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While it is impossible to objectively determine the greatest film of all time, it is possible to discuss the films that have been regarded as the greatest ever. The important criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film is the "greatest" by some specific measure — be it a critics' poll, popular poll, box office receipts or awards.

Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers

Orson Welles
' Citizen Kane
has been voted number one in the Sight and Sound poll of film critics in each of the last five polls over the last 40 years (the survey is carried out once every ten years). A separate poll of established film directors in the same magazine held for the first time in 2002 also had Citizen Kane at the top. Influential critic Roger Ebert says that "The Sight and Sound poll is generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists". Perhaps not coincidentally he considers Citizen Kane the best film ever. The film was also selected as number one in a Village Voice critics' poll, number one in a Time Out critics' poll in 1995 and listed as the greatest film ever by the American Film Institute in 1998. Citizen Kane, however, did not win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)
by director Jean Renoir was named best film by the French film magazine Positif in 1991. It also holds the number two spot in the Village Voice poll. Along with Battleship Potemkin, it is one of only two films to have appeared in every one of Sight and Sound's 10-yearly polls(six occurrences).
Броненосец Потёмкин (Battleship Potemkin) was for many years generally considered the greatest film ever and was voted as such by a panel of experts at the 1958 World's Fair.
Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) was voted top film in a Sight & Sound magazine poll in 1952
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The Searchers is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language steadycam magazine.

Films acclaimed in audience polls

The Godfather
has long stood atop IMDb's list of the top 250 films. It was also voted number one by Entertainment Weekly readers and number one in a Time Out Readers' poll in 1995.
The Godfather Part II
, often considered better than the first one, was voted best film ever by TV Guide readers in 1998.
Casablanca
(1942) is widely cited as the greatest film of all time and was voted as such by readers of the Los Angeles Daily News in 1997. It is also regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) was chosen by readers of Empire magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4/FilmFour poll .
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) was the pick of readers in a poll by Empire magazine in November 2004.
The Shawshank Redemption
, the #2 entry on the IMDb list, was voted the best film never to have won "Best Picture" in a 2005 BBC poll. In January 2006 Empire magazine readers named it the best film ever.
Dirty Dancing
was chosen by 200,000 British respondents as their "best film ever" from a choice of 100 films weighted towards modern commercial films. The poll was organized by The Coca-Cola Company and Vue Cinemas.
Pulp Fiction
is the top rated film on YMDB.com .

Biggest box office successes

Worldwide highest grossing films (Not adjusted for inflation)

#Titanic
(1997) $1,845,034,188 #The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) $1,118,888,979 #Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001) $976,475,550 #The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002) $926,287,400 #Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) $924,317,558 #Shrek 2
(2004) $920,665,658 #Jurassic Park
(1993) $914,691,118 #Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005) $891,249,794 #Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) $876,688,482 #The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) $871,368,364

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