Thelma Adams (AARP)
Outrage
All About Eve
Some Like it Hot
Nights of Cabiria
North by Northwest
Kaleem Aftab (BFI)
Sweet Smell of Success
La Strada
North by Northwest
Rear Window
On the Waterfront
A Face in the Crowd
Carlos Aguilar (IndieWire)
Los Olvidados
Sleeping Beauty
Pather Panchali
Ikiru
Diabolique
Ethan Alter (Yahoo! Entertainement)
Ace in the Hole
The 400 Blows
Singin’ in the Rain
Godzilla
Rear Window
Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner)
Good Morning
Johnny Guitar
Ordet
The Searchers
Vertigo
David Ansen (Newsweek)
The Earrings of Madam De …
Vertigo
Hiroshima Mon Amour
The Night of the Hunter
A Place in the Sun
Michael Atkinson (The Village Voice)
Tokyo Story
The Night of the Hunter
A Man Escaped
Vertigo
Touch of Evil
Nicholas Bell (IONCINEMA)
Suddenly Last Summer
All About Eve
All That Heaven Allows
Witness for the Prosecution
Night of the Hunter
William Bibbiani (The Wrap)
Duck Amok
Glen or Glenda
The Night of the Hunter
Rear Window
La Ronde
John Bleasdale (The Economist)
Touch of Evil
Paths of Glory
Singin in the Rain
Nights of Cabiria
The Seven Samurai
Uwe Boll (Filmmaker)
Seven Samurai
Night and Fog
Night of the Hunter
Le Salaire de la Peur
Rifififi
Chuck Bowen (Slant Magazine)
Vertigo
Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Touch of Evil
In a Lonely Place
Anatomy of A Murder
Liz Braun (Toronto Sun)
Vertigo
Some Like It Hot
The 400 Blows
The Night of The Hunter
Bridge on the River Kwai
Matt Brunson (Film Frenzy)
All About Eve
Singin’ in the Rain
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
Rio Bravo
Jim Brunzell (Freelance)
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Sunset Blvd
Tokyo Story
Vertigo
Christopher Bumbray (Joblo)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Night of the Hunter
North by Northwest
Paths of Glory
Sweet Smell of Success
David Cairns (Criterion)
Vertigo
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samurai
Nights of Cabiria
A Face in the Crowd
Jonathan Shawn Caouette (Filmmaker)
The 5000 Fingers Of Dr. T
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Jazz On A Summers day
The Seventh Seal
North By Northwest
Zach Caruso (Freelance)
Paths of Glory
Umberto D.
Throne of Blood
The Cranes Are Flying
Pickpocket
Godfrey Cheshire (RogerEbert.com)
A Man Escaped
Rear Window
Ordet
Rashomon
Pather Panchali
Erik Childress (eFilmCritic)
Rear Window
The Searchers
Singin’ in the Rain
Sunset Boulevard
Vertigo
Daryl Chin (Freelance)
Sound of the Mountain
The Golden Coach
Stromboli
Glimpse of the Garden
Orpheus
Nick Clement (Variety)
12 Angry Men
A Face in the Crowd
The Killing
Strangers on a Train
Bad Day at Black Rock
Laura Clifford (Reeling Reviews)
In a Lonely Place
A Star Is Born
Sunset Boulevard
Rear Window
Tokyo Story
Umberto D.
