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It's a Wonderful Life 1946

Directed by Frank Capra

All-time standing

#46 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1940s #8 of 250 Top 3% 1946 #1 of 26 Top 4%

Ballots (71)

All time 68

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #6
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #8
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
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  • Ranked #12
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
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  • Ranked #15
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #15
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #16
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
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  • Ranked #20
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #20
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #20
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #32
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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  • Ranked #36
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #38
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #46
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #62
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #78
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #129
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #135
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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Bande à Part

Bande à Part

  • Published 2021
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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VGIK

VGIK

  • Published 2021
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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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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  • Included, unranked
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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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
British Film Institute

British Film Institute

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2014
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The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2014
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Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

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

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • 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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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2007
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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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The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2006
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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Time

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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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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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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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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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 1993
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
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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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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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Decade 3

1940s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1949
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1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
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  • Ranked #16
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
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