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Chinatown 1974

Directed by Roman Polanski

All-time standing

#20 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1970s #4 of 338 Top 1% 1974 #2 of 37 Top 5%

Ballots (78)

All time 73

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #1
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #3
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
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  • Ranked #9
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
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  • Ranked #11
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #12
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
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  • Ranked #21
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #21
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #21
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #22
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #28
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #31
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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  • Ranked #39
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
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  • Ranked #42
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #53
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #67
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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Published 2009
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  • Ranked #86
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #87
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #151
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2023
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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Positif

Positif

  • Published 2019
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2018
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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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 Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2015
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Complex

  • Published 2013
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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • 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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The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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The Guardian

  • 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

  • Published 2009
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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Esquire

  • Published 2008
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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2007
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Published 2006
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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Village Voice

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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Time

  • Published 2005
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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

  • Published 2005
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2004
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2003
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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Salon

Salon

  • Published 2002
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2001
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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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Barry Norman

Barry Norman

  • Published 1998
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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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

  • Published 1982
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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Decade 5

1970s

Rolling Stone

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #6
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IndieWire

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #14
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 1979
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PopMatters

  • Published 1979
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1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Ranked #21
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