Adam Cook (Freelance)
Ugetsu
In a Lonely Place
Rio Bravo
An American in Paris
The Quiet Man
Ben Croll (The Wrap)
Touch of Evil
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Night of the Hunter
Ugetsu
Rififi
Freja Dam (Sound Venue)
Seven Samurai
Some Like it Hot
Lady and the Tramp
Vertigo
Roman Holiday
Tony Dayoub (CinemaViewFinder)
Lola Montès
Rear Window
Rebel Without a Cause
The Searchers
The Seventh Seal
Peter Debruge (Variety)
The Seven Samurai
All About Eve
Singin' in the Rain
On the Waterfront
The Earrings of Madame de…
Michael Dunaway (Paste Magazine)
Seven Samurai
Sunset Boulevard
North by Northwest
Singin in the Rain
The Searchers
David Edelstein (Freelance)
Singin' in the Rain
Sweet Smell of Success
Richard III
Smiles of a Summer Night
Seven Samurai
Max Evry (Critic/Author)
Forbidden Planet
Night of the Hunter
The Monolith Monsters
The Trouble With Harry
Mon Oncle
Matt Fagerholm (RogerEbert)
Ikiru
The Man Who Knew Too Much
North by Northwest
Paths of Glory
Witness for the Prosecution
Jim Farmer (Festival Director, Out on Film)
Vertigo
Sunset Boulevard
Rear Window
On the Waterfront
All About Eve
Scott Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Searchers
Vertigo
Singin' in the Rain
The Quiet Man
All About Eve
Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter)
Singin' in the Rain
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Touch of Evil
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Steve Finkelstein (FB Film Forum)
Wild Strawberries
Vertigo
Seven Samurai
I Vitelloni
Los Olvidados
Adam Frazier (Freelance)
Rear Window
The Creature From the Black Lagoon
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
12 Angry Men
Jean Jacky Goldberg (Les Inrockuptibles)
Rio Bravo
Vertigo
Ohayo
An Affair to Remember
French Cancan
Bill Goodykoontz (Arizona Republic)
The Searchers
Rear Window
Rashomon
The Night of the Hunter
Sunset Boulevard
David Greven (University of South Carolina)
Vertigo
A Place in the Sun
All That Heaven Allows
Johnny Guitar
The Ten Commandments
Caleb Hammond (Movie Maker)
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
I Vitelloni
The Night of the Hunter
Rear Window
Dial M For Murder
Zaki Hasan (The Film Stage)
North by Northwest
Ben-Hur
The Thing
Rear Window
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Matthew Hays (Concordia University)
Sunset Blvd.
Imitation of Life
Rashomon
The Apu Trilogy
Invasion of the Body Snatchers & The Bad Seed
Matt Hoffman (The Film School Rejects)
All About Eve
Vertigo
Tokyo Story
All That Heaven Allows
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Robert Horton (Film Comment)
The Earrings of Madame De …
Sansho the Bailiff
North By Northwest
Rio Bravo
Some Like it Hot
Peter Howell (The Toronto Star)
Singin' in the Rain
Tokyo Story
Vertigo
Breathless
Forbidden Planet
Richard T. Jameson (Film Comment)
Kiss Me Deadly
Wagon Master
In A Lonely Place
Seven Men From Now
Pickup on South Street
Mark Johnson (Awards Daily)
Vertigo
Sunset Boulevard
Singin’ in the Rain
The Bridge on the River Kwai
On the Waterfront
Larry Karaszewski (Filmmaker)
Sunset Blvd
The Night of the Hunter
North by Northwest
Johnny Guitar
La Notti Blanche
And a couple extra: Gun Crazy, Sweet Smell of Success, Les Amants, The Quiet Man, Murder By Contract, Baby Doll
Dave Karger (TCM)
All About Eve
A Place in the Sun
Singin’ in the Rain
Bad Day at Black Rock
Giant
Elisabeth Karlin (Film Essayist)
All About Eve
Sunset Blvd.
Vertigo
The Seventh Seal
Rear Window
Don Kaye (Den of Geek)
Rear Window
Gojira/Godzilla
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
All About Eve
Paths of Glory
Jonathan Kiefer (Sacramento News)
Black Orpheus
La Strada
A Man Escaped
Tokyo Story
Wild Strawberries
Peter Keough (The Arts Fuse/Boston Globe)
The Searchers
The Seventh Seal
Tokyo Story
Pather Panchali
Rear Window
Harry Knowles (Aint it Cool)
Seven Samurai
Forbidden Planet
Ben Hur
Night of the Hunter
Touch of Evil
Robert Koehler (Cinema Scope)
Bob le Flambeur, Floating Clouds, Hiroshima mon amour, Johnny Guitar, The Man from Laramie, Los Olvidados, Ordet, Orpheus, Pather Panchali, Paths of Glory, Peasants of the Sea, Rashomon, Tokyo Story, Ugetsu
Kevin Laforest (Extra Beurre)
Singin' in the Rain
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Vertigo
Rio Bravo
Marcos Levy (Freelance)
Sunset Blvd
12 Angry Men
Rear Window
Touch of Evil
Bridge on the River Kwai
Craig D. Lindsay (Nashville Scene)
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Singin’ in the Rain
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Touch of Evil
Wesley Lovell (Cinema Sight)
All About Eve
The Night of the Hunter
Paths of Glory
A Place in the Sun
Auntie Mame
Carson Lund (Slant Magazine)
In a Lonely Place
All That Heaven Allows
Vertigo
The Life of Oharu
A Man Escaped
Rod Lurie (Filmmaker)
Paths of Glory
The 400 Blows
The Killing
Seven Samurai
Ben-Hur
Wade Major (KPCC-NPR Los Angeles)
The 400 Blows
The Seven Samurai
Wild Strawberries
The Bridge on the River Kwai
An American in Paris
Ben Mankiewicz (TCM)
Paths of Glory
Sweet Smell of Success
A Face in the Crowd
In a Lonely Place
Ace in the Hole
Eric Marchen (Rogers TV)
The 400 Blows
Rashomon
The Seventh Seal
Singin’ in the Rain
Tokyo Story
Philip Martin (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
The Searchers
Night of the Hunter
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Sunset Blvd.
