Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1952 Critics Poll

Entertainment: Movies Directors

1 The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio de Sica (1947) 2 (tie). City Lights, Charlie Chaplin (1931) 2 (tie). The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin (1925) 4. Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 5 (tie). Intolerance, D.W. Griffith (1916) 5 (tie) Louisiana Story, Robert J. Flaherty (1948) 7 (tie). Greed, Erich von Stroheim (1924) 7 (tie). Le Jour Se Leve, Marcel Carne (1939) 7 (tie). The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carl Dreyer (1928) 10 (tie). Brief Encounter, David Lean (1945) 10 (tie). Le Million, Rene Clair (1931) 10 (tie). The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir (1939)

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4

1

Vittorio De Sica

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

5

2

Charlie Chaplin

Actor

58.49% (62 of 106 votes)

6

4

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

7

5

Robert J. Flaherty

Filmmaker

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

8

5

D.W. Griffith

Filmmaker

40.0% (10 of 25 votes)

1

7

Erich Von Stroheim

Actor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

10

7

Marcel Carné

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

7

Carl Dreyer

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

2

10

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

10

René Clair

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

9

10

David Lean

Filmmaker

33.33% (2 of 6 votes)