Methodology

Methodological details on the construction of our 100 Greatest Films list are presented below. Please note that this page is under construction and will be augmented with time. Additionally, we will be adding methodological details for other lists on this site.

Polls Used:

Below is a list of the polls used for our 100 Greatest Films list. Each receives a different weight based upon reputability among the film community.

• American Film Institute (AFI) Lists

• BBC 100 Greatest American Films

• BBC 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time

• BFI 100 Best British Films of the 20th Century

• Busan Film Festival Best Asian Films Poll

• Cahiers du cinema Yearly Polls

• Cinephilia Greatest Films of All Time Poll

• Complex 100 Best Movies of the 2000s

• Empire Magazine 500 Greatest Films of All Time & 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films

• Entertainment Weekly 100 Greatest Movies of All Time

• Facets Film Polls

• FilmFour 100 Greatest Films of All Time

• Hollywood Reporter 100 Greatest Hollywood Movies

• IMDB Top 250 Films

• IndieWire Best Movies Critics Polls

• John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies

• Leonard Maltin 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century

• Movieline Magazine 100 Best Foreign Films

• Movieline Magazine 100 Greatest Films

• National Society of Film Critics 100 Essential Films

• One Line Review 50 Greatest Films Poll

• Paste Magazine 50 Best Movies 2000-2009

• Rolling Stone Greatest Films Lists

• Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 Movies of All Time

• Rotten Tomatoes Yearly Top Movies

• Senses of Cinema Yearly World Polls

• Sight and Sound Critics Poll

• Sight and Sound Directors Poll

• Sight and Sound Yearly Top Tens

• The Telegraph 100 Greatest Films of All Time

• TIME Magazine All-TIME 100 Movies

• Timeout 100 Best Movies of All Time

• Tom Dirks Filmsite Top 100 Films

• Turner Classic Movies Greatest Films Poll

• Vanity Fair 100 Greatest Films of All Time

• Village Voice 100 Best Films of the 20th Century

• Writers Guild of America 100 Greatest Screenplays of All Time