The 400 Blows
Joseph McBride (Film Historian, Author)
Tokyo Story
The 400 Blows
Shane
The Night of the Hunter
The Tarnished Angels
Patrick Z. McGavin (Screen International)
Touch of Evil
Ordet
Pickpocket
Park Row
The Tarnished Angels
Steve Mears (Film Comment)
La Strada
The Night of the Hunter
Singin’ in the Rain
Tokyo Story
Vertigo
Myron Meisel (Chicago Reader)
Five in English: Limelight, Rear Window, The Searchers, Touch of Evil, Rio Bravo
Five in other languages: Life of Oharu, Tokyo Story, Smiles of a Summer Night, A Man Escaped, Ordet
Jared Mobarak (The Film Stage)
The Cranes are Flying
In a Lonely Place
Rear Window
Singin’ in the Rain
Sweet Smell of Success
Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture)
12 Angry Men
All About Eve
Seven Samurai
Vertigo
The Wages Of Fear
Brian Owens (Artistic Director, Calgary International Film Festival)
Vertigo
The 400 Blows
Seven Samurai
Singin’ in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Michael Patterson (Michael’s Telluride Blog)
12 Angry Men
Some Like It Hot
Rashomon
A Streetcar Named Desire
On the Waterfront
Gerald Peary (The Arts Fuse)
The Searchers
Wild Strawberries
Ikiru
Pather Panchali
The Third Man
Miguel Pendas (BFI)
Vertigo
The Bad and the Beautiful
In a Lonely Place
Seven Samurai
La Strada
John Powers (Fresh Air)
Sansho the Bailiff
Madame de …
Kiss Me Deadly
Tokyo Story
The Seven Samurai
Emanuele Rauco (Programmer, Venice Film Festival)
Singin in the Rain
Tokyo Story
Seven Samurai
Vertigo
Paths of Glory
Mara Reinstein (US Weekly)
Rear Window
The Searchers
12 Angry Men
North by Northwest
Singin in the Rain
Carrie Rickey (Philadelphia Inquirer)
In a Lonely Place
Seven Samurai
Roman Holiday
Night & Fog
Room at the Top
Timothy Rhys (Movie Maker)
Sunset Blvd
Pather Panchali
The Searchers
The Asphalt Jungle
On the Waterfront.
Ruben Rosario (Miamiartzine)
An American in Paris
Lady and the Tramp
Nights of Cabiria
Paths of Glory
The World of Apu
Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel)
Vertigo
Touch of Evil
The Searchers
The 400 Blows
In A Lonely Place
More: Sunset Blvd, Ordet, Sweet Smell of Success, Rear Window, Night of the Hunter
Shade Rupe (Screenwriter)
In a Lonely Place
Forbidden Games
The Wages of Fear
The Searchers
Elevator to the Gallows
Aaron Salazar (Filmmaker)
Glas
Wagon Master
Singin’ in the Rain
Pickpocket
The Killing
Dan Sallitt (Filmmaker)
Diary of A Country Priest
Floating Clouds
Ordet
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
Christopher Schobert (The Film Stage)
The 400 Blows
Les Diaboliques
Paths of Glory
Vertigo
The Wages of Fear
Ian Schultz (Psychotonic Cinema/Hyde Park Picture House)
Night of the Hunter
Kiss Me Deadly
Dementia
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Paths of Glory
Niles Schwartz (Freelance)
Seven Samurai
Paths of Glory
Bridge on the River Kwai
Singin in the Rain
Seventh Seal
Diego Semerene (Slant Magazine)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Wild Strawberries
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Elevator to the Gallows
The Seventh Seal
Don Shanahan (Film Obsessive)
North by Northwest
Rear Window
12 Angry Men
Singin’ in the Rain
Sleeping Beauty
Steven Shaviro (Freelance)
Vertigo
Touch of Evil
Imitation of Life
Pickup on South Street
Bigger Than Life
Jason Shawhan (Nashville Scene)
Imitation of Life
All About Eve
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Rear Window
The Night of The Hunter
Yael Shuv (Time Out Tel Aviv)
Ikiru
Sunset Blvd.
