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The 50 best films of 2021
After over 1000 votes by more than 100 critics and contributors, we announce the results of our annual poll – the best films in cinemas, at festivals and online in 2021
The Poll before the Polls: Sight and Sound’s 1941 ‘Quiz on Film Classics’
By Henry K Miller
The Greatest Films of All Time… in 1962
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The Greatest Films of All Time… in 2002The best video essays of 2020
By Ariel Avissar, Cydnii Wilde Harris and others
How we made the Greatest Films of All Time poll
By Nick James
How we made the Greatest Films of All Time poll
By Nick James
An A-Z of the 2010s in film
By Nick Bradshaw, Pamela Hutchinson and others
Vertigo rises: is Hitchcock’s dark masterpiece the greatest film of all time?
By Peter Matthews