UPDATED: More lists were added. I decided to count around 20 late submissions. Not much has changed except that “The Prestige” falls from third to fourth place.
Read moreCritics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants
It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.
Read moreCritics Poll: ‘Breaking Bad' Named Best TV Series of the 2010s
I’ve added 20 more lists to this poll, which was originally published in 2020. We now have a total 105 lists tallied.
Read moreCritics Poll: Ridley Scott’s Best Films, According to 120 Critics — ‘Alien’ #1, ‘Blade Runner’ #2
Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 28 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.
Read moreCritics Poll: Martin Scorsese's Best Films, According to 130 Critics
Something happened in this poll of Martin Scorsese’s best films that didn’t happened in the previous ones I have conducted: there was such an abundance to choose from that some of the critics decided not to participate.
Read moreCritics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Poll: Over 85 Critics Voted For Steven Spielberg’s Best Films, Here are the Results
With a filmography that spans six decades and more than 40 movies, Steven Spielberg’s landmark career has been that rarest of beasts, mixing commercial success with resounding artistic merits.
Read moreCritics Poll: ‘The Godfather’ Named Best Movie of the 1970s
Just six days after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” has been named the best movies of the 1970s by a panel of close to 150 critics, filmmakers and historians.
Read moreCritics' Poll: ‘Do the Right Thing' Named Best Movie of the 1980s
‘Nomadland' Named Best Film of 2020, According to Poll of Over 100 Critics
The strangest cinematic year is about to come to an end. 2020 was filled with stoppages in theatrical releases and the full embracement of VOD and other such streaming platforms. Is it any wonder then that only 5 of the 20 most critically-acclaimed movies of the year were released exclusively in theaters?
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