Lists
- ranked 5 in WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays
- ranked 12 in O Magazine's "50 Greatest Chick Flicks of All Time"
- ranked 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- ranked 18 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time
- ranked 21 in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
- ranked 64 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 72 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 74 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 77 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 91 in My Favourite Film
- ranked 347 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of 101^w102 Movies You Must See Before...
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of Alliance of Women Film Journalists Top 100 Films
- one of BAFTA Best Film Winners
- one of Best Director Academy Award Winners
- one of Best Picture Academy Award Winners
- one of Leonard Maltin's 100 "Must See" Films of the 20th Century
- one of New York Film Critics Circle Best Film Winners
- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition
A stunning, subtle (and, until the final act, ambiguous) film with an annoyingly obvious conclusion -- as though the girl's arrival weren't signal enough! But that is a small quibble, and this a true classic.