Sight and Sound 100 Poll ( thanks to Gregory for the latest update! )
THIS IS CRITICS ONLY POLL.
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Those movies already released on DVD in Region 1 are listed in red color, in other Regions unavailable in Region 1 are listed in green, announced titles in purple , titles that are rumored for Region 1 are in blue , and the rest are in black colors.
This list is for titles that got 3 or more Critics' votes.
In parenthesis - position the title had in 1992 critics and directors poll. (--) - the title was not on the list in 1992 or it was below position # 127.
If DVD distributor is unknown, in parenthesis the last known
VHS/LD distributor is listed.
Title
(Director) - DVD Distributor
1 (1). Citizen Kane (Welles) - Warner
2 (4). Vertigo (Hitchcock) -
Universal
3 (2). The Rules of the Game (Renoir) - Criterion (R2 PAL (France) from Buena Vista) (R2 (UK) from BFI)
4 (63 - part II). The Godfather,
Parts 1 and 2 (Coppola) - Paramount
5 (3). Tokyo Story (Ozu) - Criterion (R2
PAL (UK) from Tartan for 2003) (R2 PAL (France)
from Arte for October 2003)
6 (10). 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) - Warner
7 (6). Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) - Image (Criterion edition in 2004)
7 (11). Sunrise (Murnau) - Fox (limited edition)
9 (11). 8 1/2 (Fellini) - Criterion, Image
10 (13). Singin' in the Rain (Kelley/Donen) - Warner
11 (5). The Searchers (Ford) - Warner
11 (13). Seven Samurai (Kurosawa) -
Criterion
(New edition possible in the near future)
13 (91). Rashomon (Kurosawa) -
Criterion
14 (6). The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer) - Criterion
15 (19). Breathless (Godard) - Fox Lorber
15 (6). L'Atalante (Vigo) - New Yorker / Facets
15 (13). The General (Keaton) - Image/Kino
15 (31). Touch of Evil (Welles) - Universal
19 (63). Au Hasard Balthazar
(Bresson) - Rialto/Criterion (Nouveau Film in UK) (R2 NTSC (Japan) from
Imagica) (No ENGLISH)
19 (13). L'Avventura (Antonioni) -
Criterion
19 (41). Jules et Jim (Truffaut)
- Fox Lorber (Criterion edition in
the near future)
22 (31). Contempt (Godard) -
Criterion
22 (6). Pather Panchali
(Ray) -
Sony/Columbia
Tristar (R2 PAL (UK) from Artificial Eye in Apu box set)
24 (41). La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
- Koch Lorber (9/2003) (R2
PAL (Italy)
Medusa)
(R2 PAL (UK) Momentum) (R2 PAL (Germany)
Universum)
24 (41). M (Lang) -
Criterion
24 (--). The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi) -
Criterion/Home Vision
27 (--). Barry Lyndon (Kubrick) -
Warner
27 (31). The Children of Paradise (Carne) - Criterion
27 (63). Ivan the Terrible (Eisenstein) - Criterion, Image
27 (41). The Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov) - Image, Kino
27 (91). Metropolis (Lang) - Kino
27 (27). Some Like It Hot (Wilder) - MGM
27 (19). Ugetsu Monogatari (Mizoguchi) - Criterion/Home Vision (R2 PAL (France) from Fravidis) (No ENGLISH)
27 (19). Wild Strawberries (Bergman) - Criterion
35 (27). Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky) - Criterion, Ruscico
35 (41). Fanny and Alexander (Bergman) - MGM (R2 PAL (UK) from Artificial Eye)
35 (--). The 400 Blows (Truffaut) - Criterion, Fox Lorber , Criterion 2nd edition
