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Bicycle Thieves 1948

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

All-time standing

#26 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1940s #4 of 250 Top 2% 1948 #1 of 34 Top 3%

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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #1
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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Published 2009
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  • Ranked #10
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #11
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John Kobal

John Kobal

  • Published 1988
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #26
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #37
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
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  • Ranked #81
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #99
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2023
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2022
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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Positif

Positif

  • Published 2019
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2019
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2018
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2012
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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

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Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2007
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Steadycam

Steadycam

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The Guardian

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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2006
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Village Voice

  • Published 2006
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

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The New York Times

The New York Times

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Salon

Salon

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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

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Associated Press

Associated Press

  • Published 2000
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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

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Barry Norman

Barry Norman

  • Published 1998
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Nickel Odeon

Nickel Odeon

  • Published 1997
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El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

  • Published 1995
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

  • Published 1989
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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Decade 5

1940s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1949
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 1949
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Time

  • Published 1949
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1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
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