "They Shoot Pictures" site (#142 in the Top 250).[citation needed] Académie André Delvaux, Belgian Film Critics Association and Ostend aw arded Mr. Nobody best Belgian film.[194][195][196] Brazil See also: Bus 174 (2002). This documentary about a bus hijacking by José Padilha is the high est rated foreign film at Rotten Tomatoes.[197] City of God (2002) is the highest ranked Brazilian film on Empire magazine's "10 0 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010[198] and the highest rated Brazilian film on the IMDb Top 250 list.[199] Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) has been selected by Brazilian critics as the best film of all time several times, such as the 27th edition of Brazilian f ilm magazine Contracampo.[200] Canada See also: of (Jésus de Montréal) (1989): Ranked second on the All Time TIFF, an d in a reader's poll conducted by Playback's list since its release. Winner of 1 2 at the 11th Genie Awards. Antoine (1971): A poll of critics at the 1984 International Fi lm Festival and again at the 1993 and 2004 festivals named film of all time.[201] 8th in Playback's reader's poll.[citation needed] The Sweet Hereafter (1997): Voted the best Canadian film ever by readers of Play back,[202] and a poll done by Canadian film insiders named it the best Canadian film of the last 15 years.[203] Wavelength (1967): the only Canadian film on the Village Voice's "100 Best Films of the 20th Century" ranking at #85.[204] Czech Republic/Slovakia In a poll of filmmakers, critics, and theorists Marketa Lazarova was named best film in the 100 years of Czechoslovak cinema.[205] Chile See also: Cinema of Chile Julio comienza en julio (1979): Chosen in 1999 as the "Best Chilean Film of the Century" in a vote organized by the Municipality of Santiago.[206] China See also: See Raise the Red Lantern (traditional Chinese: ???????) in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. (????) (1948) was voted the best Chinese film ever made b y the Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005. Farewell My Concubine (????) (1993), directed by , is the highest-rank ing Asian film on Time Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list.[45] Croatia See also: Cinema of Croatia Tko pjeva zlo ne misli (One Who Sings Means No Harm, 1970) was voted the best Cr oatian all time movie by the Croatian Society of Film Critics. Denmark See also: Cinema of Denmark Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) Carl Th. Dreyer's harrowing tale of adultery and repr ession is often cited in Denmark as the greatest Danish film.[207] Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter) the 2000 comedy about small-time gangsters was voted the Best Danish Film in a 2007 poll by the Ekstra Bladet tabloid newsp aper. 's The Celebration () was the runner-up.[208] Egypt To mark the centennial of Egyptian cinema, Al Ahram daily newspaper asked the co untry's top 20 critics to choose the best 15 best Egyptian films of all time. Th is is the result of the poll (first published July 12, 2007):[citation needed] The Mummy (Al-Mummia) Directed by Chadi Abdel Salam (1969) The Sin ("El-Haram") Directed by Henry Barakat (1965) The Land ("Al-Ard") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1970) A Beginning and an End ("Bidaya wa Nihaya) Directed by Salah Abouseif (1960) The Bus Driver ("Sawaq El-Autobis") Directed by Atef E-Taieb (1983) The Collar and the Bracelet ("El Tooq wal Eswera") Directed by Khairy Beshara (1 986) The Will (Al-Azima) Directed by Kamal Selim (1939) Cairo Station ("Bab El-Hadid") Directed by Youssef Chahine (1958) The Wife of an Important Man ("Zawgat Ragol Mohim") Directed by Mohamed Khan (19 88) The Flirtation of Girls ("Ghazal Al-Banat") Directed by Anwar Wagdi (1949) Life or Death ("Haya aw Maut") Directed by Kamal El Sheikh (1954) The Nightingale's Prayer ("Doaa Al-Karawan") Directed by Henry Barakat (1959) The Innocent ("El-Baree'") Directed by Atef E-Taieb El-Kit Kat Directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed (1991) Terrorism and Kebab ("Al-Irhab wal kabab") Directed by Sherif Arafa (1992) Estonia See also: Cinema of Estonia Kevade (Spring, 1969) received the first place in the Estonian feature films Top Ten Poll in 2002 held by Estonian film critics and journalists.[209] Finland See also: Cinema of Finland The Unknown Soldier (1955) was voted the best Finnish movie in an Internet poll by Helsingin Sanomat in 2007.[210] Talvisota (The Winter War, 1989): is the highest user rated Finnish film on the IMDb having received more than 1000 votes.[211] France See also: La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939/1950). See polls of critics and film makers. Les Enfants du Paradis () (1945/1946): Voted "Best French Fi lm of the Century" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.[212] Léon: The Professional (1994) is the highest ranked French film on IMDb's Top 250. [37] Germany See also: M Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder by is the highest rated German film in the IMDb.[213] Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh): See Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari): See Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above. Hong Kong See also: (????) (1986), filmed and produced in Hong Kong, was voted the second best Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005.