In 1952, the renowned British film magazine did research for the first time the greatest film experts in the world after the greatest films of all time – to then compile the highest possible list of the greatest films of all time from the top 10 lists submitted. Since then, the study has been repeated every ten years – and on December 1, 2022, the results of the eighth studies were published. Including there is a surprise winner.
In the seven polls to date there have been only three different winners: after Vittorio De Sica’s “Fahrraddiebe” took the lead at the start in 1952, Orson Welles “Citizen Kane” won five times in a row before in According to the most recent survey from 2012, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo – Im Reich der Toten” could suddenly take the throne of the greatest film of all time, bypassing the competition.
So in 2022, there will only be the fourth different winning film in the eighth ballot – and according to the bookies it was one of the co-favorites, but many observers assumed it would end up being “Citizen Kane” or “Vertigo”. would become. In any case, some 1,600 participating film critics, film scholars and film curators voted – and from their submitted top 10 lists emerges as the new greatest movie of all time…
…”Joan Dielman” from Chantal Akerman from 1975
In the first seven issues, not a single film by a female director made the top 10 – and now Chantal Akerman has gone straight to number 1. Plus, “Jeanne Dielman” is by far the latest movie to make it. the top.
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In the 1975 drama Chantal Akerman describes the daily life of the widow of the same name (Delphine Seyrig), who peels potatoes and works as a prostitute before stabbing her client with scissors on the third day after experiencing her first orgasm during commercial sex…
The ten greatest movies of all time
By the way, the full top 10 of the new vote looks like this – and then we also give you the top 7 of the seven previous votes, so you can see how the list has sometimes changed a lot over the decades, but is also remained surprisingly constant in parts:
- 10th Place: “Singin’ In The Rain” (1952) by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
- 9th place: “The man with the camera” (1929) by Dziga Vertov
- 8th place: “Mulholland Drive” (2001) by David Lynch
- 7th place: “The Foreign Legionnaire” (1999) by Claire Denis
- 6th Place: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) by Stanley Kubrick
- 5th Place: “In The Mood For Love” (2000) by Wong Kar-Wai
- 4th Place: “Journey to Tokyo” (1953) by Yasujirō Ozu
- 3rd place: “Citizen Kane” (1941) by Orson Welles
- 2nd Place: “Vertigo – In the Realm of the Dead” (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock
- 1st place: “Jeanne Dielman” (1975) by Chantal Akerman
The Best 7 (2012)
- 7th place: “The Black Hawk” (1956) by John Ford
- 6th Place: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) by Stanley Kubrick
- 5th place: “Sunrise” (1927) by F. W. Murnau
- 4th place: “The Rules of the Game” (1939) by Jean Renoir
- 3rd Place: “Journey to Tokyo” (1953) by Yasujirō Ozu
- 2nd place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
- 1st Place: “Vertigo – In the Realm of the Dead” (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock
The Best 7 (2002)
- 7th Place: “Battleship Potemkin” (1925) by Sergueï Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- 6th Place: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) by Stanley Kubrick
- 5th Place: “Journey to Tokyo” (1953) by Yasujirō Ozu
- 4th Place: “The Godfather” + “The Godfather 2” (1972/74) by Francis Ford Coppola
- 3rd place: “The Rules of the Game” (1939) by Jean Renoir
- 2nd Place: “Vertigo – In the Realm of the Dead” (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock
- 1st place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
The Top 7 (1992)
- 7th Place: “Vertigo – In the Realm of the Dead” (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock
- 6th place: “The Godfather” (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola
- 5th place: “Atalante” (1934) by Jean Vigo
- 4th place: “La Strada – The song of the road” (1954) by Federico Fellini
- 3rd place: “Raging Bull” (1980) by Martin Scorsese
- 2nd place: “Eight and a half” (1963) by Federico Fellini
- 1st place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
The Top 7 (1982)
- 7th place: “The Play with Love” (1960) by Michelangelo Antonioni
- 6th Place: “Battleship Potemkin” (1925) by Sergueï Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- 5th place: “Eight and a half” (1963) by Federico Fellini
- 4th place: “Singin’ In The Rain” (1952) by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
- 3rd place: “The Seven Samurai” (1954) by Akira Kurosawa
- 2nd place: “The Rules of the Game” (1939) by Jean Renoir
- 1st place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
The Top 7 (1972)
- 7th Place: “The Passion of the Maid of Orléans” (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 6th place: “Persona” (1966) by Ingmar Bergman
- 5th place: “The Play with Love” (1960) by Michelangelo Antonioni
- 4th place: “Eight and a half” (1963) by Federico Fellini
- 3rd Place: “Battleship Potemkin” (1925) by Sergueï Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- 2nd place: “The Rules of the Game” (1939) by Jean Renoir
- 1st place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
The Top 7 (1962)
- 7th place: “Bicycle Thieves” (1948) by Vittorio De Sica
- 6th Place: “Battleship Potemkin” (1925) by Sergueï Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- 5th Place: “Ugetsu – Tales under the Rain Moon” (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi
- 4th place: “Vulture” (1925) by Erich von Stroheim
- 3rd place: “The Rules of the Game” (1939) by Jean Renoir
- 2nd place: “The Play with Love” (1960) by Michelangelo Antonioni
- 1st place: Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
The Top 7 (1952)
- 7th place: “Vulture” (1925) by Erich von Stroheim
- 6th Place: “Louisiana Legend” (1948) by Robert J. Flaherty
- 5th Place: “Intolerance” (1916) by DW Griffith
- 4th Place: “Battleship Potemkin” (1925) by Sergueï Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- 3rd place: “Gold Rush” (1925) by Charles Chaplin
- 2nd place: “City Lights” (1931) by Charles Chaplin
- 1st place: “Bicycle Thieves” (1948) by Vittorio De Sica