Andy Rotman
Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor, Smith College
USA
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | Orson Welles |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Passion of Joan of Arc | 1927 | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Battleship Potemkin | 1925 | Sergei M. Eisenstein |
| Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa |
| The Battle of Algiers | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo |
| The Godfather | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | Satyajit Ray |
| Meghe Dhaka Tara | 1960 | Ritwik Ghatak |
Comments
Rating films like this is an almost impossible task. If I were to do the same exercise tomorrow, I would likely make different choices. Somehow I didn't include Floating Weeds, Tokyo Story, Raging Bull or La Dolce Vita. The world is filled with so many films that inspire and challenge. I just hope that this poll encourages more people to watch great films, past and present.