[214] Drunken Master II (???) (1994), directed by and Lau Kar-Leung, is th e highest-ranking entirely Hong Kong production and third highest-ranking Asian film on Time Magazine's "Readers Top Rated" list.[45] See the acclaimed action f ilms section above for other films made in Hong Kong. (????) (2000), directed by Wong Kar-wai, was chosen as the greatest Hong Kong film out of 100 choices by the Hong Kong edition of Time Out. [215] It came #24 on the most recent Sights and Sound poll, and is the only Hong Kong production to make the top 50. Wong Kar-wai's earlier work, (????) (1990), ranks #3 on the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures list and is considered the first part of an informal trilogy with In the Mood for Love form ing the second part. (???) (2002), directed by and , is the highe st-ranking Hong Kong production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies " list at #203.[216] 's remake of Infernal Affairs, (2006),[217] also ranks on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movies" list a t #46.[37] Hungary In 2000, Hungarian film critics chose the so-called "Budapest 12",[218] the twel ve best films of Hungary: Szegénylegények (The Round-Up, 1965) Miklós Jancsó Szerelem (Love, 1971) Károly Makk Szindbád (Sinbad, 1971) Zoltán Huszárik Emberek a havason (Men on the Mountain, 1942) István Szots Valahol Európában (Somewhere in , 1948) Géza von Radványi Megáll az ido (Time Stands Still, 1982) Péter Gothár Hyppolit, a lakáj (Hyppolit, 1931) István Székely Körhinta (Merry-Go-Round, 1956) Zoltán Fábri A kis Valentino (Little Valentino, 1979) András Jeles Az én XX. Századom (, 1989) Ildikó Enyedi Apa (Father, 1966) István Szabó Hannibál tanár úr (Professor Hannibal, 1956) Zoltán Fábri India See also: and Lists of Indian films The Apu Trilogy (19551959), a Bengali film trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray, appe ared on the 1992 edition of the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #88)[219] an d on The Village Voice's top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' poll (rank ed #54).[220][221] It is the highest-ranking trilogy in both polls. (1955), the first part of The Apu Trilogy and Satyajit Ray's deb ut film, appeared on the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll several times, in 1962 (ran ked #11),[219] 1992 (ranked #6)[222][223] and 2002 (ranked #22).[224][225] It al so appeared on The Village Voice top 250 "Best Films of the Century" critics' po ll (tied at #12 with The Godfather).[220][221] Apur Sansar () (1959), the final part of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy, was the highest-ranking Indian film in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll (ranked #42), followed by two other Ray films The Music Room (1958) and Cha rulata (1964) tied at #56.[226] Mayabazar (1957), directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and produced by B. Nagi Reddy , Aluri Chakrapani is a Telugu mythological film. The critically acclaimed Mayab azar is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian Cinema. IBN Live liste d it as the greatest Indian film of all time.[227][228][229] The film was touted as a landmark achievement in Indian film's , art direction and vi sual effects with the technology available at the time. Manichitrathazhu (1993)directed by Fazil (director), is considered as one of the best thrillers ever made in India as well as one of the best Malayalam films ev er made.[230] Manichitrathazhu was remade after nearly 10 years in various langu ages, including Kannada (Apthamitra), Tamil and Telugu (dubbed) (), Bengali (Rajmohol), and Hindi (), all being commercially successf ul. The Hindi film Pyaasa (1957) and the Tamil film Nayagan (1987) both joined the B engali Apu Trilogy on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies list.[45] (1975), a "Curry Western" Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy, topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.[231] Gandhi (1982), an Indian English about Mohandas Karamchand Gan dhi directed by Richard Attenborough, won 8 including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Lagaan (2001), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by , is a H indi historical that became the third Hindi film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after Mother India (1957) and Salaam Bombay! (1988). In 2010, Lagaan was ranked #55 in Empire magazines "The 1 00 Best Films Of World Cinema,"[232] and in 2011, it was listed in Time magazine 's "The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies" list.[233] Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and starring Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan, it celebrates Indian wedding traditions by relating to th e story of a married couple and the relationship between their families.It contr ibuted to a change in the Indian , with new methods of distribution and a turn towards less violent stories. described it as "the biggest blockbuster of the modern era".It made a lasting impact on wedding celeb rations in India, which often include songs and games from the film.[234][235] Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), directed by Aditya Chopra features in most l ists of must see Hindi movies of all times,[236][237] Mughal-e-Azam (1960), later re-released in colour, is considered a classic in te rms of grandeur, script, music and acting [238] Taare Zameen Par (2007) is the highest ranked Indian film on IMDb's Top 250.