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Seen: 112 (44.4%)
See Again: 4 (1.6%)
Unseen: 136 (54.0%)

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Sight and Sound Critics Poll 2012, Top 250 Films

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. The Rules of the Game (1939)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. The Searchers (1956)
8. Man With the Movie Camera (1929)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
10. 8 1/2 (1963)
11. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
12. L'Atalante (1934)
13. Breathless (1960)
14. Apocalypse Now (1979)
15. Late Spring (1949)
16. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
17. The Seven Samurai (1954)
18. Persona (1966)
19. The Mirror (1975)
20. Singin' In the Rain (1952)
21. L'Avventura (1960)
21. Contempt (1963)
21. The Godfather (1972)
24. Ordet (1955)
24. In the Mood For Love (2000)
26. Andrei Rublev (1966)
26. Rashomon (1950)
28. Mulholland Drive (2001)
29. Stalker (1979)
29. Shoah (1985)
31. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
31. Taxi Driver (1976)
33. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
34. The General (1927)
35. Psycho (1960)
35. Metropolis (1927)
35. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
35. Satantango (1994)
39. The 400 Blows (1959)
39. La Dolce Vita (1960)
41. Voyage To Italy (1954)
42. Pather Panchali (1955)
42. Some Like It Hot (1959)
42. Gertrud (1964)
42. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
42. Playtime (1967)
42. Close-Up (1990)
48. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
48. Histoire(s) du cinema: Une histoire seule (1989)
50. City Lights (1931)
50. Ugetsu (1953)
50. La Jetee (1962)
53. Rear Window (1954)
53. North By Northwest (1959)
53. Raging Bull (1980)
56. M (1931)
57. Touch of Evil (1958)
57. The Leopard (1963)
59. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
59. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
59. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
59. Barry Lyndon (1975)
63. Modern Times (1936)
63. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
63. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
63. Wild Strawberries (1957)
63. Rio Bravo (1959)
63. Pickpocket (1959)
69. A Man Escaped (1956)
69. Blade Runner (1982)
69. Sans Soleil (1983)
69. Blue Velvet (1986)
73. Grand Illusion (1937)
73. Children of Paradise (1945)
73. The Third Man (1949)
73. L'Eclisse (1962)
73. Nashville (1975)
78. Once Upon a Time In the West (1968)
78. Chinatown (1974)
78. Beau Travail (2000)
81. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
81. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
81. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
84. Greed (1924)
84. Casablanca (1942)
84. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
84. Color of Pomegranates (1968)
84. The Wild Bunch (1969)
84. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
90. A Day In the Country (1936)
90. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
90. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
93. Intolerance (1916)
93. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
93. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
93. The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
93. The Seventh Seal (1957)
93. Imitation of Life (1959)
93. Touki Bouki (1973)
93. Yi Yi (2000)
93. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
102. Wavelength (1967)
102. The Conformist (1970)
102. The Travelling Players (1975)
102. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
102. Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
102. The Tree of Life (2011)
102. Two Or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
102. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
110. The Lady Eve (1941)
110. Los Olvidados (1950)
110. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
110. Performance (1970)
110. The Passenger (1975)
110. Viridiana (1961)
110. L'Age D'Or (1930)
117. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
117. Mouchette (1967)
117. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
117. Nosferatu (1922)
117. The Red Shoes (1948)
117. Trouble In Paradise (1932)
117. A City of Sadness (1989)
117. Amarcord (1973)
117. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
117. Days of Heaven (1978)
127. Spring In a Small Town (1948)
117. Do the Right Thing (1989)
117. Out 1 (1971)
117. Tropical Malady (2004)
117. The River (1951)
117. Jules and Jim (1962)
117. Pulp Fiction (1994)
117. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
117. L'Argent (1983)
117. Ikiru (1952)
117. Blue (1993)
117. Don't Look Now (1973)
117. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
117. Annie Hall (1977)
117. The Apartment (1960)
117. The Last Laugh (1924)
117. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
144. Blowup (1966)
144. The Great Dictator (1940)
144. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
144. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
144. Chungking Express (1994)
144. To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
144. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
144. Napoleon (1927)
144. My Life To Live (1962)
144. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
154. Marketa Lazarova (1967)
154. Cache (2005)
154. The Shining (1980)
154. Solaris (1972)
154. Chimes At Midnight (1965)
154. The Gold Rush (1925)
154. Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
154. Brief Encounter (1945)
154. In a Lonely Place (1950)
154. Black Narcissus (1947)
154. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
154. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
154. Vampyr (1932)
154. Come and See (1985)
154. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
154. Once Upon a Time In America (1984)
154. Cries and Whispers (1972)
171. King Kong (1933)
171. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
171. Star Wars (1977)
171. Notorious (1946)
171. His Girl Friday (1940)
171. Goodfellas (1990)
171. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
171. A Trip To the Moon (1902)
171. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
171. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
171. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
171. Earth (1930)
183. Breaking the Waves (1996)
183. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
183. Paris, Texas (1984)
183. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
183. Faces (1968)
183. Rome, Open City (1945)
183. The Music Room (1958)
183. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
183. A Touch of Zen (1971)
183. Listen To Britain (1942)
183. Day of Wrath (1943)
183. The Thin Red Line (1998)
183. Eraserhead (1977)
183. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
183. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
183. The Conversation (1974)
183. Out of the Past (1947)
183. I Was Born, But... (1932)
183. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
202. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
202. Red Desert (1964)
202. Chelsea Girls (1966)
202. Badlands (1973)
202. Kings of the Road (1976)
202. There Will Be Blood (2007)
202. WALL*E (2008)
202. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
202. Videodrome (1983)
202. Daisies (1966)
202. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
202. Manhattan (1979)
202. Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
202. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Part 1: Rust (2003)
202. Russian Ark (2002)
202. Tale of Tales (1979)
202. Spirited Away (2001)
202. La Strada (1954)
202. Paisan (1946)
202. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
202. The Big Sleep (1946)
202. Killer of Sheep (1978)
202. Wanda (1970)
202. Germany: Year Zero (1948)
202. Life of Oharu (1952)
202. Army of Shadows (1969)
202. Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
202. Duck Soup (1933)
202. The Devil, Probably (1977)
202. The Turin Horse (2011)
202. Love Streams (1984)
202. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
202. Floating Clouds (1955)
235. The Piano (1993)
235. Gone With the Wind (1939)
235. Melancholia (2011)
235. The House Is Black (1963)
235. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
235. Red River (1948)
235. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
235. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
235. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
235. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
235. The World of Apu (1959)
235. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
235. My Darling Clementine (1946)
235. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
235. Kes (1970)
235. Red (1994)
235. The Big Lebowski (1998)
235. The White Ribbon (2009)