Critics Polls
The legendary director has made 26 feature films, not counting docs, and the task of selecting his best film was, for some participants, too daunting.
Editor’s note — I’ve added 20 more lists to this poll, which was originally published in 2020. We now have a total 105 lists tallied.
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.
Is “Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch’s hypnotic and surreal ode to la la land, really the best film of the aughts? According to 200 movie experts, it seems that it is. World of Reel surveyed film critics, actors, directors, academics, and curators from over a dozen countries to compile a list of the best films released between 2000-2009.
“Goodfellas,” Martin Scorsese’s high-wire act of storytelling and visually masterful riff on the gangster genre, has topped our critics and industry poll as the best film of the 1990s. The survey, with 175 people from around the world voting, included directors, actors, producers, festival programmers, and historians. The closest competition to Scorsese’s film in the poll was Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime film, “Pulp Fiction,” which finished just 7 votes shy of “Goodfellas,” in second place.
One of the best-curated year-end decade lists you will see is Film Comment magazine and their poll featuring around 300 voters which include directors, critics, professors, and industry type. This decade’s list has been topped by Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama.”
Eight years ago, Ehrenreich, who was seen by many as a rising star, was blamed in some circles for “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which led to a five-year break from acting. He is now back, and with a vengeance.