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City Lights 1931

Directed by Charles Chaplin

All-time standing

#56 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1930s #9 of 219 Top 4% 1931 #2 of 22 Top 10%

Ballots (56)

All time 53

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #11
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John Kobal

John Kobal

  • Published 1988
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  • Ranked #12
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
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  • Ranked #16
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #17
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #28
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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Published 2009
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  • Ranked #29
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #36
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #38
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
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  • Ranked #63
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #71
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #137
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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Positif

Positif

  • Published 2019
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2018
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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Vulture

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 2016
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Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
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

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked

Time

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2002
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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Nickel Odeon

Nickel Odeon

  • Published 1997
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  • Included, unranked
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

  • Published 1997
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  • Included, unranked
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El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Tel Aviv Cinematheque

  • Published 1995
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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  • Included, unranked
R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Decade 3

1930s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1939
  • Decade list · 1930s
  • Included, unranked

1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Ranked #38
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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