A list from Sight and Sound critics' poll

The critics' top 10 of all time

Every ten years, Sight and Sound asks the world's critics for the greatest films ever made. In 2022, 1,639 of them voted, and for the first time a film by a woman came top.

From The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022

The poll has run since 1952. Citizen Kane held the top spot for fifty years, until Vertigo took it in 2012. In 2022 Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, three and a half hours of a widow’s routine coming apart, jumped from 36th to first.

Start with In the Mood for Love or Singin’ in the Rain if you want an easy way in.

  1. 1
    Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles1975, IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 95%
  2. 2
    Vertigo1958, IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 94%
  3. 3
    Citizen Kane1941, IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 99%
  4. 4
    Tokyo Story1953, IMDb 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes 100%
  5. 5
    In the Mood for Love2000, IMDb 8.0, Rotten Tomatoes 92%
  6. 6
    2001: A Space Odyssey1968, IMDb 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes 91%
  7. 7
    Beau Travail1999, IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 88%
  8. 8
    Mulholland Drive2001, IMDb 7.9, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
  9. 9
    Man with a Movie Camera1929, IMDb 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes 98%
  10. 10
    Singin' in the Rain1952, IMDb 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes 100%