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Home Movies The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter 1955

Directed by Charles Laughton

All-time standing

#36 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1950s #11 of 316 Top 3% 1955 #1 of 40 Top 3%

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All time 64

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #1
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #2
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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  • Ranked #19
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #22
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #26
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #35
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #62
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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

  • Published 2018
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  • Ranked #64
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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 #221
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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 2022
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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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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 2016
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2015
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The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2015
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British Film Institute

British Film Institute

  • Published 2014
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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Cine21

Cine21

  • Published 2010
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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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PopMatters

  • 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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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

  • 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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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2002
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • 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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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 1999
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Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1998
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Nickel Odeon

Nickel Odeon

  • Published 1997
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San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

  • Published 1997
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • 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

  • Published 1982
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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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Decade 4

1952-2002

Positif

Positif

  • Published 2002
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1950s

Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #17
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #27
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1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Ranked #35
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