Reception
The Decalogue was admired by critics as well as by important figures from the film industry such as Stanley Kubrick.
The DVD box issue holds 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews. The series was also praised by some of the renowned film critics, including Roger Ebert and Robert Fulford.
In the 2002 Sight & Sound poll to determine the greatest films of all time, The Decalogue and A Short Film About Killing received votes from 4 critics and 3 directors, including Ebert, New Yorker critic David Denby, and director Mira Nair. Additionally, in the Sight & Sound poll held the same year to determine the top 10 films of the previous 25 years, Kieslowski was named #2 on the list of Top Directors, with votes for his films being split between Decalogue, Three Colors Red/Blue, and The Double Life of Veronique.
In 2002, the film was also listed among the Top 100 "Essential Films" of all time by the National Society of Film Critics and ranked #36 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.
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