35 (63). The Godfather, Part 2 (Coppola) - Paramount
35 (41). The Grand Illusion (Renoir) - Criterion
35 (63). The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) - Warner/Turner (R2 PAL (France) from Édition Montparnasse)
35 (63). Modern Times (Chaplin) - Image (Warner edition on 7/01/2003)
35 (--). Psycho (Hitchcock) - Universal
35 (91). The Seventh Seal (Bergman) - Criterion (another comparison)
35 (--). Taxi Driver (Scorsese) - Columbia Tristar
35 (41). The Third Man (Reed) - Criterion
46 (13). The Bicycle Thief (De Sica) - Image
46 (--). Blade Runner (Scott) - Warner (Special Edition in 2004)
46 (18). City Lights (Chaplin) - Image (Warner edition in 2003)
46 (41). Greed (von Stroheim) - Warner/Turner
46 (25). Intolerance (Griffith) - Image, Kino
46 (--). Lawrence of Arabia (Lean) - Columbia Tristar
46 (19). Letter from Unknown Woman (Ophuls) - Artisan/Republic
46 (--). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford) - Paramount
46 (31). Mirror (Tarkovsky) - Kino, Ruscico
46 (40). Ordet (Dreyer) - Criterion (Carl Th. Dreyer boxset)
46 (19). Pierrot le fou (Godard) - Fox Lorber
46 (--). Rio Bravo (Hawks) - Warner
46 (63). Sansho Dayu (Mizoguchi) - Criterion/Home Vision
46 (41). Shoah (Lanzmann) - New Yorker (8/19/2003) (R2 PAL (France) from ?)
46 (63). The Travelling Players (Angelopoulos) - New Yorker
46 (41). Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Godard) - Rialto/Criterion (R2 NTSC (Japan) from Imagica) (No ENGLISH)
62 (63). L'Age d'Or (Bunuel) - Kino (11/2003)
62 (63). Apocalypse Now (Coppola) - Paramount
62 (41). Black Narcissus (Powell) - Criterion
62 (--). Breaking the Waves (von Trier) - Artisan
62 (--). Chinatown (Polanski) - Paramount
62 (--). A City of Sadness (Hou) - ? (Artificial Eye in UK, not on DVD) (Coming soon in R0 box-set from Taiwan with 2 other titles )
62 (--). Close-Up (Kiarostami) - Facets
62 (41). Decalogue (Kieslowski) - Image/Facets. (New release on 8/2003 from Facets)
62 (41). Ikiru (Kurosawa) - Criterion (in 2003) (R0 NTSC (Hong Kong) from Mei Ah)
62 (--). It's a Wonderful Life (Capra) - Republic/Artisan
62 (91). Jeanne Dielman (Akerman) - ? (New Yorker)
62 (31). Madame de... (Ophuls) - ? (Connoisseur)
62 (--). Napoleon (Gance) - ? (Universal) (R4 PAL (Australia) from Universal)
62 (41). Nashville (Altman) - Paramount
62 (41). North by Northwest (Hitchcock) - Warner
62 (--). Nosferatu (Murnau) - Image, Kino
62 (--). Notorious (Hitchcock) - Criterion, Anchor Bay (licenced to MGM by Buena Vista for the future release)
62 (--). Once Upon a Time in America (Leone) - Warner (6/10/2003) (R0 NTSC from Brazil)
62 (--). A One and a Two (Yang) - Fox Lorber
62 (27). Rear Window (Hitchcock) - Universal
62 (--). Sherlock Jr. (Keaton) - Kino
62 (63). Stagecoach (Ford) - Warner
62 (91). Sunset Boulevard (Wilder) - Paramount
62 (--). Tristana (Bunuel) - Criterion/Home Vision (R2 NTSC (Japan) from Toho) (No ENGLISH)
62 (63). My Life to Live (Godard) - Fox Lorber
62 (31). Voyage to Italy (Rossellini) - ? (Connoisseur) (R2 PAL (France) from Films Sans Frontieres)
88 (--). All About My Mother (Almodovar) - Columbia Tristar