[37] Iran See also: Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in N ovember 1999 by a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian cri tics and professionals.[239] (2011) was the first Iranian movie to win the Academy Award for Bes t Foreign Language Film in 2012. It also won the Golden Globe in the same catego ry Ireland See also: Cinema of Ireland The Commitments (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2004 James on Whiskey poll of 10,000 Irish people, with coming second.[240] Israel See also: Cinema of Israel Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (1976) was voted "Favorite Israeli Film of All Time" in a 2004 poll by Ynet, the web site of a popular Israeli newspaper. The film got vo tes from 25,000 surfers.[241] (1971) was voted "Best Israeli Film of All Time" in 2008 poll by C afe The Marker, affiliated with the prestigious Israeli newspaper Haaretz. More than 100 surfers and 7 film experts chose The Policeman. The movie finished ahea d of Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona and Blaumilch Canal at a split second place.[242] Italy See also: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948). See Polls of critics and filmmaker s section above. Also listed at #22 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movie s of All Time.[243] 8½ (1963). Director 's film about was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the best films of all time.[244] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966) is the h ighest-ranking Italian production on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 Movi es" list as voted by users,[245] where it is listed as the 4th best film ever.[3 7] (Also see Western section above.) Japan See also: Cinema of Japan (???), 1950: This film by was the first Japanese film to gain worldwide acclaim. It is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in the Village Voice poll of "Best Films of the Century" (ranked #10).[220] It also ti ed for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Di rectors' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9).[246] Seven Samurai (???? Shichinin no Samurai), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period a dventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; at #12, it is the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the Internet Movie Database's "Top 250 movies" list.[247] It ranked, for the first time, at #3 in the 1982 Sig ht & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll,[248] appeared on the Sight & Sound Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992 (ranked #10),[249] tied for the highest-ranked Japanese and Asian film in 2002 (ranked #9),[246] and ranked #17 on the 2012 critics' poll.[ 250] It is ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' top 100 foreign films,[197] and #1 on t heir top 100 action/adventure films.[39] It was also voted the "Best Japanese Fi lm ever" in a 1979 Kinema Junpo critics poll.[251] It also topped Empire magazine 's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list.[252] Tokyo Story (???? Tokyo Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Yasujiro Ozu, is the high est-ranked Japanese and Asian film on the 2002 Sight and Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #5).[253] It was also declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell' s Film Guide in 2005.[254] In 2012, Tokyo Story topped the Sight & Sound directo rs' poll, dethroning Citizen Kane for the first time since the directors' poll b egan in 1992, and has also come third place in the 2012 critics' poll.[3] (???? Ugetsu Monogatari), 1953: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, it was the h ighest-ranking Asian film in the Sight & Sound critics' polls in 1962 (ranked #4 )[255] and 1972 (ranked #10).[256] Latvia See also: Cinema of Latvia A Limousine The Colour Of Midsummer's Eve (1981) by Janis Streics, voted all-tim e best Latvian film in the popular vote.[257] Macedonia See also: Cinema of the Republic of Macedonia Before the Rain (1994) is a Milco Mancevski film, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Mexico See also: Pan's Labyrinth, a 2006 Mexican co-production, is the highest ranked Mexican or Latin American film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 201 0.[258] Netherlands See also: Cinema of the Netherlands Soldaat van Oranje ( 1977 ): Voted best Dutch fil m ever made in a 2006 Internet poll by online film magazine Filmwereld.nl.[citat ion needed] Zwartboek (Black Book 2006 Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever at the 20 08 Netherlands Film Festival.[259] New Zealand See also: Cinema of New Zealand See Lord of the Rings in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. 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 F ilm Festival.[260] Ni Liv (Nine Lives 1957 Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Fi lm of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[260] Pakistan See also: Baji (1963), directed by S. Suleman, topped the British Film Institute's critics poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time.[261] Aina (1977), directed by Nazr-ul-, topped the British Film Institute's user poll of "Top 10 Pakistani Films" of all time.[262] Palestine See also: [citation needed] Divine Intervention[citation needed] Philippines See also: Cinema of the Philippines See Himala in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above. Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light; 1975) by Lino Bro cka was cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls as the greatest Fi lipino film ever.[263][264] City After Dark (originally entitled ; 1980) by Ishmael Bernal wa s cited in a poll conducted in 1989 by film scholar Joel David and his UP critic ism class as the best Filipino film of all time.[265] Poland See also: Sexmission (1984) is the best Polish film of the last 30 years according to a 20 05 poll by readers of three popular film magazines.[266] The Promised Land (1975) was considered as the best Polish movie by the critics of "Esensja" magazine in 2011 ranking.[267] Cult comedy Teddy Bear (1980) were voted by the public of 2013 Filmfest PL as th e best all times movie.[268] Sexmission is also on the prominence position in the ranking of Polish movies on portal Filmweb.pl in 2011.[269] Other positions from the first ten places are: Polish-French cooproduction (2002), comedies: Day of the wacko (2002 ), Our Folks (1967), How I Unleashed World War II (1969), Teddy Bear (1980), Boy s 't Cry (2000), and dramas showing important social or political problems af ter 1989: The Debt (1999), Symmetry (2003), and Pigs (1992). In the same 2014 Filmweb poll, Sexmission dropped to #9. First place was taken b y The Pianist. Only these two movies maintained positions in the top ten. The ne w ranking was dominated by Krzysztof Kieslowski's movies. Talking Heads (1980), (1981), A About Killing (1987), Camera Buff (1979) place d respectively on third, fourth, sixth and tenth position. Interrogation (1982) was ranked #2. Other films chareted were: Night Train (1959), The Cathedral (200 2), The Saragossa Manuscript (1964).[270] Polish best awarded production are: A Short Film About Killing (European Film Aw for Best Film in 1988), (Palme d'Or of 1981 ), and The Pianist (Palme d'Or of 2002 Cannes Film Festival and Academy Award fo r Best Director 2003). See also: List of Polish European Film Award winners and nominees, List of Polis h Academy Award winners and nominees, List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Polish Academy Award for Best Film Romania See also: Cinema of Romania Best 10 Romanian films as considered by the Union of Romanian Cineastes and the Film Critics Association[271] (Uniunea Cineastilor din România si Asociatia Critic ilor de Film): Reconstituirea ( Lucian Pintilie, 1968) Padurea spânzuratilor (The Forest of the Hanged Liviu Ciulei, 1965) Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) Cristi Puiu, 2005 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days , 2007) Secvente (Sequences) Alexandru Tatos, 1982 Nunta de piatra (The Stone Wedding) Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pita. 1973 La moara cu noroc (Victor Iliu. 1956) A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006) Proba de microfon (Microphone Test) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1979) Croaziera (The Cruise) (Mircea Daneliuc, 1981) Russia See also: and Cinema of the ?????????? ???????? (Battleship Potemkin): see Films acclaimed by critics and fi lmmakers above. Serbia See also: Cinema of Serbia and Cinema of Yugoslavia Who's That Singing Over There (Ko to tamo peva, 1980) was in 1996 voted the best Serbian movie made in the 1947-1995 period by the members of the Yugoslavian Bo ard of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN).[272] Singapore See also: Cinema of Singapore (?????, 2013) is the most critically acclaimed film in the history of Si ngaporean cinema. It is the highest rated Singaporean-made film on IMDB[273] and won 21 international awards, which include 4 at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards as well as the Camera d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.[274] Slovenia See also: Cinema of Slovenia and Cinema of Yugoslavia See You in the Next War (Nasvidenje v naslednji vojni, 1980), voted the best Slo venian film of all times in the poll among contemporary film critics, conducted in 2012 by Dnevnik newspaper.[275] South Africa See also: Cinema of South Africa In 2006 the film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, be coming the first South African Film to win an Oscar. Invictus South African, American film about the events in South Africa before an d during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in that country following th e dismantling of apartheid. Received two acting Academy Award Nominations. District 9 An independent science fiction action/ directed by Neill Blomkamp. Adapted from Alive in Joburg, a 2005 short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen, depicts humanity, , a nd social segregation. Nominated for four Academy Awards in 2010: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best , and Best Editing. South Korea See also: Cinema of Korea Obaltan (???): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best South Korean film.[276] Oldboy (????): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest ranked Korean film on Empire magazine's "100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010[277] and the highest rated Korean language film on the Internet Movie Database's top 250 list.[278] I t also won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[279] Spain See also: Several lists consider different films as the best . The listed one s more often are: (1961), Plácido (1961) and El verdugo (1963).