Lists
- ranked 9 in Chicago Tribune 100 Best Films of the Century
- ranked 15 in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
- ranked 17 in BBC 100 Greatest American Films
- ranked 25 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
- ranked 37 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 37 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 44 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 59 in TV Cream's Top 100 Films
- ranked 74 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- ranked 81 in The Guardian Top 100 Films
- ranked 145 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 342 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- one of 100 Of Edgar Wright's Favourite Comedies
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of Leonard Maltin's 100 "Must See" Films of the 20th Century
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition
Watch it muted
As brilliant as you'd expect from a Chaplin silent comedy. It's unfortunate that the narration track on the 1942 re-release throttles much of the humour out of it.