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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7

1

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

11

2

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

3

Gene Kelly

Actor

62.50% (5 of 8 votes)

9

3

Stanley Donen

Filmmaker

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

12

3

Akira Kurosawa

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 3 votes)

4

5

Federico Fellini

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

1

6

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

7

Alfred Hitchcock

Filmmaker

31.25% (15 of 48 votes)

8

7

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

10

7

Michelangelo Antonioni

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

3

10

John Ford

Filmmaker

60.0% (3 of 5 votes)

6

10

Buster Keaton

Actor

30.0% (6 of 20 votes)