[280] Oth er films listed in the most of these lists are: El Cochecito (1960), Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Calle Mayor (1956), Chimes at Midnight (1965), The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Surcos (1951) and La Caza (The Hunt, 1966) On IMDb the highest user rated Spanish films are more modern and international c o-productions, such as El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth; 2006; Spain, Mex ico and USA), El secreto de sus ojos (; 2009; Argentina and Spain), Viridiana (1961; Spain and Mexico) and Mar adentro (; 2004; Spain, France and Italy). The highest ranked entirely Spanish film is Pedr o Almodóvars Hable con ella (, 2002).[186] Sri Lanka See also: Cinema of Sri Lanka Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997), also known as Death on a Full Moon Day, directed by P. Vithanage and starring Joe Abeywickrama, topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time.[281] Ananta Rathiriya (1995), directed by P. Vithanage, topped the user poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time.[282] Sweden See also: Cinema of Sweden The Emigrants (Utvandrarna, 1971): Jan Troell's naturalist masterpiece is often cited in Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.[citation needed] Persona (1966): Acclaimed director 's movie reached the highest po sition (#5 in 1972) of any Swedish film on any of Sight & Sound's lists of great est films of all time.[citation needed] (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957), also directed by Ingmar Bergman, i s the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDb top 250 list.[37] The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen, 1921), directed by Victor Sjöström, was selected as t he best Swedish film of all time by the film magazine FLM in 2012.[283] Raven's End (Kvarteret Korpen, 1963), directed by Bo Widerberg, was chosen by Nöje sguiden as the best Swedish film ever in 1995.[284] Taiwan See also: Cinema of Taiwan (traditional Chinese: ????) came in at #5, the highest ranking Taiwanese film, on a list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures unveiled by the H ong Kong Film Awards . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (traditional Chinese: ????) is a 2000 film directed by and co-produced by Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and China. The highest grossing foreign-language film in American history, it won ov er 40 awards, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for Ta iwan) and 3 other Academy Awards. Turkey See also: In 2003 Sinema Dernegi (Ankara Association for Cinema Culture) chose the "Best 10 Turkish films ever" by a poll among people who are interested in cinema professionally:[285] (1982), Serif Gören Umut (1970), Yilmaz Güney Sürü (1978), Zeki Ökten Muhsin Bey (1987), (1997), Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1978), Atif Yilmaz Anayurt Oteli (1986), Ömer Kavur Susuz Yaz (1964), Gelin (1973), Ömer Lütfi Akad (2002), Ukraine See also: ????? (Earth), one of the World's twelve greatest films of all time (Brussels Wo rld's Fair, 1958).[9][286] ??????? ??????? (The Lost Letter), was banned in Soviet Union. 20 years later wa s awarded with Golden Pagoda during the Bangkok International Film Festival, 199 1. ???? ??????? ??????? (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) received the British Acade my Award and Grand Prix at Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1965) United Kingdom See also: Cinema of the United Kingdom The Third Man (1949): Voted best British film ever by members of the British Fil m Institute in 1999.[287] #3 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of the best mystery/sus pense movies.[153] Lawrence of Arabia (1962): voted "best British film of all time" in August 2004 by a Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers.[288] (See als o: Epic above). Get Carter (1971): Named best British film in a poll of 25 film critics by Total Film magazine in 2004.[289] Don't Look Now (1973): Named best British film in a poll of 150 film industry ex perts conducted by Time Out London in 2011.[290] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was voted the best British picture of all time by a 2004 poll by the UK arm of Amazon and Internet Movie Database.[92] Trainspotting (1996): Named best British film between 19842009 by a poll of criti cs and film professionals in The Observer.[291] United States See also: Cinema of the United States, National Film Registry and American Film Institute Since 1998, the American Film Institute has assembled juries of film community l eaders and polled them for a series of top 100 lists. Two of the lists from the series, 100 Years... 100 Movies from 1998 and 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anni versary Edition) from 2007, identified Citizen Kane as the best American film ev er. In other years, AFI's jury members selected Some Like It Hot the greatest Am erican comedy, Psycho as the most thrilling American movie, Casablanca as the gr eatest American love story, Singin' in the Rain as the greatest American film mu sical, and It's a Wonderful Life as the most inspiring American film.[292] Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 201 2, dethroning Citizen Kane at the top of the critics' poll for the first time in 50 years since 1962. It has also been voted #8 in the directors' poll.[3]