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Sight and Sound Critics Poll: 1952

This was the first Sight and Sound Best Film poll of International Critics in 1952. These 12 films topped the list.

1. The Bicycle Thief
by Vittorio De Sica
 
2. City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Chaplin
 
3. The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition)  
4. Battleship Potemkin
by Grigori Aleksandrov
 
5. Louisiana Story
by Robert J. Flaherty
 
6. Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W)
by D.W. Griffith
 
7.
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Greed (75th Anniversary Restoration)
by Erich von Stroheim
 
8.
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le jour se leve (Daybreak)
by Marcel Carné
 
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
 
10. Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
 
11. Le Million - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
 
12. The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
 
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Created by Rigor on Nov 24, 2006.