Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 2002 Critics Poll

Entertainment: Movies Directors

1 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941) 2. Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 3. Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir (1939) 4. The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 5 Tokyo Story, Yasujiro Ozu (1953) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick (1968) 7 (tie). Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 7 (tie). Sunrise, F.W. Murnau (1927) 9. 8-1/2, Federico Fellini (1963) 10. Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (1952)

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1

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

4

2

Alfred Hitchcock

Filmmaker

34.88% (15 of 43 votes)

10

3

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

4

Francis Ford Coppola

Filmmaker

20.0% (2 of 10 votes)

9

5

Yasujiro Ozu

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 3 votes)

2

6

Stanley Kubrick

Filmmaker

72.73% (16 of 22 votes)

1

7

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

11

7

F.W. Murnau

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

9

Federico Fellini

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

3

10

Gene Kelly

Actor

62.50% (5 of 8 votes)

8

10

Stanley Donen

Filmmaker

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)