88 (91). L'Argent (Bresson) - New Yorker (12/09/2003) (R2 NTSC (Japan) from Books Kinokuniya) (No ENGLISH)
88 (--). The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo) - ? (Rhino, Image) (R2 PAL (Italy) from DNC)
88 (--). Black God, White Devil (Rocha) - New Yorker/Facets (R0 NTSC (Brazil) from VERSATIL)
88 (--). Blue Velvet (Lynch) - MGM
88 (--). A Canterbury Tale (Powell, Pressburger) - Criterion/Home Vision (R2 PAL (UK) from Carlton)
88 (--). Casablanca (Curtiz) - Warner (60th Anniversary Special Edition on 8/05/2003)
88 (--). Celine and Julie Go Boating (Rivette) - ? (New Yorker)
88 (63). Un Chien Andalou (Bunuel) - ? (Kino) (R2 NTSC (Japan) from ?) (No ENGLISH)
88 (63). Chimes at Midnight (Welles) - Disney (R2 PAL (Spain) from Suevia Films)
88 (--). Chungking Express (Wong) - Miramax
88 (91). The Conformist (Bertolucci) - Paramount
88 (31). Gertrud (Dreyer) - Criterion (Carl Th. Dreyer boxset)
88 (61). The Gold Rush (Chaplin) - Image (edited, Chaplin narration) (Warner edition on 7/01/2003)
88 (--). GoodFellas (Scorsese) - Warner (Special Edition rumored)
88 (91). His Girl Friday (Hawks) - Sony/Columbia Tristar
88 (--). India Song (Duras) - ?
88 (--). Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais) - Fox Lorber. Future Rialto/Criterion release is possible
88 (127). Late Spring (Ozu) - ? (New Yorker)
88 (91). The Leopard (Visconti) - Fox (R2 PAL (Italy) from Medusa Video) (R2 PAL (UK) from BFI coming soon)
88 (91). The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi) - Criterion/Home Vision
88 (--). Marnie (Hitchcock) - Universal
88 (--). A Matter of Life and Death (Powell, Pressburger) - Columbia Tristar (R2 PAL (UK) from Carlton)
88 (27). The Music Room (Ray) - Sony/Columbia Tristar (R2 PAL (France) from Films Sans Frontieres)
88 (63). The Night of the Hunter (Laughton) - MGM
88 (63). Out of the Past (Tourneur) - Warner/Turner (R2 PAL (France) from Édition Montparnasse)
88 (25). Paisan (Rossellini) - ? (Hen's Tooth) (R2 PAL (France) from Films Sans Frontieres) (No ENGLISH)
88 (--). Paths of Glory (Kubrick) - MGM
88 (91). Persona (Bergman) - MGM (11/18/2003) (R2 PAL (UK) from Tartan)
88 (--). Pulp Fiction (Tarantino) - Buena Vista
88 (19). Raging Bull (Scorsese) - MGM (Special Edition rumored)
88 (--). Red River (Hawks) - MGM
88 (--). Solaris (Tarkovsky) - Criterion, RusCiCo
88 (--). A Star Is Born (Cukor) - Warner
88 (--). Three Colours Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (Kieslowski) - Buena Vista
88 (--). Through the Olive Trees (Kiarostami) - Miramax (Artificial Eye in UK, not on DVD)
88 (--). To Have and Have Not (Hawks) - Warner (in 2003)
88 (41). Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch) - Criterion
88 (--). Viridiana (Bunuel) - ? (Hen's Tooth) (R2 PAL (France) from Films Sans Frontieres) (No ENGLISH)
88 (--). The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah) - Warner
88 (--). The Wind Will Carry Us (Kiarostami)
- New Yorker
(84 red
(available on DVD in Region 1) and 6
purple (date announced for Region 1); 5
blue (rumored to be released in Region 1) and 13 black (gathering dusts) -
28 titles are in green - released in another
region or soon to be released - another good reason
to get multi-region player with NTSC-PAL converter).