In 1952 the Sight and Sound team started the decennial tradition of compiling a list of “The Greatest Films of All Time.” At The Rolling Tape, we decided to compile a list based on our own sight and sound poll compiling the opinions of our contributors. Below are our considered “GOAT” films. Let us know in the comments how our opinions stack against yours!
T-99. Little Women (2019)
Directed by Greta Gerwig
T-99. The Lion King (1994)
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
T-96. City of God (2002)
Directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund
T-96. Scream (1996)
Directed by Wes Craven
T-96. Sideways (2004)
Directed by Alexander Payne
95. Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Directed by Frank Darabont
T-93. Hereditary (2018)
Directed by Ari Aster
T-93. Us (2019)
Directed by Jordan Peele
T-89. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
T-89. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Directed by Frank Capra
T-89. Lady Bird (2017)
Directed by Greta Gerwig
T-89. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Directed by David O. Russell
88. M (1931)
Directed by Fritz Lang
T-85. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Directed by Michel Gondry
T-85. Frances Ha (2012)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
T-85. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
84. Do The Right Thing (1989)
Directed by Spike Lee
T-82. Adventureland (2009)
Directed by Greg Mottola
T-82. City Lights (1931)
Directed by Charles Chaplin
T-80. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
T-80. Before Sunset (2004)
Directed by Richard Linklater
T-77. Blade Runner (1982)
Directed by Ridley Scott
T-77. Jurassic Park (1993)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
T-77. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
76. Fight Club (1999)
Directed by David Fincher
T-74. Back to the Future (1985)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
T-74. Mommy (2014)
Directed by Xavier Dolan
73. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
72. Molly’s Game (2017)
Directed by Aaron Sorkin
71. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Directed by Wes Anderson
70. Schindler’s List (1993)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
T-68. The Lovely Bones (2009)
Directed by Peter Jackson
T-68. The Truman Show (1998)
Directed by Peter Weir
67. The Shining (1980)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
T-64. Beau Travail (1999)
Directed by Claire Denis
T-64. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
T-64. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Directed by Billy Wilder
63. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Directed by Celine Sciamma
T-61. Marriage Story (2019)
Directed by Noah Baumbach
T-61. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
T-59. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Directed by Federico Fellini
T-59. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Directed by George Lucas
58. La Haine (1995)
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
T-56. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Directed by Julian Schnabel
T-56. Rear Window (1954)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
T-52. Knives Out (2019)
Directed by Rian Johnson
T-52. On the Waterfront (1954)
Directed by Elia Kazan
T-52. The Exorcist (1996)
Directed by William Friedkin
T-52. Wings of Desire (1987)
Directed by Wim Wenders
51. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Directed by Billy Wilder
50. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
49. Rashomon (1950)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
48. The Florida Project (2017)
Directed by Sean Baker
T-44. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
T-44. La Notte (1961)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
T-44. Promising Young Woman (2020)
Directed by Emerald Fennell
T-44. The Wind Rises (2013)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
43. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Directed by Milos Forman
42. La La Land (2016)
Directed by Damien Chazelle
T-40. Stalker (1979)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
T-40. Taipei Story (1985)
Directed by Edward Yang
39. Playtime (1967)
Directed by Jacques Tati
38. Get Out (2017)
Directed by Jordan Peele
T-35. Avatar (2009)
Directed by James Cameron
T-35. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
T-35. Ikiru (1952)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
T-33. Metropolis (1927)
Directed by Fritz Lang
T-33. Whiplash (2014)
Directed by Damien Chazelle
32. The Dark Knight (2008)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
31. Alien (1979)
Directed by Ridley Scott
T-29. High and Low (1963)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
T-29. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Directed by Jonathan Demme
T-26. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
T-26. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Directed by Dziga Vertov
T-26. Spirited Away (2001)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
T-24. Mirror (1975)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
T-24. Tokyo Story (1953)
Directed by Yasujirô Ozu
23. 8 ½ (1963)
Directed by Federico Fellini
22. Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
Directed by Agnès Varda
21. Moonlight (2016)
Directed by Barry Jenkins
20. Come and See (1985)
Directed by Elem Klimov
19. Jaws (1975)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
18. Mulholland Drive (2001)
Directed by David Lynch
17. Casablanca (1942)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
16. Paris, Texas (1984)
Directed by Wim Wenders
15. Citizen Kane (1941)
Directed by Orson Welles
14. The Social Network (2010)
Directed by David Fincher
T-12. L’Avventura (1960)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
T-12. Modern Times (1936)
Directed by Charles Chaplin
11. In the Mood for Love (2000)
Directed by Wong kar-wai
10. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
9. Apocalypse Now (1979)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
8. The Graduate (1967)
Directed by Mike Nichols
7. Persona (1966)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
6. Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
5. Parasite (2019)
Directed by Bong joon-ho
4. The Godfather (1972)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
3. Psycho (1960)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
2. Seven Samurai (1954)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
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