The Best Movies of All Time Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/art/The-Best-Movies-of-All-Time Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/art/The-Best-Movies-of-All-Time Written by Erik Gregersen Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the... Erik Gregersen Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 9, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Encyclopædia Britannica strives to be an authoritative source on subjects from Aa to ZZ Top, but which movies are the best of all time is, obviously, a personal aesthetic judgment and not one that we at Britannica could comfortably pass on to our readers. Therefore listed here are attempts by some prominent sources on film and entertainment to determine which movies are the best. The best-known attempt to form a definitive list of the best movies of all time is a survey conducted every 10 years by the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound magazine. The poll was inspired by ...(100 of 851 words)

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