The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957

Rolling Stone

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

American Film Institute

• Published 2007
• All-time list
• Ranked #36

Directors Guild of America

• Published 2016
• All-time list
• Ranked #40

Esquire

• Published 2020
• All-time list
• Ranked #42

Writers Guild of America

• Published 2006
• All-time list
• Ranked #48

Revista Bula

• Published 2023
• All-time list
• Ranked #51

The Hollywood Reporter

• Published 2014
• All-time list
• Ranked #75

Halliwell's

• Published 2005
• All-time list
• Ranked #131

LaCinetek

• Published 2024
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

LaCinetek

• Published 2018
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Steven Jay Schneider

• Published 2016
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Kino Muzeum

• Published 2015
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

USC School of Cinematic Arts

• Published 2012
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

David Thomson

• Published 2008
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Esquire

• Published 2008
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Steadycam

• Published 2007
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

The Guardian

• Published 2007
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Bounty Books

• Published 2004
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

The New York Times

• Published 2004
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Nickel Odeon

• Published 1997
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Télérama

• Published 1995
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Danny Peary

• Published 1986
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

R.A.E. Pickard

• Published 1971
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Paste Magazine

• Published 1959
• Decade list · 1950s
• Ranked #5