The Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll: 1992

Sight & Sound is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Every decade, Sight & Sound asks an international group of film professionals to vote for their greatest film of all time. Since 1952, Critics have been asked to provide a top ten list. 1992 was the first poll which included top ten choices for directors as well as critics.

Directors’ poll

• 1. Citizen Kane (Welles)
• 2. 8 ½ (Fellini)
• 2. Raging Bull (Scorsese)
• 4. La Strada (Fellini)
• 5. L’Atalante (Vigo)
• 6. The Godfather (Coppola)
• 6. Modern Times (Chaplin)
• 6. Vertigo (Hitchcock)
• 9. The Godfather Part II (Coppola)
• 10. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
• 10. Rashomon (Kurosawa)
• 10. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)

Critcs’ poll

• • 1. Citizen Kane (Welles)
  • 2. La Regle du Jeu (Renoir)
  • 3. Tokyo Story (Ozu)
  • 4. Vertigo (Hitchcock)
  • 5. The Searchers (Ford)
  • 6. L’Atalante (Vigo)
  • 6. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
  • 6. Pather Panchali (Ray)
  • 6. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein)
  • 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)

The Godfather (BFI Film Classics) Paperback
Vertigo (BFI Film Classics) Paperback
2001: A Space Odyssey (BFI Film Classics) Paperback
L’Atalante (BFI Film Classics) Paperback
The Searchers (BFI Film Classics) Paperback