Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1982 Critics Poll

Entertainment: Movies Directors

1 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941) 2. Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir (1939) 3 (tie). Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa (1954) 3 (tie). Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (1952) 5. 8-1/2, Federico Fellini (1963) 6. Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 7 (tie). L'Avventura, Michaelangelo Antonioni (1960) 7 (tie). The Magnificent Ambersons, Orson Welles (1942) 7 (tie). Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 10 (tie). The General, Buster Keaton (1926) 10 (tie). The Searchers, John Ford (1956)

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5

1

Orson Welles

Actor

32.31% (21 of 65 votes)

12

2

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

3

Stanley Donen

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

3

3

Gene Kelly

Actor

33.33% (20 of 60 votes)

8

3

Akira Kurosawa

Filmmaker

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

1

5

Federico Fellini

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

10

6

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

7

Orson Welles

Actor

32.31% (21 of 65 votes)

7

7

Alfred Hitchcock

Filmmaker

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

11

7

Michelangelo Antonioni

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 7 votes)

4

10

John Ford

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

9

10

Buster Keaton

Actor

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)