Night of the Hunter
Nights of Cabiria
Sansho the Bailiff
Alex Simon (The Hollywood Interview)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Kiss Me Deadly
North By Northwest
In A Lonely Place
High Noon
Amie Simon (Three Imaginary Girls)
All About Eve
Vertigo
Les Diaboliques
Touch of Evil
Singin’ in the Rain
Jeff Simon (Buffalo News)
Vertigo
The Searchers
Giant
Wild Strawberries
Singin' in the Rain
Runners-Up: Sweet Smell of Success, Touch of Evil, On the Waterfront, Anatomy of a Murder, Rebel Without a Cause
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Filmmaker)
12 Angry Men
Rear Window
Sunset Blvd
Dial M for Murder
Touch of Evil
Kyle Smith (New York Post)
Singin’ in the Rain
Bridge on the River Kwa
Sunset Blvd.
Sweet Smell of Success
A Face in the Crowd
Jeff Sneider (The InSneider)
12 Angry Men
Seven Samurai
The Killing
Night of the Hunter
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Bad Seed
Michael Sragow (Film Comment)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
On the Waterfront
Rashomon
The Seventh Seal
Umberto D
Tony Joe Stemme (Freelance)
Sunset Blvd.
Singin’ in the Rain
Tokyo Story
Wild Strawberries
Seven Samurai
David Sterritt (Christian Science Monitor)
The 400 Blows
A Movie
Throne of Blood
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
Herb Stratford (Tucson Film Festival)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Rear Window
Ben Hur
Rebel Without a Cause
Some Like it Hot
Bob Strauss (Los Angeles Daily News)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Fires on the Plain
The Searchers
The Seventh Seal
Rear Window
Ed Symkus (Boston Globe)
La Strada
The Night of the Hunter
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Paths of Glory
Some Like It Hot
Drew Taylor (The Wrap)
It Came From Outer Space
Vertigo
Kiss Me Deadly
The Seven Samurai
Sleeping Beauty
Anne Thompson (IndieWire)
Seven Samurai
The Quiet Man
Singin’ in the Rain
North by Northwest
Some Like it Hot
Tomasso Tocci (IONCINEMA)
Ashes and Diamonds
Rashomon
Vertigo
The 400 blows
The Cranes Are Flying
Christian Toto (Hollywood in Toto)
Shane
Paths of Glory
North by Northwest
Bridge on the River Kwai
12 Angry Men
Benjamin Tovias (Yedioth Ahronoth)
Sunset Blvd.
Singing in the Rain
The 400 Blows
The Bridge over the River Kwai
In a Lonely Place
Brian Truitt (USA Today)
All About Eve
The Night of the Hunter
North by Northwest
On the Waterfront
Rashomon
Kent Turner (Film Forward)
All About Eve
The Earrings of Madame de …
Singin’ in the Rain
Pather Panchali
Nights of Cabiria
Mel Valentin (That Shelf)
Vertigo
Ikiru
Singin' in the Rain
Night of the Hunter
The 400 Blows
Richard von Busack (SF Weekly)
Singing in The Rain
Madame de…,
Rio Bravo
In A Lonely Place
Ikiru
Rear Window
Daniel Waters (Screenwriter)
Sunset Boulevard
Rear Window
Sweet Smell of Success
Singing’ in the Rain
Bonjour Tristesse
Max Weiss (Baltimore Magazine)
Vertigo
Singin’ in the Rain
The Sweet Smell of Success
Touch of Evil
Some Like it Hot
Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere)
Some Like it Hot
North by Northwest
The Horse Soldiers
The Diary of Anne Frank
On the Beach
Matthew Wilder (Filmmaker)
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
Vertigo
The Music Room
Los Olivdados
Chuck Wilson (L.A. Weekly)
Bob le Flambeur
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Cinderella
The Earrings of Madame De…
Hiroshima mon amour
NEXT FIVE: Johnny Guitar, Rear Window, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tokyo Story, Umberto D.
Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby)
Samson and Delilah
Annie Got Her Gun
Born Yesterday
All About Eve
Cinderella