Highest-ranking Asian Films
Further information: List of Asian filmsThe highest-ranking Asian film in the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll of greatest films was Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan).
The highest-ranking Asian films in the 1992 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll of greatest films were:
- 1. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 2. Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 3. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 4. Ugetsu (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 5. The Music Room (1958, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 6. Charulata (1964, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 6. Ikiru (1952, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 8. Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 8. Yellow Earth (1984, Chen Kaige, China)
- 10. The Life of Oharu (1952, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 10. Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 10. Spring in a Small Town (1948, Fei Mu, China)
- 13. Aparajito (1956, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 13. Late Spring (1949, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 13. The World of Apu (1959, Satyajit Ray, India)
The highest-ranking Asian films in the 2002 Sight & Sound Critics' Poll of greatest films were:
- 1 Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 2 Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 3 Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 4 Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 5 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 6 Ugetsu (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 7 Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
The highest-ranking Asian films in the 2012 Sight & Sound Critics' poll of greatest films were:
- 1 Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 2 Late Spring (1949, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 3 Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 4 In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
- 5 Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 6 Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 7 Ugetsu monogatari (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
In a 1998 critics' poll of all-time greatest films conducted by the New Delhi-based Asian film magazine Cinemaya, the following films were ranked the highest:
- 1. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
- 2. Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 2. Ugetsu (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 4. Ikiru (1952, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 4. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 6. Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
- 7. The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 7. Yellow Earth (1984, Chen Kaige, China)
- 9. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1986, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
- 9. A City of Sadness (1989, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
- 11. Charulata (1964, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 11. Floating Clouds (1955, Mikio Naruse, Japan)
- 11. Mandala (1981, Im Kwon-Taek, South Korea)
- 11. The Music Room (1958, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 11. Spring in a Small Town (1948, Fei Mu, China)
- 11. Subarnarekha (1962/1965, Ritwik Ghatak, India)
In a 2000 audience poll of "Best Asian films" conducted by the UK-based MovieMail, the highest-ranking films were:
- 1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Zhang Yimou, China)
- 2. The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959, Satyajit Ray, India)
- 3. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
- 4. Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 5. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953, Japan)
- 6. Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
- 7. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
- 8. Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
- 9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee, China / Hong Kong / Taiwan)
- 10. Maborosi (1995, Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan)
- 10. Yellow Earth (1984, Chen Kaige, China)
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